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Jftraps and <facts. |; ? The lute Elliott F. Sheppard left prop-1 ( erty valued at $1,350,000. He left $100,000 ; t to the New York presbytery for evangelistic ] purposes: $50,000 to the Seventh 1'resbyte- j ( rian church of New York city ; and $100,000 jr to St. Paul's institute, at Tarsus, in Asia t Minor. The rest of his estate is left to his j j family. His will provides that the Fifth av- j enue stage line and The Mail and Express t newspaper shall never be operated on Sun-! 5 day. I j ? In the United States there are 32,000,000' j men and 31,000,000 women. Men are in the : i majority in all the States and Territories, ex-1 i cept in the District of Columbia, Massachu- i t setts, Khode Island, North Carolina, Mary-. 1 land, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New j i York, South Carolina, Virginia and New 1 Jersey, in which there are more women than 11 men. The District of Columbia has the i largest proportionate excess of female popu- ? lation, and Montana contains the largest g percentage of men. It: New Jersey the two ( sexes are most nearly equally represented. ? .Tprrv Rimn?rm hns found it neCCSSarV to publish a notice in several Kansas papers to the effect that" he cannot give his populist bretheren patronage. The chairman of the Seventh district Populist committee signs this card : "The Hon. Jerry Simpson authorizes me to say to those desiring Federal appointments, that he has nothing whatever to do with the distribution of patronage, and that it is useless to write to him in regard to Federal positions." Speaking of the matter himself, Mr. Simpson says : "This is a Democratic administration, and persons desiring office will have to seek it through Democratic sources. I am not a : Democrat." ? Commissioner Blount, appointed by the ? president to investigate the Hawaian, an- ] nexation question, arrived at Honolulu on April 1. Immediately upon his arrival he held two audiences with the provincial gov- 1 ernment, and as the result of these audi- s ences he ordered the American flag, which had been floating over the buildings since the recent revolution, to be hauled down. > The provisional government was very much ( displeased with the action of the commis- } sioner, but of course had nothing to say. . The Hawaian question cannot yet be re- \ garded as settled. It is thought that it is 1 the policy of the United States to do away f with the protectorate in order that the mat- t ter may be arranged on a different basis? that is, in order that Hawaii may be in a position to treat with this country as a sov- j ereign and independent State. ? A tailor of Mannheim, Germany, has in- ' vented a cloth tunic which is said to be im- * penetrable by the balls of even the most c powerful rifles. The invention is a compo- J sition covering for the uniforms, and weighs j only a few pounds. An experiment was N made with it under the auspices of the German array authorities a few days ago. A * wooden effigy of a soldier, covered with the I composition, was fired at at a distance of 250 and 500 yards. At 250 yards the steel face of the bullet was shattered and the g wooden figure indented, but the composition <; was not pierced. At 500 yards the damage ^ was so slight as to be scarcely worth considering. Experts say that a soldier hit by a c bullet at 100 or 200 yards, would probably a be knocked over and rendered unconscious 1 for a time, but he would not be killed. The c invention will probably be adopted by the t German army. c ? Robert Burnett, a young merchant who did business at a cross roads a few miles from Fort Gaines, Ga., was murdered last Thursday by a negro tramp for the purpose " * * * *V _ J t oi roDDery. as soon as me raurucr was uis- covered, the country around was aroused # and a pursuit organized. The negro was caught about five miles from the scene of the crime and carried back to the store where a large crowd was waiting for him. He confessed to having killed Burnett. The crowd, including a large number of negroes, at once went to work piling rails around a a big pine stump. The negro was placed on the stump and the rails were set on fire while the victim was begging piteously for for his life. As the llames wrapped around the screaming wretch, the crowd fired volley j after volley into his body. The fire was kept up until the body of the negro was entirely consumed. ? Springfield Republican : If Chicago is the typical American city, Carter Harrison is to an eminent if not a surpassing degree one of its most representative citizens. People who visit the fair will seek Mayor Harrison for the same reason that they will look for the ourang-outang from Java. He's a product. A native American, born in Kentucky, he looks dowu from the dizzy heights of a genealogical tree that is native in all its twigs and branches. An ex-president of the United I States is his cousin. Furthermore, Mayor Harrison became a citizen of Chicago when | it was still the undiscovered nucleus of the j' Greatest social and ethnological curiosity of i the nineteenth century. He was one of a notable band of devil-take-the-hindmost hustlers who have grown rich and powerful j with the great, lusty city by the lake. Har- i rison saw the fire in 1S71 and wasn't dis- ] mayed even a little bit. He was mayor j' eight years, beginning in 1879, and it was j during his incumbency that the Anarchists j threw their bomb at Havmarket. You cannot write the history of Chicago and leave Carter Harrison in a foot-note. ? Weather Prophet Ira Hicks is now the j big man of St. Louis. Iu his weather pre- i dictions for April he foretold the cyclone | that has just devested a large section of the j West. His predictions for the latter part of i April are: "Between the 13th and 18th the whole country will feel the effect of a very warm wave, and storms of great violence are , to be apprehended on about the 15th, 10th j and 17th. The 17th is the central day of i Venus perturbation, which lasts with growing power for about twenty days before, and ; with increasing energy for about twenty days i after the central day, so that the Venus char-' acteristics, hail, startling electrical phenomena, enormous downpours of rain and sudden changes from hot to cold, may be looked for during all the disturbances covered by the Venus period. The disturbances from the 13th to 18th will not be prolonged by existing causes into the reactionary storms due about the 21st and 22d. Be ready for destructive hail storms and very sudden changes to cold. The 20th is the central day of the last period for the month, which period em braces the 25th to the 28th. inclusive. Dur- c ing this period it will grow very warm again, j and many storms of rain, hail and thunder j will travel from the west to the east across J. our continent. After the storms look out for cold and frost. The month promises to end * very cool, and tornadoes are almost certain to be a feature of the storms in many places in April. ? A terrible cyclone swept the States of;" Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas,: f Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois, on Tuesday! of last week, spreading death and destruc- j tion along its entire route. In Missouri iJ 110 less than twenty people were killed,! 1 and dozens of small towns and villages were i f completely wiped up. The hamlet of J'ark- ; er, in Kansas, was almost totally destroyed. t Many houses were demolished and others , were badly wrecked. The loss of life iu the | outlying districts was very great, but no def- j' inite figures have been published. Several 1 people were killed at St. Joseph, Kan. Six i people were killed outright at Coudrav, a i small mining town in the same State. Thou- , sands of dollars worth of property was de- ^ stroyed at Springfield, Quineey, Jackson, Danville, Centralia, Olney and other towns in ' Central Illinois. The entire town of Robinsonville, Miss., with a population of about 800 inhabitants, was swept away, and three j or four people were killed. A colored school 1 house, about one mile west of the town, was i swept away and twenty-five children were ] killed or are missing. The town of Akron, I, Io., was wrecked, and West field, only a few miles distant, suffered considerable dam- \ -? ? Tl,n In"" r\f Vniiil.iiil! ATw.li tvnc ' lilt t/. 1 ..... almost completely demolished. It it impossible to estimate the money value of the' property destroyed, and it is believed that the number of killed over the entire territory visited by the cyclone, will reach four or five hundred. Taken all together the cyclone is probably the most destructive that has passed over any portion of the West for years. ? There may be another test of the Vesuvius. The report of tin; board which examined the vessel at Port Royal recently is still before the chief of ordnance, who is expected to make some comment on the findings of | the board when the report is forwarded to the secretary. The work of the board docs ' not leave the department in possession ofJ much information that it did not have before ] the trial took place. The endorsement of i the ship was too indirect to be of much value, i ] The board believed that under certain con- j * litions the ship would serve a valuable purpose, but those conditions were so remote rom the circumstances of actual warfare as :o make the general value of the Vesuvius questionable. The department hesitates ibout condemning a system in which capital ias been invested, and there is a disposition :o give the system a fair and conclusive trial, rhe recent trial was in smooth water, and lie results are regarded as not entirely satsfactory. There is a proposition in the department to hold another test, more exacting ban the last one, taking the ship to sea and surrounding the trial with the conditions of ictual service as nearly as possible. The department has found out that it will not take is long to get the projectiles for the guns as t did last time, and an order placed with he Brooklyn firm making the shells would pe filled in a month or two. The guncotton s on hand at .Newport. Those wno nave ooked into the matter at all, believe that mother trial will be recommended by Comnodore Sampson. Site ffwMte (firitquim. YORKVILLE, S. : WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1893. ? The extraordinary session of the senate idjourned sine die last Saturday afternoon, it is expected that the president will soon nake a large number of appointments that ie did not care to have considered by the ienate just at this time. ? Keernfarv Hoke Smith is not SO busy """"" ""? vith politics that he cannot attend to the >rdinary business of his office. TheEnquir :r recently asked him for some statistical uformation from the eleventh census. The nformation desired was received at this ofice by return mail. Mr. Smith has our hanks for his prompt attention. ? The convention of Southern governors leld at Richmond last week adjourned on Thursday, after adopting an address setting 'orth to the people of the United States and >f Europe, the numerous advantages of the south. Each governor was instructed to >repare a pamphlet giving the peculiar advantages of his own State, it being the pur>ose of th? convention to publish these pam>hlets for distribution at the World's Fair. ? The commissioner of agriculture of Georgia says that most all the farmers of that state, anxious to get the benefit of a reducion of the cotton acreage throughout the ountry, have increased their own acreage, ind the result is an average increase of from .0 to 20 per cent, all over the State. The lommissioner says that all indications point o a large increase in the coming crop, and a :orresponding decrease in the price that nay be expected. ? The Columbia people give the central taction of the city as a reason why it should lave the Girl's Industrial and Normal colege. They say that Columbia has more or ess direct connection with every county in he State save two. That is good. Rock Till has direct connection with Columbia vithout change of cars, and those who canlot reach Rock Hill more easily than Coumbia, will find an economical and expediious route by way of the capital. ? According to the Eleventh census, South Carolina had 1,5)87,651 acres in cotton in L8SD, and raised 740,798 bales. York couuty jlanted 82,726 acres, and raised 32,208 bales. n 1879 this county raised 23,523 bales; in .809, 0,010 bales; and in 1859, 10,393 bales, fork shows up the eighth largest cotton icreage of any county in the State, and the linth largest in production. Abbeville :ounty stands first in point of production, ind second in acreage. She gets 50,241 tales off of 12S,748 acres. Beaufort county, vith an acreage of 134,931, the largest in the ?tate, produces 50,131 bales. Georgetown tlants 1,129 acres and produces 315 bales. This is the smallest acreage and production u the State. ? ? The president, on last Friday, appointed Richard H. Alvey, of Maryland, chief justice, ind Martiu F. Morris, of the District of Coumbia, and Seth Sheppard, of Texas, asso:iate justices of the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. Mr. John J. Hemphill vas a candidate for one of these positions, ind although the president made no state strike of workingmen. ! Hack From thk Whisky Inspkction Torn.?(Jovernor Tillman returned yesterday from his whisky inspection tour in the North and West. He came from Richmond and was accompanied hy Senator Irby, who remained in Columbia last night, but will go on to Laurens this morning. Covcrnor Tillman came hack with a very !severe cold, but outside of that lie said his ! trip was a very pleasant one as well as profit! able. He and Mr. Traxler first visited Louisville, where they inspected a corn whisky distillery with a capacity of 10,000 gallons a day. All the whisky in this estab1 lishincnt is of high proof, all the fusel oil being taken out by means of charcoal. 1 The next place visited was a big distillery in Cincinnati, with a capacity of '21,000 gai: Ions a day. Kvery department was visited and the officials were very courteous in furnishing information. The next place visited was Pittsburg. Just above the city, in the Monongahcla j Valley, is an old-fashioned rye whisky dis! tillery, run by an old man who has been j making whisky for forty years. It was thought that he should know something j about the business and a visit was accord nent to that effect, it is understood that he ailed to appoint that gentleman because he vas a member of congress at the time the :ourt was created. It is believed by Mr. feraphill's friends that Mr. Cleveland will jive him some other desirable position, for vhich he has not been a candidate. Such iction on the part of the president, however, is not necessarily a foregone conclusion. ? Edward Pardridge, the great Chicago vheat speculator, successor to';Old Hutch," s broke. He went under on a big deal in day wheat, and individually has not enough noney to buy a suit of clothes. His wife, lowever, has about $2,000,(500 in her own ight, invested in real estate. She is now in California. Pardridge tells the speculators hat as soon as she returns, he will get her o put up a million of cash for him, and he vill be ready to wrestle with them again. The speculators rather think that Mrs. Parlridge is too smart for any such move, but ire in hopes that she will let her husband lave the money, as they think they have he reckless plunger in a position where hey can fleece him completely. ? Tiik Yokkvii.i.k Knoi ikkk says the Hock Hill bonds are perfectly good. Well, this do settle it. If there is any one posted on financial natters, it is the average editor of a weekly lewspaper.?Piedmont 11 ead 1 ight. What Thk Enqliukr said was this: "If Rock Hill's bonds are all right?and we enow of nothing to the contrary?she has airly and squarely won the Girl's Industrial uid Normal College." In the light of furher information, we repeat the statement. We did not say that the bonds were "perfecty good" for the reason that we did not enow. That matter has been left to the ittorney general. Incidentally, however, ive beg to remark that we are prepared ;o agree with Senator Irby in the statement fiat "Jm.1i tor Uantt can out lie mem an put ogethere' ? V1 ? The First of May is celebrated throughnit Europe as Labor Day, and of late years t has been the occasion of socialistic uprisugs of a most formidable character. Last Mayday, it will be remembered, there wore serious riots throughout France, Germany, \ustria, Italy and even in England.. The ndications are that the outbreaks this year >vi 11 be more serious than usual, and all the lifl'erent governments interested are making extensive preparations to meet them. In some eases efforts will be made to suppress uiy attempt at any celebration whatever, uid in other cases the governments will rely >11 their soldiery and police. (Jeneral trouble s expected. In most cases, when trouble is ;xpected, none occurs. It is to be hoped hat such will be the case on Mayday. ? It is said that President Cleveland has inder advisement a proposition to reduce die tariff from an average ad valorem of ibout (>0 per cent, to an average of oO or !F> ;icr cent. The present tarill rates raise a evenuc of about $200,(100,000. and the proposed reduction will reduce this amount to something like $120,000,000. It will be ' necessary to make up this deficiency, and for this purpose the president is considering two propositions. One is to levy a duty on sugar and coffee, and the other is to collect an income tax. The first proposition is likely to prove very unpopular, and the gen; eral advantages are in favor of the latter. We should like to see the levy of an income tax. It would he just and equitable and would easily make up the deficiency caused I by a reduction of the taritf. Not only this, ' it would throw most of the burden of taxaj tion where it properly belongs. ? ? j ? Secretary Carlisle has promulgated an i order to suspend the issuance of gold ccrtifij cates by the various sub-treasuries throughout the United States. This order is said I to have been rendered necessary by the heavy demand that has recently been made by the Austrian government, which has taken no less than $10,000,000 from this country within the past few months, and reduced the free gold in the United States treasury to less than $2,000,000. A continuance of the drain would soon encroach on the $100,000,000 treasury reserve, and possibly occasion a financial panic. Tho story that the president has decided to issue $6,000,000 worth of 4 per cent, bonds to protect the treasury reserve, has been revived and is not denied at tho treasury department. Indeed, it is understood as a fact, that the engraving and printing of bonds, commenced by Secretary Foster, is being pushed through to completion, and unless there should be some cessation of the flow of gold from the treasury, the hoiuis will soon be issued. ? Columbia, Charleston, North Augusta, and other towns which failed to tile their bids for the Winthrop Industrial and Normal college, within the time prescribed by the rule, are not to be in the competition. ! So says Governor Tillman, and his ruling is manifestly so just, that there is little reason to doubt that it will be sustained by the board of trustees. In answer to a letter from a committee of the council and citizens of Columbia, the governor on last Saturday, wrote the following: "Whether right or wrong iu our construction of the law, and our duty under it, the board of trustees of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial collego have already decided and announced that we could not and would not receive any additional or supplementary bids for the location of that institution. We will examine the advantages of the three towns which have filed bids in accordance with our notice next week, and will locate the school at one of the places. I regret that the city of Columbia delayed action until too | late for lier to enter the race, but I feel that the board is precluded both in law and in morals from entertaining any additional bids from any source." This settles it. Now for a just and equitable settlement of the claims of the three towns which put in their bids for the school. We believe that under all the circumstances, the prize belongs to Rock Hill, but at the same time we are satisfied that the board of trustees will do the square thing. MERE MENTION'. The president has appointed Daniel N. Morgan, treasurer of the United States, vice Enos H. Nebeckcr, resigned The factional quarrel between the Choctaw Indians in the Indian Territory continues. It is feared that there will be much bloodshed before the trouble is finally settled. 230 miners were killed in a Welch coal mine on Tuesday of last week by an explosion of gas. The exports of cotton during the month of March were $15,118,000 in value, against $18,822,000 during the same month of last year. J. Jcflcoats, a farmer who lived near Pickens, Miss., was lynched on Tuesday of last week for killing his wife. Edward Pardridge, the great grain speculator of Chicago, lost three-quarters of - ? 11 ? - .1 _ 11 .1 1. 1... ? a minion uuuurs onu uay msu woe*. uy n uueline of 4 cents a bushel in wheat. Another big strike against the convict lease system in the Tennessee coal mines, is expected in May. The State militia is being prepared for the emergency. The Ann Arbor Railroad company has filed a petition against Chiefs Arthur and Sargeant, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, demanding $300,000 damages for interference with the employees of the road. Extensive forest fires in Warreu couuty, N. C., have burned forty or fifty buildings. The loss of buildings, grain, tobacco, stock, household furniture, etc., is estimated at $15,000. One person was burned to death and several others were severely injured. The barn of Charles Reed, a prominent horse-; man of Gallatin, Tenn., was struck by light-1 ning last Thursday, and twenty-five brood i mares, valued at $300,000, were instantly j killed. A bill has been introduced in the I New York legislature to abolish capital pun-! ishment. Judge Randolph, of Montgomery, Ala., was acquitted last Thursday of; the murder of M. Y. Metcalf on the dayj Cleveland was elected. Last Thursday i was celebrated by the Democratic clubs in 1 different parts of the country as the 150th an-! niversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. I A New York syndicate is trying to' buy all the iron interests in the Mahoning 1 valley, Ohio, for about $10,000,000. j Business failures during the past week num-j her for the United States, 187 ; Canada, 22;: j total. 20!). The Campania, a new steam-. j ship, just finished in England, was tried on ! I the Clyde river last Saturday and succeeded ! in making twenty-seven miles an hour, the ! | greatest speed ever attained by any steam- [ ship. Joseph L. Miller, of West Yir-' ! ginia, has been re-appointed commissioner of I internal revenue for that State. He held the ' office under Mr. Cleveland's former admin- J I istration, and his re-appointment is looked i upon as an exception to "the rule.'' The j j United States have purchased the Island of ! Gallapagos, in the Pacific ocean, for a coaling station. It is reported in the newspa-! pers that I)r. Leslie F. Keely is to receive j j $10,000,000 for his bi-chloride of gold, I cure. The public stables of Atlanta, j I Ga., were burned up 'last Sunday morning, > j together with 140 mules. The fire was of I accidental origin, and the loss was about, $30,000. The island of Zante, off the j J coast of Greece, was again shaken up by an earthquake last Monday. As far as learned, twenty persons were killed and several hundred were injured. A big strike has been ordered among the boiler makers, blacksmiths, moulders and pattern makers, along the entire line of Union Pacific rail: road. The people of Kentucky are con1 sidering a proposition to remove the capital from Frankfort to Louisville. While one of the heavy guns forming a part of the government exhibit at the World's Fair was | being hoisted into place last Monday, the tackle broke and the gun fell upon two of the men at work upon it. Sergeant J. W. i Warwick was flattened into pulp, and Cori poral M. J. Kennies was fatally hurt. The gun weighed fourteen tons. Dispatches from Brussels indicate that Antwerp, Belgium, is in the hands of rioters, and the whole country is in a veritable state of revnlntwin Tim f rnnbln i< rmr>!ic!mmd hv n blV work rather than he dependent herself. She ! 3 I refused to resign her position, as she had j j been requested to do hy her pastor, Rev. (1. j I A. Rlackburn. There was a great deal of i feeling exhibited in the ease, as many seemed '! to believe that the charges against Miss1 v j Means were not brought with the best of! motives. The presbytery sustained the y church, and the ease will probably be ap- i. 1 pealed to the synod. During the trial of the 1 ease, the fact that numbers of other church , members, against whom no complaint had j ! been made, were in the habit of performing 1 a ; as much Sunday work as 31 iss Means. . ti ? (ieorge Kinard was sentenced by Judge! I Witherspoon at Columbia last Thursday to. 1 he hanged 011 the 2(ith day of May for as- P saulting Mrs. Mary Addison, a white wo-1 3 man. Kinard is a negro sixty-live years' 0 old. There -was no evidence against him ' D j except that of Mrs. Addison, and the feeling j j of the community is said to have been that 1 : he was not guilty. A motion for a new trial was refused. When Judge Witherspoon p asked Kinard if there was anything he wish- j t ed to say. he replied: "I am just as innocent as any man in this court house. I u never had evil designs against any white! K woman in my life. It is curious that I should b wait until I was over sixty years old to : ti attempt such a crime as this. Turning to ! & the few jurors who were present, he said: :< ' I want you to try and meet me in heaven.:. Cod is gwine to hold you responsible for ;1'* that verdict. There is a day coming when 0 we will know the truth, and if I hang, Cod ti | will be with me." j tl ingly paid him. Several breweries were j ! also visited in the diflcrcnt cities. Large bottling works were also visited in ! : Pittsburg in order to see the process and 1 V allow the proprietors an opportunity of knowing what was wanted and to make ! bids. Several glass manufactories were also visited. Governor Tillman said that no contract : had been made, for samples had to be first j, sent here and analyzed. Some of these samples have already arrived and others would follow, and the analysis would be begun at once. Referring to the report in The Journal that they could not make a contract because j dealers wouldn't trust them, Governor TillI man said that that was untrue. The State J ! would be able to get all the whisky and beer j that was wanted without any assistance from j any newspaper or proprietor of one. ITe said that since his trip, he knew more V about whisky and beer than he had ever known before or expected to know. Referring to the meeting of the Southern I governors in Richmond, he said that it all depended upon the people whether it would ^ j result in any practical benefit. As^far as he j was concerned, he had derived great benefit A from his association with the governors, as it gave him an opportunity of learning the y condition of the South and the various laws now enforced in this section.?Columbia Register, Saturday. A Descendant of Columbus.?The Duke I of Veragua arrived in New York last week, having come over to this country to be present at the exercises atteuding the Columbian V celebration. Grand High Mass was celebrated in his honor in St. Patrick's cathedral in New York last Sunday morning, IArchbishop C'orrigan, officiating. After the first Gospel, the Rev. M. J. Savelle ascended ^ the pulpit steps and spoke of the duke as follows: "We have present with us today his grace, tho Duke of Veragua, head of the eleventh ' generation in lineal descent from Christopher Columbus, the illustrious discoverer of this great country. He comes here as the guest r of the nation. He has been welcomed already by the secular authorities of this nation and .J city, and I, in the name of the archbishop, in your name and in the name of the Catholic people of New York, welcome him to the land in which Christopher Columbus was the S first to set his foot. The longer the duke remains with us the more lie sees of this vast nation, with its mighty rivers and fertile plains teeming with plenty and happy people, the more he will thank God and thrill with joy that he had an ancestor to whose fortitude and courage and perseverance is t due all these grand results. During his stay g here he will find that the people he meets g will bestow on him the honor Columbus , himself would meet with were he here to re- . ceive it, and when he leaves us it will be 11 with consoling thoughts that his visit to b | 2iuierii;ii \wts uuiuij^ uiu ^a-uitdi inum^uo v of his life." o THE MEETING AT ItAMAH. } A Great Religious Festival Under the Minlstra- c tion of Kev. Mr. Hoggs. \ Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. 0 Ram AH, April 18.?Please give space in s The Enquirer for a short description of the protracted meeting held at Ramah church, nine miles west of Yorkville. The meeting commenced on the 4th of April under the preaching of Rev. W. K. Boggs, the evan- ? gelist, and lasted until the 14th. At first 11 the congregations were small, but each day t the interest increased until the house was g too small to contain the vast crowd of peo- 0 pie that came to hear the word of God from ^ the lips of the eloquent evangelist. The snirit nf find seemed to have been nassed out 11 upon the people and sinners cried for mercy. ^ Forty-two found peace with God and openly h professed the Saviour by uniting themselves o with the church. I The audience was not confined to the Presbyterian church, but Baptists, Methodists and Associate Reformed Presbyterians 0 all joined heart and squI in the services. I * would mention especially that part taken by I members from Bethany, who sang in the r choir. They made splendid music and did j much to assist in the sacred devotions. t These people know how to sing and they sing with their hearts as well as their lips. The Rev. Mr. Boggs has done a great work in this community. The prayers of our people will ascend in gratitude to our God for c having permitted him to come to us, and we ^ may hope that the good seed he has sown C will bear fruit for years. a J. F. Hinson. t LETTER FROM LOWRYSVILLE. P Progress of Planting?-A Hig Crop of Sorghum?Outs a, a Failure?Ruv. W. <?. White, Jr., to go to ^ Chicago. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ! o Lowrysvili.e, April 18.?A much needed ; rain fell here last Thursday, which has put | e the land in fine condition for the plough, j n Planting is nearer finished than at this time j J1 lasf year. j J A large acreage of sorghum has been I a planted in this section. Oats do not promise well, the fall sowing j having been badly killed in the winter, and j the spring sowing being backward because oi l ~ the dry weather. c There were no services at the church here j si on Sunday last, the pastor being absent as- e sisting Kcv. Hay, at Clover. Rev. W. G. Wliite, Jr., will leave for Chicago on the first of May, to attend the sessions of Rev. Mr. Moody's training college 1 for ministers. He expects to be absent un- p til September. Mr. Curry, of the seminary, will fill his pulpit during his absence. w. o. c. jj Thk Davis Funeral.?By order of Gene- ii ral J. B. Gordon, the general commanding, t] an order has been issued from the head- ^ quarters of the United Confederate Veterans, which directs that commanders of camps will at once notify all members of their re- s< spective camps of the request contained in the following letter, dated Richmond, Va., V April 11, to General George Morgan, from a Colonel Thomas Kllett, secretary of Lee g Camp: * I "I am instructed by the executive committee of Lee camp, who are making ar-' (Y\?. (lin l*nr>nt\tir\ii oil/l vni 11 ff>I*. ! .1 ment of the remains of President Jefferson n Davis, to write and ask you to please notify 'j all camps of the United Confederate Veterans ^ that tliev are invited to the ceremonies, ... 11 wind! win take place Wednesday, jiayai, i in this city. We make this request of you, e as we arc anxious for the invitation to be extended at the earliest possible moment, so as to give as much time as possible for prep- 0 aration to all who attended. Please extend i this invitation to all generals and stall ofli-j cers in the 1*. ('. V. organizations.'' I ? A very interesting case came up in j I Charleston presbytery, in session in Colum- i 1 bin last week. A few weeks ago Miss Sadie v Means, a young lady of excellent character, was suspended from the Second Presbyterian church because she holds a position in the' telephone ollice, which requires her to work j on Sunday mornings. The young lady ap- j 1 pealed to the presbytery. It was shown! that she was a poor girl, with an aged father r dependent upon her, and she preferred to i LOCAL AFFAIRS. IN'DKX TO MOW ADVKIITISKMKNTS. | Withers Adickes Company?Oilers groceries, I ] hardware, crockery, wooden, willow aiu! j tinware, Peter Henderson's seeds, melon ! ( seeds of best varieties, and calls special at- j tention to sprouts of the vineless or bunch , yam sweet potato, which will be sent by j mail at the prices mentioned in the adver- j tisement. Ccnncdy Brothers A Barron?Tell about their < stock of dry goods and notions, an exeep tionally line line of ginghams, Persian j lawns, dross robes, nainsooks, India linens, eottonades for boys' pants, farming imple- J nicnts of dilferent kinds, and warn the j public that now is the time to make ar- J' rangements for procuring one or more of : tho celebrated fourteen finger grain cm- < dies. - >- " 0,11 tv.11 Uhupil (111^ mil igiwi iiiuuuii I with regard to a new map of York county, | which he proposes to offer for sale in a short time. lie is now ready to enroll the ! names of subscribers. |, V. M. Houston A Co.?Offer white goods at special prices, satines at a reduced price, 1 knitting cotton in all numbers at 1!) cents, ( straw hats of different grades, etc. lunter it Oates?Are offering the 1893 ladies' 1 shoe made of gonuinc dongola. , I. it II. C. Strauss?Say that their ladies' white . and colored dress goods, laces and embroideries are going very fast. , V. J. Hoddey, manager of the Equitable Life Assuranco-society, Rock Hill?Says "that 1 one fact is worth a thousjind theories." i V. 15. Moore it Co.?Tells of seasonable summer goods soon to arrive, molasses on which they claim they can't bo beaten in i price and quality, and a largo quantity of oarb wire now on hand, to be sold at a low price. i .. M. Grist?On the fourth page of this issue, . publishes the premiums offered for clubs of subscribers to Tho Enquirer, returned up to the 5th of October, 1893. V. P. Porcher, M. I).?Meeting in Sumter of the S. C. Medical association, tog. M. Grist?Wants to sell an upright bicycle i cheap. t. J. Ilerndon?Offers to sell pianosand organs, 1 repair organs and tune pianos. V. 15. Moore, Intcndant ot Town Council of Yorkville?Gives notice of an election to 11 bo held on May 11,18113, on thequestion of' | issuing 810,000 in bonds to provide a water ( supply for protection against tire. . II. Barnes?\\ ill next week offer special bargains in cheap watches, and is still prepared to repair broken watches and jew uirj. i lurton Brothers?"Will remain at the Parish hotel for the 1) i lance of this week, prepared to extract teeth without pain to the patient. 1 . S. Brice, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners?Gives notice that the contract for repairing and enlarging the court house j of York county, will he awarded about the : 10th of Mav. 1803. am M. Grist?Says the Monarch Bicycle is built on honor and is a leader of high grade machines, lie also produces testimony showing that it is a favorite where all the leading wheels are well known. COMMITKD TO JAIL. W. E. Moore, a white man, was committed 0 jail last Wednesday on the charge of 1 rand larceny. Shortly before, he tried to ell a bale of cotton to Mr. J. R. Barron, of Hover. Mr. Barron was suspicious, and on ivestigation learned that the cotton had een stolen from Mr. James M. M. Cain, loore was accordingly arrested and turned ver to Sheriff Crawford. Washington Wilkes, Eliza Wilkes and larriet Wilkes, all colored are in jail barged with stealing $400 in gold from Mr. Vm. Burris, near McConnellsville. A part f the stolen money was found in the poscssion of the accused. WITHOUT PAIX. ' Attention is called to the advertisement f I)rs. Burton Bros., of Asbury Park, N. p., 3 another column. By the use of an anpshetic of their own discovery, called "Aline," they propose to extract teeth?sound r decayed?roots and snags, without#pain\ ippended to the advertisement is a testimo- V ial of local patients, who have submitted to heir operation, and who sustain the doctors 1 their wonderful claim. I)r. I. G. Burton, f the firm, and his assistant, Dr. T. H. , 'ratt, are now at the Parish hotel, where hey will probably remain for a week to , perate upon inose wno uesire meir services. )r. burton is a graduate of the Philadelphia )eutal college; has had eight years'experi- , ience in the practice of his profession ; un- ( erstands it thoroughly, and is entitled to lie full confidence of the community. THE MEMORIAL BAZAAR. Miss Annie Law, chairman of the ladies ommittee of Yorkville, has received from Irs. John B. Lightfoot, treasurer of the Confederate Memorial Bazaar at Kichmoud, n acknowledgment of the $50 recently con- : ributed to the Bazaar by the people of forkville. Mrs. Lightfoot assures the peole of Yorkville of her heartfelt thanks. In cknowledgment of a subsequent donation, liss Law, on last Thursday, received the blowing from Mrs. L. B. Janncy, chairman f the South Carolina tent: Rkaii Miss Law : Received through our genral treasurer, a box of fancy articles and $2 in I loney. Accept my sincere thanks. Yorkville as been very generous. Our Bazaar has opened rilliantly. The South Carolina tent has been i renounced the most beautiful. Hope to make . good deal of money. The indications are that by means of the I lazaar, the ladies will easily raise enough 1 loticy to accomplish the object desired?the ompletion of the monument to the private aldiers and common sailors of the Con fed- 1 racy. CHURCH NOTICES. Enisconal?Lav services next Sunday at ! 1 a. in., and Sunday-school immediate- , f afterward. I Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. IX, , astor. Services Friday evening at 8 ( 'clock, Saturday morning, at 11 and even-: ig at 8 o'clock. Communion services Sun- | ay morning at 11 o'clock. Services Sun- L ay evening at 7.45. The pastor will be ssisted by Rev. I). S. McAllister. Sundayuhool at 4 o'clock p. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. ' Vcbcr, I). I)., pastor. Services next Sunday i t 11 o'clock a. in., and 8 o'clock p. m. . uuday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Prayer- ' leeting this evening at 8 o'clock. i Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. i . C. Galloway, pastor. Tiuzah?Commuion services next Sunday at 11.30 o'clock, j. 'lie pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. P.! ] [nox. Voukvii.i.k?Prayer-meeting to- < lorrow evening at 7.45. Services Sunday i veiling at 7.45. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m. i Baptist?Rev. W. J. Laugston, pastor. [ orkvillk?Services next Sunday at 11 'clock a. in., and evening at 7.45. Sunday-1i idiool at 4 p. in. Prayer-meeting tomorrow ! I veiling at 7.45. : ABOUT PKOPIjK. Miss Dora Woods, of Statesville, X. ('., is! isiting relatives in Vorkvillc. ITon. Ira B. Jones, of Lancaster, was in !j own yesterday on business. Mrs. W. F. Marshall left last Friday for a i ?w weeks' visit to Charleston. Master Baxter Moore, of Chester, visited ; | L'latives in Yorkvillc last week. Miss Bertie Brice, who has been visiting' Trs. D. E. Finley, is spending a few days 1 1 Rock llill. Mrs. Martha Metts and Miss Maud, left! ist Saturday for a visit to New York, and ;1 'ill spend awhile in Virginia. Miss Clarkie Cothran, of Abbeville, and I Iiss Emma l'errin, of Roek Hill, are visit- ! ig friends in Yorkvillc, the guests of Mrs. Vithers Adickes. Rev. T. R. English and Dr. J. F. Lindsay j re attending Bethel presbytery in Laneas-1 j or, which convened in that town yesterday !. veiling at 7 o'clock. On yesterday The E.vcitnui-:n received a ;. leasant visit from Misses Sallie and Mattie , IcConnell, of McConnellsville, the former , f whom i.s the efficient postmistress sit thsit1 ^ lace. _ Ht'KKAH FOIt THE COLLEGE. < Attention is called to the official invitation i another column asking the presence of all ; he school children of the county and as? lany citizens of York as will be pleased to < o, in Rock Hill tomorrow. The people of ] lock Hill desire to prove to the board of ] rustees of the college that York is the j ounty and Rock Hill is the town in which ' < should be located. The question at issue | ] ; one that should be close to the heart of 11 very citizen of York county. The loca- j ] ion of the school in our midst means just , tint much more advantage for us in the edu-11 cation of our daughters. Rock Hill is i willing to pay the money necessary to ( provide the school. Let the whole county lend to the plucky little city its un- < divided moral support, and let every citizen j who can possibly do so give his individual ] influence tomorrow. Hurrah for Rock Hill! i Hurrah for the Girls Industrial and Normal i college! 1 SKNI) A WRITTEN COMPLIANT. 1 After we have received the price of a ( year's subscription to The Knqpiuer, the . most important tiling with us is that the |1 subscriber regularly gets his paper. We can j * only contract to send the paper to the sub- j 1 scriber's postoffice. After that the respon-1 \ sibility is with his postmaster. We have re- 1 ceived a number of verbal complaints from ^ subscribers at a certain postoffice in this ' county, to the effect that their postmaster does not deliver their papers promptly, but 1 often lends them out to others and frequent- ' ly they do not get them at all. When a * subscriber fails to get his paper for any rea- ' son, we urgently request that he at once send * us a written complaint. If the fault is ours, [ we will correct it at once; and if the fault is the postmaster's, we will refer the matter to ' the fourth assistant postmaster general. In cither case rest assured that the matter will 1 be investigated. LOCAL LACONICS. < ? A full grown muskrat was killed under ] a bridge in the streets of Yorkville, last Wed- < uesday night. ? Several Yorkville dry goods merchants < claim that they have already sold more 11 pjoods this month, than during the entire i thirty days of April last year. 1 ? Dr. John G. Black drove a pair of little i Welch ponies from Blacksburg to Yorkville, i by way of Grover, last Wednesday. It was i quite a long trip for the hardy little ponies, .< but they stood it splcudidly. i ? Superintendent Tate, of the Yorkville graded schools, requests the patrons of the institution to inform him this morning as to ! whether or not they will nllow their children I to go with the school to Rock Hill tomorrow. ' ? Mr. J. W. Campbell, of the Baltimore i college of physicians and surgeons, sends i The Enquirer an invitation to the com- i mencement exercises of the graduating class of that institution to be held on April 19. i ? There are only 87 foreign born white inhabitants in York county. Of these 55 are , males and 32 females. The total population is 38,831, against 30,713 in 1880. Of these, : the white males number 9,114, the white fe- i males 9,131; colored males 10,381, colored i females 10,205. ? A certain farmer on the western side of the county was recently approached by a ' canvasser who desired to sell him a farm bell. ] "No," said the farmer, "I don't need a bell while I have the same wife I have now. She can stand in the door of the house, and 'i tell me anything she wants to a mile away." i ? The Yorkville graded schools resumed < work last Monday after a two weeks' suspension on account of court. Thanks to the i vigilance and persistent efforts of Sheriff Crawford, the school room was found in a i much better condition than might have i otherwise been expected. k.?Two traveling preachers preached to large crowds on the court house corner last Saturday and Sunday nights. They had little to say of themselves iudividually, except to claim that it is their mission to preach the gospel. They are traveliug through the country in a hack. They arrived in Yorkville on Saturday and left on Monday. ? The preliminary hearing of the case against Matt Byers, implicated in the murder of Robert Bradford, has not been held yet. Trial Justice Carroll informs us that the case will probably come up this week. Mr. E. A. Trescott, of Blacksburg, has volunteered his services to the defendant, and at the request of Solicitor Hough, Senator Finley will represent the State. < ? In the case of Toms against the Air-Line 1 railroad, at the spriug term of 1892, Mr. N. W. Hardin, Esq., attorney for plaintiff, was 1 thrown out of court on a technicality. Mr. Hardin's brother lawyers twitted him a great deal on his discomfiture, but at this term he came in for a full share of revenge. He managed to nonsuit his opponents in four consecutive cases. ? Blacksburg News, 13th: The first of the three iron bridges on the Three C's railroad , was completed ou Friday last and the traius are now passing over. The other two are now on the ground and will be put up as fast as the work can be done. The one just completed is over Second Broad river, near Forest City ; the other two are over Sandy Run and First Broad. The trains on that i division, which have usually been late, are !1 now about on time. ? The price of cotton dropped off thirty points in New York last Monday and good middling is now only bringing !' { cents in i that city. With cotton at 7ij cents at plant- | ing time, we think that the best thing our i farmers can do is to take warning and reduce their acreage before it is too late. Even some of that laud which has already , been bedded up for cotton, might with future profit to the farmers, be planted in corn, i THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. When The Enquirer went to press last -1- ml 4 vl o + tm o 1 riff WUt*h.j ilie uuuri/ was m iuu mui v* Die case of C. S. Wilson and wife against j Alfred Moore, to establish a boundary line. |' The case was not concluded until Wednes- < lay afternoon, when the jury returned a ver- j diet for the plaintiff. In the case of R. E. Whitesides against! J Jackins, Crosby <fc Co., X. W. Hardin, attor-. i ney for defendant, demurred to plaintiff's 1 complaint because the body of it contained j j 110 allegation of partnership. Demurrer sus-!! tained. J. B. Bell, attorney for plaintiff. i The case of J. It. Bratton, plaintiff, against j ] M. B. Dowry, defendant, a suit upon a note i j and mortgage, was tried on Wednesday af-; ternoon. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of I $1,347.26. W. B. MeC'aw and Hart &. Hart j1 for plaintiff, and W. W. Thompson and J. j. B. Bell for defendant. J. B. Beal Co., plaintiffs, against J. W. j Dobson, defendant. A suit for pay for build-; ( ing material furnished defendant. Beal & i. Co., contended that the material was sold to | defendant, and defendant contended that it J1 was bought by Contractor W. G. Adams, and i that he was responsible for it. Verdict for; defendant. Plaintiffs represented by Finley ; < k Price, and defendant by C. E. Spencer and ! Mart & Hart. ' In the case of the Cardwell Machine coui-i pany, plaintiffs, against Creighton, Sherfeseo & Co., defendants, involving an account of;. fob.4(!, the jury returned a verdict for plain- j | tiff. Thos. F. McI)ow, for plaintiffs ; Wil- i < son & Wilson for defendants. 1 In the case of S. Anderson McElwee, J plaintiff, against E. M. Law, J. F. Hart, W. i! B. Williams, A. F. MeConnell, Jos. F. Wal- j lace, L. M. Grist, W. H. McCorkle, K. H. , Glenn and E. A. Crawford, the general < committee of the Confederate Survivors' asso-1 tion, the jury returned a verdict for $89.05 in j1 favor of the plaintiff. This was a suit brought'! by the plaintiff for pay for meats furnished on : ] the order of the general committee on the ;, Dccasion of the barbecue given by the as-: \ soeiation on the (ith day of August, 1891. j i Plaintiff was represented by Finley & Brice 1 uid defendants by Hart & Hart. Win. Caldwell against Mary A. Thomas, _'t al.; suit to foreclose mortgage. Decision for plaintifT. Defendant represented by j Hart & Hart; plaintill'by Finley & Brice. i T. L. Carroll, plaintiff, against B. F. Cald- 1 well, defendant; foreclosure of mortgage.;1 Defendant claimed that note and mortgage j were given in the nature of an indemnity.j Plaintiff claimed that they were given to se- ) :ure money loaned. Decision by the court t lllowed plaintilf $546, the full amount of the I jote. Defendant represented by W. B. Mc-1 L'aw; plaintiff by Finley it Brice. The John B. Mintz will case was called up ;1 >n Friday morning. Mr. Mintz died in 1892;1 ind left a will in which he bequeathed of his property to his wife and children, and givng to his sons and one of his grandsons, a j ] nueh smaller shure than to the others. Mr. Ira Hardin and Dr. Wm. Anderson were | nade executors. The will was proved in n jommoii form in September, 1892, and in solemn form on the 2nd of March, 1893, when ! t was attacked by some of the legatees, ,hey -alleging unsoundness of mind on the part of the testator. The probate judge sus-11 aiued the will, and the heirs who attacked I t, gave notice of appeal. Their cousel failed ( :o take other steps provided by law, and jn the matter coming up before Judge Wal- 1 ace, N. \V. Hardin, attorney for the execu- j ;ors, moved that his honor aflirm the decision of the probate judge on tbe ground that he plaintiffs had failed to perfect their ap peal. Judge Wallace granted the motion | md the judgment of the probate court was | iffirmed. Hart & Hart for appellants; N. W. Hardin and Finley & do Loach for respondents. Court convened on last Monday morning md resumed the trial of cases. The first case brought up was an action of G. H. O'Leary, plaintiff, against A. J. Bradley and ; others, defendants, to enforce the specific: performance of a contract to purchase prop-; crty located near London in this county. Bradley denied that he was a party to the! contract, alleging that lie had acted as agent | for third parties, and also plead that the' court was without jurisdiction. Plaintiff held that Bradley was a party to the contract and not an agent ; also that he had admitted jurisdiction of the court in answering : complaint. Judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $2,.S00, the full amount claimed, with interest and cost. Hart & Hart for plaintiff: W. W. Thompson for defendant. The next case heard was that of Lucy jmarr Youngblood in re the last will and testament of Lucy J. Youngblood, deceased. | The will was proved in solemn form on February 22, 1893. Probate Judge McCorkle refused to adjudicate the cuse for the reason that he had been guardian for appellant. By agreement of counsel, J. F. Wallace was made referee. Mr. Wallace held that the will should be declared null and void. Judge McCorkle dissented, and reported in favor of sustaining the will. After argument by couuscl, Judge Wallace affirmed the report of the probate judge. Spencer and Gage for respondent; Hart & Hart for appellant. Tuesday morning was consumed in the hearing of the case of It. E. McGarrity, plaintiff* vs. the Exchange bank of Yorkville and J. L. McGarrity, defendants. This was an action brought by plaintiff to cancel a note and mortgage on real estate, and to enjoin further procedings on the part of the defendants. Verdict for plaintiff. Finley & Brice for plaintiff; McCaw and Spencer for defendants. Yesterday afternoon was taken up in the adjudication of formal matters of no public interest. Judge Wallace hopes to be able to leave for his home this afternoon. THE GIRL'S INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. Let all of York County Help I'lucky Rock 11111 to Get It. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, April 18.?The all absorbing topic in our city this morning is the subject of the Industrial Normal college. Extended preparations arc being rapidly made to entertain the committee of the board of trustees which is expected to arrive at 6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Fifteen of our citizens will meet the committee on its arrival and escort it to the Carolina hotel, where it will be entertained without the usual "pomp and vanities." A programme has been arranged for Thursday. At 9 o'clock a. m., one hundred girls carrying beautiful banners, made at the Standard Gingham mill, will call on the governor and his committee, and after being presented in proper form, will extend a hearty welcome to our guests. After these ceremonies the committee will be driven in carriages over the city, and the various sites offered for the location of the college will be exhibited. It is understood that the town site company will offer at least two locations, and the citizens residing' in the eastern portion of Rock Hill will also offer two sites. The utmost good feeling prevails in our town, and the sentiment is "all for Rock Hill." A basket picnic for the children only will be one of the features of the day. It will be held in Oakland Park. At least one thousand children are expected to be present from various towns in the county. Special'excursion trains will be run over the Three C's railroad for children, and one for adults. Invitations liave been extended to the | members of the legislature from York county, the member of Congress from this congressional district; the mayors of the towns I in York county, county officers and other j prominent citizens, all of whom will be entertained as guests of the city. It is the hope of our people that the citizens generally of the county will come to Rock Hill on Thursday and co-operate with us in our efforts to get the college located in York county. The Fort Mill and Rock Hill brass bands will furnish music for the occasion. The following is the text of the invitation , issued this morning to the principals of schools in York county : I Dear Sir: Your assistants and pupils aro cor- ' lially invited to be present at Rock Hill on the 20th instant, the occasion of the .visit of the trustees of the South Carolina Industrial and ; Normal college. We have arranged for a free sxcursion train for all teachers and children i dong the line of the C. C. A C. railroad, which will run from Blacksburg and intervening points to Rock Hill, returning in the afternoon. It is our earnest desire to have every school fully represented. A basket picnic for the children ind addresses from Governor Tillman and Mr. Maytield, together with excellent, music are iniong the attractions. All citizens of your community are cordially invited, and we beg that you will extend the invitation through the children of your school to their parents and friends." The general committees charged with all the work pertaining to the celebration are as j follows : On Invitation?Mayor J. W. Fewell. Hon. I VY. B. Wilson, Jr., Captain W. L. Roddey,! Iredell Jones, A. Freidheim. On Entertainment?Dr. T. A. Crawford, ( chairman ; W. J. Roddey, J. J. Hull, R. T. ; Fewell, 0. S. l'oe, W. H. Stewart, W. C. ; Hutchison, S. L. Reid, C. M. Thomson, M. j Sandifer, R. L. Kerr, J. H. Steed man, J. G. j1 Anderson, I)r. De F. Wilson. Committee to Receive Children on their j Arrival?Rev. G. L. Sweeney, Rev. A. j Sprunt, Rev. W. S. Wightman, Rev. J. C. McMullen, Rev. W. S. B. Ford, J. Freid- j beim. i?. ? News and Courier: Senator Irby had a brief talk with newspaper men in Columbia ' last Saturday morning before leaving for his home in Laurens. "He said that he did not care to say anything more about the ''blacklisting,'' except on the question of Mr. Harris, ind on that he said: "As a senator of 1 South Carolina, I had a talk with the president about Mr. Harris, and it was my duty is a senator to do this, and I did it. And at the request of the president I wrote him a confidential letter in regard to the matter." i As to the other blacklisting he referred the I nivisiMinnp mon tn flnvcrnnr Tillmnn Hp - ? paid his respects to the wage-workers, and : is anticipating its power by saying that it is nothing more than the "old Haskell movement under a new masquerade," and measured its voting strength by comparing it to | v corporal's guard. He appeared to be very | much worried by the ollice-scekers, and said :hat they did not leave him alone at any : ime." |; Tragedy in* Prison.?John Johnson, I cnown as the "Blue Nigger" from Clyde, ' an amuck in the broom shop of the Auburn , irison, last Monday morning. He was! ,vas armed with a sharp knife used in cuting broom corn. He first attacked Charles ' Peck, a fellow convict from Westchester j :ounty. Leaving him dead in his tracks, I le nearly fatally stabbed another convict md wounded two others before he was shot )y the keeper and rendered powerless. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Several County Alliances throughout the State have passed resolutions denouncing the blacklisting of the Alliance congressmen. j ? Senator Butler has secured a place for ^ W. B. McDaniel, of Columbia, in the government printing otlice, at a salary of $1,000 per annum. ? William B. Moore, an industrious farmer of Laurens, was accidently drowned while fishing in a small pond near that town last Saturday. ? Frank B. Mcintosh, of Columbia, rode from Columbia to Newberry on a safety bicycle, a distance of forty-five miles, in six and a half hours. ? Sheriff Riser, of Newberry, one of the defendants in the railroad contempt cases, is still required to remain in Charleston. The other sheriffs are at their respective homes. ? J. W. Bowden denies that he said the Reform congressmen are not Democrats. He says they arc the only Democrats, but does not believe Cleveland will allow them to control the patronage. ? Jack Bradley, colored, was hanged at Bennettsville last Friday for the murder of L. D Taylor, white, on August 0, 1892. The man confessed his guilt, and after exhorting all the witnesses to meet him in heaven, died without a tremor of emotion or nervousness. ? South Carolina's colored population is summed up in the Eleventh Census as follows : Total colored population, 689,141 ; total of African descent, 688,934; total blacks, 621,781; mulattoes, 53,400; quadroons, 8,120; Octoroons, 5,633; Chinese, 34; Indians, 173. ? Ground was broken on the banks of the Columbia canal last Thursday, for the erection of the Aretas Blood Mill, a six hundred thousand dollar structure of the Columbia Mills company. The main building will be 400 by 135 feet, and the auxiliary buildings will cover as much more ground. ? A colored man named Allen Cornwell was run oyer by a train near Blackstock, last Friday, apd when found, he was dead. There has been no suggestion of foul play. It is thought that the fellow lay down while drunk, and never recovered consiousness sufficiently to realize his awful doom. ? Editor Gonzales and James H. Tillman had a little spat in Washington on one day last week over an alleged news telegram sent by Tillman to the Columbia Journal. The altercation did not go as far as blows, however, aud 'did not amount to much beyond the passage of the lie. ? M. C. Butler, Jr., son of Senator Butler, has been appointed assistant instructor in the military academy at West Point. Young Butler is a second lieutenant in the army and has been stationed at Fort Supply, Ind. T. The detail to West Point is considered a most desirable position for a young soldier and it is a marked compliment. ? Safe-crackers blew open the safe of State Dispenser Trailer, at Timmonsville, last Friday night, with gunpowder, aud received only oue dollar and twenty-five cents for their trouble of ruining a $200 safe. After blowing open the safe they leisurely helped themselves to a supper of called goods and have since managed to conceal their identity. ? A number of human bones, including four skulls, were unearthed on the banks of the Columbia canal last Saturday by workmen engaged in excavating for the foundation of the big cotton mill soon to be erected there. It is thought that the bones are those of Confederate soldiers killed in 1865 while attempting to prevent Sherman from crossing at the point indicated. ? A fourteen year old daughter of Mr. J. A. Baxter, of Denmark, was assaulted by a negro fiend last Friday as she was returning from school with -her little brother. The negro was forced to run away before he succeeded in accomplishing his purpose. He was followed soon after by more than a hundred white men with the avowed purpose of lynching him. Whether or not he was caught has not been reported. ? The Pennsylvania Investment company has signified its willingness to dispose of its holdings in the Three C's railroad to the Southern syndicate organized to complete the road, on the terms proposed by the lat- / ter, provided the latter can furnish acceptable security. The terms of the proposition , to the Investment' company have not been > made known, neither is it known whether the Southern syndicate can furnish the desired security. They Are too Slow.?Apropos of Columbia's tardy proposition to make a bid for the Wiuthrop training school, The Greenville News very aptly remarks : ''Governor Tillman is right, wo think, in his decision on the location of the Winthrop Training school, and certainly canuot be accused of partiality. He has as much reason to dislike Spartanburg as Columbia. People who will go to sleep while the whistles blow and the conductor sings "all aboard!" may be very earnest and honest in their purpose to get on, but they cannot expect the" train to back into the depot for them at the expense of those who were awake and moving at the right time." ? When the senate adjourned last Saturday it was found that it had left seven nominations unacted upon. The nominations were thus nullified but there is nothing to preveut the president from appointing the nominees to the positions he intends them to fill if he desires to do so. THE THERMOMETER'S RECORD For the Week Ending April 18.?Observations by Mr. J. R. Schorb. jl ; , ; j j jj DATE- I e ; i ill I ~ e i S ' * c 5 5 a = o * = ' 5 x a x J3 S3 j E K Wednesday 12.... 48 51 51 50 53 ' 48 Thursdav 13 51 03 01 58 04 51 74 Friday 14 01 ' 70 | 72 , 70 78 ! 01 Saturday 15 01 71 05 00 71 01 ; .... Sunday 10 42 02 50 51 02 42 Monday 17 45 69 ] 58 57 09 45 ; .... Tuesday 18 40 74 08 03 74 -91 .... Mean for week,. 51 67 j 61 60 07 | 51 'j 74 |tlarlict Reports. YORKVILLE, April 19.?Cotton 7 to 7\. LIVERPOOL, April 17.?Cotton 4Jd. NEW YORK, April 17.?Cotton 7 15-10. Futures closed weak, with sales of 261,500 bales, as follows: April, 7.45; May, 7.50; J line, 7.58; J uly, 7.60; August, 7.71 {'September, 7.72; October, 7.73; November, 7.// ; December, 7.82; January, 7.87. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, April 14.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending April 14, 1893: 1893. 1892. Net receipts at all U. S. ports, 52,'251 05,075 Total receipts to date 4,020,515 6,584,695 Exports for the week, 100,108 115,014 Total exports to date 3,530,541 5,027,094 Stock at all United States ports...723,088 895,9:10 Stock in interior towns, 135,881 125,598 Stock in Liverpool, 1,590,000 1,090,000 Stock afloat for Great Britain.... 87,000 90,000 Special Doticfs. No Preaching at Beershelm. There will be no preaching at,Beersheba on the Fourth Sunday of this month, 23rd instant. There will be preaching on the Fifth Sunday, 10th instant. J. W. Y. Dickson. April 19 10 It York Baptist Sunday-school Convention. The York Baptist Sunday-school convention will meet with Antioch Baptist Church on Friday, April 28, at 10.30 a. in. The following programme has been prepared : Introductory sermon by Rev. J. W. Suttle. Order of Business.?Enrollment of delegates. ^ Organization. Reports from Sunday-schools. Appointment of committees. Afternoon Session?1. The best method for the preparation of the Sunday-school lesson. To tie opened by Rev. W. J. Langston. > u*hut i ?...i ?.- t?.. ii nui uiiiwuiiH-Duu i mm in iiiu uener manngcincnt of my Sunday-school ? To he answered by the superintendents. Saturday morning, 10 oVlook.?Praise and prayer service for :H) minutes. Conducted by , Rev. F. O. S. Curtis. 1. Is the song service really praise service as conducted by church, prayer meeting and Sunilay-school? To be opened by Rev. F. C. Hick son. '1. What do we know about our Orphanage, and what claims has it upon our Sundayschools ? To be opened by Rev. J. W. Suttle. Atternoon.?:i. Is The Haptist Courier a necessity to the Raptists of South Caiolina? To bo opened by Walter Garrison. 4. How can I best study the bible? To be ' opened by Rev. W. .1. Langston. Question box. Sunday morning, 10o'clock.?Songservice and Sunday-school mass meeting. Sermon by Rev. W. J. Langston. It is urged that the churches and Sundayschools send full delegations, and let us make the meeting a success. H. E. JOHNSON, President. Fki.ix H. Dovkk, Secretary.