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Jtoapis and |acts.
? The congressional committee which has :
been investigating John I. Davenport, the
Republican elections supervisor in New j
York, will make a very damaging report, I
showing that Davenport has used at every j
election hundreds of thousand of dollars for
campaign funds.
? Two condemned murderers in Birmingham,
Ala., jail?one named Stoggins and the
other named Smith?recently sold their
bodies for cash, executing regular deeds.
Smith sold to a syndicate of physicians, and
Scoggins to an undertaker, who wishes the
body to use as an advertisement of the preservative
merits of an embalming lluid.
? A joint resolution proposing to amend j
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that senators may hereafter be elected by
popular vote, passed the house of representatives
last week without a dissenting voice.
Though some of the newspapers are raising
a howl against the proposed change, it
seems altogether likely that it will be sanctioned
by the senate, with as little opposition
as there was in the house.
? General A. S. Roberts, bearer of the
electoral vote of Texas, has collected $437.75
from the government. The distance from
Austin to Washington is 1,752 miles, at 25
cents a mile one way. General Roberts says
that down in Texas they feel a little ashamed
of themselves. They gave Cleveland
only 150,000 majority. "But then," he adds
in explanation, "it rained, and, try as hard
as we might, we could not get out the full
country vote.
? The senate lost seven days last month,
on account of death. On the 11th there was
an adjournment on account of the death of
Senator Kenna, and again the next day on
account of his funeral. On Wednesday, the
18th, the death, and on Friday the 20th, the
funeral of ex-President Hayes caused an
adjournment. On Tuesday of last week
there was an adjournment out of respect of
the memory of Justice Lamar of the supreme
court, and on Friday, and again on Monday,
the same ceremony was observed in honor of
Blaine. The legislatures in several of the
States, both Democratic and Republican,
adjourned on receiving news of the death of
Mr. Blaine.
? Virginia and Tennessee have begun in
the United States courts a fight over a long
disputed strip of territory now held by Tennessee.
The point at issue is the proper direction
of the survey and boundary line from
White Top mountain, where the Virginia,
Tennessee and North Carolina lines meet.
The strip in question is eight miles broad and
150 miles long, and would include the half of
the town of Bristol, now in Tennessee, and
the town of Cumberland Gap. It contains
40,000 people, most of them Republicans, big
parts of the Louisville & Nashville, Knoxville,
Cumberland Gap & Louisville and East
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia roads, and
much rich mineral and timber lands.
? A Washington dispatch to the Atlanta
Constitution says: "During the last few days
there has been a cabinet boom in connection
with the name of Senator Butler, of South
Carolina. I have it from a prominent Democrat
who spent Thursday with Mr. Cleveland,
that he is considering the name of
Senator Butler and looks upon him with
much favor. Senator Carlisle, Senator Uorman
and many other prominent Democratic
senators, are urging the South Carolinian's
name upon the president-elect, and just at
this time it seems that he will be the Southern
man selected. His appointment would
be eminently satisfactory to all Democratic
senators as well as to the Democrats of the
house.
? A horribly repulsive exhibit at the
World's Fair, will be a pack of playing
cards, made from human skin. The cards
are the property of Captain Charles G. Ayers,
of Troop F, Tenth United States cavalry,
and were taken by him from among the
captured effects of Geronimo, the murderous
Appache, who a few years ago was the
terror of New Mexico. In size, the cards
are about the size of the average playing
cards, and the skin, in preparation, was!
worked so thin that the deck is no thicker j
than an ordinary pack of linen or paper |
cards. The four different suits are painted
in many gaudy colors, and everything from
ace to king, is elaborately designed. When ]
(Captain Ayers first got possession of the |
cards, he at once recognized that they were !
made of some kind of skin. Soon after, I
consulting expert doctors, he was assured by
them that they were made not only of skin,
but of the skin of a white man, who had no
doubt been murdered outright or cruelly j
tortured to death. The cards will be put on j
exhibition as oue of the many illustrations of
the savage instincts of the Indians.
? Mr. Blaine has been called "the plumed J
knight" for so many years, that many have !
forgotten the circumstances under which the j
phrase was first applied to him. At the!
Republican convention in 1S70, Robert G. j
Ingersoll nominated Mr. Blaine for the pres- j
idency in a speech that contained these j
riuging words: "Like an armed warrior, |
like a plumed knight, James G. Blaine j
marched down the halls of the American i
congress, and threw his shining lance full!
and fair against the brazen foreheads of the
defamers of his country and the maligncrs !
of his honor." In the course of his speech
the orator said: "The Republicans of the
United States demand a man who knows
that prosperity and resumption, when they
come, must come together, that when they
come they will come hand in hand through
the golden harvest fields ; hand in haud by (
the whirling spindles and the turning wheels;
hand in hand past the open furnace doors ; i
hand in hand by the flaming forges ; hand in
hand by the chimneys filled with eager fire? 1
greeted and grasped by the countless sonsi
of toil. * * * Gentlemen of the convention,
in the name of the great republic, the !
only republic that ever existed upon this
earth ; in the name of all her soldiers, dead
upon the field of battle, and in the name i
of those who perished in the skeleton clutch '
of famine at Andersonville and Libby, whose
sufferings he so vividly remembers, Illinois?
Illinois nominates the next president of this
country, that prince of parliamentarians, i
that leader of leaders?James G. Blaine !" '
The effect of this oration was magical, but it
did not win the necessary votes.
? There was an amusing scene on the floor
of the house one day last week, says a Wash-1
ington letter to the Baltimore Sun : About;
11:30 o'clock, Frank Gorman, chief of the
pages, appeared on me noor wun a uig Indian
in tow. The Indian was in full war
paint, with feathers and many-colored blan- j
kets, and carried in his hand a red feather
duster. After looking around the house, I
the Indian was conducted to the speaker's!
desk and placed in the chair, amid tremendous
applause from the members on the!
floor. The pages were simply delighted,
and gathered around and gazed, with open
mouths, at the chief. When the speaker's '
gavel was handed to the Indian, he thought
it was a pipe of peace, and tried tosmoke.it,:
but finally, when shown his mistake, he
rapped with it so hard that Jerry Simpson
remarked : "Why, that's the first savage
who has been in the chair since Tom Keid's ;
times." After sitting some time in the
speaker's chair, Chief Wolf, for that is hisj
name, and he is from Washington State, was
taken on the floor to Hourkc Cochran's seat.
When lie sat down, there was a general j
round of applause as some one remarked :
"There is a Tammany brave in Cochran's ,
seat." The Indian did not seem to mind
the crowd gazing at him, but calmly sat and
fanned himself with his feather duster. The
_ pages got in line and filed passed him, and j
he shook hands after the regulation dude
fashion, holding his hand and elbow high.
When the bovs got through, Mr. llolman
went over and shook hands with Chief Wolf,
!>?<1 then .lorrv Sinn won aoain 0:11110 forward i
and remarked: "Why, Mr. Holiuau, you
dou't speak Indian, hut Indiana," and both j
laughed at the joke, hut the Indian looked
bored. When the time eatne to clear the
floor, thev had a hard time in getting thej
Indian out of Bourke Cochran's seat. Fi-'
nally he was induced to go into the gallery
and let the Tammany leader occupy his,
chair. As Wolf left the floor, he remarked :
"Jleep big times here. Me like it.''
? The Washington correspondent of the
New York Evening l'ost has been canvass-,
ing the position of the members of the house
on the question of repealing the silver purchase
law. He has found 104 in favor of
outright repeal and 44 opposed to repeal in
any form. The rest of these from whom responses
were obtained. the whole number
being ^29 out of the .'Wo members now in the j
house, are divided among various proposi- j
tions or are non-committal. Thirty-two arc |
willing to go hack to the island act: 9 would
take the Bland act with the minimum of
monthly purchases raised to $4,000,000; 00;
favor sonic compromise on a basis not yet |
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determined; 24 are "not settled in mind
what to do 45 were not willing to give
any opinion, and 5 were anxious to leave
action on the question to the next congress.
The correspondent calculates that if the
question of repeal should he directly presented
for a vote, enough might he drawn togeth- j
er in support of it to make the affirmative:
vote 140, a quorum of the full house hcing |
103. This would he enough to pass an or- j
dinary hill, hut probably not enough to over- j
come the opposition to this particular propo-!
sition. If repeal is etlected it will probably
be coupled with some new provisions regard- j
ing silver or the currency.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1893.
? devolutions never go backward. When
John J. Ingalls, that well-known South hater,
was defeated for the United States senate in
Republican Kansas, the whole country was
astonished. Now, only two years later,
Kansas elects a Democrat to the senate.
With 80,000 Republican majority in the
State, less than four years ago, who would
have ever dreamed of such a thing?
? In England, where, on account of the
good roads, they can make three horses do
the work of four, it is estimated, from this
source alone, there is an annual saving of
$100,000,000. In York county the annual
cost of hauling farm supplies and products
is not less than $100,000 more than it would
be over improved roads. Notwithstanding
this, the actual permanent improvements on
our public roads, including bridges, will not
amount to $5,000 a year. Such economy as
this is ruinous.
? The exact complexion of the next senate
is still in doubt, and will remain so until the
legislatures of Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana
and North Dakota conclude their pro
traeieu uanouiig. neuuui ?u uu
as they have been heard from, even up matters
as follows : Democrats 43; Republicans
43, and Populists 2. Some of the States
mentioned above may nominate Democrats.
If not, they will surely nominate Populists,
and though the Democrats may not have
full control in the organization of the senate,
with the help of Vice President Stevenson
and the Populists, they will be able to carry
all measures looking to tariff reform.
? The committee on claims has just made j
an adverse report on a very cheeky claim for
$20,000,000, made by Daniel Morgan, of Wisconsin,
against the government. Morgan is
the sole survivor of the descendants of,
Daniel Morgan, the hero of Cowpens. In j
his memorable campaign, Morgan supported j
his troops out of his private means, and in !
doing so, expended $15,64o. The heir has
calculated compound interest on this sum {
for 110 years at 10 per cent., and desires the j
government to make good the modest sum. i
After a full investigation of the matter, i
however, the committee finds that the claim |
was fully settled years ago.
? Very ordinary Northwestern bacon is;
today bringing 121 cents a pound, and 91 |
cents is all that is being offered for the very j
best Southern cotton. The Northwestern |
people cannot raise cotton, but we can raise I
bacon. Under the circumstances, we think j
it a good idea for our people to clean up
their pig pens, fence their pastures, and
start in to raise a big crop of hogs. A pound
of cotton ought to be worth from one to
two pounds of bacon anytime. We are J
sure that it ought not to cost any more to
produce the latter than the former, but under
present conditions, every pound of pork i
made is nearly a pound and a half of cotton I
saved. Plant less cotton and raise more >
pork.
? The death of Associate Justice Lamar
brings about some political complications, I
which, to say the least of them, are distaste-1
ful to the Democrats. It was generally un- j
derstood that on account of his ill-health,:
Justice Lamar intended to resign his ollice
as soon as Cleveland was inaugurated, and
Cleveland, of course, would have filled the
vacancy by the appointment of a Democrat.
The premature death of Lamar, however,
gives the appointment to Harrison, and the
absorbing question now is, will Mr. Harrison
make the appointment? It is clearly
his right to do so if he desires; but Democrats
claim that such action on his part i
would be in exceedingly bad taste. As at
present constituted, the supreme court con-1
sists of six Republicans and two Democrats,!
and under the circumstances it is not un- i
reasonable for the Democrats to desire a Dem-j
ocrat to fill the vacancy. If Mr. Harrison
should go ahead and appoint a Republican, j
the Democrats will be justified in as much j
filibustering as may be necessary to prevent
his confirmation by the senate.
? It seems to be slowly dawning on the ]
minds of the people, both prohibitionists and
anti-prohibitionists, that after all, the Evans
dispensary?properly speaking, Tillman dispensary?law,
is really a prohibition measure.
It is not only a prohibition measure I
but it promises to be the most practical and
effective that has ever been passed. In rid-,
iculiug the law, its opponents seek to draw {
attention to the dispensary as the central
feature. Such is not the case, however. |
As matters now stand, the dispensary is only
an incident to the law. It is a kind of safety '
valve, so to speak. Take it this way. :
Liquor may only be sold through a dispell-1
sary, and a dispensary may be established j
only on a petition of a majority of the freehold
voters of a community. In a prohibi-1
tion community, of course it will lie impossible
to secure the necessary petition for the |
reason that prohibitionists do not approve of j
the sale of liquor under any circumstances,)
and in most instances it will be just as hard !
to get the signatures of a majority of antiprohibition
freeholders for the reason that j
they are not going to permit the sale of:
liquor unless they can get some profit out of
it. The whole question is reduced fairly |
and squarely down to a question of appetite
and public revenue. Those who want the
dispensary most for the gratification of their j
appetite, as a rule, will have little or no say '
so in its establishment. They are not free-1
holders. The biggest inducement that most j
freeholders will have to sign a petition for a
dispensary, will be for the revenue, and in
nine communities out of ten, the prohibitionists
cither have a majority or the balance of
power among the freeholders. Where there
is no dispensary, the law against the sale of
liquor is as stringent as it is possible to do- j
vise. Taken all in all. it is safe to lay down
this proposition. In most communities, the
majority of the freeholders will be opposed >
to a dispensary, but where they are in favor |
of it, by all means they should have it. In j
fact they are in sore need of it. If the dis-)
pensary law stands the test of the supreme j
court, and fails to give all the prohibition (
the country will stand, in ouropinion.it is
time for the prohibitionists to throw up the
sponge.
?
(ieorge S.Turner, the murderer of his j
brother-in-law, Finger, in Spartanburg, some |
years ago, was re-sentenced by Judge Norton
last Friday to be hanged on the 2d day j
of June, next. His attorneys, Melton. John-!
stone and Duncan, will make still another ef- j
fort to secure a stay of execution. ;:
blaise is dead.
A Short Sketch ol" tlie Ilrillimit Statesman
and Politician.
JAMES 0. BLAINE.
James (J. Blaine died in the old Seward j
mansion, on Lafayette square, Washington,
last Friday morning at 11 o'clock. The (
cause of his death was exhaustion of the 1
heart, brought about by chronic disease of
the kidneys, and consequent uraemic poison- j
ing. The sufferer had been in bad health
since 1S87. He has been confined to his bed '
since the latter part of last December, and \
for a week or two previous to his death, took J
little or no notice of his surroundings. His
death was peaceful and painless. There 5
were no last words. He just ceased to 5
breathe, and that was the end.
James Gillespie Blaine was born in West '
Brownsville, Washington county, l'cnnsyl- 1
vania, on January 31, 1830. His fatlier was 1
Kphraim Blaine, who was a son of another (
Ephraim Blaine, a commissary general in 1
the Continental army. The father of James 1
G. Blaine was in good circumstances financially,
and was able to give his son a finished (
education, which he did. When young *
Blaine was eighteen years of age, he became '
a teacher in a military school at Blue Lick ^
Springs, Kentucky, and shortly afterward he
met and married Miss Harriet Stanwood, a
young school teacher from Maine. His wife
became homesick shortly after the mar- s
riagc, and to please her, he removed to <
Maine, and shortly afterwards became half i
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owner and one of the editors of The Weekly j(
Kenebec Journal. Upon the organization of, J
the Republican parly, be used his paper to I'
further its interests in Maine, and within a j I
few years achieved a high position in the! J
polities of the State. J
In 185(1, Mr. Maine was sent as a delegate *
to the first national convention of the Re- *
publican party, which nominated John C. 1
Frcemont for president. In 1858 he was 1
elected to the Maine legislature. He served I
four years in succession, and during the lust *
two was speaker of the house.
He was first elected to congress in 18(12, (
and served 18 years in the house and senate. '
He soon made a reputation as an able de- *
bater, and during the Reconstruction period ?
his fame became national. While the Re- '
publicans had a majority in the house, his y
friendliness toward the South was conspicu- j1
ous, and when the Democrats gained con-j1
trol of that body, his hostility towards the I *
South at once became a matter of note. 1
He was elected speaker'of the house in '
18(17, and served in that capacity for six j1
years. His administration of the allairs of I ^
the office arc recognized as the fairest and j {
most brilliant in the history of the house. *
In 1S74 the Democrats having carried the jc
house, Mr. Maine became the loader of the 1j
Republican minority. He opposed bitterly
the removal of the political disabilities of '
Jefferson Davis, avering that he did so. not i ^
because Air. Davis had been the head of the I ^
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Confederacy, but because he was the author,
"knowingly, deliberately, guiltily, and willfully
of the gigantic murders and crimes of 11
Andersonville." Mr. Davis was brilliantly v
defended and gloriously vindicated by Sena- v
tor Hill, of Georgia, but the episode strength- ,
ened Mr. Maine's hold on his party, at a |
time when the passions of the war had not ^
been subdued. j*
Air. Maine was a candidate for the Repub-1 i?
lican nomination for president in 187(1, and ;
would no doubt have been nominated by ac-1:
elaniation, luul it not been for the sudden "
development of u great scandal in which he :
was involved. Some years before, congress
had given valuable concessions to the Little!
Rock and Fort Smith railroad. Mr. Blaine j '
was speaker at the time, and the whole!
question depended on the ruling of the j C
chair, lie ruled in favor of the railroad. J
Afterward, it became known that he wasjl
the owner of $.'?(>,000 worth of the bonds, and j o
a man named Mulligan got possession of J a
certain letters of Mr. Blaine's to the president n
of the railroad company, which seemed to c
show that the bonds were in consideration of t
Mr. Blaine's services in securing the ounces- j t;
sions to the railroad. There was a congres- j o
sional investigation. In some mysterious ?'
manner. Mr. Blaine got the letters away e
from Mulligan, and with audacity that v
has ever since been accounted as remarka- 2
bio, read the letters to the house. The letters e
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implied guilt, hut did not prove it. Nowev-I
it, they left the statesman for a tunc under; <
a eloud, and the prize of the presidential o
nomination, for the time, escaped him. r
The next year Mr. Maine was appointed ^
to the senate to till out the unexpired term
of Senator Morrill, lie was afterward elect-1 v
ed for a full term. In 1SS0 Maine was,
again a candidate for president, hut found h
it necessary to unite with Carlield to defeat ^
the nomination of (.rant, to whom he was i
bitterly opposed Idr a third term. (larlield 1 /
was elected, and Maine aeeepteil a position g
in the cabinet as secretary of state, which J
he held until the death of (iarliehl and the: >'
accession of Arthur. j v
In I SS I, Mr. Maine was again a candidate
for the Republican nomination for pros- p
ident, and this time he was successful. The : b
result of the election is well-known. It ] c
hinged on the vote of New York State, Is:
which was carried hy (Irover Cleveland by i
a plurality of 1,017 votes. After the dec- j
Lion, Mr. l'laine, now possessed of lar^e: e
means, notwithstanding the comparatively I ti
slender salary for which lie had been work-1 ii
ing all his life, devoted himself to the com-1
plclion of his book, "Twenty Years in Con- i
gress."
In 1SSS Mr. Blaine refused to he a eandi-j
date for the Republican nomination, hut if
it had not been for his postive refusal to
accept-, it would have no doubt been given J
to him again. He accepted, however, the
portfolio of state in Harrison's cabinet, and j
held the same up to the time of the Minneapolis
convention, when he resigned. The
resignation is generally attributed to mutual
jealousy between himself and the president.
It was taken by his friends at Minneapolis'
to mean that he wanted the nomination j
again, and they did all they could to give it j
to him. There had been a very poor understanding
among the Blaine forces, however,
and they went to pieces on the first ballot,
which resulted in the nomination of Harrison,
the vote being as follows: Harrison,
535; Blaine, lS'J; MeKinley, 1 Si*; and scattering,
5.
For the fifth time Mr. Blaine had failed of
his ambition, lie returned to nis uomc in
Maine, and only left it a few days before the
flection, when he made a brief speech at the
home of Whitelaw Reid, in which he asked
for party victory, but did not mention 31r.
Harrison's name. There is little reason to
doubt that his death was hastened almost as
much by disappointment as by disease.
A proper estimate of Mr. Blaine's achievements
in life-cannot he made at this time.
That lie was a great man, brilliant and
brainy, no man will seek to deny, hut it will
never he said of him that he was a good man.
He was selfish and inclined to dishonesty.
All of his life was spent in the public service,
uid though his salary was comparatively
small, he acquired great wealth. It has
practically been proved that he has more
;han once used his oflicial position for private
gain, and for this reason was never
ible to fully secure the confidence of his
;ountry. It will remain, however, for hisory
to assign to Mr. Blaine his proper place
imong American statesmen.
Mr. Blaine's funeral services were conluctcd
in the Presbyterian church of the
Covenant, last Monday, by Rev. D. It. Hamin,
who officiated at the funeral of 31rs.
Harrison, and her father, Rev. Dr. Scott.
MERE MENTION.
Lieutenant Totten, who has made himself
somewhat famous on account of his prelictions
touching the end of the earth, has
esigned his commission in the United States
irmy. The Sterling dynamite works,
it Bessemer, Ala., exploded last Friday with
errible force and shook up the surrounding
country for miles like an earthquake. Two
men who happened to be in tho building
,vere instantly killed, and only small pieces
jfskin and a toe could he found in thebuildng
to tell their fate. A negro ex-con,'ict
named Fisher, was lynched near New
Drleans last Wednesday for cutting the
hroat of an old woman named McMahon,
ind stabbing to death a fireman named Bar et,
who attempted to arrest him. A
"ree school building, valued at $100,000, in
Detroit, 3Iich., was destroyed by fire last
Friday. A hill has been introduced in
longrcss to provide a pension of $">0 a month
or the willow of Elisha Kent Kane, tne ianous
Arctic explorer. Mrs. Lease sajs
he election of Martin, (Democrat) as United
States senator from Kansas, is the death
>lo\v to the People's party. Senator
jail introduced in the senate last Thursday,
i bill appropriating $500,000 for the purpose ,
>f protecting the anchorage in tho bay of
'anovcral, Fla., in order to render it availa)le
for use in the navy. The approbation
committee has reported the pension ,
ippropriation for the ensuing year. The (
>ill carries an appropriation of $10(5,400,000, (
jeing *20,002,050 over the appropriations of
he current year, and $401,350 less than the
'stimates. The Alabama senate has i
lassed a bill to allow Mrs. Jefferson Davis a i
ielision of $500 a year. It is believed that \
he bill will be killed in the house. (
Visliop Philip Brooks, one of the best known
livines in America, died at his home in
loston, Mass., on Tuesday of last week."-;-*
taly has become involved in a great financial ,
,caudal similar to the Panama affair of
France. The bank of Borne failed recently
vitli liabilities exceeding its assets, by sev- 1
.ral millions of dollars. It develops that <
nany of the public officials, high in authoriv,
have profiled by the failure, and sensa- ,
io'nal investigations arc now in progress, j
rPen colored prisoners escaped from
he Union City, Tennessee, jail, last Thurslav
by wrenching the cage door off its
linges. It is charged that certain mem- 1
jers of congress arc involved in the Panama \
:anal steal, and it is likely that an investiga- ,
ion will be ordered. Elijah W. Hal- |
ord President Harrison's private secretary,
ias been appointed paymaster in the army
vith the rank of major. Ex-Governor
folin Martin (Democrat) lias been elected to 1
he United States senate from Kansas.-"?' j
The Spanish government refuses to allow
American missionaries to work in the Faroinc.
Islands. President-elect Cleveland j 1
ode the goat of the Sigma Chi college fra- j j
ernity in New York last Thursday night.;
Alfred A. Robinson lias been appoint-; (
d chief justice of Delaware. The Illi-,
iois legislature has repealed the Edwards:
:ompulsory education law. Strawberies
have made their appearance in New H
fork at the price of ten cents each, fresh j,
omaloes arc selling at i?l a pound.
'harles J. Faulkner and ex-Senator Camden, j.
vcre elected to the United States senate j ^
rom West Virginia on Tuesday oi last
VCC!k. Roger (). Alills has been re-elect- ,
d to the senate from Texas. V*C*?veriior ,
Vf-eld, of Illinois, is in Asheville, N.
or the benefit of his health. 130 miners j
ost their lives by the caving in of a coal
nine at Dux, Bohemia, on Tuesday of ast ,
v-cek. Pat Fletcher, a negro robber, (
pus lynched at Quincey, Fla., last Friday. }
-The father of Senator-elect John j ^
Partin, was born and reared in South Caro- j
ina. Mr. J. C. Squier, of Gastonia, j i
('..committed suicide last Sunday by 1
hooting himself in the head with a pistol, j ]
le left a letter in which he said financial,]
roubles and bad health were the cause of j j
is act. i
THE WORK OF EVANGELIST HOWARD. jj
jethel Never AVcnt to Church In Suchj<
"Weather Before.
om,s|ton<leii>,c of Tlic Yorkvilh1 fcnqulrcr. )
Bktiiki., January 30.?The Rev. C. M.J
lowaril, the evangelist, a member of Roan-, <
ke presbytery, began a meeting at Bethel j 1
n January nth, and continued until the ,
light of the 211th. The people, came to,
hurcli through the bitter cold and through j ^
he snow, both white and colored People j
aking a deep interest in the meeting. The ,
ldest man in the community declares tlmt | <
Bethel never went to church in such weath- j <
r before." The congregations grew as the , \
reather moderated, and on the night of the (
Mth the galleries were thronged with earn- j {
st worshippers. The word was preached
nth great simplicity, earnestness and pow- j1
r The sinfulness of sin, the danger to the j
inner, the dutv of prayer, and dependence on : j
lie Holy Spirit, were mightily emphasized ;! (
'hrist in his loveliness and saving power ,
nis clearly and tenderly presented. The
icoplc responded to the exhortation to prayr,
and it is said there was never so much j
iraying in Bethel. The spirit of God came ; f
ritli power and love, and many souls found j j
lie Saviour. There were nine additions to i {
lie church bv certificate and forty-one on !,
.rofession of failb. Brother Howard goes,
rom here to Oreonville, S. accompanied
y our earnest prayers for (tod's abiding
lessing on this faithful minister of the word
flife. s. '
Mct'ONXKLIiSVIhliK MATTKKS.
uncsiiondciicf of the Yorkville Kmiulrer.
AIcConxixlsvii.i.i:, January 150.?Mrs. J.,
). Moore, who was ealled to the death bed
f her father, Mr. John Walker, of Chester,]
eturned home last week, accompanied by '
liss Wiliner Wallace.
Mrs. John Blake and daughter have been
isiting the family of .Mrs. K. N. Crawford.
Miss Cora Kuykendal, of Yorkville, who j
as been spending a week with Miss Kate
Villiams, returned home Saturday.
.Mrs. J. C. Kuykendal and Mrs. 11. F. |
uliekes, spent Saturday in this place, the j
nests of Mrs. Williams. '
Mr. W. I. (iarrison lias moved into the j
csidence of Aliss Kate AlcConnell, recently
aeated by Air. < Jarvin.
Kev. Air. Swann, of Bullock's Creek, i
reached at Olivet last Sunday and organ-;,
'.ed the Sunday-school. Air. Swann has
onsented to supply this ebureh until the'
nniiir loi'cl in.r of nrnslivterv.
i r? ? o - - i ?-* %
? The I'liiou Store company, which start- "
(1 live Alliance stores in this State some,
ime ago, has decided to close business, hav- ^
ig found that it does not pay. 11
indkx to m:w ai>vi:ktisi<:mkxts.
Bonis Kotli?Will have* fresh oysters on Friday
and Saturday, and a square meal on Monday?
salesday.
Ferguson Urns.?'loll about having just received
a fresh supply of garden and (lower seed,
and want to liny corn, pease and oats.
W. B. Moore A* Co.?Cull attention to the fact
that they buy Hour in large quantities and
have exclusive control of certain brands.
They also have something to say about
their farming implements, crockery and
glassware, table cutlery, building hardware
and earneutnrs* loots, and nines and
smoking ami chewing tobacco.
W. M. Houston tV: Co.?Announce the arrival,
direct from Switzerland, of nearly $txxi
worth of embroidery. Also India linen
ranging in price from f> cents to 12J cents
per yard, and table damasks at prices
which will suit the wants of various customers.
T. M. Dobson, Manager of Dobson's Racket.?
Presents a catalogue of the kinds of shoes
he is ottering the public. All can be suited
in either quality or price.
Lowry A Starr?Now that spring lPouse-elenning
will soon be on hand, call attention to
their stock of alabastine, plnstico and kulsoinine.
They also mention clover seed,
kerosene oil at 20 cents per gallon ; tobacco
at o cents a i?lng; window glass and
putty ready for use.
A. M. (Jrist? Is lirepared to repair and clean
sewing machines and put them in good
order.
W. C. Latimer?(lives notice to those who owe
hint, that after the lith of February sill unpaid
claims will be given to an attorney
for collection.
Dr. J. C. Kuykendal, of the York Drugstore?
Advertises (Sold Dust cotton seed, the cotton
from which, it is claimed, matures
earlier than other varieties. The seed he
offers to sell were grown in York county,
and it is asserted that 2,(MX) pounds of this
variety of cotton were produced on one
acre. lie also has a supply of Welborn's
"Conscience Corn" and "Blount's Prolific,"
and that of the former variety, as
much as one quart of corn has been shelled
from one ear.
Joseph Wylie A Co., of Chester, S. ('.?Have
seven short advertisements in this issue.
They propose to sell goods either for cash
or on time; one, two, three or four-horse
"Old Hickory" wagons to suit purchasers;
say they are leaders of low prices for lirstclass
clothing in tho un-eountry; that their
stock of dry goods ami shoes is not surpassed
in the State; that they sell a car load of
Hour a week, and suggest to people not to
talk of hard times when a barrel of Hour
can be purchased for $2.7"). They also
claim to be head-quarters for bacon and
lard, but notify you that the price will "take
your breath and your money, too."
R. M. Wallace, Adni'r.?On the 2nd of March
will apply for discharge as administrator
of the estate of Captain (J. 1>. Wallace, deceased.
J. X. A J. A. McOill, Administrators of the estate
of R. Milieu McOill, deceased?(Jive
notice to the debtors and creditors ol: the
said estate.
M. A H. C. Strauss?Say that they are making
sweeping reductions in their stock of winter
goods to make room for their spring
stock.
W. J. Roddey, Rock Hill, S. C.?(livesan illustration
of the advantages ottered by the
Equitable Life Insurance company.
S. A. McElwee?Wants ">00 turkeys, 7V00 geese,
. till I rum lw?,? i.mvimiu 101 I, nf
rimry.
W. H. McCorklc, Probate Judge?(fives notice
that Nancy E. Craig lias applied for letters
of administration on the estate of Mrs. E.
A. Wylie, deceased.
A MATCH IN THE COTTON.
Mr. Elias C. Falls's gin house, located 8
miles north of Yorkville, was destroyed by
fire lant Friday evening, together with a
wagon, buggy, Corbin disk harrow, two
gins, other tools and machinery, a lot of
cotton seed, and three bales of cotton. The
total loss is about $1,200. The fire is
thought to have originated from a match in
the cotton.
LOOK OUT, DELINQUENTS.
Treasurer Neclv, on yesterday, turned
over to the shcrifi'a big bundle of 900 delinquent
tax executions. In the aggregate the
executions call for taxes, penalties and costs
to the amount of $2,404.49. This is exclusive
of railroad taxes, the sherill' being restrained
from collecting these by the writ of
injunction granted by the United States
court.
A HOUSE roil THE COURT.
The county commissioners have secured
the use of the Yorkville graded school
building in which to hold the next session of
the circuit court. Court convenes on MonJay
after the fourth Monday of March,
which is April 2, and during its two week's
session, the exercises of the graded school are
likely to be suspended. The recent fire
having destroyed the only two other halls in
town available lor a court room?tuc court
house and the opera house?it happens that
the graded school building is the only place
that can be secured that will bo at all suitable.
COMMITTED TO JAIL.
The following prisoners, all colored, have
been committed to jail during the past
week :
John Beckham, charged with larceny of
live stock. Committed by Trial Justice (). L.
Sanders, on January 28.
Austin Hicklin, convicted of petit larceny.
Committed by Trial Justice Carroll 011 January
28.
William Thompson, charged with perjury.
Committed by Trial Justice Carroll, on January
28.
Wash Koach was committed 011 January
50, by Trial Justice MeElhaney, 011 tho
charge of larceny of live stock.
PUBLIC MEETING.
We are requested to announce that a pubic
meeting of the citizens of the town of
i'orkvillc will he held tomorrow (Thursday)
light, for the purpose of nominating a ticket
?or intendant and wardens, to be voted for
it the election on the Uth instant, and if
ilected, to serve the town during the ensungyear.
There being no other availablo
ball in which to hold the meeting, Captain J.
R. Lindsay has kindly tendered the use of
lis insurance oflice for the purpose. The
neeting will be public in every sense of the
word, and everybody who is at all interested
n the welfare of the town, is urgently repicstcd
to he present. The meeting will be
called to order at 7.4"> o'clock.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
*C ...1
The county commissioners, on iuonuay,
dected J)r. (Jeorgc Walker county physiciau
'or the next two years. The election was
inaninious.
The question as to the time of holding
he regular semi-monthly meetings was also]
jonsidcred at length. All of the members
)f the hoard are agreed that the "first Mon-j
lay''is not a suitable day. Nearly every-!
>ody having business with the hoard puts it
iff until that day, and the result is more
han can he attended to in one short session. I
Yecordingly, it was decided to substitute the (
irst Tuesday for the first Monday, and here-1
ifter the meetings of the hoard will be held
m the first and third Tuesdays of each
nonth.
THK I'OS TO I T'H i : THIKVKS.
Jim (Jarrison and Babe Joiner?the negroes I
irrested last week on the charge of breaking
nto the Yorkville postofliee?were taken hebre
Tnitcd States Commissioner Hart last
Holiday for preliminary examination. <!ar ison
was represented by J. S. Brice, Ksq.,
ind Joiner i?y Major James F. Hart. The
lmrge against Joiner is hased altogether on j
lie confession of (Jarrison. Major Hart
iouglit to make (Jarrison contradict himself
lufliciciitly to break the force of his testiliony
against Joiner, but without success. ;
Jarrison's story was in effect as follows :
"Babe came to 111c that night and said let's
;o in the postollice. 1 asked what for. He
;aid that the niggers had lieen buying liquor
ike h?1 today, and there was lots of money ,
here. lie helped me over; then he got over. |
Ic tore open sonic letters and put some in
lis poeket. We got 25 cents in coppers, j
fe took 15 cents and gave me 10 cents. He
cave me the keys to keep until next morning,
le said his 'maw' went through his pockets
ivory night looking for money, and he was
ifraid she might find the keys.''
When asked how he got into the postolliec, j
lim said : "We got over at the liquor winlow,"
referring to the window at which the
noticy order business was transacted.
As the result of the examination, C'ommis- j
ioncr Hart decided to commit Garrison
... ? .. I
or trial at the approaching term ot tnei
'nited States District court. The exanina-j
ion of Joiner was continued until the 8th]
j instant, when it is likely that additional e
I evidence, pro and con, will be submitted. In
the meantime the defendant has been released
on a $150 bond.
THK NEW COURT HOUSK.
j Architect Frank Niernsee, of Columbia,'
was in Vorkville last Monday to consult
with the county commissioners in regard to
the work of remodeling the court house.
During the conference, two plans were proposed.
One calls for the addition of two j
wings, one on either side at the rear, and the
other calls for a new front, supplemented
j with wings, and surmounted by a bell tower
j with a place for a clock. Mr. Niernsee was
j instructed to draw tip plans and specifications
covering both propositions, and to |
j submit them to Clerk Hricc for the further
consideration of the board. Mr. Niernsee I (
was unable to give any idea of the cost of I
either of the proposed plans, but will sub-,
| mit careful estimates along with drawings,!
I that he has been instructed to furnish. ! e!
. 1'
ABOUT PEOPLE. | 0
Mr. B. W. Metts left for Charlottesville,1 ^
r
Va., last Monday. !
H. ('. Strauss has gone on a business trip i
to Cokesbury, S. C. I 0
Mr. Thomas P. Weston, Jr., of The State, t<
is in Yorkvillc. d
Mr. I'. G. MeCorklc, of Lancaster, visited
friends in Yorkvillc on Sunday.
Mrs. C. C. Randleman, of King's Montitain,
X. ('., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Brooks j p
Inman, of Yorkvillc. i n
Colonel It. M. Wallace, of Sumter, paid a ; si
flying visit to his father, A. S. Wallace, Esq., I "
who lives live miles south of Yorkvillc, last j
i I ?
week.
Miss Annie Mendenhall, of Mecklenburg |
county, X. C., and Miss Belle Mendenhall, a
of Bethesda township, are in Yorkville, tl
visiting Miss Kate Moore. a
. n
RAILROAD EARNINGS. V
The railroad commission has juSt pub- C(
lished its report of the earnings of the *
various railroads of the State for the
month of November, as compared with
the earnings of the same month of the a;
previous year. In the aggregate, the earn- e,
ings for last November amounted to $717,- n
622.91, against $744,527.07 during Novem- II
ber, 1891. This shows a net decrease of P
$26;904.16. The earnings of the various ai
c<
roads in this section during hist November, p
were as follows :
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago, $16,- a
054.79, an increase of $777.34 ; Atlanta and II
Charlotte, $77,827.87, an increase of $5,635.36
; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta,
$62,442, an increase of $5,316.06; Georgia, F
Carolina and Northen, $46,242.91, an in.
crease of $38,229.80 ; Cheraw and Chester,
$2,103.89, an increase of $227.03; Chester
and Lenoir, $2,475.59, an increase of $415.02. c<
THE OAT CROP. di
There is a great deal of uneasiness as to di
the fate cf the oat crop during the recent ni
freezing weather. Some farmers are of opin- 'a
ion that the oats are all killed, and others P1
ill
think that they are not. The following
from an observant farmer of the vicinity of
Yorkville bears out the latter opinion : oi
"The oats are not killed or even badly oi
hurt. In many instances they have been p1
cut down even with the ground, but they 111
will come again all right. The recent cold
snap was not so severe as it appeared to be. m
This was on account of its evenness. The hi
ground was frozen hard all the time, day ^1
and night and did not 'spew' up, as it does to
when the nights are cold and the days are *.
warm. When the weather turned warm, it
did so all at once, and no harm has been p(
done. If the oat crop fails, it will be due to b;
accidents of the future. Up to now, wheat tc
and oats are both comparatively safe." C(
We give the above for what it is worth. a'
The gentleman referred to generally knows Cf
what lie is talking about, and it is to be m
hoped that this instance is not an exception. n<
cs
CHURCH NOTICES. ai
Baptist?Prayer-meeting tomorrow even- ai
ing at 7.15 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 te
o'clock p. m. P'
I)
Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at ^
11 a. m., and Sunday-school immediate- j
ly afterward. p]
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, I). D., pastor. Services next Sunday C
at 11 a. in., and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at tc
3 o'clock p.m. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7 o'clock.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., j]
pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock it;
a. m., and 7 o'clock p. in. Sunday-school at ai
3 o'clock p. in. Monthly concert of prayer a-'
for missions tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. j
j J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?PrayI
er-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Servi-i
ces Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and' ci
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Sunday- ^
school at 3.30 o'clock p. m.
LOCAL LACONICS. lu
rc
| ?Jury Commissioner C'ulp assumed the j
i duties of his oflice last Monday, and worked g,
all day preparing the jury box for the year
1893. tc
? Messrs. Glenn & Allison have received Pj
the Spanish jack that they are advertising in .
another column, and if such a thing cau be cc
said of a jack, he's a beauty. p<
? School Commissioner Edwards has selected
Rev. J. C. Galloway and Professor J. G
A. Tate, both of Yorkville, to serve on his
ill
i board of examiners.
ri]
I ? We are told that during the recent freeze, a,
i ice formed on Riddle's mill pond, on Crow- li<
I dcrs creek, to a depth of ten inches. It had ce
j not entirely disappeared on yesterday.
? Next Monday is salesday for February.
j A description of the property to be sold by w
| the clerk and sheriff may be obtained by 0f
reference to our advertising columns. S(
? The county board of pension examiners
will hold a meeting in Yorkville on next cc
Monday, for the purpose of transacting such j
business as may legitimately come before it. ]'
? Captain R. 11. Glenn informs us that one ;
dav iast week, Mr. J. J. Paris, of Indiahook ,
* 'r*i
neighborhood, slaughtered a hog of the | '
"Jersey Red" breed, that weighed, net, ol!(i j
pounds. The hog, when slaughtered, was
only about twoyears old. 1,,
y j ( O
? We have just received from Governor
Tillman, a correct copy of the Evans Dispcn-1 j,e
' "-in >>" I.I !w-li t!i? cntiid "if. 'ill '
JSIl'J IUMj ?U1U Mill j/uuuou niv .m.i.v ..w .... 41|l
curly day. Governor Tillman says thatjfai
' If Vorkvillc is dry by a special act of the
legislature, [and it is] no dispensary can be'
established there until the act is repealed." i P?
? The Gastonia Gazette of last week reprints
the first article on Hour-corn pub- mi
lished in Tin-: Knqi;ikku two weeks ago, tb
and in a note at the bottom of the article,; 00
the editor says: "We are familiar with this |?
. pr
llour-corn. The genuine seed yields well, *
and makes an especially good table product.1 jei
The stalk 'suckers' or branches freely, and on
when sown broadcast, cut and properly! of
cured, it makes an abundance of good
Mi
'roughness.'" j *
^i be
REVOLUTION IN HAWAII. ]cj(
The daily papers of Sunday announce 1 pe
the achievement of a bloodless revolution in | wi
Hawaii, the result of which will very likely wr
prove of great interest to the United States., So
Hawaii is a kingdom consisting of fifteen th<
islands, only eight of which are inhabited, se:
in the Northern Pacific ocean, 2,000 miles j wi
from San Francisco. The islands have an i fri
aggregate of (5,040 square miles and a popu-1 on
lation in 1890, of 80,000 souls. Of these, j wi
84,-4:3(5 arc natives, 15,1301 Chinese, 12,300 jdii
Japanese, 8,(502 Portugese, 1,028 Americans, j pr
1,844 British and a few hundred Germans, tin
The annual exports of the islands amounts tu
to about $10,000,000, of which America takes I dis
more than nine-tenths. j mi
To all the great powers of the world , de
Hawaii is one of the most important points at
in the Pacific. It is a half-way station be-j no
tween the western shores of America and the | an
astern shores of Asia, and in the event of'the
' #
r-ar involving the use of fleets in the Pacific, ma
,'ould he of untold value to the country pec
ossessing it for a coaling station. I To
American influence has predominated for one
ears, hut recently the British have sought toh
3 secure undue influence with the natives,! giv
nd as the result, dangerous jealousies have. (
risen. David Kalakaua, the seventh and hrii
rohahly the last king of Hawaii, was ly i
ery friendly toward the I'liited States, and Ian
ras disposed to extend to this country hat
hatevei privileges that were asked of him.
fe was also very liberal toward foreign
ssidents of his kingdom, and granted them S|1(
11 the privileges of native subjects. As
jreigners grew in power and influence, how- ,
ver, the natives grew restless, hut made no j or
uthrcak. Kalakaua died in San Francisco i
) January, 18!)I, and was succeeded hy his ,Sm
Idest sister. Queen Lilinokalani. co"
Lilinokalani shared with the natives their 8*a
isliko Inward all fori-ii/nors. and for some c0"
me past she lias been scheming to foist c.xt
pon the people a new constitution giving rie<
er absoulute power and depriving foreign- l,la
rs of the right of franchise. On January j V
f>, she attempted to force the members J t'0<
f her cabinet to sign the new constitution, ilu'c
ireatening them with death if they refused.! the
'lie ministers, however, having already re-! *'ir
L'ived some intimation of what was coming, I tha
nd having already consulted with some NVlt
f the more influential foreigners, managed the
) postpone compliance with the queen's | a^sl
esire. They immediately published the!fu"
ews of what was going on, and the
ireign element speedily combined for mu-!
ml protection. The United .States war j 1
essel Boston was in the harbor of llonolu- Th<
1, and landing several hundred sailors and ,es
larines, before the queen fully realized the ! the
Illation, the foreigners were in possession of U,K
er palace and all branches of the executive I 'aM
epartment. No lives were lost, and only out
ne man, a policeman in the service of the J ^ac
ueen, was wounded. ; hoi
Queen Lilinokalani was quietly deposed, 1101
nd a provisional government, composed of tioi
le foremost men of the kingdom, foreigners j c'id
nd natives, was established. As the next j mu
love, a commission was sent out to the1 ne^
'nited States to ask to be annexed. The j 1
ammissioner arrived at San Francisco last! he
riday and the question of annexation, or; tak
hat is best to do with Hawaii, is now being j bit'
;riously considered. | 'n
" *' " i r\ l ri_;. nnf
aii me loreign powers except ureui diu- |
in have already recognized the new gov- i am
rnment, and Great Britain will not recog- ble
ize it. American interests are so great in f??i
fawaii that this government will be com- ene
ellcd to do something for their protection, ?th
nd there is no telling what international ?P1
implications may arise over the affair. Ista
ending the settlement of the question at I pl?
sue, all the American war vcssols that arc ten
vailable, have already been ordered to ( "
[awaii. j "ar
_ I ing
BLACKSBUBO Bl'DUET. scb
fab
our Mill School Tax?Sail Accident at ^|,c
Spartanburg?Amateur and Profession- hat
a Is?The Three C's to he Sold* Soon? eve
Other Notes. bib
irrespondencc of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. low
Blackshtrc, January 31.?Forty to fifty 8^1
egrees rise in temperature in three or four i ot^
ays is evidence enough that zero weather is ! 'on
Dt a permanent resident of our sunny i P^u
,nd ; but such has been the record for the j nuv
ast week, and we have been enjoying a!ta^
elightful change from the recent hitter js^r
)ld. | aiD
On Saturday evening last, at a meeting of w"
jr citizens, called by the board of trustees to 1
* the graded school, it was unanimously de-! 'iaN
ded to levy a tax for the purpose of keep- 'ia>
ig up the school, and four mills was voted *i
the amount of levy, with very slight a')c
^position. Under the efficient manage- ma'
ent of Superintendent W. W. Dixon aud sue
is popular assistants?Mr. McElwee, and an(l
[isses Bclk and Pesth?the school lias atlined
a high degree of success, and so far as
know, has given entire satisfaction to our ?
tizens. eon
Mr. J. M. Guyton, our efficient and worthy of .
)stmaster, was summoned on Saturday last _
y a telegram, to his brother, Mr. C. J. Guy- jcst
n, who, while attempting to stop a detach- gur
1 and moving freight car on the side track
; Spartanburg, was thrown, by the heavy qq,
ow-bar in his hands directly in front of the | *n
ir. One of the legs of the unfortunate
an was crushed, and almost amputated,
jar his body, by the wheel of the heavy
ir. This occurred about 9 o'clock a. m., 7~
ld notwithstanding medical and surgicalI ?. '
d was promptly given liira, he died in about1 .e
n hours. Mr. Guyton was a young and | ^
jpular conductor on tne Kicnmonu <x
auvillc road, and his sad and premature ceu
lath was a terrible blow to his family, who ?
ive the sincere sympathy of all our peo-1 we(
le. ISta
On Friday evening the spacious hall at! 'aw
herokee Inn was well filled hy our citizens : an('
? witness the popular play "Ticket of Leave ;1,,lt
'an," as rendered by some of the young la- j 0101
ies and gentlemen of Blueksburg, directed i ^)e
id assisted by two professional actors, | *'ia
[essrs. Bolger and Franey, of the Cosmopol- j mei
an Dramatic company. The acting of the j ?
nateurs was very fine indeed, and received,' ?toc
i it deserved, the highest encomiums of the ' was
.'lighted audience. The entertainment was i day
veil for the benefit of the Blaeksburg Ath- i Gee
tic club, and was financially, as well as of 1
ramatically, a decided success. The
The local board of the American Bible so-1 Col
ety, for our town, have selected the store of pur
. I). Gaston as the depository for the Bi-; ago
es. ?
Mr. I. W. Moore, a well known and popu- i pie
r railroad man, has accepted the position of j ram
ladmaster on the It. ?& D. systetn, and will j efit
ive charge of the branch from Columbia to j mei
jneca. j has
In a private letter to a gentleman in our j the
iwn, General J. T. Wilder says that that ^ to r
irt of the Three C's road in Virginia and 1 ami
ic Carolinas, will be sold about the first of Ext
pril. As a director of the reorganized cess
unpany in Tennessee, General Wilder is in j crer
isition to know the facts in the case. | no <
I understand that several farmers near j and
rover and in this township, will plant to-! it tt
icco this year as a surplus crop along with ;
id instead of cotton. This is a move in the ;
ght direction, and with a suitable climate ^
id soil, such as we possess, I hope and be-''
jve that this new departure will be sue-1
issfui. I?;1;
On Sunday, services were held at the j
piscopal church by Mr. Wilmot Holmes, c
' Gafiney City, acting as lay reader, and tj]e
ho will he ordained a deacon at the close j
his next term at the University of j the'
>uth, Sewanee, Tenn. ;.
Miss Leese Holmes, of Gafihey's, and her j
usin, Miss Ellen Kidgely, of Washington,; '
. are visiting the family of Dr. Ander- j (
11. w. A. I
IjKTTEK FROM 1MNKYJLLK.
coui
ilking Factory at Cirover?Marriage Cere- nigl
monies Performed While the Congrcga- wo?
tlon Waits?Mr. Crook is Hunting Sub- ^I0"
Hcribcrs. j
rres|K)iiik'iiee of the Yorkvilie Knqulrer.
Binlivii.i.K, N. ('., January 31.?It has' nipl]
en luy pleasure to visit the Antioeli com- ^jle
unity, and I was encouraged to find the ...jjj,
riners hopeful and ready for work. The rej ,
iptists at this point have an excellent j '
iek building, and with an active, zealous gQ gj
ople, this church should he among thel^j '
st of the York association.
The short time spent at (trover caused '
b to believe that they were strongly 11 1111
inking of building at no distant day, a
tton factory, and if they need the advice pom
a stranger, hut one who wishes them
osperity, they ought tt? break ground ^,ov
thout delay. Less still and more factory ; in^
>s barrels and more bales of goods. The ('
e is destruction ami broken hearts; the
her prosperity and happiness. ^uni
The Sunday-school Convention of King's was
ountain association was in session at Uro- tyr,
and while an important question was cnv<
ing discussed on Monday, an amusing in- ^acl
lent, worth recording, occurred. It ap- ?f S:
ars that an arrangement had been made *-'an
th one of the preachers to marry a runa- caUf
ty couple. [Let it he understood that the ',0U:
nth Carolina line is within a few feet of ?
e church where the convention was in quoi
jsion.] Now, while this same preacher Stat
is speaking, the party aforesaid (or his [ of 1:
end) came to the church door and beck- to li
ed to the preacher to come. The reply ! perf
is a grave shake of the head, and the nod-, the
iir went on in the direction of the other'elec
eacher. He slipped out and soon made J A C(
e couple happy, but scarcely had he re- the
rued, when the tables were turned. The ] cliai
seussiou had reached that point where lie , funt
ist begin his speech, and he was well un-! of t
r way when the beckoning and nodding j deal
the door commenced again. He could j the
t go, but the other preacher slipped outj It is
d caused the runaway couple to go on | gin <
ir way rejoicing. Kacli preacher had
rried the other's couple. Hut the young
>ple did not care anything about that.
get married at lightning speed was the
; thing with them. One of the ministers
1 your scribe that both had agreed to
e their fees to missions.
)ne of your agents is canvassing quite
skIv in this neighborhood. He is decidin
KNtjnicKK (man). Well, it is a long
c that has no Crook?turn ? I ought to
,e said. < 'o.ntkibutor.
SlNDAY-SCHOOlTcoNVKNTIbN.
>rt Account ol'the Proceedings at Ant loch
Last Week.
res|)ondciiceof the Yorkville Kmjulrcr.
ritoYKR, N. C., January 30.?The York
ulay-school convention was heartily wel
nod by the Antioch church, and notwitlinding
the inelcmeney of the weather, the
igrcgations were good. The programme,
icpting the introductory lesson, was car1
out, and interesting discussions were
de by Revs. J. \V. Sutile, and F. O. S.
rtis, on Sunday. The good people of An h
were not satisfied with the meeting on
ount of the weather and the inability of
delegates to attend. They requested,
ough the committee on place of meeting,
,t the convention hold tlie next session
h them, and, therefore, on Friday before
fifth Sunday in April, we come to them
an. It is expected that there will he a
[ delegation at the meeting.
J)KI.K(SATK.
^ ? L"!M.MAN
AND TilK DlSl'KNSAKV I.AW.?
ere was mentioned in the Columbia corpondcnce
of The News and Courier today
possibility of the alliance of the temper:e
people and those opposed to the Evans
for the purpose of keeping dispensaries,
of certain counties. The plans of the
lions were outlined, and it was shown
v such a course would operate. Gover
Tillman has from time to time menled
the matter. Today, however, he de
eri to give the public his views about the
tter, and made a careful statement to the
vspaper representatives.
Talking about the contemplated alliance
said : ''It is my opinion, and it may be
en for what it is worth, that any Prohionists
who refuse to co-operate with me
the establishing of any dispensaries by
signing the petitions of the dispensers,
1 assisting the government in every possiway,
to enforce, rather than prevent it
ng into effect, will regret it. The threatid
alliance between the whiskey men and
er political opponents, who are bitterly
josed to the law, may bring about such a
te of dissatisfaction as will seriously cripme
in my efforts to help the cause of
iperance.
If the Prohibitionists,'' he continued,
e bamboozled by the opposition into lendtheir
aid to this end, they will find them/es
in the condition of the dog in the
le, who, seeing his shadow, reflected in
water, snapped at it and lost what he
1. There will be absolute prohibition in
try county where the sale of liquor is proited
by law, not even druggists being alrcd
to sell it for medicine, nor can it be
pped into those counties by express or
erwise under the new law, and, therc2,
the experiment as to whether the peo\\ill
stand absolute prohibition will be
de in at least six counties, and I shall
e particular pains to see that the law is as
ictly enforced in these counties as it is
'where else, let it cost what it may. It
1 be time enough for the Prohibitionists
ulvunce to a stronger position after they
'e found that they can hold what they
'e already gained."
lovernor Tillman is deeply in earnest
iut the matter, and has his mind fully
de up as to the course he intends to pur.?Columbia
correspondence of the News
I Courier.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Judge Gary has been assigned to hold
rt in the Fourth circuit during the illness
Judge Kershaw.
W. L. Campbell, city treasurer of Charon
for the past twenty-two years, died at
nraervillc last Thursday, aged 62.
Christie II. Orr, the youngest son of exvernor
Orr, died at his home in Anderson ?
Monday night of last week. He was 31
rs of age, and had been sick for several
iks. His death was not unexpected.
Governor Tillman has offered a reward
$150 for the arrest and delivering to the
riff of Chester county, of J. H. Barnes,
o murdered John J. Gibson at a turkey
oting at Well Itidge, on the 26th of Delber.
Governor Tillman, on Tuesday of last
ik, appointed Mr. R. S. Hill, of Anderson, .
te liquor commissioner under the new
Mr. Hill had not solicited the position
[ declined to accept. He has large business
;rest in Anderson that pays him more
ney than he could expect to get out of
office of liquor commissioner, and says
t he could not afford to take the appointlt.
A cotton mill company, with a capital
:k of $700,000, to manufacture duck cloth,
> organized in Columbia on last Thurs.
The corporators are D. R. Sort well and
>. Wallace, of Massachusetts, C. K. Oliver,
Baltimore, and R. L. Abney, of Columbia.
?se are the gentlemen who compose the
umbia Water Power company, and who
chased the canal from the city a year
News and Courier : There are some peowho
are not posted as to the business
lifications of the Alliance. For the benof
those, it is mentioned that the "Far s'
Alliance Exchange of South Carolina"
no business connection whatever with
Union stores, which are said to be about
etire from business in this State. It is
on need by those in charge of the Alliance
hange that it has been doing a most suciful
business, and that it is constantly inising
its patronage. Of course there is
impulsion to buy from this exchange,
Alliance men only do so when they find
) their advantage.
There has been complaint from time to
e at the ill treatment of foreigners at the
th Carolina phosphate beds. Foreigners
resent that they are induced to go to the
es by false promises, and when they get
he power of the mine bosses, they are reed
slavery. Goods are sold to the laborers
normous profits, and once in the debt of
bosses, it is impossible for them to get
The French and Italian consuls laid
matter before Governor Tillman recentand
an investigation proves that the
rges are, in the main, true. The goverwill
try to stop the outrageous practices
he part of the phosphate authorities.
J. H. Clamp, a prosperous farmer, who ?
d five miles from Ridgeway, in Fairfield
nty, was assassinated last Saturday
it while passing through a large bodv of
ids situated about a quarter of a mile
i his house. The assassin's tracks showoffer
committing the bloody deed, he
in the direction of Mr. Clamp's house,
was traced to his yard. The developit
at the inquest on Sunday, justified
arrest of John and Jasper Atkinson, two
te men, and the former an ex-convict,
used from the penitentiary only a few
i before. Mrs. Clamp, the widow, is alLispected
as an accessory, and has been
ed under a thousand dollar bond.
Columbia Register : 1'very now and then
iin can be found who won't take an office,
it is such a rare thing, especially in the
ltry districts, that when such an instance
und, the fact should be made historical,
ernor Tillman lias found a man in Lex- j
on county who don't want an oilice and
lecliucs it in the most laconic way, and
i a humor he probably did not intend,
e weeks ago the position of trial justice
offered to J. K. Gantt in Lexington coun- fi
Recently the governor received in an
dope the letter of appointment on the g
; of which was endorsed : l'l disapprove
aid appointment. J. K. Ciailtt." Mr. J
tt's peculiar way of declining the position
ied much merriment among the State
se officials.
A convention of perhaps lil'ty or 100 lir
dealers from different parts of the
?
c, was held in Charleston on Tuesday of
ist week, for the purpose of taking steps
ight the Kvans dispensary law. They
eeted an organization, which they named
State Liquor Dealers' Association, and
ted 11. Matoue, of Charleston, president,
jminittec of fifty was organized to take
executive affairs of the association in
ge, and it was decided to raise a large
I to be employed in securing the'scviees
he best legal talent in the State. The
ers are determined to fight the law to
last ditch, and will defeat it if possible.
not likely, however, that they will heoperations
for several mouths yet.
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