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Jwaps and .facts.
? Congressman Bland, of Missouri, leader
of the silver men in the house, says that if
the anti-silver people attempt to take any
undue advantages in the coming debates,
there will be scores of disturbances on the
floors of the house and senate, the like of
which have not been seen since just prior to
the war.
? Rev. E. F. Jones, pastor of the Baptist
church at Gastonia, N. C., was killed in his
pulpit in Dixon, Cal., recently. The particulars
are very meager. Mr. Jones was a
resident of Boone, N. C. He had been called
to Gastonia, and after preaching two sermons,
accepted. Having in view a trip to
California, however, he decided to go out
there before assuming his charge. He found
the people inclined to pay little or no attention
to the Sabbath, and rebuked them
from the pulpit. It is supposed that he was
shot by some desperado, who took exceptions
to what he had to say.
? It is an alarming state of affairs that exists
in Chicago just now, if what Mayor
Pfirtpr Harrison savs is true. Speaking to a
newspaper man the other day, he said : "I
am told by the leaders of the workingmen
here that there are now fully 200,000 unemployed
men in this city. Under ordinary
circumstances, these men are good citizens,
but they have nothing to do and they cannot
starve. If this thing continues into the winter,
the outlook is that these people may become
a dangerous element. They must do
something to prevent themselves and families
from starving. However, we must hope
for the best."
? The superintendent of the Philadelphia
mint, says a dispatch, has received instructions
from Washington to push small gold
and subsidary silver coinage as rapidly as
possible, and if need be to have mint worked
after hours to get out the specie. Advices
from Washington state that the stock of gold
coin in the treasury is getting depleted, and
the above order is to fill up the hole that is
being made. Work will be commenced at
once, and eagles, half-eagles and silver halves
and quarters will soon be rolling out by the
thousand every hour. Another report,
which is to be relied on, says the national
banks are making demand for the full amount
of notes they are authorized to issue, and it
has become necessary for the employes of the
bureau of engraving and printing to work
over time in order to supply the notes as fast
as they are wanted.
? The Ohio State Democratic convention
assembled at Cincinnati last Thursday and
nominated a full ticket from governor down,
headed by Lawrence T. Neal. The platform
fully endorses that adopted by the Democrats
at Chicago. "The financial situatoin,"
says the platform, "is the unfortunate
outcome of the Republican administration.
It is the natural result of the McKinley
tariff, the Shermau silver law and the extravagance
of the Republican party recently
in power, and the creation and fostering
of trusts and corporations by that party,
all combining to shake credit, to create distrust
in the money of the country, and to
paralyze its business. We recommend that
the national banks may be permitted to issue
their currency to an amount equal to the
par value of United States bonds which
they may deposit with the treasurer of the
United States, to the end that the volume of
currency may be immediately increased."
Mr. Neal is the man who wrote the tarili
plank in the Chicago platform, and the Ohio
Democrats intend to make the tight on the
tariff issue.
? The coinage plank of the Democratic
platform, adopted June 23, 1892, reads as
follows: "We denounce the Republican
legislation known as the Sherman act of
1890, as a cowardly makeshift, fraught with
possibilities of danger in the future, which
should make all of its supporters, as well as
its author, anxious for its speedy repeal.
We hold to the use of both gold and silver
as the standard money of the country and
to the coinage of both gold and silver without
discriminating against either metal, or
charge for mintage, but the dollar unit of
coinage of both metals must be of equal intrinsic
and exchangeable value, or be adjusted
through international ageement or safeguard
of legislation as shall insure the maintenance
of the parity of the two metals and
the equal power of every dollar at all times
in the markets and in the payment of debts;
and we demand that all paper currency
shall be kept at par with and redeemable in
such coin. We insist upon this policy as
especially necessary for the protection of
the farmers and laboring classes, the first
and most defenseless victims of unstable
money and a fluctuating currency."
? Prof. J. J. McCook has interviewed 2,109
tramps, and gives his views as to the means
of rooting out the tramp evil. He thinks
the German labor colony system the best
that has been devised to meet their case.
He is of the opinion that it is very bad policy
to allow tramps to sleep in station houses,
and he says, "Get people to stop absolutely
giving little coins to beggars." He says:
"Here is a body of 45,845 men, for that is
my estimate of their number made from the
best attainable data, an army larger than
Wellington's redcoats at Waterloo ; eleventwelfths
of them are under 50 ; five-sixths of
them are in perfect health; three-fifths of
them have trades or occupations requiring
skill; over nine-tenths of them can read and
write. And these persons, constituting over
one-quarter of 1 per cent, of our adult male
population, are permanently withdrawn
from productive work. That is not all.
They bear no public burdens. In case of
war the recruiting sergeant might be nimble
enough to catch them if bounties were high
and bounty jumping active, but the taxgatherer
never, in war or peace. The very
roads which they wear they never repair.
? General Wheeler, of Alabama, did good
work for the South during the war, and he
is doing good work now. The following is
a meager outline of a speech he delivered in
congress last Friday as reported in one of
the daily newspapers: "He said the house
was commencing a debate upon a question
which involved the most momentous prob
lem ever presented to the American people.
It was a question which must be met calmly,
considerately and with wisdom. Chauncey
M. Depew had said fifty men could control
the finances of the country. Those fifty men,
by the power of the press, by the power
which they wielded in Europe, were responsible
for the condition of the country today.
He had a few weeks ago heard a Wall street
banker say this struggle was a battle between
money and the people, and that money would
win. He knew not how the battle would
end, but before God and his country he stood
by the people. Mr. Wheeler contended that
what the country needed was a larger volume
of currency. There could not be too
much money in any country, if it had a good
purchasing and earning power. Without
plenty of money no country could llourish.
If every country on earth except the United
States found it policy to demonetize silver,
it nevertheless would be imperative here to
maintain silver coinage in order to develop
this great land."
? Ex-Comptroller W. L. Trenholm, president
of the American Security company, a few
days ago had the following to say in reference
to the present situation of the money
market: "Leaving out of view all questions
as to the underlying causes of the present
condition of things, and looking only at
what appears on the surface, the most striking
fact is the sudden disappearance of coins
and notes from the ordinary channels o(
circulation. In round numbers there is in
existence about $475,000,000 of greenbacks,
$185,000,COO of national bank notes, about
$800,000,000 of treasury notes issued under
the Act of 1890, about $000,000,000 of silver
dollars, making of what may be called government
money an aggregate of $1,550,000,000,
to which must be added the gold coin
in the country, which, exclusive of that in the
treasury, is estimated at about $450.000,000.
If this latter estimate is correct, there would
appear to be about $2,000,000,000 ready money,
of which so large a part has gone suddenly
out of sight that what remains as a visible
supply is being bought and sold like merchandise.
It is certainly a strange thing
that a panic that had its origin in a distrust
as to the value of our currency, should now
have reached a stage in which this very currency
commands a premium. How long
the situation would continue could not, Mr.
Trenholm said, be predicted, as it was without
precedent, but he said this of the currency
famine : "The hoarding of anything
like two thousand millions of currency is an
exhausting effort for even so large and
wealthy a people as ours, and the surest reliance
the public can have for a return te
better times is upon the exhaustion of the
power to hoard. Every importation of gold
and every addition to the active circulating
medium increases, ot course, tiio woijjm 01
the mass to he hoarded, and every day's J
duration of the strain reduces the power to
continue hoarding. It is certain, therefore,
that there must come a time when the hoarding
of money will cease, and each hoard rej
leased renders further hoarding more ditlij
cult and less attractive."
jlhe fflrfcviUc inquirer. j
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YORKYILLE, S. C.:
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 18911.
? The New York Herald,- which is probably
the leader among the big daily newspapers
that are advocating the unconditional
repeal of the Sherman law, wants congress to
appropriate fifty or a hundred millions of dollars
for the relief of the working men who
have been thrown out of employment by iniquitous
legislation. The proposition sounds
pretty thin. More than anything else, it
looks like a flimsy bait?crumbs thrown to
the dogs to keep them from barking. The
workingmen of this country do not ask for
soup-house charity. All they want is a
financial system adequate to the demands of
commerce, and they are willing to take their
chances of getting a fair share of the good
things of life by the sweat of their brows.
? "Financial stringency produced by lack
of confidence." That is the common diagnosis
of the present situation. What it
means is hard to realize. Crops are as fine
as they have ever been. There is as much
labor, "and it is just as willing to work.
There is as much money in the country as
there has been in twenty years, and what
can be the matter? The "lack of confidence"
explanation is not satisfactory, because
there is no apparent reason for such
! a condition. It rather looks as if capital is
doing the spoiled child act. It says to the
country, "If you don't play my way, I
J am going to take ray doll rags and go home,"
meaning of course, into a hole. Maybe
congress will humor the spoiled child and
give it all it asks, but ordinarily the most
potent remedy under such circumstances is
a good spanking.
| ? Congressman Shell is making an efl'ort
j to push what are known as the South Caro;
lina cotton claims. During the war an irai
mense quantity of cotton belonging to private
j individuals was stolen by the Yankees. The
! cotton was sold, and in some cases the mon!
ey found its way into the treasury, where it
J has been ever since. The total amount is
| about $10,000,000, and South Carolina's part
I is $1,500,000. The only way this money is
| to be gotten, is for the owners of the stolen
i cotton, or their heirs, to prove their owner!
ship, and congress will pay over the cash.
I The Republicans have not been inclined to
i allow any more money to come South than
, they could possibly help, and heretofore it
has been an exceedingly difficult matter to
recover any of this cptton money. Now,
however, that the Democrats are in control
of affairs, it looks as if things should be
different, and Mr. Shell might be successful
in his efforts to get at least a part of the
money stolen from the South returned.
? If silver declined in price because of the
demonetization act of 1878, would not reI
monetization cause it to advance again? It
looks that way. If a certain amount of eurj
rency is sufficient for a certain population and
volume of business, wouldn't twice the population
and twice the business require twice
the currency? It looks that way. If the
volume of business increases and the currency
remains stationary, doesn't the currencv
annreciate in value? It looks that
, *r *
I way. If a given number of people either
1 own or hold obligations against all the euri
rency in existence, can't they control it ? It
I looks that way. If the government fails to
! keep the volume of currency up with the
| needs of the increased population, does it
i not work an injustice against the increased
| population? It looks that way. Then, if
I congress should repeal the Sherman law,
! which now furnishes the only means this
j country has for increasing its circulation,
without substituting something in its place,
? would it not play into the hands of the
. money kings of the country, as against the
masses? It looks that way.
? In the before the war files of Tiie Enquirer,
we find that while the Southern
people were talking secession, mustering
. troops, and preparing to defend what they
supposed to be their rights by force of arms,
Northern people were looking upon the
1 whole thing as a big joke, and expressing
| their willingness to undertake the task of
j drinking as a beverage all the blood that
would be shed. The situation in the South
; then, does not appear to have been any
more threatening than it is in the North-west
today. Out there we hear of men?
i governors and senators?saying the main- j
j tainance of silver as money is more impor- j
tant than the preservation of the I'nion, and j
, expressing their willingness to ride in blood ;
up to the bridles of their horses in defense of
free coinage. The attitude of Northern and !
i Eastern statesmen today toward the free j
silver men is about the same as it was to-1
ward the secessionists of the South in 1S"?P
and 18(10. We sincerely hope that the par- j
allel may go no further, but if we are to be
benefitted by the lessons of past experience, j
j we verily believe that it is high time for our j
| leading statesmen to commence the serious
! consideration of some kind of a compromise. I
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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.
President Cleveland's message to congress, \
now sitting in extra session, is, as was anticipated,
devoted entirely to the financial
question, and while, from his standpoint, it
is an able document, it has by no means
given general satisfaction throughout the
Democratic party.
However strong is this deliverance from
? the president, it is not calculated to greatly
restore or create confidence throughout the
country. In fact, it will not do it for a very
simple reason. The president reposes no
confidence in congress, and, therefore, cannot
expect congress to repose much confi1
deuce in him. Without offering anything
whatever in the place of it. Air. Cleveland
I asks for the repeal of the Sherman law. A
great many members of congress believe in
'.the use of silver as a money metal. The
' I Sherman law is now the only act on the
. statute books which upholds it as such, and
j there is good reason to fear that if this law
; is swept away, with it will go the last support
to silver, and that metal can never
j again he restored even to its present standing.
l"nder the circumstances, it seems unreasonable
that the silver men should consent
to unconditional repeal, so long as they
ean possibly prevent it.
The main grievance with the people of the
South and West, is that there is not enough
money in circulation with which to transact
i the business of the country, and they believe
that the volume of currency should he increased.
The available supply of gold is
not sutlicicnt for an adequate basis, and,
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UlflClUIV, nil- i?IM\ Ituivin, n.n.v . .
1 cumstances, lies in ;i himetalic standard. and
for this the free coinage people?Democrats.
Republicans and Populists?will continue to
fight, the president to the contrary notwith;'
standing.
fj The president, in his message, seems to as
sumo, either that the supply of currency is
as great as it should he, or that there is 110
way in which it can he increased: and further,
when the few capitalists of the country
who control the limited supply see lit to lock
it up and stagnate business, the only way
out of the dilemma is to coneilliate them by
yielding to whatever terms they happeu to
propose. Possibly Mr. Cleveland is right in
his position, but we are not surprised that
there are so many people who are unable to
agree with him, and who seem to think that
his utterances on silver are at such wide variance
with the vigorous, flatfootcd position
he once took on the tariff' question.
TO MOVE THE COTTON CHOP.
Bradstreets sent out last week to the commercial
world, a deliverance which strikes
us as most peculiar. It deals with the difficulty
the Southern people are going to have
in "moving the cotton crop," and really
sounds as if it had originated in a lunatic
asylum. It was dated New York, Aug. 12,
and reads as follows:
"Special telegrams to Bradstreets, and information
received through the trade and
the press within a few days, have indicated
the likelihood of a crisis in the cotton regions,
owing to the inability of the hanking institutions
there to advance the funds necessary!
to move the cotton crop with anything like
the usual freedom. It had become plain that I
few, if any, of the Southern hanks would, j
if they could, advance funds to cotton buyers
to enable the latter to hold the staple for an
advance in price, and the recent disturbances
among Southern financial institutions began
to raise the question how the cotton crop
was to be moved at all. Inasmuch as it
costs $8.50 a bale for packing, ginning, pressing
and baling cotton, and about $50,000,000
for the gathering and preparing for shipment
of a crop of six million bales, it becomes
plain that the phrase "Advancing
funds to move the cotton crop" has a real
and living meaning. A considerable proportion
of the cotton crop is raised by tenant
planters, and owners of land, as a rule, are
expected to make the necessary advances to
the tenant to provide for picking, ginning,
pressing and baling the cotton. But, with
the Southern banks using clearing house
certificates, and in many instances, permitting
depositors to withdraw only trivial
sums of money daily, the problem of how
to borrow $50,000,000 or more to move the
cotton crop had become a serious one. It is
with considerable pleasure, therefore, that |
Bradstreets learns that arrangements were
made yesterday by the secretary of the treas-!
ury, in view of the emergency referred to,
by which the government, on deposit of
currency with the sub-treasury at New York,
will, on being advised of that fact, telegraph
the sub-treasury at New Orleans an order to
pay a like sum of money in silver dollars.
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financial stringency at the South with respect
to the cotton crop.
This is about the first* intimation the
Southern people have had of the "alarming
state of affairs," so vividly described, and if
it were true, we are unable to see where any
comfort is to he gotten from the proposed
remedy which is suggested with such refreshing
innocence. If Southern bankers are
without funds to move the crop, it is certainly
an unsolved problem as to where they
are going to get the currency which they are
to deposit in the New York sub-treasury for
the purpose of releasing silver dollars at
New Orleans.
No such condition of affairs as the Bradstreets
describe prevails in the South, and
Southern bankers, including those of Charleston,
New Orleans, Atlanta, Mobile and
Savannah, laugh at the idea. Of course, 011
account of the financial depression prevailing
at the North, and in fact throughout the
industrial world, the price of cotton may be
low?very low; but at whatever price, we
are sure that the currency will he found with
which to move the crop, and that without
having to release silver dollars by means of
currency that does not exist. Nobody need
have any fears that the Southern people will
not be able to pick, gin, pack and put their
crops on the market.
mere Mention.
The town of Snow Hill, Md., was burned
on Tuesday of last week. The property
lost is estimated at $250,000. The Ph(euix
Powder mill, one of the largest in the
country, and situated about nine miles east of
St. Louis, exploded last week, with a terrific
report and the shock of an earthquake.
Two men were killed aud several were injured.
The Richmond & Danville railroad
continues to reduce expenses by turn
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entirely settled. The incorporated village
! of Pleasant Hill, with only four freehold
voters, applied for the establishment of a dispensary.
For some reason t he hoard of control
did not want one established and sought
to evade the matter by neglecting to organize.
The governor wrote to Mr. Ferny
Springs, who was chairman of the hoard,
i and stirred him up. Still no dispensary was
established, and Mr. Springs was summarily
removed by Governor Tillman as a member
of the board, and Mr. T. M. Fitzpatriek appointed
in his place. In the meantime, the
other two members established dispensaries
at Kershaw and Pleasant Hill. They refused
to recognize Fitzpatriek. however, as
chairman, and Fitzpatriek withdrew from the
board. The matter had not been definitely
settled at last accounts, but there seems to
he a great deal of unpleasantness and hard
| feeling all around.
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
j Tin- Doctors of Finiini'i' arc Trying to Agree I pon i
a Satisfactory l'rescripliim.
The proceedings of the extra session of.
congress, now assembled in Washington, will
j be watched by the whole country with the |
'most intense interest. The one great issue.
j under consideration is that of finance?j
whether or not gold and silver can he, or!
ought to be, maintained on a parity as the
money metals of the nation, or whether this
country should follow the lead of Europe;
i and adopt a gold standard alone. Though j
| the Democrats have majorities in both the
I house and senate, all parties are divided on
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| H.U ({lirauuno ... ,
I each individual feeling as if the continued j
; prosperity, if not the very existence, of tlie i
j government, depends upon the proper solution
of the matter, until its final settlement
the whole country will he kept in a |
fever of suspense.
The first big gun of the fight was fired by
President Cleveland on Tuesday of last week
in the shape of his message to congress. The
message was listened to with unusual interest.
While it was being read in the respective
houses, every congressman and every
senator gave it their undivided attention.
There was no reading of newspapers or animated
personal discussions. Everybody
was eager to take in every word that the
president said, and when the reading was
concluded, there was rousing applause
which Jasted for some minutes. Then congress
commenced to pull itself in shape for
the big fight that everybody realized was on.
The immediate effect of the message was
quite noticeable. The silver men were very
much depressed and the anti-silver men were
correspondingly jubilant. But this state of
affairs did not last. In a very short time the
tug of war began in earnest. It became
clear that neither side is to have a walk over,
and although at this writing it is impossible
to predict the final outcome, there is every
reason to hope that the result, after a long
fight, is going to be that which is desired
above all tilings else, an acceptable compromise
half way between the two dangerous
extremes.
The first bill introduced in the senate was
by Senator Hill, of New York. It provides
for the repeal of the silver purchase section
of the Sherman law, but leaves open the
way for free coinage to follow. It was referred
to tlie committee on finance.
The next two bills were introduced by I
Senator Stewart, of Nevada. The title of one I
is ''To restore the right of free coinage," and |
the other, '-To supply the deficiency in the
I the currency." The latter bill was read
in full. It directs the secretary of the
[ treasury to issue silver certificates equal in |
ing ofl' the workmen who keep the roadbed
and machinery safe and in proper order.
Mr. Cleveland has returned to Gray Gables,
and will remain there during the month of
August. Abundant rains in Texas give
promise of a much larger cotton crop than
was expected a few weeks ago. The papers
are now figuring on something like two millions
of bales, the largest crop the State has
ever produced. Robert H. Colemau,
the iron millionaire of Lebanon, Pa., made
an assignment one day last week. His liabilities
amounted to ?.1,500.000. C. W.
Wickstone, a merchant who lived a few
miles from Savannah, was accidently killed
on Wednesday morning of last week by
a gun that he had set in his store for burglars.
Two deaths occurred from yellow
fever in Pensacola, Fin., last Wednesday.
Mobile has quarantined against Pensacola.
A very dangerous counterfeit ?5 bill
is reported to have obtained large circulation
in New York city, and the authorities are
uuable to find its origin. From August
1 to August 9, the price of silver advanced
4J cents an ounce. Miss M. V.
Pollard, a young woman formerly employed
by the treasury department at Washington,
has brought suit against Congressman W. C.
P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, for ?50,000
damages for breach of promise and seduction.
The visible supply of cotton
for the world is 2,412,342 bales, of which 1,0(59,142
are American, against 2,310,442 and
2,113,442 respectively last year. Business
failures throughout the United States
numbered 194 against 1(50 for the same week
last year. Trouble has again broken out
among the miners at Coal Creek, Tenn. A
miner named Drummond was lynched by
the State soldiery one night last week for
killing one of their number in a house of ill
fame. An Italian named Claigroso,
aged 21 years, died at Swinburne Island hospital,
New York harbor, last Thursday ight,
of Asiatic cholera. He arrived there on a
steamer from Naples about ten days ago.
It is reported that Secretary Herbert is cniraired
to be married to a daughter of Sena
tor Joseph K. Brown, of Ccor^ia. Miss
Brown is on the sunny side of 150. Her
father is reputed to he worth 5= 10,(1(10,000.
Cotton worms are fronting great havoc with
1 the maturing crop in Arkansas. There
| are now about a dozen eases of Asiatic chole|
ra at Swinburne Island hospital, in New
i York harbor. The "free gold" in the
treasury is still climbing upward. It is now
in the neighborhood of So,000,000. Cafe
: Pence, a young man from Colorado, is loom:
ing up as the leader of the Populist party
in the house. The citizens of a small
! town out in Colorado burned President Cleve!
land in elligy one day last week on account
j of his anti-silver message. Over Sl,1000,000
worth of property was destroyed
in Minneapolis, Minn., last Sunday, by an
incendiary tire. Pour ladies were drow|
ed in the Tennessee river, near Chattanooga,
last Sunday, while taking an outing in a
1 pleasure yacht. The World's Fair gates
i were open last Sunday, but the attendance
| was smaller than at any time since the opeuI
'"g
Lancaster DUpniMirii'*.
| ? There has been a great deal of trouble
over the dispensary question in Lancaster
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amout to the silver bullion in the treasury i
purchased under the act of July 14, 1890, in !
excess of the amount necessary, at its coinage
value, to redeem the treasury notes issued
under that act, and to use the same to provide
for any deficiency in the revenues of the
government, the surplus of such certificates
to be used in the purchase of 4 per cent,
bonds at their market price, not exceeding
12 per cent, premium.
Before adjournment, the senators partici:
pa ted in a general discussion, which seemed
to show that a majority of the body was inclined
to favor the free coinage of silver.
The house did very little business on Tuesday,
and njourncd at an early hour to meet
again on Thursday.
SILVER CAUCUS.
The free silver members, called together
; by Mr. Bland, met in caucus on Wednesday.
The number present was about 100, and the
following resolutions, offered by Mr. Boatner,
of Louisiana, were adopted unanimously :
"Resolved, That we will support a bill repeal- j
ingthc purchasing clause of the Sherman act
and concurrently providing for the free and unj
trammeled coinage of silver with full legal
tender cpialky, on such a ratio as will provide
and mantnin the parity between gold ant! silver.
"Be it further resolved, that a committee of
seven be appointed by the chairman of this conference
to draft, and introduce such a bill, and
hike proper steps to secure the free and lull discussion
and consideration thereof, and a vote of |
the house upon the bill and all amendments."
Mr. Bland offered a motion, which was i
adopted, calling for the appointment of a
committee?one from each State?to see
that the free silver men were kept in line,
and always on hand to vote when the time
came. It was also arranged that a committee
should confer with the anti-silver members
and agree on a programme for the discussion
of the various bills and amendments
that might be offered. Mr. Bland expressed
it as his opinion that it would be impossible
to reach a vote on the question under a
month or six weeks. He said that his side
was willing to concede something if necessary,
and would vote 011 the question of ratio
from 10 to 1, 011 up to 20 to 1, and would go
110 further. The silver people, however,
wanted the present ratio, 1(5 to 1, to remain
unchanged.
The Democrats of the senate also caucused
on the silver question on Wednesday.
The caucus had no sooner assembled
: than it became apparent that the majority of
! the senate was rather inclined toward free
J coinage, and several members gave it out
j with the utmost confidence, that "You can
; set it down with a certainty, that the Sherman
act will not be repealed unconditionally."
The general feeling, however, seemed
to be that the senate would vote for condi!
tional repeal.
On Thursday, the silver and anti-silver
; men of the house reached an agreement by
: which general debate 011 the silver purchase
i law should be continued eleven days. This
j is to be followed by a three days' debate under
the five minutes rule, and a vote will prob
I ably be reached 011 August 28.
The debate commenced in the house on ;
Friday, and was opened by Mr. Rayner, of
Maryland, who spoke against a resolution !
' introduced by Mr. Bland and providing for |
j free coinage. The resolution was introduced j
: as a substitute to a bill providing for the !
repeal of the Sherman act.
j Mr. Rayner was put forth by the anti-sil,
ver men to fire the first gun, and he touched \
it oil' in fine style. He said he was in favor !
of the unqualified repeal of the Sherman !
law, and was opposed to the free coinage of;
'silver in the present ratio or any other ratio, j
He was not opposed to the use of silver as a i
'circulating medium, but thought it impossi-'
ble to make it a standard money without in-1
; tcrnational agreement. If the United States i
! persists in this mad scheme to equalize that
which is unequal, it must step down from its i
lofty position and take its place among the'
dishonored and bankrupt nations. This;
] country can never have a bi-metalic system j
j until the nations of the earth agree upon a;
I proper ratio, and so long as the Sherman law |
j remains on the statute books, such a ratio is j
j an impossibility. When we have ceased
j purchasing silver and proclaimed to the j
j world that the gold dollar standard is the;
standard of American value, then the other!
' nations will be forced to terms, because there ;
is not enough gold in existence to supply the i
demands of the commerce of the world.
Mr. Kay nor was followed by Mr. Brown,
of Illinois, who said he was in favor of the
free coinage of silver, but would vote for the i
i unconditional repeal of the Sherman law.
lie was followed by Mr. Bland, who made
a powerful speech in favor of the free coin-,
ago of silver.
The Sherman law, said Mr. Bland, is the !
{only law on the statute books which reeog- j
niz.essilver as money.' He knew at the time ,
of its passage that the element wincli supported
it would try to repeal it at the first
opportunity, hut he was not willing to let it
! go until he could get something better. The
Chicago platform culled for the use of gold
: and silver as the money of the country,
! and the unconditional repeal of this law
| would put the country on a gold basis and
! cause disaster and distress throughout
, the land to a degree that was impossible
' under present conditions. While all the:
countries of Europe, including England J
i France and Germany, were hoarding gold !
land holding it at a high premium, our
'country was allowing it to How out of the j
' treasury in payment of obligations that calli
ed for silver. The tendency was to debase j
silver, and the pursuance of this policy
would bring desolation throughout the States
of the I'nion, and the results would be felt'
j throughout the world. Mr. Bland appealed
l?- I u;i..n.. ..,,,1 ;
IU 1111.* lllt'lUOfin lU nuiuu iw r?ji?wi uuu uui
obey the shylocks. France had maintained
her and silver on a parity at a ratio of
1 oA to I, throughout the world, for seventy
years, and this country could do the same
tiling. The gold men of Europe know that
if this country goes into free coinage of silver
; at a fair ratio, the financial question is set-1
; tied ; and hence it is their interest and deI
termination to prevent it at whatever cost.
, To demonetize silver jn the Fnited States
! means the confiscation of millions in the
j South and West. Will congress trample
j down our own people to gratify Wall street,
| which is a mere agent of Lombard street, I
London? It shall not be done. 1 speak as
I a Democrat, but above this an American.
Xo party which lays the bloody hand of confiscation
upon our people in the interest of
foreign nations, shall survive.
The debate continued until "> o'clock, and
the house adjourned until Saturday morning
at 11 o'clock.
Hut little was done in the seliate on Friday.
Vice President Stevenson appointed his committee
,on finance. It is composed of freecoinage
men with only one exception.
The debate on silver was continued in the
house all day Saturday, and hut little advantage
was gained on either side.
The silver discussion was continued in the
house on Monday without special incident of
note. In the senate, Senator Butler introduced
a hill providing for the repeal of the
10 per cent, tax on the issue of State hanks..
Senator Pelfer, of Kansas, introduced a hill
providing for the issue of $000,000,000 of
lint money, exchangeable for government
bonds at par.
? ?
MT. PAR AN PICNIC.
Entertaining Spcukcrs Instruct tlic 1'coplc nil the
Questions of the Iluy.
All picnics are more or less alike, but
some are more successful in point of attendance,
and the quality, variety and quantity of
dinner than others. A representative of The
Enquirer attended the picnic given under
the auspices of the Farmers' Alliance, at
Mt. Puran church, about two miles north of
Blaeksburg, last Thursday, and can unequivocally
write it a success. The principal attractions,
at least for the Alliancemen and a
large per cent, of those who are not, was
the addresses by invited speakers and the
dinner, about the latter of which we will
have something to say later on.
Mt. Paran is said to be twenty-three
miles from Yorkville as the crow flies, but
as the road runs, this writer imagines that
thirty miles would be a more correct figure.
The trip was commenced about <i a. m. on
Thursday, and was wearisome to horse and
driver and dangerous to vehicle. It was
finished at about 11..'10 o'clock, and when we
arrived, we found about oOO people assembled.
The exercises of the day were opened
with prayer by County Commissioner Joseph
A. Smith, after which the chairman introduced
j. s. HRIt'e, esq.,
chairman of the county Democratic executive
committee, who spoke for probably .10
minutes. He tackled the silver question
and explained to his hearers the various
phases of the financial problem now agitating
the American people. Next he made a
few remarks in regard to what the Alliance
had accomplished, was accomplishing, and
was likely to do in the future. He also
spoke words of commendation for the Reform
/vrtt'AmimAnf cUnwitwr tvhof if. wnc rlnlnnr onrl
> tji UlUtll V, OllUlt 111^ II liUV IV llUil VIVllIp UMU
was likely to do for all the people, and he
also called the attention of the voters present
to the fact that in the coming campaign,
next year, there would he an issue that
would overshadow all other issues, and
beside which all other questions would pale
into insignificance. He saUl that he referred
to the question of calling a constitutional
convention, which would be voted upon at
the next general election. lie said that in
his opinion the principal object of this convention
was the disfranchisement of the
Negro. This, said the speaker, will be accomplished
by fixing an educational or property
qualification, and probably both. The
speaker was unalterably opposed to the
scheme, because, he said, "When you disfranchise
the negro by either of these methods,
you at the same time disfranchise thousands
of white voters as well." He called attention
to the great cost of such a scheme, and
showed that in addition to the cost of the
convention itself, that every word in the new
constitution would have to be tested in the
courts before it was law. The hearers were
impressed with the fact that if a convention
was decided on by the people, that after that
the matter would pass beyond their reach,
as it would not be referred back to them
for ratification. He said that in consequence
of the present political conditions, the new
constitution was likely to be a partisan
measure, and urged the people that if they
determined to vote in favor of calling the
proposed convention, to vote in the primary
for the very best men in the county, regardless
of factional affiliation, in order that the
new constitution might not be the production
of any one man or set of men. He said
that he was opposed to the calling of the
convention at this time, and would oppose
it with all his power, ''because," said he,
"it is exceedingly dangerous, owing to the
divided condition of the people." In the
opinion of the speaker, the safest way to
correct defects in the constitution as it now
stands, was by umendmcut, and urged the
people to try this plan before they permitted
anything so far reaching in its results as a
constitutional convention.
Reverting again to the Alliance, he said
while it was not a political organization in
? 11 i. _ 1 !*__ i. A
tiicory, ana pernups nui in reumy, nu urgeu
Alliancemen to be united in action and
warned them against division. "The York
County Alliance," he said, "bus never shown
any symptoms of sympathizing with the
Third party," and urged them to have patience
and remain steadfast. "If relief is
possible," he said, "the Democratic congress
now in session will give it, because the leaders
realize that the very existence of the organization
is now at stake." After thanking
the audience for the very respectful and
close attention they had given him, Mr.
Brice took his seat. The next speaker introduced
was
MR. K. I). THOMPSON,
county lecturer for the Alliance. Mr.
Thompson commenced his address by calling
attention to the fact that this was his iirst
opportunity to address the people of that section.
He said that at a recent meeting of
the lecture board, he had been instructed to
visit the various sub-Alliances and instruct
members and encourage them to attend their
regular meetings. He said that he was
pleased to find that the people thoroughly
realized the importance of the order, and
he urged members present not to allow tbeir
regular meetings to be discontinued. He
then said that ten years ago it was found
that there was something serious the matter
in our political economy. A dread disease
was gnawing at our vitals, and it remained
for the Alliance to diagnoso the disease. The
politicians staggered under the slungshot
blows that were dealt them, and tried to defend
their past course by saying that the
trouble was with the farmers themselves. "I
do not blame the Democratic party," he said,
"but our leaders should have shown us the
light, and should have helped us to light for
our country and our rights. They, instead,
said the trouble was overproduction. Year
before last we raised over 1),000,000 bales of
cotton, and last year about (1,500,000. The
price received for both crops wns about the
same. They told us to diversify our crops,
to raise everything at home ami cotton as a
surplus. We did that and find it to he a
good plan ; but still the financial condition
does not improve, so it would seem that this
is not the key to the situation?does not
account for the scarcity of money. It is an
easy matter to produce more than the world
can use when the world has no money with
which to buy. Events that have just passed
teach very plainly that short crops do not
increase the price, hut the ability to buy
does. The politicians also said that the
tariff, in a largo measure, is responsible: hut
since the election, tariff reform seems to have
taken a back seat."' He referred to the extra
session of congress recently called by the
president, and expressed the hope that the
people would he given the desired relief. He
told his hearers that if they hoped to win
they must not abandon the fight, that the
struggle must he continued to the end, and
advised the use of the ballot to put into effect
the principles of the Alliance, and advised
his- hearers to vote for no man who
will not discuss and advocate the principles
of the Alliance, which, he said, were for the
greatest good for the greatest number, and
went on to show wherein all classes had
been benefitted by the Alliance. He told the
Allinncemen that if they allowed their order
to go down, tliey might soon after look for a
return of old prices on all things they had to
buy, and that prices would advance so
gradually that they would he back to the
old notch before the people realized it. Mr.
Thompson then thanked the people for their
attention and took his seat.
The chairman then announced a recess for
dinner. [Voice in the audience: ''That's the
best speech that has been made today."]
The dinner was not spread out in the
usual picnic style, hut two or three families
united, spread the contents of their baskets
together and invited friends and visitors to
partake. The variety was great, the viands
were prepared in the best of style, were thoroughly
enjoyed, and there was an abundance
for all.
After dinner the crowd again assembled
at the stand and the chairman introduced
MR. J. R. JKFFRIKS,
as ex-State lecturer of the Alliance, who
commenced his speech by saying that the
speakers who had preceded him had left
very little for him to say, but, notwithstand;
ing this fact, he put in about two hours and
a half, and was given close attention by a
| large proportion of the audience. He gave
| a history of the Alliance from its origin in a
sparsely settled section of Texas, in 1872, up
the present time, and told why it was organized
and what a mighty influence it had had
on the affairs of the nation during its existence.
He said its original principle was,
and still is, cooperation and self-protection.
; He paid a glowing tribute to Colonel L. L.
Polk, and said that lie was a born leader of
men, and that had he lived the affairs of the
nation might not now he in the condition
they are.
lie said that after the surrender of General
| Lee, those who loved and fought for the
j "Lost Cause" returned to their homes and
went to work to try to repair their shattered
j fortunes, unconscious of the fact that they
| were a part of the great American government,
and when a proclamation was sent out
j from Washington authorizing them to elect
! members to congress, they made a serious
mistake in choosing ex-Confederate officers
j to represent them. The North, he said, did
the same thing; and as a result, instead of
making good and useful laws for the people,
: they kept alive the bitter animosities created
! by the four years of war and bloodshed.
The Alliance saw the trouble and has been
endeavoring to correct it by trying to do
away with the partisan spirit that previously
inspired our national law makers. He then
j dwelt on the importance of unity of action,
and said that the lack of it was injurious to
any good cause and calculated to cause its
ultimate defeat.
He called attention to the fact that the
Alliance had been a great factor in the mental,
moral and social improvement of the
membership, and that there had been a
marked improvement in the condition of the
farmers along these lines. He said that boys
of today knew more about economic government
than forty year old men did four years
j ago; and that there had been great improvement
in the average citizenship; that there
was less litigation, and that there were more
school houses and churches beiug built than
ever before.
He then gave an exhaustive history of the
financial legislation in congress for the past
thirty years, and showed wherein the people
had suffered therefrom, and showed how, in
his opinion, the existing evils could be corrected.
He explained the national banking
system, and attributed to it a large part of
the distress now abroad in the land. In con!
elusion, he urged the Alliance to stand by
j its colors, and invited all who hod grown
I indifferent to return to the ranks and help
! win the light. The next speaker introi
duccd was
captain w. If. edwards,
| president of the County Alliance, but owing
j to the fact that it was then about 4 o'clock,
; and as Thk Enquirer representative was
compelled to return to Yorkville, he left the
grounds just as the captain was beginning
! his address.
j The crowd, although large, was, without
I exception, one of the hest behaved in all re!
spccts the writer has ever seen. In fact they
! conducted themselves as if they were attend,
ing religious services instead of a picnic.
The tough characters who usually attend
j such places, load themselves with mean
whisky, raise a disturbance and thereby annoy
all decent people, were not at Mt. l'aran
last Thursday.
SHARON SHAVINGS.
The First Rainfall in Six Weeks?Killed on the
Hnl I road?Personal Mention.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Sharon, August 14.?The long dry spell
was broken this morning by a fine rain.
This is the first rain we have had in six
weeks that could have been worth anything,
and crops are so far gone that we can hardly
expect much benefit. Before the rain, our
people were only calculating on two-thirds
of a crop. It may be that the rain will
make it better.
A fatal accident happened on the Three
I C's railroad, near here, last Friday afternoon.
The section hands were engaged in
hauling cross ties on a "dump" and were
using a crank to pull them! They were going
down grade at a high rate of speed. Mr.
Wilson saw a rock that somebody had
placed on the rail. He was unable to stop
the car in time, as the load was too heavy.
The crank car jumped the track and threw
Thomas Murphy, colored, across a rail. The
dump car run over Murphy and killed
him. Mr. Wilson was painfully, but not
dangerously, hurt. Several of the train
hands were more or less seriously injured.
The "dump" car ran Tm a mile and a half and
stopped on Bullock's creek trestle.
Messrs. Groves and Sanders are all smiles.
Girls!
! Mrs. James Sanders, of Olive, is visiting
[ relatives here.
j Miss Mattie Bell, of Clover, has been visit{ing
friends and relatives at this place for
j sometime.
Miss Minnie Xeal has been on a visit here.
Mr. Long, ot I'nion, has been visiting his
uncle, Mr. J. 1). Gwin.
There was no preaching at either of our
, churches yesterday.
Mr. Hugh Shercrisvery ill and is not ex;
pected to live.
Mr. J. X. Ross is conducting singing
schools at Sharon'and Woodlawn churches.
EciO.
LETTER FROM HICKORY OROYE.
^ "Holiness" Mci'tlng?Accident to Mr. J. II. Wylie?
Notes about People,
j Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Hickory Grove, August 14.?The ''Holi;
ncss" meeting commenced yesterday and the
I preaching was by Rev. Mr. Quattlebaum.
Like all other evangelists he hews to the line.
Every seat under the tent was filled, and
buggies and carriages, drawn up near, furnished
additional accommodations. There are
i three services a day?10A a. in.: p. m.; 8
t?? i or tv ? ;~i ?r r*l
| p. 111. -UCV. >. ? . J-MUiei, Ul v licsai, id v.vpectcil
today to assist in the meeting.
I Mr. J. H. Wylie got his leg broken just
! below the knee last Thursday, while attempti
ing to jump a gully.
I Rev. V. 1. Masters, of ltock Hill was in
j town last week.
Miss Violet Orr is visiting relatives in
I town.
i Mrs. I)r. J. W. Allison and Miss Sallie
Wylie, are at Piedmont springs.
Miss Mamie Adams, of ltock Hill, is visit!
ing the family of Mr. T. M. Whisonant.
Miss Iteola Allison has been visiting the
family of Mr. Joseph M. Caldwell, near
Smyrna.
I A much needed rain is falling this mornI
'"?
j The protracted meeting closed at Unity
: last Friday. There were live accessions to
the church.
Aunt lletsy Pluck spent a few days last
week with the family of Mr. J. \V. Castles.
Rev. J. H. Simpson and his daughter, Miss
i Louise, leave today for Neely's Creek, from
j which place they will go to Chester on a
visit to friends.
i A committee representing the Hickory
'Drove circuit, met here last Saturday, and
| decided to build the Methodist parsonage in
I town instead of near the church. >f.
Cotton for Afoi'st.?The crop report
| of the department of agriculture, for the
, month of August, issued last Thursday,
| makes the condition of cotton S0.4, a decline
of a little over two points since last month.
This is the lowest average for August ever
| given out by the department. The averages
i by States are as follows:
i ''Virginia. 88 : North Carolina. 84; South
; Carolina, 75; Georgia, 83: Florida, 92;
Alabama, 79: Mississippi, SI; Louisiana,
89; Texas, 72 ; Arkansas, 89 ; Tennessee, 83.
The general averages in August for several
i years are as follows: 1S92, 82.3; 1891, 88.9 ;
11890,89.5; 1889, S9.8 ; 18SS, 87.3; and in 1887
it was 93.3.
j "The present low condition is in consequence
of an excess of rain in the early part
I of the season, followed by hot, dry weather
during the month of July. Rust is reported
as the cause of the injury to the crop in the
States of Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee,
and the boll worm and caterpillar have
damaged the crop more or less throughout
the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Texas
and Arkansas. Shedding is also reported as
occurring in some localities.
"Since the 1st of August, the drought has
, been broken and rain has visited the cotton
belt, excepting parts of Tennessee, Mississipi
pi and Texas, .where it is badly needed.
In some portions of Mississippi and Alabama
; too much rain for the good of cotton is an
| nounccri."
LOCAL AFFAIRS. '?
i M
INDKX TO NKW ADVEKTISKMENTS.
| H. K. Howry?Oatmeal and Kiddie's "Chain-i w
pioii" Holler Mill Hour. n
j Howry A: Starr?Cigars, turnip seed, etc. .J(
Ferguson Hrotliers? Kresli ground meal and '
groceries. Fggs, chickens and butter t)
wanted.
J. 11. Karnes?Wants to repair your clock,
j W. J. Roddey? Life Insurance. i p<
Kiddle A- Carroll?Coffee, Hour and Milhuru |
wagons.
i M. A II. C. Strauss?Summer goods regardless of'
I cost> i W
j \\. M. Houston A Co.?Hants at interesting ,
prices. - 1111
j Hunter A Oates?Sheeting, dress calicoes and , m
Dorsch shoes.
A. M. (Srist?Fountain Kens. ! ni
j Finley A llrice?Notices to absent defendants. it
j W. 11. MeCorkle, Probate Judge?Citirtion. W. ?
Hrown Wylie, C. C. ('., Pleas, applicant? 'c
John W. Smith, deceased, is
j T. S. JcH'erys and Jos. F. Wallace?Notice to;
debtors of Kxchange bank. i "
I ?,is..i? i.,ii L-;lwiu!it
M Iilit" 174 Allli nus Vt?ll IJGWIJ ?An mu; 111^ j
of country produce.
YORK AT GRKEXVILLK. V1
York cases in the United States court at tl
Greenville last week, were disposed of as ; t)
follows: w
William Archer, retailing; guilty. Sent-1 oi
enccd to a line of $100 and one month in York i
jail. j A
John Gunning, retailing; guilty. Sent- g<
cnced to one month in York jail and a fine | h
of $100. A
Jack Rains, retailing; guilty. Sentenced
to one month in York jail and a fine of $100. | C(
Peter Davis, retailing; guilty. Sentenced j ^
to two months in York jail and a fine of $100. i ^
. | ei
PARDONED BY THE GOVERNOR. j w
Governor Tillman, on last Thursday, par- L;
doned Annabelle Jones, colored, who was j S(
convicted in November, 1888, of poisoning, st
with intent to kill, the family of Mr. Withers j,
Adickes, of Yorkville. It appears that the | w
ladies of Yorkville interested themselves in L.
the matter of securing a pardon, and 140 of' H
them signed the following statement in connection
with the petition. a
She was convicted entirely upon eircumstan* r<
tial evidence, and we believe her to bo innocent.
She has sustained a good character, is kind and c<
amiable in tier disposition, inoffensive, and has X
never been charged with any offence. She has
been employed in many families in Yorkville as w
a nurse, and lias the confidence of all her em- si
ployers and the affection of the children she .
nursed. It was proven on the trial that the door
of the kitchen in which the food and poison were ai
found was usually unlocked at night, so that
any one could have obtained access, and this Vl
was not denied. Thero was no proof that she ai
hail poison in her possession.
BIG WATERMELONS. j ft
I Coming up from Columbia by way ofj
the Three G's, one day last week, a representative
of Thk Enquirer saw a sixty
pound watermelon, which was presented to j .
Captain J. M. McCarthy hy Mrs. T. O. San-: ^
ders, of Hagood's. Upon inquiry of Captain i
McCarthy, Thk Enquirer man was informed
that Major and Mrs. Sanders are
the champion watermelon raisers of the
State. Major Sanders has carried away the ^
premium from every watermelon contest
he has ever entered, and three or four years .
ago, produced a melon that weighed seventy-'
five pounds. The fact is of authentic record |
and fully vouched for. After beating the j
country, the major gave away his secret,
which consists mainly in covering over the
growing melons with a small shed of boards
in such a way as to keep the sun off. By
following this plan, he says, big melons may ^
be raised by anybody.
ABOUT PEOPLE. y
Mrs. Mary I). Hope is visiting friends at
Sharon. <r
Miss Sue McQueen, of Wilmington X. C., a
is visiting Miss Edith Wallace. c
Mr. Eldred Dobson, of Yorkville, is visit- j,
ing in the Clover neighborhood. p
Miss Willie Steele, of Rock Hill, is visiting ^
the family of Mr. J. W. Dobson.
Miss Daisy Griffith, of Charlotte, is visiting
the family of Mr. John M. Rawlinson.
Frank E. McClain, of Charlotte, is visiting
relatives and friends in Yorkville.
Miss Ollie Elder, of Guthriesville, is visiting
the family of Mr. J. A. Ratchford.
Miss May Moorman, of Columbia, is visit- a
ing the family of Mr. Withers Adickes. 1
Mr. J. E. Edwards, of the Old Point sec- j v
j tion, is visiting friends in Greenville county. | *
Mrs. T. M. Fayssoux and children are vis-! ^
| iting relatives and friends at Pleasant Ridge, j _
I X. C. v
Mr. J. B. Wylie, of Richburg, spent sev- J
eral days with friends in Yorkville, last e
j week. "
Master John Dixon, of Columbia, S. C., is ^
i in Yorkville visiting the family of Mr. B. jj
X. Moore. p
Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas and son Charlie, j a
| of Blacksburg, spent Monday and Tuesday j v
I in Yorkville with friends. I }
' 1 b
Miss Luta Fewcll, of Ebenezcr, is visiting i
I 7 7 I 0
; Misses Jessie Latimer and Mary Clark, and i j,
other friends in Yorkville. C
Master Will Winkler, of Summerville, S.! C
I C., who has been visiting the family of Mr. 11
W. T. Barron, returned home last Saturday.J ^
Captain T. S. Jeflerys, who for the past; ^
j four or five mouths lias been confined to his j ^
room, was able to be iu his office last week, j j
Mr. J. A. Ratchford, accompanied by his j
niece, Miss Lillie Hatch ford, left Yorkville I"
last week for a visit to the World's Fair. '
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. ltawliiison, of Rock ^
Hill, aud Mrs. S. H. Griffith, and daughter, ^
j Miss Daisy, of Charlotte, are visiting the tl
; family of Mr. John M. Rawlinson.
Messrs. J. T. Thomnsson and J. X. Ren- P
field, of the Fodder section, who for the;
past six or eight months have been at Tampa,
Fla., returned home last Saturday. j g
Mr. Gerd Janssen, formerly of Yorkville,! d
j who since Christmas has been living in New | b
Haven, Conn., returned to this place last | f*j
Monday to take charge of his former bench j11
in the wood-working department at the i
Carolina Buggy factory. Mr. Janssen is a! w
i skilled mechanic, a good citizen, and we L
j welcome his return to Yorkville. si
j
j Mr. J. W. MoCoy, of Cincinnati, O., and n
I Mr. J. 31. Green, of Huntsville, Ala., have j ^
recently accepted positions in the trimming ;q
! department of the Carolina Buggy company.'
I Mr. C. T. Way, of Roanoke, Va., is a recent I
I addition to the wood working department:' h
, Mr. L. A. Tope, of Bethany, S. ('., to the j
| blacksmith shop; Mr. Hope Ratcrrce, of!s<
| Rock Hill, S. ('., and M-.. R. A. Kenney, of J
i Roanoke, Ya., to the j ainting department, j n
' h
LOCAL LACONICS. t]
, Ailimli Heats Tir/ah. 1 p
| ..
A II1UICI1 gallic Ul linsuiiuii in inrai , v,
j Tirzah and Ad null clubs, last Saturday, re- j u
! suited in a score of 4 to 2 in favor of Adnali. j
The Grain Threshers. | S<
1 ? Messrs. Smith ?& Brothers, of the Clark's | .
Fork neighborhood, report that during the | ^
I season just closed, they threshed 1,700 bush!
els of wheat and 800 bushels of oats.
; Won Two Purse*. j
? Messrs. Whittaker & Parish's young!
I thoroughbred, King David, is making quite !
! a reputation. He won two purses at Oiucin- j
nati last week. In one race he came out!.1
' first, and in the other third. | Ty
TIk* Ohl Grey Goose Is tione. ! gj
? Thieves made a raid on Colonel W. B. j jj
| Wilson's poultry one night last week, c<
Among the fowls which turned up missing' n
! next morning, was an old gander that was ' ^
: hatched in 1857. If the gander is still living, 0
; it is 80 years of age, and if the thieves atj
tempted to boil it, they are out about two !
cords of wood. tl
j The State Penitentiary. tt
? One day last week, upon invitation of I
Mr. It. T. Biggins, of the board of peniten- \
tiary directors, a representatives of Thk j ^
j Enquirkk visited the South Carolina peni-1..
, teutiury at Columbia, and the State farm,
known as the old DeSatissurc plantation, t<
located in Sumter county. Next week our ii
1 renders will be given an interesting story of
: the trip. *
Suit* of Mlm-rul Lands.
? Messrs. Kickhard ot Ilewett, of New JJ
York, have purchased from Mr. T. L. Clinton
and leased from Major James 1*\ Hart, j]
| the large body of corrundum lands on and a
r?ar Nanny's mountain, IJethel township.
To arc informed that at an early day they
ill commence mining and shipping the eorindiim
on a large scale, and k is their purjse,
before a great while, to erect mills for
le reduction of the material on the spot,
he industry bids fair to become a very imortant
one.
11?*renting Kevlvill Servleen. j
? Protracted meetings have been in'pro- ^
ress at I'nion Baptist church and Philaelphia
Methodist church for several days
id nights past, and as deep interest is being
lanifested in the services at both churches,
is probable that they will he continued
>r a few days longer. Rev. W. J. Langston
conducting the services at 1'nion, and
ev. John R. Walker those at Philadelphia.
eiitli of I)r. McAlilry.
? Dr. Wallace McAlilcy, a prominent
oting physician of Chester county, died in
ic town of Chester on the 3d instant of
,'phoid fever after a lingering illness. He
lis 2(1 years of age and leaves a widow and
ne child. He was a son of Captain William
IcAlIley, and a grandson of the late Hon.
.. S. Wallace. He was a high toned young
n twl twill ltL'o/1 l\t? oil tL'liA bnmp f'
ClilltlliUlI) Ullll Ml.ll imv.li IJ UII MI1U nuv.11
im.
Clock Tower for the Court Hoitwe.
? Effort is being made to induce the
mnty commissioners to change the plans of
ic court house in such a way as to admit of
le erection of a clock-tower over the front
nd. The proposed tower will add somehat
to the cost of the building, hut its derahility
is obvious. The matter was pre>nted
to the commissioners at their regular " *
mii-monthly meeting yesterday, and it was
ecided to leave it over until next Tuesday,
hen it will he given full consideration at a
lecial meeting to be held for that purpose.
Im Foot Katpii by ItatM.
? The Shelby Aurora of last week reports
singular misfortune which recently occur>d
to George \V. Hunt, well known in this
mnty, and now a prisoner in Rutherfordton,
i. C., jail. Hunt, it will be remembered,
as sometime ago shot in the leg while resting
arrest. As the result of his wound,
ic lower part of his limb became paralyzed
ad completely insensible to pain. Rats inaded
his cell one night some time ago, and
te one of his toes and a portion of the hall
f the foot. He did not know of his mis- . >rtune
until the next day.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at
3.30 a. in., and Sunday-school immediater
afterward.
Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor,
erviccs next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. ra.
unday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. Prayerleeting
tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
, C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Serices
next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Services
i the evening at 8.30 o'clock, conducted by
ev. \V. G. Neville. Sunday-school at 4.30
'clock p. m.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.
fNiox?Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock
. in. Yorkvillk?Prayer-meeting tomor)\v
evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services Sunay
evening at 8.15 o'clock. Sunday-school
t 4 o'clock p. m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Yeber, pastor. Services next Friday evenig
at 8.30 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Geo.
'. Harmon, presiding elder, immediately
fter which the quarterly conference will be .<
ailed to order. Services next Sunday mornlg
at 10.30, and evening at 8.30 o'clock.
'rayer meeting this evening at 8.30 o'clock,
unday-school at 4.30 o'clock p. m.
LETTER FROM PINEVILLE.
iiHtallution of ltev. Mr. Grier?Protracted Meeting
ut Flint Hill?Brown's Shop Picnic?The Baptint
High School,
orrespotulence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Pineville, N. C., August 12.?There was
. called meeting of the presbytery of the A.
I. P. church at Central church, near Pineille,
commencing on Friday, August 11, for
he transaction of business relating to presytery,
and the ordination of Mr. R. L.
irier, who has recently been called to the
iastoral charge of this church. Presbytery ^
/as organized by the election of Rev. I. G.
IcLaughlin as moderator. Mr. Grier preachd
his trial sermon from I Corinthians ii, 2 :
For I determined not to know anything
mong you save Jesus Christ and him crucied."
The sermon was considered favoraly,
and those who listened to the young
readier believed that there was before him
life of usefulness. The ordination sermon
-as preached in the afternoon by Rev. Mr. * *
liller, from Galatians vi, 14, "But God for- .
id that I should glory, save iu the cross of
ur Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world
. crucified unto me, and I unto the world."
Irdinalion prayer by Rev. Mr. McLaughlin.
'harge to the church by Rev. Mr. Todd, of
'harlotte. Charge to preacher by Rev. Mr.
liller. The church is an active body of
,-orkcrs and Mr. Grier has before him a
leasant pastorate. The young minister is
son of Rev. Dr. Grier, the honored presient
of Erskine College, at Due West, S. C.
The annual protracted meeting of Flint
lill Baptist church began on yesterday, Pasor
Curtis preaching morning and evening,
lev. D. M. Austin, pastor of the Olivet Bapist
church, of Charlotte, N. C., will assist
im. The meeting will continue through the
bird Sunday.
Crops are in excellent condition, and the
rospect very fine for a large yield. Corn
olioLfltr /InmnrvArl 5 r* cAmn onntl
u5 uccll uuuiu^uu in cwiuvi owv^viuimj
ut nothing of a serious nature. If the
rices will move up a few points, the farrnrs
will feel better, but there is a mighty
eal of comfort in the words, old and threadare
as they may be, "It might be worseor
s a little fellow was wont to tell me when I
iquired about his sick mother, "A little wusjr,
sir."
They tell me the "Brown's Shop" picnic
ras a grand success. The speaker on the
ccasion was our excellent school cominisioner,
Captain W. H. Edwards. The eomlittee
tried to have the governor come, but
e hadn't the time to spure.
Our prince among farmers, Zack Bailee, is
u a visit to Arkansas, but will return in a
iW days. Would that we had neighboroods
full of such men. This world would
e better for it.
Right glad are we to hear that the Higlichool
is secured, and that the contract for
epairs has been given to Mr. Felix Dover.
Ic knows how to do it, and withal, is a
lover. So then at no distant day 'we
ope to have the building in excellent
rim. I hope that in connection with the
egular work of the institution, there
ill be a good gymnasium, and the boys
informed will be helpful indeed. Dr. '<
Iriflith's past record is a guarantee that the
hool will be first class in every respect.
Pleasant Valley Baptist church will soon
ave a substantial new building. The contactor
is now hard at work. *
LETTER EU0M~HKTHKS1)A.
In- High School at Work-Serious Accident to a
Little (iirl?Personal Mention,
orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Bktuksda, August 15.?The Bethcsda
ligh school resumed its exercises on the 7th
istant under the management of Mr. W. H.
tills as principal, and Miss McConnell prinipal
of the primary department. It numers
about fifty pupils, with others yet to
Dine, The trustees have not yet secured a
lusic teacher, but they are in corresponeuce
with a lady who has been highly recmmended,
and it is to be hoped that they
ill, at an early day, secure the services of
lie who will prove satisfactory to the patrons.
Mr. K. D. Brown, who is supplying Belesda
church, returned last Saturday from
short visit to his father, Rev. J. M. Brown,
>. 1)., of Arkansas.
A little daughter of Mr. P. K. Moore, who
as on a visit to her grandfather, Mr. Meully,
of Bethel, was very seriously hurt last
*eek by a fall lrom a horse, which caused a
islocalion of her shoulder and other injuries
3 her arm, which it is fc a red. is tiprmnnnnl lv
7 ? | ""VM%V
ujured. t
Miss Lizzie Withers, a daughter of Captain
. N. Withers, formerly of Yorkville, who
as been taking a special course of study
ndcr Miss Nannie J. Moore, returned to
er home in Columbia last Saturday.
Crops in this neighborhood, though much
nproved by the late rains, are not so good
s they were last year. n. H. s.