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P* "v ' ; Scraps and ^atte. ? There will be two State elections held daring the month of October, in Georgia and Florida. Both are scheduled for the first , Wednesday in the month, falling on the 4th. The contests are between the Democratic and People's parties. There is no doubt ( as to the resu^ of either State. In Florida a sham, of a campaign has been made by the Weaverites, but no enthusiasm has been aroused. In Georgia, on the other hand, the Third party people have made a vigorous campain, and declare that they will elect their State ticket. The Georgia Democrats are not greatly alarmed. National Committeeman Clark Howell estimates that the majority for the regular Democratic ticket will not fall short of 40,000. ? There will be 356 representatives in congress after March 4, 1893. The original number was 65. It has been changed eleven times in a general way, besides the small additions from time to time by the admission of new States. In 1793 the number of members was fixed at 105. In 1803 it was made 141, and in 1813 the membership was raised to 181. It was 213 in 1823, and in 1833 the number provided for was 240. In 1844 the house was reduced to only 223 members, and in 1853 there were 237. The apportionment of 1863 created a house of ~ * ? " 10?0 iL. ? mis memoers, ana in ioio me uuumci ??> raised to 293. The act of 1883 fixed the membership to 325, and next year this number will have increased 31, making a total membership of 356. ? There is little or no abatement in the cholera plague abroad. On Sunday, Paris reported 45 fresh cases, and 17 deaths; Havre, 7 cases and 4 deaths; Hamburg, 243 % cases, 129 deaths, 327 burials, and 2,425 patients in hospital; St. Petersburg, 32 cases, 5 deaths; Brussels, 5 cases, 3 deaths. The total number of interments in Hamburg this year, up to Sunday, was 19,997, and of these cholera is responsible for 9,700. There have been no new cases of cholera in New York since those last reported, and a dispatch of Sunday from the quarantine station at the mouth of the harbor, represents that there have been no new cases since September 20. Nearly all of the detained vessels have been released, and the excitement over the presence of the disease in the vicinity is rapidly subsiding. ? The membership of the Grand Army of the Republic, on December 31, last year, was 407,781, no less than 64,401 members being added during the year. The losses by death were 6,404, but nearly 60,000 were dropped out of the order, more than 13,000 being rielinmient. and 34.367 beincr suspended for non-payment of dues. The indications are that the order has about reached its maxim membership, and that this may be maintained for a few years, when a rapid decrease will begin. The greater number of members are now between 45 and 55 years of age, and ten years will surely greatly deplete the ranks. If the estimates of the number of men in the parade on Tuesday are correct, and they cannot be very greatly exaggerated, nearly one-fifth of the members attended the encampment at Washington. It is unlikely that such a large number of the Grand Army men can ever again be brought together. ? Mr. John Nichols, who lives near Pineville, met with a peculiar accident a few days since, says the Charlotte Observer of Sunday. He, his wife and two children had gone to Sharon to visit his sister, who is quite sick. As they were leaving for home the mule which they were driving became frightened and ran away. Mrs. Nichols fell out of the back of the wagon and was, it is feared, seriously hurt, as she struck her head on a rock. The children were thrown out, but escaped injury. Mr. Nichols held on to nlVai* V?Io wifo on/1 nKiMrnn tuc 1UU1C) UUl aivvt uio nnv uuu vu??u?vm were thrown out he tried to jump out. His foot caught in the lines and he fell heavily to the ground. He had the habit of sticking his tongue between his teeth, and while trying to stop the runaway animal,unconsciously resorted to his old habit. As he jumped out, or fell, he bit his tongue nearly in two, it being kept together merely by a thin skin. Both Mr. Nichols and wife have been confined to bed since the accident. Her condition is serious. ? Aubrey Stanhope, the New York Herald correspondent, who is testing the Haffkine cholera preventative in a Hamburg hospital, was still alive at last accounts. He began his tests on Tuesday of last week. By permission, he entered the hospital as a nurse. He neglected the use of all disinfectants, violated all the rules of the hospital for the safety of the nurses, and has exposed himself in every way to the attacks of the disease. On Wednesday night he slept in the hospital between two dying cholera patients, on a bed still warm and soiled, just as it bad been left, by a deceased victim, carried out only a few minutes before. He has been drinking unfiltered water from the river Elbe, which is said to be alive with the dreadful disease, and has left untried nothing that is calculated to implant the disease. His tests all finished, at last accounts he was patiently awaiting the result. If the Haffkine preventative is not infallible, it seems certain ' that the young man will have cholera and will die. Some of the doctors, however, are now saying that even if Stanhope escapes, the fact will not necessarily prove the infallibility of the Haffkine remedy. ? Another exciting race, similar to that between the Chilian ship Itataand the American ship Charleston, last year, is on. This time the start was from New York. As is well known, Venezuela is in a state of civil war. The revolutionists have the best of the struggle so far, having overrun almost the entire country. The regular government still has possession of the navy, and control all of the seaports. Recently the revolutionists purchased in New York, and fitted out as a war vessel, the South Portland. The Venezuela authorities at first tried to secure the detention of the vessel, but were unsuccessful. The South Portland sailed about ten days ago, and as the next best thing, the Venezuelan authorities purchased another vessel, and after arming and equipping it, started it off in pursuit of the ! South Portland. The pursuing vessel left New York harbor last Friday night, and hopes to overtake and capture the South Portland before she can reach a Venezuelan port. A hot fight is expected if the two vessels get together. ? Georgia has a rather peculiar case, so near imprisonment for debt that it is of increasing interest. About a year ago Stephen Ryan, a merchant prince of Atlanta, failed in business. He submitted a schedule of his assets,but his creditors claimed that there was about $70,000 that he had failed to account for. The case was taken before Judge Clarke, of the superior court. Judge Clarke, upon the representation of Ryan's creditors, decided that Ryan still had the money, and ordered him to turn it over or make a j satisfactory showing as to where it went. Ryan denied that he had the money, but i was unable to satisfy the judge of the fact, j Judge Clarke accordingly sent Ryan to; jail for contempt, and he has been in jail! ever since. The judge is persistent in his j oeiiei mat nyan uas ine money. xvyuii swears that he hasn't got it, and that is the way matters stand. .Unless the judge relents, it looks as if Ryan must spend the balance of his days in jail. The case is a very ugly one, especially since it has never been clearly proved as to whether or not Ryan has the money. ? Senator Hill has commenced the work of saving New York to the Democracy. He has already made several speeches, and every one of them is as full of sound sense as an egg is of meat. Here is a portion of what; he said on the tarifF question at Buffalo last Saturday: "All that America needs is a free field for a fair fight in the race of life and she will prove invincible in nearly every department of human activity. Public taxation cannot make a whole community rich. There must inevitably be inequalities. The j game of poker was once recommended to a} gentleman as a game in which everybody! "-?> >i U.w T Jrt +**.fwl If nnrl Un 1->1 I WOU SOUlCtlllllg. Jic illtu IV HIIU uv mm via, more than he did. He found that if any- j body won anything some one else had to lose. So in governmental affairs, if a few i men acquire wealth without earning it, but j through favor of the paternal government,' it must be at the expense of the great body | of taxpayers. The great masses of the laboring people of the country have nothing but their labor to sell, and labor is upon the free list. The real "interests lie in the securing reasonable wages and in purchasing everything which they buy at the cheapest j prices possible, and hence any kind of taritr is a burden and not a benefit to them. The farmer receives no benefit from this productive system, because from the natural condition of things he must sell his principal pro ductions in the great European markets, where prices are fixed for the world, while Th he must buy his supplies in this country, where everything is taxed to benefit some ' old occupation. Iu other words, he sells in lans a free trade market and buys in a protected to,,y one, and gets the worst of the bargain in Ju< both instances." some WO 111 ?he fJfltkviUc (?w<jmm. "t mate YORKVILLE, S. C.: ' equal " refus WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,1892. in co Th ? Cholera is said to be a disease mar oniy seuu affects the stomach, but The Enquirer and end. other journals that use a first class quality and of paper, are having a practical demoustra- from tion that it is not altogether true. The nec- and ' essarily strict quarantine on foreign rags As has created such a scarcity of raw material, no e\ that the paper dealers have notified us of a will i rise in the price of paper. So it seems that gins cholera also affects the pocket. Ther ' ? * fresh ? The Columbia correspondent of The late ] News and Courier has been trying to find ?T out as to whether the Alliance candidates ed tc for congress will, in the event of their elec- Here tion, be bound by the Democratic caucus. ^nt Dr. Strait is reported as saying that he will jt j| be bound by caucus on important Democrat- forra( ic measures, but will not attend caucuses must on measures which he decides to be of only come local importance. It depends entirely on ofth< circumstances as to whether he will go into a caucus on the speakership. Up0n # * temp ? The little difference between Chairman its sv Brice of the York County Democratic Exe- camp cutive committee, and State chairman Irby, hallo over the legality of the "omnibus'' tickets used in this county, will be remembered. State Chairman Irby remembers it, even if Th no one else does. He has given evidence of Clev< that fact by an amendment to the State Dem- as th ocratic constitution. The amendment reads the as follows: "Article xv?Any county failing comp or refusing to organize under the provisions lettei of this constitution, shall not hove repre- ing i sentatiou in the State Democratic conven- cum< tion." leade ? The race between Watson and Black, in lengt the Tenth Georgia district, continues of ab- cussii sorbing interest. At first it appeared that dowr Watson had the inside track, but Major straij Black, ably assisted by the Democratic news- sweri papers, has put in so many hard knocks, that stone now things begiu to look different. Most of oppo: the white people of the district?town and dislo< country?have declared for Black, and Wat- On son's supporters are* being rapidly thinned equal down to the more ignorant class of whites Th and negroes. To all appearances, the race is es^113 still very close, but it seems altogether likely to su that Major Black will be elected. renc) or p; ? All reports of the past week are favora- guar< ble to a further steady rise in the price of and ( cotton. The receipts, as compared with as to those of last year, have been falling off day after day, and the news from all the Western * . Cotton States indicates a heavy decrease go^ in the estimated yield. A dispatch of Satur- be si day from Austin, Texas, says that many adjus planters who have been calculating on half with a bale to the acre, now say that they will ^ not get more than one-third of a bale. Anniston, Alabama, says that rust has decreas- ^ j, ed the estimates to 30 per cent, below an culat average crop. Morrmion, ..irKtiisus, rejiuno n.W(j that the ravages of the army worm are liter- shoul ally ruinous. All other reports are of a like . ^ 1 arise nature. The bears in the New York market . ., , . 11 borne are said to be growing unusually nervous, f0]|0v and the bulls correspondingly encouraged. Everything is now pointing to a further j)em( increase. je(j jn ? In this issue of The Enquirer, Auditor Williams publishes a list of the taxable polls or(j a in York county as duly returned to him by misui taxpayers and by trustees of the respective the ( school districts. The publication is required the ^ by an act of the general assembly, passed Calle at its last session, and must continue for Par^ . . prem three consecutive weeks. The principal ob- fuj ject of the publication is to catch tax dodg- efface ers, and in this work the legislature seeks to If thi secure the help of all the taxpayers in the sent i county. In the spirit of this especial law, it counl becomes the duty of every citizen to carefnlly read the list aud report to the school wjtjj i?.lictnnf ai- tn flip ennntv audi- Snfini 11USICCS VA mo vucuivv v. ?v ^ |MMM, tor, the names of all individuals who may watel be liable to pay poll tax, audi which do not appear in the list. In the list there are something over 4,500 names. In tiie county there J. ] are 7,964 votes. Now what the auditor Ky., wants is the names of all these voters, white and colored, under 50 years of age, whose CgUn| names do not appear on his list. School ^at , trustees are exempt; also such persons as (jre(i are incapable of earning a livelihood. Islan ? ? week WEAVER IN GEORGIA. $1,00 General J. B. Weaver, the Third party |?w candidate for president, began his canvass ,,as of the State of Georgia last week. He was j_nj accompanied by his wife, Lee Crandall, and meeti Mrs. Mary Lease. The party did not meet canct with a great deal of success. In fact, they predi found a very stumpy road to travel, and de- carr>' cided to shake the dust of Georgia oflT their contl' feet, even before all of their engagements were completed. ingto Before Weaver's arrival, the newspapers the A had thoroughly ventilated his record. The was 1 Atlanta Journal published a page of aflidavits from citizens of Pulaski county, Tenn., . TT showing the tyrannical conduct of Weaver ej when that country was under his control dur- train ing the war. The affidavits charged all Gene manner of brutal atrocities to the inoffensive at Si . i cnmii and defenseless citizens, perpciraieu, insu- ---^( gated and approved by Weaver. The effect of The Journal's affidavits, and repre the efforts of The Constitution and other the f papers, was to rekindle the richly deserved grati indignation against Weaver, and when he A sy appeared, the ovations that he had been led ^as e to anticipate, did not materialize. . \ The first two meeting were held at Way- trust cross and Albany, and were but slimly at- curre tended. At Macon, however, on Thursday, Shre1 events began to grow interesting. Weaver three and his party put up at the Hotel Lanier, and ^on? so soon as it became known that he was . 3 top < there, a few Third party people, and a large 'pNVej number of Democrats, gathered under the takci veranda. firem Weaver began : "Gentlemen, I came here to both discuss the issues." He was interrupted with aino' shouts of "Cleveland! Cleveland!" and 1 "What about hemp ropes about rebel necks ? oven You old South hater?" Weaver persisted in his attempt to speak, and was met with a days shower of rotten eggs, the filthy contents of Cniti which spattered all over the occupants of the J ?1 veranda. At this the entire party retreated * 11 corn1 within the hotel, and the speaking, so far as jmnj( Third party interest in it was concerned, place was broken up. York From Macon, the Weaver party went to four Atlanta, but were met by a similar crowd of ^ere anti-Third partvites. Hut the prospect of another experience like that passed through (]ctec at Macon, was rather more than General purp Weaver and his friends desired. They de- the ] liberately decided to throw up the sponge cent I and leave the State. a rail It has been announced that the South Carolina engagements have also been called tj,e j off, and there will he no meeting at Seneca anotl City on the 28th instant, as published. and THE STATE CONVENTION. ere is very little to be said of the recent convention except that it assembled, acted its business, and passed into hisasa quiet, orderly body, lging from past experience, there was reason to believe that the convention d be stormy, but thanks to the wisdom, ration and forbearance of the leaders e respective factions, the storm did not rialize. we see it, only two mistakes were made. Reform majority should not have caud against the Conservative minority the nomination of a candidate for at*v-general, and the Conservative minorwuld not have refused to make the vanominations unanimous. If the conon was Democratic, it is a bad preceto caucus against Democrats, and it is lly a bad precedent for the minority to e absolute submission to the majority nvention. esc facts indicate that the fight, though ;d for the next two years, is not at an The factional lines are as clean cut as well defiued as ever, and two years now the battle between "Conservative" 'Reformer" will be renewed, long as the fight is a white man's fight, ril results can follow. The real danger irise when one or the other factions beto think of appealing to the negro, efore, it will be well for all to keep in mind the immortal words of the Plenry W. Grady. He once said : he white people of the South are bandAether in deep and abiding necessity, is this vast ignorant, puchasable vote, lish, credulous, impulsive and passiontempting every art of the statesman. ;ks political conviction and even the ination on which conviction is based. It remain a faction strong enough in every aunity to control on the slightest division TTn<lf>r flip division it becomes >rey of the cunning and unscrupulous oth parties. Its credulity is imposed ; its passions inflamed; its cupidity ted; its impulse misdirected,and even iperstitions made to play its part in a laign in which every approach to the t box is debauched." CLEVELAND'S LETTER, e daily papers of yesterday published land's letter accepting the nomination e Democratic candidate for president of United States. Though quite short as ared with that of Air. Harrison's, the is a masterly paper, in every way comlp to the expectations of the most isiastic friends of the great Democratic x. e tariff questiou is treated at more h than any other subject, and in the dison of it Air. Cleveland's position is laid i without reserve. His arguments are jhtforward, statesmanlike and unanlble. Taken altogether they form a i wall of common sense upon which the sition might beat out its brains without Iging a single proposition, the money question Air. Cleveland is lly sound. He says : e people are entitled to sound and honloney, abundantly sufficient in volume pply their business needs. But whatmav be the form of the people's cur r, national or State, whether gold, silver aper, it should be so regulated and led by government action, or by wise areful laws, that no one can be deluded the certainty and stability of its value, y dollar put into the hands of the peotiould be of the same intrinsic value of lasiug power. With this condition abely guaranteed, both gold and silver can. ifely utilized upon equal terms in the itraent of our currency. In dealing this question no selfish scheme should lowed to intervene and no doubtful exlent should be attempted. The wants r people arising from the deficiency or nperfect distribution of the money cirion, ought to be fully and honestly nized and efficiently remedied. It d, however, be constantly remembered H?a innnnvohidncp nr InRS tllflt might from such a situation can be much easier s than the Universal distress which must v a discredited currency, e whole letter, however, so far as the jcratic pHrty is concerned, is re-embodi the last paragraph, which reads as folhough much is left unwritten, my recs'a public servant leaves no excuse for iderstanding my belief and position on juestions which are now presented to ,'oters of the land for their decision, d for the third time to represent the of my choice in the contest for the suacy of Democratic principles, my gratejpreciatiou of its confidence less than !S the solemn sense of my responsibility, s action of the convention you repre>hall be endorsed by the suffrage of ray ;rymen,_ I will assume the duties of the office to which I have been nominated, ing well its labors and perplexities, and humble reliance on the Divine Being, te in power to aid and constant in lfulcare over our favored nation." MERE MENTION. B. Rucker, an editor of Pulaski county, was assassinated by unknown parties at rset, on Tuesday of last week. He >een denouncing the lawlessness of the iy in his paper and the outlaws took .voir ts\ orof Avon Ahnnt one hun ""J 6v. buildings at Rockaway Beach, Long d, were destroyed by fire one day last . The loss amounts to $000,000 or 0,000. A rumor to the effect that yeljver has appeared at Jacksonville, Fla., lrned out to be untrue. Ex-Governor , of Indiana, met ex-President Clevcat Gray Gables last Wednesday. The iug is thought to be of political signifi;. Governor Flower, of New York, cts that Cleveland and Stevenson will his State by 50,000 majority. The ition of Mrs. Harrison is steadily imng. She was removed from Loon last Wednesday and arrived in Washn in safety. A passenger train on Ltchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad ,v re eked by train robbers at a bridge a miles west of Osage City, Kan., last tiesday. Four persons were killed out, and twenty-five were seriously woundThere was a million dollars on the but the robbers failed to get it. ral John Pope died at the soldier's home, [indusky, O., last Friday night. He nanded the Federal forces at the second p of Manassas. A pest of frogs is ted at Little Falls, Minn. The town is isented to be overrun by vast hordes of iliray creatures, which seem to be ming in a northwesternly direction. ndicate, with a capital of $5,000,000, fleeted a combine to control the publia of music and the manufacture of muinstruments. The headquarters of the is Cincinnati, O. A collision oc./i iintu'imn rnisspncer trains near W v" v 1'*"?""O* re, ()., last Wednesday morning, about o'clock. Both trains were rushing \ at lightning speed, and the shock, when met, was terrific. The cars piled upon of one another and caught on fire, ve burned and blackened corpses were 1 from the wreck. The engineers and en and the mail and express men of trains and three passengers were ig the dead. Investigation develops let that the conducter and brakeman on of the trains had fallen asleep from vork, and the collision was the result. The business failures during the seven ending last Friday, number for the 2d States 188 and for Canada 23; total as compared with 1<?2 last week, 17!) the ; previous to the last, and 244 for the sponding week of last year. A occasioned by an alarm of fire, took : in a crowded Jewish synagogue in New city last Friday. In the rush to escape, of the worshipers were killed and eight more or less seriously wounded. It was Ejht that at least four of the wounded, (I die. I'Jver since me iiomesieau run, :tives have been trying to locate, for the osc of recapture, the rilies taken from 1'inkerton barges. The rifles were rey located in a deserted coal mine, and tl was made on the place last Friday, rifles, however, were not captured, iron workers had become apprised of ntcndcd raid, and removed the guns to Iter place. A conflict between whites blacks took place near Forilyce, Ark., on the 17th instant. Five negroes and one white man were killed. Last Thursday was the Rosh Hashanah, or the beginning of the Jewish New Year. The total visible supply of cotton for the world, is 2,578,534 bales, of which 2,194,534 are American, against 1,881,378 and 1,480,1G8, respectively last year. The Rio Grande river is over its banks and overflowing thousands of acres of crops on either side, in Mexico and Texas. An outbreak of the Apache Indians is reported near Deeming, N. M. Mrs. Elizabeth Stanton, the oldest person in Pennsylvania, died in Centre county last Saturday, aged 117 years. Patrick Sarsefield, the greaj baud leader, died at the Lindell House, St. Louis, last Saturday. Rail has been refused Hugh O'Donnell, one of the leaders of the Homestead strikers, charged with murder, and he will have to remain in jail until his trial comes on. Twenty-five Baptist missionaries left Boston last Sunday for foreign fields. Sixteen of them go to India and the others to different Asiatic countries. THE C. L. S. C. Kev. I)r. English Describes the Working of The White Rose Chautauqua Circle. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. While the most of the readers of this paper understand at a glance the meaning of these mystic letters, and have some general idea of the work contemplated by this organization, whose members are to be found in almost every quarter of the globe, there are perhaps comparatively few who have any accurate knowledge of its methods. The concrete is always more readily grasped than the abstract, and it shall be the aim of this article to give a glimpse of the practical workings of our own local circle, "The White Rose of York." This circle, which now enters upon the fourth year of its existence, holds its finiit regular meeting the first Monday night in October, and will meet weekly thereafter during the session of nine months. The present year, '92-'93, is known as the "American-Greek year," and the books reciuired comprise the following: Grecian History, by Jus. R. Joy ; Callios, an historical romance, by Professor Church; the United States and Foreign Powers, by W. E. Curtis; Greek Architecture and Sculpture (illustrated), by Smith & Redford ; Wilkinson's Clasic Greek Course in English; Manual of Christian Evidences, by Professor Fisher. In addition to these, there is a most excellent illustrated monthly magazine, "The Chautauquan," which furnishes a parallel and supplementary course of reading, which, for this year, will include a series of richly illustrated articles on the World's Fair and how to visit it most profitably; on Greek architectural ideas as embodied in buildings in America; on the influence of Greece on our governmental ideas; on the Greek element in our language; on the Greek educational system compared with ours; on a wide range of economic topics, such as municipal government, labor unions, wages, profit-sharing, ete. The cost, of the required books for the year, including The Chautauquan, ($2.00) is $7.00, less a small discount, but the actual cost need not exceed half of this amount, as it is customary for two or more members to arrange to use the same set of books. There is also an initiation fee of fifty cents, which goes to the central treasury. Perhaps it would be interesting to know just what is done at these weekly meetings. The circle having been called to order, the roll is then called, and each member answers to his or her name with some quotation upon some subject assigned for the ? TIiMi <V>lln?'in(r ttiA roadinfr of the I evening. J.nv.1, .. ."C O minutes, comes "the lesson," which is the principal feature of the evening. Each member is required to hand in, on a slip of paper, not more than four, nor less than two questions, on the lesson assigned. These are read by the secretary, and the members are called upon by the president, each in turn, to answer the questions as they are read, and then a set of questions in The Chautauquan are answered in the same manner, so that it is virtually a recitation, and requires something more than a careless and cursory reading. Next in order comes a discussion, limited to twenty minutes, of some appropriate questions, opened by two leaders previously appointed, and participated in by the circle. This exercise at times developes so much interest, that the president finds difficulty in keeping the members from all talking at the same time. Next on the programme comes a reading or recitation by some member, and at the alternate meetings an essay is read. At each meeting, the secretary reads a report from the "Critic" appointed at the last meeting. As this appointment is made by the president privately, many are the guesses as to the authorship of the pleasantries and keener thrusts of these reports. This programme is varied from time to time, as the circle feels inclined, with the exception of the lesson, which is never set aside. Members are elected only by ballot upon nomination, and this election can take place at any regular meeting, if the requisite quorum be present. Of the social feature of these weekly meetings much might be said, but the chief aim of the circle is intellectual and moral im provement, and it is our constant endeavor to keep this in the foreground, and in this effort we invite the cordial co-operation of all interested in this good cause. T. It. English. Our Pledged Electors.?The recent State convention adopted a resolution requiring candidates for presidential electors to pledge themselves to vote for Cleveland and Stevenson in the electoral college. Commenting on this action, the Philadelphia Ledger remarks: "South Carolina Democrats do not intend to run any risks with Third party represen| tatives. They have taken the unusual course of requiring their candidates for electors to pledge themselves to vote for Cleveland and Stevenson. It is generally assumed that electors will vote for their party nominees I for president and vice-president, but, as a : matter of fact, the law leaves them entirely I free to choose whom they please. It was, j in fact, imagined when the electoral system I was established that the electors would form deliberative bodies, choosing for their conI stituents the most fit men for these high ofli' ces. They have never done so. but have i always been instructed agents of the people, j having no choice whatever as to candidates. I The instructions, however, are usually uni derstood rather than expressed. It is an j unusual thing to require the candidates for electors to muke pi edges, and this would not ; have been done in South Carolina save for , apprehensions of treachery arising from | Third party influences. ; Hasn't (Jottkn Over it Vet.?The final I meeting of the State executive committee i "...c i,niri tnnicrlit. snvs ?. Columbia disnatch j ?.WV? ?V.. ? * of the 20th instant. Its principal business was to rearrange the constitution of the party. This was finally left to a special committee. Chairman Irhy said he would state that the constitution should be so changed as to prevent a conflict between the State chairman and county chairmen. He referred with some display of feeling to the case of York county, where omnibus tickets were ! used in the recent State primary, and to the j county chairman having published a card saying that the county would manage its own affairs. He stated that had a protest in this county been made by either Congressman Hemphill or Dr. Strait, the successful candidate in this district, he would have voted to throw out the entire vote of this j county as illegal, as Strait beat him in York ! county. ? - - ? ! Tax on thk IssrK ok Statu Hanks.?If anything were necessary to convince us that i the Democratic demands for the repeal ol the 10 per cent, tax the circulation of the so it to Imnks is on the riirht line, it would he the fact that it is strenuously opposed by the Wall street element and by the Third party leaders, who want to borrow money from the government at 2 per cent. Extremes meet, and between these two extremes of the Wall | street gohlolators and the Third party flutmoncy men, is to he found the great body ol i Conservative voters who represent the safety of business and the dignity of the Republic, 1 ?Atlanta Constitution. | ?Citizens of Spartanpurg, to the number i of 281, including the principal of CopperI Limestone Institute, at (iadhey, and the pas, tor of the Baptist church at that place, have i signed a petition to (iovcrnor Tillman asking that the sentence of death pronounced i against Mildred Brown. the little negro girl 1 who poisoned the infant of Mr. and Mrs. j Carpenter, be carried out. LOCAL AFFAIRS, Delh INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R?C, Finley <fc Briee, Plaintiffs Attorneys?Summons mun lor Relief? James L. Williamson, Plnintifl', land against Robert J. Williamson, Defendant. ,i00.i James Pansier?A Valuable Book. ueaii W. M. Houston A Co.?Salutatory?To the Peo- veml pie of Yorkville and York County. t ? ti W. B. Moore A Co.?Free! Free! Free!! * R. B. Dowry?Experience Without Expense. that M. A. H. C. Strauss?New Goods Arriving Daily. pack TIME GROWING SHORTER. whel Clubmakers competing for the prize buggy Mi offered for the largest club of subscrib- hunt ... ! ers to The Enquirer, have just thirteen ??iu more days to work. The contest ends on take the second Tuesday of next mouth?October 11. During the remaining thirteen days there is opportunity for more effective work than majc has been possible at any time during the aQ(j competition. Money is getting into circula- me^ tion slowly, and almost every one who is not t already taking a first class newspaper, is ^jr now ready to subscribe. The harvest is ye worth gathering, and the club-maker who ^een secures the largest club will be especially rece] well paid for his work. Read over our prop- rjce osition again and note the easy terms on j. ' which it is possible to get a buggy, as good as vjjje is sold in the United States, for $90. ' acre HOW IT WAS DONE. to p There were five more votes in the Blacks- Jone burg box than the poll list called for. Ordi- a sr narily that would savor of ballot box stuffing, suffe on a small scale, but there was nothing of rain, the kind. A gentleman who was at Blacks- enoi" burg last Saturday accounts for the inci- is e^ dent quite plausibly. "You, see," he said, won "the fight was pretty hot between Smith and Ashe, and there were some good workers doing all they could for each candidate. ^ Some of the voters were undecided as to rca(* what to do. They would promise an Ashe *0D ' man to vote for Ashe, and a few minutes aan( later being tackled by a Smith man, would ^ or' take a Smith ticket also. Both sides watched 'ts^c the votes so closely that they didn't have a ^ ehnnnn to throw awav either of the tickets, ' and I saw at least two men vote for Smith ^or 1 and Ashe both. I wouldn't bo surprised an(* if all five of the extra votes could be account- *nt' for in the same manner." one in si THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY. burf! Governor Tillman has issued a proclama- mer( tion setting apart the 21st day of next Octo- a ber as a general holiday. His proclama- negs tion is as follows: a(]v, Whereas, The president of the United States, . in accordance with the act of congress, has issued e his proclamation setting apart Friday, the 21st H day ofOctobcr, as a general holiday, commonwrative of the discovery of America by Christo- uuu' plier Columbus, and has invited all the people of for ( the United States to participate in tho celebra- i tion of that day, and 1 Whereas, The discovery of America was one roon of the most glorious and momentous events in , the history of tho world, and especially this continent, in the blessed consequences of which our of n< people now so richly partake; Therefore, I, benjamin R. Tillman, governor of South Carolina, do hereby appoint and set Ai apart Friday, the 21st day of October, as a goneral holiday and a day of thanksgiving. And I invite the people of South Carolina on that day Hou to abstain from their ordinary occupations as far p as may be, and to unite in such forms of private and public observance as shall duly celebrate the not notable event here commemorated, and express :n? their gratitude to Almighty God for the blessings ? of liberty, peace and happiness which have fol- vital lowed it. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State of South Carolina this 24th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 7.1 hundred and ninety-two. R. R. Tim.man, ? t)n Governor. tory CHURCH NOTICES. _ . on t Baptist?Prayer-meeting tomorrow even- . ing at 7.30. Sunday-school at 10 a. m. qj * Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at yQr| 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 Suntjay at 10.30 jj0rg o'clock a. m., and 7.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. j Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. E. Stackhouse, pastor. I'rayer-meeung every r0UI afternoon at 4.30. Services every evening at jjr 7.45. Services Sunday morning at 10.30. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. E. 0. j) Watson. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. goj^ Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. jj0U^ C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkvillk?Commu- tlie nion services next Sunday morning at 10.30. r Services to commence to-morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. The pastor will be assisted by ^on Rev. R. M. Stevenson, of Bethany. Sunday- pj school at 4. p. ra. Tirzah?Services Sun- yori day afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. ^ a LIQUOR WAS THE CAUSE OP IT. ton An ugly affair occurred iu the outskirts of ^ie c Fort Mill last Sunday afternoon. The cir- cr ifi cumstances, as related to us by Constable ^ J. W. McEIlianey, are as follows : Zeb Brad- t?n ford and J. C. Carter, two white carpenters, Thc had been at the house of one Freeman, and o indulged in too much wine or liquor. Returning, they met a negro boy named John ^ Spratt. Provoked, or unprovoked, a quar- * rel took place between the white men and 1 the negro. The negro left the white men and went Jo his house. The white men fol- ' lowed, and on their arrival, had the door arc fastened. Spratt refused to open the door, and Bradford and Carter began to batter it down with an axe. At this the boy, to- ^ gcther with his father, Solomon Spratt, came ^ out. The white men attacxeu noiomuu ^ Spratt with the axe and a pole, and knocked ^ him down. The boy, however, had a der- ^ ringer in his hand, and shot Carter just un- * der the heart. He also shot at Bradford but ^ failed to hit him. Carter walked off a few steps and fell, and Bradford left the place and at last accounts his whereabouts were ' not known. Carter is in a precarious con- ^ ^ ^ dition and his recovery is doubtful. Solo- ^ mon Spratt is not dangerously hurt. John ^ Spratt gave himself up on Monday, and was ^ brought to jail yesterday by Constable McElhanev. ' ? sclu A BIG FOX HUNT. y| Mr. L. K. Armstrong, of Bethel, was in grjg Yorkville last Monday, in attendance on the jn ^ meeting of the executive committee. Of wee course he was interested in the proceedings resj( of the meeting, but he was in a much better ^ | humor over a big fox hunt in which he was a ^j,e participant last week. The hunt was organ- j,er( ized by some gentlemen in Bethel township, ^1C including himself, Messrs. X. B. Campbell, Pink Graham and John Katterree. They left home on Tuesday morning and went ? over into Lancaster count}'. On the way cent the party was joined by Messrs. Charley seas Graham, of Fort Mill: John Steele and J. T. her Thomasson, of Catawba; and M. M. Tillman, ? of Lancaster. In relating the story of the eigh hunt, Mr. Armstrong said : tan! "We went into camp at the gin house on avai -vr.. av p t.ofimov's nhmtation. near Kiver- ? I-'"- ' ' ' , side, and remained there until Friday after- wee noon, and the foxes! I (Jcorge, you never men saw the like in your life. They are as thick ; It. 1 I about there as rabbits! I Adi "Well, we didn't go out any morning'until, ceus after daylight, and we just had all the fuu ? i we wanted. There were twenty-seven hounds, Sun in the pack, and if it couldn't make a fox J Sun I stretch there is 110 use talking. Some times supi they had up two or three foxes at one time, taut ' Once two grays?another time a gray and a | sen ' red, and then two reds. I know they were izat reds. I (Jcorge, I saw them?saw them both. 1 ? You didn't have to go nowhere. They were j the running all around us?prettiest running I j crat ever saw. One time we had up a red. and j Thn | part of the pack was running a gray. The 1 that ? t?i"M ilnll-iis a minute. I The U1US1C \> DII1UI .. Hut the red managed to switch the pack oll'j wor 011 to the gray, and we didn't get him, but i mer we caught the gray. ' In c "We caught one gray on Wednesday,1 two another on Thursday, and on Friday we j1'cct caught a red. We caught the grays in from ( eacl an hour to an hour and a half, and the red peei , run us for about two hours and a half; and,: kno hut I'll just tell you, that pack could have ? i caught anything. There was Campbell's agai : Tobe, Sally and Tillman ; my Kattler, I fun- reei nab and Dick; Hrown's News and Sing; wer { Kattcrec's Will and Hess: Steele's Hall and J was i; Thomasson's Say, Lawyer Dean and Mr. He :; Graham's Morgan and Dix, and Till- Wedne s pack of eight, led by Grover Cleve- cusing Old Grover Cleveland was in at the a repori h every time (just like he'll be in No-1 he intei jer) and Lawyer Dean was right along piratior ie side of him. I George, I just tell you ly I sha the red fox that ean run before that all live for more than three hours has not been have nc ped yet." balance r. Armstrong wanted to tell more of the what 11 , but the race between Ashe and Smith lieved o not been settled, and he had to leave to have hi his place in the committee. none of ? * of havi RICE CULTUKK. a j lite a number of our farmers have been ^ ^ ing experiments in rice culture this year, from all reports their experiments have with pretty uniform success. The larg- J. D. ,nd finest yield, however, is reported by Joseph J. B. Bratton, of Bethesda township, will ec planted a small patch of about one-six- commis th of an acre, and on being harvested a time, ntly, it yielded seven bushels of rough one is Messrs. Shillinglaw Brothers, who of the \ about two and a half miles east of York- he was , have a patch of about one-eighth of an The , that is said by those who have seen it, primar; romisc a very heavy yield. Mr. W. J. in the t is, two miles south of Yorkville, also has In the all patch planted on upland. It has Messrs. red very much, however, for want of Mr. Sno , and although the straw is luxuriant jority, i igh, the heads are only lightly filled. It The ddent that, with sufficient moisture, he mittee Id have also made a good crop. turns o nrimar MESSRS. W. M. HOUSTON & CO. various he Enquirer today desires to make its ^ r0p, ers acquainted with Messrs. W. M. Hons- <pjie jjj & Co., a new firm which, in this issue, ballots >unces to the people of Yorkville and an(j c county, that it has permanently cast or(jer it among them for better or for worse. drawiu r. W. M. Houston, the senior member of ip^g 5rm, has been engaged in merchandising iatcj i lbout twelve years?five years as a clerk f0n0W9 seven years on his own responsibility. 1 recently he was interested in two stores; located at Bristow, N. C., and dealing ipplies, and tho other located at Orangeand dealing in dry goods and general chandise. On the death of his partner x months ago, he closed out both busies, and being pleased with "the business intages presented by this section, has ited Yorkville for a permanent location. Antio ouston & Co. will deal in dry goods, no- Black 3, stationery, shoes, etc. They will sell Blairs :ash, and meet competition in prices and Betha ity. They are located in the large store- Betlie i next door to \V. B. Moore & Co., and Buffal rapidly filling it up with desirable lines B?Ho< ew goods just.from the Northern mar- ?]ar]^ Clay s salesmen and salesladies, Messrs. Hous- Qoa^e, & Co. have employed Messrs. Frank Qjove ston and Green B. Sandifer, and Misses pQr^ j i Clark and Kate Moore, and although . , having quite finished the work of opentheir goods, they extend a cordial in- 0 tiou to the public to call and sec them. -NewP . Rock THE COTTON MARKET. TllOllI 00,7.05,7.10, 7.121, 7.15,7.165, 7.18J, York\ , 7.25?sold at 7.25. That was the his of the first two bales of cotton ofi'ered To he Yorkville market last Saturday morn * ' ' i tr r\ tt The samples oeiongea 10 iur. v*. n. in, and graded low middling. All of the kville buyers wanted the cotton, and all jjr< j0 two had a bid on it. r. J. B. Pegram cut the cotton and of- Corresjx I 7 cents for it. Mr. Glenn wanted all Bla< the cotton was worth, and getting on a Dr. J. I e,went the rounds of the market. Messrs. A worl lie & Carroll bid 7.05; Mr. J. A. the mo a bid 7.10 ; Mr. C. G. Parish, 7.12J; and the wo John M. Hope, 7.15. On the second tion an id Messrs. Riddle & Carroll bid 7.16j ; ply to Pegram, 7.18} ; Mr. Parish, 7.20, and which Sirs. Riddle & Carroll, 74. ? the^Be uring the day only thirteen bales were profijai . Of these Messrs. Riddle & Carroll or jn 01 jht eight and Mr. B. N. Moore, at all thai Three C's depot, bought five. Prices ting th ;ed from 7 to 7}. On the same day the they w r York market was 7J, and the Charles- t^em ^ market 7} for middling. various rom the above showing it appears that wjjj no kville has a sufficient number of buyers that pa lake a lively, market, and as every cot- being t buyer in the town wants all the cotton RER 8 r an get, a lively market is what the sell- w^"0*1 i likely to find at this place. the pre r. J. A. Latta bought three bales of cotyesterday afternoon for 7A cents a pound, regulai cotton graded strict middling and start- for twe n the market at 7 cents. to 1GO oats, 4i ABOUT PEOPLE. els ?f s iss Lizzie Ashe, of McC'onnellsville, is '9? 0 guest of Mrs. S. K. Wells. iss Addie Wallace, of Bethel, is visiting 'p|e j Sue Watson, of Yorkville. to feet trs. R. B. Riddle and children, of Zeno, of a lif visiting relatives in this pluce. th'9 P^! r. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss returned home 118 1 i New York yesterday. nf ? r. W. E. Ferguson and wife, returned ja e(jU1J lieir home in Atlanta last Thursday. and as iss Belle Carroll is visiting relatives and the cat ids in Bullock's Creek township. iss Nannie Burnett, who lives near Fod- To post oflice, is visiting friends in Yorkville. read aptain and Mrs. T. S. Jeflerys have re- P^an. ^ ied from Cleveland springs. nc rof. R. J. Herndon was confined to his a(j( last week hy a severe attack of muscu- observ rheumatism. is 16x! isses Mary Clark and Emma Kennedy plank e for Columbia today, the former to enthe Presbyterian college for women, and gj,/e " latter to enter the Winthrop Training ar0uiu >ol. and sj [r. W. M. Houston, wife and child, of placed tow, N. C., have permanently located ^)U3 s' forkville. Mrs. Houston arrived last e.ra^ P After 1 k, and the family will, for the present, wjt^ ^ Je in the cottage on Main street, known are jj lie Episcopal parsonage. In behalf of j gas ta people of Yorkville, the newcomers are of th< ;by extended a most cordial welcome to 0 town. . I>la"k pamtei LOCAL LACONICS. j We have heard of several inquiries re- j ,P. .v | rhC.d.' ly as 10 ilie t*.\|uraiiuii 01 iuu nunv , Clxi-[|i i 011 for partridges. The date is Novem-1 side al 1. silo tin Mr. T. 11. McCIain is erecting a tower j is then ity feet high, on which will be placed a ; J?""' al t that will hold 5,000 gallons of water ! jaaj0?[ liable as a protection against fire. ! jars The supreme court, on Tuesday of lasti The k, filed a decision affirming the judg- Dr. 11! it of the circuit court in the case of Jas. j makes vennedy as l'robate Judge, vs. Mary L.! jj1? P? ekes as executrix of II. F. Adickcs, de- , ! uients iet'- ; tight, i At the annual meeting of the A. K. P. All at day school of Yorkville, held on last! stage i day, Jtr. W. T. llarron, was elected and sh irinteiulent, and Mr. M. M. Ross assis-i *^8? . Mr. W. ^r. Kennedy, who has been 01 s*\? . , i run th; nig as superintendent since the organ-I f u 0, - .i i: 1 i ion oi inc scuooi, uvuuiivu ivtiutnuii. iraiiijii With last Monday's meeting winds up j filled, active duties of the York county Demo- he eo ic executive committee for the year, j _rout?h .t is, unless some emergency should arise jll!? ; would require the attention of the body.! t committee has done a great deal of hard walls, k?much more than those who arc not, centre, nbers can know?and it done it well. The verything allectiug the interest of the sta^ ' factions of the party, it has been I)or" llIuj ti ly fair and impartial, and in our opinion 1 jlowev 1 and every member is deserving of es- y0U ,ic al thanks, if not a more substantial ac- j In tl wledgment. Koes a One of the many canards promulgated ; inst Hon. John J. Hemphill during the | j-oot| nt campaign, charged that his interests oul ^ c no longer with his constituents and he | as aUy now practically a citi/en of New York. | Dr. mphill passed through Yorkville last a sday on his way to Greenville. Ex- > himself for his seeming impertinence, ' ter for The Enquirer asked him if s ided to return to Chester at the exi of his term in congress. "Certain11," said Mr. Hemphill. "My people here, my interests are all here, and I B > other intention than to spend the t : of my days in Chester." This is just 1 r. Hemphill's friends have always be- * f him, and while they would all rather m as their representative in congress, J ' them will be displeased at the idea ( ng the continued co-operation of such } in the upbuilding and development of tC' , ! SETTLED AT LAST. Cornwell, Elijah Ross Sapoch, and A. Smith. These three gentlemen | institute the next board of county t isioners. They were selected, one at 1 in three separate primaries, and each evidently the choice of the majority voters voting in the election at which nit Aoan i viiiyov/ii total number of votes cast in the first, j y was 3,450; in the second, 2,545; and ;hird, held on last Saturday, 1,344. 1 last election the contest, was between * , James C. Ashe and Joseph A. Smith. ' lith received the nomination by a maof 84 votes. , County Democratic Executive com- < met on Monday to canvass the re- < ind declare the result of Saturday's I y. The poll lists, and ballots of the ' i precincts were examined and found ( esented by the respective managers. | acksburg box showed up five more i than were called for by the poll list, was necessary to draw out five in i to correct the discrepancy. In the I g Mr. Smith lost just five votes, vote at the various precincts, as tabu- , [>y the executive committee, was as j .]?;!' . 1 ,C I W , -W C/2 I t-i c < o i PRKCINCTS. rj ^ 1 . i !; hI 1 S g : s I |i| -> j I; tr1 ch, 18 6 24 sburg, 87 42 129 ville, 201 67 87 1 ?>', 5 38 { 43 1, | 22 2 24 O, i 3; H 17 ! :k's Creek, J 3 77 80 'sFork, 14 10 24 Hill, 4 6 10 s's Tavern, I 4 21 25 r, 1 20 52 72 Mill, 121 4 125 >ry Grove, 67; 55 123 nnellsville, 5 50 55 ort, ; 11 15 26 Hill, 136 70 206 pson's Mill, 5 15 20 168 85 ! 254 tals, 713 629 1344 HOW TO MAKE IT PAY. hn G. Black Has a Fifty Acre Gold Mine. >ndence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. 2K8BURG, Sept. 27.?Our townsman, 3. Black, has engaged in a good work, c to which for several years some of st learned chemists and scientists of rid have devoted their careful attend earnest labor, and that work is simperfect a system of intensive farming will be practical and can be x adopted tillers of the soil, nnd nl??n to deviop st methods of utilizing, in the most ble way, every product of the farm, ! ther words, getting the soil to produce t it is capable of producing and putcse products in such a condition that ill do all the good it is possible for 0 do in the way of food, ich has been written and said about the U.?,Io /vfintnnoiuo fnvrrnnnr t.hftt it ) Ult'LIJUUa Ul lUlfVUdiTv ... t be necessary to devote any space to rt of Dr. Black's work, my main object o bring to the notice of The Enquieaders the plan he has adopted, and of he is the pioneer in this section, of and utilizing to the best advantage >ducts of his farm. Suffice it to say, s labor on the farm consists of one hand all the year, and an extra hand > months. His crop this year amounts bushels of Irish potatoes, 50 bushels of 00 bushels of corn, probably 500 bushweet potatoes, 50 bushels of onions, 10 if clover hay, 75 tons of ensilage, be- , ither forage and smaller products of den. * plan the doctor has kept in view is 1 twenty-five head of milk cattle off ty acre farm, winter and summer. Of an the silo is a very important feature, neans of it the cows can be kept, not lore cheaply through the wiuter seait the flow of milk and yield of butter tl to that of the best June pasturage; it is the same thing as green food, the tie are much healthier. the silo. the Southern people, who have only f it, it appears to be a more expensive lan it really is. A silo is nothing but tight and water-tight box, and it matit what particular plan of building may >pted so that these requirements are ed. The one that Dr. Black has built 20 feet and 1G feet high; 2x10 inch are used for sills, being lapped ; ends and spiked with 40 penny The frame is made of the same lank, which are placed horizontally I the building, and each set is lapped liked, just as the sills are, aud are two feet apart. The frame is made :rong to prevent bulgiug from the latiressure of the ensilage in settling, the frame is up, it is planked upright ich plank, undressed ; then the cracks lied with cottou, saturated with r; then tarred paper is put on top ;se plank, lapping the edges one r more; then another course of inch is nailed on, which is thoroughly il with gas tar. A shingle roof and ; oors?one in each gable for ventila- > completes the wood work of the silo. rt floor is now scooped out, and the , milked up against the walls on the in-1 lout 8 inches, leaving the floor of the i e shape of the bottom of a kettle. It! tamped until it is quite hard and j id the silo is finished. The cost of a i silo, which is plenty large for the ty of farms, need not exceed fifty dol-1 silo is now ready for the eusilage.! lack thinks that our common corn1 , by long odds, the best ensilage. And j int to be most carefully observed in j tiole process, excepting the require-1 that the silo shall be air and water is to cut the corn at the proper stage, ithorities now agree that the proper is when the corn is just right to cut ock as for a grain crop. ?od ensilage cutter, run by steam, water ep power, is necessary. The corn is i rough the cutter, cutting it into lengths ! 1 inch, and thrown into the silo, is' id around the edges until the silo is j ' S* ak^.,1,1 I WJien tnc sno is nucu it ouuuiu i vered with straw or any kind of stud' to exclude the air. No weight- j needed 011 the top, except a few | 011 top with stones 011 them to prehe ensilage from dragging 011 the, thus allowing it to settle with the j j ears of corn may he cut with the tud put into the silo, or they may be oil' and thrown on the ground to cure le stalks alone put in. Of course, er, when the grain goes into the silo. > not need to feed any grain, lie silo, the food, or ensilage, under-' heat, hut does not sour or spoil. On i ler hand, it becomes sweeter, and the like it better than any other kind of; When needed, the ensilage is taken 1 one of the doors of the silo, and fed other kind of food. Hlack uses a two-horse power engine, | lUtomatic, similar 10 me oue which is uacu a The Enquirer office, with kerosene oil or fuel. He also uses it for running cotton eed mill, corn sheller and wood saw. w. a. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Greenville county Republicans held v convention in Greenville last Saturday and lominated delegates to the State convention. The delegates were instructed to vote for 3. A. Webster for State chairman. ? Joe Marshall, a negro boy who murdered Stephen Kearney, an aged white man, in Chester county, on the 31st of August, was :aptured in Rock Hill on Tuesday of last veek by Policeman Davinney. ? Robert Lovett, a white man living in the tand hills about twelve miles from Columbia, s suffering from a terrible disease that is beieyed to be leprosy. Lovett is a white man, ibout fifty years of age, and served through he war. The disease first' made its appearmce about six years ago. Most of the flesh las crumbled from the greater part of his jody, and the fingers of both hands and all lis toes are said to have dropped off. The nan had been summoned to appear as a witless in a trial justice court on Tuesday of ast week, but the trial justice refused to illow him to come in. ? The town of Midway, a few miles from Bamberg, had a cholera scare last Saturday ind Sunday. Mrs. C. Duencing, a resident >f the place, had just returned from an extended visit to Germany, and a few days ifter her arrival home, was taken down suddenly. Her symptoms were very suspicious )f cholera, and, under the circumstances, the doctors were unwilling to say, at the time, that she was not actually suffering from the disease. After the village had had a good scarce, later developments proved the case < to be- only a severe attack of cholera morbus. At last accounts the lady was improvng. ? The Republican State convention meets n Columbia tomorrow. It is now pretty generally understood that the idea of putting a State ticket into the field has been abandoned. There will be a fight in the convention, however. It will be over the election of State chairman. That is the one Republican plumb in this State that is worth contending for. The chairman controls the Federal patronage, and is not only certain Df a good government job for himself, but has a number of other jobs that he can dispose of for love or for money. The chairmanship fight, as usual, is between E. A. Webster and Ellery M. Brayton, with the chances largely in favor of the former. ? A committee of the State board of health met in Columbia, on Tuesday of last week, to perfect arrangements for an effective railroad quarantine against cholera, in case such a step may become necessary. The matter was discussed at considerable length and a full plan of quarantine blocked out in such away that all trains could be inspected at the first important station. A proclamation was drawn up to carry out the plans of the committee, and the governor will sign the same as soon as he is advised by the board that such action is necessary. It is not likely, however, that it will be necessary to put the quarantine precautions in operation. Riggj^ ^AkiN* POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength.?Latest U. 8. Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall St., N. Y. tiiu tiilnimunci it/n-o nciumv For the Week Ending September 27?Observations by Mr. J. R. Schorb. "! ~~T ~T7f7 ! ; | g j s i j. DATE. % ' ~ . ? 1 1 | C " $ i g -s ! ' "c S ft 5 ? ; 08 ? i "5 <g | c* s a; a Wednesday 21.... 07 I 72 i 08 09 i 74 G7 .88 rhursdav 22 04 72 71 69 74 04 .21 Friday 2.3 07 | 80 : 76 74 8:1 67 ?at,,r,1nv li 67 84 77 70 85 07 ! .... Sunday07 85 70 75 84 ! (SO i .... Monday 20 00 81 1 75 75 85 05 Tuesday 27 55 72 05 05 75 52 Mean for week|| 04 78 72 71 80 04 jjl .09 Special Notices. Religious Notice. Preaching may be expected at Harmony, 1st Sabbath In October at 11 o'clock a. in. I). Harrison. September 28 59 It Church Conference at Union. There will be a church conference at Union on next Sunday afternoon, 2nd proximo, at 2.50 o'clock. Business of importance is to be attend- , ed to and every member is requested to lie present. 9799.03?$ 15,0<M). Major Julius Mills, of Chester, had his life insured in the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association for $15,000, and at the time of his death had paid to the Association $799.05. The same amount of money paid to either of the old line companies would have lsnight less than $7,000 of insurance. The same amount'would have cost over $1,700. Below will be found the statement of Mrs. Mills in regard to the payment of the claim: Chester, S. C., September 14,1892. Messrs. Grist Bros. A Brico, General Agents " c...?l tlf, vrtrk. .vi ilium nwervB r unu i>nu ville, S. C.: Oentlemen?I hereby extend to you my testimony that the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, of New York, in which my lamented husband, Major Julius Mills, held a life policy for 915,000, was promptly and unreservedly paid to me in full. According to you the privilege of publishing this, I am Very respectfully, Mrs. Julius Mills. Continually N'agglug. Those hacking, troublesome coughs that keeps you awake at night and are continually nagging at you in daylight are effectually set aside and stopped by the use of a few doses of Campbell's Cough Cure. Won't Know Yourself. If you feel out of sorts, out of temper, and mean enough to commit a theft, try a dose or two of Dr. Jackson's Mack Liver Pills. They will soften your temper, improve your appetite, make you feci honest from principle, enable you to be with ease a better Christian, a more agreeable neighbor, and better company. You will delight in taking a broader, more charitable, and more sensible view of things. In fact, you will be ready to deny having even a speaking acquaintance with the man you were before you took them. J no. C. Kuykkndal, Sole Proprietor, Yorkville, S. C. Verbum Sat Sapient!. Siberia Itch Ointment cures the most aggravated case of Itch in three applications. Manufactured and sold only by J no. Kuykkndal. ' ? < Kf\ j (Parltct Reports. YORK VILLE, September 28.?Cotton7 to 7i. LIVERPOOL, September 20.?Cotton 4 3-l(ki. CHARLESTON, September20.?Cotton 7j. NEW YORK, September 20.?('otton 7J. Futures irregular and unsettled, dosing steady, with sales of 2o7,500 bales as follows: October, 7.48 to 7.50; November, 7.(53 to 7.04; December, 7.78 to 7.79; January 7.92 to 7.93; February, 8.04 to 8.05; March, 8.14 to 8.10; April, 8.25 to 8.2(5; May, 8.35; June, 8.45. Comparative Cotton Statement. N EW YORK, September23.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending September 23, 1892: 1892. 1891. Net receipts at all U. S. ports, 119,148 218,022 Total receipts to date, 2(52,192 4:58,275 Exports for the week, 44,833 59,754 Total exports to date 8(5,727 1:58,0(59 Stock at all UnitedStates ports,.. .538,752 521,710 Stock in interior towns, 4x,4!N5 40,723 Stock in Liverpool, 1,175,(KM) 711,(MM) Stock afloat for Great liritain 4(5,(KM) 80,UN) OHITUARY. 4?- Tributes of Kespeet and obituaries will be chanted for at the rate of ten cents per line. liefore they will be published, satisfactory arrangements must t>e made for the jmyment of the charges. Notices of deaths will l?e Inserted gratuitously, and sueii information is solicited, provided tile death is of recent occurrence. IHKi>?Of paralysis, at the residence of Iter son, Mr. Oeorge W. Campbell, in Charlotte, on the 22nd instant, Mrs. E. ('. CAMPBELL, formerly of York county. She was in the 58th year of her age.