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Jtoajis and ^atts.
? It will be remembered that during the
late Prohibition campaign in Atlanta, Ga.,
Tom Elinor, a bar-keeper, attacked Rev.
Sam Small in a barbershop, and knocked
one of his front teeth out. Mr. Small immediately
brought suit against Minor for J o,000
, damages. Minor did not defend the suit,
and last week the, jury returned a verdict
for $500, together with the costs of the court,
in favor of Small.
? The president has issued a proclamation
designating Friday, October 21, as a general
holiday, being the four hundredth anniversary
of the discovery of America by Columbus.
"On that day," says the proclamation,
"let the people, so far as possible, cease from
toil, and devote themselves to such exercises
as may best express honor to the discoverer
and their appreciation of the great
achievements of the four completed centuries
of America^ life. Columbus stood in his
age as the pioneer of progress and enlightenment.
A system of universal education is
in our age the most prominent and salutary
feature of the spirit of enlightenment, and it
is peculiarly appropriate that the schools be
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made by tbe people tne centre 01 me uu> ?
demonstration. Let tbe national flag float
over every school house in the country, and
the exercises be such as shall impress upon
our youth the patriotic duties of American
citizenship."
? Among the callers on ex-President Cleve#
land at the reception given by him in New
York last Thursday, was Clark Howell, editor
of the Atlanta Constitution. During the
nominating campaign, Howell was one of
Cleveland's bitterest opponents, throwing
the fall weight of his paper's influence in the
scales for Hill. The meeting between the
two was watched with great interest by all
present. Howell was introduced by Chairman
Harrity: "Here is the gentleman who
has been your strongest opponent in the
South ; Mr. Howell?Mr. Cleveland." "Ah,
yes," laughingly replied Mr. Cleveland, "I
have heaid of Mr. Howell before." "Yes, it
is true, I have been strongly opposed to you,"
said Mr. Howell. "I fought you as hard as
I could, and was in the fight as long as it
lasted," said Mr. Howell. "Oh", well," said
Mr. Cleveland, "it would not do well for all
of us to be of the same mind?it would not
be Democratic. But when these little incidents
are over, and the party has spoken, I
believe we always get together again."
"That is true," answered Mr. Howell. "I
am for you now, and notwithstanding the
Third party encroachments, I believe we will
. give you Georgia by 30,000 to 40,000 mtyority."
The interview ended to the entire
satisfaction of all present.
? Robert A. and Wm. Pinkerton were before
the sub-committee of the house judiciary
committee charged with the investigation of
the Homestead labor riot, last Friday. Both
brothers were examined and answered the
questions of the committee with more or less
accuracy. They testified that their detective
agency had about 200 rifles and 400 pistols,
clubs, etc. The number of persons employed,
including clerks, stenographers, etc., did
not exceed 600, and to the best knowledge
of the witness, had never exceeded 800 at
any one time. The only authority that they
exercised over their men, they said, was
that of employer. The men sent to Homestead
went with the understanding that they
simply were to act as guards. Not more than
twenty of them were armed by the detective
agency, and the remainder were armed with
rifles belonging to the Carnegie company.
The men were instructed not to fire on the
workmen except in self-defense, and both of
the Pinkertons maintain that they did not
return the fire until six of them had been
killed. All the testimony given in by the
Pinkertons puts the operations of the agency
in a very inoffensive light, but it is not
thought that the committee will be inclined
to take everything exactly according to their
testimony. The investigating committee was
expected to make its report to congress yesterday.
? The excitement at Homestead, Pa., has
about subsided, but otherwise the situation
has not materiallychanged. Some of the
troops have been removed, but a sufficient
force will be kept at the scene of the
recent trouble to ensure peace and order.
So far only about 300 workmen have
been secured to take the place of the
* -strikers in the mill., This,is teas,than ,nvnwjimi'ui
rue iufl!6 Inquired, ana tne strikers
are still surveying the situation with the
utmost complacency, satisfied as they are
that the Carnegie people will be utterly unable
to operate their works. A "large number
of the strikers occupying houses belonging
to the Carnegie company, have received
notices of eviction, requiring them to get
out wjjhin ten days. It is understood that
the notices will be ^spected. Only forty
or fifty families are concerned, and they
will be taken care of as far as possible by
the other strikers. Hugh O'Donnell, the
principal leader of the strikers, has been
arrested on the charge of murder, and the
Carnegie people are making a desperate effort
to keep him out of the way by preventing
the authorities from granting him bail.
It is not thought, however, that bail will
be refused. Governor Pattison visited the
troops in the vicinity of Homestead on Friday.
His visit had no special significance.
? An attempt to assassinate H. C. Frick,
chairman of the Carnegie company, was made
at fittsburg, ra., last isaturuay aueruuun.
Shortly before 2 o'clock, a young Russian
Jew named Alexander Bergman, walked into
Frick's office, and, without any warning,
commenced firing at him with a pistol. Frick
seized the would-be assassin and a desperate
struggle ensued, during which Bergman stabbed
Frick several times with a knife. Finally,
Bergman was overpowered, and a deputy
sheriff who was present, started to kill him,
but Frick interfered, stating that he desired
the law to take its course. Examination of
Bergman's pistol showed that four shots had
been fired, and that three took effect on
Frick ; one on his ear, another in the neck,
and a third in the back. The wounds,
though quite serious, are not considered
fatal, and when last heard from, Frick was
attending to his regular business, managing
his end of the Homestead house from his
residence. Of Bergman little is known. He
came from New York a few days ago, and
is thought to be an anarchist. After his arrest,
he was noticed to be nervously chewing
something that he held in his mouth.
He was ordered to open his mouth, but refused
to do so, and the officers choked him
until he was willing to comply. It was found
that he held between his teeth two dyna-1
mite caps, similar to those with which Linng, |
the Chicago anarchist, succeeded in blowing;
off his own head. Bergman made a desper-!
pffort tn exnlnde the cans in his mouth, i
but they were in some way defective and
would not go off. Had they exploded, it is
thought that not only Bergman, but several
of the bystanders, would have been killed.
Bergman had 110 connection whatever with j
the Homestead strikers. He is just an an-:
archist, and says that he wanted to put;
Frick out of the way because he is an enemy ;
to humanity. Frick showed remarkable cool-1
ness throughout the whole affair. As soon j
as his wounds were dressed, he attended to .
some correspondence on his desk, and continues
to announce that "he will not yield a sin- J
gle point to the Homestead strikers. When
the news of the attempt to assassinate Frick 1
reached Homestead, the strikers immediately
held a meeting and passed resolutions denouncing
the assassin, and expressing the
hope that Frick would recover. There was
also serious talk of going to Pittsburg in a
body and lynching Bergman. One of the j
militiamen named Jams, on hearing the news,
called three cheers for Frick's would-be as-!
sassin. He was overheard by the colonel j
(Streeter) of the regiment. The colonel ordered
the regiment out 011 parade, and Jams
was ordered to step two paces to the front.,
He did so, and was next commanded to
apologise for what he had said. He refused.
He was then taken to a tent, in charge of
two surgeons, and hung up by the.thumbs!
for thirty minutes. Still refusing to apologise,
he was drummed out of camp by order j
of the colonel.
? The seventy-sixth annual report of the;
American Bible society, just issued, shows a
remarkable amount of work. The total cash >
receipts of the society for the year ending
March 31, 1892, were $.15,527.29 for general
work, and $5,195 for investment. The issues
for the year, at home and in foreign j
lands, were 1,298,19(5 copies. Of these 986,578
were issued from the Bible House, and 391,918
in foreign lands. Among the editions'
printed at the expense of the society in foreign
lands, were 9,000 Bibles, 5,000 Testa-!
ments and 22,000 portions of the Scriptures
in Arabic, issued at Beirut; at Constantinople, i
500 Bibles in Bulgarian, and 500 portions in i
Koordish, 4,000 Testaments in ancient Armenian,
5,000 Testaments and 3,000 portions!
in modern Armenian, 5,000 Testaments and j
2,500 portions in Turkish. At Bangkok, 39,-j
500 portions of the Scriptures in Siamese and !
2,000 copies of the Gospel of St. Matthew in j
the Laos language were distributed. At Bremen
5,000 Bibles aud 10,500 Testaments in
German were printed and distributed. By
the Chinese agency there were printed 189,398
volumes, partly at Shanghai and partly
at Foochow. Among this number were 1,400
Mandarin Bibles, 5,700 Testaments and 156,000
portions in Mandarin, 21,960 portions in
Soochow colloquial, and 1,348 Bibles and
2,900 Testaments in Foochow colloquial. At
Yokohama some editions of the Scriptures
in Japanese have been printed. The total
number of volumes issuedby the society during
the seventy-six years of its existence
amounts to 55,531,908.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1892.
? In answer to an inquiry from the Columbia
Register, J. L. M. Irby, chairman of the
Democratic executive committee, says that it
is not necessary to have a registration ticket
to vote in the primary election. "The constitution
is silent on the subject,'' he says,
"but the custom since 1876, and the constitution,
allow any Democrat to vote."
,? The National Democratic Executive committee
has unanimously selected William F.
Harrity, of Pennsylvania, as eha;rman. The
choice is,a good one. In fact, it is the general
opinion of the Democratic papers that
no better selection could have been made.
The State of Pennsylvania has a nominal
Republican majority of 80,000, yet at the
last general State election, largely through
the splendid management of Harrity, a Democratic
governor was elected. With such a
record as that, it looks as if all that the
Democratict party has to do to ensure its
success is to follow Harrity.
? M. L. Donaldson, of Greenville, national
committeeman for South Carolina, evidently
does not take any stock in the idea that
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the Democracy. Mr. Donaldson was one of
the callers at the reception given by Mr.
Cleveland in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New
York, last Thursday morning, and before
leaving he made the following assuring remark
to the ex.-president: "Mr. Cleveland,
when you come to count up your doubtful
States, leave South Carolina out, for she is
in line with the Democracy." The truth of
Mr. Donaldson's remark, however, is so selfevident
in this section, that it is scarcely
worth considering.
? Does anybody ever consider how many
thousands of dollars are annually lost to
this section through sheer thriftlessness?
Take for instance the one item of garden
vegetables. Every family that pretends to
cultivate a garden at an, raises more vegetables
of all kinds than they can use, and very
often as much as 50 per cent, of what they
produce goes to absolute waste. Suppose a
few hundred dollars were invested in a canning
outfit in each community, what a great
benefit such an enterprise would be! The
profit derived from the preservation of such
vegetables as would otherwise be wasted,
would soon develop the industry to undreamed
of importance. There is a gold mine iu
the business, if properly managed.
health, suggesting that certain days of each
year be set apart by law and devoted to a
general cleaning up, is well worthy of the
attention of our people and our legislators.
It may be put down as a general rule that
all epidemic diseases, especially those that
are most fatal, havctheir origin in bad sauitary
conditions, and having once originated,
usually run their course regardless of surroundings.
No matter how careful and
cleanly an individual householder may be,
unless the premises of his neighbor are looked
alter with equal care, all precautions go
for naught, and hence the necessity of a general
law making proper attention to hygiene
compulsory upon all. The accumulation
of dirt, garbage and filth may be slow,
but unless such accumulation be looked after,
it is always sure, and death to several members
of a family, or perhaps a large per cent,
of the inhabitants of a whole neighborhood,
is often the penalty for the ignorant or willful
neglect of one or more individuals. With
a State law setting apart two or three days
during the year as sanitary days, and requiring
that they be devoted to a general
cleaning up, the health of the whole country
will be immeasurably improved.
? Wm. C. Wolfe, of Orangeburg, has made
an ass of himself. There is also lots of
proof to show that he is a knave. He is the
Alliance lecturer for Orangeburg county and
a candidate for legislative honors. Recently
it was noised about that in 1890 Wolfe had
written a letter to the editor of The News
and Courier, unfolding a plan for organizing :
the negro vote in the interest of Haskell j
and against Tillman. It was also stated j
that Wolfe had offered to undertake the i
work himself. A reporter of the Columbia 1
Register called upon Mr. Wolfe to see what
he had to say about the damaging ruinor.
Wolfe replied in a long letter to The Register,
viciously denouncing the editor of The
News and Courier, and Mr. W. St. Julian
Jervey, who was also connected with the j
story. The letter was exceedingly anusive
and insulting. To Hemphill, Wolfe wrote
that he had never written such a letter, and
that if he (Hempliill) had the letter referred
to, he knew it was a forgery. He wrote
practically the same to Jervey. Next day
Hemphill published the letter in controversy,
without comment, in The News and Courier,
and Jervey immediately went to Orangeburg
to have a personal interview with
Wolfe. As the result of the interview,
Wolfe made a most abject apology in writing.
If the letter alleged to have been written by
Wolfe to The News and Courier is genuine,
and so far all the circumstances go to show
that it is, Wolfe has a clear title to the distinction
of being the biggest rascal that has
yet been evolved from the present political
agitation.
? The State campaign meeting will be
held in Yorkville next Friday. It is to
be hoped that every voter in the county
who can take a day oil', will make it a point
to be present. All of the meetings that have
so far been held, have been reported in the
papers; but bitterly partisan as most of the
papers are, it would be indeed remarkable if
the people have an absolutely correct idea of
the exact condition of affairs. To be correctly
judged, all the speakers should be
seen and heard, and in order to arrive at a
just estimate of the merits of the issues in
controversy, every voter should constitute
himself a fair and impartial juror who is
willing to decide the case according to the
law and the evidence. We hope there will
be no howling down of any of the speakers,
but of that we have but.littlc to say. It has
been our observation that the campaign
crowds throughout the State have governed
their conduct altogether by the conduct of
the speakers on the stand. As long as the
speakers behave themselves, and confine
their discussions to the issues, the crowds
are quiet and orderly enough; but when the
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speakers descend to personalties the crowds
get personal also, and as a rule that is an
end of the peace and good order of the
day. In this we do not blame the audiences
at all, and only hope that our York county
crowd will closely follow this very good precedent.
So long as the speakers discuss the
issues, let them say what they please, but if
they descend to* personalities, shut them up
in short order, for that is a feature that is
eminently desirable to eliminate from South
Carolina politics.
CLEVELAND'S NOTIFICATION
The Occasion of a Grand Democratic Hally
in New York City.
The national Democratic campaign was
formally opened in New York city last Wednesday
evening. The occasion was the formal
notification of Cleveland and Stevenson
of their choice as the Democratic standard
hearers. The ceremonies took place in the
great amphitheatre of Madison square garden.
The building has a seating capacity of
about 8,000, but in their enthusiastic eager
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not less than 20,000 people crowded themselves
inside. Besides those who managed
to get in the building, there were thousands
of others who were unable to get within earshot
of the doors, and the adjacent streets
were literally jammed with New York's great
Democratic majority.
The notification speech was made by Hon.
Wm. L. Wilson, of West Virginia, the president
of the Chicago convention, and although
published in the papers, it is said that it was
not heard by more than fitly people. Mrs.
Cleveland appeared in a private box in another
part of the house about the time it was
being delivered, and the enthusiasm of the
mighty crowd swelled to such a pitph that
little else could be.heard.
When Mr. Wilson's speech was concluded
and Mr. Cleveland arose to reply, pandemonium
reigned again. The cheers swelled
into one terrible roar, and the immense standing
crowd swaying back and forth, hundreds
of people were almost crushed to death. In
the midst of the noise and commotion, Mr.
Cleveland began to speak, and the crowd,
realizing that they were losing the best part
of the meeting, quieted down, and the resonant
tones of the speaker were heard in every
part of the house. Mr. Cleveland's speech
was as follows:
"Mr. Chairman and Geutlemen?The message
you deliver from the national Democracy
arouses within me emotions which would
be well nigh overwhelming if I did not recognize
here assembled the representatives of the
great party who must share with me the responsibility
your mission invites. I find much
relief in the reflection that I have been selected
merely to stand for the principles and
purposes to which my party is pledged, and
for the enforcement and supremacy of which
all who have any right to claim Democratic
fellowship must constantly and persistently
labor. Our party responsibility is,
indeed, great. We assume a momentous obaiim
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for their trust and confidence, we promise
them the rectification of their wrongs and
better realization of advantages which are
due to them under our free and beneficent
institutions. But, if our responsibility is
great, our party is strong. It is strong in
its sympathy with the needs of the people,
in its insistence upon the exercise of governmental
powers strictly within constitutional
permission the people have granted,
and in its willingness to risk its life and
hope upon the people's intelligence and
patriotism.
"Never has a great party, intent upon the
promotion of right and justice, had better
incentive for effort than is now presented to
us. Turning our eyes to the plain people of
the land, we see them burdened as consumers
with a tariff system that unjustly and relentlessly
demands from them in the purchase of
necessaries and comforts of life an amount
scarcely met by the wages of hard and steady
toil, while the exactions thus wrung from
them build up and increase the fortunes of
those for whose benefit this injustice is perpetuated.
We see the farmer listening to a
delusive story that fills his mind with visions
of an advance, while his pocket is robbed by
the stealthy hand of high protection. Our
workingmen are still told the tale oft repeated
in spite of its demonstrated falsity, that the
existiug protective tariff is a boon to them and
tnat-- wtmer its oenencent operation wages
must increase, while as they listen scenes are
enacted In the very abiding place of high proA
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the tender mercy the workingman receives
| from those made selfish and sordid by unjust
I governmental favoritism.
"We oppose earnestly and stubbornly,
| the theory upon which our opponents seek
I to justify and uphold existing 4ariff laws.
We need not base our attack upon questions
of constitutional permission or legislative
power. We denounce this theory upon the
highest possible grounds, when we contend
that in present conditions, its operation is unjust,
and that laws enacted in accordance
with it are inequitable and unfair. Ours is
not a destructive party. We are not at enmity
with the rights of any of our citizens.
All are our countrymen. We are not recklessly
heedless of any American interest, nor
will we abandon our regard for them. But
[ invoking the love, of fairness and justice
which belongs to true Americanism and upon
which our constitution rests, we insist that
no plan of tariff legislation shall be tolerated
which has for its object and purpose forced
contribution from the earnings and income
of the mass of our citizens, to swell directly
the accumulations of a favored few, nor will
we permit pretended solicitude for American
labor, or any other specious protest of benevolent
care for others, to blind the eyes of the
people to the selfish schemes of those who
seek, through the aid of an unequal tariff
law, to gain unearned and unreasonable advantages
at the expense of their fellows.
"We have also assumed in our covenant
with those whose support we invite, the duty
of opposing to the death another avowed
scheme of our adversaries, which, under the
guise of protecting suffrage, covers, but does
not conceal, the designs thereby to perpetuate
the power of a party afraid to trust its
continuance to the untrammeled and intelligent
votes of the American people.
"We are pledged to resist legislation intended
to complete this scheme, because we
have not forgotten the saturnalia of theft
and brutal control which followed another
Federal regulation of State suffrage, because
we know that the managers of a party
which did not scruple to rob the people of a
president, would not hesitate to use the machinery
created by such legislation to revive
corrupt instrumentalities for partisan purposes,
because an attempt to enforce such legislation
would rekindle animosities where
peace and hopefulness now prevail; because
such an attempt would replace prosperous
activity with discouragement and dread
throughout a large section of our country, and
would menace, everywhere in the land, the
rights reserved to the States and to the peopie,
which underlie the safeguards of American
liberty.
"I shall not attempt to specify at this time
other objects and aims of Democratic eni
deavor which add inspiration to our mission.
True to its history and its creed, our party
' will respond to the wants of the people with
! in sufc lines and guided by enlightened
I statesmanship. To the troubled and im;
patient within our membership, weeommend
continued, unswerving allegiance to a party
whose principles in all times past have been
i found sufficient for them, and whose aggregate
wisdom and patriotism their experience
J teaches, can always be trusted. In a tone of
partisanship which befits the occasion, let me
! say to you as equal partners in the camJ
paign upon which we today enter, that the
personal fortunes of those to whom you have
I entrusted your banners are only important
as they are related to the fate of the principles
they represent and to the party which
they lead. I cannot, therefore, forbear reminding
you and all those attached to the
Democratic party or supporting the principles
which we profess, that defeat in the
pending campaign, followed by the consummation
of the legislative schemes our opponents
contemplate, and accompanied by such
'other incidents of their success as might
more firmly fix their power, would present a
most discouraging outlook for future Democratic
supremacy and for the accomplish|
ment of the objects we have at heart.
; "Moreover, every sincere Democrat must
believe that the interests of his country arc
deeply involved in the victory of our party
in the struggle that awaits us. Thus patriotic
solicitude exalts the hope of partisanship and
should intensify our determination to win
success. This success can only be achieved
by systematic and intelligent efforts on the
part of all enlisted in our cause. Let us tell
the people plainly and honestly what we
i believe, and how we propose to serve the
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j interests of the entire cour^ry, and then let
| us, after the manner of true Democracy,
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I of our fellow countrymen.
| "It only remains for me to sny to you
j in advance of a more formal response to
your message, that I obey the command of
my party and confidently anticipate that an
intelligent and earnest presentation of our
cause will insure a popular endorsement of
the action of the body you represent."
In delivering his arraignment of the Republican
party, Mr. Cleveland's tones grew a
trifle harsher and his delivery more emphatic,
which evidently found an echo in
the sentiment of the audience. When he
said "Let us tell the people what we believe,"
his voice rose even higher and he lifted his
hand in an impressive jesture above his
head.
It was 9.10 o'clock when the ex-president
finished, lie closed amid cheers and cries
of "four?four?four yeurs more."
The notification speech to Mr. Stevenson
was made by Stephen M. White, of California,
and Mr. Stevenson replied in an address
of about fifteen minutes, after which Mr.
Wilson adjourned the meeting, it having
been in session only one hour and three minutes.
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prominent Democrats who have heretofore
been doubtful of the sincerity of New York,
are now satisfied that the Empire State will
roll up a larger majority for Cleveland and
S:evenson than it has ever before given a
Democratic candidate.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
>lore About Issues and I.ess Irritating Personalities.
The progress of the State campaign is
rather - encouraging. The record of last
week has proven that the candidates for
State offices may discuss the issues that are
before the people, and at the same time be
accorded a quiet, orderly, and respectful
bearing. Last week issues were discussed
and personalities were in a large*measure
avoided. The result was that the people
hstened attentively to what was said, cheered
their respective candidates when they
saw .fit, and no bad blood was aroused on
either side.
AT MANNING.
The meeting for Clarendon county was
held at Manning on Tuesday, the 17th instant.
There were present about 1,500 people,
of which perhaps, 1,000 were sympathizers
of Tillman. Rev. S. A. Nettles, the
well known Prohibitionist, presided over the
meeting, and at the outset stated that every
Democrat present was pledged to good order,
and requested the speakers to stick to the
issues.
Sheppard was the first to speak. He devoted
himself principally to an arraignment
of the Tillman administration for its failure to
cut down salaries, and charged that taxes
had been increased $36,435 during the last
year. He also gave as a reason for the small
per capita of money in circulation in this
State?only $12.49?the war that the administration
was making on capital.
Governor Tillman's speech was mainly a
repetition of his charges against the Conservatives
as being Haskellii.es. In regard to his
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tives were Republicans, he said he meant in
national politics, and that he acquitted them
of any intention to appeal to the negro. He
said that they had not advanced a solitary
measure for the benefit of the people, and
that they would be wil ing to sink the State
into perdition in order 1,0 defeat him.
The other speakers were Farley, McLaurin
and Youmans. You mans answered Tillman's
statement about the Conservatives
being willing to sink tli2 State into predition
in order to encompass his defeat, by referring
to Tillman's statement that he "would
prefer to go to hell with his crowd than to
. heaven with the opposition."
AT SUMTER.
Sumter has the repu ation of being one of
the hottest counties in the State politically,
but the meeting there on Wednesday passed
off without any bad blcod. The crowd consisted
of about 1,000 people, including several
hundred negroes. The two factions were
pretty nearly evenly divided, and both sides
claim the majority. Several arrests were
made during the day for drunkonness, but,
so far as reported, the police had no occasion
to interfere with any one for disturbing the
meeting, jnmng nis speech, Governor Tillman
said that his administration had been
handicapped by a note of $50,000 which it
had to pay for the previous administration.
Ex-Treasurer Mclver was present, and denied
the statement, saying that the note was
paid long before Tillman was inaugurated.
AT DARLINGTON.
Thursday's meeting was held at Darlington.
The county is claimed by the Conservatives,
who say they have a majority of
not less than 350. The Reformers, however,
claim that the county is safe for Tillman.
The fact is. it is impossible to tell anything
about it until the primary election. The
sensation of the day was the reading of a
circular letter by Tillman, purporting to give
evidence of a trade between the Haskellites
and negroes two years ago. The letter is
dated at the headquarters of the Republican
executive committee of the Sixth congressional
district, and reads as follows :
Darlington, S. C'., Oct. .'{1st, lsM.
Dear Sir?You are hereby instructed and urged
, to see that the "Straightouts" or 1 Ia.skill Democrats
carry out their obligations to vote for our
congressional candidate, lion. K. II. Deas, as
was promised by them, as a condition of our
support of their county and State ticket. The
Republican supervisors are expected to ascertain
early in the morning, whether or not the
Straightouts are redeeming their promises by
voting for our standard-bearer for congress; if
they are not, the information must be given to
the precinct chairman and other prominent Republicans,
who must at once give the Straigbtout
leaders to understand that unless they vote for
Deas, the Republicans will not vote for M r. 1 laskill.
A ours respectfully,
S. \V. WILLIAMS,
Chairman Kx. Com.
S.S. Drkiiku, ChairmanSpe. Coin.
The Conservatives declare the letter to be
a forgery, and I)r. J. C. Wilcox, who was
one of the managers cf the Haskell campaign
two years ago, claims that there was no such
bargain made with the Republicans.
The remarks of all the speakers* were quite
tame, with the exception of those of Secretary
of State Tindall. Heretofore "lie has had
j the reputation of being one of the most conservative
candidates on either side, but his
speech at Darlington was quite a departure
from his usual custom. It is described as
| being full of class appeals and bitterness,
j though he is not reported in full in any of
j the papers.
AT CHKRAW.
j There was no meeting on Friday, but on
! 011 Saturday the speakers addressed the voters
of Chesterfield at Cheraw. The crowd
was pretty nearly all one way, being largely
in favor of Tillman. With the exception of
I a few disrespectful remarks to Sheppard,
I comparatively good order prevailed. N'otlij
ing of interest developed during the day, and
there is no reason to believe that any votes
| were changed as the result of the meeting.
at isknnkttsvil.l.k.
i The Marlboro meeting was held at Beni
nettsville on Monday. The crowd was
largely in favor of Tillman. Good order
prevailed and nothing sensational developed.
j Somk Sthki- Asskssmknts.?We notice a
complaint in one of our exchanges against
jtlic York County Democratic Executive
j committee, on account of the high assessments
that it has seen lit to levy on camlii
dates for campaign expenses. We presume
that the exchange referred to will foam at
. the mouth somewhat when it sees the following
schedule of assessments that has been
unanimously adopted by the Democratic cxlecutive
committee of Charleston county :
Congress, jVmni >hi
State Senator lino tin
j Members of the Legislature luo ini
, | Sherill", f?oo ini
I Clerk of Court, (hi
Coroner, ini
I County commissioners, .m ihi
l County auditor 75 ihi
County treasurer, To no
Solicitor 1st circuit, 75 uo
I School commissioner, 50 ihi
I Trial justices 25 110
? After all, it nitty lie that < Jeorge S. Turner,
who lias been sentenced to death for the
murder of Kd Finder in Spartanburg county,
| over two years ago, will never he handed,
lit is sill on account of a little ruse on the
; part of Turner's attorneys. The supreme
I court having refused a new trial, a petition
was submitted asking a stay of the proceedings
pending a motion for a rehearing of the
! case. An order to stay the proceedings was
signed by Justice I'ope. and now. no matter
j how flimsy the pretext upon which the 1110j
tion will be made, the ease will be kept within
the jurisdiction of the supreme court until
November at least, and it is not probable
that Turner will be executed for a year yet.
j if at all.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Win. C. Latimer?(Irand Democratic Rally.
R. T. Oillespie?Candidate for County Commissioner.
Will. Whyte?Candidate for the House of Representatives.
T. R. McClain?While Here Next Friday, Come
to See Me.
Kninia J. Krwin, Administratrix?Adininistrator's
Notice.
I). A. A. Watson, Executor?Executor'tf Notice.
Col. John R. Patrick, Principal, Anderson, S.
C.?Patrick Military Institute.
Johnson Hagood, S. C. M. A., Chairman Roard
of Visitors.
J. S. Rriee, Clerk?Notice to Road Overseers.
Louis Roth?Campaign RefreshinentH.
J. A. Monroe. A. M., Principal?King's Moun|
tain High School.
Reard A Inman?Our Light Weight Coats and
Vests Still Continue to (to.
IT. M. Dohson, Manager?Suspenders, Shirts
and (tent's $3 Shoes.
Dowry <t Starr?(Jet Your reoon Saturday?Turnip
Seed?Don't he an Idiot.
R. J. Herndon?It is Wrong in You.
HAD TO SKIP.
The New York World of last Friday contains
the following dispatch from Kingston,
N. Y. We have no definite information as
to the Patterson referred to, but presume he
is a negro who married a colored woman
named Amanda Anderson, and taught school
at White Hill, a few miles east of Yorkville :
I). 11. Patterson, colored, went six weeks
ago to Catskill and began preaching in the
African M. E. church. He was of pleasing
address, and won the confidence and esteem
of the colored folk and many of the white
citizens. Last week a member of the congregation
received a letter from Yorkville,
S. C., making inquiry as to Patterson. It
was from his wife, who said he is not a minister;
that he forged a note at Yorkville
which she was obliged to pay to keep him
out of prison ; after that lie deserted her.
When these facts became known Patterson
suddenly left Catskill.
TRK AS IIR Klt'S 8ETTLEM EXT.
Treasurer Neely made his annual settlement
with the comptroller general last
Friday, Sir. Ellerbe having come to YorKville
for that purpose. County Commissioners
Culp and Love, J. S. Brice, clerk of the
board, Auditor Williams, School Commissioner
Cansler, and C. W. Frew, foreman of
the grand jury, were also present. The
settlement was a most thorough one. Every
item on the treasurer's books was gone over
separately, and each voucher for the individual
sums paid out was examined. The
result was that the vouchers, the figures and
money agreed to a cent. The settlement
j was complete. The comptroller, however,
[left before the work was finished, and has
not yet signified his approval. When this
formality has been attended to, we will publish
anjibstract of the treasurer's accounts.
.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. P.,
pastor. Sunday-school at -r> o'clock p. m.
Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at
10.30 a. m., and Sunday-school immediately
afterward.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. E.
Stackhouse, pastor. Prayer-meeting this
evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services next
Sunday at 10.30 a. m., and 8.30 p. m. Sunj
day-school at 5 o'clock p. m.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J.
C. Galloway, pustor. Yorkville?Prayermeeting
tomorrow evening at 8.30 o'clock.
Sunday-school at 4.30o'clock p. m.
Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor.
Union?Services next Sunday at 11 a. m.
Yorkville?Services Sunday evening at
8.30. Sunday-school at 9.30 o'clock a. m.
Prayer meeting tomorrow evening at 8.30.
FAREWELL SERVICES.
| Next Sunday is to be a notable day in the
history of Bethesda church. All the Presbyterian
ministers for miles around have been
invited, and the old church will not accommodate
more than half of the vast congregation
that is expected to gather from the surrounding
country. The occasion of the
meeting is a grand farewell service to be
tendered to two departing missionaries to
Torolgn snores; one rrom Hcthesda church,
and both from Bethel presbytery. These
missionaries are Rev. S. R. Hope and Rev.
W. B. White, both young ministers just recently
entered upon their work of preaching
the gospel. Among the ministers who will
take part in the farewell services, are the
following: Rev. Dr. Thorn well, of Fort Mill;
Rev. B. P. Reid, of Bethesda ; Rev. W. M.
Anderson, of Rock Hill; Rev. I). S. McAllister,
of Bethel; Rev. W. G. White, of
Lowrysville, and of course the departing
missionaries, Revs. Hope and White. The
services will begin promptly at 11 o'clock
a. in. and will probably last two hours.
Everybody is invited.
EXTRA TRAIN'S.
Extra trains will be run over the Three
C's railroad from Blacksburg and C'atawba
Junction, to Yorkville, next Friday, on account
of the campaign meeting. Although
! there is very little reduction from the regui
lar rates of fare, the trains will no doubt
; prove convenient to many who are averse to
I making the trip by private conveyance. The
! schedules are as follows:
Leave Blacksburg at 0.00 a. m : Smyrna,
10.20; Hickory Grove, 0.3"); Sharon, 0.50.
; Arrive at Yorkville at 7.05 a. m.
Leave Catawba Junction at 8.30 a. m.:
Lesslie's, 8.40; Rock Hill, 8.50; Newport,
;9.00; Tirzah, 9.08. Arrive at Yorkville at
' 9.25 a. in.
Returning, the train for Catawba Junction
| leaves Yorkville at 5 p. m., and the Blacksi
burg train at 7.30 p. m.
Fares for the round trip will be as follows:
' From Blacksburg, $1.25; Smyrna, $1 ; Hickjory
Grove, 75 cents: Sharon, 50 cents; Caj
tawba Junction, Roddey's and Lesslie's, $1 ;
!Old Point, 75 cents: Newport and Tirzah,
1 50 cents.
THE STATE ROARI) OF HEALTH.
'i The e xecutive committee of the State Board
i of Health, met in the oflice of Drs. Brntton
I & Brat I on last Thursday morning and con|
tinned in session nearly all day. All the
members of the committee were present with
I n.o <ivjw.niinn of Attorney (Jenoral McLaui'in
and Dr. I'. A. Wilhitc, deceased, of Anderj
son. The other members arc as follows : Dr.
i J. R. Riatton, Vorkvillc, chairman: Dr. II.
I). Frascr. Charleston, secretary : Dr. A. A.
Moore, Camden; Dr. James Kvans, Flor)enee;Dr.
('has. It. Taher. Fort Motto; Dr.
T. (?. Simons, Charleston: and Comptroller
(Jeneral Kllcrbe.
j I'pon calling the meeting to order, the
1 chairman, in feeling terms, alluded to the
long and faithful service of the late Dr. 1\ A.
Wilhitc, of Anderson, and of the great loss
sustained to sanitation in his death. A committee
was appointed consisting of Drs. C. it.
Taher. James Kvans and T. <i. Simons, which
was instructed to prepare a suitable memorial
to he embodied in the records of the board.
The hoard then unanimously nominated
Dr. W. II. Xardin, of Anderson, to till the
vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Wilhitc,
and a resolution was adopted instructing
that Dr. Nardin's name he sent to the governor
for appointment.
A letter was read from Dr. T. J. McKie,
of Kdgetield, urging the necessity of some
method of securing medical attention for the
poor. His letter was of great interest to the
hoard, and gave rise to considerable discussion.
The poor must be provided for with
medical attention, and often physicians are
compelled, by the dictates of humanity, to
give not only their services, but also to supply
medicines, with no prospect of requital.
The subject was referred as worthy of discussion
at the national conference of State
hoards of health.
A letter was read from the Pennsylvania
State Hoard of Health on the subject of setting
apart by law a certain number of days
(annually to be known as sanitary days, and
j to be devoted to a general cleaning up of
, homes, yards, streets, villages, towns and
cities.
I Comptroller (Jeneral Kllerhe reported a
plan for the collection of vital statistics.
The plan, in order to be carried out, will
require legislative action hy the general assembly.
Dr. Evans alluded to the difficulty of securing
reports from the sub-hoards of health
as to local sanitary conditions, and proposed
that the chairmen of the sub-boards be exempted
from road duty in consideration
of their making more reliable returns. The
legality of the plan set forth in the proposition
was referred to the attorney general.
IntendantT. F. McDow, of Yorkville,made
a report as to sanitary conditions in Yorkville,
and requested information as to the proper
disposition of night soil and garbage. After
discussion of the points presented, the secretary
was instructed to furnish the town
council of Yorkville with copies of circulars
issued by the State Board of Health in regard
to the proper disposition of offensive
material.
There being 110 business before .the bonrd,
the body adjourned.
THE SPEAKING* NEXT FRIDAY.
Messrs. J. S. Brice, W. T. Jackson and W.
C. Hutchison, of the County Democratic Executive
committee, charged with the erection
of a stand for the speakers at the State campaign
meeting in Yorkville next Friday, will
have their work completed on time, and all
other details of the meeting will be properly
attended to.
The place selected for the speaking is a
small grove belonging to Mr. G. H. O'Leary,
situated on the Lincoln road, about twothirds
of a mile from the court house, and
nearly opposite the residence of Mr. A. Cody.
The committee guarantees mat tne stana,
this year, will hold up all the people who
have any business on it, and they will do the
best they can toward providing seats for
every individual in the vast crowd that they
expect to be present.
To further insure the comfort and convenience
of the audience, we are requested by
the committee to ask that no horses or mules
be hitched in the grove on the day of the
speaking, and that no vehicles be brought
in the vicinity of the stand?that is, close
enough to obstruct the view of those who
may not be able to secure equally advantageous
positions.
And further, to secure peace and good order
during the day, Chairman Brice requests
that no campaign banners of any kind be
brought on the grounds. "These banners,'
says Mr. Brice, "have been the cause of con
siderable trouble at other meetings, and as
they do no good, we can very well dispense
with them."
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Stitt Harris, of Columbia, is visiting
relatives in Yorkville.
Mrs. M. H. Metts and family left yester
day for Asheville.
Miss Lois Drennan, of Richburg, is visit
ing Miss Sadie Dunlap.
Mr. Chas. P. Ford is visiting relatives neai
South Point, N. ('.
Miss Pearl Williams is visiting friend!
near Fodder postoffice.
Mr. W. F. Marshall and bride, returnee
from Asheville last week.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Rawlinson are a
Cleveland Springs.
Mrs. A. Springs Withers and children
visited in Rock Hill last week.
Mrs. Micah Jenkins is visiting the family
of Mrs. A. C. McPheeters.
Miss Virgie Ferguson returned home las
week from an extended visit to Spartanburg
Miss Ethel C'olcock, of Spartauburg, ii
in Yorkville, visiting relatives.
Miss Maggie McGowan, of Waterford, Miss,
is visiting the family of Mr. S. A. McElwee
Rev. J. C. Galloway will leave this weel
for a short visit to friends at Louisville, Ga
Cadet James B. Allison, of the Citade
J academy, is at home for the summer holi
days.
Miss Ida Cassady, of Charlotte, is ii
Yorkville. visiting Mr. J. F. Hyndman'i
family.
Mr. J. H. Keller, of Heardmont, Ga.
is visiting his father's family, two mile:
north of Yorkville.
Mrs. W. J. Hyndman and children, o
Charlotte, N. C., are in Yorkville, visitinj
relatives and friends.
Captain W. L. Roddey and Mrs. \V. J
Roddey passed through Yorkville yesterday
on their way to Catawba Springs.
Captain John M. Patrick, of Anderson
was in Yorkville on Sunday and Monday
the guest of his brother, Rev. R. G. Patrick
Misses Lizzie Clarkson and Maud Reall, o
Charlotte, N. C., are visiting Miss Fay<
Griffith, at Mr. J. M. Rawlinson's.
Miss Edith Tall, who for the past seasoi
has been in charge of the millinery depart
ment of Dobson's racket, expects to lenvi
today for her home in Maryland.
Miss Daisy (Jist returned home yesterdai
afternoon from Broad Run, Vu., where sin
had been for the past month, the guest o
Mrs. Henry F. Robertson.
Miss Annie Howard and Miss Pearl Hud
son, of Waxhaw, N. C., and Miss Putt'
Morris, of Shamrock, Mecklenburg county
N. C., are in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs
W. G. White.
Mr. Felix E. McC'lain, of this place, lef
last Thursday afternoon to take charge o
the telegraph office at Clover, Jilr. Sylveste
Smith, the former manager, Tiwring been re
moved to the office at Union C. H.
LOCAL LACONICS,
j ?Mr. J. W. Simril, of Concord, S. C., ha.'
sent The Exquikkk a tomato of his owi
j raising, that weighs a pound and a hall
: Mr. H. F. Horton, of Gould, has sent a larg
plump head of cabbage that is quite line.
? Mr. H. E. Neil, captain of the Clove
baseball club, sends us word that Clove
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claims the championship of York county
: anil if there is another club that desires t
dispute the claim, with home players. Clove
stands ready to meet it at any time.
? Fire broke out at the house of Amand:
Joiner, a colored washerwoman, in YorkvilU
I last Wednesday afternoon. Help was nca
at hand, and the flames were quickly extin
guished, but not until after they had destroy
ed a quantity of clothing belonging to whit
families for whom the woman was working
. ? At a meeting of the board of trustees o
' the Yorkville graded schools, held on Satur
day night last, Prof. W. W. Lewis was elect
| ed superintendent for the next scholustii
year, and the following were elected teacher
in the white school: Miss Maggie Gist, Mis
' Lila Peek. Mrs. Ida Meek, and Mrs. Annii
j Marshall, music teacher. The trustees or
dcred the consolidation of the two colorci
schools and elected Allen Alexander and W
R. Douglas as teachers.
? Rev. W. W. Orr has been conducting i
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very interesting meeting at Bethany durinj
the past week. The meeting opened Thurs
day night, and, by appointment, the Una
sermon was to have been last night. J
number of Yorkville people, in attendunc<
on Sunday, say that the congregation 1111111
hered between fifteen hundred and two thou
sand, (treat interest has been manifesto*
all along, and it is believed much good ha
' been accomplished.
? There will he an unusual quantity of sor
ghuin cane raised in York county this year
and quite a number of new mills will he necessary
to grind it. Heretofore purchaser
of cane mills have had to send either to th*
North or West. Messrs. ('reighton, Shcfese
& Co., of Koek Hill, with their usual enter
I prise, have undertaken to supply the demant
, by home manufacture, and we have no doub
that they can oiler superior inducement
[both as to quality and juice. We reeom
mend that intending jmrchasers call upon o
write them. See their avertisement.
I
j ?We call attention to the advertisemen
i in another column of the Patrick Militun
j Institute, at Anderson. This institute is nov
in its 22nd year as a school, having been
established at Greenville in 1870, and the
present session closes its filth scholastic year
at Anderson, its new home. Probably no
educational institution for boys in the State
stands higher in point of thoroughness and
efficiency, and parents who are looking for a
first-class school to which to send their boys,
will do well to write to Colonel John B. Patrick,
principal, at Anderson.
? "Invite out all the ladies to the meeting
next Friday," requests Chairman Briee.
"Tell them every one to come?from the
town and country?and to bring as many
flowers as they can for their respective favorites.
I am sure the presence of the ladies
is very desirable, not only to give tone to
the meeting, but in order that they may
hear the issues discussed. If any one objects
to their presence, why just please tell all
such to stay away. They have no business
in a gathering in which the ladies are not
welcome." We endorse your sentiments,
Mr. Brice.
GEORGE S. TURNER.
The Spartanburg Murderer's Remarkable Career
of Crime.
From tup loiumnia
George S. Turner must hang. So said a
Spartanburg jury in August, 1890; and so
said the supreme court of the State a few
days since. He has had a most remarkable
career, but his fate is now sealed and he
must pay the extreme penalty of the law
for the murder of poor Ed Finger, his
brother-in-law, which occurred in March,
1890.
Turner was born and raised in * Spartanburg
county and was of humble parentage,
and has but little education. But he is a
man of considerable energy and insatiable
avarice. He is now about forty years of age,
and, up to the time he got into his present
difficulty, had accumulated 130,000 or $40,,
000 worth of property.
When he was quite young?not more than
sixteen years old?he married Miss Susie
Finger, of Valley Falls, five miles north of
Spartanburg. Soon thereafter he sent her to
the Mary Sharp college, where she pursued
literary studies and music, and he went to
I Mississippi and engaged in the occupation of
a clock peddler. Jn this he succeeded, and,
his wife having finished her studies, they
' returned to Spartanburg county, where he
! engaged in farming, merchandising and cot>
ton milling?having bought the Valley Falls
. Factory?and was progressing nicely until
June, 1887, when he got into his first
trouble.
One bright Sunday morning in that
1 month, he became involved in a difficulty
> with Julius Metskie, a German laborer in
' his employ, and shot him down. In Octo
. ber, 1887, he was tried for the offense before
, Judge Norton and a jury, convicted of
manslaughter, and sentenced to five years'
imprisonment in the penitentiary. Bail was
procured for him and an appeal was taken
to the supreme court, which granted him a
new trial. In July, 1888, he was tried again
before Judge Kershaw and a jury, which
trial resulted in acquittal.
In January, 1889, he seduced his wife's
sister, Miss Clara Finger, a young lady then
. about sixteen years of age; and in March,
1890, he became involved in a difficulty with
her brother, Ed Finger, in consequence of
: that seduction, and killed him. He went to
Spartanburg at once and surrendered. An
i efFort \\as made to lynch him by the outraged
community, but the plan was balked.
1 An application was immediately made for
bail, but it was refused.
In July, 1890, he was tried for this offense
before Judge Norton and a jury, (he was
tried before Judge Norton in October, 1887,
, for killing Metskie, and sentenced to five
years' imprisonment, and, strange to say,
f when Judge Norton completed the circuit
around the State, Turner had procured a
| new trial and had been acquitted, and had
killed another man, and appeared before
him for trial for that) and was convicted of
3 murder and sentenced to be hung.
An appeal was again taken to the supreme
court, and after much delay a decision has
' just been rendered by that tribunal unanimously
affirming the judgment of the
c court below. His lawyers are Duncan &
Sanders, Bomar & Simpson, and Nichols &
1 Moore. After he was convicted he retained
- Judge Melton, of Columbia, and the Hon.
George Johnstone, of Newberry.
! The only hope now, it seems, is to get the
governor to pardon him, but there is a very
slim prospect of executive clemency. His
counsel, however, are untiring and will
> leave no stone unturned to avert the terrible
s punishment that awaits their unfortunate
client.
f It is understood that they have obtained
r an order to stay the remittitur in the su
3 preme court till u pennon ior a reueunu^
can be made before that tribunal. But it is
practically certain that these eminent counf
sel can never convince the supreme court
| that this tribunal committed an error in their
! decision
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' MERE MENTION.
* The Third party people of Florida have
j put out a full State ticket. Boston is
e j looking for a big strike of the employees o(
i clothing manufacturer's of that city, and it is
i expected that several thousand men will be
. thrown out of employment. The managers
of the leading Southern railways met
in Boston on Saturday to agree upon a new
adjustment of rates. The Baltimore and
f Ohio Railroad company announces that it
e will expend $7-r>,000 on an exhibit at the
f World's Fair. Rev. Doctro Talmage is
I in St. Petersburg, Russia, the guest of the
I Czar. There is a rumor to the effect
| that David B. Hill intends to resign from the
^; United States senate. A. K. McLure,
i editor of the Philadelphia Times, has clial.
lenged Governor McKinley, of Ohio, to a
joint debate on the tariff question. The
t town of Anthony in Marion county, Florida,
f was burned by burglars last Saturday night.
It is reported that Tom Watson will
r undertake to defeat Speaker Crisp for re"
election to congress. On account of the
prevalence of cholera in Europe, the United
i States health authorities have issued instrucl
tions to American consuls abroad, to dis*
| courage, by all lawful means, all shipments
ii I to the United States from infected ports.
> i Reports from Boise City, Idaho, indie
i cate that the labor riots in that vicinity have
about quieted down. Many of the strikers
were arrested by the soldiers, and others left
r| the country. An arrangement has been
r agreed upon by which the Chilian govern',:
mi-lit is to pay the United States sailors, in0
jured in the Baltimore affair, $7-">,000 in full
r | settlement of all claims. The cholera
I plague is spreading throughout the Russian
; empire at an alarming rate. The Peo
11 {pie's party of Georgia met in Atlanta Jasl
j j Wednesday and nominated a full State tick
r et. Gen. Mahone, the well known Yir
i. ginia Republican, is being urged by his
_ i friends to seek a re-election for congress this
? i fall. During a thunder storm in Rich
"" i mond, \'a., on Thursday, lightning strucK n
' 1 house on Nicholson street, and killed a man
f named Dale Kinmit, his wife and three chil
- i dren.
m
' Within tiik Xkxt Ticikty Days."?
cjThe contract has been let out for the cons
struction of the Three ("s from Johnson
s j City to Minneapolis, and we are reliably
b informed that the work will he resumed
. within the next thirty days,
j The contractors are McDonuld i<; Shea,
William Kenneliek and Sam Tate. These
' contractors get the preference owing to sacrifices
they made in the old settlement,
i, While the main work will he directed toward
t the coal fields, there will he some work in
the North Carolina mountains heading toj
ward the Atlantic seaboard. When the road
is finished to the coal fields, the bondhold^
ers will issue preference bonds to the amount
L' of #15,000 per mile for the construction ol
- the road to some point of connection in
- Ohio. This is an important road and not
j only opens a direct route from the coal fit-Ids
. j of the northwest and the iron deposits of tht
' South, hut gives a direct line from the great
grain fields to the Atlantic seaboard.?John*
son City (Tenn.) Staff.
,
- ?The eleven negroes under sentence ol
s death for the murder of Thornton Nance, in
(> Laurens county, had their second trial last
week. Substantially the same facts as were
1 adduced at the first trial were brought out
* The trial was concluded on Friday evening.
1 and the jury remained out six hours. Nine ol
t the men were found guilty of inanslaughtei
s and two were acquitted. There will he m
appeal, as it is understood that the verdict
. gives general satisfaction.
?The State has appealed to the Cnitei!
1 States supreme court against the recent de>'
vision of Judge Siinonton in the railroad taxv
j at ion cases.
BLACKSBURG BUDGET.
Business of the Hotels?Young Men's Democratic
Club?The Treacherous Kerosene
Cau?Accident to Mr. G. M. Moore.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Blacksburo, July 28.?The hot wave which
has swept over the country for the past week has
proved a help to our hotels. Cherokee Inn, with
its splendid reputation as a home of elegance
and comfort, backed up by our genial, pleasant v
climate, offers to those seeking rest and health a
place of refuge, which they gladly avail themselves
of, and already the house is full, and the
probability is that if they continue coming there
will be an overflow of patrons. The other hotels,
Iron City, Merchants' and Air-Line, though not
so large andpretensiousasthe "Inn," yet afford,
in their culinary departments, nice, large, airy
rooms, and polite attention, all that the hungry,
hot and weary traveler needs or desires. Blacksburg
being also an important transfer point, the
transient custom our hotels receive is no small
item, especially at this season of the year, and
the money that the latter are thus enabled to
distribute among our formers for their smaller
farm supplies, amounts, no doubt, to a considerable
sum, and helps them to tide over a very hard
and scarce season in money matters. Verily,
railroads and corporations are a great benefit,
not only to our hotel men, but to our farmers
and merchants as well. Indeed, we all come in
for a share of the money they bring among us.
The Young Men's Democratic Club met pursuant
to appointment, in the old academy, on
Saturday last. The attendance was not so large
" 4 if?? Al.r\ Aiilnanu nf
ah me nrst meeting, especially ui mo viuwua ?
Blacksburg. After the report of the executive
committee, and the adoption of a constitution,
a resolution endorsing the National Democratic
ticket for president and vice president was introduced
by N. W. Hardin, Esq., and adopted
unanimously. Another by Captain W. H.
Carroll, approving and endorsing the present
State administration, carried by a vote of 19 to 15.
There was considerable discussion upon and
opposition to the last proposition, but .Tillman's
friends were slightly in the majority.
What came near being a fatal accident by burning,
occurred at the residence of Rev. W. S.
Hamiter on Wednesday last. It was the first
evening of a meeting at the Presbyterian church,
to be conducted by Rev. J. C. McMullen, and
Miss Cooper, sister of Mrs. Hamiter, in her efforts
to hasten the evening meal, appealed to the.
ever-ready and convenient kerosene oil can for
help to kindle a fire in the stove. The can and
stove were evidently in too close proximity, for
an explosion occurred, and Miss Cooper's apron
and dress were soon enveloped in fiames. Her
screams brought to her aid, Mrs. Hamiter and
Mr. E. N. Hamiter, who after heroic efforts, and .
much peril to themselves, finally succeeded in
extinguishing the fire, though at the expense of
a' terrible shock and intense suffering. The
worst burns are on the hands and arms, and I
am glad to report that all the parties are doing
well.
Rev. Mr. McMullen has been preaching to
large congregations at the Presbyterian church
since Wednesday last. Much interest has been
manifested in the meeting; the sermons are of '
a high order, and good results are hoped for and
expected.
Yesterday afternoon. Conductor G. M. Moore,
of the Three C's road, while attending to the
shifting of some cars and standing on the platform
of the rear one in the train, leaned over
a little too far, while the train was in motion, and
was struck on the head by the arm of a large
utatinriarv wat/ir rtinc. Alld Knocked Off lliS feet
with ?ome force. Fortunately the train was
moving slowly, and Captain Moore, though
dazed and badly bruised, was not seriously Injured.
, w. A.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Delightful German?Personal and Other
Matters.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, July 28.?The german given in
the Pavilion last Thursday evening, complimentary
to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Roddey, and Dr.
and Mrs. E. R. Stitt, was the best attended, gayest,
and most enjoyable one that has been at
Rock Hill in many years. Dr. C. M. Kuykendal
and Mr. P. G. McCorkle led in a most grace,
fhl manner. Every one semeed to catch the
spirit of the excellent music furnished by the
Italian band of Charlotte, X. C. The young
people continued to enjoy themselves until the
dawn of another day forced them to quit the
scene of an event that will have many pleasant
memories. The ladies present were as follows:
Mrs. J. E. Roddey, Mrs. E. R. Stitt,
Mrs. A. H. Green, Mrs. J. R. London.Mrs. Ed.
Fewell, Mrs. F. O. London, Mrs. W. B. Wilson,
Mrs. T. L. Cornwell, Miss Nellie Brooks, of
Edgefield; Miss Mary Steele, of Charlotte, N.
C.; Miss Ella Kirkley, of Kershaw; Miss Julia
,p""Ia? nf Tnnmigfor. \f IBM Mild CP RedfOrd, Of
X a J lUi | V? y ? _
Monroe, N. C.; Miss Drusia Dienl, of Lewis's
T. 0.; Misses Pauline and Susie Moore, of Lancaster;
Miss Myers, of Charlotte; Miss Clara
Bamett, of Lancaster: Misses Emma Witherspoon,
Lillian Jones, Lettie Green, Nettie Watson,
and Lela Steele, of Rock Hill,
i The following gentlemen were present: Dr.
('. M. Kuykendal, Quay ?McElwee, T. W Clawson,
and I. Johnson, of Yorkville; B. J. Withherspoon,
Jr., J. H. Witherspoon, P. G. McCorkle,
and W. H. McDonald, of Lancaster: W.
I H. Twitty, R. B. Allison, J. M. Scott, T. J.
Witherspoon, and Julien Ahrcns, of Charlotte,
N. C., besides a host of gentlemen, too numer1
ous to be mentioned, from Rock Hill,
i Rock Hill expects to send a good representa;
tion to the campaign meeting at Yorkville next
Friday. ,
1 Mr. Joseph Comer, a young man about 19
years of age, died of typhoid fever at the Standard
mill on Saturday last, and was/buried at
, Laurelwood cemetery on Sunday.
Mr. S. T. Frew has purchased the Cox cottage,
on Hampton street, and expects to occupy it
I soon.
4 D n?r?L-u !u Imtlilinor a lmndsnine
| residence at Oakland, and is pushing forward the
work as fast as possible.
! Mr. Ross Tompkins is at home from the Citadel.
- Miss LouiseSherfesee is visiting at Charleston, .
and Miss Mary Moore at Union.
Mr. W. J. Caveny is improving some, though
; very slowly. v.
i ? *
BULLOCK'S CREEK TILLMANITES.
They Discuss the Situation?Did Tillman
Hun !?Delegate to the State Convention?
Will Catechise the Candidates?Picnic at
Pratt's.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
f IIoodtown, July 25.?Quitea large number of
the Democratic voters of Bullock's Creek township,
met in the Academy at IIoodtown, on last
Saturday afternoon, to discuss the political situation,
or more properly to devise some measures
whereby they could thwart the plans of the A11tis,
who are making a "from house to house canvass"
for the purpose of distributing the literature
of their party.
One of their tracts has for its head lines something
like this, "Colonel Youman's Great Speech
>i at Kingstree, from which Governor Tillman
l Ran." Now we, as Democrats and followers of
, B. R. Tillman, do most emphatically deny the
allegation that he (Tillman) ran, and pronounce
' it utterly without foundation ; but of course we
must allow the Antis freedom of speech and the
privilege of holding to their own opinions notwithstanding
we believe them to be standing on
the wrong side of the fence.
Mr. \V. Y. White presided over the meeting,
and made quite an interesting talk 011 the duties
of the people to the cause of Democracy.
Mr. R. T. Riggins was selected as a suitable
candidate to lie voted for at tlie primary, to go
to the State convention.
The following committee was appointed to
, solicit subscriptions to raise funds to defray the
expenses of our delegates to the convention: R.
W. Hamilton, Dr. W. A. Hood, J. C. Blair, J.
. P. Blair and J. K. Carroll.
A committee to prepare a list of questions to
be put to the candidates for county ollh-es was
'. selected as follows : R. M. Carroll, Samuel
Blair, It. T. Riggins and W. Y. White.
. I By a vote of all present, it was decided to have
, a picnic near Mr. 1). S. Pratt's, August 25. This
, is to give the candidates a chance to enjoy llie
' hospitality of our good people. Tii.i.manitk.
' | LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE.
1
Personal Mention?The High School Re'
Organized Under the Auspices of a Stock
I Company.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
^ Hickoky Okovk, July 20.?Mr.-Marion Knox
and wife, Mr. Augustus Knox and Miss Simp.
son, of Huntersville, N. ('., are visiting Rev. J.
P. Kiiox.
' Mrs. Austell, of Karl's, is visiting her daugh
tor, Mrs. It. Si. Ross.
Mrs. !>. M. Castles is visiting her mother in
, Yorkville.
Mrs. M. G. Broom is visiting relatives in
I Blacksburg.
Mrs. It. L. Parsley is visiting friends near
('lover.
Mr. It. L. Pursley is building a dwelling on
Wylio avenue.
Since my last letter the high school has been
reorganized and is hereafter to be controlled by
II a stock company. The community has Invested
. freely in the enterprise, and every effort will be
tii-vt.i.l'iww iwliwiitioiKil iiuliii-mionitM
' to tlu' public. Mr. S. II. Uitliun hasagain been
employed us principal. The hoard of trustees
have not as yet selected nil assistant, but propose
[ to employ one or more its they may deem necessary,
at it'll early date.
We are beginning to need rain. We have had
. no rainfall for titteen days, and although the
[ crops are not sutt'ering much as yet, a few more
days of dry weather will seriously alleet the corn.
1 * bkkski..
' ?A young huly, Miss Lizzie Langley, re'
siding four miles from Barnwell, writes a
' correspondent of The News and Courier,
' lost her life a few days ago under cireiunstan1
ces which, as a warning to others, and especially
the young ladies of the country, should
' he widely published. This young ladv, Miss
' Langley, was receiving the attentions of a
young man addicted to cigarette smoking.
" I On Sunday he was taking her in a buggy to
a church in the neighborhood. Indulging
this abominable habit on the road, some of
I the tobacco on lire fell from his cigarette in
i the foot of the buggy, and in a few moments
the young lady's underclothing was ablaze.
' | There was no help, save the heroic ellbrts
of another young man on his way to the
. church, with no means of extinguishing the
I' Haines. She lingered for a short while in the
' most excruciating agony, and perished in the
> bloom of youth and beauty, a sacrifice to the
foolish, unrestraining indulgence of a very
common practice with our young men. It is
hoped that this terrible resulf will prevent
I young men in future, in the company of
iadies, from indulging in this habit, and that
! young ladies will refuse their company to
j such as oiler to smoke in their presence.