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Straps and Jfarts. ? The annual report of the New York cotton exchange was made last Wednesday morning. The board of managers report sales for future delivery for the year at 52,450,500 bales, an increase of 15,962,700 ovei 1892. Spot sales were 419,167, against 172,274 in 1892. It is recommended that the annual dues be fixed at $50. The gratuity fund shows assets of $110,665 and liabilities of $3,190. A net surplus is expected for the coming year of $15,425, with dues at $50. ? It is said that Justice Field, of the United States supreme court, who was appointed by President Grant, intends to resign. Secretary of State Gresham is slated to succeed him, and Edward Phelps, minister to England under Cleveland's former admiuistra 11U1I, IU autwccu Minuam no otv? v.i?? j u; state. Judge Field is from California. He says he has been wanting to resign for many years. If he does resign he will return to his own State, but will not again be an applicant for office, as he is now about 77 years of age. ? The town of Findlay, 0., is about dead. Some years ago natural gas was discovered in the vicinity. On account of the inducements offered by the cheapness of fuel, a number of glass manufacturers established immense plants there. Within the past few months the natural gas supply has been exhausted, and the only inducement to the manufacturers having been removed, thej decided to pull up stakes. There are now more than 600 empty dwellings in the city, and on or before July, 4,000 people expect to leave for other fields. ? Dr. Amick,-of Cincinnati, has discovered a new cure for consumption, and for it has received an award of $1,000 offered by the New York Recorder. The specific has been undergoing a test in the Ward's Island hospital, New York, for several months. It is claimed that several patients in the last stages ol the disease have been completely cured, while the discovery is regarded as an absolute specific for consumption in the early stages of the disease. Sufferers from consumption may test the new medicine through their family physicians. For this purpose, Dr. Amick will send the medicine free ol cost. He wants it to receive an impartial test from the medical profession everywhere. ? Some idea of the character of Wall street speculators may be gotten from the following incident, which took place during the panic of Friday, a few weeks ago: A well known broker had an order to sell 500 shares of General Electric. When the order was sent to him, the price had already fallen from 80 to 70. By the time he reached the trading post the stock had sold at 58, and he offered stock bid at that price without eliciting any higher bid than 53. Unwilling to sell at such a sacrifice, he determined to wait a little and turned to execute an order in another stock in an adjacent "crowd." Returning almost directly to the General Electric post, he heard somebody bidding "nine for a hundred." He disposed of his 500 shares at "nine" and was astonished to learn that he was selling them at 69, instead, as he supposed, at 59, and the stock kept on jumping until it crossed 80. ? Some of the the pneumatic guns similar to those recently tested on board the Vesuvius, intended for New York harbor, will probably be put in position during the present summer. Of the five guns for New York, two fifteen-inch guns will be set up at Sandy Hook and one at Willet's Point. One ten-inch gun will also be setup at the latter point and one eight-inch gun at the former. Early next year it is expected to place the three fifteeninch puns intended for San Francisco, after 0 ? -? , which the three guns for Boston harbor will be set up. There is no doubt that the pneu< matic guns may be effective auxiliaries in laud defense. While they are quite limited in range, yet within that range they have the power of throwing an enormous quantity of dynamite or other high explosives upon an enemy's fleet. Hence they are particularly adapted to defending a narrow channel or to protecting fortified works from suffering too close a fire from an enemy. J? The publication last Sunday of a letter from J. Sterling Morton, secretary of agriculture, to J. F. Lee, a prominent Kansan, who was active in his denunciation of the People's party and fusion last fall, has created a sensation among the politicians of the People's party in Kansas. Regarding the coalition with the Populists and the money question, Secretary Morton says: "I am opposed to all coalitions which require the surrender of any principle, economic or political. I am against the Sherman act, which compels the purchase of silver to the amount of 4,500,000 ounces per month, and am also opposed to the free coinage of the same silk ver at a rate of $1.29 an ounce, when it sells on the world's market at 84 cents an ounce. The money fallacies preached by the Populists from the Ocala platform would, if embodied in legislation, destroy our common country. Therefore, as a patriot, one who lives for home and family, I am opposed to all their vicious vagaries." ? A bill now before the Florida legislature is likely to attract considerable attention in financial circles, as it provides for the organization of State banks and the issuance by them of circulating notes. The bill provides that the State shall print a number of notes ranging in value from $1 to $1,000. These are to be registered, numbered and countersigned by the comptroller. The bank accepting the provisions of the act shall deposit with the State treasurer either U. S. bonds, Florida bonds or the bonds of any county in the State whose indebtedness does not exceed 5 per cent, of its taxable value. The aniouut thus deposited shall not exceed the paid-up capital stock of the bank. Ninety per cent, of this amount in circulating notes will then be issued to the bank under its name. The notes are made payable on demand at the place of business of the bank, and in case ol refusal or delay in payment in either gold or silver, the note will be protested, and unless redeemed within ten days, the State commission, which will be appointed for the purpose, will give notice that all circulating notes ol that bank will be redeemed out of the trust fund in the hands of the State. ? In that sifting that Secretary of the Interior Smith has started in the pension office, a remarkable case has come to light, in which Assistant Secretary Bussey reversed the action of the pension office and granted a pension of $(! per month to a man whose most serious disability was a couple of small corns, one on the great toe of each foot There was no evidence that he was in any way disabled from the performance of manual labor, which is the test prescribed by the law, but Bussey and Raum, after theii celebrated Order No. 164, made no pretension of applying that test. Their order had superseded the law. How many more sucli eases, or even worse ones than that, then may be on the files of the pension office, il will require the official investigation to disclose. There will be no hasty action, and no man's pension will be stopped or reduced i:!mply because it appears on the face of il that it ought not to be have been granted Every such case will be re-examined before anything is done. Even the man with the two corns will be given the benefit of a re examination. ? The funeral train conveying the remains of Jefferson Davis from New Orleans, ar rived in Richmond last Wednesday morning according to programme. The remains wen met at the depot by the First regiment o Virginia infantry, the Lee and I'ickett Camps of Confederate veterans, and conveyed to the State capitol. Here the bier was allowed to remain until 3 o'clock p. m., ant daring the day it was viewed by over 25,00( people, including 15,000 school children, whc dropped floral offerings at the foot of tin casket. At 3.30 o'clock, the casket was rc moved to a caisson drawn by six whitt horses, and a long procession of people tool up the line of march to Hollywood, twt miles away. The houses along the routt were draped in mourning and decorated witl Confederate, National and Virginia flags Thousands of people packed the yards, win dows and doors, and little children strewec the streets in front of the slow moving pro cession with white flowers. Except for tin wailing notes of the funeral dirge by tlx i i Mit . -i .ii r i j r....* ..... nanus, anu ine emuer ui nurses icei, ?ui the rattle of carriage wheels, not a soum was heard along the route. The grave wai of unusual depth and bricked up to the top was lined with a Confederate flag. Aftei the casket had been deposited, Rev. W. W Landrum gave out the hymn "How Firm i Foundation/' which was sung by 10,00< voices. The Maryland band played "Xeare: My God to Thee," and the artillery fired tin presidential salute of twenty-one guns, aftei which the long lines of infantry fired threi volleys. The services were concluded jus as the sun went down. Mrs. Davis and hci two daughters?Mrs. Hayes and Miss Win ! nic?were present. A conservative estimate 1 of the people on the streets and at the cem| etcry during the ceremonies, puts the figures at 7"),000. jlhc ilovluillc ^nquiitv. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7,1893. ? Those who read last week of the efforts > ofMissC'arrio Smith, daughter of the late General Kirby Smith, to get the appoint; ment as postmaster at Sewanee, Tenn., will be pleased to know that she has been successful. Her commission was issued last | Wednesday. ?In his efforts to secure a reduction of -1 taxes as assessed 011 the Three C's railroad, ' | Receiver Chamberlain has the cheek to cite the fact that the entire property, consisting ' I of 17?1 miles of main line, recently sold for | $550,000 or $3,000 a mile. Every simpleton [ knows .hat the price was fixed by the courts, aud that the property was bid off by the ' holders of mortgages on it. Under the same ' j conditions, it is not unusual for a $10,000 plantation to sell for less than $1,000. The J public recognizing that there is 110 chance of j buying the property, does not bid, and the mortgageholder, to save fees aud commissions, seeks to have the property knocked " j down to him at the lowest price possible. ; ?Drexel, Morgan & Company are 110 j doubt able doctors of finance, but we are 'satisfied that they have slipped up in their , diagnosis of the Richmond Terminal system. (Between mortgage bond leeches and prei ferred and common stock plasters, the poor : thing has been sucked so dry that there is ' precious little left to be drawn out. The J proper prescription is a gentle tonic?somej thing to build up the inside. If the learned 11 doctors will just recommend the levy of au | income tax?say something like 10 per cent. I on the enormous salaries of the various j officials of the road?we dare say that the I exhausted patient will rapidly begin to re| cuperate. 11 ? The bonded debt of the Richmond Termi! nal system is something like $100,000,000, and to refund it, Drexel, Morgan & Co., propose ! to issue $375,000,000 worth of securities. These figures sound big, even when compared to operations of the government, but their true significance can be best realized in consideration of another phase of the question. While the proposition is probably not susceptible of satisfactory demonstration, ! we are not afraid to venture that there are I I in existence today enough millions in the | hands of private individuals, squeezed from j the Richmond Terminal system in divers ! manners, not only to pay off the entire bond| ed debt in cash, but to redeem the remainder of the securities at par. ? If a story published in a recent, issue of the Springfield, Mass., Republican is true, } the days of high priced bicycles are numbered. Heretofore the best bicycles have been selling at $150 each. They were protected by a trust. The margins of profits, however, were so great as to stimulate competition to such an extent that where there , were only about five or six first-class makes ; a few years ago, there are cow twenty-five or ' I montiinoi! ii-Virtoo m o n II fn cKll rf>PQ ('Mfl P- I Villi I J UiUVUIii^g tT 1IVK7V 4UMMU4MVVM* V.w o antee them to be in every respect as good as the best. These machines are being sold at popular prices and commenced to take so i well with the public, that the old manufacturers are getting exceedingly shaky on their high perch. Recently, one of the best known old companies reduced the price of their wheels from $150 to $80, and this is regarded as an indication that the trust is about j bursted and a genbral tumble in the price of j bicycles is imminent. ? Oliver Sumner Teall, a New York sociei ty man, who divides with Ward McAllister ! the leadership of New York's famous "Four j Hundred," has begun the agitation of a re* ; form that promises great things in the iuteri est of temperance. "Few young men of , strong character and great moral force are i blessed with wealth," says Mr. Teall, "and as a rule it is the young dudes with more money than brains who set the pace in 1 drinking. They do not know anything elsa than to fill themselves with liquor, and the i only way that they can impress the fact of 1 their existence upon others is to constantly 1 fill them up in a like manner. As the re1 suit, there is a great deal more drunkenness ! than there should be. Now I propose to j , establish an anti-treatiug society, to become i ! I operative after five thousand young men i f have signed a pledge to cease treating in | public bars. My idea is to arrange it so j ', that every individual must pay for his | 1 own drinks, and then no one is like- i p ly to take more than lie needs, or at least; , more than he can hold. If five thousand j young men sign the pledge, anti-treating | will soon become the fashion, and next a i 1 custom. The result will be to make sober 1 | men out of thousands of young dudes who j j are now rapidly becoming drunkards." U AMERICA IN 1993. . Commencing this week, Thr ExqtiKKul proposes to publish from time to time, a bril-1 ' liant symposium on the subject of "America j .;in 1993," by a long array of the foremost! . men and women of the age. Among these | [ are the following : 1 Elizabeth Akres Allen, poetess, Samuel ' Barton, New York broker; Mrs. Annie Be' sunt, theosophist ; M. C. D.Borden, authori[ ty on cotton manufacture : J. J. Cartv, clec[ trical expert: S. (J. Brock, statistician of the j ^ treasury department; Monctire 1). Conway, theologian ; T. DeWitt Talniage, Brooklyn I '! divine; Wm. A. Better, senator from Kansas; Edgar W. Nye, humorist; Charles B. i Lewis (NI. Quad), journalist and author; . i llenry George, author of "Progress and . Poverty" : T. V. Powderlv, grand master of ; Knights of Labor; George Westinghouse, ;; inventor; Rev. Thomas Dixon. Jr., New f York preacher; W. H. Miller, ex-C. S. atj torney general; J. M. Rusk, ex-secretary of . agriculture; John Wannauiakcr, Chauncey j M. Depew, Mrs. Mary E. Lease and a litim) her of others. ) The symposium will be, as it is intend; ed, thoroughly instructive. Of course there |; will be some humor, but the general ten^ i dency of the whole will he to broaden the ,: views of the reader, in proportion as he > ascends to the height reached by these great l minds in the contemplation of a subject so j vast and grand as the possibilities of this the | greatest country the sun ever shown on, one hundred years from today. , Many views, of course, will be expressed ?1 in which our readers can have but little I! sympathy, but, at the same time, they can ' only be taken as showing the drift of great ' minds. Other views are likely to meet with ' more general approval, tending to the generj al betterment and advancement of mankind, viand these should be treasured. It is will ? ) force of mind?that enables a man to do or be r whatever he sets his mind on being and i doing, and treasuring up with a determina( tion to carry out that which strikes as us high t and noble, it may be that even in our own i-j generation, we may realize some of the -Jgreat things that are here predicted, and a I | hundred years hence may find us still further along the road to higher achievements than the clearest minded prophet of all has ever dared to hope. DRBXEL. MORUAX & CO S. PLAN. We have before us a copy of tlie plan and i agreement for the re-organization of the ! Richmond and West Point Terminal and Warehouse company, the Richmond and i Danville, and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia systems, as recently submitted j by Drexel, Morgan & Co., bankers, of New York. The history of the embarrassment of the great Southern railway system, composed ol the above named companies, is more or less familiar to the public. One after another, by lease or otherwise, the West l'oint Terminal company scooped up many of the more important Southern railroads, until the system comprised a gigantic network of lines covering nearly the whole of the southeastern corner of the Union. In acquiring the different properties, the main idea of the West Point Terminal people has been to "get there." They considered only present means, whereby they could manipulate the various properties to personal advantage, and with a recklessness which seemed born of the idea that they had a mortgage on the earth, committed the properties to obligations impossible of fulfillment, and which could only lead to an inevitable crash. This crash came about a year ago, and the system went into the hands of receivers. Then, for the first time, the owners of the various properties began to correctly realize the methods of the high-flying vultures who had already lined their pockets with millions of dollars wrung from the roads and from the public. Although these vultures were literally rolling in wealth, the property was ruined. There was not enough left in actual values to secure the continued operation, much less to guarantee interest on the preferred and most binding securities. Immediately after the system fell into the hands of receivers, the old management went to work with a view to effect a reorganization. In a short while they submitted a "plan," but it smelled so strongly of the old mismanagement, that the securityholders promptly rejected it. Then another faction of the original flock of vultures tried its hand, but it was no go. The securityholders had gotten their eyes open. Thin^ now began to look desperate, and cn/mi.Ifvlml/lnrc onnAtilpfl ud U lUdl me ocvum-j uviuviu to Messrs. Drexel, Morgan R Co., bankers, of New York, to make a really honest attempt to re-organize the system. The bankers undertook the work, and alter several months' study have submitted their plan, which, if adopted, will put the gigantic system on its feet again, but at the same time will leave many of the stock and bondholders out in the cold, nursing papers that have been rendered only more worthless by the printing and writing which disfigures their faces. As matters now stand, the total debt ol the system, secured in such a way as to constitute a first lien, and from the payment ol which there is no escape, amounts to $153,847,000. The annual interest on tins debt is $51,900,000. It is estimated that the net earnings of the road this year will not exceed $7,00,000, which will leave a deficiency of $2,900,000, and how to declare dividends on common and preferred stock, after paying $9,900,000 interest with $7,000,000 earnings, is the problem with which Drexel, Morgan & Co. are now wrestling. The system, it is claimed, is in such a rundown condition, that it is a physical impossibility for it to earn its fixed charges, and the first thing to be done, according to the re-organizers, is to raise $23,250,000 in cash, with which to pay debts now due, provide for reorganization, and also for new construction and equipment on the Richmond and Danville and East Tennessee, Virginia and (ieorgia roads. Now then, we begin to get at the bottom of Messrs. Drexel, Morgan &Co.'s plan. In the first place, they have to provide for $153,847,000 in bonds, and $23,250,000 in cash?a total of $177,097,000?before they can move a peg. The $153,847,000 includes all the first, second and third, etc., mortgage debts outstanding. It is deemed impossible for the system to pay interest on the whole debt, and, therefore, the re-organizers seek to eliminate that portion of it which seems to be least binding, by exchanging for it preferred and common stock in the re-organized company. Such securities as cannot be shaken off, are classed as "undisturbed," and those for which it is proposed to exchange preferred and common stock in the new company, are classed as "re-adjusted." The proposed "re-adjusted" bonds amount to $48,230,000, and upon re-organization under the proposed plan, the total outstanding bonded debt of the whole system will be reduced to $104,017,000. For the purpose of refunding and readjusting, the re-organizers propose to issue $375,000,000 worth ol new securities in the new company. Of these securities, $140,000,000 is to be in 100 year 5 per cent., first mortgage gold bonds, $75,000,000 non-cutnr no" nmfitrrpd sfnf'b n?u] $100,000,000 common stock. The bonds arc to have a market value of So cents on the dollar, and are to be exchangeable with the present undisturbed securities at par. The preferred stock is supposed to be worth about 25 cents on the dollar, and is to conic in for dividends as soon as the net earnings of the system exceed the interest 011 the bonds. It is to be exchangeable at par for 11 portion of the re-adjusted securities and stocks of the old system. The new common stock is to be worth 15 cents on the dollar, and is to be exchangablc at par foi such common stock of the old system as is to be redeemed at all. The new preferred stock comes in for dividends, after the earnings shall be sufficient to pay interest 011 the bonds, and the common stock comes in aftei 5 percent, per annum shall have been paid on the preferred stock, or sometime withii the last decade of the millenium. The $22,250,001) in cash referred to above | which includes $8,000,000 to be used in re | 71 pairs on the Richmond and Danville and [ East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia systems, is to be raised by the sale of $8,000,001 worth of new bonds, $3:1,333,000 worth 0 ! new common stock, and assessments on tin. ; stocks of the Richmond and Danville, and 1 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road? ! to the amount of $11,450,000. j Alleging that the Chester and Lenoir, and Cheraw and Chester Narrow Gauge railroad? have never even paid their operating expenses, the re-organizers propose to deliberately scoop them up into the new company I stocks and bonds altogether, giving the Ches ter and Lenoir people preferred stock dollai for dollar on the $350,000 worth of 7 pel cent, mortgage bonds, and common stock in 1 the same proportion for the $345,400 wortl of stock now held in the original company The Cheraw and Chester is offered the satin terms 011 $273,350 worth of guaranteed stocks and $150,500 worth of 7 per cent first mortgage bonds. For their services in drawing up and car lying out the re-organization plan, Messrs Drexel, Morgan ?S: Co. are to receive, in cast the plan is accepted, $100,000 in cash, and payable m common stock at ?io ? share. The whole scheme, ton the showing o the reorganizers, seems lair enough, bul there is reason to believe that this showing ' is, in many intanees, incorrect, and it i; I extremely doubtful, as to whether enougl j of the security holders will accept tin plan to insure its success. If the plan ol Messrs. Drexel, Morgan & Co., however is not accepted, we may depend upoi it that the great Southern railway system ! will at once fall to pieces, and there will he > no end to the litigation that will ensue. Worse than that, it will he a terrible blow to : nearly the whole South, for the reason that it will be impossible for many of the small ' companies to raise the funds which will be absolutely necessary to secure their success^, ful maintenance as independent lines. ' j Truly, the vampires have done their 1J work thoroughly. They not only fattened '; on the carcass of their victims, but scarcely ' j left the bones. ?| THE CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD. r , Stockholders Confronted With the Oiiestion of lteori;iiiil7.iiiK as an Independent Line. ' The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge | Railroad company, was held in the (traded School building in Yorkville, on Thursday, June 1. On motion, James F. Hart, of Yorkville, was called to the chair, L. M. Grist was appointed secretary, and J. J. McLure, of Ches! tcr, Y. A. McUee, of Lincolnton, and Jonas 1 Hodman, of Gaston, were appointed a committee to verify and report on proxies. The report pf the committee showed that out of a. total of 3,485 shares, 2,09!) were represented?1,172 in person, and 1,527 hy proxy. 1 A majority of the stock being represented, the chairman declared the meeting duly constituted. i The first business to come up for consideration was the report of the president, which was read as follows : To the Shareholders of the Chester Und Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad company: Gentlemen : I congratulate you on meeting again in annual convention. Our duties, heretofore, since the ! leasing of the road, have simply appertained to the preservation of the organization of the company, as required on our part under the terms of the lease. This duty you will again perforin. Matters of. a more serious character will require attention from you today. By the terms of the lease, the lessees obligated themselves to pay the interest coupons on the , mortgage bonds of the company as they matured ' on the 1st of January and July of eaen year, as I also the annual rental 01 one-uiiu-unc-nsm pci cent, per share, semi-annually, on the 1st of April and October of each year. I regret to inform you that the present lessees of your road defaulted , in the payment of the interest coupons which ! matured and were payable on the 1st day of January, 1893, and the same remain due and unpaid. Default was also made in the payment of the semiannual rental, which became due and payable on the 1st day of April, 1803, and the same still . remains due and wholly unpaid. The question for your consideration is, what action shall be taken, in view of these defaults in performance of their obligations on the part of the lessee holders of your road. I would not recommend any final or hasty action, as I am not informed how far the late plan for reorganizing the Richmond and Danville system affects our road and the interests of our bondholders and shareholders ; but I would recommend that the whole matter be referred to the board of directors, or to a committee of directors and stockholders, to investigate these matters, and report with recommendations as to action to be taken, to a meeting of the stockholders, to bo called by the president, when notified that the parties to whom referred are ready to report. During the past year, the lessees have kept the track and rolling stock of the company in good condition. Respectfully submitted. IV. Holm us Hardin, President. On motion, the report of the president . was received as information and ordered to be recorded in the minutes. The report of the secretary and treasurer, which was disposed of in the same manner as that of the president, was as follows: To the Stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad company: Gentlemen: Since your last annual meeting, June, 1892, the present lessees promptly met the semi-annual * interest coupons on bonds maturing on July 1st, 1892. Also the semi-annual rental, payable October 1st, 18P2. Default was made on the interest payable January 1st, 1893; also on the semi-annual rental payable April 1st, 1893, and the in terest and rental so defaulted on still remains unpaid. Respectfully submitted, J. J. McLvrk, Treasurer. On motion of Mr. A. G. Brice, of Chester, ; the meeting resolved itself into a committee of the whole, in which the privileges of the floor were extended to the holders of first mortgage bonds, in the consideration of the report submitted by the president. . Mr. Edmund Jones, of Lenoir, offered the following: Resolved. That it is the sense of this meeting that the lease of the Chester niul Lenoir Narrow , (tange railroad ho declared forfeited. "I offer this proposition," said Mr. Jones, simply in order that there may beaomething before the meeting to discuss." Mr. J. J. Hemphill, of Chester, moved a3 a substitute to Mr. Jones's motion, that the , chair appoint a committee, of bondholders and stockholders to consider the plan of reorganization of the Richmond and Danville system, as submitted by Messrs. Drexel, Morgan & Co., and to report at a subsequent meeting of 1 he stockholders. Mr. Jones said that now was the time and i the opportunity to act. The lease had been i forfeited by the failure of the lessees to com, ply with their part of the contract. That ' point was clear. If the stockholders neglect their right to declare the lease forfeited ' now, they would not again have an opportunity until the next annual meeting of the stockholders. "Let us," he said, "declare the lease forfeited, "and enforce the resolution or not as we may afterwards see lit." Mr. Hemphill: "It does not strike me that there is anything in this proposition. ; We may adjourn over to another day and still preserve all the privileges of this meet, ing. We should take no hasty action. Under the re-organization scheme, we are ' offered preferred stock in the new company ; for our bonds, and common stock for our , [ stocks. None of us know the value of these j securities. The wise course for us is to ap ! point a committee of bondholders and stockj holders, and let them investigate the matter. . | One thing is certain. If the road is receiv, ing anything like justice at the hands ol j its present management, it is in very s I bad shape, and while preferred and common ' stocks may be worth little or nothing, we ' will be better off with them than with a piece of property on our hands to operate [ which we must take money out of our own pockets. We are in no condition at this time to declare the lease forfeited. We do not know what action would be taken by the I ltiohmnnd and Danville neonle. If we ' [ should take such action, and the news should i, be telegraphed to them, they might iramedi. i ately telegraph to their employes that 'the .; road is out of our hands and we are '; no longer responsible. Cease operations.' M Why, if they should do that, we couldn't 11 even get home." I j In reply, Mr. Jones said that he did not I accept the statement of the condition of the . j road as made by the lessees. That portion . i from Hickory to Lenoir was more than pay, ing expenses, and he believed that under ' | proper management, the entire line could be ' i made to do the same. He did not fear the consequences of declaring the lease forfeited. ! The present employees would no doubt be . glad to enter the service of the new comI pany, and things would move on) as usual. He believed that the money could !be had to 1 pay the debts and operating expenses of the road, and was satisfied that the offer made , to stock and bondholders under the reorgan ization plan amounted to nothing, and he [ thought the best thing to be done was tc I attempt the operation of the road either as an independent line, or in connection with jsome other system. f [ After a great deal of discussion on the ' question of then and there declaring the t lease forfeited, Mr. Jones and Mr. Hemphill . with their respective sympathizers, finally I got together on a preamble and resolution which, after sundry amendments, was finalj ly adopted as follows, the committee of the 5j whole having in the meantime risen and the - house having again resolved itself into n .! meeting of the stockholders : Whereas, a plan of reorganization of the Rich' nioiid and Danville railroad system has been submitted by Drexel, MorgaiwV Co., ami . Whereas, The Charlotte, Columbia and Angus! ta Railroad company, and its lessees, a part ol "! "--- .........i.. ,t... I UHl *YMrill, llil."! lillJl'll |l? l -? *111111 > Willi UK- II III!' i 'of the lease of the Chester ami Lenoir Kailroac ! eoinpany, 1 Unsolved, That the chair appoint a committee of three stockholders and three bondholders, t( ascertained all the facts possible with reference t< | the present condition of the Chester and Lenoii | railroad, -mid as to the advisability of midertak i ing to operate the road either by tin* company j itself or through others, and to correspond witli j and to receive propositions relating thereto, a> j also all information as to the plan of ro-organi" | zation and as to wisdom ot the bondholder.* ! and stockholders accepting the same, and report to an adjourned meeting of the stock homers, - to be held at Yorkvillc on the 31th day ol | I .lime, instant, at 1'- in. Under the authority of the above vesoj lution, the chair appointeil the following I committee: J. J. Hemphill, Chester, S. IV I chairman : Fdmund Jones, Caldwell county H X. C.; Jos. F. Wallace, Yorkvillc, S. C.; J, n C. Cobb, Lincolnton, X. C.: J. A. Martin, C Hickory, X. C.; A. (5. lirice, Chester, S. C\ , I On motion of Mr. J. J. McLure, the annuj al election of oflieers was postponed until .'the reassembling of the convention on the 'j'i'.ith of June, and the present officers were i requested to hold over until that time. ij On motion of Mr. W. A. Harbor, it was resolved to invite the holders of the first I mortgage bonds of the road, to meet with ; the stockholders at the adjourned meeting | to he held on the 29th instant. I There being no further business, the con-! ^ vention took a recess until the date named in the resolution. MERE*MENTION. Governor Flower, of New York, has expressed himself in favor of nominating Cleve- .] land for a third term as president. Ed- j I win I'ard ridge, the well-known grain opera-! ; tor of Chicago, was arrested last Friday on ( ; the charge of abducting a 1(> year old girl. [ i H<> uns rn1pnsi>rl nn SI.000 bail. He denies : the charge, and said that it was nothing but I ' a case of blackmail. Cleveland's cabi-1 net is said to be of the opinion that the next j congress will repeal the Sherman silver act! ^ with but little opposition. The so-called gold reserve in the treasury is now $12,000,000 short of the $100,000,000 mark. ! The total visible supply of cotton for the , world last Friday was 3,410,803 bales, against 3,821,233 bales on the same date last year. A cyclone struck the town of 1 I Kosedale, Miss., last Wednesday, and-killed ! two people and wrecked twenty houses. The Southern Cotton Oil company has declared a dividend of 21 per cent., payable 1 June 15 to stockholders of record May 31. Harry Hill, of Atlanta, who recently forged notes to the amount of $20,000, ^ was captured in Chicago last Thursday. , The Northern Presbyterian General assembly, by a vote of 383 to 116, has convicted I)r. Briggs of heresy and suspended him ^ from the church until "such time as he should repent." 1). N. Morgan, of Connecticut, the new United States treasurer, took the oath of office last Thursday and entered upon the discharge of his duties, re- \ .lieving K. N. Nebeker, of Indiana. I Walter Main's circus train was wrecked nearTyron, Pa., on Tuesday of last week.] Six men were killed and twelve or fourteen ! were wounded. Several lions and tigers] made their escape and killed a number of; domestic animals in the neighborhood before j they were recaptured. Georgia Pacific;.) bondholders are dissatisfied with the Richmond Terminal reorganization plan, and j threaten to withdraw the road from the j system unless they can get better terms. ^ Cholera, has again hroKen out 111 Hamburg, Germany, and also in several cities in France. As yet, however, the disease has not become epidemic. President Cleveland went fishing to Hog Island, Va., last Wednesday. Walter R. Beresford, the bogus English lord, sometime f ago convipted of forgery at Rome, Oa., has been sent to the penitentiary to serve a term of six years at hard labor. The tomb of r Lafayette, in Paris, was decorated on Tues- ? day of last week in honor of American in- I dependence. About 100 Americans were i present, A tramp attempted a criminal r assault on a white woman near Savannah, r Ga., one day last week. She drew a pistol . and shot him dead. William Townsend, an Englishman who recently attempted to 1 assassinate Gladstone, has been adjudged a c lunatic and committed to an asylum. s There will be nine contests for seats in con- N gress during the next session. For the first j time since the Democrats regained control . of the Southern States, there will be no a contest from South Carolina. Several ^ people were killed by a cyclone at Spanish Camp, Tex., last Sunday. The Homestead murder cases, which grew out of the big strike last year, have been compromised, ' the strikers withdrawing the charges against t H. C. Frick and the Pinkerton detectives, j and the Carnegie company withdrawing the g charges against leading strikers. The ( Carnegie Iron and Land companies, of Johnson City, Tenn., General John T. Wilder, c president, have made assignments. Rev. ^ R. S. Deener, a prominent Methodist preach- I er, of Batesville, Ark., has been arrested on ( the charge of forgery. The Columbus j caravals?Nina. Pinta and Santa Maria? j started for Chicago last Monday by way of the St. Lawrence river and the Great c Lakes. Rev. I)r. James Ecob, pastor of c the Second Presbyterian church, of Albany, a New York, renounced his allegiance to the $ Northern Presbyterian church last Sunday on c account of the decision of the general assem- . bly in the Briggs case. A cablegram of 1 Monday says that cholera is rapidly spreading ^ to all the important seaports of France. A Washington dispatch to the New York Herald says that Senator Hill will probably oppose the repeal of the Sherman silver pur- 1 chase act. Judge Julius J. Dubose, of 1 Shelby county, Tenn., has been impeached and removed from the bench. The In- . fanta Eulalie was entertained in New York all of last week. According to the pro- r gramme, she was to leave for Chicago yester- 1 day. Another big epidemic of bank failures, including many of the oldest finan- 1 cial institutions throughout the North and ? West, was reported last Monday. r WORLD STAR NOTES. * More Royalty to l>e Entertained. ? U is announced that Emperor William, J of Germany, has signified his intention to r visit the fair soon. , West Pointers In Luck, ? The war department has decided to send the entire corps of West Point cadets to ( the fair about the middle of August. I ~ . .. , ,. i ! Compromise I'niDHmt'i ? John Boyd Thatcher, chairman of the s ! committee of awards, has agreed to allow ( , foreign exhibitors to appoint any number of ( | representatives to make suggestions and ex! planations to judge of exhibits while he is * forming his opinion as to comparative merits. 1 ! The proposition meets with favor and the ( ' disaffection is likely to be healed in this ; way. Bh?1 Weather Interfered. | ? The attendance at the fair last Sunday * j was not nearly so large us on the Sunday t previous. The total number of admissions j during the day was scarcely more than ] ; 50,000, and many of these were children at half price. The decreased attendance ; ; is attributed to excessive heat and heavy j1 1! thunderstorms. The question as to whether (' or not the fair is to remain open.on Sundays !' ; | has not yet been decided. ' i i Now in the Time to (iet Your Money thick. ] ? A big portion of the general public has j been postponing its visit to the fair in the { '; hope that afterawhile there will be a big reduction in railroad rates. The managers '! do not like this, and last week published a ' j long statement in some of the leading papers t ' I setting forth that the fair is at its best at ( 11 this moment, that all stoiies of exorbitant | j charges for essential things are untrue, and j that now is the time to take advantage of j the grandest opportunity of any age in any : ! country. !l ? t j Predicts Union With England.?In , the June number of The North American ^ Review, published last week, appears a long; article by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, predicting ( 11 the union of all parts of the English-speak' ing world and setting forth the advantages J ' j winch would result from it. ] Mr. Carnegie, draws a glowing picture of j ! {the power and influence which would be ex1 j erted upon the world by an Anglo-American 1 > combination. ' i "It would," he says, "be unassailable upon ] land by any power or combination of pow- i - j ers that is possible to create, and as for the ' | water, the combined ileets would sweep the i seas. The new nation would dominate the 1 1 1 (ri'ontnr < worm aim uuiiimi uum uic i-umi , i stain, the murder of man by man. It would ( be the arbiter between nations and enforce j ' the peaceful settlement of all quarrels." sI Mr. Carnegie's forecast of the reception} i' with which the proposal for reunion will I' meet is extremely sanguine. Canada would j i undoubtedly favor reunion. The United j 1 States would be disposed toward it in a simi-, | Iar way?her people through the operation !, f of the constitution having become familiar-j < izcd with the addition of new States. ' | The prince of Wales, Mr. Carnegie thinks, 1 . would be the last man in the world to stand I ] ) in the way of healing a separation which he } | 1 so constantly deplores, and her majesty , : might be expected to give up her crown and I ^ >1 much more to be the peacemaker who) i j brought reunion to her race. ' Is it U Stat#' Institution? 'j ?According to agreement, in considera}; tion of money spent by the State on the Col- ' I'j umbin canal, the city of Columbia is bound I to furnish water to State institutions at the I' j capital free of rent. At a recent meeting of' i ' j the city council, objection was raised to fur-. j 1, nishing free water to the State dispensary ) ' j on the ridiculous ground that it is not a . j State institution. Governor Tillman says} ' the dispensary will use the city water, but j1 j if there is any paying for it, lie does not i( "} know about it. i 1 ----- |( ! 1 Will Hhvi- No Disju'iisiiry. i | ? Majorities of the citizens of Lancaster P j and Winnshoro, have declared against the ' (j establishment of dispensaries in their towns. | ( LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I .. M. Crist?Wants to rent two shall dwelling j houses. V. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pleas?On the first1 Monday of July, at .York court house, will sell under foreclosure of mortgage, a tract! of 144 acres of land in Bethel township, helonging to Jane Miller, tiddle A Carroll?Propose to furnish the public with lirst-class groceries. '. it. I Jiulsiiy?Will, lorS-'l, insure$1,000 worth ot | property against storms and cyclones, and will write tire insurance in reliable com-! panics. icorge T. Schorl)?Is agent for the well known j Wilcox it White organs, and wants you to j call at his store and see the selt-playing symphony organ he has in stock. He can supply you with an organ or piano, and proposes to guarantee them to be as represented. iVithers Adickes Company?Can furnish you en and willowwarc, tobacco, kerosene oil cans, bean seed, peas of different kinds, fly traps and fans, wire sereens for doors and windows, ote. iV. J. Roddey, agent of the Kquitable Life?Can furnish you with life insurance that is reliable. 'erguson Brothers?Are offering wheat bran put up in 1<X) lbs. sacks for$1.25, or 500 lbs. for $1.15 per 100 lbs. They make a specialty of home ground corn meal from home raised corn. T. M. Dobson, Manager?"Down goes the price of dress goods, shirts and shoes, and many other things," at 'Dobson's Racket. Go and see. J. A II. C. Strauss?Say that this month they are offering their entire stock at a sacrifice. II. Barnes, the Jeweler?Says that his "little nigger" is all right now, and that he luus corrected his mistake in "liggers," See what else Mr. B. has to say. jowry A Starr?Will tell you how to destroy flies, how to get your buggy painted at a small cost, and how to preserve your liarliass. They offer for 25 cents a sufficient quantity of powder to put up twenty pounds of fruit., V. B. Moore, Intendant?Gives notice that the sanitary committee will inspect the lots in town after the 15th instant. 7he Town Council of Yorkville?Gives notice that the commutation street tax for the current year has been fixed at $2.50. After the 1st day of August, those who are liable for the tax and who fail to pay, will be re(iuired to work on the streets for eight (lays. f. I<\ Wallace, Recievcr?Gives notice to the creditors of Henry Massey A Co., and Henry Masssy, individually, to tile their claims on or before the 24th of June, instant. V. II. McCorkle, judge of probate?Gives notice that W. Brown Wylic has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of Jonathan N. McElwee, Jr., de-1 ceased. EXCURSION TO THE MOUNTAINS. Captain Ramseur is indefatigable in his ifforts to make an enjoyable affair of his ex:ursion tomorrow. He has changed the ar iv "i u uiuoa |/. ui. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. IfORKViLLE?Services next Sunday at 10.30 t. m., and 8.15 p. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. n. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 1.15 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. T. C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services lext Sunday at 11 a. m. Yorkvillh?Services at 8.30 o'clock p. in. Sunday-school at [ o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrrow ivening at 8.30. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Weber, pastor. In consequence of the absence of the pastor, in attendance on the jommencement exercises of WofTord college, j )f which he is a trustee, there will be no ser-1 /ices at the church next Sunday. Prayerneeting this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Sunlay-school at 4 o'clock p. m. KILLED BYLIGHTNIXG. Mrs. Kate Crawford, wife of Mr. Daniel J jr. Crawford, of McConnellsville, was killed it her home at that place, during a thunderstorm, last Thursday afternoon, by a bolt of ightning. Mrs. Crawford had just returned from a /isit to some friends, and went out into the lack piazza of her home for a drink of water, rhe fatal bolt come while she was standing it the water-bucket with the dipper to her ips. There was a loud report, a blinding lash, and Mrs. Crawford fell unconscious to ;he floor. The lightning had first struck ,he roof of the house and passed to her, hrouL'h the ceilinir of the piazza, down a --0-in "valley." Though there were 110 marks )ii her person, a portion of her clothing was orn into shreds, and a large piece was cut )Ut of her right shoe. Shortly after the stroke, Mrs. Crawford ecovered consciousness, and complained hut she was about to smother. Later there ,vas a hemorrhage of the lungs, and death ollowed in about two hours from the time )f the accident. Mrs. Crawford was a daughter of Rev. R. 1 Johnston, the Presbyterian minister of Lincolnton, X. C. She was a general favorite n her community, a leader in church work, j mcl a truly excellent and noble woman. She | eaves a husband and three children, the j youngest of which is a little boy aged six j lionths. GEORGE HI NT CAPTURED. George Hunt, white, the well known! lesperado who escaped from the York j ounty jail ou the night of April 11, 1892,1 las been captured, and is now lying in; Kutberford county, X. ('.,jail, probably at* lie point of death from the eiiectsoi wounds received while resisting arrest. Hunt, it will be remembered, was tried in his county in April, 18!)2, on the charge of lggruvated assault and battery, and on conviction, Judge Aldrich sentenced him to pay i fine of ?")00, or serve one year in the penitentiary at hard labor. On the night following the day of his sentence, Hunt managed to escape, getting out of juil through lie ceiling of his cell, thence through a venilator to the roof, and thence down to the ground by means of a ladder that had been eft leuning against the building by some painters. Returning to North Carolina, says the last issue of the Shelby Review, he went into the * 1M1..11 .1 .....1 DOUIUHIIIS oi luimerioru luuiiiy, uiiu niuucu i blockudc distillery. He soon became a :error to the law-abiding citizens, and hough numerous attempts were made to irrest him, he invariably succeeded in either duding or intimidating the oflicers of the aw, until hist \yednesday, when he came o sudden grief. Deputy Slierifls Gettys, Itobertson and Joseph Ilodge came upon him n Golden Valley township. The officers ailed upon Hunt to surrender. The des-j peratio was armed with a ride and pistols and without a word, fired at the officers, tlx ball narrowly missing the head of Deputy Hodge. The officers returned the fire witl a volley, and Hunt fell to the ground des perately wounded in several places, one rifit ball having shattered his thigh. He begget for quarter, and as soon as possible was car ried to jail. Hunt has several grave charges to answei in Rutherford county, and if still alive whet the North Carolina authorities get througl with him, he will yet serve his year in tlx South Carolina penitentiary. AUCTION' 8AUKS. Last Monday, sales-day for June, passec ~a? , I on iving and leaving time at Marion, so as to ;ive excursionists who may desire it an op)ortunity of spending tomorrow night in ^.sheville, and thinks he can perfect an arangement with the Western North Carolina oad, whereby the round trip may be made or one fare. At any rate, a free excursion s promised from Marion to Thermal City, tud balls are to be given to the excursionists it both places tomorrow night. Hotel rates vill be reduced to $1.00 a day. The train eaves Yorkville tomorrow morning at 9.30 md returns about 11 o'clock Friday night, die fair for the round trip is only $1.30. RAILROAD EARNINGS. The railroad commission has published ts report of the earnings of the railroads iu he State for March, 1893, as compared with ilarch, 1892. In the aggregate, the figures ihow up a net increase of $07,356.54, or 1.23 per cent, more than last year. The tarnines of the various roads in this section vere as follows: Atlanta and Charlotte Air vine, $71,429.69, an increase of $4,715.60; Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago, $15,779.!0, an increase of $1,495.14; Charlotte, Coumbia and Augusta, $55,407,53, an increase if $2,353.25 ; Cheraw and Chester, $1,744.04, in increase of $343.72; Georgia, Carolina ind Northern, $54,153.18, an increase of >39,127.41; Chester and Lenoir, $2,591.23, in increase of $291.50. The total increase n the earnings of the Richmond and Dandlle system was $7,576.07. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at 0.30 a. m., and Sunday-school immediatey afterward. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., )astor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. n., and 8.15 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school >4 A anlr t\ rr? Yorkville, an invitation to the commence ment exercises of the Winthrop Norma college, to be held in Columbia on* the 15tl instant. There will be eight graduates thi year. Only Half a Crop. ? "That's fine looking corn you've got, said a gentleman to an old Negro in th Sharon neighborhood recently. "Yes, sir boss, dat's fine; but I don't expect to ge more'u halfacrop." "What is the matter I)o you expect the creek to wash it away ? "No, sir ; hadn't calkerlated on dat, but yo see I's workin' it on sheers." Died in Spartanburg. ? Mrs. Elizabeth Lee, daughter of J. M. Anderson, formerly president of th Yorkville Female college, died at her hom in Spartanburg last Thursday morning age about 50 years. Mrs. Lee had been marrie about twenty years. She was a consecrate Christian woman, loved and respected by a! who knew her. Fine Mule Killed. ? Lightning killed a fine mule for Mr. J C. Robinson, three miles east of Yorkvillt lust Thursday afternoon. There was vivid flash, a loud report, and the aniraa which was standing alone in the stabh was instantly killed. An examination fo marks showed that the fluid had entered a one ear and passed through the body, an tore the hoof from one hind foot. Time Limited to June 10th. ? Messrs. Drexel, Morgun & Co. hav limited the time for the acceptance of thei plan for the reorganization of the Kicbmom Terminal system by the securityholders, t June 10th, insfant. After that date bonds preferred and common stocks, will he rc ceived only on such terms as may be deeme fit by the committee having the matter i charge. MnJor Harper for I'roMhlent. ? Judging by the sentiment of nutnerou stockholders of the Chester and Lenoi Narrow Gauge Railroad company, as ex pressed in conversation last Thursday, it i likely that Major G. W. F. Harper, of Lc noir, N. C., will be elected president of th Narrow Gauge railroad at the adjoume meeting of the stockholders to be held on th 29th instant. lloth of Them Were Plucky. ? Rock Hill Herald : A little eight yea old son of Mr. J. W. Thomson, the bo^ | beamer at the Standard mill, fell into a we about thirty-six feet deep a few days agi There was no one near except a ten year oh | sister of the little fellow, but he climbed on of the water by aid of the rocks in the wal ; and was rescued from his perilous positio by bis little sister, who lowered the we ; chain and drew him out. It was a narrow escape and wonderful work for two littl i children. ! In South Ciirolliui Murrlage 1* Sucrwl. | ?Judge Witherspoon, in a decision file ! last Monday, decided that a divorce grante I in Illinois of parties living or owning proj erty in South Carolina and married in anotl er State, does not annul the marriage in thi State, and the right of dower is still in fore / / J uu uiuiuui iiiumem. xuuiu wen only a few strangers in town and business generally was dull. The auction sales, pur suant to duly advertised notice, were as fol lows: By the sheriff: An undivided half interest in 237 acres o land in Bethesda township, levied on as the property of Robert J. Williamson, at thesui of James L. Williamson. Bought by James L. Williamson for $50. By the clerk : Under decree of foreclosure, at the suit o the Cherokee Building and Loan association a lot of land with the building thereon, sit uated in the town of Blacksburg, on Li mi street, and containing 21,768 square feet Bought by M. R. Reese for the Cheroke* Building and Loan association for $330. Under foreclosure, at the suit of John R Barron, a tract of lund situated in Bullock : Creek township, and containing 137 acres Bought by J. S. Brice for John R. Barron fo $50. Under foreclosure, at the suit of W. Gil Wylie, trustee, against W. II. Taylor ant others, a lot of land with the building thereon, situated in the fpwn of Newport Bought by C. E. Spencer for W. J. Roddey for $335. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. News reached here yesterday of a dastard ly attempt on the part of Sain Neely, a Negr laborer, to assassinate Mr. William Allen ii his home, in Gaston county, N. C., near th< York county line, last Friday night. Mr. Allen recently had occasion to rebuk Neely for shooting at his chickens with bow and arrow, and the negro sought reveng through assassination. His plan of carryin: out his devilish purpose is described as fol lows: Going to Mr. Allen's house late at night Neely found the door locked, with the ke; sticking on the inside. Having first stuffei under the door a cotton rag to muflle th noise of the falling key, he pushed it out c the lock with a small stick and allowed it t fall to the floor. The rag was withdraw] and with it came the key. ? Unlocking the door, the Negro entered th house and passed through three rooms ii search of his victim, at last finding him ii his bed sound asleep. There was a revolve in the house, belonging to some member c the family, and picking up this Neely firei a bullet into the sleeping man's head. The bullet of the assassin struck Mi Allen in the back of the head and followei around the skull nearly to the forehead, in Aiding a very painful, though not necessa rily dangerous wound. It was removed b; Dr. George R. Patrick next day with ver little difficulty. After firing the murderous shot, Neel, made his escape and ran away, coming ove into this county where he was arrested nex day. He was afterward committed to Dal las, N. C., jail. The Negro is an ex-convict, having only short time ago completed a term of si months for burglarizing Glenn & Riddle' store, at Bethel, in January, 1892. LOCAL LACONICS. Good Selection*. ? Mr. W. J. Roddey and Dr. T. A. Craw ford have been elected local members c the board of trustees of the Industrial am Winthorp Normal college at Rock Hill. No Truth in It. ? A Yorkville special to The State say "that the stables of Mr. R. A. Parish wen struck by lightning last Thursday; on building was knocked entirely down am eleven buggies were badly damaged. Sev en people were badly shocked." Chidreu'rt Day. ? Children's day exercises at the Presby rian church last Sunday afternoon wer largely attended.. The main feature of th occasion was the admirable address of Rev Alexander Sprunt, which was listened ti with great interest and pleasure throughout Wlnlliwttt Vnpmal ? The Enquirer has received, with th compliments of Miss Emma Kennedy, c ? ^ ,! so far as civil actions arc concerned. The s laws of South Carolina are not affected by , divorces in other States, especially so far as i dower is concerned. < - (letting Better. ?! ?A private letter from Tirzah, informs ] us that Mr. John S. Sadler, Jr., who was . seriously injured in a difficulty with J. F. i Adkins, on Tuesday of last week, is improvrjing, and the chances for his recovery are i now considered good. ) I'ltMtorul lteliitioiiM DUhoI vi*<l. . j I ? An adjourned meeting of Bethel Pre?.- * bytery was held at Winnsboro last Friday. The only business of importance transacted was the dissolution of the pastoral relations 1 between Rev. Dr. T. R. English and the j | Presbyterian church at Yorkville, and Rev. 3' B. P. Reid and the church at Bethcsda. - Tin- Heat III Yearn. . I ? A private note from a gentleman in the ^ ; Gold Hill section of Fort Mill township says: "We have had line rains. Wheat and f oat crops are good?the best in years I think." s | It would appear from this that wheat and I j oat raising in York county is not a lost art, 51 as some of onr fanners have been trying to | bring themselves to believe. | Brick and Iron. f ? Mr. W. K. Spratt, of the Spratt Machine l company, is in Yorkville, arranging pre. ' liminaries preparatory to commencing work e! on the new court house next Monday. More than one-fourth of the entire cost of the new e | building will be for irou, including stairJ cases, braces, girders, etc. These materials, [ as well as the brick, have all been contracts; ed for, and Mr. Spratt assures us that he | will easily have the buildiug ready for use r at the November term of court. The Railroad A*??*SHinent Chx?;k. j ? The following persons have been subj pa'naed to appear before J. E. Hagood, spes cial master of the United States court, at Spartanburg, S. C\, to testify in the tax assessment cases of the Air Line railroad against ' | Blake : W. B. Wylie, J. S. Brice, W. J. j Waters, W. B. Williams, Dr. J. F. Lindsay, j G. L. Riddle, W. D. Glenn, S. A. McElwee. - ^ - The issue raised by the railroad people is ^ o . that the State authorities are seeking to asa ; scss railroad property at full value, while e private property is assessed at a great deal less. e A Town Full of Excni-NloiilHtM. a ? Yorkville was full of visitors last Thurse day, the occasion of the railroad meeting, g In the morning it was so quiet and still it 1- was said notes could be heard falling due at the bank. After the arrival of the trains, however, the scene changed. The streets y presented the appearance of a city thor3 oughfare on a Saturday afternoon. The vise itors included lots of pretty girls, and were ?f frqm all along the narrow gauge railroad o from Chester to Lenoir. They crowded the n I hotels and amused themselves by taking in | the town and patronizing the refreshment ei stands of the "Willing Workers," on the n Presbyterian church lawn. Some of the n North Carolina visitors, from close to the r ! foot of the mountains, expressed great admi ration for the magnolias they saw in a num3 ber of private yards. The "Williir Workers," with a quick eye to business, soon ' raanoeuvered a corner on these beautiful d flowers, and in a short while disposed of the i- available supply at ten cents each. During the day there were two games of baseball; y one between Chester and Yorkville clubs, y and the other between Chester and Gastonia. Chester was defeated in both games. The y excursionists, who came in open cars, left r at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and we t are sorry to report, wound up an otherwise I- very pleasant day, in a drenching rain. , a ABOUT PEOPLE. x Captain J. It. Lindsay is at home for a s few days. Miss Heyman, of Chester, is visiting Miss Norma Strauss. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss are visiting ? ... relatives at Pacolet. Miss Ella Neely has returned home from j the Salem, N. C., Female academy. Mr. H. F. Adickes, Jr., is home from the Presbyterian High School, at Rock Hill. g Miss Nannie Barnett, of Fodder, visited friends in this place last week. p Miss Nettie May Black, of Bethesda, is i visiting the family of Captain J. R. Lindsay. [ Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cork ill, of Chester, I spent several days in Yorkville last week. Mrs. Jerome Wood and daughter, Miss . j Mamie, visited relatives in Yorkville last e ! week. , e ! I)r. T. S. Bratton and family, of Columbia, , ; are in Yorkville, visiting relatives and r 0 friends. j Miss Ida deLoach, of Hampton county, is ; in Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr. Jos. e ' O. Walker. ,f 1 Miss Mamie Hughes, of Union, is in >. Yorkville, visiting her sister, Mrs. S. M. L1 McNcel. h Miss Minnie Wurren, of Clinton, S. C., is # s in Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr. John R. Warren. Mr. Charles D. Jones, of Lancaster, spent " several days in Yorkville last week with Mr. e C. E. Spencer, Jr. j Mr. Jas. F. Glenn returned home from it Charlotte last week, and for the present will ? remain in Yorkville. " Mrs. M. J. Ingold will spend the summer u with the family of Mr. C. C. Randleman, at Kiug's Mountain, N. C. Prof. W. W. Lewis and wife, of Atlanta, r. Ga., are in Yorkville, visiting the family of e Mr. John M. Rawlinson. e i Rev. Dr. T. R. English and family, expect d i to leave Yorkville for their new home in d j Virginia, during the last week in this month, d | Miss Edith Wallace returned home last II ! T? iii/lnit ri?/-v ?Y? Cf o 11 r\ An va ii'l^ nm aln 1a a a (X r i iuuj j nuui kJiouiibUUj t n uvt t ouu iiaa been attending a female college in that city. Mrs. A. Springs Withers and children, ]. who have been in Charleston for the past if two months visiting relatives and friends, a expect to return home tomorrow. 1, j Mrs. Margaret Grier, of Harrisburg, N. C., : and daughter, Mrs. M. (5. Miller, will arrive ,r , in Yorkville this afternoon and will be the ,t | guests of Mrs. B. X. Moore. J We received a pleasant call on last Thursday from Mr. W. F. Marshall and wife, of Gastonia, X. C. Mr. Marshall is the editor e and proprietor of the Gastonia Gazette. r ' Masters Paul and Glenn Grist, and Misses I 7 d Clara and Helen Grist, of Lenoir, N. C., o spent several days in Yorkville last week i, with relatives and friends. ^ i- Rev. G. S. Daugherty, of Xewberry cound ty, spent several days in Yorkville last n week, the guest of Rev. W. J. Langston. Mr. Daughtery preached iu the Baptist church on Friday, Saturday and Sunday s nights, and at Union on Sunday morning. > In it a Combination? is ? The Columbia Register is of the opinion >. that Congressman Shell, Senator Butler, Cnl e Caughman, Congressman Brawley, M. L. (j Donaldson, B. F. Perry and other politicians, are engineering a movement looking to the e foundation of some kind of combination by which their nolitieal fortunes nro to l>? ml. I * " " " "" ^ fcv/ "v "" ^ ; vanced. "One part of this scheme/' says ,r ' The Register, "is as plain as daylight. Shell is | is to give all the patronage he can secure to U the Antis, while Butler is to give as much as ' possible to Tillmanites, each having in view * j the purpose of strengthening himself with ! the opposite faction from that to which he professes allegiance, all for the purpose of ^ 1, carrying out the grand scheme alluded to. If n i there were no such scheme on foot every II1 Conservative paper in the State would have long ago opened fire on Butler for the vari1 | ous appointments that lu- has made and his e 1 support of Caughman and Perry, who have (always been peculiarly obnoxious to the j Antis." / 4 : An Abbeville Man Clt'tn a Job. ? Only one appointment was made from | South Carolina bust week by President Clevex' j land. Mr. W. O. Bradley, of Abbeville, was 's placed in the treasury department, as chief e j of division, at a salary of $'2,l)00 a year. .J