Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 19, 1893, Image 2
Jtoajus and ,|acts.
? Youug-Man-Afraid-of-his-Horse, prominent
in the Indian uprising of 1876, and recently
head chief of the entire Sioux tribe,
died suddenly at New Castle, Wyoming,
last Saturday.
? Dr. Warren Holt, au employe of the
pension department, was dismissed by Commissioner
Raum on the 3rd of last March, for
saying that the department had allowed
pensions for baldness. Democratic investigation
has substantiated the truth of the
statement made by Dr. Holt, and last week
Secretary Smith signed an order reinstating
him to his former position.
? A Sandoval, Illinois, carpenter employed
two Negroes one day last week to help
him build a house. The whites of the vicinity
do not allow Negroes to work in the
neighborhood, and gathering in a mob, they
made threats of lynching them. The matter
was fioftHy compromised on an agreement
that the Negroes should leave town as soon
as the work they had contracted to perform
was completed.
? The directors of the World's Fair have
come to the conclusion that it does not pay
to keep the gates open on Sunday, and last
Friday passed an almost unanimous resolution
requiring that hereafter they be closed.
The resolution excepted last Sunday, and
provided that on that day a portion of the
receipts should be devoted to the benefit of
the sulFerers from the receht destruction of
the big cold storage building, where a dozen
firemen were killed.
? Near Mount Vernon, N. Y., last Saturday,
two drunken men got into a fight on
the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad. They were both frenzied with
whisky and anger. A fast express approached.
They did not pay any attention to it.
The engineer sounded his whistle and put
cd brakes, but the men continued their struggle.
It was impossible to stop the train, and
both men were struck. One was hurled
down an embankment and the other was
ground under the wheels.
? It is said that H. C. Frick is about to
sever his connection with the Carnegie
Steel and Iron compauy. The paper which
prints the information says that Frick's ac.
tion in precipitating the great strike at
Homestead last year, has caused serious difficulties
between himself and Mr. Carnegie,
and that the only way to secure harmony in
the firm is through the retirement of Frick.
In other words, he is to be made a scapegoat
in the interest of the business, but he
will take out several millions of dollars that |
Carnegie will find difficult to replace. C. M. |
Schwab is mentioned as Mr. Frick's sue- j
cessor.
? Two detectives attempted to arrest a
Navajo Indian |at Albuquerque, N. M., last
Saturday, on the charge of trying to wreck
a passenger train. The Indian resisted and
the detectives shot him. A band of angry
Navajoes surrounded the detectives for the
purpose of revenge. The detectives took
refuge in the store of a man named J. W.
Bennett. Bennett volunteered to go to the j
telegraph office for the purpose of asking
aid. While on the way he was seriously
shot in the head by the Indians. Troops,
however, arrived in a short time, and the
Indians were dispersed. For a time the situation
appeared to be very serious.
? F. H. Fletcher, of Piedmont, S. C., went
to Chester, Pa., last week to buy some
"green goods," having been lured there by
a circular from a New York swindler.
Fletcher paid the swindler $500 and received
in return a large roll of what he took to be
counterfeit money. On examination, however,
he found that there was one good bill
in the roll, and the balance was only a wad
of paper cut to the size of currency. He
complained to the police. After working on j
the case for a short time, they arrested a j
man named Charles Walters, together with j
his wife. In the rooms of the guilty pair,
the police found a considerable quantity of
green goods pharaphernalia.
? The French and Siamese governments
have a quarrel which it is thought may lead
to war. The trouble is over a boundary
line. The French claim as the boundary to
one of their provinces, a river which the Sia- j
mese say runs through the very heart of
their territory. France is the stronger nation
and does not seem disposed to parley
with the Siamese. On last Thursday the
commander of a French gunboat gave notice
of his intention to steam up the Meinam
river, on which Bangkok, the capital of the
Siamese empire is situated, and immediately
set about putting his intention into execution.
The boat was fired on by Siamese forts.
The boat returned the fire, killing twenty
m Siamese and wounding fourteen others.
After they had succeeded in forcing the
passage, the French apologized to the Siamese
and said they had acted under a misconstruction
of orders. They did not offer
to go back down the river, however. The
Siamese accepted the apology and at last!
accounts there had been no more fighting, |
but the relations between the two countries
were exceedingly strained.
? The New York Times, which is opposed
to free coinage, argues its case as follows:
In 1873 the total product of silver in the
United States was less than 28,000,000
ounces. In 1892, twenty years later, the
product was more than twice that amount, j
or 58,000,000 ounces. The increase in pro-!
duction was not uniform, but was nearly'
continuous, and has been unbroken and
rapid for the past eleven years. In the twen-!
ty years since 1873, the total production has
been 708,000,000 ounces. Now, with ex-1
ception of 1873 and 1874, there has not been i
a year in all these twenty, when silver has j
commanded an average of $1.29 an ounce, j
or what the silver men say is the bare cost I
of production. It has fallen almost steadily :
from $1.32 in 1873, to 87$ cents in 1892.;
A simple comparison of the "commercial |
value" and the "coining value" of the silver
product of the United States, as given by 1
the director of the mint, shows that, if silver
really has cost $1.29 an ouuce, it has been
produced in these twenty years at a total
loss of over $171,000,000, and while the mar- j
ket value has sunk one-third below the al-1
leged cost, the cost has more than doubled. I
? Attorney General Smith, of Indiana, re-1
cently astonished the bar of his State by a i
notable departure from the practice of pub-!
lie prosecutors, says the Atlanta Constitu-'
tion: A poor girl had been convicted of
child murder and had appealed to the su-1
preme court, where it was the duty of the !
attorney general to conduct the side of the
prosecution. When he submitted his brief,
Mr. Smith remarked that an examination of,
the record had caused him to doubt the'
defendant's guilt, and that he did not be- j
lieve that the law required him to attempt
to strengthen the evidence in the case by '
any argument which ho might be able to
make. He requested the court to assume
the responsibility of affirming or reversing
the judgment of the lower court, declaring
that it was not his duty to assert some theory
consistent with the guilt of the accused and '
then contend for a conviction when he was
inclined to believe that the case did not 1
warrant it. The court reversed the judgment
from below, and now the complaint is j
made that the attorney general did not do ,
his duty. It is an interesting question, but
it strikes us that when a prosecuting officer
doubts the guilt of a defendant, he should I
not be required to advance arguments and
theories designed to secure a conviction.
Attorney General Smith acted in the best!
interest of justice.
? Henry C. Meyers and a woman who |
passes for his wife, have just been arrested
in Detroit, Mich., at the instance of Superintendent
Byrnes, of the New York police,
for a series of the most horrible crimes that!
have come to light during this generation.1
Myers is a physician and graduated from a
Chicago medical college in 1878. He immediately
began his awful career, which has just I
come to an end. The story is as follows : In ;
1879 Myers married a pleasant little German
woman. Her life was insured for $3,000.
She died within six months, and Myers!
collected the money. It now develops that
he poisoned her. He next prevailed upon a
friend to insure his life for $5,000, that of
his wife for $2,000, and a young son for
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ties were signed, the friend, whose name
was Gildersleeve, died. Within two months
Meyers married the widow. The son died |
shortly afterward, and later, Mrs. Meyers j
died also, dfeth having been poisoned.j
Meyers col leered the money. Next the fiend j
went to New York and talked a man named
Brant into a scheme to swindle insurance
companies. The idea was that Brant should {
have his life insured in favor of Meyers, and 1
then make out as if dead. Myers prepared i
a drug for Brant to produce the semblance
of death. Brunt took the drug, nud instead ,
of the semblance, it produced the real arti-1
cle. Within an hour he was a corpse.1
Meyers soon had the money in his pocket, j
Next the fiend found a woman who was his
equal in fiendishness. They worked togeth-1
er. The woman would first marry her victim,
and after persuading him to insure his
life in her favor, would poison him. Meyers :
worked the same way, marrying and poison- j
ing several women. Tliey worked the scheme I
once too often. A few weeks ago, the wo- j
man, who was passing for a widowed sister j
of Meyers, married, insured and poisoned ;
a man named Bnuin in New York. The
physician of the insurance company saw!
Baum after his death, and becoming sus- j
picious, made an examination. The case;
was given over to Superintendent Byrnes,,
of the New York police. Meyers and the
woman fled immediately after securing their
money, but they were traced to Detroit and
arrested. Superintendent Byrnes has definite
proof against the pair for at least a dozen
murders, and thinks that they are guilty
of as many more.
$hc IforltviUc tfoquim.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, JULY It), 1893.
? Nothing that South Carolina has done
since the war has attracted such widespread
interest and attention from the outside
world as her attempt to assume control of
the liquor business. All the great papers of
the North, East, South and West, condemn
this State severely. The reason is plain. If
South Carolina is successful in her efforts to
control the liquor business in the way she
has blocked out, other States will .<ioon follow
suit, and all over the land the greatest
evil of the age will be under government
control.
? The State is supposed to have a monopoly
of the business of taking human life for
certain violations of the law. This authority
is assumed for the reason that no individual
can be intrusted with it. In a like
manner, and for the same reason, why has
the State not the right to assume control of
the business of retailing spirituous and intoxicating
liquors ? The delegation of this
privilege to individuals, so far, has certainly
not resulted to the best interest of society,
and so long as it carries with it the temptation
and opportunity to make big'money at
a small outlay, it never will.
? The delegates to the annual meeting of
the State Farmers' Alliance, are expected to
meet at Clemson college next Wednesday,
and from there they will go to Walhalla,
where the annual meeting will be held, probably
on Thursday and Friday. The most
important business that is likely to come up
is the election of a president, and the most
prominent candidates who have so far been
mentioned in connection with the position,
are as follows: M. L?. Donaldson, of Greenville
; I). K. Norris, of Pendleton: J. W.
Bowden, editor of The Cotton Plant; Senator
Magill, of Kershaw; Senator Evans, of
Marlboro.
? An argument which calls the liquor business
a legitimate one, and in the same breath
si dpcradinir one. strikes us as exceedingly
queer. However, we often hear of the State
being "degraded to the position of a barkeeper,"
and monopolizing a "legitimate business"
to the hurt and financial ruin of her own
citizens. If the whisky business is a degrading
one, it can hardly he legitimate. If illegitimate,
it is a bad policy to put it under the
control of degraded men, and it seems to
follow that the State which permits its citizens
to degrade themselves by engaging in
an illegitimate business, would do better to
engage in, and control that illegitimate business
herself.
? The immediate object of the approaching
extra session of congress, according to
the president, is "to repeal the Sherman
law." Whether or not that will be done,
the prophets most worthy of belief can only
say, "wait and see." But whatever may be
done with the silver question, ccAgress is
not going to adjourn without also discussing
the tariff, and from the present outlook, it is
likely that the extra session will run on into
the regular December session, and the body
will not finally adjourn for several months.
It seems to be the general opinion that Crisp
will be re-elected speaker, practically without
opposition, and J. L. Wilson, of West Virginia,
is prominently spoken of for the position
of chairman of the committee on ways
and means.
? Rev. David Ramsey, pastor of the Citadel
Square Baptist church, Charleston, devoted
his last Sunday's sermon to a defense
of the dispensary. He took the position
that, after all, the dispensary plan is the
best possible solution of the liquor question
next to absolute prohibition, and to sustain
his ground, he took some statistics from the
police records, showing the number of drunken
offenders during the first fifteen days of
July for each year since 1887. The record j
is as follows : 1S87, 11 white and 8 colored, j
total, 19; 1889, 2"> white and 17 colored,
total 42; 1890, 14 white and ! "> colored, j
total 29 ; 1S93, "> white and 1 colored, total ;
(j. These figures, of course, include the
VnnrMi of .Tnlv of each year. Mr. Rnmsev
says Christian people should he opposed to
dispensaries, hut they should prefer them to
saloons.
?
EXCITIXU TIMES IX CHARLESTON.
The State dispensary constables have
commenced a war on the Charleston liquor
dealers. Kver since the new law went into j
effect, the constables have been engaged in j
getting information and working up testi- j
monv against the keepers of the "blind!
tigers" in the city, and on last Saturday j
they brought things to a focus.
The operations of the State constables are !
being conducted under the direct supervision j
of Assistant Attorney (Jeneral Buchanan,!
and to all appearances seem to be regular
and deliberate. Having secured what they
considered sufficient evidence, K. 11. l'epper,
W. T. Jolly and M. J. Chappell?three dispensary
constables?went before Trial Justice
K. F. Milan and made complaint to him
that Vincent Chiceo, an Italian, was selling
liquor iu violation of the dispensary law. |
The trial justice, on last Thursday, issued a !
warrant for Chicco's arrest.
As the next step, Assistant Attorney CJen- j
oral Buchanan made complaint against Chic-;
co to his honor Judge Jaiucs F. Izlar, and
asked for a temporary injunction restraining |
the Italian or his agents from further violu- j
tion of the law. Judge Izlar signed an order ,
requiring the arrest of Chicco, and providing
for the seizure of all the personal property j
found upon his premises, the ollicers to hold j
the same in safe keeping pending the final i
judgment of the court.
Armed with these papers, the constables, j
seventeen in number, proceeded to Chicco's
place of business, formerly conducted as a
regular saloon, and proceeded to arrest the !
proprietor and seize the goods. Behind the1
bar, the officers found no intoxicants except1
a little wine and beer. Not satisfied with
this, they proceeded to search the house.:
They cume to a locked door and knoektd
for admittance. They were told that Chic-j
co's sick wife was inside and they could not |
come in. They said that unless the door!
was opened they would break it down. The j
door was opened and the odicers went in.
They found Chiceo's wife sick, as claimed, I
hut they also found about one hundred dollars'
worth of intoxicating liquors, which
they seized and transferred to a dray outside.
While the raid on the establishment was
going on. hundreds of people gathered on
the street in front of the door. They hooted
and jeered at the ollicers and even threatened
violence. Several photographers were
present with kodaks. They took snap
shots at the constables and afterwards distributed
their pictures ov<;r the city in order
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cursing and jeering from the crowd continued
as long as the officers were in the house,
and a large portion of the mob followed the
procession to the office of Trial Justice
Milan.
Vincent Chicco, the proprietor of the raided
establishment, was beside himself with
rage. He raved and cursed like a madman,
and at the office of the trial justice, he began
to apply insulting epithets to It. H. Pepper,
one of the constables. There was a
great crowd of people in the office of the trial
justice. Pepper stood the abuse for a time,
but at last swearing that h% would stand it
no longer, he drew his revolver and tried to
shoot the Italiau. The crowd scattered
like magic. Somebody caught Pepper's hand
and prevented him from firing.
When quiet was in some measure restored,
Mr. Clement Bissell appeared for Chicco, and
suggested that on account of the excited
condition of the crowd and for fear of bloodshed,
it would be better to postpone the preliminary
hearing until Monday. The trial
justice agreed, and the hearing was postponed.
The trial justice fixed Chicco's bail
at $500, and Mr. W. K. Brown immediately
put up the desired sum.
After his release, Chicco swore out a warrant
against Pepper charging him with assault
and attempting to draw a deadly
weapon. Pepper did not attempt to hide
himself, but for some reason lie was not ar
rested.
After the Chicco incident, the oflicers went
to several other places in the city in search
of liquors, hut the proprietors having already
profited by Chicco's experience, had removed
their stuffs to places of secrecy, and
no more was found. The proprietors, however,
were arrested on warrants already
sworn out, and will also have to answer to
the charge of violation of the dispensary
law.
The case against Chicco came up before
Trial Justice Milan on Monday. Assistant
Attorney General Buchanan wanted to
amend the warrant so as to include Joe Sanders,
Chicco's assistant. Chicco's attorney
objected and the case was continued over
until yesterday. The officers made several
other arrests on Monday. The accused were
released on $500 bonds each. Pepper, the
constable who attempted to shoot Chicco,.
has been bound over for trial at the court of
general sessions on the charge of assault and
battery with intent to kill.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Introduction of a New Correspondent?Iinprcsslons
of Kock Hill?Hasehnll?Work on the
Industrial School?Other Notes.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, July 18.?Introductions are
usually awkward, and a salutatory is quite
above the ken of a newspaper note writer. So,
after venturing one assertion, which is that
I, with this number, become the Kock Hill
correspondent of The Enquirer, and one
explanatory opinion, which is that a compiler
of news notes is popularly supposed to
have very few opinions of his own, or at
least to advance very few in his enterprising
compositions. After so much, it would become
me modestly to muster my notes. But
it happens this week, as possibly it may happen
again, that I have very few notes to
muster. Iu such cases, the alternate of a
news monger is usually, properly, a short letter.
But while his business is to chronicle
facts and not his private opinions, the kind
public appreciates the fact that the person
may have opinions, but only politely forbears
to pester its mighty ear with them.
And also, since the public admires a nicely
' - ;iI
performed teat, 11 tne newsmonger win
cleverly push his opinions in behind his
facts, so that they will not be recognized as
only his opinions, and insinuate one or two
apologetic bows into his paragraph, in case
his boldness should be discovered ; J say, if
he will do these things well, even a news
note writer may aspire to express some of
his own opinions.
A stranger visiting a city usually receives
some bad impressions before the good ones,
which city afterwards captivates him and
makes him feel a larger man, when on registering
at a hotel, he adds the name of his
town. A visitor will be impressed with the
wickedness of a Chicago or a New Orleans
at first, and afterwards learn that there are
many good people there. This certainly
does not apply to my impressions on lately
coming to Rock Hill, except as to the.
weather. My first impression was necessarily
of the heat, for it has been a constant
candidate for attention here for the past
week. On Main street the thermometer has
been registering 100?, though the store-rooms
there are nbout the coolest places in town.
The heat and need of rain has not added any
impetus to business, the soda-fountains, telegraph
offices, railroads and factories being
for the time the most brisk institutions about
town.
A feature about Rock Hill which a newcomer
will be pardoned for mentioning, is its
modesty. To nearly every person, the center
of the world lies very close in his own
neighborhood, and an enterprising town
which has gotten itself on a ' boom," is
nearly always an ideal of self-importance.
Rut while Rock Hill is being generally recognized
as the most progressive and growing
town in upper South Carolina, if not the
whole State, several of the citizens to whom
I have spoken have expressed themselves
modestly, saying, that Rock Hill, while advancing
steadily, is yet doing no more than
it ought; and that there is no "boom."
In this time of financial stress, when the
outlook is gloomy nearly every way you
turn, it does one good to see an enterprising
town winning success by turning its energies
toward that which seems to he the only
bright solution of our country's future;
namely, manufactories.
The baseball game between Yorkville and
Rock Hill, as is known, resulted in the victory
of the latter. Rut the Yorkville boys proved
such worthy opponents to the local team,
that it will probably take another contest
to settle the laurels lor the season.
It is thought the Associate Reformed
l'resbyterians, and also the Lutherans, will
organize churches here at no distant day.
The former now have preaching in the building
of the Methodist church. This will give
our city evangelical churches of six different
persuasions.
On Saturday afternoon, the ('. and A.
train brought up thirty-six convicts to labor
on the proposed Woman's Industrial school.
On last Wednesday, Mr. John A. Xeely
and .Miss Bessie Kee, both of this place,
were married at the I'resln tcrian church by
Itev. Alexander Sprunt.
Mr. (ieorge Neely has just left for Clemson
college. On last week Messrs. H. M.
and W. M. J Hinlap went to the same place.
Miss Amelia Ragsgale, of Lancaster, has
been visiting at .Mrs. Kate Morrison's.
Misses Lottie and Rena Chafee, of Lancaster,
are visiting Mrs. W. 15. Dunlap.
Miss Annie (Jill, of Chester, is visiting
Mrs. \V. (J. lleid.
Miss Blanche Scoff, of Salisbury, N. is
visiting the family of Mr. (5eo. Heed.
Several citizens have visited the World's
Fair, and their enthusiastic accounts of the
great wonder will probably develop in
others going.
Misses Fannie and Alma Boyd, of Spartanburg,
are visiting at Mrs. J. B. Johnson's.
Kock Hill is glad to have so many fair
visitors, and wishes it could entertain them
with cooler weather.
I)r. Clarence Kuykendal, of Yorkville, was
in town Saturday. v. i. M.
?
Donaldson Defeated.
? At a meeting of the (Jreenvillc County
Alliance, held last week, Hugh M. Barter
defeated M. L. Donaldson for re-election for
president. John It. Harrison, a personal
and political opponent of Donaldson, was
elected to represent the county in the State
Alliance meeting to be held this week.
BLACKSBURG BUDGET. ! it:
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The Hlarksliinx' New* AkhIii oii Its I-YH V
Dt'atli of Alonzo Mercer. ^
Corres|K)iiili.*n?'e of tin* Yorkvllle Kmiuirer.
Blacksbirc, July 18.?The monotony j n
und discomfort of the hot weather for the ii
past two weeks, has to some extent been re- a
lieved by refreshing showers of rain which e
have gladdened the hearts of suffering humanity
and imparted a brightened and grate-1 h
ful look to vegetation. i y
The burglary in our town on the night of c
the 8th instant, which I reported in last y
week's Enqx ikkk, was committed by an or- c
ganized band of Negroes from Charlotte, j b
After the robbing of the houses, one of them h
boarded a freight train for that city. He was j tl
seen by Mr. Kiehard Jackins, night operator!si
at tho Richmond and uanvuie depot, una n
the agent at Charlotte advised of liis actions, j t<
Soon after his arrival in Charlotte the Negro b
presented a ten dollar bill to the agent to j
get changed. Ho was arrested on suspicion, tl
and when our chief of police, J. C. Duncan, v
arrived and charged him with the robbery 11
here, he confessed all, implicating five.or six s
other Negroes. His name is McLaughley; p
the chief of the gang was Charles Smith, | s
colored, and they had committed a number i 0
of robberies in Charlotte. Upon this latter
confession, Chief Duncan was forced to leave t
him in his cell at Charlotte to be first tried c
by the law of North Carolina. Four other d
negroes whom McLaughley implicated in the g
thefts, have since been arrested and lodged
in jail, while the ringleader, Smith, is still at
large. I regret to say that Mr. Sumner did
not recover any of the forty dollars stolen
from him, the negro having made way with
most of it before he was arrested. 1
The Blacksburg News, after a suspension
of several weeks, necessitated by some C
changes made in its business department,
made its reappearance last week, in very d
handsome style, brimful of bright and re- f
freshing reading matter. Major John F. c
Jones has leased the printing and publishing 0
plant of the Blacksburg News company for c
three years, and employed Mr. J. P. Bab- 3
biugton as managing editor of The News, v
Under their joint control, our people, of J
both town and country, are assured a good d
paper, which will be a help to our entire v
section. v
Alonzo Mercer, son of \V. H. Mercer, of h
our town, died this morning about 9 o'clock,
of heart trouble. Deformed and sull'ering in ii
his body from childhood, he, however, pos- I
sessed a good mind and an amiable disposition.
He bore his sad afiliction with a hero- p
ic patience, and always cheerful and bright, a
was uniformly polite and courteous to all.
He is now released from earthly sorrow and a
pain, and will be forever at rest, in a land of t
joy and peace. His sorrowing parents and a
family have the sympathy of all our people, r
w. a. 1
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LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. ?
| The Etta June Mail?Confederate Survivors (Jontemplate
a Trip to Virginia's Ilattletields?
Ilig Alliance IMenlc?Other Notes.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 1
Etta Jane, July 15.?Mr. Leroy Brown,
contractor on the the mail route from Hick- c
ory Grove to this place, came here last
Thursday to employ a sub-contractor to r
carry it for the remainder of his contract t
term, to July 1, 18915. Sam Lee has taken c
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I 11 1U1 [JC1 auuuiu, I The
<Jry weather lias done, and is still. c
doing, considerable damage to the crops.
Corn especially is wilting for. want of rain. f
The Survivors' Association of Confederate
veterans of this county, have formed a coun- I
ty association with 309 members, divided
among the different arms of the military ser- i r
vice as follows: Artillery 29, cavalry 57, in- ! ^
fantry 222, navy 1; including 25 commission- j
ed officers, 27 non-commissioned officers, and c
257 privates. The commissioned officers are 11
1 brigadier general, 1 lieutenant colonel |
of cavalry, 2 majors, 1 chaplain, 1 regiment- i a
al surgeon, 0 captains, 4 first lieutenants, 5 !
second lieutenants, 3 third lieutenants, and 1 j
adjutant. The non-commissioned officers!
are : 1 color sergeant, 1 quartermaster ser- j c
geant, 12 field sergeants and 13 corporals.1 f
The officers of the association are I. G. 3Ie-: f
Kissick, president; James T. Douglass, vice it
president; James L. Strain, secretary and I p
treasurer; Rev. A. A. James, ehaplaiu. j1
The first annual meeting will Le held Au- c
gust 7. The association proposes to take an > p
excursion to Virginia this summer, and j r
spend ten or liflccn days in looking over j s
some of the old battlefields and visiting the I g
different places of interest. Should our ex- j li
pectation be realized, I will try and give | li
the readers of The Enquirer a full account! 1
of the trip, and note any change made in t
the appearance of the country from the days n
of 1SG1 to '<>5 until now. Next Friday is the 1
j day set to meet the railroad authorities to t
! make an agreement as to the time, etc. We s
i have proposed to furnish 1,000 men at $3 r
i each for the round trip. Several York and li
I Spartanburg county men have agreed to go t
i with us. i r
| Yesterday there was a grand rally of the i b
j Alliance forces at Kelton. There was a big ; li
i picnic; a base ball and a good time generally, j c
1500 or 2000 people were present. Speeches | n
were made by T. L. Gantt, editor of Died- 1
mont Headlight; Judge Hill, of Spartan- jii
burg; Messrs. G. Walter Whitman and G. d
; B. Fowler, candidates for the legislature to , c
, fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion t
j of R. W. Harris to the postmastership at h
i I'nion ; Capt. J. R. Jefferics, State senator, f
' and Stauyarne Wilson. ! I
All of the speeches, of which I have co- j e
i pious extracts, were listened to with interest; t
: by the fanning classes generally. Many of s
, the young men took an interest in the base- n
' ball game, while the ubiquitous ('lipid was y
on the ground putting in some effective t
work. A splendid dinner was served, and ) q
every thing passed off in the most pleasant r
and happy style, except that the weather < .
i was excessively hot. Several York county j v
men were there. j il
i Work is still progressing at Lockhart
, Shoals, and a factory will soon be in operai
tion there. Sicma. fi
ADDRESS Til ALLIANTKMKN. ' 1
County I.erturor Thompson I'r^cs the Brethren , r
to Eternal Vlicllnnrt1. ! V
I Correspondence of tin: Yorkville Enquirer. f
At a meeting at the County Alliance, held j'
on the 7th instant, it was thought advisable,''
that some action should he taken to cncour-10
age the various subs in each township to;a
unite and hold a public meeting. After,0
some discussion, it was decided to leave the |
work to the county lecture board. The 1 0
county lecture board met in Yorkville on the i1
loth instant, and after a full discussion of!*
the matter, passed a resolution instructing j v
the county lecturer to issue an address, set- f
ting forth the advisability of the subs hold- j *s
ing said meetings, having the. address pub-1 s
jlished in the Yokkvii.i.k Kntjukku and!?
Rock JI ill Herald. j c
Til K ADltKKSS. !?
{ Dear Brothers?The county lecture board p
has made it incumbent upon me to issue you
an address, setting forth the the necessity of s
the sub-Alliances in each township uniting, J j,
holding public, meetings and securing competent
speakers to address you. 3Iy brethren,'p
! the necessity of these meetings to carry out
the object of our order as an educational or-1
ganization is apparent. One of the principal j,
objects of our order is to enlighten and edu- ,
cate the masses in the science of political |
economy. At last, the financial question,!*
; which .the Alliance has been persistently j ^
pushing to the front, but which for various j
reasons jiolitical leaders have managed to \
keep in the background, has loomed up as!
the great issue of the day. Congress will 11
soon be. called upon to consider and set- C
; tie this intricate question.
To you, as cotton producers, and to the |
South depending for her prosperity on the in
value of that staple, the silver issue is the j
greatest and most important of all issues. jj
It now becomes you as self protectors, as
lovers of these sunny plains, the most (Jod- i ^
1 favored but man-cursed country on the face !
! of the globe, not only to take sides, but to ;
so understand this question that when your 1 j
i lniiuenee is cast, it may oe in me ihu'itsi oi
justice uiul ibr the upbuilding of the country p
I and the general welfare of all the people. ! (
j Again, my brethren, it is apparent that J j,
while you hold the principles of your order j(;
! as near to your hearts as ever, many of you n
have become careless and negligent about' at-1 s
! tending the monthly meetings of your subs., j,
; It is never safe to sleep in the presence of a p
vigilant and watchful enemy. It is true j
I that the Alliance of York county neither n
teaches nor holds to any political doctrine, j
! except what it believes to be pure Jefferson-1 it
ian .Democracy. The Democratic party is j t?
j now in full possession of the national and 1
: State governments, but at the same time our j a
| people are completely divided in their opin-1 si
m as to what constitutes the principles of
lire JcHcrsoniun Democracy. Now we do ;
ot need any discussion to widen the breach.j
i'e must discuss measures: not men. Let1
s examine closely our principles. It will j
lengthen our convictions, dispel carelessess
with energy, and give us new life and
iterest in the cause of truth and justice:
nd mark it, brethren, victory will crown our
Herts.
I need not call your attention to what you
ave accomplished in the past. I feel that
ou have not forgotten the social and ('man-'
ial benefits you have derived, nor have!
ou failed to observe the moulding of politial
sentiment that has been brought about
y your agitation of these principles. You s
ave caused every class of people to think as 1
hey have never thought before. While many <
parched for the truth, others sought to re- ,
ite it, and where envy and prejudice failed ,
i is?u* ,,4:11 w
J UUIIUIIUIU l"l."U?uil, inc ngiii. id nuu uuiinii^
rightly. (
Again, my brethren, we have many sympa- (
lii/ers, strong advocates of our principles, '
,'ho are not members of our order. We can- i
ot permit their presence in our secret ses- ,
ions, hut at public meetings, all people may
articipate in our discussions. Therefore, in
electing our speakers, we need not restrict
urselvcs to the membership of the Alliance. (
ly brethren, good seed have been sown and (
be plants are growing beautifully, but tares
ontinuc to spring up, and so long as they
o, we must continue to cultivate. Let the '
reat work of education move onward. 1
Yours fraternally, K. 1). Thompson, <
County Lecturer. j
LETTER FROM L0WRYSY1LLE.
ii I)i*tress for Want of Rain?Personal antl Other I
blatters. ]
orrespondcncc of the Yorkville Enquirer. (
Lowkysvii.i.e, July 18.?Our section is |
istressingly in need of rain, it having been (
rom three to six weeks since rain of any
onsequence fell in three-fourths of the area 1
f Chester county. As a result, the upland 1
orn will be almost a complete failure. ]
lost of the bottom corn was destroyed by ;
ret weather in May and the first days of ,
une. The cotton crop is also serionsly
lamaged where no rain has fallen since it
ras cleaned of grass. The drought is the
rorst this section has experienced in a num- ,
?er of years. I
Rev. Mr. Curry and family left this morn- ,
ng for a two weeks' visit to relatives in
forth Carolina. 1
A number of young men of this place are <
repariug to go to Catawba river today for 1
, fish fry. ]
One of our citizens has been searching for (
, suitable name for a late arrival. The
rouble did not arrisc from the same cause
s that given by your McConnellsville cor- 1
cspondent, but from the fact that this was
so. 10. Various names were proposed, !
mong them "Just Enough," "Too Many,"
itc., but finally there was a compromise on
'William Donum." w. o. o.
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LETTER FROM RLAIRSY1LLE.
'he Crops Need Haiti?Poor Prosper!* fur Water- :
unions?Personal.
'orrespondenee of the Yorkville Enquirer. ,
Ri.aiusvii.lk, July 17.?Another week has j
lassed and we have had no rain to revive |
he wilted cotton and restore tne parcnea
orn to its natural color. Farmers are quite
due on account of the gloomy prospect for a
rop.
The melon crop promises to be almost a
ailure on account of the dry weather.
Miss Kittie Blair is visiting relative} at
jowrysvillc.
Mrs. W. L. Kirkpatrick and W. K. Turicr,
of Winnsboro, are visiting the family of
>Ir. J. C. Kirkpatrick.
Miss Maggie and Mr. Erskiue Youngblood,
if Mecklenburg county, N. C., visited rela- i
ives near this place last week.
The young folks are anticipating a pleasnt
time at the picnic tomorrow. W. O. s.
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ME UK MENTION. 1
James Corbett, white, and Peter Jackson,
olored, have signed articles of agreement
or a prize fight to take place in June, 1894, .
or $10,000 a side. The fight is to take place
lefore the club offering them the largest
nirse. The British authorities claim
hat the object of India's suspension of free
oinage was to prevent a further fall in the 1
irice of the silver rupee. The value of the
upec is regulated by the market price of
ilver. All efforts looking to the reor[unization
of the Georgia Central railroad :
lave been abandoned. Arrangements
lave been perfected for the annexation of
Vest End, an important suburb of Atlanta,
o the city proper. It will increase the popilation
of the city about 10 per cent. The
Mo rid a Agricultural college has conferred
he degree of L. L. I). on Hon. Hoke Smith,
ecretary of the interior. Bourke Cochan,
of New York, is expected to lead the
ight for the repeal of the Sherman law on
he floor of the house. The German
eichstag has passed the famous "army bill"
iy a majority of eleven votes. Work
ias ceased on the Nicaragua canal, on ucount
of the failure of the company to raise
(loncv. A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch of
Friday, says that all the plate glass factories
n the I'nited States have indefinitely shut i
own. Superintendent Porter, of the
ensus bureau, lias tendered his resignation j
o take effect on July 81. The resignation
as been accepted. The loss of life by
he burning of the cold storage building in n
Chicago last week, at first reported at eight-;
en, has since been ascertained to be only
welve. All of the victims were firemen j
avc one, and he was an electric line-,
jan. The arbitration court in Paris, 1
diicli has been try ing the difference between ! i
lie I'nited States and Great Britain on the n
uestion of ownership of seals in the Bell- |
ing sea, has adjourned. The decision of the i
ourt will not be forthcoming for several
,-eeks yet, but it is generally believed that \'
: will lie in favor of the I'nited States. 'j
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Mu. Si,Kill's Ykksion.?The following!
roin E. Brooks Sligh, to the Charleston i
Jews and Courier, dated Washington, July j
2, explains itself: j
The dispatch from here relative to my arest
on Saturday, July 1, which appeared in :
our paper Sunday, July 2, was substantial-:1
y correct with the exception that T was not 1
behind prison bars." I took a buggy after j
Hiving the warrant was served on me and , |
rove to police headquarters, and when I .
ppeared before Judge Miller, was released
n my own bond.
When the case was called for trial some !1
ays later, Judge Miller promptly dimissed j1
lie case with a reprimand to the prosecution (i
o the effect that his court was not one to he
iscd by anyone to vent their spleen and ,
icrsonal grudges against another. I had ,
nine parties here arrested last April tor '
toaling certain goods of mine, and succeed- j'
d in recovering them. They afterwards,
laitned that I had left them there of my JI
\vn accord, and out of this grew my arrest j <
31* "perjury,"' more than two months after
t is alleged to have occurred.
As you published the beginning of this j'
nit, I trust you will do me the kindness and !'
list ice to give space in your columns to this,' i
lie result of it. as everyone here understands j
t, but they do not in South Carolina. I
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? The average gate receipts at the World's ;,
"air are now about $100,000 a day. This j'
verage for the entire period of the fair Is
louhl make a total sum of $0,000f000. The 1
stimated cost of the exposition up to the i
rinding up of affairs, is $22,000,000, and i
mless there should be a large increase in i |
ttendance, the shortage will be enormous, I.
otwithstanding the various amounts re-1
cived for privileges, concessions, etc. The (
flicials of the fair, however, are not (lis- 1
ouraged. The attendance at the Centcn-1'
ial exhibition of 1 S7<?. during the last two t
lonths, was more than double that of the j
ntire period which went before, and it is be-1.
leved that when the railroads reduce their
ntes, the people will begin to flock to J(
'hicago in a way that will swell the gate [1
eceipts beyond all danger of a shortage. It
. i j
[omlHiti- in (irvcnvllli' County.
? W. T. Toncy and James W. Cox got (
ito a friendly scuflle near (ireer's station, '
ticenville county, last Friday, which ended
l a row. Toncy drew a knife and severed i
'ox's jugular vein, killing him within a few t
4?... lJ.Ntl. i.'aw, ?),/> cmic nC uiih. I
tantial farmers. A quart of whisky figured } {
1 the seullle and was no doubt the cause of
lie tragedy.
. . J t
lif; Fire at Marion. ; j
? The Marion Cotton mill, together with ' j
s contents, consisting of MOO bales of cot- i .
in and a lot of maeliinery, was burned on |
'ue^day of last week. The loss is estimated j1
t about *10.000, but is fully covered by in-!s
uranoc. j t
LOCAL AFF-AXRS. 1
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IN1)F,X TO NKW A I) V BRTLSKM KNTS.
tev. James Atkins?Ashevillo Female College.
>V. J. Koddey, manager of Kquitable Life?Insurance
better than property,
f. 11. Barnes?A Business Oportunity.
iVithers Adickes Company?tlroceries and
Hardware, etc.
iOitis Both?It is too hot to hake bread and
rolls. <?o to Roth's for them.
AM5. deLoach, Plaintiff's Attorney?Summons j
to absent defendants in the ease of J. \V.!
Rhyne, plaintiff, against J. B. Ross and j
others, defendants.
THK YOHVILLi: GRADl.l) SCHOOLS.
The trustees of the Yorkville graded j
ichools submitted their annual report, to a !
ntblie meeting of citizens held in the graded
school building last Thursday, in compliance ;
kVith the law. In the afternoon the qualified
voters of the town held an election on the j
piestion of continuing the special tax levy :
of two mills for school purposes. The total
lumber of votes cast at this election was 28,'
ill of which were in favor of a continuance I
of the levy.
CAIN'S SPRING PICNIC.
The outlook is that there will be a big
time at Cain's Spring next Saturday. Senator
Butler writes to the committee that he
has an engagement at Anderson on the 21st,
but if he can possibly get to Cain's Spring by
the 22d, he will be there. "I have," he
says, ,:a great many things to say to the
people of South Carolina, and I do not know j
of any people to whom I would rather say j
them than the patriotic citizens of York
county." Congressman Strait writes that!
he will be present, unless providentially hin-1
tiered. Senator Irby has not been heard j
from. Mr. Hemphill says, "I want to be'
there, and will go unless called off by other
engagements." General E. M. Law was unable
to say certainly whether he would be
present or not. Messrs. T. F. McDow, W.
N. Elder, J. C. Wilborn and E. D. Thompson
are all expected to make short addresses.
THE CLOVER COTTON MILLS.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Clover Manufacturing company, was
held at Clover last Thursday, all the stock
being represented but a few shares. The
management made a good showing and declared
an annual dividend of 8 per cent.,
half being payable on October 1, and the
balance on January 1, next. It \yas shown
that the demands for yarns at this time are
very limited, and sales can only be made at
close margins. A new board of directors
was elected as follows: J. W. Neil, W. B.
Smith, J. iS. McKenzie, T. P. Whitesides, S.
M. McNeel, Geo. L. Riddle, J. J. Wilson,
John H. Craig and O. A. Hamlin. At a
subsequent meeting, the board elected J. W.
Neil president, and M. L. Smith, secretary
nn/1 tfnnmipni< TKo u f rw?Lr V? rvl rl n ru nueaoil a
tillU ucaouicii Alii/ oifUUi\iiviuvit7 |/uwuuu Ml
resolution authorizing the managers, if they
thought such a step expedient, to purchase a
stock of goods and conduct a mercantile
business in the name of the company.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Presbyterian?Sunday-school at 5 o'clock
p. m.
Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at
10.30 a. in., and Sunday-school immediately
afterward.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langstou, pastor.
Yorkvillk?Services next Sunday at 10.30
o'clock a. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock
p. in. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at
8.30 o'clock.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, pastor. Services next Sunday morning
at 10.30, and evening at 8.30 o'clock.
Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. Prayermeeting
this evening at 8.30 o'clock. ?
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services
next Sunday at 11 a. m. Yorkville?Services
at 8.30 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at
4.30 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow
evening at 8.30 o'clock.
DISPENSARY FOR BLACKSBURG.
Blacksburg is to have a dispensary. So
says the county board of control, and unless
the law says no, a dispensary will soon be
established in the town.
The county board of control met in jthe
office of Messrs. Finley and Brice last Monday.
All the members were present. Mr.
W. F. Dye, of Blacksburg, read the following
letter from headquarters on the establishment
of a dispensary in York county.
State ok South Carolina, I
Executive Chamreh, j
Columbia, July 11,181)3.?Win. F. Dye, Esq.,
Blacksburg, S. C. Dear Sir: Replying to
your letter of yesterday, Governor Tillman di-,
rects me to say : "Each dispenser is an inde- j
pendont olficer and deals directly with the State |
commissioner and county hoard of control, lie i
is in no sense an assistant, and keeps his own |
hooks as though thero was no other officer in j
the county of a liko character." lie [the governor,]
asks that the county boards ho sure of a
majority petitiou and then go ahead, regardless of [
threats. Very respectfully,
D. H. Tompkins, Private Secretary.
After discussing the ubove letter, the;
board decided to establish a dispensary at
Blacksburg, and to appoint Mr. Albert
Whisonant as dispenser. Under the law,
Mr. Whisonant will be required to give a
bond in the sum of $3,000 for the faithful
discharge of his duties under the law, and
kw will \\n icaund nci cnntl l\S this
bond has been filed and approved.
A number of unimportant details were
informally discussed and the board adjourned.
IX FAVOR OF THE BOND ISHl'E. 0
In the case of John J. Hunter, plaintiff, j
against the town council of Yorkville, defendants,
involving the validity of the pro- j
posed issue of bonds for the purpose of erect- i
ing a system of waterworks, Judge Wither- j
spoon filed n decision on last Friday in |
which he dismisses the complaint and holds
that the proposed issue of bonds will be
valid.
The points raised by the plaiutifF were
two: 1st. Because the issue of bonds for the !
construction of waterwork is not a corporate
purpose?not one of the purposes for I
which the town of Yorkville was incorpora- j
ted : and 2nd, because the proposed issue of
flO.OOO would be in excess of the constitu-'
tional limit under the admitted facts.
The charter of the town expressly gives
the council authority to provide for a water,
supply, provides for the issuance of bonds,
and his honor is of opinion that on this
point there is no question whatever. The!
corporate purpose in the first place is clear, j
and the provision for carrying out that pur-1
pose is equally plain. On the other point, j
the decisiou reads as follows:
"Secondly. Would the issue violate article :
) section 17 of the constitution limiting is-j
sues to 8 per cent. It appears from the
pleadings, that the said county of York,'
n which York township lies, lias a bonded
ndebtedness of not less than $15,000, and
the said township of York, in which is1
the town of Yorkville, has a bonded indebtedness
of $75,000, and the taxable property,
eal and personal, within the said county of
i'ork, is now only $0,553,070, und the said
taxable property within the said township,
s now only $S89,295, and so it is claimed by
lie plaintiff that the placing of a bonded inlebtedness
of $1(>,000 on the town of York-)
nlle, will subject the inhabitants of the said j
;own, and their property, to liability for a
greater bonded indebtedness than 8 per
;eut. thereof, and thus will be in excess of
lie constitutional limit.
"The only suggestion made at the argument
n support of the plaintiffs proposition, was i
hat a political subdivision could, under the !
^instruction contended for by the defendant,1
ax itself out of existence. But the subdivisions
are enumerated in the constitution,!
ind there are only four, so that the argu-1
nent for the plaintiff, upon this theory, falls
o the ground. The suggestion of the de-1
endants is much stronger in support of their
view, that if the plaintiff is correct, and the
smallest subdivision should make an issue up
o the limit, the larger subdivision would be j
excluded from the right to make any issue j
at all. '
"My conclusion upon this point is that the
proposed issue would not violute the constitution
limiting the bonded indebtedness to
eight per cent."
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mrs.T. M. Fayssoux isquite ill. }
Mr. \V. M. Allison is quite sick.
Miss tirace MeElwee is visiting friends in
Fort Mill. |
Cadet J. B. Allison is home from the Citadel
academy.
Mr. N. B. Bratton, of <Juthriesville, is at1
Cleveland Springs.
Mrs. B. X. Moore and son, Master Paul,!
are visiting in Charlotte.
Mr. K. Sidney McConnell, of Charlotte, is
on a vist to relatives in Yorkville. !
Mrs. John F. Oates and children are visit-1
ing relatives in the Bethany section. j
Miss Bessie McConnell, visited relatives j
and friends nt Ix>wrysville, last week.
%Mrs. I). W. Hicks and son, Master Duke, j
of Henrietta, X. C., are visiting in Yorkville.!
General and Mrs. E. M. Law, and little son !
Robert, are visiting Mr. J. B. Law, at Darlington.
Miss Minnie Palmer, of Charlotte, X. C., ,
is in Yorkville, visiting Mrs. R. E. Montgomery.
Miss Ella Melton returned to Yorkville
yesterday, after a two weeks' visit to rela- !
tives in Atlanta. |
We received a pleasant call on last Friday j
from Mrs. J. C. Blair and daughter, Miss j
Bettie, of Blairsville.
Mrs. S. M. McXeel, Miss Mamie Hughes, |
Miss lluldii McNeel and Prof. John I). Mc- I ;
Neel, are at Cleveland Springs. i ]
Mr. Charles K. May, of Ramburg, is in \ (
Yorkville, having been summoned to the |
bedside of his father, who is dangerously ill. ]
We received a pleasant call yesterday j,
from Mr. W. P. Greusling, the traveling rep- j
resentative of the Kentucky Wagon compa- j
ny,of Louisville, Ky. <
Mr. John A. Neely and wife arrived in ,
Yorkville last Wednesday afternoon, aceom- ,
panied by Miss Kate Neely and Miss Kee,
and Messrs. Gaston and McFadden, of Rock
Hill, and were given an elegant supper and
reception at the residence of the groom's
father, Mr. H. A. D. Neely. <
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THE I. O. G. T. ,
The Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Good Templars for South Carolina, '
is to meet in Yorkville on Tuesday next, and 1
continue in session until Wednesday after- j
noon. During their stay here, the delegates f
of the lodges will be entertained at the
homes of the citizens as follows : I
DELEGATES. HOST. (
Bass, \V. L Rev. L. A. Johnson. ,
Berry. T. N Br. J. F. Lindsay.
Hetheu, S. A Rev. I)r. S. A. Weber, i
Booker, Miss I/ena A Mrs. M. J. Clark.
Branson, Joel K S. K. Moore.
Brown, Rev. II. B latin Parish. ,
Bond, Miss Jessie T. S. Jetterys.
Bristow, C. M J. M. Hope?Parish Hotel. I
Chaffin. Mrs. Robert Miss M. E. McPheeters. |
Chllds, Mrs. L. D Dr. J. H. Bratton?Thee C's Hotel.
Chllds, L. D Dr. J. K. Bratton?Three C's Hotel. ;
Chreltzberg, Rev. II. F W. B. Wylle.
Clements, It. E Dr. A. Y. Cartwrfght.
Creech, J. C R.L.Clark. (
('ornweli, Miss May T. S. Jetferys. ,
Covington, C. K Mrs. Emma MeClaln.
Crockett, Miss Mamie T. W. Clawson.
Curtis, Rev. F. 0. S Rev. F. C. Hlckson*. ;
Darby, Mrs. K. E Withers Adlekes. '
Davis, I). D I. D. Wltherspoon.
Davis, Miss Kstelle W. J. Waters.
Drake, Miss Annie R. E. Montgomery.
Drew, T.J Dr. John May, Sr. i
Durham, Mrs. M. M Sam M. Grist.
Edwards, J. E Mrs. R. L. Ferguson. '
Ellzy, C. C Dr. J. F. Lindsay.
Everett, J. C W. C. Gist.
Flowers. Miss A. G Sam M. Grist.
Gerald, Miss Mosele Geo. H.O'Leary.
Graham, Wm M. C. Willis.
Guess, Miss Ida A. S. Withers.
Hair, J. C Mrs. C. J. Robertson.
Hnmmet, Mrs. B. J Geo. H. O'Leary.
Hamer, Miss May Mrs. Mary Mason.
Harmon, A. F Dr. A. Y. Cartwrlght.
Harmon, Miss Florle L. M. Grist.
Hines, W. It I. M. Hope?Parish Hotel.
Hoyt, Miss S W. J. Waters.
Hurst, C. M Mrs. Emma McClain.
Jenkins, E. J J. W. Dobson.
Jenkins, Mrs. E. J J. W. Dobson.
Jennings. R. H Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber.
Jones, Miss Hattie John R. Warren.
Kershaw, Z. F J. W. McFarland.
Lindsay, Jos W. B. Wylle.
Lindsay, W. B W.M. Kennedy.
Livingston, Mrs. Knox Sam M. Grist.
Manning. L. A Mrs. R. L. Ferguson.
McCall, Alex W. E. Ferguson.
McCullougb, J. G Rev. L. A. Johnson.
McGee, A. II Mrs. C. J. Robertson.
McDaniels, Wm W. W. Jenkins.
Mcllwain, H. G 1.1). Wltherspoon.
Mlllhouse, Mrs. J. H. E Miss M. E. McPheeters.
Mobley, J. 1) J. H. Withers.
Perrv, Rev. J. W Rev. F. C. Hlekson.
Phillips, J.F G. W.S. Hart.
Poole, Misses Sophlcand Minnie Alonzo Rose.
Porter, Miss C. L R. E. Montgomery.
Rhame, E. II W. C. Latimer.
? f II U'Ithnra I
KOWCI1, A. ? ?.
Httly, Rev. J. I. Dr. J. M. Ktarr.
Hlifer, Mint) Heulnli T. W. Clnwson.
Smith, I)r. W. C M. C. Willis. ,
Snider, Rev. W. J Latin Parish. '
Stephens, Dr. I.. C Dr. John May, Sr. !
Strong, T. t' J. W. McFarlaiul.
Tarrant, J. W L A. Tate.
Tate, Rev. W. T J. A. Tate.
Timmons, C. K S. R. Moore. (
Tlminons, Miss Lena John R. Warren.
Timmons, Miss Ida Mrs. M. J. Clark, i
Thomson, James Rev. W. J. Langston.
Thompson, Miss Helle A. S. Withers.
Turner, J. H W. E. Ferguson. <
Turk, A. F W. W. Jenkins. ,
Watson, Rev. K.O Dr. J.M.Starr.
Watson, MissS. E L. M. Grist. ,
Wilder, R. K G. W. S. Hart.
Woods, Miss Mamie H. H. Beard.
Witherow, Prof. W. II W. C. Ijitlmer.
Yates, D. S Rev. W. J. langston. (
The following delegates will be entevtained
by the local lodge at the Three C's Hotel: ,
Askln.R. V. Kilpatrlck. S. ('. ,
Black, A. Clifford Meflard. Miss Ida
Copeland, S. Moore, S. F. i
(Covington, H. K. Manotte, Geo.
Covington, Mrs. Roht. McLaurin, Milton J
Dixon, II. W. Rhodes, T.N. 1
Dantzler, G. D. Rhame, W, T. i
Fletcher, A. M. and F. M. Strong, Mrs. R. M.
Green, John L. Smith, C. A. '
Green, S. A. Traxler, Miss Ellen ]
Grant, J. M. Wakefield, R. S.
Judy, H. J. Woodluim, C. W. 1
Jones, D. D. Wise, P. B.
John, I), s.
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LOCAL LACONICS. <
Annual Settlement.
? Comptroller General Ellerbee is ex- '
pected in Yorkville today for the purpose of '
having his annual settlement with the various
county officials. I
Asheville Female College. ]
? In another column is an advertisement <
of the Asheville Female college. The in
stitution has been established for fifty years,!
and has the reputation of being one of the j1
finest schools for girls in the South.
Another Itig Turnip. '
? Mr. John Pursley, of Zadok, has sent '
to this office a mammoth turnip which is a j
good match for that recently brought in by ,
Mr. J. J. Gauldeu. It is a fraction over 8 I
inches in diameter, 25 inches in circurafer- *
ence, and weighs 5 pounds. '
I'rotractcd Meeting at Clover.
? A protracted meeting was commenced ?
iu the Baptist church at Clover on Monday ;
night, and will probably be continued until t
Suuday night. The pastor, Rev. W. J.
Langston, is being assisted by Rev. G. ?S. j1
Dougherty, of Newberry county.
Picnic ?t Fairview. < J
? We are requested to announce that
there will be a picnic at Fairview academy f
ou the 28th of July, under the auspices of
Miss Muttie Dorsett's school. The committee
of arrangements consists of Messrs. E.
It. Faulkner, C. C. 1'ursley, Campbell Love, ]
C. C. Beamguard.
Information fur tin* Teacher*.
? We are requested toaunounce that the
twenty-second annual meeting of the State
Teachers' association will be held at Spartanburg
on August, 2, 3, and 4. For further :
information, address S. Lander, chairman,)
Williamston, S. C., or L. W. Dick, secretary, I
Bossard, S. C. !
A Monthly Shortage of 93,000. !
? Shelby Review : Mr. S. B. Lumpkin,'
for the Three C's railroad, appeared before
the railroad commission at Raleigh last week,
and urged that the assessment of $5,000 per ;
mile be reduced to $3,000, and made aflida-'
vit that the railroad's expenses exceeded
its earnings $3,000 monthly.
Kighty Years of Age.
? The New Orleans Times-Democrat of;
July 9, contains a column sketch, together i
with a number of portraits, of Mr. Robert
C. Kerr, the venerable sales reporter of the
New Orleans Cotton exchange, the occasion
being the old gentleman's 80th birthday.
.Mr. Jverr is a native or ..uecmeuuurg county,
N. CM and about tlie year 1834 worked in t
Vorkvillc as a jouruevmau printer. In his |
long life he has been through quite a series ' fj
of adventures, and has been connected with s
the. New Orleans Cotton exchange since c
18(57. Mr. Kerr will be pleasantly reinem- j c
berod by many visitors from this county to ; j
he New Orleans Cotton exposition of sever- ,
.1 years ago. I
ire Tln-ro any Survivor* in York
? The State: On the 12th of July, 1848,
'ompany II from Hiehland couuty, in the
uninw.ni iifrivcil iii Columbia via
he South Carolina railroad on their return
rom the Mexican war. There are about
en of the company living : two in Columbia,
wo in the country, and about six scattered
rom York county, South Carolina, to Louis- M
ana. "
t'orkvUli- vm. Hmk Hill.
? Lovers of baseball are centering consid:rable
interest in the "l'olka Dots," of Rock
lill, and the "Juveniles," of Yorkville. The
fuveniles defeated the l'olka Dots in York,'ille
on the Fourth of July, and the l'olka
Jots defeated the Juveniles in Rock Ilill
ast Wednesday. The understanding is that ^
he two clubs will play the "rub" game in *
forkville next Friday.
fork Iioy? at C'1?*uiaoii.
? We have beeu unable to get a reliable
ist of the York boys at Clemson, but from
he best information at hand, the county is
epresented as follows : Leon L. Campbell, <
iged 17 years ; Andrew L. Campbell, aged
[7 years : Wm. L. Campbell, aged 18 years;
(esse B. Ford, aged 1!) years; W. (J. Riggius,
iged ? years. The names of others -are
nentioned in our Rock Hill letter.
Kliciit'/or (.Vmcirrjr.
? The members of Ebenezer church have
let on foot a movement to dress up and beuu:ify
the old cemetery at that place, and appointed
Mr. R. S. McDonnell, of Old Point, to
:ake charge of the work. Very little can
ie accomplished -without money, and Mr.
McConnell requests us to ask those who
iave relatives and frieuds buried in the
cemetery, to send him whatever amount
:hev may see fit. All moneys received by
liira will be used according to instructions,
rud made to go as far as possible. Ebenezer
s one of the oldest cemeteries in the upper
part of the State, and the purpose of the r
:ongregation to make it a place of freshness
ind beauty is deserving of hearty sympathy
ind support.
S0l:TH CAROLINA NEWS.
Ureenvllle KivJolneri.
? The Greenville dispensary has been
dosed by injunction, and the issue is now beng
argued before Judge Norton.
Columbia Will Have a Dixpeimary.
? The State board of control has declared
Columbia's dispensary petition to be in compliance
with the law, and the first dispensary
in the city will commence operations
today.
Stmontoii for AnHorlale Juntice.
? The friends of Judge Charles H. SimonLon
are urging him for appointment to succeed
Associate Justice Blutchford, deceased,
of the United States supreme court.
t'itailel Boy* Not Needed.
? Superintendent Coward, of the citadel
academy, has been notified that the graduates
of the citadel, who recently tendered
their services at Clemson, will not be needed.
Kxtra SeMHion In November.
? There is strong talk of an extra session ' i
of the legislature to be called in November. A
The immediate reason for a long session is to M
pass upon the codification of the laws, but,
incidently, it is understood that it is desirable l
to have the legislature in session to take
whatever action that may be rendered nee- *
essary by supremo court decisions on the
dispensary question.
Appeal* to the Supreme Court.
? Attorney General Townsend has given
notice that the State will appeal to the su- ^
preme court from Judge Hudson's Darlington
decision, i He does not state whether or
not he will try to get a decision from the
court before its regular session in November.
In the meantime, the attorney general will
continue to represent the State in all other
injunction cases that may come up.
CongreHHinan Strait Will be There.
? Columbia Register: Congressman T. J.
Strait was in Columbia Saturday on personal - *
business. He had nothing to say on public
matters. He says there will be a big Alliance
meeting at Wylie's Mill, in Chester
county, July 20; also a large meeting of
Alliancemen and a picnic at Cain's Spring,
York county, July 22, at which Senator Butler
and ex-Congressman J. J. Hemphill will
speak.
Short Measure.
? Some of the newspapers claim that according
to accurate measurement, the
"quart" fiasks of the dispensary are one gill
short. The authorities deny the charge of
shortage, but as yet the question has not
been definitely settled. It is a well-known
fact that none of the old hip pocket flasks,
used by the saloons, will hold full measure,
and unless the dispensary authorities have
had the official flasks made to speeiul or- j
tier, it is quite likely that they contain short
measures. ?
\ Herniation in I-auron*.
? School Commissioner Davenport, of
Laurens, has resigned and lied to Texas,
says a Greenville dispatch of last Friday.
A. few days ago he attempted a criminal
assault on a young married woman, 1(5 years
old, named Fuller. The woman's husband
agreed to compromise the matter for $100.
Neighbors heard of the transaction and
held an indignation meeting, at which a
resolution was passed calling on Davenport
to resign and leave the State in forty-eight
hours. He obeyed orders.
[inunction 1)1hiiiUhi'<1.
? Judge Gary, on last Friday, dismissed
the temporary injunction in the Columbia
lispensary case. After hearing argument
he said it was a matter to be left entirely
with the county board, and that he
had nothing to do -with it. He did not pass
an the constitutionality of the law. The
iispensary authorities say that they will carefully
investigate whether or not any of the
respective petitions are signed by a majority
jf the freehold voters, and unless they are
io signed, the dispensary will not be established.
!lM]>tUt MImhIuii Work.
? Kev. T. M. Bailey, corresponding secre,ary
of the Baptist executive board of this
state, has submitted his report of the opera ations
of the board during the past year.
He considers the work accomplished as
/ery satisfactory. The contributions to the
ward for various purposes were as follows:
state missions, $11,370.28; Bible and eol3ortage
work, $29.32; church buildings,
jy children, $272.01; church building by
)thers. $5(53.4." : church buildings at mission
stations. $9,.119.75; ministerial education,
?2,4i>2.48 : home missions, $4,(550.69 ; 'foreign
nissions, $11,197.32; orphanage, $7,763.58.
Total, $47,855.49.
.ynchliig in Lexington.
? Dub Meetze, a well known desperado,
vas lynched by a mob in Lexington county J
ast Sunday night. About a year ago Meetze k
vas arrested on the charge of horse stealing (AI
md forgery. The cases were dropped on
ondition that he would leave the State former.
He went away sweariug vengeance 1
igainst several of his neighbors. Last week
ic returned and tried to persuade his wife to
;o away with him. She refused. She had t
md as much of him as she wanted. He ,A
vent away. That night he returned, piled
itraw up around and on top of the house,
ind set it ou fire. The wife and children
lad a narrow escape from death. As soon
is the neighbors heard of the affair, they
;ollected together and commenced a search
or the would-be assassin. They found him
>n Sunday night and riddled his l>ody with
Juliets. The names of those who participaed
in the killiug are not known.
Columbia Biirke?*|>?*rs Weaken.
? Wheu the dispensary law went into cfect,
many of the Columbia barkeepers still
lad large stocks of whisky on hand. Beieving
that the law would soon be declured
inconstitutional, these barkeepers decided
lot to remove their liquors, but to allow
hem to remain in their saloons ready for r
msiness as soon as they were needed. * The
irrest of Chicco, the Charleston barkeeper,
md the confiscation of his goods, however,
;eems to have made the Columbia people
lervous. One of them asked Governor Tillnan,
on Monday, as to whether or not it
vas safe to leave his liquors in his saloon.
n effect, the governor said : "I believe you 4
ire complying with the law, but at the same t
iujv juu iimi ucuer dc careful, a.s the mere
ituling of liquor on your premises might
;ive you trouble.'' The barkeeper went
truightway and carried his liquor to a place
>fsafety. <)thers followed suit, and now the
inly place in which liquors are openly dismayed,
is at the dispensary.