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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
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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
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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.
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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
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? 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. ]
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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. |
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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 '
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.