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? 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.