Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps MM ?iut$. ? Ex-secretary of the treasury. Charles Foster, president of the national bank of Fosteria, 0., has failed and made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. His liabilities amount to $600,000 and his assets are said to be about the same. Mr. Foster says the financial management of the government has nothing to do with the failure. His misfortune is due to two things, he says. In the first place it was his neglect of business in his devotion to politics, and in the second place his efibrts to boom and build up the town of Fosteria. ? The most fabulous gold strike ever made in the West is reported from the Grand Summit mine, in Paliner's mountain, in the Okanagan mining district, says a recent dispatch from Spokane, Wash. Almost a solid body of pure gold was found at a depth of 200 feet. A seven-pound piece of ore assayed two pounds of pure gold, which is equal in value to $1,750.00. There is plenty of the same ore in sight. The news of the strike has caused intense excitement and a rush is being made for the district. The owners of the mine have placed a strong guard to protect the property and everybody is warned off the premises under penalty of being shot. ? A fatal bicycle accident occurred in New York city last week. Mrs. Mary McGlynn and her daughter, Katy, got out of a street car at about 10 o'clock Wednesday night, and started for the sidewalk. They suddenly heard a shout and the ringing of a little bell. Dazed by a sense of danger and not knowing which way to turn they stood still, until an instant later a bicycle appeared within a few yards. Mrs. McGlynn tried to snatch her + daughter out of the way of the rapidly advancing wheel, but was too late. Katie was struck squarely on the back and knocked . down, her head striking the hard roadway. The child died within twenty-four hours. The rider of the bicycle, a seventeen year old boy named Clauschmidt, was locked up on the charge of murder. ? Income tax on a^l incomes over $2,000 a year, would certainly result in absolutely wiping out any party that put it in force in this country, while a tax on incomes of $5,000 and over would result in the defeat of the party responsible for it, and in the early repeal of the measure. But a tax on all abnormal incomes, say all over $10,000 a year, to be levied as long as it is necessary to pay pensions, would be sustained by the country as an emergency tax. It is only as an emergency tax that any sort of an income tax I will ever be sustained in this country, but! there is now existing, on account of our enormous pensions, an emergency in which ; the public sentiment of the cduntry will un-1 doubtedly sustain our patriotic millionaires in coming to the rescue. ? Some of the Democratic congressmen! who had recommended the retention of Ke- j publican friends in the treasury department, i and have succeeded in having them retained,; have been very much surprised afterwards j to find the retained persons charged up to j them as original appointments. A certain i congressman, soon after the administration ; came iu, asked for the retention of two men : from the District of Columbia on the mes-1 sengers' roll at the treasury department. | He recently visited the department to ask j for the appointment of a Democrat from his ! State as a messenger, and was told he had ! - ' J? ?1-- I aireauy un me uppui miliums vi una viuoo, he was entitled to. He protested that he had not yet received an appointment, but he was shown the two District of Columbia men charged to his district. This rule wasI adopted to prevent a few congressmen from getting more than their share of patronage j in the treasury department by first getting j Republicans retained and then having Democrats appointed afterwards to other places. ? The State department officials at Wash-j ington are concerned by the news brought j by lately arrived steamships from Japan, to the effect that American and other foreign j missionaries in Japan are being treated with violence and indignity. No official reports j of these occurrences have been received at; the department, and it is hoped that the cir- j cumstances have been exaggerated in these I first advices. The particularly discomfort-; ing aspect of the case is due to the fact that heretofore the Japanese people, as well as the government, have treated the American missionaries with the greatest indulgence, and have even welcomed them to the country, so that if the reports are true, it is evident that a change of popular feeling has taken place, and the missionaries in Japan may hereafter have to contend with such a spirit of intolerance as has been en- j countered in China. ? A bill is under discussion in the Penn sylvania legislature, says an exchange, re- j quiring manufacturers of canned goods to mark each can with the date on which it | was sealed, and imposing a penalty for the j sale of undated goods. It has created a great stir among those engaged in the industry. They say that dating the cans would have the effect of ruining the industry, as 1 all goods would be unsaleable ; and they are bringing all the pressure they can to bear on the legislature to kill the bill. The Philadelphia Telegraph thinks the dealers are doing themselves no credit by fighting the bill, the necessity for which is amply demon-1 strated by the opposition that it arouses, and hopes that the law will be passed, and rigorously enforced. It is a well known fact that mauy kinds of canned goods deteriorate with age, even generating subtle and active poison known as ptomaines, and at least it is only fair that the purchaser should know what he is buying. It is a good law, and might usefully be passed by other legislatures than that of Pennsylvania. ? A pretty story is told of the efforts of Miss Carrie Kirby Smith, daughter of the" late Confederate general, to get an appointment as postmaster at Sewanee, Tenn. Two months ago she wrote a modest letter to the postmaster-general, asking for the office, and by way of explanation, stated that she is a daughter of the late General Edmund Kirby Smith. The application, it is said, was filed away in a pigeon hole, and probably forgotten by the postmaster-general. After a month, Miss Smith, for the first time, told some of her friends about the application. The story got to the Confederate Survivors'association, at Nashville, and through it to the various Confederate associations throughout the South. As the re suit, long petitions, signed by various prominent citizens, and thousands of personal letters, soon began to pour into the ollice of General Bissell. Next, the Grand Army of the .Republic took the matter up, and nearly all the posts throughout the North have wheeled into line in favor of "Kirhv Smith's War Baby." Miss Smith has not yet gotten her appointment, but it seems to be a foregone conclusion that she will. ? The situation in Norway seems to promise war with Sweden unless the latter country thinks it well to surrender its present hold upon its neighbor. I'pon the resignation, in a hull', of the Radical ministry recently, a conservative administration was organized under Herr Stung, but oilers of coneilliation made by the new ministry are rc'?? I.'vtr.f.tiii^fu lli't'P Stnmr sisked JCVltW VJ 11.V a 1.1 I. ? the Storthing to pass the regular appropriation bills ami put oil'till next year's elections the grave questions that embroil the two countries. In reply Herr Horst moved that the new cabinet, being "due to non-Norwegian influences/' is incompetent to conduct public affairs. This was a stroke at the king. In reply the government organ at Stockholm puts the issue as "peace or war." It says : "The solution of the crisis must henceforth turn more on the question of might than on one of right. Conciliatory proposals are wasted on men who claim to represent the Norwegian people." Sweden is becoming exasperated, and the suspension of the Norwegian constitution is under consideration. The trouble with Norway is that it insists on carrying home rule to extremes under the impulse of non-practical sentiment. ? Probably the most important decision ever sent from the oiliee of the secretary of the interior to the commissioner of pensions, was filed last Saturday. It is believed by those high in authority iii the pension bureau. that it will reduce the payment of pensions, under the act of June 27, ISiMi. between $15,000,000 and $20,000,000. It involves the repeal of an order passed by General Haunt, and approved by Assistant Secretary Hussey, and a return to the language of the statute requiring disability, when not of service origin, to he such as to prevent the applicant from earning support hv manual labor. Secretary Hoke Smith has been considering the principles involved in this decision for several weeks, and so important did he deem it that, when it was called to his attention from the pension board of appeals, he submitted the questions involved to At iume\ vifiin ai \ miiv> iiitu iu liWAivi i | commissioner of pensions, both of whom eon, : curred in the correctness of his decision llama's order, No. 1<>4. dated June 27. 1800 required that all eases showing pensionable | disability, under the act of June 27, 1800 j should be rated as of service origin. This order is superseded by today's decision. Tin I case that brought this about was that o a soldier to whom a pension was grantcf under the law of 1800, lbr a slight deafness : but was in sound health and vigorous body and who had no record of illness or injur} , of any kind during his army service. Ihc ?uvln'iUc (Ernquitct. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1S93. ? Hoke Smith was Sometime ago reported as saying that lie wanted to be secretary o) the interior in order to see if he couldn't "dc something about pensions." The outlook i? that his recent decision will save the people of the country anywhere from $15,000,000 tc $20,000,000. This is "something." ? + ? Recent news from Germany indicates the near approach of a tremendous crisis in that country. For many months, the cmperoi has been endeavoring to get the Reichstag, 01 parliament, to vote an enormous increase in the army appropriations. The Reichstag, at its recent session, refused, and the emperor, as he had a right to do, dissolved the body and appealed to the country to elect new members who would comply with his desire, It is evident that the people are bitterly opposed to the measure, for the reason they consider it unnecessary. The emperor is determined, and it is believed that if he canI 1 not force the people to do his bidding in any other way, in order to prove the necessity ol the proposed increase in the army expenditures, he will plunge the country into war, probably with France. ? James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald, the most posperous and progressive newspaper in the world, has announced it as his intention to soon re-organize The Herald on a basis that is unique to jour nalism. The Herald is under the sole ownership of Mr. Bennett and pays its proprietor an annual profit of something like five or six million dollars. Mr. Bennett proposes to organize the paper into a co-operative society, which shall pay all the employees from editors down to porters, their regular salaries, and in addition, at the end of the year, divide the profits among them pro rata according to the relative value of the services of each. The proprietor, of course, will draw a princely income, hut the receipts of all the employees will he increased to such an extent as to make each one think that he is joint owner of the great paper. ? The overshadowing feature of the Presbyterian general assembly, now in session at Washington, is the trial of Professor Charles A. Briggs. of Union Theological seminary, New York, on the general charge of heresy. In a lecture, about a year ago, Dr. Briggs announced a belief that in interpreting the Bible, the test of the highest and most critical scholarship, was the only one tiiat should be applied. He held that errors had crept into the Bible in some manner in which he was unable to explain, and expressed the opinion that believers were not to be bound by these errors. His opponents deny the right of a true Presbyterian to take any lib erties whatever with the original text, ami hold that for anyone to find any more, or any less, in the Bible than was found by John Calvin, three hundred years ago, is heresy. I)r. Briggs was tried before his presbytery and acquitted, but the case was taken before the general assembly, and it is likely that this body will settle the matter, as well as it can, during this week. It is believed that the discussion may cause a split in the church. ? The Infanta Eulalic was entertained at a grand ball in New York last Friday night, by the cream of Gotham society. In anticipation of the event, the "Four Hundred'1 gave itself even more worry and uneasiness than existed among the State officials at , Washington. Among other things, the soci1 ety people discussed all manner of low i courtesyings and practiced themselves in various frills and affectations which they thought would be the proper wrinkle in entertaining royalty. Nothing would do but i that ladies and others must hack out of the presence of the Infanta after paying theii respects, and in order to do this, the aid ol handsome little boys, dressed as pages, would be required to manage the mammoth trains ol ; the grand dames. Whether or not the silly people were digustcd with themselves when they found that the Spanish princess was only flesh and blood, does not appear. Eulalk showed olf her gentle birth and training it the highest perfection, by greeting her host.! with a grace and cordiality which at onci put them at ease. She showed by her con duct and bearing, that she presumed not 01 l.ifiti .Iiwl Mfwitinn 1)111 nnlv oil tllOSl qualities by the cultivation of which all poo pie may attain the rank of kings and queen: among their fellow men. KKMOVKD TO RICHMOND. The remains of Jellcrson Davis, presidem of the Southern Confederacy, will today bt buried in Hollywood cemetery at Rich mond. Mr. Davis, it will be remembered, died ii in New Orleans on Dee. ! , IStxt. llishod\ * was placed in a cedar colli 11 and deposited ii the vault of the Army of Northern Virginia in Metairie cemetery, and has been earcfulh guarded night and day ever since. Soon after the death of the grand oh chieftain, a number of Southern cities ap plied for the honor of earing for his sacrei remains. They presented their claims t< Mrs. Davis, and she, after due deliberation decided in favor of Richmond, the capital o the Confederacy. liver since Mrs. Davis rendered her decision, the people of Richmond, and Con led crate veterans throughout the South, havi been making preparations for the removal o the body. The preparations were recentb completed, and on last Sunday, the o-nd an niversary of Mr. Davis's departure for Rich mond as president of the Southern Confcd eracy, his remains were again started to tli Confederate capital to find an everlastinj . * ? ? t 1 1 <* T I 11_ resting place in me naiioweu sou 01 nuin wood. 'J'lie body of Mr. Mavis lay in state in Me morial hall, in New Orleans, all day Sunday tip to 7.ot) o'clock in the afternoon. Th opening ceremonies eommeneed at l.d o'clock in the afternoon, There wer thousands of people in the hall, and scarce!; room to stand about the bier, around whit'! stood Miss Winnie Mavis: her sister. Mr? hi ayes: Mayor Kllison, of Richmond : am Covernor Foster, of Louisiana. Coverno j Foster made an impressive speech of abou ! ten minutes. Vice-l'resident Cilmcr. of th Army of Northern Virginia, read an ordc from Mrs. Mavis instructing the surrender t the body, and l!ev. A. Cordon R^ewell. e Tennessee, otlered a prayer, which complete* i the ceremonies. A guard of honor was detailed to lift th casket to the hearse, and the funeral pieces jsion then slowly moved to the train, whicl , ..... .. .-J........ , ? ' cud in crape. ! A guard of Louisiana Confederate vctei ' ans accompanied the hodv to Montgomcn ? I - . * * Ala., at which place the funeral train arrive < at 7 o'clock on Monday morning, liavin }' stopped only a short time at Heauvoir, Miss f Mr. Davis's former home. ' j Beginning at S o'clock on Monday inornin; ' | the people of Montgomery carried out a .' j elaborate programme. The remains wet J carried to the State capitol at the head of procession of Confederate veterans, led b j CJoveruor Jones, and for three hours tli 1 | casket lay in state in the supreme com j room. It was not opened, hut was viewe I by thousands of citizens of Montgomery. At Montgomery, the Louisiana Confedc; atcs turned over the remains to Alaham | veterans, and they continued as a guard < | honor to Atlanta, which city was reached r 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Here th j casket was delivered over to the tieoi gians, who reverently deposited it in tli State capitol, and guarded it until S o'clocl the hour fixed for the resumption of th journey. At t.reenviiie, tne mnenu inun wusjuuit by Governor Tillman, Major General Elliso . Capers, Captain It. S. Desportes, and Coloiu 1). C'ardwell, who accompanied the remain ' on to Richmond. A short stop was made a Raleigh, where the remains were allowed t ' lie in state in the capital, guarded by Nort * Carolina veterans. There were 110 stops between Raleig and Richmond, which city was reached las ! night at 11 o'clock. An elaborate pre gramme has been arranged for today. At 1 o'clock the school children of the city wi pass by the remains in a body, and eac 1 child depositing a Moral tribute, the caskt will almost he buried beneath a mound c ' Mowers. "With General Gordon, of Gcorgit acting as marshal, the funeral escort wi take charge of the remains at 3 o'clock thi afternoon, and they will be conveyed to th cemetery by a guard of honor, to include th governors of nearly all over the Souther States, and numerous veterans of the Con let eracy from nearly every State south of Maso and Dixion's line. Mrs. Davis and Mi; Winnie will take part in the services at th grave. These will be conducted by Rev. Dri A.S.Barton, of Norfolk; Moses I). Hog and W. W. Landrum, of Richmond, and th Episcopal Bishop of Mississippi. MERE MENTION. Several tobacco factories at Winston, > C., were burned on Tuesday of last weed occasioning a loss of about ?200,000. Th spool cotton mill of J. W. Bennett, atGilcac Me., the largest factory of the kind in th world, was burned last week. Wir Sullivan, a white farm hand charged wit murder and criminal assault, was lynehe I bv a mob of 2,000 citizens at Corcena. JUicli j on Tuesday of last week. A cyclon | swept through tlie States of Ohio, Kentucky j Michigan and Iowa on Tuesday of last week ! Four men were killed at Cleveland. O., an J $40,000 worth of property was destroyed r j Louisville, Ivy. A west hound Missot I ri Pacific passenger train was held up b : a highwayman, about thirty miles from Si Louis, last Wednesday and robbed of $4,00f Governor Stone and the State treasurer c Missouri were passengers on the train. j statue of the late Alexander II. Stephen.' I was unveiled at Crawfordville, Ga., on las (| Wednesday, in the presence of about 2,00 ! people. A six story tobacco Victory i New York city, belonging to I). Buchner ? ( Co., was burned last Wednesday. The los was about $200,000. The board c trustees of the Cincinnati, O., universit, have discovered that the accounts of th institution show up an unexplained shortag of $70,000 Daniel Douglass, the towi marshal of Bluff Springs, Fla., was shot an killed by a Negro desperado last Wednesda and the Negro was lynched. Judg Lacomb, of the circuit court of New York 1 has decided that the Geary Chinese cxelt sion law, though constitutional, is ineflectu al for the reason that no provision has bee made for its enforcement. Snow fell t a depth of several inches in Northern Midi igan last Thursday. The" town of Ma berly, Mo., was leveled by a cyclone las | Thursday. ! Win. Pinckncy, a Maryland murderer, sei: . teneed to be hanged on June 30, escape from jail at Manlboro last Thursday. j Twenty-five buildings, about two-thirds c ! of the town of Dockland, California, wer I burned last Tiiursaay mc suprein court of Tennessee has confirmed the deck i sion of the lower court disbarring ex-Speah cr Ralph Davis from practice for unprofe? , sional conduct. Ex-Minister Robei . Lincoln says that his four years sojourn t 11he Court of St. James cost him $70,OU above his salary. (iovernor Flower, c 'I New York, vetoed 1:20 hills passed at th ; j recent session of the State legislature. The Kentucky legislature has been in set J sion for eight months. A cyclone struc i j Laddenica, Mo., last Friday, and destroye , five large business houses, and killed on man. The Michigan legislature ha passed a bill which permits women to vot - in municipal elections. Queen Yictori ; celebrated her 74th birthday last Wednesday The amount of gold in the United State f treasury last Saturday was $4,000,000 slioi I of the $100,000,000 icscrve. Mississij . pi river flood sufferers have asked Secretar Lamont for assistance. He has not yet.de cidcd what he will do. A leading leal i ure of the morning session of the Presbylcri an (ieneral Assembly in Washington, last Sal . urday, was a bitter attack on the Episcopn ! church by Rev. A. Nelson Multifield, of Xen |ark, X. J., who characterized the church n ' the "back door to Rome."' Thcgenen !j assembly of the Southern l'resbyteria church in session at Macon, (la., adjourne i sine die on last Saturaay. A. R. Webl . a former United States consul in India, wh embraced the Moliamedan religion, is makin arrangements, as the representative of lie Mohamedans. to establish colonies of Mi hamedans in Florida and (leorgia. Ex-Treasurer Ncbcker has had to mak : good $1,() "? "?, lost or stolen from the trcasur t (department by employees. Thomas I , Itayard, ambassador to the court of S James, will sail for his new post of duty o | next Saturday. The total visible su] < ply of cotton for the week ending last Sa i urday, vas fi.4!i(?.S:?J bales, against ::i;t bales for tin- same week last year. ( The report that the Chicago fair is not pai ing expenses, is denied. On the contrar; ! the managers claim that if the receipts hoi ' upas they have been, the clear profits wi not Ik' loss than :?S,000,<(()(). They calculat 1 also, that the attendance will he largely ii . creased from now on. J!emit repor j from Shanghai, China, are to the ell'eet th: a famine of such severity is prevailing i J the interior districts, that women and ehi dren are being bought and sold for food."" f, The Florida legislature has instrueted tl representatives of the State in congress I . work for an investigation of the aets of Cha S. Wayne, of the I'nited States court, nortl frn district of Florida, with a view L'_ impeaching him before the I'nited Slab ' senate. The general assembly of tl r Northern Presbyterian church, in Washinj - ton. has passed a law memorializing congre . to repeal the Chinese exclusion act. Tl big Hood in the Mississippi river lias m begun to subside. Three negro bo; 0 were legally hanged at Tuskcgee, Ala., la - Friday for criminal assault. LKTTKIt KUH.M LOW KYSVIM.K. _ ,\lit Kuiii* ('iinditiiiii of tin* Nick -Olli Niilo. .j CorresiMiinlciiecol' tin- Yorkville Knquirer. Fow uvsvii.i.i:, May i?!>.?This seeling w. visited by a fine rain last night. The iiul ^ cations at this writing. ! a. in., are that v I' will have the heaviest downpour of the se son in a short time, il Crops of all kinds have made good progre ,. during the past week. j Children's hay" was observed in tl Zion Sabbath school yesterday. l" A number of young people attended tl r closing exercises of the MeConnellsvil if High school last Friday night, if Mrs. S. W. Ci'.y, who has been quite si< 1 for the past two weeks or more, is jiow ii proving. Mrs. J. F. Suy is now convalescent. SI l" is at present at the sanitarium of hi Marion and Henry, at Chester. Ii, w. o. : .v "I'ikr" Inquires Into (In* Motive* of liis l.niiciisttT i Itrollier. | ' Kditoi: I-'ntji ll:i-:k : I have been rending j.< and studying an article which appeared in n & your columns last week over the signature | n ' of 'Allianeenian." I am surprised that such i sentiments, and so inueh advice of the kind.; sl ' , should emanate from a good "Allianeenian." ' 11: One of the cardinal principles of the Alii- { c i ance is to educate the people in the science : a! of economic government in a non-partisan;11 y sense. This "Allianccman" speaks very flu- j ICj cntly of the high aims and mission of the! * Alliance, hut fails to give us a single line or t( word to tell us what that mission is. Hejp also has a great deal to say about Democra- T 1"! cv. but says not a word in regard to creed or , p a : doctrine. |a Mr. Bland, of Missouri, believes in the free !11 d coinage of silver, and is opposed to banks of e issue. Is be to be read out of the Demo- L, r-' cratic party lor holding these views, and be-1 c j cause be differs from Mr. Cleveland ? IVItist i M j wc say that John C. Calhoun was not at. : Democrat because his views upon a great j11 e ; many questions were diametrically opposed ; 01 j to views now held by Mr. Cleveland ? Sen-1 d | ator Hill, of New York, without whose help j n j and influence 31 r. Cleveland could not have j a q Icarried his own Stale, voted tor the free , : coinage of silver, and I have not heard his . j Democracy impugned. Sam'l. J. Randall's P1 j Democracy was never Impugned, yet he ad0 ; vocated and voted for a high protective tar- \ h iff as long as he lived. ISI : The truth of the whole matter is, Democ-1, ],; racy is now construed to mean fealty to the I , party caucus and to partisan rule. When- j J. | ever any man, or any number of men, no j i matter how many, differ in their views upon i b political economy from a certain class of men] j, 11 j who have always dominated the politics of: li ] this country, the cry of demagogue is raised | ^ | all over the land and they are branded with 1 " jpj disloyalty to party. j . | And wheye does this cry come from? l' j Whenever you hear this howl and this omi-1 w H nous and vociferous admonition to beware of j is! demagogues, if you will follow the sound to e Ats real source, you will find it emanating c generally from men and their friends and | admirers who have been sucking at the pub- . ! lie teat all their lives. And why should the , I leaders in the Alliance ranks be denounced 1 n ; as demagogues because the people see proper is j to give them office ? I always thought that .r( c democracy meant a rule of the people, a " 5> I government of the people, by the people. j' ^ ' i "Allianceman," although he does not say i " j a word about creed or principles, seems to [ c | hold to the view that a Democrat must be a i man that will bow his neck to the party yoke | and bare his back to the party lash. I n other i r* | words, a man, to be a Democrat, must surren- j a ! der all individuality and individual opin: i ivons and principles, and vote, talk, and work c ^ | blindly for all measures that may happen u ! to be stuck in a national platform. That S1 > i is partisan politics, but it is not democracy. c To illustrate : Suppose you expunge the higli j51 r. tariff plank from the Republican platform | h and then compare it with the Democratic (I platform, and how much difference is there ai 1 between the two documents? I will call c ''1 "AlliancemanV' attention to this fact, that c] e | Grover Cleveland, in the year of our Lord 0 - 1 - - ., Jai >|ISP-, is the first president 01 me t nueu I Stute.s that was ever elected on a low tariff d 1 issue. This slate of things was brought } t I about by the Alliance meddling with poli-!ir tics. The education given the toiling mass-; I es by Alliance 'demagogues" overthrew the ! 1 t" j Republican party, and has given the Demoj' cratic party one more opportunity to become a< what it once was, the party of the people. s.( Y But the indications now are that this oppor, tunity will be wasted and thrown away; The Democratic platform of South Carol iQ na is a very different document to the national platform adopted at Chicago, and "Alli^ anceman" seems to forget the fact that all e] j our congressmen exceiit Mr. Brawley were elected upon this platform. Does "Alliance- ^ man" hold to the view that these men must h ^ ; ignore their State platform and trample it : under their feet? In a word, has the State a i of South Carolina any rights at all that the b' (j national government is bound to respect ? cl i This seems to be his position. And why this * !advice to the Alliance in South Carolina? 11 . j Our order is composed of Democrats who 11 I': feel a deep and abiding interest in the wcl- v [ j fare of our State and nation. ei I All of our State officers, the great majority of 1' 0 i our county officers, and at least four-fifths of lm j our general assembly, were elected upon the t' 1 i platform adopted by the Democratic conven- ^ | tion in May, 1SD2. This is a matter of history and there is no denying the fact. This plat- ^ ! form was sustained by the ballots of 00,000 (l! free-born white men of South Carolina. Upon 11 . j this platform wo put our candidates for State officers, and they were elected by an over- ei o j whelming majority. Arc these 00,000 Caro- r< e linians Democrats ? The men who black-list- h , j ed our congressmen at Washington say not. 'j "Allianceman" says for the Alliance to enj dorse the Democracy of these men will be | injurious to our order. He says they were u ^ j elected by our votes; yet he is not willing I q 1 for us to endorse them in either our capacity P J of Alliances or citizens' meetings, and calls J I these meetings tails to the "Alliance kite." a Where and how did the Alliance in South ^ j Carolina go into politics? It was my under- '> j. standing that the Alliance in this State dc(j termined to leave the whole matter of nominations for jiolitical ofliee to the Democratic t primaries, and the history of the campaign ' [ last year proved that by these primaries this 11 i whole matter was settled. Where is the;c: ' j sense or justice, or even a decent regard fori n ^1 truth, to attempt to befoul the reputation of y >t men who have been life-long Democrats, and J1 ( to brand them as Third Tartyites when these l'< j men were nominated by Democratic prima- n ; i rics, conducted under the laws of South Car- ^ t olina ? The great wonder is that the people r! i of this State, who elected tliese men to con- is< , gross, have been so patient and so forbearing j . ../I...- ?l,;u incnlmif ilKllIf | b ; found in tho ranks of tl I will olost' those rando iglliat a now era in hot I ; on us, and a man Ilia blepost and yells "doma et in the soup, and will hi ill never see (lie taile on. York vilie, S. ('., May 2: ^ IjKTTKK FROM I'M < I.ikes l<i Hunt?ItHiirn o! Kxtfi'iiiinuthij; the Mini orivsiioiidenop of the Vorkvil Ktta Jam:, May 27.? ;r, I learn that Mr. Tlios. ft the Hickory (Jrove si 'exas last winter, is doinj leased with the country, 11 kinds of game there, ; ad acquantances will agi ill he satisfied. Mr. and Mrs. \V. Wad orkville, passed here las ay to Jonesville. Several of our people a igs at Mount Vernon an ulemy last week. Mr. Enisley Osment, wl ic older people of Weste visit to this neighborhc 3d year and enjoys unin Dth of mind and body. orliood with his famil nown as the "Ku Klux enuessee, where he rem x years ago, when lie ren rk. His wife died four as come back here and v ic remainder of his da iends, who are glad to s Rev. B. G. Clifford, of 1 1 .Salem once a month fo lis year. Mr. E. Oliver Sarratt, ho was the successful 'est Point endetship at on, will start for West P eeks. He was born .1 cighborbood and is a des ic best families. George B. Estcs has be( ^termination on the in in 'e killed seven this wc< icy had taken off or kill lickcns. The funeral cortege ha 'mains of Mrs. Clinton ist Thursday on their prings cemetery, where :st. She died at her hoi lood place," 011 Turke >unty. She was the da ended" James Good, ofBi 'moved with his family bout ten years ago. The warm- sunshine 1; feet 011 the little 'pos; liicli held out long duri iap. It has now rearc round and bends itself t nd setting sun?an unrni lat it is growing and doii The weather at presenl nd spring oats and gar ir rain. Wheat is doing )rn that has been regula: T our farmers are up \vi re waiting for rain now. Mrs. Mildred McDunic ille, has been visiting fr i this and Spartanburg c Mrs. J. J. Horn, of Pact ome last Wednesday. If reports arc worth etions speak as loud as v ime weddings in this i s Uncle Fagan Marti lys: "Watch." W0ULI1S FAIH ? A carefully planned p Iry and watches exhibite on of Manufacturers' Ha aturday by the secretser ad built a platform i trough the lloor from un< ttempt was discovered, ecu successful, the robb Li red $250,000 worth of 1 ? The grounds and buil nder the direct superv ational governments, w< isitors last Sunday. Ov ntcrcd the gates during as been filed in the Unit ?s train the authorities li to fair on Sunday. The ly be heard today, and 1 hcther the fair will agi anday. ? Vicc-l'resident Steven i s~. flw? fri'rttn IIHUV1 W..O , , . "Alliancematf' says let the Democracy ol'i.M these men stand or fall upon their own acts 1 j | and speech. The trouble was they were j a blacklisted ami delatncd and denounced!Sl j j before they ever took their scats as members i 0 ' of congress, or had an opportunity to speak b ? i or vote niton any question. i 0 (r j "Allianeeman" speaks of the "true princi- j jj pies of Democracy." I would like to have ! his definition of these principles, and if he J p is an Allianeeman. as he claims, I am curious j d to see where these principles will land him. j u ' .Inu'll 1?V I '.llllnllll thf> v 11 liUJ^y MIWIIIU ."VI mill V?UUJ? V UII.vmm, ; greatest statesman that South Carolina ever c ' produced, he will hear his voice ringing out i t< in the halls of congress in emphatic tones, 1t; saying that banks of issue are wrong and c i dangerous and that the national government j t alone should make the people's money, j fi Calhoun's Democracy was never impugned, v but Mr. Strait and others must be read out t of the party for holding the same views. 11 j The true and cardinal principle of Democ- j p .. racy is "Kipial rights to all and special priv- i t< ; ileges to none.*' Kvery man in this country i a : has the same political rights as any other h *' man, and one of the great wrongs we have 11 to meet and adjust is, that there is a certain a class of men who do not want a certain f I other class to exercise this right. This is s the bug under the chip?the Negro in the 1 Woodpile. V Why last year, during the campaign, there's were secret political meetings held by the is Shepardites, both by day and night, with s ^ closed doors, all over the State. Was this in ; li aeeordanee with true Democratic principles? j a If it had been the Alliance holding these h meetings, a howl would have gone up from s the seaboard to the mountains. Hut as t ' 1.. 1.1 1 I ? j crats," of course they were not denounced, and every tiling was calm and serene. s Advice is one of the cheapest conunodi- e > ties in tlie market, and I can all'ord to give 41 a little of it as well as this Lancaster hroth- d er. My advice to the Alliance is to keep in n the middle of the road, and attend to your'd own luisincss in your own way. Keep par- li ,'1' tisan polities out of your monthly and qtiar-' Ii *| tcrly meetings. Discuss questions of politi- e eal economy as much as you please?the ii as more the better. Try to make all the hog <1 Ii- and hominy you need, and after that all the fi re cotton, or something else, to sell, you can. t a- lie your own judges of who are the true e Democrats and true demagogues of this s ss country. Vote for men for ollice who you 1 think are competent and who hold your li ie own views and principles. (Jive the men r you elect a fair trial, and if they give satis- 1 ie faction?well, if not, turn them out and elect t le others. Keep yourselves well informed upon i all questions of public interest. To do this s k you must have recourse to the public press. ' n- Provide yourselves with periodicals and read e both sides of all questions, exercise a broad 1 lie charity and try to form liberal views, and t s. don't jump at the conclusion that because a \ man belongs to the Alliance and seeks ollice. i \ , he is a demagogue. Hi member that a large | \ S^uTticict>," dcman Mr. Stevenson felt a nliecl that he had leit otel "Heard that stor ale'kccper. "You 7 re vicc-prcBilent of U ml Mr. Stevenson, as av in. "I ^ou t kn.ow y could not let you in w -ss" firmly returned list' at this moment sup. lission Tucker came uj tevenson out of the ddci ? Mr John lloyd Thatc cad of the bureau ot aw ;.v Exposition, has got jmewhat cinlmrrawmg ounccd a system whe tl xcellence of the various. iadc on the judgment ot oreign exhibitors clannc i, ?ml wanted the awt .commendation of ajiirj ?presentativc from each Ir Thatcher refused to ingement. On last Sa motives of seventeen io , withdraw then; e v the bureau ot aw auk. irV among themselves i. 'hatcher. Thcjuij w nd medals on its own jut 1Uy, and Mr. Thatchei ver the Tinted States c> cingof no more signiticai at at an intci -State fair. Sknsiui.k Tai.k.?In { cople arc coming to the ispensarv system w a pun the bar rooms, an i nc iiviuiiuration ,-clcoine its niaug"" ulated to diminish manj rvorable to a trial of the ill hi- judfSfrt "P"" l?t i... regulation oi I he uinv people are ilmoved rohihlilon * inv,".T . ret for the estahhah u lie pernicious features oi ml thereby securing a roni a moral standpoii hows that the dispensn iroduec any material gi re are no worse oil' than ystem, which the oppon ary, as a general thing, olution of the liquor pi rihitionist we are not co ml view the ruinous ha Dons, and we are willing ary with the hope of 1 ion.?< Jreenvillc Mounta ? Tin-: Dkvii.'s Dklicht on delivered a sensation nee on Tuesday night c Dispensary.'" lie said i Icvil. it was nothing nake liquor selling respei I escribed the joy of his ! learing that the legislate] iad conic to his rescue, nil weeks ago the Tilli irColumbia for the ost liseussiug the railroad ea ormgd by a reliable perse hat they decided if they stablishing dispensaric: Uatc. they would call an i egislalure and eliminate till favorable to prohibit ielit in the power of the Jp said the dispensary ban tiie same old whist a State uniform with 1) word. The liquor husii l,i?r bugs" instead of sin hided iiis remarks by s lition is what South Car he hands of the legislati vliat we fought for: pr ve voted for, and proh vill have. io Alliance, in remarks l?y say-1 1 cliurcli ami State ^ t stands at the old ! ^y gogue,'' is going to i left so far that lie i nd of the proces-'... 1'ikk. | ' 3d, 1893. OX COUNTY. |w I' a Former Citizen? j \V <s?Oilier Notes. ! ^ le Enquirer. From a private let-' W A. McKeown, who ^ ection and went to i * g well, and is well. Lt He says there is! ind his old friends j ree with me that he j J. kly Thompson, of st Friday on their ttended the meet(1 Broad River acti, ! 10 is well known to j S. rn York, is now on ce )od. He is in His mally good health,; ^ He left this neigh-j' _ y, during what is ^ war," and went to j ained until about loved to Jonesboro, j wi years ago and he , aI] ,-ill no doubt spend ! ys among his old ee him. I co Union, will preach {M r the remainder of hi i of GafTney City, applicant for the the last examina-; be Dint in about three | j)i tnd raised in this WJ sccndant of one of I wi ;n waging a war of]10 ks on Broad river. 1& k, but not before ed about 100 of his H in ving in charge the ^ Good, passed here way to Limestone e'1 they were laid to th ne on the "Young- cli y creek, in York gj, lighter of "Black- wj Block's Creek, who , r to GafTney City ( las had a salutary ;um eared cotton ng the recent cold d itself above the ly owards the rising istakable evidence pS ug well. m : is extremely dry, i ? iv( uens are suiit'iuiy very well; so is sc rly worked. Most th their work and j. cr 1, of McConnells- ? iends and relatives ? ounties. P* )let Mills, returned \V anything, and if. 1C rords, we will have at meighborhood soon, at in, of Greenwich, p. Sigma. U , NOTES. a. lot to loot the jewd by the Swiss sec- r0 11 was frustrated on at vice men. Thieves mil began cutting lerneath, when the Had the scheme ly ers would have se- Jc booty. n( dings, except those . ision of State and . ere thrown open to ,s er 1(50,000 people the day. A bill cc ed States court to re rom again opening re matter will proba- . theic is doubt as to (C [tin he opened on j rtC in ison applied for ad- th ids last Thursday, vc ded the gate keep-, jn .11 his pockets and i his ticket at the j y before," said the sh 't get in." "I am t'1 c United States," nc e tried to push his ru ou sir, and if I did <p| ithout a ticket or . the gate keeper. ^ jrintendent of Ad- ev > and helped Mr. 1? nma by writing for hi :her, who is at the ards of the Coluinten himself into a i? scrape. He auby all awards for ai exhibits were to be single individuals, a d that this was unirds made on the V ! composed of one competing nation, ir accede to this arturday the repre- fr cign nations agreed s from examination in and organized a tidependent of Mr. j sj 1 issue certificates ; w lgment and respon-; i" now presides only j fr diibits, his awards ice than those given ; tl: T his community the hi conclusion that the j vast improvement j M 1 they are ready to ; c: as a measure cal-1 r of the evils of in-' ai Prohibitionists are < G nalous alliance re- It tic dispensary, and the community is ; M new system, which fr merits as a plan for ! J. ii|Uor traflie. Not 1 by the outcry that i oi n the present con-1 ai nt of dispensaries, | fr took upon the new ; fa means of lessening ; r the liquor traffic j decided advantage; nt. If experience j i'C iry system fails to , ?j. lin in this respect, i under the license j 1 cuts of the dispell- j('' regard as the best i si oblein. As a pro-1 II ntent to stand still m voc of licensed sa-; ; to try the dispell-1. H'tterinir the situa-1 ( Ill ,nicer. I?< Kev. K. 0. Wat-1 ^ nil lecture in Flor>f last week on the j tl: t would delight the j but an attempt to stable, lie vividly . satanie majesty 011 10 :e ot'South Carolina of He said that sev- tl: nan leaders met in ai ensihle purpose of ses, bit he was in111 who was present, did not succeed in |v s throughout the is i?vlt'!i ciiccinn nf 1 hn rI all rights from the ion and place that I ,n Slate government, was nothing more ;y devil dressed up *c rass buttons and a vi ness is now run by 01 all ones, lie con-' \ aying that prohibi- n, olina demanded at i are. Prohibition is ohibibition is what 1* ibition is what we : ifr INDEX TO XKW ADVERTISEMENTS. '. 15. Moore A Co.?('rockery, hardware, razor; fruit jars and Hour. . Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pleas.?At YorkvilU on next Wednesday, will sell certain note and accounts belonging to the late firm < Barron A Wriglit, of Clover. Baxter MeClain?Announces that he is pre pared to furnish ice in loo pound lots an upwards, and will ship to stations on th Three ("s and Narrow Range railroad; Write to him for prices. '. J. Hoddey, Manager of the Reputable Bit Assurance Society, ithers Adickes ('oinpany?Groceries, hard ware, tobaccos, etc. ibson's Backet?Crowds at the "Racket" o Saturday last to pick up bargains. '. M. Houston tVr Co.?Five cents calico, colore counterpanes and a job lot of straw hats. . A 11. C. Strauss?Are preparing to take stool and advise persons to lookout for bargain? nvry A Starr?Recommend Scott's Preservin Powder for putting up fruit. )uis Roth?Is prepared to furnish you with hr bread and rolls, and a splendid assort nient of cakes. II. Barnes?Wants to repair your broken jew elrv. TROUBLE AT TIRZAH. A serious difficulty occurred near Tirzal: isterday morning about 8 o'clock, betwee: rce Adkins brothers on one side, and Job Sadler, Jr., on the oilier. Sadler r( ived a blow on the head from a hoc in th uuls of J. F. Adkins, which crushed hi ..u ?i i 1?i u:.~ ,? i?,.~ u? Ull UI1U KUUt'KCIl 11III1 duunt'iuss. Jiunuui ing in a critical condition, and the probr lity of his recovery is a matter of doubi idler is charged with having gricvousl; rouged a member of the Adkins familj id our informant says the trouble grew on an effort on the part of the brothers t mpel him to make proper amends or leav e State. All the parties to the trouble nr ghly respected in their community. DEATH BENEFIT PAID. A check for $">,000. the amount of th nefit certificate held by the late K. J iinlap in the American Legion of Hoiioi as turned over to Mrs. Amanda J. Dunlaj idow of the deceased, by Mr. \V. T. Bai n, treasurer of the lodge at this place, o st Friday. The late Mr. Dunlap joined the Legion c onor on the 13th of July, 1SS3, and paid assessments, up to the time of his deatl 150.80. The check, in payment of the ben it, reached the treasurer at this place o c 37th day after Mr. Dnnlap's death. In uding this bust amount, the American Lc on of Honor has paid out about $15,00 ithin the past two years to beneficiaries c iceased members of the lodge at this plac< CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday a i.30 a. m., and Sunday-school immediate afterward. Presbyterian?Rev. T. Ii. English, D. I). istor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 r ., and 8.15 o'clock p. m., conducted b jv. Alex. Sprunt, of Rock Hill. Sundaj liool at 4 o'clock p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Re\ C.Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Praj -meeting tomorrow evening at 8.30 o'cloc! irviees next Sunday at 10.30 a. m., and 8.3 m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. ra. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. / eber, pastor. Services Sunday morning t i.30 o'clock, and services Sunday evcnin 8.15 o'clock. Prayer meeting this evcnin 8.15 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 o'cloc m. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastoi mox?Services next Sunday at 11 o'cloc in. Yorkville?Services Sunday ever g at 8.15 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomoi w evening at 8.15 o'clock. Sunday-schot 4 o'clock p. in. A JAPANESE NEWSPAPER. Mr. W. M. Houston, of Yorkville, recen handed The Enquirer a copy of th ipan Daily Mail, an English America ;wspaper published at Yokohama, and ser him by his sister, Miss Ella Houston, wh a missionary located at Magoya. The copy of The Mail at hand is a seve ilumn folio, devoted about half and half t ading matter and advertisements. Th ading matter generally is devoted to dr nnestic and foreign matters of such a chai iter that it would possess but very littl terest to the American reader, and leave e impression that while the publisher i ry well up in the matters of good prim g and securing lots of advertisement! hen it comes to bold, fearless editorials an /icy news notes, he is not in it. Evidently ic Mikado of Japan does not look to th swspapers for instructions as to how t in the atfairs of the island. The price ft lie Daily Mail is $20 a year, and the weel edition costs $24. In both cases, hov rer, owing probably to these extremel w prices, the subscriber is required to pa s own postage extra. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. J. F. Lindsay, of Yorkville, is visi g at Rock Hill. Mr. J. S. Bricc and bride are expected t rive in Yorkville today. Congressman Strait was in Yorkville fc few hours last Saturday. Miss Alice Raysor, of Richburg, is i orkville, visiting Miss Lillie May. Mr. W. Henry Crook, of Fort Mill, wt i Yorkville last Monday. Miss Belle Carroll is visiting relatives an iends at Sharon and Blairsville. Miss Annie Law, of Yorkville, is spent g some time with Miss Lilian Jones. Mrs. It. B. Kiddle and children, of Zen< >ent several days in Yorkville last wee ith relatives. Miss Lois Steele, of Kock Hill, visitc iends and relatives in this piece last weel Mr. and Mrs. A. Hammond, returned t leir home in Baltimore last Monday. Senator Finlev has been quite ill sine uesday of last week, and is still confined t is bed. Mrs. Martha H. Metts and daughter, Mis and, returned home lost week from a ^tended trip North. Miss Sallie Cathcart, of Columbia, S. C id Miss Virginia Coble, of Laurinburg, } ., are in Yorkville, visiting the family < ev. T K. English. Mrs. John Craig, of Gastonia, N. C'., an .is. Ed Mellon, of Charlotte, are visitin iends in Yorkville, the guests of Mrs. 5 Clark.' Mr. and Mrs. I'aul T. Gordon, former] r Yorkville, but now of Eagle Lake, Texa e in Yorkville visiting relatives an iends, the guests of Mr. \V. B. Williams mily. WATiatWO IlKS IX V EST It* ATIOXS. Intendant W. B. Moore, of Yorkvilh turned last Friday from a ten days' tri irough Georgia, Alabama and Tcnncssei ulertaken for the purpose of securing ai tional information in regard to the coi luction and operation of water plant e met quite a number of contractors an anufaeturers on the trip, and believt lat lie has secured information which wi ) of great value to the town of Yorkvill the construction and operation of its pre jscd plant. Speaking of his trip yesterday Moore said : "I first went to Atlanta, Ga. 1 fere I m< le representatives of a number of pip< imp and boiler manufacturers, and also umber of contractors. They were all an: us to impress me with the superior meril tiieir respective materials, and anion icm all, I learned a great deal that will er )le us to get the host results with the lea: onoy. From Atlanta I went to Harncsville, (la town of less than 2,000 inhabitants, wliic now putting in a system of waterwork he contractors here were very attentive hey showed me the operations of a lull i!lion gallon Smith & Vail pump, to 1 <ed at Barnesville, and then took me ov< ? Attalla, Ala., a town no larger than Vorl die, where they had just completed tl instruction of a system of waterwork t Attalla, I learned a good deal of the bus ess working of the system, and the maiim id cost of putting pipes into and supplyiu rivatc buildings with water. Among otlu lings, I learned that the town supplic om eighteen to twenty locomotives eac | and $1,000 a year, the water being .sold at T| so much a gallon. "From Attalla. I went to Chattanooga and 'j had talks with the big pipe manufactureis .(l ?f at that place. From them, also, I got a j A 1 number of valuable points as to quality and (j value of materials, etc. |,i i "Judging from what I saw and what 1 was <U '*1 told by people who thoroughly understand fo c the business, I am satisfied that we can get Tl .! our waterworks for the sum of $10,000, and futhermore, that if the decision of the su- '.7 ' j preme court on our bonds is favorable, we ^ d . can use these bonds as so much cash in pay- C(J ^ ment for the work." i? t. K | LOCAL LACONICS. m lM ^ To l>4* Married Tomorrow. > | ? Miss Mary Lou, daughter of Colonel cc : and Mrs. Asbury Coward, formerly of York- d\ I vilie, is to be married tomorrow in (trace so | church, Charleston, to Mr. John Elliott, . '(Hover. > ! CC ^ Kind's Mountain Solionl. | i ?The closing exercises of King's Moun-1 ( n, j gi ' tain High school?J. A. Monroe, A. M., prin- u, ' ! eipal, took place last week after a prosporous j 0f | session. The address of the occasion was it. IS | delivered by Rev. Dr. Pritchard, of Charlotte.! | Ouite u Compliment. j CO ;- f ? Mr. W. J. Roddey, of Rock Hill, has th been appointed a member of the advisory j a ^ ' council of the World's Congress Anxilliary 1 '[on life insurance, as the representative of ^ | South Carolina. I Sunday-School Lecture. ]J e i ? We are requested to announce that \V c j "Children's Day" will be celebrated by the sit Presbyterian Sunday school at this place, at; C, l?i j 4 o'clock, next Sunday afternoon. Rev. I e | Alexander Sprunt, of Rock Hill, will deliver f_! a lecture. The public is invited. . | Refreshments Tomorrow. ? j' ?Commencing at 10 o'clock a. in., the C( | "Willing Workers" society, has arranged to j)( n I serve lemonade and "various kinds of ices on Ir j the Presbyterian church lawn tomorrow. J The ladies will be on hand all day, and will a. ' 1 tit I j make it pleasant for all strangers and others i ; who may visit the lawn. M " ^ I Yorkville Horse* Win. j ! ?Messrs. Whitakcr & Parish arc having;,,, II ' | 111 [good luck on the St. Louis race track. On I ct ' 'last Thursday their colt, King David, won C}. 0 third money in a four and a half furlong fo J heat, and on Friday, Van Zaiidtcamein first ; in a race of seven and one-half furlongs, cj " I making the distance in one minute and forty- w I two seconds. ^ And the Sheriff Is Aliout Ki^lit. j ? "It looks to nie," said SheriffCrawford jn ; the other day, "that if the Richmond and b< | Danville and South Carolina railroads can cc L j be damaged :?()0,000 by having one or two y: engines held up on side tracks for a few | days, they are certainly doing enough busi-1 m ! ness to justify the State in her efforts to' F| j j make tliem pay their legitimate taxes." ! It is Ordinary Humuii Nature. . it] j ? Newspaper editing is a very funny | of q ! amusement, says an exchange. If you give tl1 | a mau a pufTho never sees it; but let one ^ 1 line appear against him, and he sees it before ^ I the paper is off the press; and while he g< g ! would not have time to stop on the street to b< g j say "thank you," lie has time to run all over m k | the town to denounce the editor who seeks ti to print all the news. More Flue Molasses. I ? The Enquirer acknowledges the re r_ ceipt of another gallon of fine York county )] molasses, made last summer. Judging from a, the samples we have tested, there is no ti room for doubt that it is possible to produce fc at home, from home-raised cane, a quality di k" of molasses that is altogether equal to the 01 e demands of the most exacting consumers in jc n this section. That the molasses can be kept sweet and palatable for an entire year, when H 0 properly made, is also clearly demonstrated. A County Tiiiinory. Ct n ?At a recent meeting of the India Hook oi 0 Alliance, the question of establishing a pub- tl e lie tannery in York county was discussed, ^ y and a resolution was adopted instructing the . r" secretaries of the various sub-Alliances in NV e the county to give the matter such attention a !S 1 as would bring it prominently before the al lS i County Alliance at its July meeting. The ^ | idea of a public tannery is a good one and we ^ 3> j should be pleased to see it carried out. ^ ^ J Three C'h Kuilro>i<l Humors. ! t>] Ji [ ? It is exceedingly difficult to get any re- p, e | liable information as to the status of the j 0 o | Three C's railroad sale. One story has it: II >r j that the purchasers have paid $100,000 of T i the purchase price, and another story has it 11 > j that the entire $550,000 has been paid. If the !) y j whole amount has been paid, the purchasers . y will take charge tomorrow or Friday. Oth- p( j erwisc, they will not take charge until the j? j balance of the purchase money is forthcom- tl j. j ing. The personality of the new manage- r( ! ment has not yet developed. O For Stealing a Hide. j JJ( I ?Win. Burris, colored, was commited to i , 1 ' e. r | jail last Sunday on the charge of fraudulent- C( ly evading the payment of fare on the Three fi 11 C's railroad. The Fegro is said to be an old y< offender, and generally does his riding on w lS, the iron braces underneath a passenger ^ j coach. Last Sunday, for some reason, the air brakes refused to work, and at Smyrna the a 1- matter was investigated. Captain McCarthy tl discovered the negro perched up under the d : car. Bringing him to Yorkville, he turned , ? I him over to Policeman Wilson, who commit1 1 i...' ?' 3t will furnish a splendid opportunity to uiose; j who desire a glimpse of the mountains of ? ] Western North Carolina at the least possible a] 'l cost. C( ?? tl P. Ail Kurly Si'sninn. ri f.1 ?The Columbia Register makes a sug-1 ai ,e gestion, which is probably inspired by (Jov-1 tl ^,: ernor Tillman, to the effect that the general d ^ i assembly meet this year three or four weeks ai L" before the usual time in order to dispose of lc 10 the immense amount of work that is to lc s. come up before the Christmas holidays, vj i-! Among other things, the code has to be. read,: n ,r | amended and adopted, which work will re- tl r quire at least three weeks. Besides this, iv ^ there are a large number of bills left over; t< ;rJ from the last session, and it is also probable tl :(l;that it will be advisable to make some Jul h | amendments to the dispensary law. J p ley Kcporl a ( <><>< I nip. ? A dispatch of last Wednesday says the niters of Anderson had commenced cutting cir wheat, of which a good crop was re* 9 rted. v Car l.oatl of Cork-. ? A carload of corks arrived in Coluina one day last week for the use of the State spensary. Orders have been given out r several ear loads of llasks. ic Clii'-li-r lloanl of Control. ? Governor Tillman, on last Wednesday, ? pointed S. M. Jones, 10. M. Shannon and ^ (). Guy as a hoard of control to look after ^ e enforcement of the dispensary law in the unity of Chester. ipri-onmi'iit Tor I,lf?*. ? The governor has commuted to life im isonment in the penitentiary, the sentence death pronounced on Charncr Thomas, ilored of I'nion count v. for hlirnillg the ,veiling and gin house of J. C. Richards a me time last year. " ekens County Allium-** Stand* l?y the President. ? The Pickens County Alliance denouns Governor Tillman's blacklisting Presi:nt Donaldson as an "unwarranted and oss attack upon Mr. Donaldson, and an ijust reflection upon the Farmers' Alliance the State." itl*-r's Iii1Iii<*iic<*. ? Dr. J. R. O. Landrum, of Spartanburg unity, has been appointed to a position in yS ic interior department, at a salary of $1,800 ^ year. He is a Conservative, and his apnntnient is credited to the influence of mator Butler. ii*-k?*u Fighter* ut- Hamburg. ? A big cock fight is booked to come olF at amburg on the 7th of June. The main ill be for $1,000 and the stake for $100 a ;le on each separate fight. The cocks of L. , Moore, of Atlanta, will be pitted against ic cocks of H. H. Hicks, of Augusta, and ich side will show up twenty-one fowls. in Hoard Has no Power to Appoint. ? The attorney general has published an union in which he says county boards of mtrol can only appoint dispensers on the jtition of a majority of the freehold voters, i case an applicant for dispenser is rejected the board, after having been endorsed by majority of the freeholders, another petion by another aspirant will be necessary. N lack I.ist Disregard***!. ? President Cleveland, on last Saturday, ipointed Robert W. Harris, of Union, postaster at that place, vice J. C. Hunter, whose unmission has expired. Harris was a del;ate to the Chicago convention, and voted r Cleveland, for which act Governor Tillan asked the president not to appoint him > office. The appointment is generally edited to Senator Butler. 'underfill If True. d lea mm 10 jmi on a warruui swum uul uy a, i.! Agent Moore. iJ 0 Don't Want to Pay. j T ? The Richmond anil Danville railroad fc :e ; don't want to pay taxes on its property in : o] 01 Rock Hill as assessed by the city. The i ^ 3S railroad people returned their property to | n i the county auditor at $22,000. The State i ^ board raised the return to $34,000. and the ic i * u city of Rock Hill thinks that in proportion j \\ i to the value of other property of the town, j si 3 j it is worth $45,000. J. S. Cothran, attorney j oi (]! for the railroads, appeared before the city i !g! council last Wednesday and argued that the j ' 1.1 city had no right to raise the assessment j p ; above that fixed by the State. He agreed to b ^ pay on $14,000, provided the city would d j j agree to rebate the surplus in case the rail-, s | road won its suit against the State, and n ! succeeded in getting the assessment reduced ^ to $22,000, the amount of its own return.! j1; The city council has not yet decided wheth-, Ji -> . er to accept the proposition. | h P From Caimlt'ii to Afihrvlllr. | e, I ?Captain W. H. Kamseur, the popular 1- J Three C's conductor, is advertising a big ex-! i- j cursion to be run over the Three C's railroad js s. from Camden to Marion, X. C., on JuneSth,' a) d and returning on the 9th. The train will | m isj pass Rock Hill at 8.45 a. m.; Yorkville at ci II 0.30; and Rlacksburg at 10.55. It will not!1' le leave Clarion until 5 o'clock p. m. on the 9th, ^ . 1 JI >i and excursionists who desire to do so, will i have the opportunity of spending the night C( in Asheville, by paying their fare to that b< place from Marion, over the Richmond and el e, j Danville extra. The fare for the round trip h to Marion, from Catawba Junction, Roddev's }. | ... . * tl c*, and Leslie, is $1.(50 ; from Rock Hill, Newts ; port, Tirzah and Yorkville, $1.50; from I w S Sharon, Hickory Drove and Smyrna, $1.25 ;, ft i- i and from Rlacksburg, $1.00. The excursion 1 ? * - - - - - - x I . ? It is reported that E. M. Koberts, ot the sutli Carolina railroad, has invented an genious device by which a locomotive can ) run at full power with 40 per cent, less >nl than is now required. The device consts of an arrangement for the control of the raught through the fire box. The inventor ' the device is in a fair way to become a illionaire. ictioiial Quarrel*. ? A caucus of prominent Alliancemen, eluding Donaldson, of Greenville; Harris, * Union ; Lancaster and Farley, of Sparmburg, and others, was held in Spartanjrg last Saturday, it is said, to consider ays and means to re-elect Donaldson State resident. The indications are that there is ^ )ing to he a serious fight in the Alliance itween the respective elements, led by Tillau and Donaldson. Iiey Quarrel About Cow*. ? A shooting affray occured at Hamburg, hursday afternoon, Mr. Joseph Pettyjohn id his sons Willie and Joe on the one side, id Mr. Tom Butler, of Hamburg on the ;her. Butler was sliot In the face, chest id hands. Will Pettyjohn was shot six 4^ uics, and Joseph Pettyjohn, Sr., received iur wounds, from the effects of which he ied on Sunday morning. The fuss grew it of the action of Butler in impounding >me cattle belonging to the elder Pctty>hn and which were tresspassing on Butx's lands. Butler was not seriously hurt. v Ik tt Had Negro. ? Albert Jenkins,; a Negro convict, csvped from the penitentfary Tuesday night f last week. He filed the rivets holding le staple into which the universal bolt slid, ? ad doctored the padlock on the cell door so lat it deceived the guard who thought he ad locked it. He took off his ball and chain, cnt from the first floor to the fifth, and by most remarkable gymnastic performance, Ithough he is a cripple from curvature of ic spine, crawled through a hole in the ?iling and descended on a piece of scantling > the ground. He climbed the twenty-five iot wall by unknown means. He is a vet- ? . -an jail breaker, having escaped from the enitcntiary ten years ago and broke out of harleston jail and the Georgia chain gang. ie was recaptured near Augusta, Ga., on hursday and brought back to the penitenary. Ispt'iisary Oucs.'oii Decided. ? The attorney general has rendered some nportant decisions in reference to the dis ensary. There were nine questions proounded by the governor. The substance of ie decisions are: A person who owns no ?al estate, or is a member of a corporation ivning real estate, cannot sign a petition ; a erson owning real estate in town but living ntside, cannot sign ; a person holding oflice, fccept members of the legislature, can bejine dispensers, if their offices do not con- t ict; an ex-bar tender, who during two * ears immediately proceding his application as engaged in the liquor business, cannot ecome a dispenser; husbands whose wives ivn real estate cannot sign an application ; juuty boards are not compelled to appoint man uiapeiisur uvcii u uu nua <i niujumj ui ie freehold voters. The board must use its iscretion and reject an improper applicant. old Weighs Justice Down. ? George Turner, the white Spartanburg * lurderer, will not be hanged next Friday 3 the court said he should be, and as simple istice says he ought to have been. In 1890 timer killed his brother-in-law, Kd Finger, >r remonstrating with him for the seduction f his sister-in-law, who was Finger's sister, hough Turner was a man of wealth, the rcumstances connected with the affair amped him as such a diabolical fiend that large portion of Spartanburg county col- ^ tcted for the purpose of meteiug out to the retch, summary justice. It was only by the low of considerable force that the majesty f the law prevailed and saved Turner from ie ignominous death he deserved. The lse was duly tried, and Turner was collided and sentenced to be hanged. He apealed to the supreme court for a new trial, lit failing to get it, was again sentenced to eath. At the recent term of the Spartan- v urg court, Turner's lawyer's attempted to lake another motion for a new trial on the round of alleged "new evidence." In view f the fact that the question of a new trial ad been in the supreme court and denied, ndge Norton refused to make a fool of iniseif by even hearing the new dilatory lotion. Turner's lawyers appealed from udge Norton's ruling, and by hook or crook ? A *ain got the matter before the supreme jurt. The supreme court, on last Friday, ^ sued an order staying the execution, and (lowing the counsel for the murderer to iake an argument on a motion to have the rcuit court to hear a motion for a new ial. The argument will be heard at a lecial session of the court to be held in Line. In no event can Turner be hanged ntil after the next session of the circuit nirt for Spartanburg county, and it may 2 that he will escape altogether. It is quite ear that none of the proceedings are in the iterest of justice. They are only to give urner as long a lease of life as possible, and leir only tendency is to give substantial icouragement to mob law, which, after a hile, it is to be hoped, will take in hand a w shyster lawyers. "v ? The druggists of the State held a condition in Columbia last week to consider the ispensary law, as it applied to the sale of (coliol by them. A committee was appoint1 to wait on Governor Tillman, who gave lem the following information which they ported to the papers: "Alter a very pleas- * nt discussion, Governor Tillman gave them ie following information: Manufacturing ruggists will get alcohol at absolute cost nd carriage, provided they buy in barrel its. ueiaii druggists, who huy at retail or ss than a barrel, will pay 10 per cent, ad- J unco. They will also he requested to fur- - ,mwk ish their own cans and to send their orders trough their county dispensers. If there is o county dispenser, druggists will be unable > purchase alcohol at all, thus compelling lein to buy their tinctures and all other Icoholic substances from the manufacturing harmaeists." ?