Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 23, 1893, Image 2

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gtnp ami ?acts. ? A big meeting of representative laboring men of Atlanta was held in that city last Friday, and as a measure of relief it was resolved that Atlanta people would only patronize Atlanta industries. The idea is to keep at home the sums of money which would otherwise be sent out of the city for various luxuries and necessities. If the resolution is carried out, it will result in great good to Atlanta both temporarily and per manently. ? The American Agriculturist estimates the present cottoh crop at 7,">00,000 bales. The corn crop of the United States is estimated at 1,750,000,00 bushels, against 1,000,000,000 bushels last year and over 200,000,000 the year before. The wheat output is not expected to exceed 443,000,000 bushels, something like SO,000,000 less than the crop of last year. The decrease in the size of the crop is on account of a decrease in the acreage sown. Taken as a whole, all the crops of the country are much better than average years. ? There is good reason to believe that the consumption cure recently discovered by Dr. Amick, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is really a success. Sometime ago the Chattanooga Times reported some remarkable cures wrought by the medicine. The Chattanooga News doubted the statements of The Times and sent a special representative to Cincinnati to investigate their truth. As the result, The News acknowledges that the Amick cure is all that it claims to be, and adds that demonstrations of it may be witnessed in Cincinnati daily. The medicine is sent to physicians throughout the country for experiment free. It is given up to be a far greater discovery than the Koch remedy, which created so much excitement several years ago. ? A special to the Chicago Inter-Ocean, of Thursday, from Texarkana, Ark., says: "The majority of Democrats in this section are strongly in favor of the free coinage of silver, and are naturally much displeased with President Cleveland's late message to congress on that question. At Buchanan, ten miles west of here, in Texas, a mass meeting of about 150 voters, nearly all Democrats, was held Friday night. Reso lutions bitterly denouncing Cleveland as a champion of the money power and an enemy of the common people were adopted, after which the president was hanged in effigy and afterward shot and riddled with bullets. The effigy i3 still hanging, and it is understood that it will be publicly burned." ? Atlanta Journal: A gentleman who has just returned from Washington, expressed amazement at the outrageous stories told on Mr. Hoke Smith. "You remember." said he, "that it was published that an old man at Romeo, O., had been made a mauiac by the withholding of his pension as he was 80 years old and entirely dependent upon it for a livelihood, and that in consequence of this Mr. Smith was burnt in effigy. An investigation," said he, "proved that the man was 60 years of age, had a farm of 350 acres, was a merchant in good circumstances, and that instead of going crazy, had written a letter saying that he rather approved the thorough investigation being given to the pension grants. Of course, there was no burning in effigy. The tale was a lie out of whole cloth. ? Five thousand unemployed workmen made a riotous demonstration in New York last Thursday. The workingmen were assembled upon a call for a meeting of the hungry workingmen of New York. They went to a place known as Walhalla hall. The proprietor demanded $6 for the use of the place. The workingmen agreed to take it at the price named, but asked for credit. The proprietor refused, and the mob growing fuKoffnroil dnn'ti tho rlnnr hrnlffi the windows and destroyed the furniture. The police interfered and clubbed a number of the rioters and put about fifteen of them in the lock-up. The proprietor of the hall refused to prosecute for fear of a boycott. There have been no other riotous demonstratioussince, but the working people are very much excited. They say they will ask the city and State for bread, and if their request is refused, they will take it. ? An analysis of the present house of representatives shows that twenty-two are of foreign birth, Speaker Crisp among them. The only Negro is Murray from South Carolina. Ireland furnishes eight members, five of these being in the New York delegation. Germany gives four, Canada three, Norway two. Florida, with three congressmen, has no native Floridian on the floor. Georgia furnishes five congressmen to other States; at the 3ame time all of Georgia's eleven are not natives of the State. Fifty-five members of the house have "worked on farms," thirty-two taught schools, eight were printers' apprentices, four were sailors, two were telegraph operators, four have been blacksmiths, three shoemakers and two carpenters. There are in the house eighty-seven graduates of colleges and thirty-one whose terms at college were cut short. Of the 359 members, 207 have practiced law. Forty-two members were in the I'niou army, and forty-seven in the Confederate array. ? A London letter, which probably contains more sensation than truth, states that the financial outlook in that part of the world is exceedingly black, never mpre so within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. Business is completely at a standstill. There is nothing doing and no money to be got hold of at any price. Failures are numerous, the shopkeeping class are "stone broke" because the general public has no money to spend. Those who owe money cannot pay it, and the alleged reason is that there is no money in the country. The revenues of the government are threatened by a big falling off in the income tax, and, worst of all, discoveries have been made which are thought to jeopardize the integrity of the Postoflice Savings bank. That institution has taken in some $(>25,000,000 of the people's savings, aud it is said there is a deficit of $595,000,000 in the account. That means the security amounts to only 5 per cent, of the liability, except what security is afforded by ephemeral consols, which the writer says, can be rolled off by a printing press as required. If the working people, whose savings are to a large extent invested in the postoflice department, should take the alarm, the consequences must be very much more disastrous than anything experienced in the runs on the savings banks of this country. In fact, the smash would be one of the most awful that could take place, and the result might even be a forced disappearance of royalty and its belongings from the islands that have so long been made to pay the cost of maintaining a big royal family on a terribly expensive scale. ? Acting Director of the Mint Preston has prepared a table of the monetary systems and approximate stocks of money and the aggregate per capita in the principle countries of the world. It shows that the aggregate stock of gold is $3,582,605,000; the aggregate stock of silver, $4,042,700,000: and the aggregate uncovered paper, $2,635,873,000. The stock of gold possessed by the principal countries is given as follows: I'nitcd States, $604,000,000; Great Britain, $550,000,000; France, $S00,000,O0O; Germany, $600,000,000, and Russia $250,000,000. The silver stock of these countries is given as follows : United States, $615,000,000; Great Britain, $100,000,000 ; France, $700,000,000 ; Germany, $211,000,000, and Russia $60,000,000. This stock of silver in the United States is divided by Mr. Preston into $538,000,000 full tender, and $77,000,000 limited tender ; Great Britain, no silver full tender, $100,000,000 limited tender: France, $650,000,000 full tender, $50,000,000 limited tender; Germany, $103,000,000 full tender, $108,000,000 limited tender; and Russia $22,000,000 full tender and $38,000,000 limited tender. The ratio prevailing in nearly all the principal countries between gold and legal tender sil ver is 1 to 104. This is the ratio 111 franco, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Russia. Central and Southern America. The ratio between gold and limited tender silver is as a rule 1 to 14.38. The respective ratios in the United States are 1 to 15.93 and I to 14.95. The various monetary systems, as divided among the several countries, are as follows: Cold and silver?United States, France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Netherlands, Turkey and Japan. Gold?United Kiugdom, Germany, Portugal Austria, Scandinavian Union, Australia, Egypt, Canada and Cuba. Silver?Russia, Mexico, Central and South America and India. Ol the uncovered money South America has $000,0<>0,090; Russia, $500,000,000 ; United States, $412,000,000; Austria, $200,000,000: Italy, $103,000,000 ; Germany, $107,000,000; France, $81,000,000, and Great Britain $50,000,000. The per capita circulation of gold is: United States, $0.01 ; United Kingdom, $14.47; France, $20.52: Germany, $12.12: Russia, $2.21. The per capita of all classes of money is: France $40.0(5; Cuba, $31 Netherlands, $28.88: Australia, $20.75 Belgium, $2">.r>2: United States, $24.34 United Kingdom, $13.42, and Russia, $7.10. ?hc fJovJuillc tfjuqttivcv. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1893. rr % * ? When Congressman Bryan concluded his great speech in the house the other day, Bourke Cock ran, the ablest leader of the unconditional repeal forces, rushed excitedly up to a friend and said : "By (J , it is a shame we have not some one ready to answer him right away. That is a dangerous speech to be allowed to go to the country without a reply." Nearly a week has elapsed and nobody has replied to Mr. Bryan yet, ? The bulls and bears of Wall street have for a time relaxed their grasp on each other's throats and made a combined attack on the throat of the nation. Having secured control of most of the currency of the country, they seek to blot out of existence as much as possible of the balance, in order that the value of that which they already have might be indefinitely increased. That is the principal reason and object of the desire for a single gold standard. ? When a representative government gets *~ tlm vnr*rncnntntiv<>Q ni IA? UlUt UUVIV Uiv iv|>ivuvuM.%..w ~. the people refuse to do the people's bidding, that representative government is in serious danger. Whether right or wrong, a majority of the people of this country have unequivocally instructed their representatives in favor of the free coinage of gold and silver, and if those representatives fail to carry out their trust, it certainly seems that the result will be a far more serious "lack of confidence" than anything that has yet resulted, Congress should remember that its authority is not inherent, but only vested. ? The business men of Atlanta, tia., have expressed themselves as opposed to the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law. Atlanta is the leading commercial city of the South, and this action on her part is not surprising. In fact, it is just what might have been expected. The Southern farmci or business man who is disposed to favor the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law, is to be compared to an innocent house fly, buzzing over a sheet of tangle-leg paper, and looking for a choice of position. It is to be admitted, however, that the sophisticated arguments emanating from Northern financiers is calculated to catch lots of flics. ? - ? "What is in a name?" has often been asked. Shakespeare says that the rose under any other name would smell just aj sweet. He is right. It also follows thai lager under the name of "rice," is just as palatable, and makes the heart of the topei just as glad. But after all, there is something in the name. Lager is under the bar of the law, while "rice" is exempt, at least for the present. If it is unlawful to sell lager beer under its own name, it certainly seems that it would be equally so to sell if under an assumed one, and if Governor Tillman permits himself to be hoodwinked in this way, he is in danger of becoming a laughing stock. ? Elsewhere in this issue, we print an interesting article which gives the history ol the various financial panics that have occurred in this country since the foundation of the government. Each crisis has been precipitated by speculation, usually manifested in an effort to corner some particulai commodity. The present deal, though like the others in character, differs from them in magnitude. It is probably the biggest thing of the kind that has ever been at tempted. It is a supreme effort, the final result of which is beyond our ken. With an unbroken record of successes in cornering almost everything in sight?first the necessities of life, consisting of bread and meat then the various comforts and conveniences, the result of years of toil?now all the big operators, united in one solid phalanx, have joined issue, fair and square, with the people in a tremendous struggle for all that is I left?an undisputed title to the earth itself, | ? Of course nobody can tell, but we do nol j believe that the fearful financial depression i now prevailing throughout the North and i West is going to seriously affect the South ! We will feel it for a time, yes; but we will I recover from it sooner than any other sec l tion. It is a well-known fact that the natu i ral resources of the South are incomparable j in the United States. The capital of the | country is in the Northeast.. Northeastern ! people have not loved us much since the ; war, and for lack of confidence here, thej ! have been investing their money in the ; West. They have overdone the thing, and | the Western people have been unable tc i come to time, hence the scare. As soon a: things begin to settle, capital will again seel investment. With its experience in the Wcsi still fresh in its memory, it will not go there but seek new fields, at least for the present j Though poor, financially, the South is as solid as a rock. Nobody has ever been bad ly deceived down in this section, and u: I soon as capital becomes convalescent, then is everv reason to believe that it will coint right down here. Doesn't it sound rcasona , ble? Let us hope we are right, and awaii j developments. * ? ? The nine States of North Carolina, Soutl .Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisi ana, Texas, Arkansas and Tennessee, product ! nearly all of the cotton crop of the Fnilet : States. Last year this crop alone brough from Europe $258,000,000. The total depos . its in the banks of these nine States at tin end of the year, was $8,(!"?.">,(!42, or abou one-eighth of the deposits of the one litth | State of Rhode Island, which only ranks a: the fourth wealthiest State of Vankeedom There is something to think about. Tin j South produces the wealth and the Norti takes possession of it through the robbe: j tariff. The Democratic party is pledged t< the revision ot the tari 11", and the North, be lieving that it has probably gotten all tha it can in that way, seeks to provide agains i the time when the South comes in for ai | equal show. That section wishes to com | plete the demonetization of silver, adopt tin | gold standard, and by the destruction of one j half of the circulating medium of the conn try, double the value of the other half This will make the debtor pay his credit n I twice, and the laborer do two dollars' wortl j of work for one. Is it possible that emigres , can permit such a crime as this? 1 ? "Coming as you do from the wealth; State of Pennsylvania, and yourself well of in this world's goods, how can you t:ik< such a position on the financial question?' That was the significant query propoundc< to Representative Sibley, the only nteinbe [ I of the delegation who is in favor of bimetal i j ic coinage, in Washington, the other day I "The people of Pennsylvania can still read : write and think," was the reply. "The; ' read their Ribles and they know that th ! command'Thou sludt not steal,' is just a; j binding today as wlicti it was thunderei II from Mount"Sinai." Noble answer that, Mi ; I Sibley : but it is not strange that your oppo nents cannot understand you. It has been J the same throughout all history. Every; man of wealth ami position who has ever, championed the cause of the laborer?the man who is too busy creating wealth for others to get any for himself?has been stig} unitized as a designing demagogue. No,' they can't appreciate you. Not being a worshipper of mammon as they, you arc not, j orthodox. 1'nawed by power, tin bribed by ! gain, you are incomprehensible. Hut keep I on. sir. The monument you tire erecting for j ! yourself in the hearts of your fellow men i will endure forever, while the obloquy that j will one day be justly heaped upon your en- j | ctnies, will be the measure of your glory. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. ! Our National Lawmakers arc Still DiscuitsiiiK the , question of Finance. , i As was outlined last week, the discussion : in congress since our last issue has heen con- j 1 fined strictly to the financial question.; ' There have been some powerful speeches J ' made o? both sides; that is, in favor of and j l against the free coinage of silver, but as to i . whether or not argument is having any effect . 011 the members one way or the other, is extremely doubtful. As is well known, the deliberations of congress are not influenced altogether by arguments. Now, as always, . the lobbyist is a most potent factor, and very often that which cannot be accomplished by fair means, is accomplished by foul. The ; lobbyist frequently succeeds where the statesman fails, and owing to these facts, it is still impossible to correctly forecast the final action of congress. At present, however, the outlook is this: The house has a majority in > favor of the unconditional repeal of the s Sherman law, while the senate is in favor of ; conditional repeal. At the opening of congress, it will be remembered that Mr. Wilson, of West Virgin- \ 1 ia, introduced in the house a bill for the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law, and Mr. Bland introduced as a substitute for this a bill providing for free coinage. All the r speeches, so far, have heen for and against * " 1. C readiness wun which juu uuc^u order, but congress has decreed that one-hal the peo])le's money should he destroyed ?. The president has recommended unconditional repeal. It is not sufiieient to saj that he was honest. So were the mothers who, with misguided zeal, threw their chil dren into the (ranges. The question is not "Is he honest ?" hut "is he right ?" He wot the confidence of the toilers of this countrj because lie taught that "public oflice is ti public trust," and because he convinced them of his courage and sincerity. But an they willing to say in Ihe language of Job "Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.' Whence comes this demand for a gold stand ard ? Not from the worshop and the farm not from the workingraen of this countrj who create its wealth in time of peace and protect its Hag in time of war ; but from tin middlemen, from what are termed the "bus iness interests," and largely from the class which can force congress to let it issue mon ey at a pecuniary profit to itself, if silver i: abandoned. The president has been de ceived. He can 110 more judge the wishe: of the great mass of our people by the ex pressions of these men, than he can mcas lire the ocean's silent depths by the foam upon its waves. Mr. Bryan finished his speech amid round: of applause, and at its conclusion, from al parts of the house, there were cries of "Vote vote, vote !" OTHER SPEECHES. There had been quite a number of othei speeches during the week on both sides, bui none which attracted so much attention, 01 which were listened to so closely, as that 0 Mr. Bryan. KOlt UNCONDITIONAL REPEAL. The Senate Financial committee, 011 Friday reported a bill which practically calls for tin unconditional repeal of the Sherman law The report fell 011 the silver people like 1 thunder clap, and it developed that the com mittce was for a time at a tie?5 to 5. Sen ator Vorlices, of Indiana, however, finnllj turned his back on the silver men, and votei to report the bill. OTHER SPEECHES. Congressman Talbcrt, of South Carolina delivered a speech in favor of free coinage 01: Friday. There was only about twentj members in the house at the lime. Then were four or five other speeches delivered during the (lay, and about the same numbei every working day since. PKOORAMME OF THE WEEK. The general debate in the house comes ti a close today, and until next Saturday tin members will continue the speaking undei the five minutes rule. Today, a big speccl is expected from Representative Wilson, o West Vhgiuia, against free coinage, and In is to be followed by Mr. Fellows, of Nov York, who divides with Mr. Cochran, tin , these two hills, the tree coinage memuers ui . course sustaining Mr. Bland, and the anti. free coinage members holding up for Mr. Wilson. In the house, on Tuesday, a number of 1 speeches were delivered pro and con, but , none of them were of especial significance. ; Mr. CJrosvenor, (Rep.) of Ohio, said that the Sherman law had nothing to do with our troubles, but they were caused by a fear on the part of the country that the Democrats intended to tinker with the tariff. In the senate, (Jeneral Cordon introduced a bill providing for a sixty days' suspension of the 10 per cent, tax on the issue of State i banks, and allowing such banks to issue bills , to the amount of 20 per cent, of their capital. This, he said, would furnish immediate ! relief to the financial situation in the South, ! and enable the Southern people to move | ' their crops. After the strain is over, he wants I ' the bills called in. The bill was referred to ! the finance committee. , Mr. Voorhees, chairman of the finance \ . committee of the senate, reported favorably i a bill authorizing the national banks to issue 1 bills to the full amount of their bonds. ' This would increase the circulation of the I ' country about $15),000,000. Consideration ! [ of the bill was postponed. CONGRESSMAN BRYAN. The big speech of the week was delivered in the house on Wednesday by Wm. J. Bry1 an, a young free coinage Democrat from Nebraska. The speech is almost universal> ly conceded to have been the ablest speech t that has been delivered in congress since . the war. Before the speaker had progressed very far with his remarks, the members began to ply him with questions. He answer" ed them right and left, and "downed" every ' man who dared open his mouth. At the end !, of an hour the hammer fell, but, on motion, 1 Mr. Bryan was promptly accorded the privi. lege of continuing his remarks indefinitely. During his speech every member of the ' house was in his seat, and many of the senators also crowded into the hall. On the i floor, and even in the galleries, standing l room was at a premium. Mr. Bryan spoke for three hours Therefore, we are unable to give more than the following meagre syn. opsis of what he had to say: r I shall accomplish my full purpose, he commenced, if I can make the house realize the grave responsibility that rests upon us. 1 In my humble judgment, the vote of the > house on this subject will bring upon the people not only of the West and South, but of the United States and all mankind, weal j . or woe beyond the power of language to describe or the imagination to conceive. In the princely palace or humble hamlet here and ' all over the world, as our action may bless or blight, we will be commended or con- | demned. i The president's recommendation docs not ! r impose any obligations upon us. He has ( said : "The zealous watchfulness of our con-j stituoueies,great and small, supplements their | i suffrages, and before the tribunal they estab-1 i lish every public act shall be judged. We 1 ; are pledged to defend the public rights of our | > constituencies from invasion, and if we fail j to retlcct their wishes to the best of our abilities, we must not expect to be just i lied if. the fact that "he recommended it," is the only excuse we have to offer. If I am able to understand the language ' of the president's message, it points to tlie : t burial of silver with no hope of resurrection. I [ It leads irresistibly to universal gold mono- \ metal ism?a realm over whose door is writ- j j ten, "abandon hope all who enter here." j When all the silver and gold available found ready admission to some mint, it really made ! " very little difference whether a particular! ; nation used silver or gold, or both. Ex-: > 1 change did not fluctuate, and trade could be , I carried on without trouble: but times have , I changed. If the United States, which now j ' j coins one-third of the silver in use for money,! j closes its mints against this metal, what asHsurance have we that silver will maintain itsi I i place as the primary money of the comtner>! eial world ? It is more reasonable to suppose . i that there will be a further decline in the1 . ! price of bullion, and there will be a demand '! for the further limitation of the legal tender j 1 qualities of the silver already in existence.t ) Every nation must have money for its people,t . and if silver is withdrawn, its substitute i in gold must be drawn from the world's .: scanty supply. .! They take it for granted that gold is an ; "1 honest standard. There never has been an j '; honest dollar, and gold is the most dishonest j 5 of all. Owing to the limited supply, it is -1 constantly appreciating in value, and a debt ' t contracted in it today must be largely overpaid next year. Then the value of gold is ' that much greater. Consequently, the metal j is that much more difficult to get. It has a greater purchasing power, and the debt con- j " j traded at one value is paid at a higher j II , 1 n ; value. 11 If the number of dollars increase more 11 rapidly than the need for dollars, the value I . I of dollars fall. If the number of dollars do i , not increase as rapidly as the need for them, | J {the value of dollars rise. Therefore, it is' necessary to keep the supply regulated; -; to the demand, in order to have honest dol-1 * lars at all periods. John Doe has a farm! I ,.-,..fi. < > iwwi Hi. ninrt fiiicfd it to Diehard' . Koe for $1,000. Legislation increases the j value of a dollar loo per cent. Then, while , John Doe's debt is nominally the same, it lias really been doubled, and it requires as j ' much labor and produce to pay the $1,000 i - as it would have required to pay $2,000 in , t ; dollars of the same value as those in which t | the debt was created. 1 I ! This is the kind of legislation we are now j _ I considering. If the poor man believes the, ! wealth of the rich should he divided, he is | called a socialist: but if the rich man devis* es a plan by which the pittance of the poor - can be converted to his own use, he is called a financier. The man who takes property j- by force is called a thief: but the man who, I j by legislation, makes a debtor pay a dollar twice as large as he borrowed, is lauded as j the friend of sound currency. The man who wants the people to destroy the government is called an anarchist, but the man who y wants the government to destroy the people! f is called a patriot ! e Suppose all nations should adopt a gold ' standard. There would be such a scramble j for the inadequate supply of gold of the! world that its value would at once be doubled. livery disturbance in finance in one country would communicate itself to every ' other, and the only consolation that any of lis !, would have, would he that we are sulferingj y together. We can replenish our stock of gold : bv isuing bonds, but those bonds have to be, . paid, mid at an appreciated price : lor #old,ofj j a necessity, will lie scarcer when the bonds j are due than it is now. ' j .Mr. llryan ipioted from a number of the I ablest financiers of the generation to sus-1 tain his position, and also quoted the now historic words of Mr. Carlisle, in the house of representatives in 1878. International himetalisin is desirable, bill w ewill never get it by simply waiting for it. We have been waiting for fifteen years, and are no nearer that goal. We must make our own financial laws. If we allow England to legislate for us in matters of finance, we are nothing more than an English colony. The question is, are we to be bond or free This congress cannot more surely win the approval of a grateful people than by declaring that tliis nation is the grandest that the world has ever seen, and has the right and ability to legislate for its own people regardless of the wishes or the threats of foreign powers. The principles of bimetalism do not stand on any fixed ratio, and may exist at 1 to 30 as well as 1 to 10, but the larger gold dollar helps the creditor, and the smaller dollar helps the debtor; therefore, it is a matter ol injustice either way, and the ratio should remain as it is. The silver miner is not any more selfish than anybody else. He only asks the restoration of the right he enjoyed from 1702 to 1878? the privilege of depositing his bullion at the mint and receiving in return full legal tender coins. Free coinage can only give back tc him what demonetization took away, lie does not ask for a silver dollar redeemable in a gold dollar, but a silver dollar which redeems itself. The price of neither gold or silver depends on cost of production. In many cases silver is produced at a comparatively lojv price, but figuring as expenses all the money spent in prospecting, machinery, and lost in abandoned mines, it costs fully one hundred cents on the dollar. However, I do not advocate the use of either gold or silver as a means ol giving employment to the miners, but simply because we need them for money. We are told that as civilization increase* credit takes the place of money, and the volume of real money may be diminished without danger. This reminds me of the man who sought to make a fish live out ol water, lie caught from the sea a herring and put it in a jar of salt water. Every day he removed some of the salt water and substituted rain water, until he accustomed the fish to the new condition. Then, by gradually removing the fresh water, he accustomed the fish to live on air and kept il in a cage like a bird. One day a servant placed a cup of water in the cage, in order that the fish might moisten its food. But, alas, the fish thoughtlessly put its head ic the water and was drowned ! From the argument of some of our opponents, wc might be led to the conclusion that money would not only be unnecessary, but really dangerous. Referring to the president's demand foi unconditional repeal, Mr. Bryan related the story of the treatment of the Carthaginian* by the Romans iti the Third Funic war The Carthaginians sued for peace. Before giving terms, the Romans demanded three hundred hostages. These were furnished The Romans next demanded that the Carthaginians give up all their weapons of war This was done. Then the Roman consul on nounced his terms. He said : "I cannot but commend you for the readiness with which you have obeyed every order. The decree of the Roman senate is that "Carthago musl be destroyed." Sirs, what will be the an swer of the people you represent if you vote for unconditional repeal, and return to teli them that you were commended for the t -!ii. ~-t-:-u honor of being the orator of Tammany. Mr Fellows is to answer in detail the greal speech made by Congressman Bryan las) week. Senator Butler's bill to repeal the tax on the issue of State banks is also to b< considered during the week. The final volt on the silver question in the house, wil probably he taken next Wednesday after noon. - ? CioVKUNOK Tl I.I.MAN AT ClIK'AUO.? (Governor Tillman was accorded a big re ception in the national committee room of the Administration building of the World's Fair, last Saturday. He was introduced bj State Commissioner Roach and presented hj Vice-President Pcnn, and greeted with ap plause. The governor congratulated th< commission on the wonderful success of the fair, and regretted the failure of South Car olina to make an exhibit, lie said : "Cross ing a thousand miles of this grand country o ours, from the South Atlantic to the North crn Lakes, one must feel that we have a grand country, grand in its size, grand ii everything, and it makes anybody, let bin come from where lie may in the ITiitef States, feel proud to say, 'I am an American. I do not hesitate to say, without flatterinj. you in the least, that (Jod appears to hav< pieked this spot to he in the future the hul of North America, the centre of thought wealth, progression, pluck and energy, am I make the prediction today that in les: than ten years, you will have more peoph in Chicago than any city on the Atncricat continent, if not in the world." In clo-ing (Jovernor Tillman expressed his confidenct that great good would grow out of the fair At a Ratio ok Twknty to Onk.?Secretary Carlisle has addressed a communica tion to Senator Daniel W. Voorhccs, ii which he makes an estimate of the cost o recoining all the silver money in the ITiitcc States at a ratio of 20 to 1. Since 1S78 says Mr. Carlisle, the total number of silvei dollars coined is 419,332,4">0. Without anj allowance for loss, the coinage value of thes< * " - ~r ' ?" ' - 1 1.1 I... ?')<> > dollars, Ul? uruiiu Ui IU ?umu uu ??o?jOy 222,102, or $84,110,18S less thiin there pres cut lace value. To bring them up to tin new ratio, would require additional silver t( the amount of $7o,88o,700. The cost o gathering I he dollars in, would he $4,">00,000 and including all costs, the total expense t( reeoinage, would be $89,741,900. The tota cost of reeoining the subsidiary silver wouli be $20,124,421, making the dollars and sub sidiary silver cost for reeoining in the ag gregate, $112,800,821. X?OCJft"AXx~(?B. , i , . indk.v to m:\v ai)\i:rtisi:.mi:\ts. i, ! Ferguson Brothers? Direct special attention to their stock of goo?ls ami cheap teas. They also liuve ereani cheese, i Lowry A: Starr?Acerostically tell of their turnip seed, proprietary medicines, stationery, j tobaccos and cigars, and inform the person ' who borrowed their step-ladder that they | 1 want it. | A. M. (Jrist?Makes a special oiler with regard ! ' to repairing sewing machines. j | John .1. Smith, of ('lover?Lets you know that ( he is the agent of the \\\ L. Douglass Shoe,j company, ami in prcpnrcu iu iiinunn wicir shoes of any stylo. W. D. Glenn?As administrator of the estate of j It. II. Glenn, deeeased, gives notice to tiie 1 debtors and creditors of the estate. h Bcth-Shiloh Alliance?Will hold a meeting tomorrow at 2 o'clock p. in. The president ] of the County Alliance and the county j lecturer are expected to be present. . , ' W. J. ltoddey? Instantaneous protection afforded by a policy in the Imputable Life. j M. A II. C.Strauss?U. C. I*, will find our prices f the lowest. 11 A. L. Ortnian, Columbia, S. C.?Steam dyeing i and cleaning of every description. It. II. Lowry?Tells about Riddle's "Champion" |( i Roller Mill flour, glassware and different |< brands of chewing tobacco. W. R. Carroll, Treasurer?Wants the subscribers i( to the Raptist High school repairing fund i ] ! I to pay their subscriptions promptly. , Riddle A Carroll?Tell you about the Milburn wagons, which they claim to be "the best < wagon cm wheels." 1 Jos. F. Wallace, Chairman?Announces the 1 i opening on next Monday of tho Yorkville 1 (iraded schools, under the superintendence of Prof. A. It. Banks. 1 A. It. Banks?The Banks High school will com- 1 I mence its first session Monday next. This i school prepares pupils for college and the 1 business of life. Prof. Banks specially re- i quests parents and guardians to notify him ' immediately of their intention to enter their children, j Withers Adickes Company?Wish to purchase , all kinds of country produce, and at prcs' cut, especially sweet and Irish potatoes, \ eggs, butter, beeswax and wool. They also deal in hardware, crockery, wooden, ' willow and tinware, fruit jars, groceries of ! all kinds, tobaccos and snuffs. II Dobson's Racket?Offers shoes of all kinds and qualities, jeans of different grades, dress [ goods, shirting, and numberless other , things. ' Geo. T. Schorb?Publishes a testimonial from Miss Mollic Tcmpleton with regard to tho , ; excellencies of the Wilcox A White organs. John I). Corn well, Chairman?On the Gth of \ I | September, next, the board of county j commissioners will let out a contract for building a bridge over Turkey creek, on i the "New Cut" road, near the residence of Marcus Hafner. REPORTS OF THE THRESHERS. ' So far Thk Enquirku has received reports as to the amount of grain threshed this i season as follows : > Oats. Wheat. Smith A Brothers .'too 1,700 Whitesidcs A McKnight 200 1,200 r Foster A Burris 1,384 2,082 - Erwin A Gordon 2,570 2,810 Good Brothers 1,775 4,7-10 . | Last year, Messrs. Good Brothers threshed > 3,940 bushels of oats and (>,720 bushels of s wheat. Wc respectfully request other thresh crs to send in their reports without delay. : The information will be of great interestand I perhaps of some value to the people of the ! county. 1 YORK AT GREENVILLE. , York eases in the United States court at i Greenville, were disposed of last week as 5 follows: ' j Jupiter Rivers, charged with retailing, \! plead guilty and was sentenced to two mouths I: in York jail and to pay a fine of $100. > William Ilollins, the same. One month ' in York jail and a fine of $100. ' L. M. Dulin, the same. Seven months in York jail. r Sam Walker, found guilty of retailing. 3 Sentenced to six months in York jail. Henry Ellison, plead guilty of retailing. ; Sentenced to three months in York jail. 1 Ed White, tried for retailing. Acquitted. t CHURCH NOTICES. ' Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at 5 10.30 a. m., and Sunday-school immediate' ly afterward. Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. , Sunday-school at 0 o'clock p. m. Prayer' meeting tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock, conl ducted Rev. S. A. Weber, 1). I). Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Yokkyillk?Services next Sunday morn. ing at 10.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 i o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow - evening at 8.15 o'clock. 3 Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Weber, pastor. Services next Sunday morn( ing at 10.30, and evening at S.15 o'clock. Prayer meeting this evening at 8.15 o'clock, i Sunday-school at 4.30 o'clock p. m. 1 Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. > J. C. Galloway, pastor. Tin/Alt?Services next Sunday at 11 a. in. Yokkvili.k?Services at 8.13 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at r 4.30 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow r evening at 8.15 o'clock. f BETHEL PICNIC. Mr. W. S. Gordon, of Fodder, has sent Thk Enquiuku a detailed account of the \ big picnic that was given at Burnett's moun. tain, Bethel township, on Tuesday of last i week, and from his story, this affair, like all " of its predecessors in Bethel, was a grand " success. j The crowd was made up from the northern half of York and the adjoining sections of North Carolina, and including men, women j and children, the number present is variousi ly estimated as being between fifteen hunr dred and two thousand. ; The principal speakers of the day were to ' have been I)r. J. W. Stokes and Messrs. John p j R. Jeffries, and Ellison S. Keitt; but although ; all of these gentlemen had accepted invita-1 ): tions to he present, none of them put in their J 5 j appearance. Dr. Stokes wrote that ho was rj unable to come on account of the illness of i his wife. The absence of Messrs. Jeffries; Maud Keitt was not explained. i I The exercises of the day were opened , with prayer by Mr. S. W. Alexander, and t j the people were addressed by Captain W. t If. Edwards, Representatives Wilborn and t j Elder, and Senator Finley. i; The dinner was spread?Bethel style?on j; a long table, and everybody was invited. 11 There was an abundance of everything, in- j . i eluding an inexhaustible supply of gumbo ; soup, prepared on the grounds by Mr. Jo- i scph Cathcart. -I Music was furnished by the Gold Hill, j i Bethel and part of Allison Creek bands. % 1 Nothing whatever occurred to mar the pleas-1 ?[ lire of the day, and the picnic goes down on i ' the record as another addition to Bethel's j ' j long list of social successes. MONEY TO BUY COTTON. N | ' | On account of the financial disturbance ' j prevailing throughout the country, uncasi-j ; ness has been in an i Tested in various quarters,; "1 as to whether or not the money necessary to \ ' move the cotton crop will he forthcoming atj : the proper time. The matter is being dis-: | j cussed in different sections of this country,! , | and, in the hope of being able to throw some 1 light on the subject, a representative of Thk j 'iKnqi ikkku few days ago interviewed the j ' several cotton buyers of Vorkville. The re- > ' suit was as follows : ) , j Mr. It. X. Moore : "I have already been j! engaged to buy cotton for the same house i i' I represented last year. They evidently i, have the money, or they would not need my 1 j services." ?i Mr. J. A. Latin : "I am sure that my house | has the money to buy all the cotton that will j he offered. T have already made a contract. ' with them, and I will he on the market durj ing the whole season." j! Mr. J. M. Hope: "I have been employed p to buy cotton during the coming season, and j I ! there will he no trouble about the money j j with which to pay for it." r Mr. J. H. ltiddle: "Xo matter how hard! ' the times may he, there will always be plen- J ty of money available for handling the cot- j *! int. f.mn Cotton is a statde. It is praeti-1 ,! cally money itself, and shipped as it ustt-' j 'ally is, with bill of lading attached, there is; f; no possibility of loss. The great trouble' ,! now, however, is that our home mills are Hall full up with manufactured goods, and: ! having no use for any more raw material | _ j until they get rid of what they have, are . | not likely to have much influence, especially J in the opening market. There is very little money available forborne speculation, which ' is usually a beneficial factor. Therefore, I 1 look for prices, which must be fixed by the exporter, to be low, at least for a time, and perhaps throughout the whole season." COURT HOl'SK CLOCK TOWKK. The new court house is to be surmounted by a handsome clock-tower, which will add greatly to its appearance. So decided the: county commissioners at a special meeting held on yesterday. j The understanding is that the county will ( erect the tower and the town will put in the clock. The tower is to costjSoOO. That' part is fixed, and the contract has been' awarded to tbe Spratt Machine company.; The clock will cost between $S00 and $1,200,1 just how much has not been definitely de-j ] sided. j j By changes in the original contract, the jcommissioners have saved several hundred j j [lollnrs, and it is understood that the tower U t;an he added, very probably, within the',, margin of ?10,000 allowed by the legislature. , The town now has, or should have, on hand, t; several hundred dollars available for the ^ purchase of a clock. Money for the purpose ^ has been raised at various times and in vari- i ous manners. Just where this money is, nobody seems to know : hut now that it is need- i ed, it will no doubt either be forthcoming or c accounted for at once. 1 The proposed tower is to he constructed of t wood. It will rest over the front piazza, im-11 mediately in the center of the front wall of, ] the building, and its extreme height above! i the ground, will be 8"> feet. It will, no doubt,: j set off the structure in great style, and con-! \ tabling a handsome clock with two to four < faces, will he useful as well as ornamental. The commissioners are to be commended ' 1 for their good sense in consenting to the erec-1 ( tion of the tower. Now it devolves upon j ( the people of the town to, as soon as possi-1 i ble, raise the money for the purchase of a!< suitable clock. i ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Ella Jefierys is quite sick. Mr. Robert M. Steele is in Yorkvillc. Mr. F. A. Gilbert is at Glenn Spring's. ' Hon. I). E. Finlcy and family are visiting i in Santuc. Miss Essie Stewart is visiting friends in i 1 Pineville, N. C. j ] W. B. deLoach, Esq., of Blacksburg, was j j in Yorkville last week. Miss Luta Fewell returned to her home in ; 1 Ebenezer last Monday. jf Mr. Bradford, of the Fort Mill Times, was i in Yorkville last Monday. j 1 Master Bolton Smith is visiting relatives in : ( Bullock's Creek township. Miss Ossie Jefferys, of Spartanburg, is in ; Yorkville, visiting relatives. Misses Minnie and Florence Cody are !1 visiting relatives in Chester county. j Miss Jennie Lyon, of Jackson, Tenn., is I: in Yorkville, visiting Miss Daisy I Tart. Mrs. Chas. II. Dixon, of Columbia, is in ! j Yorkville, visiting Mrs. B. N. Moore. i Miss Belle Carroll is visiting relatives and friends at Blairsville and Hickory Grove. Mr. C. R. Simmons, of Henrietta, N. C., J spent last Sunday and Monday in Yorkville. t Mr. Lewis Thomson, who has been qu^te t sick for some weeks past, is able to be out , again. . Miss Annie Mendenhall, of Ranalesburg, ]1 N. C., is in Yorkville, visiting Miss Mamie 1 McConnell. f Messrs. John I)., and Paul T. McNeel re- s turned home from the White City last j Monday. i Afoctnr Vr<>nIr Ttwldlp is visitini? the familv of his grandfather, Mr. J. B. F. Kiddle, of ( Begonia, N. C. Miss Eleanor A. Shires, of Latimer's ! Fashion Bazaar, left for her home in New , York last week. Rev. J. H. Simpson, principal of the Hick- 1 ory Grove high school, favored us with a 1 call on yesterday. J Mr. Frank Houston returned home last 1 week from a visit to relatives in Mecklen- ! burg county, N. C. Mrs. E. A. Crawford and Miss Florrie Al- 1 lison visited relatives and friends in and near 1 Hickory Grove last week. Messrs. Vance Sharp and Paul Workman, ' two Rock Hill bicyclists rode their wheels from Rock Hill to Yorkville last Thursday. Professor Banks's family arrived in Yorkville last Wednesday, and is occupying the ] John R. Ashe residence on East Liberty ] street. , Mr. James B. Kennedy has been elected , principal of the Lowrysville High school, | < and will enter upon the duties at the open- . ing of the next session. i Mr. R. B. Wilson, of Greenwood, S. ('., who is spending the eummer in Gastonia, j came down on his bicycle on Monday and | gave The Enquirer a call. i The family of Mr. J. 0. St. John arrived ( in Yorkville last week from Barnesvillc, Ga., J and is occupying the cottage recently erected I by Mrs. Sarah Wells on East Jefferson street, I opposite the graded school building. I Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hammond, of Frederick, Md.; Mrs. Bearden and Miss Mary j? Squier, of Columbia: and Miss Laura Van : j Ness, of Charlotte, N. C., are in Yorkville, j, the guests of Captain T. S. Jeflerys's family.! | Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. O'Leary, Miss An- ( nice O'Leary, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. McClain,! < Miss Cora Clark, and Messrs. Charlie Spen-1, cer and Burritt Metts have left here in the i past few days bound for Chicago and the' i World's Fair. j | Mr. W. F. Smith, of the Bethany section j' of this county, left on last Monday for j < Bakerslield, Cal. It is Mr. Smith's purpose to | ] locate permanently in California, but he has | , not yet decided 111 what portion tne mate ue 1 j will make his home. York county can ill! 1 afford to lose such men as Mr. Smith, and , we hope that should lie ever decide to leave I j the State of his adoption, it will be to return ' 1 to the State of his birth. Tub Enquirer'| wishes him abundant success in any business , in which he may engage. LOCAL LACONICS. I, York County Schools. ! : ? The books of School Commissioner Ed-', wards show that there are 100 public schools | ] in York county. This includes both white ji and colored. Schools Open Next Monday. ? Attention is called to the advertisements j' of the Bunks High school, and the Yorkvillc!' Graded schools, in another column. These ! ' 11 institutions will commence their fall term on , | ' next Monday, August 28. 1 < (iooil Crops In Western York. ? 'Tn our section," said Mr. \\\ S. Wil- 1 kcrson, of Hickory Grove, yesterday, ''the.' wettest bottom land corn is line, and the, s -1 11 cs <IQ vnil PV'OI' ttflW. I i Urj'CSlf U|MUUM.-> ..iv; .4.7 ..., J , So you can easily imagine how it looks all < over." i Successful .MoHiiif; it! Aiiliocli. * ? A protracted meeting, which resulted < in an increase of twenty-eight members at ' Antioch church, in the northwestern por- ' tion of this county, was recently brought to j a close. The services were conducted by ' j the pastor, Kev. F. ('. Hickson. j, Coimmitutinii Street Tux. t | ? The commutation street tax, for the ] town of Vorkville, collected by Treasurer } Jelferys up to date, amounts to $3110. Quite ^ a number of colored individuals liable to * road duty preferred to work rather than pay, and there arc a number of others, both white j and colored, who have not yet settled with < the treasurer. 1 Cotton is Opening. j ? Mr. T. L. Smith, of Newport, has sent j us an open boll of cotton plucked from his' field last Monday. It is of the "(Jold Dust" 11 variety. Advices from different sections of * the county are to the elfect that cotton is,' opening rapidly, and the first hale is likely ; j to be on the market witlfin the next ten (^ days. The crop generally is considered fine.1 , Prowm-d In the Wutori-v. f ? Mention was made last week of the 11 escape of Joe Smith, colored, from the State)' farm, in Sumter county, on the evening of, * the loth instant, and a detailed account of I j the escape will he found on the first page of I j ? ? *? p i r 1? . i . tins issue, a private letter iroin naguuu&jj informs us that after all, Smith failed to get j i away. On last Wednesday his rapidly decomposing hody was found Moating on the ,1 surface of the Wateree river. He was cvi- [, dently drowned while attempting to cross, j j Nothing is said in the letter about the mule | ] lie is supposed to have stolen, but it is pre-11 uinc<l that if he really stole the animal, it ' vas recovered. Verily, nowadays, it takes a 'ery smart Negro, backed up by peculiarly uvorable circumstances, to get away from lie penitentiary. 'lie lie mi It of the I'rot nicteil Medlng at t'liioii. ? The protracted meeting at I'liion church, nention of which was made hist week, was losed on Sunday morning. As a result of he meeting, nine members were added to he church, seven of whom were baptized on ! iunday morning by the pastor. The cere-j aony was witnessed by a large number of teople. Rev. Mr. Langston commenced pro- 1 racted services at Knon church, nine miles vest of Yorkvillc, on Monday. Illicit in a Wreck. ? A passenger train 011 the Atlantic and )anville railroad, fell through a trestle at dilton, X. ('., last Wednesday. Seven peo-; I" l.ill.wl A mnni. Ilinm i.M.rn Afr mu M C1U Mllt'U* .Lilivu^ iiivm ttviv j ohn 0. Daves and Mr. George R. Klam,; toth near relatives of Mrs. Julia K. Klam, j lee Herndon, formerly of Vorkville, hut | io\v of Haskcrville, Va. Mr. \Y. II. Hern- j Ion, of Yorkville, who is visiting in Virginia, I vas to have returned last week, hut was de- j ained 011 account of the sad accident. of Captain K. X. Furls. ? The Gastonia Gazette of lust week an-' jounces the death of Captain K. M. Paris,! if Gaston county, which occurred at his; ionic on Tuesday, the 15th instant. Capaiu Paris raised the first company of vol-' mteers that went to the war from Gaston, j le had many relatives and a host of friends n York, and was known to all as an exem)lary citizen. On the day of his death he j vas exactly 79 years of age. Irlmiiu I'uy* tin- Kxpreiw. ? A. L. Ortman, proprietor of theColum-! )ia dye-works, offers the best inducements to j sountry patrons of any dyeing and cleaning! establishment South, whereby persons resid-1 ng outside of Columbia may have their gar- j nents renewed without any more incoven- ^ ence than if the establishment was in their) mmediate vicinity. Read his advertisement j n another column, and if in need of work 1 )f this sort, send for his juice list and eircu- j ar, giving full particulars. riu> liupt irtt IHkIi School. ? A force of carpenters, brickmasons and j aborcrs, under the direction of Mr. P. H.I Dover, commenced the work of repairiug the | King's Mountain Military School building on > Monday at noon, and the work will be pushed j is rapidly as circumstances will permit. Yecording to promise, Mr. Dover was on mnd on last Thursday, but owing to the fact hat it was necessary to do a considerable imount of preparatory work, such as getting - - . . ... * t . ?. 11 he needed material on tnc ground, ne urn lot get the work of^pairs started until last | Monday. Hull's SluilKlitcrcd l>y IVIiiiIi'huIp. ? A wholesale slaughter of mules, bconging to Mr. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, iccurred near Fort Mill on Tuesday night if last week. Mr. Springs was engaged in v big contract of wood hauling for one of lie Fort Mill factories, and in the prosecu;ion of the work, was using about twenty nules. At night the animals were kept in a uen on the side of the railroad, and on the light in question, they broke out and congregated in a deep cut near by. The passenger train ran into them, killing six and njuring several others. Killed a liald Kugle. ? Mr. J. S. Allison, of Tirzuh, brought to this office last Thursday, a dead bald eagle which was shot that morning by Mr. W. T. Vouugblood. The eagle meusured G feet G inches from tip to tip, and weighed 71 pounds. Mr.'Youngblood discovered it sitting in a pine tree about half way between Fodder and Tirzah. Hurrying to the latter place he secured a gun from Mr. Allison, and went back after the eagle. He Pound no difliculiy in approaching to the foot of the tree, and easily killed the bird it the first fire. This makes about the fourth eagle killed in this county within the past half dozen years. MERE MENTION. The company that took the John Brown Port to Chicago for exhibition, has failed. A mortgage for $144,008 was filed on the property of the company last Friday, and a receiver has been asked for. Negroes who were recently taken to Weir City, Kansas, to supplant striking coal miners, have made a demand for higher wages and threaten to strike in case the demand is refused. It is claimed that the demonetization of silver in India has caused an increase of 30 per cent, in the public debt, and indefinite individual distress. The Pennsylvania railroad shops at Altoona, Pa., | which are the largest in the world, are now Working on half time. Labor leaders J throughout the country have agreed to a big j demonstration to be made in Washington ( soon. It is expected that over 5,000 unem-l ployed workmen will find their way to the | capital, within the next few weeks, in order to sec wlmt influence they can bring to bear an cong-ess for their relief. Attorney General Olncy has decided that the government has no right to extend the time for the withdrawal of domestic whisky from bonded warehouses. Last Wednesday was the usual pay day for the Capitol employes at Washington, but there was no money forthcoming for the reason that the president liad failed to sign an appropriation bill recently hurried through congress for the purpose. Eight thousand Pittsburg laborers, who were recently notified of a 10 percent, reduction in their wages, have determined to ro on a strike. A white man named Charley Smith was lynched on the Morganfield, Ky., fair grounds, last Friday, for murder. The reported killing of Rev. K. F. Jones, of Gastonia, in California recently, turns out to be a mistake. It grew out of a mixture of names and identities. The receipts of the government, so far this month, have been over $3,000,000 less than for the same period last month. The total amount of clearing house certificates issued by the New York banks up to date, is $37,380,000. The Democrats of Virginia liave nominated Charles T. O'Ferrell as their candidate for governor. The reduction of wages and closing down of manufacturing enterprises throughout the North, continues unabated. The Grand Army cf the Republic proposes to test the legality bf the action of Secretary Smith in suspending pensions granted under the act of June I 27, lsyo, in the courts. Over 500,000! coal miners in England have been on a j strike for the past three weeks. The, Dhio Democratic State campaign is to be j jpened nt Newark, on September 14, by Lawrence T. Xeal, the Democratic candi-1 late for governor, and Vice President Stev- J mi soil. A big grocery house in St.: Louis made a voluntary assignment last j Saturday. Assets approximate $400,000; uul liabilities in the neighborhood of $.'100,)00. An Atlanta man has been lined ?20() for selling "'rice beer" on Sunday. j V fight between French and Italian worknen, at the salt works at Aigues-Mortes,; France, last Saturday, is about to involve ?ravc complications between France and Italy. Orders have been isstied to the ' iub-treasuries to pay out gold over their counters the same as other classes of money. : The ell'ect of this is to practically place the j Sold reserve among available treasury as-! sets. The authorities at Washington lave been notified that cholera is epidemic j it St. Petersburg. + The Yellow Fevek.?The cities along j lie Southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts, are itill in great dread of an epidemic of yelow fever. Dr. John W. Brabham, of the 1'.' 4. Marine hospital service, died of the fever! ast Saturday at Brunswick, (la., having j ?one to that city in the discharge of his duty, j vuvices from rensacoia, na., are iu mo c?ect that the disease has been stamped out \ it that place. Tampa, Flu., has a few cases, j nit the epidemic is not spreading. (ieorgeown, S. had a false alarm one day Inst i ,veek. Charleston, S. t'., is strictly quurunining against every port at which the fever s reported, and there is every reason to beicve that the city will be able to escape .vithout getting a touch of the plague. I'siial Crime ami I'siml Kesiilt. ? Jake Davis, a Negro, was lynched at, S'inety-Six, Abbeville county, last Monday, or committing an outrage on Mrs. William Munday, a respectable white woman, aged! ibout fifty-five years. MICK HILL HAPI'KMMIS. Tin- Klcitilc I.iKliK-IIiiiljil of Ki-v. .1. \V. MiICoy?Itellgiiiiis Meet lug*?Illnc** of Mr*. SrniKK-?III till' f'OIIV Icti?Attempletl ltlll'glary. ('orrespondciiee of t In- York villi' Kii'piircr. Kim'K 111i.i.. August J"2.?The elect riot light plant of Hork Kill in\ ites the admiration of all who visit it. The room is as neat asa well-kept dwelling, and the maehinery is kept rnhhed tip till it glistens. There are two boilers, two engines, and three dynamos. One of the dynamos lights the street lamps. The other two are for the ineandeseent lamps used by private concerns and in dwellings. Only one boiler, one engine and one of the ineandeseent light dynamos are used at one time, the other being kept as a reserve, in ease of an aeeident, or rapid growth in the number of consumers of the tliiiil Tlwimrti (iiii* in ( miiitarison. the newer house compares very favorably in appearauee with the great generating machines on exhibition at the World's Fair. The house is in charge of Mr. George Dens, with two assistants. Mr. Deas spares no pains and study to master the intricacies of his unusual vocation, and bids fair to take a leading position in his business. On last Thursday, the remains of Rev. J. W. MeRoy, formerly of this place, were brought from his home, in Orangeburg county, and buried here, Rev. S. A. Weber conducting the funeral services. Mr. McRoy was a useful and faithful minister of the Methodist denomination, and was once pastor of churches in this community, where he is held in loving remembrance, and where the announcement of his death will be heard with sorrow. lie died of heart disease. Rev. R. C. MeRoy, the son of Rev. J. W. MeRoy, deceased, preached at the Methodist church yesterday morning and night, and made a line impression. lie is only 20 years of age, but isa talented young man, a graduate of Woft'ord college, and now takes upon himself the sacred mantle of his father. A protracted meeting begins today at the Shady Grove Methodist church, three miles south of this place. It will continue through the week. A series of meetings will commence at the C'atnwlm Baptist church, by a service next Hunday afternoon at .'{..'in o'clock. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. F. O. S. Curtis, ot Pineville, X. C. The meeting will be protracted during the week. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elliott, died on Saturday and was buried on Sunday, Rev. V. I. Masters conducting the funeral services. Mr. J. H. Stead man, of the R. T. Fewell company, is seriously ill with typhoid fever. His mother and father, of the Harmony section, are with him. His friends earnestly hope he may soon recover. IIiip townsman. Mr. J. G. Scruirors. was called invay last week by a telegram announcing the critieal illness of his wife, who was visiting at Forest City, N. C. Dr. Frank Strait, who visited Mrs. Scruggs, expressed but little hope of her recovery. Another convict escaped from a squad that was out working last Thursday, before his confinement, the home of this man was near Catawba Junction. - The convicts arc quite a curiosity about Kock Hill, and the stockade is a standard place to visit. On Sunday afternoon, Kev. W. S. nightman and the writer, conducted a religious service within the stockade enclosure, ancl had a larger audience of visitors than of convicts, who number about (>.>. The charm and melody of the plaintive singing of the Negroes is proverbial, and it is stirring to near thoseburly fellows sing their simple religious songs. Among the interesting diversions of the near future, will probably be an excursion of Kock Hill and Chester people to the White City at Chicago. Dr. Crawford is manipulating the matter. A party of 100 is the ideal in the doctor's mind, and two vestibnled sleepers will probably be engaged to contribute to the comfort of the social travelers. Special rates are to be a part of the attraction. On Sunday night, while tho family of Mrs. C. V. Hlake was at church, a Negro man entered the yard at her home and was prowling around, evidently with a roguish purpose, when Henry, a unique and antiquated relic of "slavery times," was aroused from his slumber in the back yard. His startled exclamation, "Who dat? " was immediately followed by a ball from a pistol, which he sent whizzing at the head of the intruder. The ball is not supposed to have struck, but Henry proved his valor, and the would-be thief had new food for reflection upon the dangers attending dishonesty. Mr. John Sturgis, of the Catawba section, showed this correspondent some beautiful, large and lucious peaches last week. Mr. Sturgis is noted for his tine fruit. Mr. M. M. ltoss, formerly of Yorkville, now with a religious publishing company in Charlotte, was in town yesterday looking well and quite himself. v. i. M. BLACKSBl'RU Bt'DUKT. Resignation of a Pastor?New Dwelling?Buildlng Private Cars?Been Traveling in the West, lint York County is the Garden Spot of the Kartli. correspondence 01 uie lurKviuv rjniuuvi. Ulacksuho, August 22.?Rev. J. W. Suttlo has resigned the pastorate of the Ruptist church at this mace, to take effect September 1st, when ho will leave for Florida. He expects to take charge of ininisteral work in Orange county, that State. Mr. John Wliisonant, from near Smith's Ford, this county, is preparing to erect a commodious and comfortable dwelling on Pine street, near the lime kiln, which hcand his family will make their future home. Mr. Wliisonant was induced to come here on account of our graded school, and has selected one of the many handsome building sites in which our town abounds. Superintendent Tripp, of the Three C's road, has entrusted Mr. J. J. Whisnant, proprietor of the large and complete wood-working establishment in our town, with the repairing and retit- " ting of his private car. All of the old fittings of the interior of the car have been removed and replaced with new and very handsome material. The arrangement has also been so changed as to add greatly to the comfort and appearance of the car. Mr. 11. J. Hold returned last week from a trip to Northern Texas and Indian Territory. His impressions of that grand country, so fertile and productive, and possessed of many natural resources, were, of course, very favorable; but, taken as a whole, Mr. Gold, who is a man of considerable intelligence, keen observation and tine judgment, believes that South Carolina, and especially York county, possesses more advantages and offers more inducements to young men than any of the sections he visited west of Atlanta. Twenty years ago, when land was worth five dollars an acre and cotton 10 to 12 els, a pound, it was a comparatively easy matter for an industrious man to buy and pay for a farm in Texas. Now the land is worth twenty to twenty-live dollars an acre, ami cotton only o to <> cts a pound. The struggles of a poor man can be partly imagined. The money panic, . Mr. Gold found, has affected the West more man u nan luu .-vjiuu. uiu w<in;ii.> ui tmniu ; .-> very severely felt, and there is great complaint among all classes of people. More than he has ever heard at home, lie declares that our people are in happy circumstances as compared with the condition of affairs in Texas and other sections he visited. He met with a number of ex-South Carolinians, all of whom cherished fond recollections of their native State. This was, of course, extremely gratifying to him, but when occasionally he was confronted with the fact that the graud old State had gone into tho barroom business, he hung his head and remained silent, for he had no defense to make. He was at Goodland. I. T., the day that the Indians were paid by the government for their reservation. Forty thousand dollars was distributed at that place, or about $.100 to each head of a family. He dined with some of tho red men. The dinner was prepared by the squaws and there were two principal dishes, composed ehielly of vegetables, the names of which it is impossible to "emcmber, and which, though eaten of heartily by the Indians, he could not relish at all. Mr. <iold is glad, for many reasons, that he took the trip, but ehielly because it made him better contented with his own section and " lot in life. Mr. Ed Davies, chief clerk in the branch olllce of the Carnegie Steel company, at Atlanta, arrived here yesterday for a ten days'visit to his family and other friends. Mr. Sam M. Deal, instructor in telegraphy in the Business College of Atlanta, is also on a vacation, visiting hismotherand friends in Blacksburg Captain Boxtell and wife, returned from a visit to the World's Fair on Sunday last. w. a. IiKTTKK FROM HICKORY MROVE. Success of the Holiness Meeting?Cotton is Opening?Other Mutters. Corresjiondoncc of the Yorkville Knquiror. Hu'Kohy (Jkovk, August 21.?The holiness meetings are still progressing with good results. So far, forty new converts have connected themselves with the different churches. The power of the Holy (ihost is being felt. The number of ^ people here yesterday isestimated at l,")0O. York, Union and Chester counties were represented. The meeting will probably last at least another week, if not longer, and 1 will sum up results when it closes, Pulling fodder is on hand now, and the peonlo are taking every advantage of the favorable weather. Cotton is opening. Mr, Kdward Owens had some open two weeks ago. Mrs. M. It. Ross, of Karle's, is visiting in town, Mr. Kphriani Huffman, of North Carolina, is visiting friends in town, Mrs. A. A. Osborn, Miss Ada Darwin, and Miss Allison, of Blacksburg, visited the families of Messrs. <1. Leech and It. M, Allison last week. Mrs. 1>.\ Allison and her little daughter, .Sallie, and Miss Sallie Wylie, returned from Piedmont Springs last week. They say they were improved a great deal for so short a time. Mr. C. M. Whisonant has been quite sick for some days with fever. Mr. .1. D. NVhitesidcs is recovering very last from fever. Mrs. John lv. Allison, who has been sick for several months, was able to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. X. McDill, last week. m. ?<*- ? IiKTTKK FROM BLAIRSVILLK. The Crops arc line anil Cotton is Opening ItapIdly?People of the Nciglihorhood. Correspondence of the Yorkville Kinpilrcr. 111.atusvii.i.k, August 22.?Partners are busy gathering fodder. The corn proves to be much better than was expected, and the cotton crop generally promises to be good. In some plaees the cotton is opening very rapidly. Mr. John C. Kirkpatrick is busy erecting a saw mill near this place. Mrs. K. M. Met Sill, who has been confined to her bed for a time, is up again. ; Mrs. Martha Met Jill, of King's Creek, is visiting relatives at this place. Miss Keltic Hlair is visiting at Lowrysville. Miss Maggie Youughlond has charge of the school here. The patrons seem to be well pleased with her. 'I'll,. .. ;n ........ ... ?i.a fliurrli next Saturday eveniiij^ at s o'clock. w. o. s.