Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 15, 1893, Image 2
Straps and |acte.
? It costs the people about as much to pay
for the printing of the eulogies of a deceased
congressmen as it does to pay the salary of t
live one for a full term of two years. Lasi
week eulogies were delivered on six dead
members, and the cost of printing them ii:
handsome gift books will be not far fron
$50,000.
? Judge William Vincent Allen, of Nebras
ka, has been elected to the United States
senate by the Populists and Democrats
The election took place on Tuesday of las
week, after a deadlock of eighteen days
Judge Allen has been a Democrat, later i
Republican, and is now a Populist. He ii
the first United States senator that his Stat<
has ever chosen outside the Republican party
He succeeds A. S. Paddock, the pure foot
man.
? Toby Acker, a young man connected
with the Rockaway life saving station, neai
New York city, has entered into a wager ol
$500 to go from New York to Richmond ir
forty-five days in a row boat. The boat tc
be used will only be seven feet in length, anc
Acker will not be allowed to use a sail. He
must row the boat the whole distance witl
oars. Some time ago, he made a similar trip
on a similar wager, from New York to Boston
in forty days. He had a rough voyage
aud his boat was more than once overturned
He started out with a cat and dog. The
cat was drowned and the dog managed tc
swim ashore and make his way back to his
master's home.
? A prominent Georgia planter said to the
Atlanta Constitution last Saturday: "I air
afraid that there will be a large increase ir
the cotton acreage this year over last. A1
the indications point in that direction
Cotton seed is now worth 32 cents a bushe
and corn is less than GO cents. Thus, yoi
see, less than two bushels of cotton seed wil
buy one of corn. * This and the advance ir
cotton this year over last, will have, in fact i>.
already having, a bad effect, and it is mj
opinion that the country will be flooded witl
cotton in 1893. To bear this out you wil
see guano houses being established where
there were never any before, and if the sup
ply from the factories hold out, there will be
an immense fertilizer sale."
? The county insane asylum, four mile:
from Dover, New Hampshire, was burnec
last Thursday night, and forty-four livei
were lost. When Watchman Chevy made
his 10 o'clock trip into the insane asylum
he found fire coming out of a cell occupiec
by a woman named LaFamitain, and gave
the alarm. Wm. Driscall, the keeper, witl
his family, lived in the building, and he a
once broke the locks off the fifty-four cells
and tried to get the inmates out; then he
got his wife and children, neither of whon
were dressed. Of the forty-eight inmates
only four escaped. They were Wm. Twom
bly, Rose Sanderson, Wm. Davey and Fraul
Donshon. The latter walked two miles ir
a blinding snow storm, with only his shirl
on, to Wm. Home's house, where he was
taken care of.
? The influence of the Bible seems to be
felt to such an extent in Turkey that-a mor<
rigid censorship than ever has been exercised
The minor Turkish officials are not content
with wholesale confiscation, contrary tc
treaty guarantees, but they have now undertaken
to revise the sacred volume and elimi
nate such portions as they see fit before its
circulation is permitted. All references tc
the kingdom of heaven are regarded witl
suspicion, aud recast or omitted. The Olc
Testament gives special offense. Its prom
ises regarding the restoration of the Jews tc
Palestine are considered rank treason to the
Turk, who now holds the land. The revisec
edition is to say nothing about Jew or He
brew, or the law of the Jews, the iaw of the
Islam having superseded it. Sir Clare Ford
the British minister, has protested to the
sultan against this course.
1 1 1
? nine crackers uuvw ueuumu su cipci <
nowadays, that the business firms of th<
large cities no longer think of leaving anj
considerable sums of money in th'eir safes
As a rule, they use their safes only to protec
their books against fire, and to protect the
safe from being smashed by burglars, ofter
paste the combination on the door and cal
attention to it with a special poster. Ir
Chicago, recently, a business man fount
~?himself in possession of a large amount o
cash late in the evening, after the safe de
posit vaults had been closed. He was afrait
to leave the mouey in the safe, although i
was of the very best make. Finally a brigh
idea struck him. He wrapped the monej
up in a piece of brown paper and depositee
it under the safe. That night, sure enough
the safe was blown open by burglars, bu
they got nothing but a few dollars in change
The money underneath remained untouched
? The newspaper makers of President-elec
Cleveland's cabinet, have been unusually ac
tive during the past week, and now havi
but two or three vacant places left. Th<
slate now reads this way: Secretary of state
Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois; secretary o
the treasury, John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky
postmaster general, Wilson S. liissell, o
New York ; secretary of war, Daniel Lamont
of New York: secretary of the navy*, H. A
Herbert, of Alabama ; secretary of agricul
4a*?./\ Cmifh af ^laArnrio cnomfarv A
lUIl'j 1 lUIVU k'luivilj VI V?VVi^uv , gvvivvMij v
the interior, W. L. Wilson, of West Virginia
These appointments, the newspapers say, an
certain, but some are undecided as to when
to put Mr. Hoke Smith, and also have hin
slated for the position of secretary of tin
interior. It will be remembered, however
that, so far, neither Mr. Cleveland nor nom
of the gentlemen whose names are mentionet
in connection with the respective positions
have admitted that the newspapers an
correct.
? General Jas. 13. Weaver, the presidentia
candidate of the People's party, has conn
from his enforced retirement to d? some mis
sionary work in the East. While in Xev
York on Tuesday of last week, he was askei
what he thought of the Republican party
His reply was: "It is dead. lake the Whij
party it has gone out of existence, and then
is no further use for it. The People's parC
will take its place in national politics. I
is bound to grow in the next four years ii
all parts of the country, especially in tin
West. We obtained a very llattering vot<
in the South in the last election, considering
the fact that it was the first time we ha<
been before the people with a presidentia
ticket, and I am not at all discouraged ove
the result in that section of the country.'
He still insists that the financial question i
the great issue before the people. He say
that the South and West are a unit for tin
free coinage of silver, and that if it is no
given them there will be a revolution sue!
as this country has never seen. He say
congress dare not repeal the Sherman silve
purchase act unless it is to re-enact the 131an<
act or to give the people free coinage.
? The executive committee of the Cottoi
Growers' association of the cotton growinj
States, met in Atlanta on last Wednesda;
and passed a resolution that a meeting o
the local organizations of the association b
called for February ISth, for the purpose c
electing delegates to attend a general meet
ing of the association to be held in Meniphi
on February 22nd. A general invitation i
extended to all parties who are interested ii
the growing of cotton, to be present or sem
representation. The committee has statis
tics showing that last year's meeting hor
good fruit in many localities. The member
say. with a full representation and local 01
ganization, there will be a decrease in th
ucreage of cotton which of itself mean
"more hog and hominy" for the farmers c
the cotton growing States. The coinmitte
reports much encouragement received froi;
the officials of the railroad and steamboa
lines entering Memphis, all readily agreein
to give reduced rates to delegates to the con
vention. The committee thinks the attend
ance at this convention will be at least thre
times larger than last year.
? A live electric light wire, away up on th
roof of a four story building in Baltimore
had a lot of fun last Saturday morning, am
for a time blocked Charles street. Sno\
and slush covered the building and sidewalk?
and the moisture proved an excellent eon
duetor for the electricity. The wire ha
fallen on the roof and rested on a crust c
snow. In an instant three buildings wit
iron fronts and iron awning frames, and th
sidewalk in front of them, were charged
Balls of fire leaped from one window sill t
another. Streaks of sparks flashed from th
awning frames, and the cornice of one hous
was fairly ablaze. Several persons passei
along uninjured, but they wore rubbers. .
well-dressed man came hurrying along. II
wore no rubbers, and the moment his foe
touched the sidewalk he fell senseless. Bet
sons who saw him fall were afraid to go nca
him, hut finally an ingenious citizen too
off his rubbers, and putting them on hi
hands, dragged the man away from the cur-11
rent. It was several minutes before the! {
shocked man revived. The next man to (
come along was William Davis, a colored |c
' porter. Davis wore no rubbers, and the mo-1'
' ment his foot touched the pavement he yell-!
1 ed and cleared about ten feet at a jump.!'
f He was half stunned. A young saleswoman I <
^ going to work was the next victim. Several i
1 persons called to her not to cross the charged [,
1 sidewalk. She looked indignantly at them
for their interference and kept right on.
Before she had covered a dozen steps she 1
5 was screaming with fright and staggering J
with pain. She managed to reach the curb- 1
t ing and got out into the street. She was j
taken into a store near by and soon recover1
ed. Willie Fisher, an errand boy, did not j
5 heed the warning, and caught hold of the
J awning pole. A streak of blue flame shot 1
out under his hand, and Willie began to '
1 scream with pain. He was half dazed and i
had his hand badly burned. While this '
I woe frmtitr nn linlieemen and citizen were ,
1
r telephoning to the electric light company
f for a lineman. In a short time several api
peared and the current was cut off
| ?lic ^JorhviUf (gtaquim.
J YOKKVILLE, S. C. : j
i WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15,1893. 1
? Some of the newspapers have begun to
1 designate members of the^People's party as
"Popocrats."
{ ? The card published by Rev. J. P. Attaj
way, charging that his brother and sister-in
law had been starved into insanity, has .
J brought out a perfect storm of indignant de- nials
on the part of members of the unfor- <
3 tunate man's former congregation. Some of !
* them assert that his mind has been more or ]
3 less unbalanced for years past, and that so !
far as wordly comforts were concerned, he ]
j has all along been amply provided for. They
i stick to it that the mental aberation of both ]
i the preacher and his wife, is purely and }
k simply the result of religious excitement.
5 t ^ t ]
3 ? The present high price of cotton seed is j
1 no doubt caused by the high price of hogs, ]
! and, consequently of lard. Under the stim- :
: ulus of such prices, next year we may look i
i for a surplus of both hogs and cotton seed. :
t Southern farmers should remember that ;
3 while a surplus of Northwestern hogs means :
a lower price for Southern cotton seed, a :
5 surplus of Southern cotton seed does not
necessarily mean a lower price for North- <
[ western hogs. Therefore, the best thing they ,
> can do is to raise more hogs and plant less i
cotton seed. ;
> ? Notwithstanding the experience of the
} past year, from the best information that we J
can get from all parts of the county, the ^
people seem determined to outdo themselves
, again this year in planting another big crop
i of cottou. This, of course, is the heighth of
I folly, but those who have not realized the
" fact by experience, can't be taught in any
5 other way. As things now look, the only
' hope of a continued reduction in the cotton [
crop lies in necessity. It may be that the ,
k high prices that are being offered for cotton ;
} seed, will take so many of them out of the ]
r country, that there won't be enough left with 1
. which to plant another big crop. 1
5 ? There no longer seems to be any doubt 1
j that the Hawaiian Islands will be annexed ,
j by the United States government, but ,
j whether a protectorate or territorial form of
f government will be established, has not yet
- developed. As yet none of the foreign pow- 1
1 ers have interposed any serious objection to '
? the proposed action of the United States, j
, and it seems that no serious trouble is likely ,
j to arrive. Queen Liliuokalani is not inclined ;
f to make any trouble, but on the contrary 1
t has signified her willingness to peacefully
abdicate her throne on the payment of a suf
ficient sum of money by the United States. ,
k The United States government has not yet
announced any definite policy with regard i
^ to the matter under consideration, but judging
from its general action, there is little
f doubt of its intention to quietly scoop the
; islands in under its protecting wing.
> ? The announcement that President Har- !
rison had appointed Jackson, a Democrat, to
j. be associate justice of the supreme court, !
caused a big sensation; but President-elect !
?j Cleveland has caused a bigger one. It is 1
; generally accepted as a fact, that he has ^
1 asked Judge Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois, J
2 to accept the portfolio of State in his cabinet.
1 Judge Gresham has always been a prominent i
j Republican, and four years ago, while a res- 1
( ident of Indiana, was a leading candidate
2 for the Republican presidential nomination. J
The idea of his being asked to accept a (
1 position in Cleveland's cabinet is looked |
2 upon by many prominent Democrats as a i
~ genuine scandal, and many Republicans
1! appear to be no better pleased. It goes
without saying, however, that Judge Gresh5
am is one of the foremost and best equipped
2 statesmen of the day. He has been secreta,f
ry of the treasury, postmaster general, and
^ district and circuit judge. But notwithstand- ;
ing this, it seems to us that Mr. Cleveland,
2 elected as he was by the Democrats, might
? have found in his own party, or rather in
I the party that elected him, a man capable of
' j filling the leading place in his cabinet.
THE RAILROAD TAX WAR.
S j
s j The progress of the railroad tax war be^
! tween the State nn nun side, and the rail
11 roads aud the Federal court on the other,
I has been the all absorbing topic of the week.
s; It will be remembered that within the
1*
II time prescribed by law, the railroads of the
State paid their taxes on the 4msis of the
j I returns made by them to the various couuty
[r | auditors. The county treasurers accepted
y the sums tendered as part payment, refusing
>f to give full receipts until the railroads paid
e ! taxes in full, on the basis of the assessment
if '
made by the State board of equalization for
railroads.
3 At the expiration of the time in which
II taxes could be paid without penalty, the
:11 amounts in dispute had not been settled.
>- The period during which the lo per cent.
e j penalty attaches went by, and the disputed
? difference still remained unpaid on the books
e of the various treasurers.
s The recent decision of the United States
if supreme court on the tax question had sete
j tied nothing, save the fact that the Federal
III courts had no jurisdiction in cases involving
(i less than $2,000, and Governor Tillman instructed
the sheriffs to collect the money in
[. the usual way, by levying on the personal
e property of the different roads. At the
same time, however, he promised to protect
e the sheriffs from Federal interference,
h Acting upon this authority, Treasurer
L* Mac Mitchell, of Aiken county, issued an
) execution against the South Carolina Kailj
way company, and Sheriff M. V. Tyler seized !
it a number of freight ears on the sidetrack at j
>f Aiken. Similar proceedings were instituted J
h against the Richmond and Danville Kail road
e j company, and an engine was seized at Gran- j
' | iteville. The treasurers of Abbeville, Ano
1
derson and Newberry took the same course, I
e j and the sheriffs took possession of property !
[I belonging to the Richmond and Danville
V J company.
e ttoth roads being in the hands of receivers, j
' counsel appeared before Judge Simonton |
rjand obtained orders requiring the sheriffs |
k i and treasurers to show cause why they j
js should not be committed for contempt for in-1
erfering with property iu the hands of the J c
:ourt. The rules were made returnable at j <
Charleston on February 20, and papers were j j
served on the treasurers and sheriffs by j ^
L'nited States deputy marshals. Governor j
rillman instructed the sheriffs to hold their \
ground and not give up the property on 1
tvhich they had levied, except iii submission 1
to force, but not to resist arrest. ;
Upon this turn, for some reason, it does c
lot appear exactly why', Judge Simonton
ldvanced the day of hearing the cases to t
last Saturday, and on request of the counsel t
"or the State, postponed it until Monday.
On Mondav. the various defendants prompt
ly made their appearance in court, rep- ,
resented by Attorney General Townsend, '
Samuel Lord and Ira 15. Jones. The rail- j
roads were represented by James S. Cothran, j
Thomas P. Cothran, and Joseph W. Barn- {
well.
All of Monday was consumed in the hear- 1
ing of arguments by Mr. Lord in benalf of J
Lhe State, and Ex-Judge Cothran and Mr. |
J. W. Barnwell in behalf of the railroads, t
When the hour for adjournment arrived, Mr. (
Barnwell had not concluded his argument,
and court was adjourned until 10 o'clock '
yesterday morning.
THE OFFICIAL VOTE. \
The senate and house of representatives, (
in joint session, on Tuesday of last week, }
made an official count of the electoral votes ,
recently cast by the electoral colleges of the ]
various States and announced the result. ?
The figures are practically the same as those
already printed, but as a matter of record ,
we give the summary as spread on the miu- ]
utos of both houses: t
rs | '3 o (
Is c K ? i
[So Ml
? > "S rs '
STATES. 5 o - s g
' - y O ~ it 5 1
!r?! X J ? I
? "C >
? a > i
.O M r* j
Alabama ; 11 1 i
Arkansas ' 8 (
California 8 1
Colorado j 4
Connecticut <1 ' J
Delaware ! 3 1
Florida ] 4 j ]
Georgia ' 13 ; ,
Idaho | 3 '
Illinois j 4 J ]
Indiana ! 15 1 |
Iowa 13 .
Kansas 10
Kentucky ; 13 1
Louisiana ! 8 1
Maine ' 6 I
Maryland 8 i
Massachusetts | 15 1
Michigan 5 9 1
Minnesota j ! 9
Mississippi j 9 ^
Missouri I 17 1
Montana ! 3 *
Nebraska 1 8 1
Nevada ! ' ' 3 j
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 10
New York 30 ' ]
North Carolina 11 1 i
North Dakota lj 1 1 ,
Dhio I 1 22 }
Dregon j J 3 1
Pennsylvania 32 1
Rhode Island i 4 .
south Carolina I 9 5
^outh Dakota j.. j 4
Tennessee 12
Texas I 15
Vermont ' 4
Virginia 12 1
Washington 4 '
West Virginia 0 I
Wisconsin j 12 I
Wyoming 3 j
Total 277 145 22 ]
Grand Total, 444. j
TESTING THE VESUVIUS. ]
The experiments with the dynamite eruis- i
er Vesuvius, at Port Royal, referred to last ]
week, have not yet been completed. Up to
Tuesday it was mougnc mat me ueuvy pro- ]
jectiles, loaded with gun cotton, would be ,
fired off Wednesday, but owing to a num- ,
ber of delays from different causes, that
stage of the experiments has not yet been .
reached. It is now thought that this experi- (
ment will be made today or tomorrow.
In making use of such a powerful explo- (
sive as gun cotton for offensive warfare, two <
great difficulties are presented. The first is ;
the problem of throwing the explosive against j
the enemy. This would be impossible by j
means of an ordinary cannon, for the reason
that the shock of the discharge would ex- (
plode the gun cotton or dynamite, and would ?
blow up everybody in the vicinity without
doing any damage whatever to the enemy. (
It was this fact that led to the invention of
the pneumatic tubes. The next difficulty ,
was to provide an absolutely accurate fuse, ^
or primer, with which to discharge the gun ;
cotton after it had been thrown to a desired ]
point. It is thought that the experiments ;
now in progress will develop that both of ?
these ends have been attained. (
Owing to the bad weather of last week, (
the experiments with the guns of the Vesuvius
were somewhat delayed, but on Friday j
and Saturday some very interesting work (
was accomplished. Afraid to risk the experiment
with gun cotton until the detonating j
fuses had been thoroughly tested, Friday ,
was devoted to this work. Gunpowder was ]
substituted for gun cotton in a number of
shells, and these were fired from the differ- |
ent guns with satisfactory results. The pro- <
jectiles fell more than a mile from the ship, J
and on bursting, several of them threw up (
great columns of water. (
The next step now is the test with gun ]
cotton. As it is to be conducted, it is an un- j
tried experiment, and the result is in doubt.
If the air-guns work as the inventor intends
they shall, the gun cotton will be thrown to (
the required distance just the same as an or- J
clinary dummy, but if the concussion shall ,
be sufficient to produce an explosion of j
the gun cotton before it leaves the gun,
none of the officers or men of the Vesuvius j
will be left to tell anything of the final test. (
MERE MENTION. !
The Maine legislature has passed a reso- I
lution expressing a wish that the remains of j
James G. Blaine be allowed to rest in that I
State. The naval committee of the house |
has decided to build only one war vessel this ]
year, and the cost of it is not to exceed j
$400,000. Three deaths from typhus j
occurred among the students of the St. ]
Louis college of physicians and surgeons last ]
week, as the result of which a panic ensued i
and a dozen or more of the students left for <
their homes. Judge W. V. Allen, Popu- ]
list, has been elected United States senator i
from Nebraska, through a combine of Feo- 1
pie's partyites and Democrats against the
Republicans. The quarantine against
the White House, on account of the case of i
scarlatina that occurred there some time ago,
has been removed, and the tri-weekly public
receptions have been resumed. The
Pennsylvania house of representatives has
passed a bill, by a vote of 150 to IS, to pro- i
liibit the manufacture and sale of cigarettes
in the State. Ruth Wade, a young
A *1.1 )?no lwAinrlit cnif nnrnincf tlif*
iVUiUIUl ^11 I, AldO Ul 0uiv v>*v |
city for $10,000 for injuries sustained by her <
slipping on a banana peeling on the street.
The ladies of Mississippi have decided
to build a cotton fort at the Chicago
exposition. One hundred bales will be used <
in its construction, and inside will be exhibited
all the products of the great Southern
staple. The Ohio State board of health
has inaugurated a crusade against kissing,
for the sanitary reasons involved. Heider's
hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio, was destroyed
by fire last Thursday and four persons were
burned to death. South Dakota, Montana,
Washington and Wyoming, are each i
still trying to elect a United States senator.
The total visible supply of cotton for the
world is 4,287,058 bales, of which 3,828,858 j
bales are American. Last year at this time!
the total supply was 4,715,030 bales, of
which 4,261,008 were American. Seven
men were crushed to death by the falling of
a large block of marble in a quarry at Rutland,
Yt., last Saturday. Since February
1, the custom receipts in New York have
aggregated $4,525,301, against $4,321,445 for
the same time last year. Another severe
blizzard is prevailing in the Northwest. In j
South Dakota, it is reported that cattle and !
wild game, such as hears and other animals, i
have perished by hundreds. A dispatch '
from Memphis Tenn., says that more than '
4,000 people in northern Louisiana are on 1
the verge of starvation on account of the |
failure of their crops, which were ruined by |
highwater last summer. The British ;
steamer Triaeria, was lost in the Mediterranean
last Wednesday, together with thirty-1
seven of her crew. It is said that Senator
Calvin Price has leased the Mctroi?olitan
hotel at Washington, with a view to en-j
tertaining free, all Ohio visitors to the inauguration
ceremonies. M. Ferdinand de j
Lcsseps has been found guilty of the charges i
of fraud preferred against him in the Panama |
:anal matter, and sentenced to pay a fine
1,000 francs and go to prison for live yea
lis son Charles gets the same sentence.""
)r. Norvin Green, president of the Weste
Juion telegraph company, died at Louisvil
vy., last Friday. Cholera is epiden
11 Marseilles, France. The Lancashi
England, cotton spinners' strike has not i
ieen broken. Four fires occurred
Nashville, Tenn., last Saturday night, occ;
oiling an aggregate loss of $300,000.
lyndieate, of which William C. Whitney a
itlier particular friends of Mr. Clevela
ire at the head, is being organized, it is sa
o buy the New York Times newspap
Hie purchase price is $1,000,000.
The Child's manifesto.?Mr. jn.
Brooker, member of the State Prohibiti
:ommittee for Edgefield county, when ask
or his opinion of the Childs manifesto
^articular, and the dispensary question
general, replied :
"Yes, I read Mr. Childs's paper, and
h ink I understand him fully. If I thouj:
lie plan he proposes would establish pro
lition in the State, I might agree with him
iut it will not. It antagonizes the legis
ure, which is a prohibition body, and whi
lid the best it could for a prohibition bill.
"I have great respect for the body
Christians and Prohibitionists who work
n the legislature day and night for the go
)f the cause, and finally agreed that't
pill should pass. I think they ought to
sustained in their efforts to sustain the cai
>f prohibition. To antagonize them n<
.vill result in the repeal of the law at t
lext session, or force them to a position j
nore undesirable for the cause of temp
ince.
"They will not be beaten back in th
purposes, and will so amend the law at th
lext sitting as to make it operative all 01
he State, if it is not so now, or repeal
mlirely, re-establishing bar rooms. In eitl
went the Prohibitionists, as Governor.T
nan suggests, will have cause to regret
The legislature could give the goverr
power to appoint dispensers.
"Again, Mr. Childs's position forces ab
ution prohibition upon the people of t
;owns and cities, depriving them of t
ight to get it even for medicines. This n<
jr was designed by Prohibitionists, and su
i state of things will not, cannot beenduri
\s a medicine the stuff is a necessity.
"The legislature did not design that P
libitionists should take advantage of t
atitude given them in the bill to defeat t
purposes of it. It did design that Prohi
.ionists should have the power to control 1
iispensaries by having such men as d
pensers as would control the traffic in
egitimate and proper sphere. They hn
.lie power absolutely to take the business
land in every town and city and I thi
;hey should do,it.
"The county dispensers have large disc
don, and if a Prohibitionist and teetotallei
ippointcd, he will not allow the design of 1
aw to be abused. They will be appoinl
f they be recommended.
"I take it that a Christian can with p
priety become a dispenser with this law
much so as a Christian can become a dn
;ist and dispense liquor under any law.
"Sustain this law, and we will have pro
lition firmly established in the State ii
fear or two; defeat the law, and the cai
fails indefinitelv.
Government Cotton Statistics.?F
ruary returns to the department of agric
ture, which relate to cotton, says a Washii
ton dispatch of Friday, gives county ei
nates of the crop compared with that
last year, the proportion that has left I
plantations, the average date at close of pi*
ng, insect losses, etc. The consolidation
the comparative returns of the crops sh
the following State percentages: Virgil
55 per cent., North Carolina 73, South Ca
Iina 75, Georgia 75, Florida 60, Alabama
Mississippi 60, Louisiana 55, Texas 84, j
kansas 58, Tennessee 64; general aven
39.2; no allowance for under-estimate
crop or over-estimate of distribution.
The proportion of the crop received
ports to stock of interior towns in the hai
cf merchants unreported, and en route'fr
plantations, is thus stated as reported
country correspondents : Virginia 86, No:
Carolina 85, South Carolina 87, Georgia
Florida 89, Alabama 89, Mississippi 88, L
isana 89, Texas 87, Arkansas 87, Teune^
36. General average S7.9.
The quality is fairly good as a rule,
though better on the Atlantic coast and
Texas than in the interior areas.
In the later picking cottou was much c
colored by the frost in most of the States.
The average yield of lint is reported at
per cent. The average dates of the close
picking areas follows: Virginia Novera'
30, North Carolina December 1, South Ca
lina December 1, Georgia, November
Florida November 15, Alabama Novem
28, Mississippi December 3, Louisiana 1
. ember 4, Texas December 15, Arkansas 1
member 16, Tennessee December 5.
Losses from insect depredations are re
tively small. No losses are reported no
:>f Georgia and the Gulf States, except
Arkansas. The boll worm did more dam:
:han the caterpillar, mainly in Mississi
md States west of the river. The cater]
ar was especially iujurious in Alabama.
A relatively large proportion of seed 1
ceen sold to oil mills on account of the sm
size of the crop and high price of oil, in sy
pathy with the advance of lard. The repc
jd price varies, according to the accessibil
)f the mills, from 15 to 25 cents per busl
[n some sections planters have been indu<
,o sell by liberal payment in fertilizers.
The Senate Pinkerton Inquiry
Senator Gallenjer, from the select cornn
tee appointed by the senate to investig
md report to the senate the facts in
lation to the employment, for private p
poses, of armed bodies of men, or det
lives in connection with differences
tween workmen and employees, subn
:ed the report of the committee I
Thursday. The committee found that e\
the proprietors of detective agencies adn
Led that the presence of the so-called Pink
tons at a strike, served to unduly irritate i
the passions of the strikers, and the empl
ment of detectives in the guise of mechani
Impressed the committee with the belief tl
it is an utterly vicious system, responsible
much of the ill-feeling and bad blood (
played by the working classes. The comu
tee express the opinion that if the firms a
corporations would discontinue the empl
went of armed men on occasions of thrc
sued or existing strikes, their interest wo'
be better subserved.
The committee reached this conclusion
1. The rights of employers and workn
are equal.
2. Employers have an undoubted rip
provided they fulfil their agreement to (
ploy and dismiss men at pleasure.
3. Workmen can legally organize for i:
tual protection and improvement.
4. When dissatisfied with wages or hoi
they should attempt to arbitrate.
5. Failing in this, they have the right
discontinue work, either singly or in a bo
(5. Having discontinued, they hay'e
right, legal or moral, by force or intimi
tion, to keep others from taking their pla
or to attempt to occupy, injure or dest:
the property of their employers.
7. In all controversies, arbitration hav
failed, reliance should be placed upon
power and adequacy of the law.
8. Whether assumely legal or not, the <
ploymcnt of armed bodies of men for ]
vate purposes, either by employers or (
ployees, should not be resorted to, r
such use is an assumption of the State's
thority by private citizens.
!>. States have undoubted authority tol
islate against the employment of arn
bodies pf men for private purposes, but
power of congress to so legislate is not
clear, although it would seem that congi
ought not to be powerless to prevent
movement of such bodies from one Stati
another.
- ? ?
A Charleston dispatch of Friday tells
a brutal murder that occurred at the Mag
lia phosphate works, about fifteen miles lithe
city. Henry Horlbeek, a well-kno
negro desperado, shot and killed Robert 1
zcll, a colored constable who attempted
arrest him on a warrant charging him \v
irpsnnss Horlbeek was armed with
shot gun and blew out the brains of
constable as lie entered the door of the sli
ty in which lie was hiding. After kill
Hazel I, llorlbeck armed himself with a \V
Chester rifle and attempted to mur
another constable. He also fired at
white man who accompanied the oflici
The latter lied for assistance, and in
meantime llorlbeck robbed the lnurde
man and went into the woods, making g<
his escape. A posse from the mines is al
him, hut with little hopes of catching him
of XaOCS-AiXh JHLF'FAkXiRS.
,rS! IXDIiX TO XKW AI) VE RTISEMEXTS.
,rn W. M. Houston iV Co.?Having recently taken
, stock, are offering a number of articles,
'f ? adapted to winter, at lowest prices. Four |
lie papers of garden seed are ottered for five
re cents.
,el Inman Brothers?Have placed all their overcoats I
on their bargain counter, and you can get
in your pick for ?10 without regard to the
as- value of the coat selected.
\ George T. Schorb?Announces that he will dis%
continue his stove and tinware businessand
1 j will devote his whole time and attention to
nd the sale of pianos and the Wilcox A White
id, organ.
er Howry A Starr?Advertise alabastinc, nlastieo,
kalsomine ; clover seed at wholesale price;
a lotion to cure itch in thirty minutes;
Starr's Sarsaparilla, and Landreth's fresh
iy garden seeds.
' W. B. Love, Chairman?Gives notice that a pub-j
on lie meeting will be held at McConnellsville,
ed on the 2.">th of February, 1893, to decide
in upon the question of levying a tax of two
mills for the support of the schools in the
McConnellsville school district.
Kennedy Brothers A Barron?Remind their
I friends that they have a full stock ot rcliable
garden seeds. Also plows and
' plowstocks, trace chains, backhands, hcellu"
screws, collar pads, hardware, etc. Their
i? place is also headquarters for school books,
la- W. M. I louston A Co.?Wish to buy two pigs not
. Inue til nil i.irrlif u'nnl-u r>lH
J. F. Ashe, Administrator of the estate of Dr.
W. G. Campbell, deceased, on the 18th of
of March, 18!>3, will make a liual settlement
e(| with the prol. ate judge and apply for a dis,
charge.
u George Kecnan, of Columbia, S. C., administrahe
tor of the estate of Stephen Kearney, debe
ceased?Gives notice to the debtors and
creditors of said estate.
J. II. H. Jackson, executor of the estate of J. lb
Jackson, deceased?Gives notice that on
,hc the lllth day of March, 1893, he will make a
final settlement with the probate judge and
apply for a discharge.
er" Prof. I). It. Mclver, Principal of the Clover
High school?Advertises first class instruceir
tion at from 81 to $2.50 per month, and
ejr boarding at 88 per calendar month, and
per school month for 85.
Dr. J. C.Kuykeiulal, at the York Drug Store?
. it Prints some testimonials with regard.to the
value and good qualities of the Tenhessee
;ii_ "Gold Dust" cotton seed.
!!" W. J. Roddev, Agent of the Equitable Life Asft.
surancc* Society, Rock Hill, S. C.?Desires
lor persons who want insurance for wife or
children, to write to him for descriptive
pamphlet,
so" Hunter A Gates?Are still olfering bargains in
he the goods that were removed from their
;he burning building, and the goods they have
are being sold at and below what they cost.
~ Riddle A Carroll?Advertise a car load of Texas
lctl rust-proof oats, various grades of New Ored.
leans molasses, guano and acid, and bacon
and lard.
M. A H. C. Strauss?Say that they bought their
goods right and can afford to sell them at a
he fair profit, and offer their winter goods at
,he cost.
i.: Glenn A Allison?Yet have on hand about twen,
ty young Kentucky mules, which they de'Jie
sire to sell either for cash or on credit, and
lis- nrc prepared to guarantee them to be as
its represented.
Riddle A Carroll?Have a lot of mules which
. they are offering for sale as cheap as tho
in cheapest. Their mule department is mink
dor the management of Dr. Cartwriglit,
who may be consulted at his oflice over tho
Loan and Savings bank,
re- Win Johnson, at the residence of Mr. G. W. S.
: is Hart?On and after the '27th instant, will
be have 10,000 cabbage plants for sale.
L j Finley A Brice, Attorneys?Notico to absent defendants
in the case of Samuel M. McNcel,
plaintiff, against "Withers Adickes
ro- and otliers, defendants.
as Louis Roth?Announces that he will have two
more shipments of oysters this week?FriL1B"
day and Saturday?also fish on Saturday,
and advises patrons in the remote parts
hi- of town and from the country to place
Q a their orders at once.
lse ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Mary Crawford, of McConnellsville,
eb_ is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. J.
ul- C. Kuykendal.
ag- oNIiss Irene Fant, of Sautuc, Union county,
sti- is in Yorkville visiting friends, the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Robert J. Herndon.
Professor Roht. J. Herndon has returned
0f home from a month's engagement in Sparow
tanburg. After a few days, with his family,
nia he will leave for Abbeville.
ro- Mr. John M. Garrison, of Charlotte, N.
C., was summoned, on last Saturday, to the
death bed of his mother, who died at her
0f home on Sunday. Mr. Garrison returned to
Charlotte yesterday.
at
u]s FERTILIZERS ADVANCING.
om Last year the quantity of fertilizers sold
by in this section and throughout the South,
rth was comparatively small. This year the
sales are going to the other extreme. Alg(,e
ready, Yorkville dealers have in some instances
more than doubled their entire sales
al- of last year, and advices from other sections
in indicate the same state of affairs all through
the cotton belt. As the result, there has
^s* been a rapid advance in price, so rapid as to
32 completely upset the market. On yester0f
day one of the companies telegraphed its
ber agents here as follows: "Fertilizers rapidly
ro- advancing in price. Take no new orders
28) until you receive further instruction." This,
of course, will apply to all the companies.
3e" COLLAR BONE BROKEN.
,]a. Mr. W. E. Ferguson, of Yorkville, was
rth seriously, though not dangerously, hurt last
in Monday by a fall from his horse. He had
been up the King's Mountain road on busiPP1
ness, and on his return thought to take a
short cut across the farms of Messrs. C. E.
:ias Spencer aud B. N. Moore. While galloping
iall along the road, the horse stepped into a hole
m- and fell, throwing Mr. Ferguson violently
>rt" forward to the ground. Though as yet un'Y
aware of the full extent of his injuries, Mr.
'ed Ferguson managed to remount his horse and
rode over to the residence of Mr. Sara M.
Grist. Dr. W. G. White was sent for, and
.? upon examination pronounced the collar
lit- bone broken. Mr. Ferguson was shortly
a'e afterward removed to his home, where he is
ie" likely to be confined to his bed for ten days
ec or two weeks.
be
lit_ SHOT IN THE EYE.
ast Mr. J. B. Bratton, of the Bethesda neighrfn
borhood, met with an accident last Wednesu'"
day afternoon by which he may lose the
pr- - - ? . . T
tj)e | sight ol one ot his eyes. 111 company wiiu
0y. I Mr. Malley, a sportsman from Connecticut,
ics, lie was out shooting partridges. In a dense
liat thicket, the two gentlemen became separated
\or and lost sight of each other's whereabouts.
"J" A partridge got up and Mr. Malley fired
ind ! at^r" ^nitton happened to be. directly
0y_ j in the line of lire and received several pel:at-!
lets in his face, one entering dangerously
uld near the left eyeball. After consulting his
father and two brothers, all three skillful
* surgeons, he decided to put himself under
the treatment of Dr. Chisoim, the famous
.]lt eye specialist of Baltimore, and is now in
that city. Dr. Chisholm, we are informed,
is of the opinion that while it is possible
in* that the sight of the eye may be saved, such
an event is by no means certain. It will be
irs
*' necessary for Mr. Bratton to remain in Baltimore
for a week or more.
Cl^ $330.00 SURE TO (JO.
da- It is now less than one month until Thk
ces Enquirer's offer to clubmakers will close
r?y and the prizes will be awarded ; and when the
time arrives, (March 13th, at 3 p. m.) we are
the al)Solutely certa'n to give out premiums of the
market value of $330, and probably a great
;m- deal more. Every premium we offer, from
mi- the $1.75 nickel alarm clock for five subjm*
scribers, to the $125.00 top buggy made by
the Carolina Buggy company, is worth all
the time and labor necessary to secure it.
Cg_ While it is true that every clubniaker canied
not win the buggy, the $100.00 organ, the
the $75 gold watch, or the Corbin disk harrow,
80 it is equally true that with the large number
the Prem'u,n8 we offer for clubs of a given
. I number of subscribers, it is almost impossible
i 10 I
I for a person to work for Tine ENQUIRER
j without receiving liberal pay for the labor
of i expended. Almost anybody, in any section,
no" I it seems to us, might, with very little effort,
om secure all the way from five to thirty sub{?'-1
scr'^crsi even now, when the field is supposto
: ed to be well worked; and there is also a
'ith I possibility that the clubmaker who has rea
| turned the most names up to this time, will
^,c j be behind on the home stretch. Somebody
j may do the work that will win the organ,
in? possibly the buggy too, during the time
ilcr that now remains, which are worth just
tho $225.00; and even one of these premiums
U's.! is not to be despised. Let those who have
j not worked before, now go to work; and let
| those who have already returned names, re-ter
j double their efforts. The reward is sure,
and the work is easy. Every clubmaker is
authorized to say to those whose subscrip- >.
tions he or she may solicit, that The En- !
quirer will, if possible, be a better family |
newspaper in the future than ever before. 11
REV. HENRY It. COLEMAN.
(
Rev. Henry R. Coleman, supreme chan-1
cellor of the Oriental Order of Pilgrim!,
Knights, will be in Yorkville next Saturday
and Sunday. On Saturday night, beginning
at 7.30 o'clock, he will deliver before the j
Masonic lodge at this place, his famous ,
lecture entitled "Freemasonry in the Holy ,
Land." On Sunday morning, he will preach
in Trinity church ; and on Sunday night, at ,
a union meetimr to be held in the Presbvteri
an church, he will deliver an interesting
lecture on the Holy Land.
ltev. Mr. Coleman is grand chaplain of
the grand lodge of Kentucky, the author of
several able Masonic works, and a most en- ;
tertaining talker. He has spent years trav- ;
eling and making explorations in the Holy
Land and throughout the East, and those
who go to hear him preach or lecture, will ,
be both pleasantly and profitably entertained.
The lecture on Saturday night will be ex- ,
clusively for the Masons. To hear the Sunday
morning sermon and the Sunday evening
lecture, the public generally is invited.
DEATH OF W. M. FREW. 1
Mr. W. M. Frew, of Rock Hill, died at 1
his home in that place on Monday night of
last week, of consumption. He had been in
very ill health for more than a year, and
while sitting at the supper table ou Monday
night, surrounded by his family, he was suddenly
prostrated by a hemorrhage of the
lungs. Death followed in a few minutes, before
he could be removed from the diniug
room. Mr. Frew was a native of Concord,
N. C., and moved to Rock Hill in 18G5, when
10 years of age. In 1879, he, with his elder
brother, Mr. C. W. Frew, engaged in the
mercantile business under the firm name of
Frew Brothers, and, by their own efforts,
built up one of the most prosperous establishments
of tlni town. While still possess
ed of his health, (he deceased was one of
Rock Hill's most prosperous and progressive
citizens. In 1886 he was married to Miss
Sallie, a daughter of Mr. J. A. Sturgis, of
this county. He leaves a widow and three
small children.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at
11 a. m., and Sunday-school immediately
afterward.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D.,
pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock
a. m., and 7.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school
at 3 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow
evening at 4 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville? Prayer-meeting
this evening at 7 o'clock. Services
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sundayschool
at 3.30 o'clock p. m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, D. D., pastor. Services next Sunday
at 11 o'clock a. m., conducted by Rev. Henry
R. Coleman. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 p. m.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.
Union?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock
a. m. Yorkville?Services Sunday evening
at 7.30 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow
evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school
at 3 o'clock p. m.
THE NEW TOWN COUNCIL.
The municipal election held last Thursday
for intendant and wardens for the town
of Yorkville passed off quietly, and the ticket
recently nominated by the citizens in public
meeting, was elected without opposition, as
follows: Intendant, W. B. Moore ; wardens,
J. Ed Jeffreys, F. A. Gilbert, S. A. McElwee
and W. W. Jenkins.
The new council was sworn into office
immediately after its election, and on Monday
night held its first meeting for the transaction
of business. Upon organization, a
resolution was adopted to the effect that
whoever should be elected treasurer of the
town, should agree to receive and disburse
such moneys as may be expended for fire
protection purposes, for one commission?2$
per cent. It was also agreed that all the
general and special funds of the town should
be deposited in the bank, subject to checks,
endorsed by a majority of the council.
Mr. J. Ed Jefferys was re-elected treasurer
and clerk of the council, and Mr. Ingralmm
Wilson was elected chief of police. It was
decided to dispense with the services of Ned
Edwards as street overseer, and the horse
and cart used on street work for sometime
past, was ordered to be sold.
The matter of fire protection was discuss
1 - 1 ? - 1 if wna rnonlttfl/l fn
6(1 ill SOIUC 16UJ." "I, UUU lb tTtiO IbUUiivu %v
submit the question to the qualified voters of
the town at the earliest practicable date.
PROF. FIjYNX'S LECTURE.
The weather last Friday night was anything
but agreeable, and as a result, the attendance
on the lecture delivered before the
Chautauqua Circle, by Prof. J. W. Flynu, was
not so large as it would otherwise have been.
There was a large number of ladies and gentlemen
present, however, aud every member
of the audience felt more than repaid
for having ventured out in spite of the rain
and mud.
The lecture was delivered in Miss Fannie
Miller's school room, in the old Methodist
church building, on East Liberty street.
Besides providing comfortable seats for all
their guests, and more, the members of the
Chautauqua circle had the lecture-room
handsomely decorated for the occasion.
The blackboards on either side of the hall
were tastefully margined with evergreens,
and behind and over the platform arranged
for the speaker, was a graceful arch of the
same material. Just underneath the centre
of the arch, was the motto of the circlo,
which reads, "Study to be what you wish to
seem and under that appeared the letters
"C. L. S. C." in a golden monogram.
Professor Flynn was introduced by Rev.
T. R. English, I). P., president of the circle,!
and without delay waded into his subject,
which was "The Value of True Manhood."
Basing his argument 011 the accepted proposition
that pure Christian character was the
most priceless gift of God, he showed conclusively
that under the old civilization of
the South, such character had been developed
to greater perfection than had ever
been known before or since.
It was Southern people?the people of
Mecklenburg, X. C.?who first conceived
the idea of American liberty, and in their
declaration of independence were in advance
of the North by more than a year.
It was a Southern man?Rutledge, of South
Carolina?who wrote the constitution of the
United States. It was a Southern man who
moved for the admission of Florida into the
Union, also of Louisiana and Texas, and
even of Alaska. Every acquisition of new
territory that has ever been made, was made
on the motion of Southern men.
It was a Southern man?Washington?
who developed the courage and ability to 1
lead the Continental army to success, and I
/>....Irs...! li/Mir. tlmf m'or tripil mill's I
j iu tiiu uutnvav iivui uiuv vt v* v..v? ? ,
souls, it was Southern men who fought and
! won King's Mountain, Cowpens and other
J battles that showed Great Britain that they
were born to be free. There were 150,000
men engaged on the American side in the
war of 1812, and of these 1)0,000 were from
the South. The United States sent 75,000
men to Mexico, and of these the South
furnished 52,000. In the great civil war,
with only 700,000 men, the South held out
for four years in the most terrible struggle
recorded in history, against 3,800,000 men.
l'rofessor Flynn referred, half humorously
and half seriously, to the civilization which,
in a condition of slavery, fitted the negro for j
the high and responsible duties of citizen-1
3hip, us accorded in the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth amendments.
In conclusion, the professor pointed out A
the persistent efforts on the part of the ^
Northern historians to misrepresent South- j
ern achievements, and especially to belittle
our superior ante-bellum civilization. He OI
appealed for a Southern history by Southern 9,
historians, but was doubtful if such a work of
would ever be had. for the reason that
Southern men and women have always been, sc
m
and arc now, so busy making history, that c(
they have no time in which to write it. i
The lecture, of which the above is but the | ai
merest apology of an outline, required about! vi
an hour in its delivery, and held the unflag-1 P1
? ? _r 4i._ .i 1 ? ! ill
ging IIILurusi ui iiic uuuicure iiiruuguuiii. j
LOCAL LACONICS. si
? At the Fourteenth annual session of the
Southern Carriage Builders' and Dealers' p(
association, held in Atlanta, Ga., on Wed- C
nesday and Thursday of last week, Mr. M.
C. Willis, president of the Carolina Buggy rii
company, was elected second vice-president.
? Small burglaries and petty stealings are ,/{]
growing very common around Yorkville just cc
now. Nearly every family has stories of this Si
kind to tell every few days, and the matter ^
is growing really serious. It has been sug- P'
gested that a strict enforcement of the va- C(
grancy law, if such a thing is possible, might Vj
prove an effective remedy. . ul
? An eleven months old child of Margaret hi
Walker, colored, who lives on West Madison
street, died last Thursday from the effects of
an accidental scalding received on the Thursday
previous. The child was just learning fc
to walk, and while toddling about the room, ni
unnoticed by its mother, managed in some in
way to overturn on itself a kettle of boiling
water. ^
? Last Wednesday, the cotton seed buyers .
were paying 30 cents a bushel, and today ai
the price has advanced to 33 cents. It ti
would seem from this, that it is the policy of
the oil mills to continue to run up the price F
until it reaches a figure that will bring the
seed. If they have been pouring into other '
markets in the county as they poured into
Yorkville last week, it will not take a great
while longer to clean them all up. t<
? Rev. Prof. Flynu, in his address before c"
the Chautauqua circle, last Friday night, P
stated, incidentally, that revolving fire-arms tj
were invented by a North Carolinian. We r(
cannot, with any degree of assurance contradict
the professor's statement, but it is a aj
matter nf lnnal historv thai the first revolver n
was made in the town of Yorkville, about
CI
the year 1840, by a man named John Feem- y
ster. There are men still living in the town r,
who saw the weapon in question, and it has r<
always been their understanding that the it
invention was stolen from Feemstd* by Colt. ^
? Captain R. H. Glenn was in Thk En*quirer
office on Monday, and talked interestingly
about the price of cotton seed, the *
scarcity of pigs, and other such matters, p
Referring to the agricultural prospects for t<
this year, among other things, he said : "I'll n
just tell you what it is. If we had to de- ^
pend upon meat at present prices this
year to raise a crop of cotton, we couldn't e
do it. The average hand would come pretty \\
near eating up his crop before it was made, fi
and he would never get out in the world. r<
However, while meat is scarce, there is v
plenty of molasses, and this can be made j
to answer the purpose. Bread and meat are
better; but bread and molasses will do, and t<
with such a crop of molasses as was made tl
last summer, (it was not any too much, peo- n
pie are beginning to realize by this time) we ^
can still manage to make out pretty well." *
55=55 *
DRIVEN INSANE BY POVERTY.
n
Sad Story of a Methodist Minister and His c
Wife. i,
Recently, Rev. A. M. Attaway, of the h
Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife,
located in Williamston circuit were commit- .
ted to the insane asylum in Columbia. It was ^
said that their minds had become unbalanced
by religious excitement. Rev. J. P. Attaway, t
of Richland, however, gives a different ver- $
sion of the matter. In a communication to
the Columbia State, of Friday, he tells a v
story that has produced a sensation in the ?
Methodist church, and which should be se- e
riously reflected on by the members of all
other denominations. It is as follows : n
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 9. JTo
the Editor of The State: I understand J'
that it has been reported and published in f1
some of the daily papers that the insanity of ,
the Rev. A. M. Attaway and wife, who were *
committed to the asylum on the 4th instant, c
was caused by religion, aud especially by
sanctification. For the sake of right, let me
say that I believe the whole story to be false. {
My reasons are below: .
1. The physician who gave this official explanation
of it, is well known to be an enemy to religion,
especially sanetitication. t<
2. The seeds of the disease were sown in Mrs.
Attaway's constitution before she professed re- jj
ligion at all, by a great fright she received; since
which she has been constantly on the verge of c
nervous prostration. c
3. That for some months before she professed gj
sanctification, she was in an exceedingly low
state of health, suffering terribly from nervousness
and nervous headaches. a
4. That during the fall of 1892, the family c
(there were five small children) was compelled
to subsist almost entirely for some months on ,
corn bread, made from corn raised by their own n
labor, and tbe proceeds or tneir cow; ana even a
this nearly failed late in the fall. It was this, r;
or more debt than they could pay, and to save t
her husband's reputation, she accepted suffering.
The fact that Mr. Attaway was appointed
to this field of labor, and other fields like it,
for the past six years, by church officials,
without the right even to complain, and the t(
fact that a large part of the missionary appro- f(
prialiou previously made to this work was j,
taken oft', fixes the blame for this state of 0
affairs not on him, but on the church officials,
and largely explains the necessity of Mr.
Attaway.
That this had to do with Mrs. Attaway's ^
insanity, is shown by the fact that in Novera- ^
ber she said such things as these: "I will leave ^
my husband, for God does not require me to
live with a man who will only give me corn
bread to eat." On the Sunday of the session g(
of the South Carolina conference, she was
scarcely retained from walking eight miles to j
take the train for Charleston, the seat of the
conference, to declare God's anger against officials
who placed her husband in such a con- ^
dition. These and other sayings were then 4(
thought to be in jest, but are seen now to
have been the thoughts of a miud driven ,1
mad. j v
I roomed with Mr. Attaway at conference j n
in Charleston. He was sad and unnaturally
depressed, constantly speaking of his | ^
straightened financial condition and his! j,
wife's ill health.
I spent a week with him, and assisted him n
with a meeting immediately afterward. t)
During my stay, the kindness of his par- n
ishioners overflowed, and they had abun- t]
dance. I left them hopeful, cheerful and
happy. What their circumstances have ^
been since, I do not kuow. Of their cir- j,
nnmatnnwd bmt, full, their relatives knew I ?
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nothing. That he should engage in secular |
pursuits is prohibited by church law. j S(
I verily believe the solution of the whole i ,r
affliction is, that in loyalty to the religion j
of their God, and devotion to the church ofi^
their fathers, they undertook to carry, un-1 't)
complainingly, a load too heavy for nerve j
and brain, and broke down under it. | M
That through it all they should maintain j
their perfect trust in God and resignation to >
His will (for this is sanctification,) and even ] n
when bereft of reason should seem to be j ^
happy and think only of God and religion, 1t]
should be made the ground of attack on our j s,
holy religion, is an outrage on the common ! p
seuse of all reasonable people. k
J. P. Attaway. j jj
? Ex-Judge John J. Mahcr died at his i j<
home in Barnwell last Friday. His health (t(
had been very poor for some time past, and I a
during the past month his eye-sight failed.! p
Judge Maher presided on the circuit bench t(
of the State from 1872 to 1876, and was one ! a
of the few honest judges of the Radical re- ]j
gime. During several years past, up to a ; ti
few weeks before his death, he was engaged p
in codifying the laws of the State. He had I tl
completed parts 1, 2 and 3, and was working p
on part four when his eye-sight failed. The J tl
work is pronounced by members of the bar, n
to be most complete and satisfactory. 0
GOVERNOR TILLMAN EXPLAINS.
Plain and Concise Statement of the Kailroad
Tax Muddle.
on? the New York World, February 12.
To the Editor of The World : There is so
ueh of misinformation and injustice, based
1 falsehood, in your editorial of February
that I ask space to give a plain statement
' facts.
It is nothing new for me to be misreprented
in "dispatches from South Carolina,"
id I have never thought it worth while to
irrcet the erroneous statements sent abroad
/ my enemies in connection with local
fairs and my acts as an officer or an indidual.
I only make an exception in the
resent instance because the matter is one
xi_ _ ? ?1.4? ? l in thn
ivoiving me rigms vi
nion, and I do not care to have people outde
of the State draw inferences that are
3t true.
The facts in the railroad tax muddle, now
mding in the United States court at
harleston, are as follows :
Under the statutes of South Carolina,
lilroads return their property for assassent
to the county auditors. These returns
e passed upon by a State board of eqiraliition
composed of the secretary of state,
nnptroller general, attorney general and
:ate treasurer, empowered to raise or lower
le assessment to conform to the value
laced upon other classes of property by the
junty boards.
In 1891 this State board iuereased the
aluation of railroad property in the State
i)out $8,000,000 above what the companies
ad themselves returned their property.
?rheu time for taxpaying came some of the
>ads refused to pay more than was due on
leir own assessments, and the fight in the
>urts, which began in February, 1892, is
?r the difference between the State assesslent
and that made by the roads, the amount
i dispute of State, county and school taxes
sing about $80,000 on all the roads.
Injunctions were granted by the judge of
ic United States court, restraining the counr
treasurers from collecting their taxes, and
fter argument the court claimed jurisdicon.
Appeal was taken by the State to the
nited States supreme court on two cases,
ivoiving less than $2,000, and that court
ecided about three weeks ago that the cirjit
court was in error in claiming jurisdicon
where the amount was less than $2,000.
In the meantime two railroads had failed
) pay or tender taxes for 1892 (the other
ises are for 1891) and executions were
laced in the hands of the sheriffs, one of
horn, Nance, made a levy on the trains of
le Port Royal and Western Carolina railsad.
A rule was issued by Judge Siraonton
gainst Nance fo show cause why he should
ot be held for contempt, and, pending the
eeision, the "secret circular" which so exites
vnnr condemnation was issued by me.
^hen the time came for the hearing, the
ale was discussed by request of the railjad's
attorney, and that road has since paid
1 full, the explanation being given that it
'as a "bluff" to gain time.
Other sheriffs began at once to levy for
ic taxes of 1892 which had not been paid,
nd which, not amouuting in any county to
2,000 had just been declared by the sureme
court as not being under Judge Simonan's
jurisdiction. The sheriffs have been
uled again for contempt, aud the cases will
e heard on the 13th instant.
Now, please allow we to remind you that
ur people have been so persecuted by Fedral
judges in the Kuklux trials and the potical
trials, growing out of the alleged in ingements
of the election laws, that they
egard a summons to the Federal courts
dth terror.
When the sheriffs were ordered by me
bat the executions must be pressed, without
egard to the United States court at Charles3ii
or its orders, as in the Nance case, and
lie property held at all hazards, there was
0 purpose to put the State against the
'nited States. I only intended to reassure
lie sheriffs and remove the temporary paalvsis
occasioned by the "bluff" in the
Tance case.
It was not "bluster," but a fixed determiation
to stand by the State's rights as delared
by the United States supreme court,
1 spite of Judge Simonton, who had lent
imself to that disgraceful proceeding. ^
Again allow ?e to state: ,
First. That there has never been a decis3n
as to the legality or illegality on the
lerits in any of these railroad tax cases.
Second. The cases now pending are for
he taxes of 1892, and are for less than
2,000 each.
Third. The purpose appears to be to preeut
the collection of the taxes on the
round that property in the hands of a reeiver
cannot be levied on and sold for taxes
veu though the amount is less than $2,000.
As far as I have been able to discover, the.
latter has never been determined by the
Jnited States supreme court, and a Federal
adge is interfering with the State's officers
nd stopping the collection of taxes where
e had no jurisdiction, unless by reason of
lie property going into the hands of a reeiver.
I am resolved that the State's rights and
ignity shall be maintained as against this
jcal judicial officer, and that if South Carona
must pass her account for taxes against
isolvent corporations to a Federal judge for
pproval along with other creditors, hersiser
States shall suffer a like degradation.
The supreme court of the Uuited States
as sustained my administration in every
a an wHinh Vino Iippii trior! hv if arw! T will
heerfully abide its decision. We will reist
unlawful interference-with our affairs
s a State, even by a United States judge,
nd collect our taxes through our own offers
in our own way.
Our laws give every taxpayer who feels
e is unjustly dealt with, a means of redress,
nd if bankrupters can hide behind a Fedeal
judge here, it must be so throughout the
Inion. B. R. Tillman,
Governor of South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C., February 11.
The Next Governor.?The question as
o who is to be the next Reform candidate
jr governor, is being talked about in Cojmbia.
The State and News and Courier
f Monday both print lists of those who are
romiuently mentioned. The News and
'ourier fixes it up as follows:
Secretary of State Tindal, who is said to
e a prime favorite with the administration,
> looked upon as a good man, and one comiuing
certain liberal ideas that would tend
a conciliate certain factions.
Senator John Gary Evans is wanted by .
orne of the orthodox Tillmanites, who want i
n aggressive fighter and a champion of the |
ispensary bill. f
Congressman George D. Tillman is said to "
ave a great many friends who want to see
im elected governor. They say that he's a
sure winner."
Senator W. I). Evans is reported to be in
lie field, not as an active candidate, but one
;ho has no scruples against accepting the
omination and making a tight.
Chairman M. L. Donaldson is thought to
e in the race, if he is not struck with a good
'ederal position.
State Treasurer Bates's name has been
ientinne<1 in ennneetinn with the frnherim.
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5rial office. His candidacy would be recogized
and more generally acceptable than
iiat of many others.
Comptroller General Ellerbe's name has
een presented by some Pee Dee enthusiasts,
t is said that he is not in any race, on acount
of his health.
Adjutant General Farley is said to have
Dme aspiration to succeed Governor Tillmn.
Editor Gantt has found a candidate in
partanburg, a Mr. L. P. Walker, who is invested
in The Headlight.
It will be seen that the Reform element
rill lind plenty of material.
Cooling Down.?There has not been
lucli talk lately about that great fight that
le liquor men were going to make against
tie Evans dispensary law, and there will be
till less from now on, for the liquor men are
eginning to sec that there will be no use to
ick against the pricks, that their case is
opeless, and that they will simply waste
loney in fighting the dispensary act. This
i so true that the ways and means cominitje
appointed by the barkeepers' convention
t Charleston to raise funds to fight the law,
un uiv.1, >viin vi-iy pour success ana is about
3 give up the attempt in disgust. There
re over three hundred wholesale and retail
quor dealers in Charleston, and the commitee,
it is said, has been able to secure only
iventy-one contributions of $10 each from
hcse dealers. Some of the dealers are prearing
to go to other States and engage in
be same traffic, while others have deterlined
to remain in this State and go into
ther lines of business.?Columbia Register.