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Scraps anil .facts. ! ? The general financial situation of the country shows improvement, according to the treasury standpoint, says a Washington . dispatch. It is slight, perhaps, but it is he-! lieved to be permanent. Bank failures have I almost entirely ceased, banks that have sus- j pended under the financial stringency are | resuming business, gold which poured out of the country is returning, and a general feeling of confidence is being restored. ? The once famous wheat speculator, "Old Mutch," has sold his membership in the Chicago board of trade. The certificate, which was issued to the old gentleman twenty-six years ago, went at a very low j price. It is understood that the old man j ronlivprl hnf liltlo lr><asj than SQOO mi thfi sale, i The membership went into Armour & Co.'s office, the level headed senior of the firm buying it for an employe. Hutchinson was at one time worth $S,000,000, accumulated in speculation chiefly. The sale of his membership is taken as marking the close of his business career. ? Mono-metalist.?One who believes in the use of pnly one kind of metal for money. Bi-metalist.?One who believes in the use of both gold and silver with exchangeable values. Free coinage.?The right to take silver and gold to the mints and have them coined into money free of charge. Unlimited coinage.?The term explains itself. Seigniorage.?The toll taken at the mint to defray expense of coinage. Seigniorage is a profit to the mint but no expense to the individual, as the value of the coin at onco rises above the original bullion. Fiat money.?Currency based only on the decree of government authority. ? Senator Hill, of New York, made a speech in the senate on the silver question last Friday. He condemned the president for his silence on the subject of free coinage, and expressed himself in favor of free coinage at the ratio of 15$ to 1. He said that the Sherman law was the cause of the present trouble, and that it should be repealed. He would vote for its repeal unconditionally, and was willing to go home. At the next session of congress?the regular session in December?he would fight for free coinage, regardless of the wishes of the president or anybody else, because he believed it was right. The senator was listened to with close attention by his colleagues and by the galleries, and it is conceded that his speech had great weight. ? The committee on ways and means held its first meeting last Wednesday morning. All the members were present. Chairman i Wilson was authorized to appoint subcommittees. clerks and other employes. , Tuesdays and Fridays were fixed as ( the regular meeting days. Before adjourning, Chairman Wilson requested the mem- 1 bers to consider before the next meeting a j plan of procedure for the committee in its , work, whether or not hearings shall be given i persons interested in the tariff, how and 1 when a bill shall be reported, etc. Chair- j man Wilson intimated his expectation that j no tariff legislation would be considered at 1 the present session of congress, and that a 1 recess would be taken from the middle or the ] last of September until the date for the j meeting of the regular session in December. ? Nothing seems to depress Rev. DeWitt ? Talmage. Speaking of the panic the other day , he said : "The most prosperous time in the ( history of our country will be after 1893. Look back a little. In 1837 things were very 1 flat, far more so than they are now. Yet the 1 country prospered greatly after it was all 1 ovej. Following Black Friday, too, after a < brief interval the financial condition of the , country brightened materially. And so it will be with 1893. There is no reason for any of us to be discouraged. I believe the J present stringency in the money market is i but temporary. I have a remedy for the ^ present disturbance. I believe if it is adopt- j ed the entire question would be satisfactori- ( ly settled. The proposition is that no bills under $5 be issued, and that all moneys be j in silver half dollars and less, the cash to be intrinsically worth its face value. That ' would be agreeable to the Western man I j know, and we must satisfy the West as well ) as the East." } ? Senator Peffer created a sensation one ] day last week by asking for the appointment j of a commission to investigate the alleged inability of New York banks to pay their depositors in currency on demand. It has always been the custom of either house to \ appoint a commission to investigate anything ? ?t. t hp rpnuest of auv senator. But in this ! case somebody promptly moved that Mr. j Peffer's request be referred to a committee. < Senator Hill backed up Senator Peffer, but ? the request was referred. Senator Pefler J afterward explained that the object of his t request was not to bring about the crises that the other senators claimed would be inevitable. He merely wanted to secure an ofli-1 cial statement of the facts. He was satisfied j' that the banks had done the proper thing j1 under the circumstances. The opposition Jf papers have been very severe on both Sena- j i tor Hill and Senator Peffer on account of the j resolution. i ( ? The American people are not easily \ "bluffed," it is true, but they should remem-; ber that all the wild talk that is now going j the rounds of the press and coming from the j mouths of statesmen, must not be taken as i1 bluff. Whether right or wrong, most of it, t is in dreadful earnes^. The following from j ] the Denver, Colo., Isews is quite temperate , \ as compared with most of the utterances! now emanating from that section of the Uu-1 ion : "If the conspirators at the national cap- ( ital, led by the president of the United States,!' shall succeed in their purpose, the consc- ] quences will be either wholesale confiscation | or wholesale repudiation. Such distress will | follow and such spoliation of property values,! that inability to meet obligations will be the j rule in the agricultural and producing States ' " TT?! ? rr>L_ ?f,| 01 Hie i inun. inc uiituuuiuuuu: icjittu ui the Sherman law would inaugurate a strug- j < gle for suppremacy between a rapacious j < money power and the producing masses of ) the American people, the intensity of which ; would be new to history. It would then be- j come the God-inspired duty of every patriot | in the land to hold up conspiring wealth as i ' something to be execrated, and the greatest peril to our civilization. We would then re- ' alize the meaning of a war between the masses 1 ] and classes in a land of freemen where capi- ; tal has no standing army to overwhelm right with might." j ? "Xow I want to make my friend from J Ohio, (Mr. Harter) a proposition," said Con- , gressman Joseph Sibley, of Pennsylvania, in J the house of representatives the other day. j' "I know he is out for converts. I know that j' the corridors of this capital are thronged < with a lobby that are trying to make con- , verts, and the holes are full of them. Xow I j waut to tell the gentleman that he can make a convert right here. I make this proposi- 1 tion : That silver has not declined in value : one iota from 1X7X down to this minute; if J it has, I will vote on the other side of this ; proposition. It has maintained its parity ( with every other product of human industry , save one. This ounce of bullion silver which . today you tell me is worth but 70 cents,;1 measures as much wheat and more than it 1 ever measured in the last fifty years; itjl measures more pounds of beef, more pounds | j of pork, more pounds of cotton, more pounds of iron, more barrels of oil, more of every product of human industry, save one, than it measured even when it sold at its legitimate value of 129 cents an ounce. If you will show me any other one exception to this proposition, you have a convert right here. The one exception is gold. The 70 cents, ,.P ...111 l,nv ,i< inltcll trrild uuiuu ui sinci ?m iiv/i i/nj today, but it will buy more of every other product of huuian industry. Now, inas- i much as silver has maintained its parity with your wheat, and your corn and your cotton, with every product of human labor, ! why do you say that silver has gone down and that this metal is debased ? Why do you not say that gold has gone up and lias been deified? You do not want an "honest" dollar, you want a "scarce" dollar. If you do want an honest dollar, vote with us and we will give > it to you, but we are not going to allow you to force upon us your loO cent dishonest1 dollars. The great producers of the necessities of human existence will prevent the : consummation of that effort. [Tremendous j applause.] ? lion. Win. L. Wilson, the new chairman h of the ways and means committee of the; Iiaiico iii from WVsf. Virtrinin jir?d llftS been in congress since 1872. He has a good record as a Confederate soldier, and ever since the question was first raised, has been a staunch tarill' reformer. He was a mem-1 her of the committee on ways and means | hist year, and his elevation to the chairman-' ship over Mr. Spriuger, has produced some- i thing of a surprise. He is the author of the | bill introduced at the present session for the! unconditional repeal of the Sherman law,1 hut'his position on silver he has never yet announced. He had the right to speak on the hill one hour, hut instead of speaking, yielded his time to others, and throughout the debate has mautained a silence that gives still further color to the theory that the , administration does not propose to abolish the use of silver as money. iltc ^ovluillr (Jhtquivcv. YORKVILLE, S. WEDNESDAY, AHU ST 30,1893. ? The present situation at Brunswick, (5a., is simply terrible. Stricken with yellow fever and shut oil' from her immediate neighbors by quarantine regulations, her factories closed and her stores barred on account of the financial stringency, the people arc suffering for their daily bread, and unless help arrives soon, there will be more deaths from starvation than from fever. The people have made an appeal for aid, and it is being answered from all parts of the country? ? Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, says the Prophet Amos foresaw the condition of affairs as they exist in America today. It was cither that, or our condition* is not a new thing. Amos expressed the matter this way : "Hear this, O, ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail; * * * * making the ephah small and the sheckels great, and falsifying the balances by deceit.* * * * Shall not the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn that dwelleth therein ?" ? The New York Herald recently reported Senator Butler as being in favor of the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law. In view of the senator's statement of his ' position as made in this county some weeks ago, and also in the light of his past record, ' were tint inclined to credit The Herald's report, anil last week took it upon ourselves to-write to him about the matter. He replied, is follows, under date of last Wednesday: In relation to the press notice you mention, I beg to say that it is luacurate, and was without luthorization. I am for free coinage of silver ind the repeal of tho Sherman law, but T will not vote for the repeal unconditionally. I am ( for binletalism and an adequate currency with i both metals, gold and silver, maintained at a , parity. I am not, at this time, prepared to say ' what the ratio between the two should be, but < when the vote is taken, I shall cast mine as in my judgment seems best for the interests of the people of my State. M. ('. BrTi.KK. ? Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, "the tall , sycamore af the Wabash," has always been j i strong bimetalist, and great interest was j Pelt last week in the position he would take , >n the repeal of the Sherman law. He made , i powerful speech in favor of free coinage, ad- i located the repeal of the tax on the issue of ( State banks and said he was in favor of agrad- ^ jated income tax, but would vote for the re- ( peal of the Sherman law unconditionally. ] He said that the Democratic platform calls ( for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Mr. Cleveland had accepted the Democratic i joniination with that understanding; Mr. , Cleveland is an honest man, and will not ; ;o back on his pledge. Therefore, said Mr. \ Voorhees, I will follow Mr. Cleveland with , ;he absolute assurance that he will carry out } ill the pledges of the party. Many of the ( lewspapers call Mr. Voorhces' position a ( straddle, but until developments prove that ; be is wrong, let us sincerely hope that he .is ' right. ! ? The action of Speaker Crisp in appointing . Mr. Bland chairman of the committee on ooinige anil giving a majority of that committee to he champions of free silver is absurd, illogical . mil inimical to the public interest and tlie party's welfare from every point of view. It shows a ; ack of respect for the president, for the secretary ; >f the treasury, for Democratic unity. It is an let in llagrant disregard of the welfare of the na- < ion, for it can but create uneasiness at the ill- , imate action of congress upon the question of lie currency.?New York World. < There is a significant straw that affords mcouragement to bimetalists. All the news- < papers that have championed the uncondi- i ional repeal of the Sherman law have been < strongly in favor of a single gold standard. ' Some months ago they were severely lashing ? ;he president because of his inaction. When i :he president called for unconditional repeal, :hese papers immediately rushed to his sup- I port. They assumed, as a matter of course, ] .hat he was opposed to bimetalistn. Mr. Ste- i reason gave the free coinage people a majori- "> ;y of the financial committee of the senate, and i Mr. Crisp has given them a majority of what I s, at this time, the most important committee )f the house. As yet nothing whatever lias t jeeurred to indicate the least friction he- 1 .ween Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Carlisle and the 1 president. Is it not possible that after all, lie monometalic papers are howling before Is ;hev are out of the woods, and that all along 11 Mr. Cleveland has only been quietly "laying i lis pipe" to carry out the silver plank of 1 die Democratic platform ? If this is his idea, ] lie country can easily wait for the meeting 1 )f the regular session of congress in Decern- I ,>er. - i ? "One-third of the gold supply of the ; ivorhl is gotten from the silver mines. If ] rou debase silver hv denying that metal the < right to he used as money, you reduce the j uroduction of irohl one-third." This was an Argument of Kepresentative Bryan in favor of the use of silver as money, lint it fell i upon callous cars. In fact, it was good ] news to the monoinctalists, because that is ; just what they want?not "honest" money : j but scarce money. The scarcer gold gets, < the more valuable it will be, and the more < of human industry it will buy. The entire < gold supply of the world is only &>,742,000,- ; 1)00. The bonded and mortgage indebted- i ness in the United States alone?national, ? State, county, city, township and individ- | mil?is more than ?70,000,000,000. Take < nway the silver of the world and the value : of gold is enhanced to such an extent, that ; while the debts mentioned above remain noin- j i inally the same, in reality they will amount j to *l ln,0oo,ouu.oon, and the process of their i liquidation is extended indefinitely. There j ic cr>?w. little 1-..K1V1I to luilie tll;lf I be t.iriH' robbery will soon In* stopped. At least those people of the Northeast who have managed i loget a mortgage on the I'nion through its i help, have reason to think so. Therefore, it is not dillieult tt? see why they want to don- ! hie their wealth by reducing the volume of, ( currency. The tarilf was robbery, and this ! is is no worse. ? I'ourke Cockrun made an effort on last ; Saturday to answer that "dangerous" , speech recently delivered by Congressman I llryan, but even his most enthusiastic admirers are forced to admit that he did not touch it. Defeated in argument, Mr. Cock-:, run had tit tail hack on liis rhetoric and doginatic statements. Anionic other things, he said : My friend asked me sometime ago why il was that the hanks had opposed litis legisla- i tioti. The hanks have opposed il because thej SJti,000,000, whieh would he the anioiiut the New | York iianks would gain hy it, would lie hut a I, pittance compared with the loss that would he { inllicted on the business of the country hy the shock to its credit that would extend throughout the universe. The ridiculousness of this proposition is apparent. Mr. Coekran isprohaldy the first man who ever accused New York hankers' of patriotism. They are not huilt that way. j Kven during the war, they ilenuitided a hoints of something like Hit) percent, fori every loan they made the government, and it is pretty safe to say that under no cir cumstanees would they let slip this splendid ' chance to make $2(5,000,000. Xo, we do not helieve that it is because they are afraid of making $2(5,000,000 that the hanks of New York arc opposed to bimetalism. Once we heard of a bank clerk who was short in his accounts 2"> cents. The bank president lectured him in this wise: ''Young man, understand sir, that it j is not the loss of the 2"> cents that hurts ; but the interest, sir, the interest!"' And so it is) with the New York hanks. They don't care j to make $2(?,000,0(>0 cash by bimetalism. j They would rather have the millions of in-1 tercst which they hope to realize on loans already made, if they can only put the conn-1 try on a single gold standard. JI'ST THINK OF THIS. Things seldom get so had that they could not he worse. The outlook is that our peo-! pie will not have plenty of money this fall, but they will have something better?plenty to eat. The condition of the working people in the manufacturing sections of the country is distressing to contemplate. On account of the panic, the employing classes are afraid to put out their money. The laboring classes can get no work; and no work no bread. For the past three weeks, thousands of unemployed laborers have been thronging the streets of Xcw York and Chicago, crying for work or bread. In many instances they can get neither, and in some cases they are actually starving. Already they have issued manifestos to the ellect that if the city does nnt "ivp them bread, thev will take it lor themselves, if necessary, by force. For the same reason?the scarcity of money?that these people can get no work, our people will likely be compelled to take a low price for their cotton. Rut how much better is the condition of the South today than the North ! While we have no money, we have what is better, the best that money will buy?an abundance of food for man and beast. Our people never did a wiser thing in | their lives than when last spring they planted corn, and set in and raised their own meat, bread and molassess, rather than trust their all to cotton. Had the people of this section pursued their old plan of planting all cotton and depending on the North and West for nearly all their supplies, today, without money and without the necessities of life, we would be little better olf than the starving workindmen of New York. MR. CLEVELAND'S POSITION. Where does Mr. Cleveland stand on the rjuestion of the free coinage of silver? He has never said, and really nobody knows. After all, isn't it possible that bimetalists who are criticising Mr. Cleveland so severely, may be mistaken ? Take the Sherman law for instance. Rvorvlmdv L-nmvs no matter what mav be I J J ?w " -J ? - V their opinions about other things, that if it' is unconditionally repealed, confidence will,! in a measure, be restored, and money matters j will become easier at once. That appears to be the general opinion. The only thing nbout it, however, is that the benefit will only be temporary, and most bimctalists are unwilling to make such a concession, for fear that, by so doing, they will irretrievably lose their last possible club for forcing the free coinage of silver. Senator Yorhecs is a great and honest man. lie is a bimetalist and believes in free coinage. That has always been his record, and lie announces unequivocally that such is liis' position today. He gqes further, and jays that he believes that Mr. Cleveland is in honest man. The Chicago platform dedares for free coinage. Mr. Cleveland accepted the nomination on that platform, uid has pledged his honor to carry it out. Therefore, lie is pledged to free coinage. Senator Yorliees is not accustomed to gong off half cocked, and there is evidently x great deal of significance in his position. .iiguiu, J^jiuaKur v n^i, ? uw <v w..?- | ige man and lias evidently lnul an under-1 * I standing with Mr. Cleveland, has appointed ' Mr. IMand, the free coinage war-horse, as chairman of the conunittee on coinage, weights and measures. This fact also seems ;o be siguiiicient. Now, while unconditional repeal would i create confidence, and bring about better! dines temporarily, it is equally clear that conditional repeal would not even do this. The people who brought about this depression do not want free coinage, and would swamp the country rather than have it. Just at this time, with the crops all ready :o move, plenty of confidence and with it plenty of money, is extremely desirable. The nonometalists capitalists?we could almost ;ay conspirators?have the country in a hole, md can bring about still further distress. Xo- j jody wants this if it can possibly be avoided. | Then, under the circumstances, does it not! >eetn wise to make the concession of allowing ! lie free coinage matter to lie over until the | December session ? Like Senator Voorhces, we believe bimet\lisin is the proper thing, but Mr. Cleveland j ...? .w,,.,o c.iitl fliiit lw> would not fiivor I 11 tin 11 v. > 11 j vi .'n i\i % ??%% ? ..v..... ? t, and after all, we think it more than possi-1 ule that his next message will give it most powerful endorsement. Then it will go j through like a Hash, with hut little opposition. The Duke of Wellington was a great com- j moner. lie had sympathy for the laboring! md producing classes, and 011 every public I measure invariably championed their inter- J wt. (>11 one occasion he undertook a big light for them. Before it was concluded, denia-j .rogues made the people believe that the duke j was against them. Thev collected in mass I meetings, and following the duke's carriage from parliament to his home, pelted it with j -tones. The duke escaped into his house, 1 iiid the people broke out the glass in the winlows. The good old duke was sorely distress-1 ?d. hut he continued his light in the even tenor 1 >f his way. At length he was successful.1 tnd the benefits of his ellbrtsat once became ipparant to the masses. The people as-, iemhled on the streets of Loudon by tens of thousands, and taking the duke's horses out | .f ...iiM.l.iirn ftiikir if f 1 H*< 111 < r) | f ]l(? roots of Loudon in triumphal profession tmid the wildest enthusiasm. When the! carriage finally reached the duke's residence, ! without saying a word, he got out, and point-; ing uj> to the still broken windows, hurried inside. IVrhaps, after all, this is another ease. Anybody can see that just at this time, in ! the best interest of the country ?all class- ' i's- it is not the best thing for the president j to express his opinions on this great quest ion. Suppose he is really for free coinage and j could carry his point, the success of the [ measure is hound to be followed by tempo-1 rary depression, which we can stand much j better in December than now. Again, if Air. 1 Cleveland is opposed to free coinage, it is : out of the question to think of getting it I now. Everybody knows lie has the courage [ to veto any measure which does not meet j his approval, even if every man, woman and child in the country besides himself, is in favor of it. Therefore, there is only one thing left, and that is to wait until December. In ! the meantime, let us hope that the president ' is a patriot, and let us not give him the op-1 nor!unitv to noinl to sine broken windows., (Vrtiliriitr* in ('iiliiin)iiii. ? The hanks of Columbia have arranged to lloat aliout SS0.000 wort li of clearinghouse certificates. Already the certilicates are in easy circulation aliout the city, and every-j hoily takes them on a par with currency. | The merchants take them to the hanks for deposit, pay their notes, luiy exchange with them, and keep them going. The lirst issue was made last Saturday, and already the certilicates have been scattered all over the j city. In most eases the certificates are secured by State bonds. A WEST INDIAN lll'KKICAXE. Tluil is What Passed Ovrr the Sunlit Atlantic j States l.ast Sunday Night. A cyclone travels like a cannon ball, bounding ii]> and down and leaving d est rue* i T, i lion wnerevrr 11 miikp, n uauuu^ nun un origin on land, and so far as is known, has its ending in infinity. The hurricane origi-1 nates in tropical seas, first as "a gentle zephyr,and gathering volume and velocity, as it goes, covers hundreds of miles of area : until it developes into a terrific, invincible storm. It is usually accompanied l>y torrents j of rain, and after it has spent its force, it disappears in the same soft breezes in which i it found its origin. The storm of last Sunday night and Monday morning was a West India cyclone. It was first heard of south of the West India islands, and about fifteen hours later struck the South Atlantic seaboard along the coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. The city of Savannah has probably suffered more than any other one point. Mr. H. Jf. Heard got news yesterday that property had been destroyed to the amount of 810,000,000, and that forty people had lost their lives. The daily newspapers of yesterday corroborate the rumor as to fatalities, but not as to the property destroyed. The wires that Jead into the city arc all down, and, up to the present, no further news has been received. "'.mil ('Knrlrxf nil lisiil ni'?virtl1<3 i UU VI vu??? .W..W information of the storm through a weather bulletin. As it happened, there was no large shipping in the harbor, and all the small boats got in before the hurricane came up. The wind commenced on Suturday afternoon, and Sunday night began to increase in violence until Sunday morning. First tiles were blown off of houses, then trees begun to fall, then chimneys, and other damage followed wholesale. The Charleston Lead Works were damaged, and other property in the immediate neighborhood was injured to the extent of $1,000,000. Half the streets were rendered impassible by debris, and the total amount of damage to the city has not yet been estimated. So far, only one death has been reported. St. Augustine and Jacksonville, Flu., both report great damage to all kinds of property, and also terrific destruction in the interior of the Stnte. At Columbia, tho damage amounts to thousands of dollars. The streets were literally strewn with shade trees. The telegraph wires were blown down together with telephone wires, and the city for the time was completely cut off1 from the outside world. A nupiber of houses were unroofed and fences without number were blown down. Nobody was killed or seriously injured. The damage at Greenville was also very great. Among other details, it is stated that the roof was blown off the Hotel Altamont, on Paris Mountain, and a portion of the roof of the Female college was also torn away. The Phosphate Works at Darlington were completely demolished. Nearly every town in the State reports more or less serious losses as the result of the storm. THE HOUSE VOTES FOR REPEAL The Sherman I,aw Will lie Wiped ?i(V the Statute I looks. The Sherman law must go?go now, and unconditionally. So said the h use of representatives last Monday, by a vote 230 to 110. The galleries were crowded at an early hour by throngs of people, who desired to witness the final result of the long and tedious debate. The congressman dropped in from time to time, and at 12 o'clock the voting was commenced on the Bland substitute to the Wilson bill, which reads as follows: Section 1. Itc it enacted, etc., That from and aller the passage of this act, all holders of silver bullion to the amount of $100 or more, of standard weight and fineness, shall be entitled to have the same coined at the mint of the I'nited States into silver dollars of the weight and fineness provided for in the second section of this act. Sec. 2. That the silver dollar provided for in this act shall consist of 412$ grains of standard : silver. Said dollars to be a legal tender for all debts, dues and demands, both public and pri- 1 vato. Sec.That the holder of the silver dollars herein provided for shall bo entitled to deposit the sameatid to receive silver certificates in the ' manner now provided by law for the standard j silver dollars. 1 Sec. 4. So much of the act of July 11, entitled 1 "An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes," as required the monthly pur- 1 chase of 4.5lHl,(H)0 ounces of silver bullion, be and 1 the same is hereby repealed. The first vote taken was on the question j of free coinage of silver at a ratio of 1(1 to 1. The proposition was defeated?yeas 123; 1 nays 225. The next vote was on the ratio of 17 to 1. It resulted, yeas 100; nays, 240. ' The 18 to 1 amendment was rejected by a vote i of 231) to 102. The 11) to 1 vote resulted 105 to 238, and the final amendment 20 to 1, was lost by a vote of 110 to 220. It will be seen that of the various ratios I proposed, 10 to 1, the one existing fit present, (! is the stronger. Till-: WILSON* HILL. The various substitutes offered by Mr. J Bland having been defeated, then came up ! the direct vote on the Wilson bill. The vote resulted 230 for, and 110 against; a majority ! of 120 for the unconditional repeal of the > Sherman law. The full text of the Wilson < bill is as follows : An act to repeal a part of an act, approved July . 14, lsiKl, entitled "An act directing the pur- ] chase of silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes." lie it enacted, etc., That so much ot the act ap- . proved July 14, 18!(0, entitled "An act directing! the purchase of silver bullion and issue of treas- . ury notes thereon, and for other purposes," as , directs the secretary of the treasury to purchase | from time t:> time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,5(H),(KM) ounces, or so much thereof < as may be offered in each month, at the market price thereof, not exceeding one dollar for 371.25 , grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment I ( for such purchases treasury notes of the I'nited ! States, be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; but j this repeal shall not impair or in any manner j uft'cct the legal-tender quality of the standard ! silver dollars heretofore coined ; and the faith and 11 credit of the I'nited States are hereby pledged to maintain the parity of the standard gold and silver coins of the I'nited States at the present | legal ratio, or such other ratio as may be estab- < lished by law. The Wilson bill now goes to the senate to he acted upon by that body. What its : fate will he cannot be predicted with certain- j ty. As near as can bo arrived at, the senate | stands 43 votes for, and 40 against uncon-jl ditional repeal, with two votes?Manderson ' and Mills, doubtful. There is strong reason j' to believe that the senate will vote for un- < conditional repeal, but it may pigeon-hole 1 the Wilson bill and pass, instead, the Yoor- J ] bees hill, which amounts fo the same thing, > /.v/iru.f t I,.i f if cmitninu u ilcclnrnlion ill i favor of biinctalism. |! If the senate accepts the Wilson bill, it i, will at once be sent to the president, and f congress will atljourn as soon as tin.* bill j; becomes a law. If the senate, however. 1 passes the Voorhoes bill, and the house ac- , eepts it, which it is understood to be quite probable, more legislation, somewhat in the i; nature of a compromise, is likely to follow at once, and certainly at the regular session of congress. It is believed that the president will sign the Voorhees bill, if it he- j conies a law, as readily as lie would sign thej, Wilson bill. MKKK MK.NTIOX. |( The national bank note circulation of: the country has increased over $.'50,000,000 i since the lirst of January. There is a ,' strong movement on foot in Kansas in favor !i ofthe State using the convicts in the peni- 1 tentiary to build railroads, to be owned and controlled by the State. A big lumber mill at Oscoda, Michigan, was closed down ,| one day last week, and the workmen tucked ' over the door, a sign bearing the legend, , "Jlocalise <?rover has gone a fishing." ij James Jackson and Aliss Keltic S. Kehard, I of (Jreenbrier, W. Va., were married one day last week. Just after the wedding feast, I j the young man became sick, and eight i hours later lie died. In less than half a day, the young lady was maid, wife and wid-' ow. A big fire in Chicago, last week. destroyed two hundred and fifty dwellings i and rendered 7.000 people homeless. A report has been current to the effect that , President Cleveland is suffering with Height's disease. The truth of the report is posi- . lively denied. The Democrats of Iowa riMinmitiofcri Hoies for governor. Their i platform expresses renewed confidence in i President Cleveland, denounces the McKin- ? ley law, and declares for the free coinage of : silver. (Sovernor Lowclling, of Kansas, ] wants the people of the West and South to i unite against the Fast on commercial (pies- I tions. Heeent reports from Texas are 1 to the effect that in many portions of the j State cotton will not average one bale to six j. acres. The Franco-Siamese difficulty ? has not yet been settled. The French are,! making additional demands on Siam. A ] terrific wind storm swept over New York j i Inst Wednesday and destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property in and about the city. Chicago is counting on from 1120,000 to 1 ">0,000 visitors a day1 from now on. This will mean receipts for for the citv of something like $">00,000 a day. A TRIP TO SAXTlT. A Meiiiliri' ?>f tin' Stair Talus an Outing A Visit to Mr. >1. It. Onto*- Tin- Yuliii' of <>ooil Koiuls Drought I'roof Corn?Tin* Crii|M lire (iooii. "Say, wouldn't you like to take a trip down toSantue tomorrow and come hack Saturday?" "I don't think I can get oil*. Hut what is up? Is tliorn to lie anietiie?" "(>h ! no. There is no picnic; but I am going I down in Unit section tomorrow, and I concluded that perhaps you would like to go." The above colloquy took place last Thursday i afternoon in front of Kennedy Bros. A Barron's store, between Auditor Waters and the writer, and after thinking ever the matter, I told Mr. Waters that I would see whether or not satisfactory arrangements could be made for taking the trip, and let him know by noon on tho following day. Satisfactory arrangements were perfected, and on the day following I informed Auditor Waters that I would accept his invitation. Wo left Yorkville on Friday .afternoon, about ;t o'clock, and traveled the Lainlsford road for a distance of about fifteen miles, when we turned to the left and drove about half-a-mile, when Mr. Waters, who was doing the piloting, directed me to turn to the right and drive up to a neat two-story frame building, which stood back perhaps 250 feet from the road we were traveling. I did as directed, and after getting out of the buggy and unhooking the horse, we went into the piazza, knocked at the door, and were cordially greeted by Mr. J. Lee Dates, son of Mr. J. B. (tales. Soon after, we were welcomed by M rs. ami Miss Dates, and invited in. Wo were pleasantly entertained for perhaps half an hour by Mr. Lee, who has charge of a nourishing school of about forty pupils at McKlwee's academy, near Ids father's home, anil who gave some interesting information as to how it was possible for one man, single handed and alone, to make a success of instructing so many pupils. We had arrived at Mr. Dates s about sundown, and about dark, Mr. .1. B. Dates, who had been out looking after some fodder, came in, greeted Mr. Waters, who wasan old friend and neighbor, and was introduced to the writer. In aashort time we were invited out to supper, and a most excellent one it was, and if there was food on the table that was not homo-raised, except the sugar, coll'ee, pepper and salt, the writer did not see it. While engaged at the evening meal, something was said about the "Debating Society" and the debate that was to take place that evening. Of course I was interested, as I ! always had a fondness for such things?as a list- < encr. Inquiry was made as to where the debate , was to be and the subject for discussion. We 1 were informed that the place was McElweo's i academy, about a milc-and-a-half away, and the , subject for discussion was "Which is the most ' pleasing to the eye, Art or Nature?" It was ] then rather late, and although the practicability of going was discussed, it was decided not to do 1 so. Next morning we learned, however, that < the occasion was a great success, and that the . following gentlemen took part in the debate: 1 Messrs. 10. W; Comer, It. r. Workman, Ross j McFadden, Montgomery Robinson, and .J. Lee , Dates. After hearing tlio arguments advanced 1 on each side, the judges decided in favor of i "Art." Next morning after breakfast, Mr. Waters 1 went over to his farm, which joins that of Mr. Dates, to see what the outlook was, and the writer spent an hour or two talking with the latter gentleman and members of his family. Mr. Oatcs's farm, he informed me, is a part of i one formerly owned by Mr. A. Williford, and ( purchased by the present owner in 1881. It is situated about four miles south of Rock Hill, I and is very productive, growing anything that . can be raised in York county, and that is saying 1 a great deal. Mr. Dates was, before settling on his present farm, one of Oaston county, N. C.'s , best citizens, and is a valuable acquisition to the citizenship of York county, and especially 1 to < 'atawba township. He is a practical, progressive and sueeesful farmer. He is one of the kind that lives at home. About 10o'clock, Mr. Waters returned from his tour of inspection, and lie did not look or talk like u man who had found a gold mine. Soon after his return, we started for Hock Hill, after bidding our hospitable entertainers good-bye. About half a mile from Mr. Oates's, we struck the macadamized road which leads out from Hock Hill towards Chester, and which has been I completed for a distance of three and a half miles. If the farmers of York county could all travel over this road one time, or haul a load of cotton or fertilizer over it, I do not think it would take much talk to induce them to vote to tax themselves to build similar roads in their respective sections. Some por- J tions of the road are a little rough yet, owing < to the fact that at several points travelers have a habit of driving off to one side, instead of on the 1 new road; but where it is regularly traveled, it | is now smooth to drive over. 1 was told by a gentleman who spoke from experience, that it was impossible to estimate the value of that three and n half miles of road to the farmers who live in that section. "Why," said he, "several years ago I started to Hock Hill with six bales of cot- 1 ton on a wagon drawn by four horses, and when j about half way there my wagon broke down on account of the boggy condition of the road. A 1 neighbor happened to be coming from town ; with his wagon, and I borrowed it, transferred my ' cotton and team, and started again. A tier going ( a short distance the second wagon broke down, ; and I was compelled to go on to town, borrow a ( third wagon, and with it, succeeded in getting the cotton to market. Now," he said, "lean i take two medium sized mules and haul six bales ( of cotton over this new road without dilliculty. Oh ! the old road was tough?the worst you ever 1 saw." The road i.- almost level, and what grades , are on it are no steeper than some I have seen on the Narrow (Jauge railroad. Wo arrived in < Hock Hill about half an hour after leaving Mr. . Oates's, and remained until about 4 o'clock. While in Hock Hill, I hoard one or two per- i sons speak about a patch of remarkably line corn belonging to Mr. H. T. Oillespie, whose home is ' near the site of the proposed Industrial School i for Women, in Oakland, and concluded to drive : by and see it. I found that my informants had not told the whole story in regard to the corn, < but that they had underdrawn the picture. The patch, I am told, contains abortt two acres, and | the land is what would be called very poor, ( sandy soil. 1 learn that about forty pounds of < fertilizers was applied to each acre." The corn was planted late?probably about the middle of i June. Tim rows are aouui live loot apart, aim Lho stalks about two and a halt' feet in the row. Some of the stalks are beginning to tassel, and ( will average eight feet in height. The variety of uorn planted is what is known as "drought proof." The seed eame from Mexico, and when t seen by me 011 Saturday, it had had 110 rain for j ijuile a while; but notwithstanding this fact, the stalks were as green and fresh looking as ( intr native corn ever is when it does not sutler : in hour for want of rain. The further develop-1 incut and the final yield of the corn, will be watched with interest. , We returned to Vorkville by way of the upper road, reaching home shortly after dark. The crops along the lower, or l.andsfnrd road, 1 1 lire much better than those on the upper road, I, nid this is due to the fact that a large proper-1; tion of the latter section was in the "dry streak." i The crops for about four miles from town, on ^ pit her road, arc good, and the crops on Mr. N. A. SimriPs place, on the County Farm, .Messrs. ( 1. I>. ('lark's and T. L. Carroll's farms, are espc- t t-iallv line. - < IllM'K MILL llAl'l'KMNUS. 1 SiiimIh.v'w Itiiin and Windstorm?Tasteful Home j Decorations?Visiting Minister?i'ark Avenue ^ to be Closed Fji? Personal and Other Matters. I'orrcsjHUidenee of the Yorkvillc Faquirer. -J Rook II11.1., August Haiti, rain, rain! 4 Who ever saw the like? How it has been rain- ] ing! Though the weather is a thread-bare' subject, and the seasons tabooed and relegated 1 to the wastcbaskel, as a theme suited only to j the cue of the long sulfering spring poets, yet ' this premature reminder of the autumnal equinox, encourages me to make a remark which I { confess will be news to nobody, viz.: it has been raining. The rain has been accompanied by 15 rjuite a gale of wind, sullicicnt to drive the,, drops into any porous substance and to make nutdoor life .impracticable. The cotton is only j 1 beginning to crack onen in the fields. Howl] fortunate that tTie spell reaches us now, instead I iif three weeks later, when it would have dam- jf aged the open cotton thousands of dollars. ! ( One ofthclirst things itoticeable on entering 1 the homes of our little city is the display of ar-1 listie talent. In almost every home there arc ] paintings beautifully and skillfully executed, | giviiigcvidciieeofeullureand refinement. And whether or not there lie any Raphaels, Angclosjt or Vandykesainoiig the artists, there iseertainly 1 . real talent and material for artists of rare ability , ' mid power. ; * At the eburehes, on Sunday, the regular serv- ' ices were held. At the First I'resbyterian j church, Rev. I.uther A. Oates, formerly of the; { Rock 11 i i I ?-ou 11111111 ity, but now pastor of a; i'resbyterian church at Helaware City, Del., ; ^ preacl'ied morning and night. At the Methodist j church, the pastor, Rev. W. S. Wiglitnian, j preached in the morning, and Rev. (FT. liar-, mot) in the evening. At the Baptist church the j regular morning and evening services were eon- j 1 ducted by the pastor. I . on next Sunday there will be no evening scr- 1 vices at the Baptist church. The pastor will t ' preach at Catawba at :{.:;o in the afternoon. ! Captain Sharpe, with li is street force, is closing ' up Park avenue, at the point where it reaches t the grounds of the coming Industrial school . building. The main building of the college 1 will front one block farther east, and thegrounds j will extend back through a large, beautiful , grove of trees to the Three ("s railway. The H citizens regret the closing of Park avenue, which 1 was becoming a popular drive, but it seemed , necessary for the compactness of the college | 1 grounds. ! t Mr. Gary Anderson, of Fort Mill, and Miss! Laura Pereival, of the Bethesda section, were , ^ married by Rev. H. T. Harmon, at bis residence j jj in this place a few, days ago. Miss May Belle Seay,of Rome, Ha., is visiting Miwc \ oiioiiette Watson, of this tilace. ;j Miss Sophie Myers, of Charlotte, is visiting Miss Alitio Mohley. J( Mrs. AlexanderSpnint and eliildren, have re- t lurned from a vist to relatives in Virginia. ! M rs. (J. T. Harmon and ehilden have returned ! * from a visit to relatives and friends in Antler-j t ton, Hiehhnrg and other plaees. v. i. m. j ^ Judge Simniltoll's Deeisitin. J? Attorney (lencral Townsend says that it: notwithstanding the decision of Judge Simon- j ton, no individual has the right to receive t <hiptnents of whisky from points outside the , state unless the certificate of the State dispenser is attached. < Hherwise, all shipments i I ire liable to seizure. .Mr. Traxler says that j' lie will not issue certificates for the ship- j i: incut of liquor anywhere in this State unless t he bought from the State dispensary. | c Judge Simonton's decision, says Mr. Town-1 j <end, does not a licet the right of the State' :o seize liquors, but only says that the State I c lias no right to arrest agents for delivering " t. I c LOCAL AFFAIRS, j ixdfix to m;w advkhtiskmi:xts. i1 i Kid.lie A' Carroll?Have dissolveil co-partnersliio. T. 1>. MeClain?Remember the (load. Menu-? ments and tombstones. K. K. Dowry?Offers good butter, celluloid starch and cheese. \V. J. Roddcy, agent of the Fundable Fife As- , siiranee Society, Hock Mill?Highly satisfactory. Ferguson Brothers?Tell ahout He-No tea at 7f? cents a pound, table salt, cheese, wheat , bran, country-ground corn meal and Hold j1 Dust washing powder. Finlcy A Briec, Plaint ill's Attorneys?Notice to absent defendants in the ease of Fula MeFadden, plaintitf, against Sarah II. Me r lUltJCIl illlll UlUl'TO, (ICICIIllillll*. John II. Simpson, Principal?Hickory Grovei High school, opens on the 4th of 'September, 1KB. Howry A Starr?Spectacles and lanterns. Withers Adiekes Company? Wisii to know if! you know what you are paying for your ! goods. Dr. J. (1. Black, Montvale Stock Farm, Blacks- | burg? Has for sale aShcltland horse pony. j Also six tirst-elass Kssex sow pigs, especi-1 ally suitable for breeding purposes. J. W. V. Dickson?(lives notice tliat Chestnut Grove Alliance will meet on next Saturday. Lenox, Box .'13, Yorkville, S. ('.?Oilers a fourhome farm in Bethesda township, for sale or rent. J. W. Neil and others, committee?Give notice of an Alliance picnic at Zudok, on the lith of September. Members of the Alliance and the public are invited. W. M. Houston A Co.?Tells about a job lot of gentlemen's hem-stitched handkerchiefs, : and wire buckle suspenders and shoes. Ionian Brothers?Are ottering bargains in summer and light-weight clothing for the next thirty days. They are now receiving their > fall stock of hats, and claim that in the matter of shoes, they are not aware of any competition. J. H. ltiddle?Announces the dissolution of the! firm of Kiddle A* Carroll, and his purpose j to continue the grocery business at the old stand. He wants persons who wish to pur- J chase one of the best wagons made, to call and get a "Milburn." Hunter A* Gates?Have received a stock of fall and winter custom-made clothing from the house of St rouse Brothers, which in style, : lit and finish are claimed to be equal to the : best. . I KILL HI) IN BHD. i The only fatality, so far reported in this j section from last Monday's storm, occurred j it Logan & Hinson's saw mill, just over the i line in Cleveland county, N. C. About 5 j a'clock Monday morning, a large tree was I blown down on a cabin in which Lent Mob- j ley and another Negro, were sleeping. The j ] cabin was crushed in and a broken scantling j struck Mobley on the head and kill eel him instantly. The other Negro escaped without ] injury. Mobley was from fiuthriesville, in !1 this county, and Mr. Logan, one of his em-11 ployers, took his body to that place on Mon- ; day for interment. i j TO CONSTRUCT 1V.YTKRWORKS* The waterworks committee of Yorkville is dill hard at work trying to carry out the 1 commission with which it has been entrusted, 1 but of late several new difficulties havo been presented. Actual measurement of O'Leary's spring, 1 shows that its daily capacity is only a little more than 20,000 gallons, or not quite half I the quantity estimated by Surveyor Hard-: man some time ago. The committee has ' come to the conclusion that this supply will, not be sufficient for the town, and is now | investigating the practicability of procuiing the necessary water from what is knowp as ( the "Moore branch," on the Howell's Ferry road, about three-quarters of a mile from the court house. The quantity ot water that . the branch ilows per minute will be measared soon, and if the supply is sufficient, [ntendant Moore is of the opinion that it is , ;till possible to construct the water plant , within the limits of $10,000 recently voted [jy the town. ' please uk ad this folk timks. If you are going away, or if any of your relatives or friends come to visit you, or if ^ my of your family is sick, or if you know of ( my item of news that you would publish if you were running a newspaper, please write ( Hit the facts, either 011 paper or a postal card, , iddress it to The Enquirer and drop it in f the post office. Or, if convenient, leave it ] it The Enquirer office. We always want ^ the news. Don't take it for granted that ( because you know you are going ofl for a ( risit. or that somebody is coming to sec you, ( jr that you or some of your folks are sick, .hat we know it too. Perhaps we will find j t out, and perhaps we will not. ^ ou can ( ilwavs be sure that if an item of the kind ] ndicated above, which you expected to see , 11 The Enquirer, does not appear, it is be- ( muse we did not have the facts, and not be- ] muse we are unwilling to mention anybody ( >r anything in which the reading public is 111-1 ] ercsted. This is not an exclusive paper, and , t is our purpose to give the news. It makes, ] 10 difference whether you arc a subscriber , >r not, we want your items just the same, ind will publish them every time if they jf :omc under the broad head of general news. ( S'ow, please don't forget. There is no:] jharge for publishing personals or other legit- j ] mate news items. 11 | opening of the schools. The Yorkvillc Graded schools and the, Hanks High school, commenced work 011 1 yesterday, having been prevented from openng 011 Monday on account of the storm. 4n yesterday, however, the pupils turned j nit in force, and when the rolls of the respective schools were completed, that of the i j railed school showed up 11") names, and the 1 High school 34. j The (traded school corps of teachers is as . ullows: Professor A. It. Banks, Professor j J tV. B. Dove, and Misses Maggie Gist and Plorric Allison.\ The High school will be i Conducted by Professor Banks, principal, and Processor W. W. Lewis, assistant, and the . m/ic department will be in charge of Miss > (/lie Adickes. . ' Professor Banks is very much encouraged it the outlook in both schools. Of the 34; students in the High school, about fifteen ire from abroad, and several more are ex-j1 iccted/ to arrive during the present week. It is Jxpeeled that there will also he a con- j sider/ble increase in the attendance at the rnyfed school. , Mil connection with the schools, Professor Hanks is contemplating the establishment of 111 art department, and he also expects to j lifer hoys and girls the opportunity to per- I eet themselves in any desired branch of ^ ipccial study. . The boys of the High school will be reqtur- j ;d to wear uniforms, and in a measure they ji vill he governed by military discipline. 1 . 1 "c'lkahi ng hol'sk ckktificatks." p Everybody in this section, especially man-. 1 ifacturcrs. who have to pay out large sums j n cash, are feeling the scarcity of currency, p Hie people of ltock Hill and Fort Mill have M u ?!.? ?<! >>?" '".wo eon K,V Ulb .-.V...V ..J , ...... V...-J ....... ?...~.>, . rinded to follow the load of other mnnufaetur- i 11^ towns liy issuing what are known as clear- r ng house certificates, to take the place of j. mall change. The idea first took shape In ! n )oth towns during last week, and now the | j icwly-provided money is already circulating 1 hrough the arteries of trade, and doing the ' j. vork of gold and silver and I'nele Sam's if ;rcciibuck's to perfection. j t This is the way it is managed. The busi- j less men of Kock Hill held a meeting and * letermincd on the issue of certificates. They hen put up collaterals?gilt-edged securi- r ies?to the amount of #40,ODD ; and on this c hey propose to issue as many certificates as :i nay he necessary, not exceeding in the ag- t jregate value one half the amount of the se-j 1 :uritiev. The certificates arc in various de- t lominations, suitable to meet the demands j\ if trade, and they are receivable at the: o lanks on deposit, or at any of the stores at t iar. Tlicv will nay debts, buy goods, and in t act perform any functions in liock Hill that b s performed by other money. a Fort Mill's certificates have been issued o m practically the same basis, and are equal- v y serviceable and safe. Under all the eir- o uinstances, there is no more reason why ii iny one should refuse to take one of these! t ertificates than a bank note, and we re-1 n speetfully beg leave to sny that they will he ! accepted as readily at this office, as any other money, for subscriptions to the York- 1 viu.k kygriukk. . CHURCH .NOTICRS. Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at 10.45 a. in., and Sunday-school immediate- | ly afterward. Presbyterian?Rev. \V. (J. Neville, pastor.! 1 Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. in., and 8.15 p. in. Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. in. * Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. ] Wehcr, pastor. Services next Sundav morning at 10.30, and evening at 8.1") o'clock. |> Prayer meeting this evening at 8.15 o'clock, j Sunday-school at 4.30 o'clock p. m. Haptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.! t Union?Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Vorkvii.i.k?Services Sunday i evening at 8.15. Sunday-school at 4 p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at r 8.15 o'clock. j Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. (ralloway, pastor. YoHKVii.i.B-?Her- j vices will he commenced on Thursday even-1 1 ing at 8.15. Services on Friday, Saturday I and Sunday at the usual hours. The sac- j j rament of the Lord's Supper will be admin-, istcred on Sunday after the morning service. j ( The pastor will be assisted by Rev. J. P.;1 Knox. Sunday-school at 4.30 p. in. LAST SUNDAY'S STORM. i As everybody seemed to realize at the time, the fearful rain and wind storm which ^ passed over this section last Sunday night, was of an unusual character. From the best t information obtainable, the disturbance had \ its origin in the South-Atlantic ocean, near the equator, and coming northward by way < of the West India islands, broke with all its ' fury on the southeastern coast of the United States, and did great damage at Savannah, ^ Charleston and other cities. Such details as we have been able to obtain from these points t will befound in another column. Thedamage 1 in this immediate section, though considerable in the aggregate, was not especially severe in detail. Quite a number of furmcrs from the sur- j rounding country were in town yesterday, t They report that the streams were higher than they have been this year. Bottom f land corn was overflowed and washed down, and upland corn was blown down by the | s wind. Fodder that has not yet been pulled j lias been lashed into strips, and totally ! destroyed. Where the corn is young, the general opinion seems to be that it will rise j up again, but where it is more mature, it will not do so. Unless there is more rain, however, in neither case there is not much \ reason to fear any considerable damage. I Cotton was also blown down badly. Some farmers tl ink it was ruined, but others are ' of opinion that that the crop is not seriously hurt. While the damage has been general? j everybody hurt some?the destruction does j not seem, at this writing, to have been es- J pecially calamitous in this immediate section. 11 .. , t LOCAL LACONICS. 1 sahbatli-Scliool Convention. ? The A. It. P. Sabbath association of ' York district, will be in session at Smyrna today and tomorrow. Reunion of Hurt's liattery. I ? The annual reunion of Hart's battery is to be held at Denmark today. Speeches <will be delivered by Generals Stephen D. Lee, Wade Hampton, M. C. Butler, and c Major James F. Hart. In connection with I the reunion, there i3 to bo a picnic. ( They Return Thank* to Mr. Krwlu. v ? The colored Presbyterians of the Mc- J: Connellsvillo neighborhood have requested J The Enquirer to make public their thanks 1 to Mr. It. A. Erwin, of Guthriesville, for a ? lot of land recently donated to them by him, ] for church purposes. The congregation hopes < to be able to erect a building on the lot at an ^ Jarly day. 1 Q [>tM*line<l an OftVr from LilwrutL ^ ? Prof. It. J. Herndou, of Yorkville, has j ust had the privilege of refusing what pro- !l Sessional musicians would consider the t: liigh honor of a proposition to accept an ex- ? tended engagement with Liberati, who ranks j is the foremost cornetest of the day. Prof. }| Herndon has other engagements which he ii considers more important. ' Rack from Texan. I! ? Mr. L. It. Williams, of Fodder, returned 1 ast Saturday from a three weeks' visit to f Texas. He traveled through the eastern, i: central and northern portions of the State, a mil kept both eyes open as to the condition 0 if crops, etc., as well as the people. He v iroinises to give the readers of The Enqui- 1 iKR the benefit of his observations at an early e lay, probably next week. (' Wheat anil Oaten. ? Mr. J. M. Thomasson, of Zadok, gives >' n the amount of grain threshed by him the 'y last season as follows: Wheat 2,200 bushels; j1 >ats, XOO. Messrs F. H. Dover & Co., of t] Jrover, report, wheat, 2,X00 bushels; outs I1 [,000 bushels. We shall be very much > ibliged to other threshers if they will send Sl n their reports without delay. i.'licnter llcnts Yorkville. ? The colored baseball clubs of York- T ,-ille and Chester played a match game in k'orkville last Wednesday afternoon. The ^ pi me lasted about two hours and was witlessed by a large number of interested spec- v atniv iiiclndincr a irreut manv whites, h Oliver, colored, of Chester, noted as umpire, b md was not only impartial, but very correct jj n all his decisions. The score resulted 13 o 11 in favor of Chester. The Yorkvillc ? :luh expects to play Chester today. S a 'inr Clour. g ? Mr. (J. L. Riddle, proprietor of the 1 Mmmpion Roller mills, at Zeno, has the " hanks of Tin-: Enquirer for a sack of fine ? latent process flour manufactured by him y rom the best grade of York county wheat. '' [f the writer is any judge of Hour, and lie jj hinks he is, for he has had considerable ex- |> terienee with it, Mr. Riddle is making an J ;xtra (piality, that is equal in every respect tl o the very best grades that are brought from v he Northwest. it lc rin- I>iinuiK<' to tin? Court Hoiap. t| ? The beating rain last Sunday night, v :aught the court house at a disadvantage. ? rite temporary roof was oIT, and there was n to protection to the offices of the sheriff, jj uobate judge and treasurer, except the brick s ind mortar in the groined arches overhead. Alien Messrs. Crawford, McC'orkle and p S'eely got to their oflices on Monday morn- ^ ng, they found that the water was just beginning to Irickle through. They were in ^ ;ood time, however, to look after their books T md, records and managed to preserve them ill without damage. A large quantity of si ime stored in the building was a cause of ;ravo concern to the contractors, but by In aithful work and watching, continuing hrough all day Monday, the limo was kept I iretty dry, and it sustained but little injury. irlkt' In Fort Mill. ? The Times of last week, says the opeatives of the Gingham Mill at Fort Alill are m a strike. The trouble is the result of h, . reduction of wages. For some time past [ [[ he mill has been unable to dispose of its | iroducts at remunerative prices, and in order1 o avoid shutting down entirely, President! w Vliite proposed that the operatives accept j lie-half their weekly wages in cash, and ! in he other half in cloth. The operatives said ; {'j hat their wages had already been reduced j clow a bare living, and they were unable to ; "j ecept the proposition. The superintendent | f the mill then told them they could quit, rhich they did, stopping about four hundred ! tl f the six hundred looms. I'ntil there is an mprovement in the financial condition of he country, there is little hope of an adjust- j? lent of the trouble. hi ABOUT PEOI'IjK. .Mr. It. S. Withers, of Blaeksburg is in own. Mr. K. It. McFlwee, of (Jreensboro, N.C., s in Vorkville. Mrs. Lena C. Wright, of Clover, is visitng Mrs. Cart wright. Mr. J. F. (Jlenn has heen confined to his ted for several days. Mr. Truman Crist has been confined to lis bed for two weeks with fever. Mrs. Louis Cha/al and children, of Charlesoii, are hoarding at Mrs. Janic Williams. Itev. W. C. Neville and family are expect d to arrive in Vorkville today. Miss Maud Metts returned home from {lowing Itock last Saturday. Miss Irene Mull, of Fort Mill, is in Yorkille, visiting Miss Crace MeKlwee. Mr. l'aul (J. McCorkle returned home ast Wednesday from the World's Fair. Mr. Clifford Hell, of I'ineville, X. C., visit d friends in this place last week. Mr. Harry It. Smith, of Columbia, visited datives and friends in this place last week. Mrs. Jacob Battle, of Rocky Mount, N. is visiting relative in this place. Mr. C. H. Dixon, of Columbia, spent a few lays in Vorkville last week with relatives. J Miss Lona Parker, of Chester, is visiting n Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. Horace H. ieard. Mrs. John F. Oates and children, left last Friday for a two weeks' visit to relatives in * Jhester. Mrs. Mattie Thomson and son, Mr. Lewis, )f Spartanburg, are in visiting relatives in forkville. Miss Ella Jedcrys, who was reported last veek as quite sick, is thought to he itnprovng slowly. Miss Heloise Coward, of Charleston, is ,'isiting the family of I)r. W. E. Erwin, iu his place. Mr. W. 31. Allison, who has been eonlined o his bed for the past six weeks, is eonvaescent, and is able to be on the street. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Allison, of Hickory Jrove, arc visiting the family of Mr. W. M. Kennedy. Mr. J. H. Ferguson, of Chester, is again ? it M. <!fc H. C. Strauss's. Mr. John Carroll is .villi Hunter <fc Oates as salesmen. Mr. Howard Caldwell, of Sharon, is at ending tlie High school, and is hoarding at Dr. W. M. Walker's. Mr. and Mrs. (ieorge H. Berry and children, ind Miss Katie Lewis, are visiting friends md relatives in Shelby, N. C. Mr. (ieorge H. O'Leary and wife, and Miss An nice O'Leary, returned home from i he World's Fair last Saturday. A Miss Sue McQueen, who has been visiting 1 Miss F.diHi Wallace, returned to her home 11 Wilmington, N. C\, last Monday. Mr. C. E. Spencer and daughters, Misses Mattie and Alice, and Miss Claude Moore, luve returned home from Blowing Rock, s\ C. Mr. W. H. Hcrndon returned home last veek from a month's visit to relatives in iaskerville, Va.', much benefitted by the rip. Misses Ethel and Klise Latimer returned > ionic last week from Ebene/.er, where they lad been making a short visit to friends. Mr. Charles C. Randlcman and family, of ving's Mountain, N. are visiting in forkville, the guests of Mrs. Brooks Inmau. Mrs. J. C. Calloway and Miss Mary Galoway, left yesterday for a month's visit to iexington, Va. On last Friday, Misses 4hilia and Annie, left for Due West. Rev. W. J. Langston is attending the mnual session of the Union Baptist associaion this week in the interest of the proposed iaptist High school at Yorkville. The asociation met yesterday at Phillippi church, n Union county. LETTER FROM F1NEVI1LLE. k ntvrvmiiug services hi riiiu tun?iioaui 01 nr. .Joseph A. Arilrey. 'orresjxjndence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Pinkvii.i.k, N. C., August 25.?'The protract(1 meeting at Flint Ilillliaptist church, closed j m Sunday. Rev. I). M. Austin assisted the | mstor, preaching very faithfully from Sunday intil the following Friday afternoon. Pastor 'urtis baptized fourteen oil Sunday, and two vero restored to the membership of their hureh. With the exception of two married icrsotis, the others were from the Sunday-school. L'his ought to encourage the hearts of the superntendent and teachers. Gold Hill academy is thriving under the wise ? aid eftieient management of Prof. Padgett. iVhat a blessing it is to have one, with a welloiinded Christian character, to teach our chiliren ; this kind of work will mould them for food and usefulness. Our town was full of gloom, and sorrow on Puesday afternoon, by the sudden death of our steenicd fellow townsman, Dr. Joseph Alexanter Ardery. He had a severe stroke of apodexy about 8 o'clock in the morning, and died ,t 4 p. m. We feel that we have sustained a leavy loss in the death of Dr. Adrey, and it is itting that some words be said about him. In ? arly life ho was left an orphan, but the wise ounsels of his elder brother, Captain W. E. trdrey, (now superintendent of the U. S. mint u Charlotte, N. C.) was exceedingly Helpful to dm, and after receiving a good academic trailing, he entered the A. and M. college, at Lexngton, Ky., and was there during the years 1807 nd 1808. He was then graduated from the uedical college of Charleston, ?S. C., in 1S72. )r. Ardrcy located at once in Pineville, N. C., ud all through the years that followed, lie faithullv pnwticcd his profession. It was characterdie of the man to exert his every energy in the irofession lie loved and honored. To him it was privilege highly appreciated to discharge the ncrous and burdensome duties that a faithful ihysician must meet at every step jn his on..-..-I v..... i,iu 'ineville, he married Miss Kliza Delamey, who tils indued ii helpmeet. She, with lier live little hildreii, mourn the great loss sustained by the eutli of their loved ones. It is gratifying to mow that they are in comfortable circumstances. Dr. Ardrey, at the time of his death, waspreslent of the 1'incville Cotton mill. Let it be reorded us best of all that he was a member of the Icthodist ehureh, and trusted in that Saviour, 11 whom to believe is salvation. One, as they joked at the very large sorrowing pnx-ession hat followed his remains to their last resting lace, could but remark in what esteem he was eld in his community. He was buried by the lasonic lodge of this place, he having been their unior warden. * BLACKSBURU BUDGET. ypiciil \Voutli?*r Broken l>y u .Storm?The (.rutted School Open?A Dull .Month for the Dispellsary?Sail Death. orrespontlenee of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Hi.acksiiuhu. August 211.?'The past soveral reeks were made up of typical August weather jr our climate. Bright, wurtti sunshine during iie day, tempered occasionally by soft, delicious reezes, mornings and evenings, with un atinoshere just cool enough to be bracing ami invigrating. On Friday, however, there was a rise of sevral degrees in temperature, and for nearly ^ iventy-four hours, the heat was very great. On aturday morning, a gentle rain began to fall, nd gradually increased in force until the round was thoroughly saturated with water. 'he atternoon was clear and bright, but Sunday turning there were threatening clouds, in the fternoon another fall of rain, and during the ight one of the heaviest rain storms begun, ,-itli which our section has been visited for ears. The rain came in blinding sheets, driven y a stormy and continuous cast wind, and isted for sixteen hours, owing to the lbreu of lie wind, the rain was very penetrating and P rod need a great deal of discomfort, the storm, esiucs, iuuiik roiuuui-riiuic imiua^u uy mowing own corn, washing the uplands, and Hooding le low lands. The (trailed school was advertised to open esterday, hut the storm prevented. This loruiug, however, the hell rang out clear and mil, summoning the children and teachers to le work of another term. The teachcrsarc W. V. Dixon, superintendent; Walker Moore, 5th nd lith grades; Miss t'larkson, .'Ird and 4th ratios; and Miss Pesth and Mattic Davies, priuiry grades. 1 am informed hy Mr. Albert Whisonant, that e is ahout making expenses from the sale of tate liquor. The expenditures for the first lontli, ending 31st August, will approximate "5, and the sales will amount to $300, giving a rotit of $70 or $75. Hence it will ho seen that lere will he no revenue for either the county or mil. Undine, the (J months' old hahc of Mr. and Irs. X. \V. Hardin, died on Sunday morning of rysipelas, after a severe illness of eight days, he loving and tender care of devoted parents ml friends, with the unceasing ministrations of ^mpathi/ing physicians, made the struggle a rong one, hut the dread disease prevailed ; the iveet, bountiful (lower failed ; the gentle, inno nt life went out; the spirit released from the Dily; and now another treasure is in heaven. w. a. LETTER FROM SMYRNA. audition of the Crops?School Kntcrtuiumcnt ? Sunday-School Convention. irresjiondeiiee of the Yorkvllle Kmpilrer. Smykna, August -s.?Until interferri'd with y the rain, our people have been busy gatherig fodder. Now they will arrange to sow their irnips. Crops in this section are not so good us report 1 in manv other iiloi-oui.r?In,....mo?. \i-..i....... on hadly injured hy protracted drought. <hir >tton, however, though small, is well fruited. * Professor t'astles's school, which now has seedy-six pupils, gave us an interesting entertaiuleut last ! riday night. A large audience was resent. The Allison Creek hand furnished the msie The people of this vicinity have manifested inch interest in the "Holiness" meetings at iekory < J rove. A Sunday-school convention is to he held at inyrna this week. < >ur people are making exnsivc arrangements for the entertainment of ledelegates. Hum-* Kkmaukkh. ? eiitlinf Hcv. .1. M.Tixhl, !?. I). ? Hev. J. M.Todd, I). 1 professor of Lati and Herman in Krskine college, died at is home itt Due West last Friday.