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^wajrs and partis. ? Secretary Foster, of the State ^department, denies the story that the squadron of American vessels recently sent to Venezuela, is intended.in any way as a menace to Great Britain. Tb e?e are important American interests in Venezuela, he says, and owing to the unsettled state of affairs in that country, should a sudden uprising occur, a large force may be necessary to protect the interests of the Uni'ted States. ? A well-known Democrat, who returned to New York from Gray Gables on Friday last, said that Mr. Cleveland had not yet written a line of his letter of acceptance. He had thought it all out, however, and told his visitor that it would be short, less than 2,000 words in length, and would discuss tariff reform as the great issue before the country, just as it was in 1888, while paying due attention to the force bill. In other words, the letter of acceptance will follow the lines of the speech of acceptance made at Madison Square Garden in August. Mr. Cleveland also said that the letter would be given to the public between September 26 and SO. ? The news of a terrible tragedy comes from near Cato, Cayuga county, N. Y. It appears that a boy, while cutting bundles of wheat for a threshing machine, accidentally cut the feeder's hand, which so infuriated him that he immediately caught up the boy and threw 1? 1J-J mm into me rapiaiy revolving uyuuuei wuoic he was ground to atoms before anyone present could raise a hand to prevent. The brother of the unfortunate lad witnessed the bloody deed and lost no time in wreaking vengeance upon the murderer. He felled him to the floor with a blow from a pitchfork, and while he lay writhing from the effects thereof, the brother repeatedly plunged the fork through his body, not stopping until he was dead. All the threshing hands stood by and witnessed the tragic deaths, which occurred so quickly that they were powerless to interfere. ? Edward Kearney, the Tammany sachem, according to the New York Sun, said recently : "I am still ready to bet that Mr. Cleveland will be elected. I have already made several bets. I have bet considerable that this State will go Democratic as well as the bets I have made that Mr. Cleveland will be elected. In addition to these, I have made three bets that the Republican mtyority in Pennsylvania would be less than 50,000. This would be a falling off in the Republican vote of 80,000. These bets were made sometime before either of the elections in Vermont or Maine. At the same rate the falling off in the Republican vote in Vermont and Maine is more than the falling off I expect in Pennsylvania. If the Republican vote falls off by three States, it is only logical to suppose that it will fall off in other parts of the country. My reasons for believing this are that the elections of 1890 showed that the drift was toward the Democratic party." ? The survivors of the First Iowa volunteer cavalry, says the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, have had a gold medal struck, which is to be presented to a Confederate officer, Lieutenant J. W. Graves, of Company A, Third Missouri cavalry, for saving the lives of seventeen Union soldiers who were in his care as prisoners. Lieutenant Graves, with forty Confederates, while escorting under a flag of truce Captain J. T. Foster and sixteen men, was surrounded by detachments of Todd's, Anderson's and Quantrell's guerrillas in a lonely spot about twenty miles from Lexington, Mo. The guerrillas numbered 150 men, and were in command of the notorious and merciless Jesse James and Colonel Younger. Having halted both detachments, the guerillas demanded of Lieutenant Graves that he immediately surrender to them the Federal soldiers. This, he felt, would be to hand them over to be massacred, and with an honor and valor that were chivalric, he defiantly declined to do so. Riding in front of his men, and addressing the guerilla leader, Lieutenant Graves said that the men they askea to do surrendered were in his charge, and that he and his men would die in defence of their trust and the Federal soldiers. This courageous declaration quailed the guerillas. ? An attempt was made to assassinate Governor Flower, of New York, by means of an infernal machine, by unknown parties last week. The governor went over to Fire island for the purpose of quieting the disturbance made by the clam diggers and baymen, over the invasion of refugee passengers from the cholera infested vessels in the harbor. Upon his return from the island he went to the Windsor hotel, in New York city. In the afternoon of the same day, the hotel clerk handed him a small box just received through the mails. Together with the box was a letter also addressed to to the governor. Governor Flower read the letter first. It warned him not to open the box, as it contained dynamite. The governor sent the box to police headquarters. Here it was immersed in water and allowed to soak for several hours. It was then opened and found to contain dynamite sufficient to have blown the governor to atoms. Mixed with the dynamite, was some gunpowder and some caps. Matches were attached to the lid of the box in such a manner as to insure their ignition when the box was opened. There is no doubt of the fact that there mnnM K11110 Wn o tarriKlo arnlnninn hoH VTVUIU UU V V WVU U WI*?W*V UMV* the police not taken proper precaution. Several detectives were put on the case, but as yet have not been able to find any clue to the would-be assassinB. ?Aubrey Stanhope, the Paris correspondent of the New York Herald, has just embarked upon a most dangerous expedition in the interest of cholera stricken humanity. It will be remembered that a few weeks ago, Dr. HafFkine, a German physician, announced the discovery, of a preventative against cholera. The supposed preventive is on the vaccination principle. The doctor introduced attenuated cholera virus into his own blood and afterward active virus. Though satisfied with his success, his experiment did not prove anything as to whether a man so treated was actually proof against cholera. Mr. Stanhope has volunteered to test the matter to the end. A few days ago he submitted to an inocculation of the virus, and on Friday started for Hamburg. It was his purpose to shut himself up with cholera patients, drink the water of the Elbe, and in every way subject himself to the disease. He is fully determined to test the efficiency of HafFkine's remedy, let the result be what it may, immunity or death. The experiment is being watched with most painful interest by the entire scientific world. Stanhope himself is by no means certain of the result of hie tost TTr> thinks hnu-p.vpr. if hp is sue oessful he will have done a great thing for humanity, and if he dies he will get full credit for his noble intention. ? Brigandage in Sicily, and even in Italy, is said to be largely on the increase. Owing to the bankrupt condition of the Italian government, the authorities no longer maintain a sufficient force of police to patrol the infested districts, and the lives and property of wealthy residents and foreign tourists are no longer safe. It is said that the brigands rob only the rich, but it is more likely that the only question they consider is the amount of gold and silver their victims may have on their persons. A few weeks ago a wealthy Italian baron visited a country place that he owned at no great distance from Palermo, to attend to some matters that required his presence. While walking about in his own grounds, he was suddenly seized by a dozen masked highwaymen. The highwaymen carried him off to a mountain fastness and demanded a heavy ransom, amounting to something like $10,000. The baron gave an order on his wife for the sum, the brigands repaired to Palermo to collect the money. The baroness in getting the money, injudiciously showed that she had a much larger sum in the house, and in addition to the amount demanded for the ransom, the brigands carried away all the money they could lay their hands on. This state of affairs is on the increase instead of decrease, and in some portions of Italy, it is a question as to whether the king or the brigands are in the highest authority. ? General Stevenson, the Democratic candidate for vice-president, was in Charlotte today, says a dispatch of Saturday. There was a great gathering of Democrats, a horseback procession a mile in length being a feature. Old residents say it was the greatest political demonstration ever known here. General Stevenson spoke in the auditorium to over six thousand people. General Stevenson's ancestors were among the signers of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, and he referred to this in opening his remarks. His speech was mainly a defense of Cleveland's administration and a talk on the tariff and force bill. He spoke for an hour on the tariff alone, and in concluding said the Democratic party wages no warfare on any business enterprise. We believe that the burden of taxation should be equally distributed. We oppose all legislation that enriches a few by taxing many. He reviewed carpet-bag rnle in North Carolina, and said the force bill meaut a return to the condition of affairs in the dark days of recon1 struction. This was Stevenson's third speech in the State, and his work is greatly renewing Democratic hopes. A circus was here today, but abandoned its parade to put its band wagon in the Stevenson procession, and postponed its performance until after the speaking. General Stevenson spoke tonight at Statesville to a great crowd. He speaks at five places next week. i&e forhvillt ftqpim. ^SBORRf NmJhHHII8^^*^ wUMBK?--* YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1892. ? Mrs. Harrison, the wife of the president, has been very ill at Loon Lake, New York, for several weeks past. She is suffering from consumption, and for awhile but little hopes were entertained of her recovery. During the past few days, however, her symptoms have appeared somewhat better, and'her physicians now believe that within a week or two more she may be safely r 1 moved to Washington. The president is spending almost his full time at Mrs. Harrison's bedside. ? The Democratic National committee is after Labor Commissioner Peck, of New York, with a sharp stick. It is on account of Peck's recent annual report, in which he showed that the McKinley tariff act had increased the wages of workingmen. A committee of the National committee called on Peck on Friday for the purpose of getting the names of manufacturers who had increased the wages of their workmen. Peck refused to give the desired information, and it was developed that he had burned all the circulars and other papers from which he had made his report. It is now clear that Peck's report is a fraud, gotten up with a ' deliberate purpose to deceive, and it is the purpose of the committee to vigorously prosJtflliAnAQf onmmicainirior CUUWJ lllic UIOUUUVOl' WUIUIIOOIUMVM ? The State Democratic convention, called for the purpose of nominating candidates for the various State offices and electors for president and vice-president, meets in Columbia today. So far nothing has occurred between the rival factions to disturb the existing harmony, and up to date everything looks lovely enough. The convention of today safely passed and we are safe. As we < see it, there is only one more breaker in the 1 way that may cause a disruption. We hope 1 our half formed fears are unfounded, and j are ready to trust to the wisdom and forbearanoe of the party leaders to prove that they are. But yet, at the last moment, there i is a possibility for trouble. The outlook is 1 that the old ticket, with the exception of the 1 preseDt attorney-general, who is not a candidate, will be re-nominated. That is what everybody is expecting and it is all right. , But if there be any trouble it will come in i the election of a candidate for attorney-gen- i eral. Mr. Benet wants the place. So does 1 Mr. Townsend, and so, also, does Mr. Mur- ' phy. Mr. Murphy has sixty-three votes, and while he is not in it, it is possible that < his friends may have the balance of power j between Mr. Benet and Mr. Townsend. If i the strength is anything near equal, the Con- 1 servatives are likely to take their choice be- 1 tween them. To do this will necessitate a ( caucus. If the Conservatives caucus, the ( Reformers are likely to caucus also, and two j factions caucusing against each other, in a i "Democratic" convention, is likely to lead to ' disastrous results. We hope we are borrowing trouble, but many a bitter political strug- j gle has found its origin on grounds even < more trivial than these. ] ? ? ( MR. SLltiH'S CHA'iCES. i Mr. E. Brooks Sligh will not be elected to j congress from this district this year. He hasn't got the votes, and can't get them. | ova nnf Koro X UVJ Ui U uvv uv? V. J The total vote of the district, according to i the recent census, is 26,675. Of this number ] 13,135 are white and 13,440 are colored. 1 The colored voters have a majority of 305, ' but it won't count. They are not registered. J In fact it is probable that the total registered colored vote of the district will not ; reach anything like 9,000. All the whites i have to do is to turn out at the polls, and 1 Mr. Sligh remains at home. AN INFANT INDUSTRY. j The Enquirer desires to enter an earnest ' plea in behalf of an important industry that ^ is just now making a timid appeal for help. s We refer to the manufacture of molasses. 1 The industry is but an infunt from grim ne- ' cessity, and if given a proper showing, prom- j ises to supercede its mother. All that it wants is to be nursed with energy and intel- | ligence. t In York county, this year, there will be ] mafia not less than thirtv thousand gallons ] of molasses. This motasses, consumed at 1 ' j home, represents not less than fifteen thou- . sand dollars saved to this section. That is a plain proposition. If the molasses had not < been made here, it would have been to be j bought from abroad, and the money stays at < home, and the country is worth just that * much more than it would otherwise have 4 been. j Now this saving, amounting to 600 bales j of cotton, has been made with so little i trouble and expense, that the least encour- j agement will stimulate an increase. Making, 1 as we do, enough for home consumption, at j comparatively no cost, with some additional , labor, it is easy to produce a surplus, and \ with a fairly remunerative market, this ] surplus can be increased to something enormous. All that remains is for the intelligent bus- J iness men to find a market abroad, and theu establish a local market on a reasonable j margin of profit. We are satisfied that this j can be done. However small it may be, 1 our homemade molasses surely has some 1 commercial value, and the sooner that value ' is established the better for all concerned. MERE MENTION. 1 A negro was recently lynched in one of ( the Western States for outraging a white \ I woman. The coroner's jury returned a ver- i I diet of "Death at the end of a rope in the i hands of persons who understood their business." The Choctaw nation, Indian 1 Territory, is reported to be in a state of civil ( war over the result of a recent election. i j A New York woman, aged 28 years, committed suicide at Monaco, one of the great gambling rendezvous of Southern Europe, s one day last week. She had lost a fortune consisting of about $25,000in ten days. A t United States marshal named Williams, has captured Mat Dal ton, Grant Dalton, Amy Dalton, Sum Wings and Three Fingered Jack, members of the famous Dalton gang of highwaymen. The capture was made near Deming, New Mexico, and the captor will get $22,000 in rewards. A fight occurred between cowboys and Mexi- J can cattle thieves, near San Antonio, Tex., ' last Wednesday. Three of the thieves were 1 killed, and also two cowboys named Charles 1 Thomas and Julian Pelasco. Eight hundred passengers on a ferry boat plying between New York and Brooklyn, had a uar- > row escape from drowning last Friday. The 1 boat struck a snag in East river, and was t about to sink. All steam was crowded on t and the New York side was reached just as r the boat went down. Ex-Governor Watts, of Alabama, died suddenly at his home in Montgomery last Friday of heart disease, He was attorney-general in the Confederate cabinet, and was governor of Alabama during the civil war. The Silver party ol Nevada has endorsed Weaver for president, Business failures throughout the country for the week ending last Friday, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 154, against 210 for the same week ol the previous year. The ceremony ol laying the corner stone for the statue of Col umbus, presented to America by the Italian government, took place in New York city last Friday afternoon. A dispatch to the New York Herald says that Costa Rica is or the verge of another bloody revolution. A terrific cyclone occurred in Japan on the 16th instant. Three hundred people wer< killed and 42,000 houses were destroyed. PROGRESS OF THE PLAGUE. Echoes from the Cholera Epidemic Abroac aud at Home. ? There are about thirty large foreign steamers in New York quarantine, awaiting permission to land their passengers. ? In Teheran, the capital of Persia, it is ' ' '* rt OOP? J Al.~ reported tnat tnere were 2,oou uemus nun cholera between September 6 and 11. ' ? Madrid, Spain, has declared quarantine against New York, and Lisbon, Portugal, has proclaimed Boston, Philadelphia, and Balti more infected ports. ? According to the reports of the dailj papers published yesterday, on Monday there was not a single case of cholera in New York either in the city or in quarantine. The health authorities are growing more anc more hopeful that the threatened epidemie has been averted. ? Philadelphia, Chicago, Charleston, Cincinnati, and in fact nearly all the cities having the largest commercial relations witl New York, are attempting to quarantine against that city. The railroads entering Chicago from the East have notified the health authorities that they will not "bring any foreign emigrants into that city, excepl such as could show clean bills of health. ? The total number of new cases of cholera reported throughout the Russian empire or Saturday, the 10th instant, was 2,810, and the total number pf deaths 1,286. On Tuesday of last week, 1,550 cases and 550 deaths, were reported in the lieutenancy of the Caucasus. Reports from other sections of the empire indicate a slight decrease in the number of new cases. . ? Hamburg, the large seaport at the mouth of the River Elbe, with a population of about 500,000 souls, has been the worst sufferer from the present epidemic, and is yet the center upon which the disease is expending its greatest violence. There have been about 8,000 cases and about 1,000 deaths during the past week. Up to last Saturday, since tne nrst DreaKing out 01 ine uiseuse. there has been 6,506 deaths in the city. ? The presence of cholera in New York city was first reported last Wednesday, when the fact that five deaths had occurred was published by the health authorities. One ol these deaths occurred on September 6, and the other four on September 10 and 11. All of the victims were residents of New York, and none of them had been out of the city for a year or more. All but two cases are reported to have occurred in different parts of the city. The other two cases were that of husband and wife. The quarantine officials were astounded at the news, and all the scientific people are at a loss to account for the appearance of the disease. Another case appeared on Thursday. ? Governor Flower, of New York, managed to quell, in short order, the resistance of the bay men to Fire island's being used for quarantine passengers. On being notified that the health authorities had been enjoined from taking possession of the island by the clam diggers, the governor went to work to have the injunction dissolved, and at the same time ordered several regiments of State troops to the scene of the disturbance. Almost simultaneously with the arrival of the troops came the news that the injunction had been dissolved, and the health officers at once took peaceful possession of the island. The clam diggers who had resisted the land ing of tne passengers irom me lnieeieu vessels, thereupon commenced giving trouble in ei different way. They offered their boats to the imprisoned passengers, aud for sums ranging from $25 upward, offered to take them to the mainland. It has not developed that any of the passengers have escaped in this manner, but it hus been necessary to redouble the police force in and around the island. Our Next Solicitor.?The Sixth circuit, in bestowing the Democratic nomination for solicitor upon Judge M. J. Hough, of this place, has honored a man whose ability, honesty, integrity and every qualification would reflect credit from the supreme bench of the State upon Lancaster county, and may not Lancaster hope some day to see him wear the judicial ermine? As to his fitness for the affice for which he has just been nominated, ? ? ^ Ua rvwA/lnnorl f linn LIU 1111CI tCSUUJUUiai tuuiu i/o ^iuuuvvu luuu the handsome majority of 1310 votes which he received in this county over his learned and able competitor, Hon. J. K. McDonald, the present incumbent, who entered the race solely upon his merits. Judge Kough is about fifty years of age. He was born near Brewer gold mine, in Chesterfield county. His boyhood and young manhood was spent upon the farm, receiving such educatiou as the neighborhood school afforded. He then sntered college. After a year at college he taught school for fifteen months, and by pursuing his studies kept up with his classes exsept in Greek. He then re-entered college and remained there until within one year oi graduation. He then accepted the principalship of White Plain high school, where he taught a session and a half. After this he began to study law at Lancaster under the late Wm. A. Moore, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1860. He went to the war April, 1861, and commanded a company in Colonel Cash's regiment at the battle of Manlssas. He resigned after the fight at Williamsburg, on account of disability from typhoid fever. He then joined the cavalry is a private, and after that commanded, until the close of the war, a company of cavalry in Butler's division, Hampton's corps. After the war, in January, 1866, he euterjd actively upon the practice of his profession at Chesterfield C. H. He was soon elected to represent his county in the legislature. January 10th, 1867, he married Miss Ada E. Clifton, of Chester county. The pear of 1868 he served as the district, juage for Chesterfield. He was again elected to :he legislature in 1869, but by a resolution ivas voted out by the Republicans, and a ne;ro put in his place, because of his opposition n that body to the Greenville railroad swinlle. This was in kuklux times. In f875 he moved to this place and has been one of the nost successful lawyers at our bar on both !he civil and criminal sides of the court.? Lancaster Ledger. Tillman vs. Tom Watson.?Editor Larry 'Jantt, who has just returned from a visit to 'ieorgia, is authority for the statement that is soon as Tom Watson, the Georgia Third partyite congressman, gets through with his political work in Georgia, he will come over ;o this State, and is to meet Governor Tillnan on Third party issues in a big joint delate. He did not say where the debate vould take place. He made the statement: "But Watson will ind that he can't stand before Tillman." In a few days, Mr. Bowden, the head of he Third party movement in this State, will eturn from the northern headquarters, and t is expected that he will at once make the innouncements as to the stump work, Wearer and his lieutenants will do in this State. Weaver is now heading this way and his mining will no doubt be timed with Tom Watson's appearance.?The State. The Vote for Solicitor.?The vote for lolicitor in the second primary, held 011 Tuesday last week, resulted by counties in he Sixth judicial district as follows: COCNTIKS. unroll. M'DONAI.D. Chester, KKl 624 Fairfield, AX7 713 Lancaster, 1,624 313 York, I, .712 1,030 Totals 4,AVI 2,680 The total vote was 7,233, and Hough's 111aority is 1873. The total vote cast in the irst primary was 8,861, of which McDonald eceived 3,122, Henry 2,000, Buchanan 1,584 md Hough 2,075. ? The State fair is scheduled for the same veek in which the general election comes off. '{ecognizing that this arrangement is likely o greatly uffect the attendance, the Coluuilia merchants are moving for a postponencnt. LOCAL AFFAIR8. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. i S. A. McElwee?Wants <>00 Geese on or Before Next Tuesday, 27th instant. - W. H. McCorkle, Judge of Probate?Citation? J. B. T. Seott, Applicant for Letters of Administration on the Estate of \V. L. Goforth, deceased. [ James Cannier, School Commissioner?Free Tuition in Winthrop Training School. L W. E. Adams, Jr., Executor?Horse and Buggy r at Auction. f \V. Brown Wylie, Executor?Executor's Notice to the Debtors and Creditors of P. W. Lindsay, Jr., deceased. 1 W. H. McCorkle, Judge of Probate?Citation? r Mrs. Emily A. A. Thompson, Applicant > for Letters of Administration on the Estate of A. M. Thompson, deceased. Emily E. Wright, Executrix?Final Notice to the Creditors of J. Lesslie Wright, dei ceased. , James Cansler, School Commissioner?Examination of.Teachers. W. II. McCorkle, Judge of Probate?CitationGeorge Keenan, Applicant for Letters of Administration on tne Estate of Stephen K'nnnifiv. dpppAKed. i Finley <fc Brice, Plaintiff's Attorneys?Summons for Relief?William McGill, heir-atlaw of William MeGill, Sr., deceased, , Plaintiff, against. James H. McGill -and others, Defendants. > Georgo T. Schorl)?Good Morning, Competition. Louis Roth?The Voice of the People. T. Baxter McClain?I've Got the Money to Buy Cotton Seed. 1 Dowry <fc Starr?Special Notice. W. B. Moore <fc Co.?Groceries, Crockery, and Hardware. ?" ' Beard <fe Inman?We are Now Ready. } M. <fc. H. C. Strauss?Our New Stock of Fall and Winter Goods. . . T. M. Dobson, Manager-^New Goods Eyery Week at Dobson's Racket Store. 5 IT IS GOOD STOCK FEED. t , People who are in the habit of doing the ' proper thing at the proper time, will now set about laying in a supply of sorghum seed for planting next spring. There has been lots of sorghum raised this( year, and it will ; be easy to find the seed of Almost any va^ie: i ty desired. If people generally have the t foresight that they ought to have, they will > not be slow to act on this hint. ' Speaking of sorghum the other day, an ' experienced farmer said to a representative of The Enquirer : "It is the best forage crop k that I know of. It is good for horses, cattle, i sheep and hogs. The seed are just as good 1 as corn for chickens, and the trouble and expense of raising the cane is so small that ' the seed alone will pay for it. r ? , "The cane will grow on any kind of land," . he continued, "and if you plant the earlier varieties, you can have a crop before almost any other green stock food is ready for use. One acre of sorghum will furnish as much stock food, produce as much fat, and be ' worth as much generally, as two acres of the same kind of land planted in any other . crop that you can name. , "It has always been strange to me that i people do not make any more use of sorghum cane than than they do. Years ago there was a strong prejudice against it on ac1 count of an ill-founded belief that it had a deleterious effect on stock if fed continuous1 ly, but that idea has been exploded by long [ continued practical tests. In my opinion there is no other crop that can be planted which will furnish an equal quantity and 1 value of stock food per acre at such a small . C08t." GETTING THE NEWS. There are eighteen election precincts in York county. They are situated at various distances, ranging from eight to. twenty-five I miles from the court house. Some of them i are as much as ten miles from the'nearefet telegraph office. The polls have been cIqs? ing at 6 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and 1 The Enquirer is scheduled to come out at daylight ou Wednesday morning. Under , these conditions, the difficulty of publishing i election returns within ten hours after the polls are closed, and less than five after the 1 votes are counted, is apparent. But, all the same, The Enquirer got ' there again last week. We had the vote of every precinct in the county, save one? Buffalo?in the office by 10 o'clock-Tuesday night, and the returns, as published next 1 morning, were changed only six votes, in the aggregate, by the official count. ""^The.re was an error of one in the Edwards vote at Clark's Fork ; an error of four in the Sapoch vote at Fort Mill, and an error of one in the s Hough vote at Rock Hill. With these -exceptions, the vote received by each candidate tallied exactly with the official count I made six or eight hours after The Enquirer i was on the streets. It is unnecessary to say that we are proud of this achievement, and we again desire to return thanks to those of our friends who [ helped to make it possible. We are also under obligations to the thoroughly competent telegraph operators throughout the ( county, who handled the news with such i care and dispatch, and especially to Operator 1 Beard, who could hardly make an error if 1 he would try. ' I THE COTTON MARKET. The marketing of the cotton crop progresses very slowly. Up to date only about fifty ' bales have been sold in Yorkville, and we 1 are informed that sales are also very dull at , all surrounding points. This state of affairs . is, in part, due to the wet weather, which is unfavorable for picking, and in part to the very general disposition to wait for better ^ prices. Since last Friday there has been a slight , advance in November futures, amounting . to \ of a cent a pound, and the undertone, i to all appearances, is quite healthy. Most ' of the Northern commission men are hopc1 ful of a gradual advance in the market during the next few weeks, aud are writing letters to their Southern customers upholding that view. Messrs. Riordan & Co., of New York, analyze the situation as follows: "The outlook, at the moment, seems to "" n^AmJoin/r tif line hnnn fnr WPV US 1UU1 C pi UlUlOtUg VU 14*4 IV IIUW >/vv*> ?v? ? eral weeks. There is good reason to believe that the shrinkage of receipts which, so far, has been so steady and serious, will continue at least until November. This alone would probably be enough to prevent any important break in prices. Meanwhile, the ? weather may at any time be of a character 1 to curtail the yield or to injure the quality, while a killing frost in the South early in October would probably cause a sudden rise nf at, lpnst a cent a Dound. With these chances in view, the timidity of the bears ] about selling at present prices is hardly to be j wondered at. On the other baud, a good and prolonged picking season, with mild weather throughout the South, extending until about Christmas, might yet give us a crop, which, added to the heavy surplus, might force prices considerably lower than we have yet seen them. As things look today, we would rather buy than to sell. A scare may at anytime cause a sharp advance, while the risk of a heavy decline is, just now, hardly a serious one." A THIRD PRIMARY. The County Democratic Executive committee met in the court house last Wednesday to tabulate the returns and declare the i result of the second primary held on Tuesday. According to the official count, the election resulted as follows : FOR SOLICITOR. Hough, 1,512 .McDonald, 1,02J? Hough's Majority isa FOR SCHOOL COM MISSIONKK. Edwards, 1,50ft Cunsler, !M:| Edwards's majority (il7 FOR COUNTY COM MISSION KK. ! Napoch, 1,7511 Asue, 1,1 i:i Smith, : 1,102 | Cull), l.hdl Sapooh's majority, 47* I The total vote was 2,550, and only one j I candidate for county commissioner?Mr. Sa! poch?having received a majority, under the J rules, another race become necessary between Messrs. Smith and Ashe, for the rej maining vacancy. There was some talk of asking Messrs. Smith and Ashe to draw straws for the nom-1 illation and thus avoid the inconvenience of another election, but the suggestion did not meet with favor on the part of either candidate. The executive committee settled the trouble by ordering another election to be held on next Saturday, the polls to remain open from 1 p. ra. to 6 p. m. The election for trial justice in Fort Mill township resulted iu the choice of J. W. McElhaney over B. H. Massey, by a vote of 145 t0 79* LOCAL LACONICS. ? The Enquirer begs to return thanks to Captain John T. Grist for some fine specimens of "tar-heel" Irish potatoes raised by him at his home at Lenoir, N. C. The potatoes are the largest that we have seen this season. ? Miss Sudie Allison, of Yorkville, who won the Converse college scholarship for this county in the recent competitive examination, has tendered her resignation to School Commissioner Cansler, and the scholarship falls to Miss A. Neely, of Clay Hill, who passed the next best examination. ?By reference to the advertisement in another column, it will be seen that County Treasurer Neely will commence his annual round for the collection of taxes on October 15. Mr. Neely will visit the different sections of the county on the dates announced, and, under the law, will close his books at Yorkville on the 15th of December. ? Dr. J. C. Kuykendal has another strong testimonial for his Campbell's, Anti-Ferment. On Monday he received an order for a dozen bottles to be shipped to the family of Hon. James G. Blaine, at Stanwood Cottage, Bar Harbor, Maine. Sometime ago Dr. Kuykendel sent a trial bottle to Mr. Blaine, and thinks that the order just received is the result. ? Mr. James B. Allison, Jr., of Yorkville, was the successful competitor for the Citadel' cadetship, at the examination held in the court house on Tuesday of last week. He made 82.4 out of a possible 100. Starr M. Mason and Saipuel R. Moore, both of Yorkville, stood second and third respectively. The former's mark was 80.4 and the latters' 64.8. ? Chairman Brice, of the County Democratic executive committee, requests us to call especial attention to the primary election to be held next Saturday. The election will be held for the purpose of nominating a third county commissioner, and Messrs. Jas. C. Ashe and Jos. A. Smith, the two candidates who received the largest number of votes in the recent primary, will be the only candidates voted for. The polls will be kept opeh from 1 p. m., to 6 p. m., and the election will be conducted under the same rules that governed the other two. Either written or printed tickets may be used. ? School Commissioner Cansler has presented The Enquirer with a copy of "Cram's Universal Family Atlas of the World." It is of the 1892 edition, just out, and complete up to date. It is all that the title implies, aud altogether the most valuable work of the kind that we have ever seen. It is 12 by 15 inches. It is bound in cloth, and contains 358 pages. Besides more than 200 maps including every country in the world, it contains a veritable mine of statistical information, collated from the reports of the 1890 census, an alphabetical list of all the towns and counties in the United States, together with population of each, illustrations and diagrams without number, and other matters of information too numerous to mention. The book should be not only in every school house in the land, but in every private family where parents desire their children to learn the geography of the world and the development and growth of the United States. The price of the book is $5, and it is worth it. ? The Enquirer was represented at a delightful picnic given by Mr. Jas. L. Moss, at his mill pond, three miles east of Yorkville, last Saturday. There were about fifty invited guests present, and all enjoyed themselves thoroughly. The principal feature of the occasion was a fish fry. The mill pond was "let off" and seined. The catch was i tiinsnutnrv fwktn f 11/a utlh UUUUb tiling' uaip )TCiguiu^ uvui niv m half to three pounds each. These were nicely fried under the supervision of the ladies pTesent, and the fry supplemented by an abundance of bread, pickles and other eatables, also, of course, provided by the ladies, furnished a feast the like of which is seldom seen at a picnic. The entire company, we are sure, is ready to join us in a vote of thanks to Mr. Moss for his hospitality, and for a day of social pleasure long to be remembered. A REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The York county Republicans have begun to move. In obedience to the call recently issued by the State executive committee, they held a convention in the court house on last Saturday and commenced the work of getting the local machines in order. Nearly all the most prominent colored leaders of the county were present, and so also was E. Brooks Sligh, the candidate for the Republican nomination for congress in this district. The convention was called to order by J. M. Clinton, county chairman, and L. R. Roddev. secretary. called the roll. All but three ^ J 7 or four of the precinct clubs were found to be represented by full delegations. Clinton explained the business of the convention to be to elect four delegates to the State convention, to be held in Columbia on September 29, and seven delegates to the congressional convention, to be held in Lancaster on October 4. Upon motion, a committee was appointed to nominate delegates to the two conventions, and while the committee was out, a motion to the effect that the convention hear from Mr. Sligh, was carried. Mr. Sligh was introduced and addressed the convention in a speech of about twenty minutes. He was glad, he said, to meet, face to face in this convention so many representative Republicans. He had been alluded to in the Democratic papers of the State as a recent convert to Republicanism. His people had always been Democrats, and until recently he had affiliated with the Democrats largely as the result of association. By the study of political economy, however, he had become convinced of the soundness of the theory of protection, and us protection was one of the leading principles of the Republican party, it was but natural that he should ally himself with the Republicans. This he did two years ago, and in doing so had nothing to be ashamed of. I am not, he said, a man who will attempt to array one race against another. There was a time, he said, when the Republican party in this State was led by a low class of whites, whose stock in trade was to array one class against the other, and whose object was to plunder the people, but I thank God that this class has now been driven beyond the borders of South Carolina. Recent events, he said, had obliterated the old lines in this State. The Democratic party used to be the party of the white man through fear of negro domination. There is no longer any such fear. The white people of the State now understand that the negro no longer wants to rule, but only desires a voice in the selection of those who are to rule. The recent Republican convention at Minneapolis, of which he was a member, had adopted in its platform three propositions, upon which, in the event of his nomination,; lie would make his canvass. The first was ' the protection of American manufactures, the second an honest dollar, and the third a free ballot and a fair count. If he secures the nomination, he said, he will stump the district on these issues. Sligh was listened to by the members of the convention with close attention, and his utterances were frequently applauded. His candidacy was given unanimous endorsement. The following delegates were elected to the State convention, which meets in Columbia 011 September 21): J. M. Clinton. Cad J. Pride, G. A. Watts and W. M. Goodwin. Delegates to the congressional convention, which meets at Lancaster C. H. on October 4th, were elected as follows: J. M. Clinton, T. F. Hunt, T. S. Simpson, W. M. Goodwin, M. M. Miller, B. Askew, and L. R. Roddey. They are instructed to vote for Sligh for congress. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at 11 a. m., and Sunday-school immediately afterward. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m., and 4 o'clock p. m. Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. YoRKViLLE-Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m., and 7.30 p. m. Communion after morning services. Sunday-school at 9.30 a. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.. J. ^ ^ 11 * o Paw u. uanoway, piusiur. ?uvugn.gationul meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. m.. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. E. Stackhouse, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m., and 8 o'clock p. m. Communion after morning services. A protracted meeting will be begun Sunday evening. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. E. 0. Watson. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. ABOUT PEOPLE. Cadet J. B. Allison returned to the Citadel on Monday. Miss Minnie Warren, of Clinton, is in Yorkville, visiting Mr. John R. Warren's family. Mrs. G. A. Patrick, of Begonia, N. C., is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. M. J. Clark. Mr. J. F. McElwee, of the Blaeksburg graded school, was in Yorkville on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. A. A. Aiken, of Walnut Grove, Spartanburg county, visited relatives in Yorkville last week. Misses Kate Moore and Annie Mendenhall, of Guthriesville, are visitiug relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mrs. John M. Moore has returned to her home in Rock Hill, after an extended visit to relatives in Yorkville. Mrs. Jas. I. Vance, Margaret Vance and Master Currell Vance, of Norfolk, Va., are visiting in Yorkville. Miss Minnie Cody returned last week from a visit to Hendersonville, N. C. Mr. W. J. Caveny returned to his home in Rock Hill last Monday very much improved by a visit to his mother. MiSs Mary Gardner returned home last Friday after an extended visit to relatives and friends in Virginia. Miss Cora Clark,' who for several weeks has been visiting relatives in North Carolina, returned home a few days ago. Mr. Thos. W. Clawson, Jr., left Yorkville last Thui^ay for Clarksville, Texas, with the view of locating in that town. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Darwin, of Charleston, spent last Sunday in Yorkville, the guests of Mr. Darwin's mother. Mrs. R. G. Patrick and children are visiting relatives in Greenville, where they will remain until about the middle of October, when they will leave for Maysville, Ky., their future home. Mr. J. F. Hoffman and family expect to leave Yorkville the latter part of this week for Gastonia, for the purpose of making that town their future home. HOMEMADE MOLASSES. Thirty thousand gallons! That is The Enquirer's estimate of the quantity of molasses that will be produced in York county this year. These figures sound large, and compared with any crop of previous years, they are large; but we are satisfied that the estimate will go under rather than over the actual amount. We know of five evaporators within a radius of three and one-half miles of Yorkville. Two of these, it is estimated by their owners, will make about three thousand gallons of molasses each, and the other three will go from one thousand to two thousand. Besides the five mentioned, " * / _ x 1 X A we Have intormauou 01 at leusi imeeu utucia in different section of the county, and we are satisfied that there are still others of which we have no knowledge. The quantity of cane* raised is greater than the capacity of all the mills, and from this way of getting at the matter, it would appear that thirty thousand gallons is quite a conservative estimate. a vi6it to the evaporators. A visit to the evaporators would be interesting to any one who has never watched the process by which molasses is made. There are two evaporators in operation down the Chester and Lenoir railroad, about two and three miles, respectively, from Yorkville, and at either one the whole process may be watched from start to finish. A representative of The Enquirer visited them both one day last week. One is operated by Mr. W. J. Jones, and the other by Mr. Robert J. Dunlap. Both evaporators have been running every season for about three years now, and each has a fixed reputation throughout the surroundiug country for the quality of mo.'asses it turns out. When Thk Enquirer man arrived at Mr. Jones's, he found the cane mill and the evaporator both going at full capacity. There were great stacks of cane corded up about the yard, and it looked as if there was enough right there to make not less than ten thousand gallons. Mr. Jones, however, explained that this estimate was rather large. It takes ten gallons of cane juice, he said, to make one gallon of molasses, and the cane on the yard would not boil out so much as one thousand gallons. Mr. Jones kindly explained the whole ope -? -?* ?nw)nP ration ui muiusscs iuumu^, xnnu lu v>v>v> came the mill. This, he said, was of the Brennon make and of six horse power. Its capacity was anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 gallons of juice per day, but as he found that the best results were obtained from slow grinding, he did not run more than a thousand gallons. The cane was being fed to the mill by one man, and the pulp removed from the opposite side by another. The cane juice flows from the mill in a continuous stream into a large vessel near at hand to receive it, and after passing through three strainers, is finally conducted to the evaporator, which is located only a short distance away. The whole process is conducted with the utmost care, and not a particle of foreign matter is allowed to get into the juice. After the juice has been pressed from the cane, the next step is to convert it into molasses. This is done by means of a large boiler called the "evaporator." The one used by Mr. Jones is probably four feet wide by ten feet long, and about four inches deep. It is heated by means of a furnace underneath. The fire runs along the entire length of the evaporator, and the cane juice is kept boiling from one end to the other. There are two partitions in the evaporator, however, that separate it into three sections, and the juice, in its conversion into molasses, passes through ! the first, second and third. The raw juice is! brought from the mill into the first partition, J boiled about twenty-five minutes and then ' carried to tho next, twenty-five minutes [ more and number two goes into number three, number one into number two, and more raw juice into number one. It requires something over an hour to get off the first run of molasses in the morning; but after the first run the contents of the third section of the evaporator are drawn off about every twenty-five minutes. It is in this process that the skill and attention of the boiler comes in. He must keep all froth that arises to the surface constantly skimmed off, must watch carefully the mixing of the raw juice with the partially made molasses, must know exactly when his molasses is ready to draw off, and a doaen other details that can only be acquired by long experience and careful observation. Mr. Jones has been in the molasses busi ness for about three years, and he has been studying it for all it is worth. As the result, he has acquired a great deal of knowledge as to the varieties of cane most suitable to this section, the different grades of molasses that are made and can be made, and other details that are worth knowing. "call it molasses." Asked what he thought of the ideas suggested in the article on "sorghum" in last week's issue of The Enquirer, Mr. Jones said, "Well, taken altogether, I was pleased with them, but you must quit calling our molasses 'sorghum.' That name will kill the industry dead to start with. The name 'sorghum' is enough for most people. It carries them back to the 'long sweet'nin" of war times and the product of the old basin-shaped kettle, and at once brings up a recollection of an unpalatable concoction that puts a bad taste in the mouth of everybody who remembers the old style molasses. No; don't call our molasses sorghum. It is not fair. The molasses of the new evaporator is just as different from the old-time kettle product, as is New Orleans." AS AX ABTICLE OF COMMERCE. "Well, what do you think of a foreign market ?" "Oh; that is all right. We don't need it yet, however. Notwithstanding the tremendous crop made this year, there will not be more than enough molasses to supply the local demand. We have been selling all that we have been able to make at forty-five and fifty cents a gallon, and we will be able to do it again this year and probably next. The fact is, I don't believe there is enough for the local demand right now." "Mr. Jones, do you know whether or not our homemade molasses has any commercial value abroad ?" "I think not; none that I have heard of. But there is no reason why it shouldn't have. Molasses is sold in Yorkville at fifty and sixty cents a gallon that are far inferior to ours in quality, taste and purity. I am satisfied that our molasses has a good value as an article of commerce if somebody will just try to find a market. The market is not going to hunt us though. We will have to hunt it until we can get a trade established, and then it would not surprise me if molasses should become one of the staple articles of commerce from tms section. SCARCITY OF BARRELS. "I'll tell you one thing," Mr. Jones continued, "our homemade molasses has already knocked the bottom out of the consumption of foreign goods. If you will investigate the matter, you will find that less foreign molasses have been brought to this section than ever before, and I will tell you how I know. One of the biggest obstacles in our way right now is the difficulty in securing empty molasses barrels to put our present crop in. It strikes me that if there had been enough molosses sold this year to supply the local demand, there would have been enough old barrels left over to barrel the present crop." "Then if we get an outside market for molasses, we must have some barrel-makers?" "That is what we are needing right now, and we are needing them bad. There is a demand in this section for hundreds of barrels, and if they could only be had, I don't doubt that the whole county would take between five hundred and a thousand. This would give a dozen or more coopers steady employment, and all this even without an outside market. If we had a foreign market the barrel factory would be indispensable, for when the barrels would be once shipped out, they would not came back any more." CANE GROWING ON THE INCREASE. "Does the production of molasses cane seem to be on the increase in this section, Mr. Jones?" "I can answer that question by saying that this is my third year's experience in running a public evaporator. The first year I made 1,400 gallons of molasses. Last year the crop was a failure, and I made 1,000 gallons. This year I expect to make about 3,000 gallons. The preseut crop is so large that it will be impossible to boil it all. I decided.some time ago to double my capacity, but fbund that I could not get it done in time for the present crop, and will now wait until next year. The success of the crop this year will, however, tend to stimulate the production of cane, and next year it is likely that we will produce far more than enough for the local consumption. If we can then get a market for our surplus, the molasses crop will soon rank second in importance only to that of cotton, and if we don't get such a market, it will be kept down to the demands of home consumption. That is about all there is of it." BEST VARIETIES OF CANE. Asked about the different varieties of cane grown in this county, Mr. Jones gave the benefit of his experience as follows: "First comes the 'Early Amber.' It is a small cane, no thicker than your finger, and matures about three weeks earlier than any other variety. It grows well on almost any kind of land with very little trouble, and yields a fine quality of molasses. The most serious drawback to this variety, is that on account of the smallness of the stalk, it is more trouble to strip the fodder off of it in j preparing it for grinding. "Next comes the 'Improved Orange.' It is also an early cane. It grows larger than the Early Amber and makes a light molasses of fine quality. It is one of the most desirable varieties that I know of. "Then there is the 'Orange'. It is about the first cane that we had in this county. It is not so good as either of the other varieties. It makes a red molasses, and does not turn ' 1 | out as well in proportion to the amount of; juice it contains. "Then there is the 'Sumac,' a low cane' with short joints, that makes a red molasses;! the 'Goose Neck,' which makes a bright ^ molasses, and the 'Bright Sprangle.' These j last three varieties, however, are not equal to those first mentioned. I would recommend the planting of the Early Amber and the Improved Orange whenever these va-l rieties can be obtained." AT MB. R. J. DUN LAP'S. I From Mr. Jones's, the reporter drove down the road to Mr. Dunlap's. Mr. Dunlap said that he had made so far about 1,100 gallons j of molasses and had cane enough on his yard ; to make GOO or 700 gallons more. He thinks j that before the close of the season he will I boil between 2,500 and .'1,000 gallons. He j is also of the opinion that a foreign market j will be a great boon to the farmers of this J section. If able to sell bis molasses at a fair j price, wholesale, he would raise eight or ten ' acres of cane, and make two or three thou-1 sand gallons to sell every year. He thinks there is no limit to the benefit that might be j derived to this section by a full developmeut of the molasses industry. A FINE SAMPLE. As the reporter came along back, Mr. Jones j presented him with a sample of molasses, ; still hot from the evaporator. The sample was a beautiful golden color, and was almost transparent. "Here is some of our 'A No. 1,' " said Mr. Jones. "I want you to take it home, and if it isn't good, you may say we don't know anything about making molasses." The sample was duly tested in the most practical way that the reporter knows anything about, and believing that he is about as good a judge as can be found in this vicinity, he pronounces Joues's "A No. 1" as equal, if not superior, to some of the beet New Orleans molasses brought to this market. We have also received some samples from . Messrs. J. N. Roberts, James L. Moss and J. B. Scott. Take our word for it that the manufacture of molasses in this section is no longer an experiment. KOCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Germau at the Cartao?The High School Opened?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, September 20.?a' most delightful german was given at the "Casino," in Oakland, last Friday night by the Rock Hill Pleasure Club. There was quite a number of visiting ladies present. The cards are out for the marriage of Miss Bennie Hagins to Mr. J. D. Cox, of Statesville, N. C. This happy event will take place on Wednesday night of next week in the First Presbyterian church. The Holler & Anderson Buggy company has shipped one hundred one horse wagons to Savannah as a part of their contract for x I 1 A IWU uuuuicu naguuo. Mr. T. J. Sarratt died at his home io this place last Wednesday, and was buried at Providence church, near Gaffney City.' Mr. ' Sarratt was 31 years of age and leaved a wife and two little children. Mrs. Sarratt goes to her parents at Weaver's; If. C. The opening exercises of the Presbyterian High school were held In the auditorium of the school building last Sabbath, commehceing at 11 o'clock a. mi Hie following was the programme of the day: 11 a. m.?Voluntary anthem, "The earth is the Lord's." T- V Prayer?By Rev. E. O, Watson. Hymn. Scripture reading?First chapter Philippians by Rev. W. A. Pearson. ' Prayer by Rev. J; C. McMullen. Sermon from Pbilipianai, 21 x "For to me to live is Christ and to die la gain," by Rev'Alex-'' ander Sprunt, of the North Carolina'synod; 4 p. m.?Introductory anthem, "O, praise God in His holiness!" . Prayer by Rev. J. C. McMullen. Hymn. '' Lecture?"Christian Education,"' by Dr. J. B. Sherer, of Davidson College, N. C. r ,, .. This building is one of the ba&.fwd. most. handsomely finished in the up-eevntry, and standing on a site,., that for convenience, beauty and health, is unequalled by any in the State. . It is certainly a credit to Rook Hill, Bethel .presbytery and to those who worked so hard to get it completed. . Rev. Alexander Sprunt, to whom a call has been extended by the congregation of the First Presbyterian church, preached in thftt church on Sunday night. : ' Mr. J. E. Forney has been appointed express agent at this place. He has engaged Mr. Arthur Chreitzburg, of Charleston, as assistant in the depot and express offices. Mr. C. J. Henry has returned ftt>m the Poughkeepsie Business college. Mr. Henry carried off second honors out of a class of eighteen. v. BLACKSBURti BUDGET. The First Bale?Personal and Other Notes of Interest. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Blacksburo, September 20.?Our periodical rain made its appearance yesterday and still continues, but so far is mild and beneficial. The first bale of cotton gathered in this immediate section, was ginned yesterday by Mr. Ira Hardin. It belonged to Mr. Mifw; Dover, weighed 448 pounds, classed strict middling, and was bought by Mr. J. F. Whisohant at 6} cents per pound. Miss Lula Jackins left yesterday morning for Salem, N. C., where she will attend a ten months' term at the old and celebrated Moravian scchool for girls. She was accompanied by her father, Mr. W. A. Jackins, who will extend his trip to Washington, Baltimore and New York, and will be joined in his journey, at Greensboro, N. C., by Mr. M. R. Reese, who left here yesterday afternoon. Mr. Wm. M. Moore and family, of Lancaster, are visiting relatives Jp, and near, Blacksburg. Mrs. Jennie Osborne has bought^a hand some building lot at the corner of Pine and Shelby streets from Mr. W. A. Jack ins. Mr. J. F. Bolger, of Hartford, Conn., is visiting his old friend and schoolmate, Captain J. M. McArthy. Mr. Bolger has been traveling in the South during the past seven or eight years, and is at present organ- t izing the Cosmopolitan Dramatic company, which will play exclusively in the South this winter. w. a. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. Result of the Second Primary?A Pine Yield of Molasses?Peraoual. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enqujrer. Etta Jane, September 19.?Mr. R. M. Patrick, of Wilkinsville, has had something like a stroke of paralysis, and in consequence has beeu confined to his bed for several days. Mr. Patrick is one of our best and most influential citizens, and is well and favorably known in York county. The second primary election passed off quietly last Tuesday. W. T. Jeter was elected treasurer over J. B. T. Scott, and J. R. Blantou was elected auditor over Natt B. Morgan. ' From off about one-fourth of an acre of land, last week your correspondent made fifty-seven gallons of molasses besides saving a lot of good bright fodder. The cane was of the Orange top variety, and the molasses was very good. The communiou meeting at Salem yesterday was largely attended. Rev. J. B. Swann ' 1 ? ^ ? --J C3 J "JLf ? preacueu Doin saiuruay auu ouuu?y. iuib. Swann mode her first visit with him to this side of the river on Saturday and spent the night with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Whisonant, of Wilkinsville. Elder J. T. Howe will represent Salem church in Enoree presbytery, which meets at New Harmony church, in Laurens county, on the 21st instant. Sigma. Address to the People.?The Democratic national committee, under date of last Wednesday, issued the following address to the people: To the People of the United States: The Democratic national committee congratulates the country on the result of the recent State elections in Maine, Vermont and Arkansas. In Arkansas the combined opposition, after so many extravagant claims, fell short by over " * - * xi_ _ rv 3U,UUU 01 me yoie 01 me jjeuiocr?t;y aiuuc. This has brought dismay to the combination in the South, and its manipulators m the North. In Maine and Vermont the contest was conducted distinctly on national issues. The Republican managers appealed for votes in these States on the ground that the "size of pluralities would exert great moral influence on the campaign in other States," and that the poll would be "practically our vote for President." Similur appeals summoned to their aid all the potent resources of their national organization, with its exhaustless treasury and its splendid equipmentof orators of national fame. With every favoring force at their command, except public opinion, with no organization opposed save those made up within the State by the minority party, which has been out of power for a generation, and which was unaided from without, the campaign of our adversaries for a triumphant test vote in these States, so carefully planned and so thoroughly and forcibly executed, has ended in conspicuous disaster. Our friends everywhere are entitled to tako fresh courage in the results. They mean that the strong teudeucy of public sentimeut is with the Democracy, aud that the people of the country are prepared to enforce rather than reverse the verdict which they rendered in 1890. William F. Harrity, Chairman Democratic Committee. Don M. Dickinson, Chairman Campaign Committee. ? Columbia correspondence of The News and Courier, Sunday : B. I). Smith, of Charlotte, a youug machinist employed in the drafting department of the Richmond and Danville railroad, tried to commit suicide today by drinking a bottle of laudanum. Dr. Kendall was called, and after hard work got his patient past the danger point. Smith protested against being treated and said that he took the poison for the purpose of killing himself and did not care to be saved. Dr. Kendall used his remedies much against the will of Smith. This evening Smith promises to reform and is anxious to have his life saved. Smith is of good family and his troubles are said to have begun about two years ago, when the amateur detective McCartha, who has since committed suicide in Texas, arrested Smith on a charge of murder. It proved to be a case of mistaken identity, but it preyed very much on Smith's mind.