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J>cra|is anil $act$. | ? The ultimate fate of the German army bill is still a matter of doubt, although com- J plete returns have been received from all of; the 397 districts in the empire. At present; 199 deputies are counted for the army bill,! 185 against it, and thirteeu are considered doubtful. Bo'.h sides claim the victory on I the final vote. ? A cowboy, named John Berry, won the long distance race from Chadron, Neb., to Chicago. It will be remembered that the start was made at Chadron on June 13, and Da?.t rnn/1o7i;AllC 111 PhlPnOTl i ^ci.jr iv w.v .v. ... oh June 27, having ridden the same horse over 1,000 .miles in fourteen days. The last 150 miles was covered in twenty-four hours. The next arrival was two hours behind Berry. ? General Dabney H. Maury, of Lexington, Va., has proved himself worthy of the high confidence the people of the South reposed in him during and since the war. He was recently offered a position with the Louisiana State Lottery at a salary of $30,000 a year. He declined the position with the statement: "I prefer to go down t<5 my grave as I am, and not to place my children in a position that might require of them an explanation." ? A baby was born in New York the other day. It was an Astor baby, and is heir to $150,000,000. The New Nation thus figures on the wealth and income of this one baby. At 6 per cent, the interest is $9,000,000 per year, or $30,000 per day for, say 300 working days. It, therefore, would require 20,000 workingmen at $1.50 per day to pay the interest, and somebody must pay it. Or, look a little further. When this baby is 21 years old, the $150,000,000 has doubled twice, and it is $600,000,000. Then an army of 80,000 men must work to pay this interest. But we must leave at least $1 per day for the laborer and his family for his subsistence. Then it will take an army of 240,000 laboring men to keep this fortune up, allowing each laborer to be a man of a family and five to the family, it follows that not less than 1,200,000 persons are interested in the fortune of that $150,000,000 millionare baby. ? At the last February term of Mecklenburg superior court, says the Charlotte Observer, Dr. J. J. Hone, of Pineville, was given judgment for damage sustained in the tnm Vinrcoo hv ?. train nn the Char IWllilUg VJL HI V UVtOVU MJ ?- v.. ? ,?? lotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad. The railroad company refused or neglected to pay off the judgment, and an execution was issued upon it, and that much of the road from Charlotte, through Pineville, to the South Carolina line, was offered for sale at the court house door, about six weeks ago, for the recovery of $483, amount of the judgment and costs. Mr. H. G. Springs brought the road and took the sheriff's deed for it. He has coucluded, however, to let the re-organization committee of the Richmond and Danville railroad have it, and has made his deed to this committee accordingly. To secure this deed was the object of the visit to Charlotte on Tuesday, of Captain Charles Price, attorney for the railroad. ? The late Leland Stanford scattered his money around in a manner corresponding to his wealth. When he left his house in the morning, he used to fill his pocket with twenty-dollar gold pieces. These he dispensed here and there. He learned later that those who begged of him would have been content with a ten-dollar bill. He used these for a while, and then fell to fives. It was his custom of late to load himself up with thirty or forty bills of the $2 denomination, and he used to chuckle over his fancied cuteness in getting rid of his worries so cheaply. But whether he carried twentydollar gold pieces, ten-dollar bills, five-dollar bills or two-dollar bills he always came home without a cent. His mail was a curiosity in its way. The fame of his fortune was worldwide. Dukes, earls, lords and countesses wrote to him for money, and a good many of them got it. But for his enormous income he would have been styled a prodigal. ? At the Confederate reunion at Birmingham, Ala., in September, an attractive feature will be tbe "Tableaux of the States," in which "each Southern State is to be represented," as the Birmingham Age-Herald has it, "by its most beautiful unmarried woman." The following have been selected for the States named: Virginia, Miss Lizzie Clarke, of |Newport News; North Carolina, Miss Kate Cantwell, of Wilmington ; Kentucky, Miss Sara Simrall, of Lexington ; Mississippi, Miss Nellie Fewell, of Meridian ; Florida, Miss Lizzie Pasco, of Monticello; Tennesee, Miss Mata Orr Jackson, of Nashville; Arkansas, Miss Lillie McGee, of Van Buren. The States to be yet represented are Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. General Cabell, writing from Texas, says hd will have the prettiest woman from that State ; General Capers, in South Carolina, is now in correspondence with the fair lady from that State, and General Moorman promises the Louisiana ber.uty. ? The public debt statement issued from the treasury department on July 1, shows that there was a net decrease of $1,210,258 during the month of June. The j interest bearing debt increased $1,990.00;' the debt on which interest has ceased since : maturity, decreased $96,950. The debt j bearing no interest decreased $224,162, and ! the cash in the treasury increased $897,136. j The aggregate interest and non-interest; bearing debt June 30th, was $961,431,766. | May 31st it was $961,750,888. Certificates' and treasury notes, offset by an equal amount' of cash in the treasury on June 30th, were ! $584,553,920, a decrease of $9,977,097. The total cash in. the treasury was $745,004,601. j The gold reserve was $95,485,413, and the net cash balance $26,976,877. In the month there was a decrease of $8,063,177 in gold coin and bars, the total at the close being $188,455,332. Of silver there was an increase of $5,369,905. Of the surplus there was in national bank depositaries $12,082,573.65 against $11,649,142 at the end of the previous month. The receipts for the month of June were $30,983,921 aud expenditures $29,296,451. In May the receipts were $30,071,497, and expenditures $30,872,502. The customs receipts decreased from $15,424,853 to $14,964,390; revenue receipts increased from $13,214,102 to $14,003,127. Payments for pensions decreased from $14,268,010 to $11,411,302. ? Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, has created a big sensation by pardoning from the penitentiary Samuel Fielding, Oscar \V. Neebe and Michael Schwab, sentenced for participation in murders committed in the Hay market riot on May 4, 1886. These men were members of a society called the International, organized for the purpose of introducing anarchy and subduing by violence and death all who were in favor of law and order. For over a year previous to May, 1S86, the society had been at work fomenting a strike for the eight hour law. It was the idea of the anarchists to enlist all the workingmen possible, not so much for the purpose of reducing the hours of labor, as for the purpose of creating general dissatisfaction and discord. The strike commenced about the first of May, 1886. New men were secured to take the place of the strikers, aud led by the anarchists, the strikers, participated a riot which was put down by the police. On the 4th of May, a large number of strikers and anarchists were collected around the police station at the Hay market. Indulging in incendiary speeches and becoming exceedingly threatening, the police conceived it their duty to take a hand. In a body they marched against the strikers. On the approach of the police the strikers threw dynamite bombs into their ranks, killing one, mortally wounding six others and injuring a score more. A number of the leading anarchists who participated were arrested and on trial convicted. Several were convicted of murder and hanged. The sentence of Fielding and Schwab was commuted to lifetime imprisonment, and that of Neebe was made fifteen years. The action of Governor Altgeld in pardoning them after seven years is hailed with delight by anarchists everywhere, and severely condemned by the conservative press. ? The agricultural department, according to a Washington paper, has unearthed two or three swindles which have been having a great run amongst the bucolic population of the country. One is the "Gilt-Kdged Butter Compound," an article which is being extensively advertised and sold to farmers with the assurance that by its help they can make twice as much butter as by the ordinary process. It is very simple. To a pint of fresh milk you add as much of the "compound" as will lie on a silver dime, with one pound of soft butter, and churn for a few minutes, when you can take out two pounds of good butter. This compound, the department says, is nothing but pepsin. Mixed with butter it enables the butter to take up an equal quantity of fresh milk. without materially altering its appearance Rennet will have the same efl'ect. Tin "compound'' is sold for $1.25 an ounce whereas its actual value is about a cent The butter produced in this way looks very much like ordinary butter, but it is consider ably softer and spoils very soon. It is sail that one firm has declared its intention o spending $125,000 this year in advertising this fraud. Its advertising is principally done by sending circulars and postals to tin farmer. The same firm is offering to tin farmers what it calls "elcctrofied silver," i preparation, which it claims will plate table ware, or any metallic object, sc that it wil last for ten years. It is sold at $7.50 i package, said to do $350 worth of plating The preparation is simply a mercurial amal gam, which is of no value whatever, and i put on spoons or other tableware is extreme ly dangerous to the health. Another "spc cialty" of this comj^my is a "preserving com pound," one package of which, sold at $1.25 will, they say, preserve twenty-five gallon of fruit and vegetables. This compound i: nothing but the notoriously poisonous sali cylic acid. Farmers are warned to bewar of these frauds. $hc ftotltviUc YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1893. ? On the first page of this issue, we prin an open letter from Senator Butler to thi Spartanburg Herald, giving the senator') position in State politics. Those of Senatoi Butler's friends, or former friends, who hav< always considered him a staunch Couserva tive, will not be altogether pleased with thii deliverance, but say what they will, tw< things must be admitted. First, the lette is pretty level headed ; and, second, the sen ator is a pretty good politician. ? The Indian government, which has beer coining free for its citizens about forty millioi ounces of silver per annum, has closed it: mints against further free coinage of th< metal, and the result has been a genera shaking up of silver throughout the world The closing of the Indian mints occurred 01 June 26. Silver was then selling on tin American market at 82 cents an ounce, ant has since dropped to 73 cents. The bullioi in a silver dollar is now worth only 57 cents Since Mr. Cleveland has called an extra session of congress to regulate matters, how ever, the price of the white metal has beei steadily increasing. ? The midsummer Cosmopolitan, the firs at the new price of 12} cents per copy though unchanged in size, excels any othe issue of that magazine in the number of ita distinguished contributors, in the interest o its contents and in its overflowing illustra tious by famous artists. Francois C'oppee William Dean Howells, Camille Flnmmarion Andrew Lang, Frank Dempster Sherman H. H. Boyeseu, Charles DeKay, Thomas A Jauvier, Colonel Tillman, Agnes Repplier and Gilbert Parker, are a few of the name which appear on its title page. Thrci frontispieces, all by famous artists, furnisl an unusual feature, and amoug the artist: who contribute to the 111) illustration: adorning its pages, are Lausens, Reinlmrt Fenu, Toussaint, Stevens, Saunier, Fitler Meaulle and Franzen. The midsumme: number is intended to set the pace for tin magazine at its new price of 12.} cents a copy or $1.50 a year. The magazine remains un changed in size and each issue will be an ad vance upon its predecessors. Literally every known country is being ransacked foi material in the hope to bring The Cosmopol itau forward as the leading magazine in tin world. Address, Cosmopolitan Publishing Co., New York. TIIE SILVER QUESTION. Of all the many issues with which thi country has been confronted since the war they were but child's play as computet with that with which it is now called upoi to deal. We refer to the silver questionthe relation, in their use ns money metals between gold and silver. To get at the subject as we see it, thougl we confess it is a many sided one, we wil say that the present struggle is largely be tween the debtor and creditor classes ove: the price of money to be given and feceivet in payment of debts. The debtor class is in favor of the fre< coinage of silver on a basis of 412J grains t< the dollar, primarily for the purpose of in creasing the circulation of the country, hold ing, as they do, that as matters now stand the circulation is not nearly sufficient for tin transaction of the legitimate business. Tin creditor class holds that if the circulation i increased by the free coinage of silver, xnon ey will be cheapened, as to present values and at least so far as they apply, debts wil be correspondingly decreased. In their argu ment, the creditor class says to the dcbto class: "Your debts were contracted on a gob basis. We gave you gold values, and if yoi cheapen money by the free coinage ofsilvci you will commit an act of dishonesty ii that you will not pay back to us the fill amount you received from us."' In reply the debtor class says : "When we contracts these debts, money was more plentiful thai it is now. Since that time it has been con : tinually growing scarcer, and consequentl; I its purchasing power has been growing great j er. It is only fair that I pay you back ii I the same priced money that I received fron you, and, therefore, it is just and fair tha i the price of money be cheapened." But this is only one of the many sides t : this intricate question. The free eoitiag man says: "There is not enough gold to d the business of the country. Before silve i was demonetized, it did the work of gob ! equally as well. Let us remonetize silve by free coinage, and between the two metal? ' we can easily have all the circulation that i needed." "That may be so," says the mon omctalist, or gold man, "but you must it member that 412* grains of silver are wort about ">7 cents, and in spite of all you ca do, a silver dollar coined on that basis, i only worth a little more than half as muc as the gold dollar. "Bosh," says the silver man. "When silve was demonetized in 1873 it was worth mor 1.1 11 .... , II1HI1 gUltl. i>cillici mi iti imib mi monetary value other than that ascribed b law. Vou have robbed silver of its mouetur, value by inimical legislation, and that valu could be and should be, restored in the sain manner." "But you forget," replies the gold mai: 1 "that gold is the recognized standard ai over the world?that anywhere our gold wi go at full value, so much per grain, wit gold of any civilized country regardless ( weight. No matter what we may say 121 grains of silver are worth when coined i this country, other countries will only rt , gard it as so much bullion, and pay for i j only its market value in gold. 1 "There is where you are mistaken again, says the silver mau. "Notwithstanding th boasted wealth of England and other eoun tries, the industries, the business, and th financial importance of this country are s vast that if we should adopt the freecoinag ; of silver, on whatever basis, to say not bin of the basis of 4124 grains to the dollar,'a I conditions now stand, there being an instil j frciency of gold to transact the business ( j the world, other countries would also b .' forced to .adopt the same bi-mctalic stands 1 aid.'' ?! The above is simply introduced to illus trate a few of the arguments used by either 1 side. The illustrations, however, barely j touch the subject. There are too many f! different points involved to even hint at ;; them in a newspaper article. The fact is, >'; the whole subject is involved in so much i | uncertainty, that even leaving out all inter | est and prejudice, neither side can convince the other as to what is right, and when 1 j either side is run into a hole, which happen* i! as often to one as the other, the invarible re | tort is, "anyhow I am willing to risk it and 'jtakc the consequences. The only way tc prove it is to try it." Notwithstanding all this uncertainty, how. ever, the question is still a very grave issue. , It is largely the uncertainty itself that make* s it such. This uncertainty has destroyed the 5 confidence of the country and paralyzed ~ business to such an extent that an extra session of congress is deemed necessary. . But as to whether congress will or can furniuli il.n fnmnilv u-o will ll!lVf? f n WJlit 2111(1 SCO. A SIGNIFICANT PROCLAMATION. The l'rcMitiPiit Calls Congress to Meet In KxtrH Session on August 7. The president lias issued a proclamation calling an extra session of congress to convene in August. It was issued on last Friday evening, just after-the closing of the Stock exchange, and the cause of it is fully believed to be the recent action of India in closing her mints to the free coinage of silvet for private individuals. " The proclamation, which is dated, Executive Mansion, Washington, June 30, is as follows: : Whereas the distrust and apprehension t concerning the financial situation, which t pervade all business circles, have already caused great loss and damage to our people, and threaten to cripple our merchants, stop the wheels of manufacture, bring distress and 2 privation to our farmers, and withhold from - our workingtnnn the wages of labor; and s whereas the present perilous condition is 5 largely the result of the financial policy which r the executive branch of the government finds embodied in unwise laws which must be executed until repealed by congress : Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, president of the United States, in perform, ance of the constitutional duty, do, by this j proclamation, declare that the extraordinary occasion requires the convening of both s houses of the congress of the United States 3 at the capitol, in the city of Washington, on 1 the seventh day of August next, at IS . o'clock, noon, to the end that people may ! be relieved through legislation from the , present and impending danger and distress, J All those entitled to act as members of the Fifty-third congress are required to take no1 tice of this proclamation.and attend at the time and place above stated, i Given under my hand and the seal of the . United States at the city of Washington, on the 30th dav of June, in the year of oui J *" ' ? Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and of the independence of the United States, the one hundred and sevent teenth. [Signed] Grovkr Cleveland. [ MERE MENTION. The people of China have determined tc boycott American goods in the event of the enforcement of the Geary Chinese exclusion i law. Mrs. Homer Baldwin, of Yonkers, , New York, has been awarded a verdict ol ; $50,000 for injuries sustained in an accident on the New York Central railroad, This is the largest verdict ever awarded to n ' private individual. Miss Julia Force, 5 the Atlanta woman who some time age - murdered her two sisters, hus been ad1 judged a lunatic and sent to the Georgia s State asylum at Milledgcville. There 5 were 999 deaths from cholera in Mecca Arabia, on Monday of last week. Wai ' is said to be imminent between the French > government and Siam, over the question of r boundary lines. At a meeting of the i holders of the 0 per cent, bonds of the f Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, held in Augusta last Wednesday, it was decided to ask Drexel,* Morgan & Co. foi still better terms than they have offer? ed. In the United States court at Sar vannah, Ga., last Wednesday, Justice Jack son ordered the sale of the Georgia Central 3 railroad to satisfy first and second mortgage r bonds. The president has appointed J, ' F. Tillman, of Tennessee, register of the treasury. William H. Moore, editor of the Augusta News, dropped dead suddenly last Wednesday. Anthony J. Drexj el, head of the well known banking firm of ; Drexel, Morgan & Co., of New York, died at j Carlsbad, Bohemia, last Friday. The United States gunboat Concord has been sent to China. The report of the assignee shows that the recent failure of "exj Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Foster, at Fostoria, Ohio, will approximate, if not i exceed, one million dollars. The busi I ness failures for the seven days ending last Friday, number for the United State's 307, and for Canada 27; total 334. For the corr responding week of last year, the figures 1 show 171 failures in the United States ami 20 in Canada. The executors of the e estate of the late Samuel J. Tilden have 31 compromised with Dr. Charles E. Simmons i for $40,000, a bill for $130,000 brought " j against the estate for eight years' medical "I.services. The case has been in the courts ? since 1888. The total visible supply o! e' cotton for the world is 2,829,333 bales [> I against 3,373,031 at this time last year. s IA destructive cyclone swept across the ' eastern portion of Arkansas last Saturday i night. The Duke of Yeragua and part} sailed for Spain Saturday morning. The 1! Tennessee legislature recently passed a law -i requiring all insurance companies doiiq r business in the State to file copies of theii I j charters with the secretary of state. As ti t result, nearly all of the companies hav< , withdrawn. They fear that they will be ' i come liable to taxation on their capita II stock. Nearly all of the big silver mine! 1 in the West have shut down on account o the heavy decline in the price of silver. j | Coal miners to the number of 8,000 made r contract with their employers at Birmingham, Ala., last Saturday, by which a hij, " j strike was averted. The New York y ' banks hold $1,251,723 in excess of there -1 quirements of the 23 per cent. rule. ,1 Dukxijl, Moucan & Cu.'s Flax.?Drex t el, Mor-gan & Co.'s plan, so far as it relate: | to the properties in which the people o | this section are interested, may be stated a: ? follows: e As to the Chester and Lenoir and Chestei 0 and Chcraw Narrow (iauge railroads, the} r oiler 100 per cent, in prelcred stock for tin . bonds, and will underwrite this stock at 5t 1 cents. They will exchange their new coin rj moil stock for the present common stock o S the roads share for share. They claim tha s their preferred stock will in two years In worth 70 to 80 cents. For the Charlotte, Columbia and August: I lis, it is proposed to pay 95 cents in prefer red stock and new bonds. II Drexel, Morgan & Co., after an examina s turn of the books of all the hues, estimaL li the gross earning capacity of the Hichmoni and Danville properties as they now stant r at $7,000,000 per annum, and they proposi to take or to place $33,000,000 of the new c securities. y As to the narrow guage railroads am y other branch lines, they announce their en y tire willingness to surrender them to tin c bond and stockholders if the terms they of c j fer are not agreeable, and to assist these it ;.,,r Ui.tii 1,,. tiiuL'imr f'-iii- tr.-iflle nr w.v..., w., ^ --raiigcincnts with thcin, :tn<l otherwise.? b Charlotte Observer. Ill 11 I'ofM) I > K A I? IN 11 Kit Wki.!..?Mrs. T. H li Metiill, an ostiniaiblc lady of Charlotte, N was found dead in her well at her honu . I on Cast Tilth street last Thursday. Tin j boxing around the well was in had repair 11 and it is supposed that the lady, on going ti get sonic water, fell in by accident. Then t was absolutely no reason to suspect suicide ;mx1 the fact that when found her body was " head down, gives color to the theory of ae e ' cident rather than intent. Mrs. Met till, was Kli/.abeth Ann Heath, a native of lain caster county, and at the time of her deatl 0 was aged about Go years, o lYarrtl ail Injiuirtion. (r ?Attorney Ceneral Townsend went U "'Washington last week to be on the lookou i .in iniinw.ti,in ill,if 11,. lciriicii niiirht In | .... .... ii.J ... i tiled against the dispensary law when i 'f went into operation on Jul)' 1. .No injunc ejtion was tiled. however. | LOCAI. AFFAIRS, j ! INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, i .1. K. Jell'erys, Treasurer?(Jives notice Unit tin; town council of Yorkvillo has reduced the license tux on dogs to Si until July tin, provided the tax is paid by that date. T. M. Dokson, Manager of Dobson's Racket? Isoffering July and August bargains in all | kinds of summer goods. j 1 W. M. Houston A Co.?Advertise "Four in Hand" and I)r. Warner's Corsets. ! ! J. H. Barnes, watchmaker and jeweler?(Jives , the meaning of his last week's advertise-! ! inent. j | Withers Adiekes Company?Can furnish you I -"I. iirxrnt* (1,1/1 ul i ! > i nip seeds of different sorts, groceries, ] hardware, etc. M. A II. ('. Strauss?Tell you they don't care ! about cost. ] (?eo. T. Sehorb?'Talks about the Wilcox & . White organs, and the Docker Brothers, Bohr Brothers, and Lester Brothers pianos, < and says "some one has blundered." J. A. Munroc, Principal of the King's Mountain High School?Offers tuition at $1.50 to $.'{ i . per month and boarding at gf> to per , month. ! W.J. ltoddey, Manager of the Equitable? Fur- ' nislies an illustration of the value of the Equitnble's tontine policies, i I). J. (Bonn. President?Notice is given of the i installation of the officers of Purest Mill i Alliance on the 19th of July. J <?. L. Riddle?Announces that his new roller mill at Zeno is now in operation, and that the best quality of flour can lie made 1 there. < SALES-DAY FOR JULY. 1 There was only one auction sale last Monday, sales-day for July. It was made by i 1 the clerk under foreclosure, at the suit of J. < F. Wallace, plaintiff, against Jane Miller and others, defendants. The property sold con- ] ! sisted of 141) acres of land situated on the ' waters of Allison creek, and bounded by lands 1 of J. R. Cook and A. A. Barron. The tract was bid off by W. B. Wilson, Jr., for W. L. > Roddey & Co., for $345. NOTHING DECIDED. i In the case of John J. Hunter against the ( i town council of Yorkville, petitioning for a < r writ of prohibition against the issuance of i ' the waterworks bonds recently voted by the J1 | town, the supreme court has decided that it j. ( has no jurisdiction, and has dismissed the j I case without prejudice. This leaves the I j status of the bonds the same as before the i proceedings were commenced, and of course ! until their validity has been duly established, ' j the council will be unable to make further I n-nirroco in tlm nfAnnand imnrnvomonffi. I'i VOO tliv ^/l V|/VUV\? , . What further steps the counsel engaged in < i testing the bonds will take, have not yet been * ' decided upon. i I THE BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL. | We have been requested to announce that ' in consequence of several requests from in, terested persons in the various associations under whose auspices the proposed Baptist High school at this place will he conducted, it has been decided to change the time of | ! meeting to be held at Union church in the interest of the school, from Friday before ' the fifth Sunday in July, to Thursday before . the fifth Sunday, and that the meeting will be called to order at 1 o'clock p. m. on the 1 ' day mentioned. Everybody that is interest' ed in this important enterprise will, there- > fore, bear in mind that the meeting is to be ' one day earlier than originally announced. Kev. Langston informs that he is receiving a I , great deal of encouragement from the vari- ' i ous associations that are expected to take i i part in the establishment of the school. _ _ I f THE BLACKSBURG MUDDLE. , Mr. N. W. Hardin, of Blaeksburg, is a j ' I representative of the party at that place j which is opposed to the establishment of a < | dispensary. Speaking of the matter yester. day he said : i "Here is our position. We do not believe that a majority of our citizens arc in favor ] | of the scheme. In the first place, many of , [ them signed the original petition under mis- < apprension ; but now, since they understand i ! it better, they are opposed to it. A majori | ty being opposed to the dispensary, we do < i not think it should be established, and, if ] ' necessary, we will fight the matter in the j courts. However, to show that we arc not i . contrary, we offer a fair proposition: Let | all petitions now in existence be destroyed I and let us begin over anew. If a majority ! of our neonle siern for a dispensary, the A A u ? minority will not have another word to say." CHURCH NOTICES. j Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at 10.30 a. in., and Sunday-school immediate- ] ; ly afterward. , ! Presbyterian?Sunday-school at 5 o'clock | 1 p. m. Monthly concert of prayer for mis- j jsions tomorrow afternoon at "? o'clock, conj ducted by Rev. T. M. Lowry. j Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langstou, pastor, j j Yorkvillk?Services next Sunday at 10.30 j '>; o'clock a. m. and 8.30 o'clock p. in. Sunday school at 4 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting , [ tomorow evening at 8.30 o'clock. ' j Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. ( . Weber, pastor. Services next Sunday morn- , !! ing at 10.30, and evening at 8.30 o'clock. | i J Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. Prayer- , ' I meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock. J Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. ; p J. C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services ( next Sunday at 11 a. m. Yorkvili.k?Scr- , vices at 8.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at , i 4.30 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow ' evening at '8.30 o'clock. ( ! j THE YORKVILLE GRADED SCHOOLS, j The trustees of the Yorkville Graded ;1 schools have arrauged with Professor A. R. 1 L Banks, of Rock Hill, to take charge of the > graded schools of Yorkville in September, , as superintendent, provided, of course, that 1 ' | a majority of the qualified voters at the nextj ' j election, to be held on July 13, agree to aj' . J continuance of the present local school tax !' t j of two Inills. Professor Banks is undoubtedly one of the t! ablest educators, and one of the most sue- ' : J cessful school builders in the State. He proposes not only to build up the graded !.school to a standard of superior excellence, but also to establish in the same building, a 5; first class high school for boys. The people f { of Yorkville are to be congratulated in se51 curing among them such a desirable citizen as Professor Banks, and we feel assured that lr they, together with the people of the sur. rounding country, will give him their hearty 1 1 co-operation in carrying to success his most - commendable enterprise. f ? t "THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR." ! One of the features of Thk Exqi'irkr for the next two months, will be a series of, 1 sermons on the subject of "The Almighty i Dollar," by Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., of . New York. The first sermon was preached ?j last Sunday in the Methodist church at 1 Cobb's Island, Ya., and the last will be' 1 preached on Sunday, August 27. We have j i \; made arrangement for the publication of the < entire series, and commencing with the first ; \ one next Wednesday, each of the nine ser. morns will appear in these columns during the < : next two months. < *, ltev. Tom Dixon is already well known to j 11 most of our readers, lie is a native of J < " Cleveland county, X. C., and his father, who ! j is also a preacher, resides at Shelby. Mr. i Dixon is a young man scarcely more than . thirty years of age. lie has been preaching j . in New York for several years, and through ' his fearless attacks on the small and great "! vices of society, has already become one of1 ' the. best known, if not one of the most pop- j; \ ular, pastors in the city, and his sermons, j i , i many of which are remarkable for their 5 searching power, are being published in lead-' i ' ing newspapers throughout the Tinted *: States. Mr. Dixon was not long ago granted a two j j months'vacation by his congregation. He , decided to make use of the time preaching! i a scries of sermons on the most absorbing ' subject of the day to those whom he thought' ^ the sermons would do most good, lie went j [ down to the pleasure resort of Cobb Island, j . i and for the next two months, his sermons, j which will be published in most of the lead ng newspapers, will probably be more gen- 11 jrally rend and discussed than the deliver- 1 in cos of any other one preacher in America.: 1 Last Sunday's sermon was from the text:' i 'And all the people brake off the golden 1 ings which were in their ears and brought !l :hcm unto Aaron. And he received them at their hands and fashioned it with a graving ( tool and made it a molten calf, and they said, ] These be thy gods, 0 Israel, which brought!) dice up out of the land of Egypt." The J mbject of the introductory sermon preached j from this text was the "Power of Money," ind the discourse was of such remarkable j 1 power and brilliancy as to promise some in-; 1 tensely interesting reading on the most ab- j jorhing topic ot tne (lay. The subjects of the remaining eight ser mons of the series will be as follows: The 'Money Mania," ''Black Fridays," "The ' Weakness of Money," "Was Gould's Life 1 Worth Living?" "Socialism and Commun- > ism," "Co-operation vs. Competition," "The 1 rdenl Merchant," "The Duty of the Day." 1 Let everybody read the sermon next week, md wc are sure that they will not miss a iinglc one of those which are to follow. ( YORK'S TAXABLE PROPERTY. j Auditor Waters lias just completed his ( ibstract of the taxable property in York jounty, as indicated by recent returns, and j the following tabulated statement of comparisons of realty and personalty in the years ( 1891-1)2 and 1892-93, will prove interesting: kok tick kisl'ai. yk.vh 1891-92. townships. RKAI' KSTATK- Value of i Acres. | Value, per'alty. , bethel...... 43,4168 1hi,280 S 118,710 bethesda, 00,WO 280,345 02,285 broad River 30,802 154,815 78,555 bullock's Creek,... 50,040 225,4:15 02,880 Jatawba 52,154 250,140 054,990 L'herokce 40,22.5 213,505 178,340 Rbenezer, 37,099 182,445 55,830 Fort Mill 33,018 172,330 158,5? King's Mountain,.. 50,058 207,770 191,185 York, 42,200 227,930 342,450 j J _ Totals, .J, 408,370 82,090,0.55 8 2,003,895 1 kok thk kiscai. ykail 1892-0.'). townships. KKAL KSTATK- I Value of i Acres. | Value, per'alty. i bethel 42,K!4 8 215,840 8 115,705 . bethesda, 59,023 311,225 08,370 broad River 37,550 202,400 87,455 I Mullock's Crock,... 5(5,0(51 270,1X53 05,5.T5 ['ntawbu, 52,1105 (508,825 740,20.") ['hcrokee, 52,1X50 :?)7,71.r? 191,185 ! Kbcnezer 14,72.1 21:5,180 W,(540 . I'ort Mill :tt,K10 211,225 204,.'150 King's Mountain,.. (50,000 270,570 217,805 Vork, 1:1,(502 53:1,050 .'175,215 . Totals, ; 4(5:1,800 jB,205,005 $ 2,100,575 1 ABOUT PEOPLE. Senator Finley is convalescent. Mr. M. Strauss returned home from Vir- ( jinia last week. < Mr. W. Fred Robertson, of Wilmington, , N\ G\, is in Yorkville. Misses Fannie and Annie Lou Abell, of , Lowrysville, are visiting Misses Georgia and ; Tva Withers. Miss Edith Ramsaur, of Lincolnton, N. C., s visiting friends in Yorkville, the guest of Miss Mary Y. Clark. Miss Aline Mobley, of Rock Hill, and her ;uest, Miss Berta Lilly, of Wilmington, N. C., visited Miss^Mattie Spencer and other friends n Yorkville last week. Mrs. John C. McClain and children, Master Truman and Misses Bessie and Fannie, of i Charlotte, X. C., arc visiting relatives and ( friends in Yorkville. 1 Miss Ella Melton, who is employed as denographcr and typewriter in Captain J. R. Lindsay's insurance office, is spending a two . tveeks' vacation with her mother in Atlanta. Colonel W. B. Wilson and family, who ( liave been at Glenn Springs for some time, returned home last week. The colonel seems to be very much improved by the j trip. Mr. J. Humbert Ferguson, heretofore a salesman with Messrs. M. & II. C. Strauss, left last Saturday for a visit to relatives and friends in Chester. Mr. Ferguson also con- ( templates visiting Texas on a prospecting tour. He will be succeeded by Mr. Will Harsh aw. DEATH OF A. S. WALLACE, ESQ. Ex-Congressman Alexander Stewart Wallace, died at his home, five miles southwest of Yorkville, on Tuesday night of last week, aged 82 years 5 months and (5 days. He I T I _ A-.tl. 1 111. P.. .. 1 Iiau Ueeil 111 ICCUIC lienn.ii iui dcvciui jcuia md confined to bis bed since last summer, from the effect of injuries sustained by u fall in bis bouse. Tbe life of Mr. Wallace lias been an eventful one. He was born in York county, within a short distance of tbe plaeo of bis death, in tbe year 1S10. His pnronts, who were of Trisb extraction, were very poor and unable to give hi in much help in tbe battle of life, which be commenced with but poor opportunities. At the age of 21 be could read and write, but that was tbe extent of bis education. All that he ever learned from books was acquired by bard work in after years. Mr. Wallace first entered upon public life in tbe year 1838, when be was appointed a magistrate. He served in this capacity for sixteen consecutive years, and as the next step offered himself as a candidate to represent the county in the bouse of representatives. He ran in opposition to separate State secession, and waselected first in 1852. He was reelected in 1854, defeated in 185(5, elected again in 1858, and defeated aguin in 18(10. After tbe war lie again became a candidate for tbe legislature and was elected in 18(55. The following year be resigned bis seat to accept an appointment as United States collector of internal revenue, in which : capacity be served until March, 18(59, in 18(58, however, becoming tbe Republican candidate for congress against tbe late Judge W. D. Simpson, Democrat. Mr. Simpson j received the majority of the votes cast, and j was duly elected, but being unable to take ! the test oath required at that time, was not j allowed to take bis seat. Mr. Wallace con- j tested the election, took the test oath and ' was duly seated in congress on tbe 20th day of May, 1870, on tbe ground that be was' (lm finlv lrxml c:m11 i<!:i11> Ife was reelected ! in 1870, again in 1872 and 1874, and continued in congress until the 4th of March, 1877, when lie was succeeded by John H. Evius, of Spartanburg, who defeated him in ' the election of 187(5. Previous to the war Mr. Wallace was very popular with the voters of York, and enjoyed their confidence to an unlimited extent. He had always been a Union man in principle, and after the war, naturally, as was the case with a large majority of the Union men generally, lie became a Republican. Ry this course, especially under the con- J ditions existing in Reconstruction times, lie incurred the hitter hostility of the vast major-1 ity of the whites of his district, and under the ; circumstances, the last years of his political : career were anything but pleasant. He, j however, always believed lie was right, and , even after his retirement to private life, up ; to the time of his death, continued a persistent teacher and staunch believer in all the doctrines of his party. Mr. Wallace was married on the 81st of December, 1833, to Miss Nancy Dec Ratcli- j ford, who died in March, 1883. Although at the time enjoying remarkable health, and for n man of his age wonderful energy, upon the death of his wife he began to lose interest in things about him, and upon the death of his . /< ?. 3011, captain ucorge i'. itaiiucc, nuu wua, killed l>y the Indians in South Dakota, in December, IS HO, he 110 longer eared to live.. As if by force of will, be grew more and j more feeble, until by the fall mentioned above, j he sustained the injuries from which he gave I those about him to understand, he never cared to recover. Starting in life without education or pecuniary means, Mr. Wallace accumulated a handsome estate, and at the time of his death was the owner of about two thousand icres of lnml in York county. Liberal witl liis means, he was always ready to lend ti helping hand to the needy and unfortunate ind the unanimous testimony of his neigh bors has ever been a high tribute to hi; kindly character as a man. Mr. Wallace wus buried in the Yorkvilk cemetery on last Thursday at noon, the funeral service being conducted at his late residence, by Rev. J. 0. Galloway. THK SESSIONS COUNT. The summer term of the court of genera session for York county, convened in tlu [traded School building in Yorkvillc lasl Monday, Judge I. I). Witherspoon presiding Solicitor Hough representing the .State, ant nn/\/vt*rt vtltam \T nfhi ii? nlr !?i? 4 Itn 4 acj4 i m at\ 1? AUtV il? IUI\I1I^ IIIU IV-DUIIIUII > Upon the call of the clerk, fourteen mem bers of the grand jury answered to theii names as follows : J. H. Stewart, John J Bcoggins, L. A. McGill, W. H. Dunlap, 11 C\ Steele, W. A. Aycock, J. L. McCarter, W 0. Potts, J. H. Williams, J. S. Harper, W H. Jones, Brooks Inman, T. L. Johnson, J H. B. Jenkins. The petit jurprs were present or account 2d for as follows: W. G. Sherer, R. L. Stur gis, W. H. Windle, J. H. Matthews, J. W Liood, Jr., T. M. Gates, T. A. Brown, W Mack Culp, J. A. Kidd, J. W. H. Good, J. S Sturgis, J. F. Gordon, Charlie Beamguard J. W. Brown, T. G. Boyd, W. H. Hawkins 0. F. Gordon, P. H. Burris, T. B. Belk, F H. Glenn, S. W. Mitchell, W. M. Wilkie,G B. Corn well, R. N. Plaxico, W. C. Ilutchi son, R. F. Urennan, R. A. Minter, A. T Jackson, B. M. Faris, C. H. Graham, J. B Bratton, J. N. Huey, J. F. Galloway. The following were reported not found J. M. Benfield, L. T. Parish, Thos. S. Leslie The following were excused : T. M. Gates P. H. Burris, W. C. Hutchison, B. M. Faris Judge Witherspoon's charge to the granc iury was brief and was confined mainly tc an explanation of the various charges raad< in the indictments given out by the solicitor He, however, took occasion to impress upor the jury their obligation to preserve as sacrec the secrets of the jury room, and also ad vised them to ignore all anonymous commu nications as unworthy of notice. The first case taken up was that of tin j^tatc against Bill Jackson, colored, chargec with the murder of Joseph Stowe, colored According to the testimony, the difficult} which resulted in the murder, occurred neai Clover on Christmas morning of last year Jackson, who was drinking, went to Stowe'i house with candy for the children. After i while he commenced cursing, and Stowe or tiered him to quit. He paid no attention t< Stowe, whereupon Stowe went to the hous< of Ben Meek, a hundred yards away, anc procuring a gun, returned and fired a load o shot into Jackson's side. Stowe then rai away. Jackson, though severely wounded ran after Stowe with a knife. Both disap peared over a hill out of sight of the wit nesses. Just what took place afterward i: not known. Late in the evening, Stowi was found in a fodder-house literally hacke( to pieces, though still alive. He lived twe weeks after the fight and died. Jacksot was convicted of manslaughter and sen tenced to the penitentiary at hard labor fo the term of three years. He was represent ed at the trial by Mr. Edward A. Trescott The State was represented by Solicito Hough. The next case tried was that of the Stat< against Wash Wilkes, Eliza Wilkes an< Harriet Wilkes, all colored, charged witl grand larceny. The prosecutor was Mr Wm. Burris, of McConnellsville, from whon it was alleged the defendant had stolen $40< in gold in February last. The sum of $28( was afterward recovered. Eliza Wilke; plead guilty. The other defendants pleac not guilty. The testimony showed tha while the money was stolen by Eliza, th< other defendants were parties to the crim< in receiving stolen property. The jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. The solici tor gave notice that he would draw up i new bill charging the acquitted defendant: with receiving stolen goods, and in orde that Eliza Wilkes may be used as a witness his honor suspended sentence until the ter mination of the case. Wm. Moore, charged with stealing a hah of cotton from Mr. James M. M. Cain plead guilty of grand larceny and was sen lencea 10 imprisonment iur eigiuecu intuitu in the penitentiary. The grand jury returned a true hill in tin case of Matt Byers, George McCaw, Et McCaw, and Burt Byers, charged with tin murder of Win. Bradford ; also a true bill ii the case of Bud Hunt, charged with arson Yesterday, the Fourth, being a legal holi day, on Monday evening court adjournei over until this morning at 9:30 o'clock. THE DISPENSARY IN YORK. The York county board of dispensary con trol met in Yorkville last Monday to con sider petitions for the appointment of dis pensers. All the members were present. The meet ing was called to order by Chairman Moor and Mr. J. S. Brice acted as clerk. Th meeting, though a business one, was decided ly informal. All outsiders who desired wer not only allowed to be present, but also t< freely discuss the various matters that catm up. Clerk Brice presented two petitions?on from Yorkville and the other from Blacks burg?both asking for the establishment o dispensifries and the appointment of dispeu sers. "Both petitions," he said, "have bee: filed in accordance with law and pursuan to the advertised notice of the board. Th Blacksburg petition, however, is accompa nied by a counter petition, containing th names of a majority of the freeholders, am asking that no dispensary be established This counter petition contains the names o no less than ten signers of the first petition who claim that they signed the petition fo the establishment of a dispensary unde misrepresentation, and ask that their name be taken olF of said petition." "Now," continued Mr. Brice, "the attor ney general has given it as his opinion tha the signer of a petition has no more righ to take his name off afterward, than he ha to take his vote out of the ballot bo: again after having cast it. This, however is a question for the bourd to decide. Ii my opinion, if a man signs a petition unde misreprctentauon, or uuerwurus uuuugc his mind about the wisdom of such action etc., I think he lias a perfect right to re consider his action." Mr. Rrico further submitted several afli davits from parties in Rlaeksburg to tli< effect that certain signers of the dispensary petition?four in number?were disqualify for the reason that they were not frcehoh voters. In connection with the matter, Mr Rricc also read the following letter from Mr X. W. Hardin to Chairman Moore, datei Rlaeksburg: "All that our people ask, is that a ilispensar; ho established hereupon the petition of a'ma jority of the freehold voters,' demanding a dis pensary at the time you pass upon the question If this is done, we will be satisfied; otherwise it is our intention now to test the matter by in junction." All the protests in the case having boei duly considered, Chairman Moore strucl from the Rlacksburg dispensary petition al the names to which objection had beei made, and announced that the petition stil had a majority of the freehold voters. "Nov what will we do with the petition, gentle men? Mr. Dye, you arc from that section let us hear from you." "Well," said Mr. Dye, "no mutter whu we do about this matter, we are going to maki somebody mad. But that is neither her< nor there. We are lawabiding citizens, am as for myself, I am in favor of carrying ou the law. If a majority of the citizens hav' signed the petition for a dispensary, it seem 11 that comes up to the requirements of the ' 11 law, and we have nothing else to do hut , grant the petition. I have nothing to say except that I can't see that we have any5 thing to do with it." Miiior Reckham : "That is mv idea. I am I - W > I in favor of carrying out the law. So far as 11 am concerned, all I want to know is what; !, the law is, and I will try to execute it.'' Before the question was put to a formal ] vote, somebody raised the point: "The law provides for the establishment of a dispen' sary at the county seat from which branch ; dispensaries are to be supplied. Now, if t Yorkvillc is not to have a dispensary, and ? under the law this town cannot have one, ' where is the Hlacksburg dispensary to get j its supplies?" Mr. Moore: "While the law prohibits! r the sale of liquor at the county seat, at the ' same time it does not prohibit the appoint raentof a county dispenser. Mr. Parish has a petition signed by a majority of the frce hold voters of the town, and I see noth ing to prevent our appointing him county dispenser, without giving him the privilege of selling liquor. He may either order Blacksburg's supplies sent directly from Co lumbia, or have them brought to this place and sent to Blacksburg. There would be no violation of the law in either case." > The other members of the board seemed >. to accord with this view, but at the same time they were not altogether satisfied as to j whether or not it was good law. Finally, Chairman Moore made the following proposition, to which the board fully agreed: "This law is badly mixed up. None of us can understand it. Mr. Brice is going to j Columbia pretty soon. Let him have a talk ; with the attorney general, get full advice on | i all points that arc not clear, and report to us of nnnllini" nwiotinnr tr> hp hplit nfS snnil 119 I ?K ?UV> H.V. - I possible after the desired information has > been obtained.'' 5 There being no further business, the board adjourned to hold its next meeting upon the1 call of the chairman. 1 THE NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. The stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge railroad company reconvened 3 in Yorkville last Thursday, pursuant to the [ adjournment of June 1, Major James F. . Hart in the chair, and Captain L. 31. Grist j acting as secretary. r The object of the adjourned meeting was to hear the report of the committee appointed 3 at the previous session, to inquire into the i following points: 1. What is the present . condition of the roadbed and rolling stock ) of the Narrow Gauge railroad? 2. Is it ; practicable to operate the road as an indeI pendent line, or to lease it to some other f road on terms acceptable to the security holdi ers? 3. Would it be the part of wisdom for f the stock and bondholders to-accept the offer . of Drexel, Morgan & Co., under their re-or. ganizatioif plan ? Mr. J. J. Hemphill, as 3 chairman of the committee submitted, a ver? bal report which, in effect, was about as fol\ lows: > The physical condition of the road is very i good?in fact as good as it has ever been . since the lease. The rolling stock is more r abundant than when the road was leased ; . but very little of it belongs either to the Richmond and Danville or Charlotte, Colr umbia and Augusta roads. Two engines, aouornl nncepnorpr nnaehes. and a number of ? 1'- O? 1 5 box cars, are leased from otherwise disin1 terested persons. i Drexel, Morgan & Co. offer preferred . stock for the first mortgage bonds of the i road, and common stock, share for share, ) for the common stock. New York financiers, ) who know most about such things, estimate g the preferred stock provided for in the Drex1 el, Morgan & Co. plan, as being worth nuyt where from $15 to $50, according to the > management of the road. Nobody has ever ? tried to fix a price on the common stock. The best thing for the stockholders to do . will be to lease the road if they can, but i there are a number of difficulties even in the s way of that. The G., C. & N. road, which is r naturally the only other road to want it, is not i paying its own fixed charges, and would not . pay anything for this road. On the first day of July, a year's interest on bonds, amounts ing to $24,500 becomes due, and before any( thing can be done with the property, this . amount of money must be provided for. s The road is using the Western North Carolina track for ten miles between Newton and e Hickory. This track is being used by per1 mission or sufferance, rather than by cone tract, and as au independent line, this must a be provided for at a cost variously estimated at from $25,000 to $50,000. ?o if the road . is to be operated as an independent line, or 1 even to be put in shape to be profitably leased to some other road, it becomes necessary to provide for at least $(50,000 before we can move a peg. Before the road changed hands, I am informed by the president, it paid fixed * charges, but no dividends. There was less rolling stock then than there is now, but " there is more competition now than there e was then. We have assurance from the upe per part of the line, that the business is bet" ter there, and is handsomely paying expenses. e These facts may be set off one against the 3 other. I have it as the opinion of experts, 2 that it is extremely doubtful as to whether the road can be made to pay expenses. e Now the question comes up, who is most * interested in the road, the stockholders or F <-?- * 1 I Donanoiuers .' r<o iur as presem, oyvucjsmp ia " concerned, clearly the stockholders are not II in it. By the terms of their contract, the * bondholders can take the road without even e the formality of a sale, but it may be possi* ble that the stockholders, under the terms e of the lease, may have some claims against 1 the C., C. & A. road, and it may be well to * levy an assessment on the stock, appoint a f committee and employ counsel to investigate > and enforce these claims. r On motion, the report of the committee, r [ us made by Mr. Hemphill, was received as information, and Mr. A. (?. Brice, of Chester, j introduced the following, which was adopted:! Resolved, That we, the stockholders of the 1 t C. A L. railroad company, decline to accept the offer made to us in the plan of Rrexel, Morgan ; t A t'o., for the re-organization of the Richmond ! s and Danville system of railroads. ic | As calculated to carry out the line of ac- j f j tion indicated in the report of the committee, j i j Mr. Hemphill offered a series of resolutions, r j which were adopted, with sundry amend- j s i mcnts, as follows : (i Resolved, 1. That a committee of thrco stockJ holdersof the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge " j Railroad company, be elected at this meeting, for | the purpose of looking into and protecting the | | interests of the stockholders of this company. " | '2. That said committee be requested to report e to an adjourned meeting, apian lor the protection j I of said stockholders, either under the proposed j ^ ' plan of reorganization or otherwise, and that i i the said committee be especially requested to! i | consider what protection, if any, may be found | i under the contract of lease by the C. A L. N. G. ' , I R. R., and the L\, C. A A. R. R. of date 22d , , December, 18S2. ' .'{. That to this end, the said committee be au1 i thorized to employ counsel and to obtain advice j | upon all legal questions involved, j 4. That for the purpose of defraying the exy j penses of said committee and of counsel em- j - j ployed, the said committee be and they are here -1 by authorized to assess all stockholders not ex ! feeding one-half of one per cent, on all stock held by them, and said stockholders are hereby -1 earnestly requested to respond promptly to as| scssment so made, in order that the steps neeesi sary for the protection of these interests may be ! promptly taken. ? I f>. 'I hat said committee be requested to consult 1 and cooperate, as far as they deem best, with a j similar committee appointed by the bondholders :1 | of this company. 1; l>. That said committee be requested to report , its conclusions to an adjourned meeting of this f body, to be held at Hickory, X. on the second t . { Tuesday in September, at 7..'5U p. in., or sooner, i j on the call of the president ot the company at j the request of a majority of the committee, j The committee of stockholders was electt ed as follows : C. E. Spencer, Yorkvillc; U. e j W. F. Harper, Lenoir; J. J. McLure, Clies-1 3 ter. 1 There being no further business, the stockt holders' meeting adjourned, e HONDHOLDKRH' MKETIXtt. s After the adjournment of the stockholders, the bondholders of the company organized a meeting with Judge J. J. McLure, ofChester, in the chair. I'pon a canvass of those present, it was ascertained that $150,00U worth of bonds were represented, and it was explained that the object of the meeting was for the protection of these bonds. After discussion as to the size of the committee and the amount of the assessment to be levied, the bondholders adopted resolutions identical with those introduced by Mr. Hemphill and adopted by the stockholders, except it was agreed that the committee shall consist of five members and the assessrrwnf. nn flip bonds to i>av expenses, should be fixed at 1$ per cent. The committee to represent the bondholders was elected as follows: W. A. Clark, Columbia; A. G. Brice, Chester; B. F. Grigg, Lincolnton ; J. J. Hemphill, Chester; W. T. Weaver, Asheville. THE FOURTH OF .JULY. The Glorious Fourth was celebrated in Yorkville yesterday in a way that the town has not known before for years. The feat ures of the day's amusement were a baseball game and a series of bicycle races. None of the business bouses were open during the day, except two drug stores, and most of the morning was spent in making preparations for the sport of the afternoon. People from the country commenced coming in early in the day, and by 2 o'clock' there were as many as 500 strangers in the town. The citizens easily swelled the crowd on the streets to something like 1,000 or 1,200 people. The first portion of the programme consisted of a game of baseball between the "Polkadots," of Rock Hill, and the "Juveniles" of Yorkville. The game commenced at 2 o'clock, was witnessed by a large number of people, passed of pleasantly, and resulted in favor of the "Juveniles" by a score 10 to 14. There was pretty good playing on both sides, and from all indications, the clubs were evenly matched. By far the most interesting feature of the programme was the bicycle races, and though they took place amid a great deal of * confusion, they furnished lots of excitement. The first race, or series of races, took place on East Liberty street. The couise was from the Congress street crossing to a point below the old Methodist church, and back to the crossing, on the return, the riders exchanging sidewalks, me distance was about a mile, and was run by two riders at a time, oue on either side of the street. The entries and results in this race were as follows : 1st. M. L. .Smith, ot Clover, and James White, of Rock Hill. White won. 2nd. Walter 11. Moore and Green .Sandifer. Moore won. .'ki. C. V. Gordon and O. E. Grist. Gordon broke his machine, and Grist ran the course alone. 4th. Thomas Speok and W. L. Law. Speck failed to hear the word, owing to too much contusion, and Law ran the course alone. 5th. Thomas Speck, of Yorkville, and George White, of Rock Hill. Speck won. Gth. C. M. Kuykendal and Sam W. Ionian. Ionian won. 7th. C. F. Gordon and James Hardin. Gor- f don won. The riders were all more or less exhausted in the above races, and before going into the final contest for the championship, it was decided to enter into the slow race down Main street, from Madison street crossing to the court house. In this race the rules provided that the last man to reach the goal without falling from his wheel, his progress all the while being forward, should be the winner. The entries were as follows: W. B. Moore, C. F. Gordon, J. A. Tate, O. E. Grist, S. W. Inman, James White. Only two men? White and Grist?reached the goal without falling. White won the race with fifty yards to spare. His riding was admirable. The third race consisted of a dash from the Carolina Buggy Factory, up Main street, to the court house. Under the rules, each rider was required to dismount and mount again, at each of the three signal flags stationed along the route, and the first man to reach the goal, to be declared the winner. The starters were as follows: W. B. Moore, Thos. Speck, M. L. Smith, O. E. Grist, James White, C. F. Gordon, J. A. Tate, Green Sandifer. The race was a very exciting one, and all of the wheelmen did some good riding. When the riders passed the second signal flag, Speck, White and Grist were in the lead. Grist ran into a young man who obstructed the way, and fell to the ground, injuring his wrist and battering up his machine. Several of the starters dropped out nud the foremost came in : Speck 1st, White 2nd, Smith, 3d, Gordon 4th, Moore 5th. Speck, however, accidentally overlooked one of the dismounting stations, and White was declared the winner. The prize is an improved wheelman's buggage carrier. After the respective riders had been given time to rest themselves somewhat, next came the final contest for the "Leader" souvenir spoon, between the winners in the first trial speed test. The course agreed upon was over a distance of about half * ' .1._i.i mile, *roni U puiut ucai tuu uiu iucujuumi church to Main street. The final contests were as follows : 1st. 0. E. Grist and Thomas H. Speck. Grist won by ten feet. 2nd. W. B. Moore and S. W. Ininun. Moore won by twenty yards. 3d. O. E. Grist and W. 1J. Moore. Grist won by forty yards. 4th. Thomas II. Speck and C. F. Gordon. Speck won. 5th. O. E. Grist and C. F. Gordon. Grist won by forty yards. The first prize, consisting of a souvenir silver spoon engraved "Leader," was won by Mr. Grist, and the second prize, consisting of a wheelman's Yale lock and chain, was won by Mr. Gordon. The prize in the slow race, won by Mr. James White, is to he a "Climax" bicycle lamp. We are requested to state that the prizes, although ordered more than a week ago, have not yet arrived, and as soon as they are received will be delivered to the winners. Notwithstanding unavoidable confusion, the day passed ofT pleasantly, and is entitled to be voted a success. The bicycle on which the speed race was won was a "Monarch Roadster." The winners of the other two races was a "Gormully it Jeffrey Racer." LOCAL LACONICS. School Trustee* Appointed. ? The county school board, on last Monday, appointed I). I). Gaston, John L. Davies and W. F. Dye, trustees for Blacksburg school district, and B. F. Masscy and J. M. Armstrong for South Fort Mill district. Chmii;*' <?f Schedule. ? A change of schedule went into effect 011 the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad last Sunday. Hereafter the southbound train is to arrive here at 12.13 p. m., and the northbound at 3.10 p. m. Accepted the ('till. ? Rev. W. G. Neville, of Frankfort Ky., has accepted the call recently extended to him by the Presbyterian church of Yorkville, and will probably assume pastoral duties on or about the first of August, next. Postponed Till September. ? Adjt. General Moorman announces that the re-union ot Confederate veterans at Birmingham, set for July IP and 20, and General Underwood's excursion to the World's Fair and the unveiling at Chicago, has been postponed until Friday and Saturday, September l-r> and 10. More Cotton HIooiiih. ? The first cotton bloom of the season was mentioned in our last issue. Since that time, however, they have been growing common. During the week we have received blooms from the following: W. L. Plexico, Clay Hill; Sam Bailey, colored, Bullock's Creek; Tom Robinson, McConnellsvitlc; M. B. Armstrong, Bethel; E. M.