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Jtoaps audi ^atts. j ? St. Louis Courier: "The dog ain't mad," ' said the cur's owner. "No ; but by thunder I am," said the man nursing the bitten leg. And so Russell Sage, with an income of $20,000 a day, is telling the people to "keep cool; i there is nothing wrong with our financial in-; stitutions." The fooled workman is swear-! ing all the same, and the bite out of his i wages makes him hotter than ever. ? When Maximilian was emperor of Mexico, he put a stop to train robbing in that country by an ingenious trick. Three hundred soldiers were disguised as peasant women and put aboard a train. The train was held up by a big gaug of bandits. The soldiers suddenly produced their guns, aud firing into the bandits, killed fifty of them and put the rest to flight. It is getting about time for the adoption of some such a ruse as this in the western part of the United , States. ?War is a very expensive nusiness. ctaus- j tics of some of the great wars of the past are i as follows: The Crimean war cost $2,000,000,000 and 750,000 lives. The Italian war of 1859, $300,00(^000 and 45,000 lives ; the war for Southern independence cost the North $5,100,000,000 and the South $2,300,000,000, and together about 830,000 lives; the Prusso-Austrian war of 186G cost $333,000,000 and 45,000 lives ; the Russo-Turkish war, $125,000,000 and 250,000 lives, and the Franco-Prussian war $4,100,000,000 and 19(5,000 lives. ? This is a short year for wheat all over the world, and the English crop is quite as bad in proportion as our own. The wheat acreage is the smallest on record for the United Kingdom. The actual wheat crop of the world last year, of which the United States grew 515,952,000 bushels, was 2,018,413,000 bushels. This year the estimated crop is only 1,891,200,000 bushels, of which the United States has only 400,000,000 bushels, the loss being almost entirely In this country. The only surplus is in Russia. These are the latest figures. ? In weighing the gold in one of the vaults of the Philadelphia mint, last Friday, the officials discovered a shortage of about 5,000 ounces, valued at $105,000. The discovery ; created quite a big sensation, and as the' vault appeared to be securely sealed, every-1 body was at a loss to account for the disap-! pearance of the money. Henry S. Cockran, j an old official who had been employed at j the mint for forty-three years, was charged ; with the robbery. He broke down almost without a denial and told his accusers where a fin/1 Vi a ctnlnn rrnlrl V/ioplv nil nf if U'flC IV 1IUU fllV OhVlVi* ^ViUt A 1 Vi*? IJ M<4 V* ? V ?!? % recovered. Cockran is thought to be crazy, j and it is probable that he will be sent to the j asylum. ? Governor McKinley, of Ohio, commenced J his second campaign at Akron, on Monday i of last week. In his speech he charged all | existing trouble in business and otherwise, i to the Democrats. If he had charged the i Democrats with responsibility for better; times he would have been right, but to charge j the Democrats with existing conditions is all! wrong. As yet, the Democrats, have not I changed a single law left the country by the ! Republicans, and it is very clear?as clear as ' the nose on Mr. McKinley's face?that the Republicans and the Republicans alone, are 1 responsible for existing conditions. How ever, such is the politics of the politicians.' When things turn out all right, they did it;! and when they turn out all wrong, the other I fellow did it. ? Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia, I takes a broad view of honest bimelalism. In i his speech in the senate last Thursday, he j gave his reasons why he wants square dealing with the silver question as follows: "In behalf of the impoverished farmers, in behalf of the great masses of labor, in behalf of the retail merchants, in behalf of the wholesale merchants and manufacturers, in behalf of! the banks and their depositors, in behalf of1 the railroads, in behalf of the industries, rich and poor, in behalf of the police (so that there shall be no bread riots), in behalf of both political parties, in oenait ot America, j the day star of the world's hope, he asked ; American Senators, here and now, in this accepted time, to deal with this great and j world-wide question in a great way, and to ' fulfill the great hopes with which the American people returned the Democratic party to power." ?The New York World has printed sketches of the careers of the governors of the forty-four States of the Union. The lives of many of them are uneventful, but the sketches show that the governor of Washington was a car-driver; the governor of Oregon got up before daybreak to drive, in his barefeet, cows over frost-covered ground: the governor of Wyoming was a drug clerk ; the governor of Nevada assisted a ship carpenter ; the governor of Kansas worked in a livery stable; the governor of New York taught school and thrashed big pupils; the governor of West Virginia worked in a small store while his mother made dresses for a living; the governor of Idaho herded mules! and shot Indians; the governor of South l)a-1 kota worked for $20 a year ; the governor of Maryland rolled tobacco hogsheads; the! governor of Connecticut ran errands and worked in a blacksmith shop; the governor |. of Wisconsin clerked in a big hotel that i didn't have any guests. ? The United States and Mexico have got- j ten into a little dispute with each other over; the ownership of an island in the Rio Grande river. Although the treaty with Mexico i provides that any territory suddenly cut oP'i by the river shall continue to belong to the country from which it was cut, the Mexicans claimed this island and exercised jurisdiction over it. A few years ago the river changed ; its channel again and left the island on the ' United States side, to which it originally be longed. The owner of the land in Mexico, i to which the island became contiguous when it was cut off in I860, still claims it as his; property. Certain Texans, however, have \ also put up claims to the land, and in the disputes for its possession, the respective claimants have more than once fired at each j other across the river. United States troops j were sent to the scene of the trouble. They have arrested a number of Mexican custom house officials, and are now holding the island subject to a diplomatic settlement of the pending difficulty. ?- It is estimated that there is $8,800,000,000 worth of silver in the world, reckoned at the rate of $1.2920 per ounce. The population of this country cannot be a soul less than 70,000,000 at this date. That means that if every ounce of silver that has been saved from all the mining of all the ages could be tuined in upon our nation, it | would be only about $54.28 per capita, only j about what France uses in her daily business; not any more than enough for the American 1 people to go on with their peaceable con-: quest of this continent. That disposes in a moment of the cry of our being overborne j by a mighty inflow of the white metal. At the same time the daily transactions of business of India cannot be carried on in any j other metal except silver. The daily trans- j actions of all the nations of Kurone cannot he carried on except by silver. The same is j true of South America, of Central America, j of Mexico, indeed of all the world. So it is' a manifest and onmuipotent fact that of all this amount of silver it would not he possible to save from the whole lot for us $1,500,000,000. That would he but $21 per capita. From these figures anyone can see what a j bugbear we have all been quaking over for ! the last ten years. ? A curious blunder happened near Opelika, Ala., one day last week. It came near I being attended with fatal results to innocent I parties. Sheriff Gibson had information that a desperate murderer, for whom he had a j warrant, was hiding in a farm house about eight miles from Opelika. Accompanied by Deputies Brown and Gordon, the sheriff went after the murderer. On the road they ; inquired their way of a farmer named What-1 ley. Whatley followed the party to see the fun. The sheriff posted his deputies at the windows of the house and himself went to the door. The murderer became alarmed I and jumped out of a window. One of the deputies heard the noise, and running to the spot, covered a man he saw there with his pistol. After explanations it developed that the man was Whatley. The prisoner got away. Ten minutes were lost. The two deputies followed in the direction the murderer had taken, by different routes. They came upon each other in a dense wood.j Urnivn tlioiiirlit (inrdnn wji<* the criminal and *#IVM "7Mo,,v v"v,,w" ? | ordered him to throw up his hands. Gordon thought Brown was the criminal and reached for his revolver. Brown fired and his bullet struck Gordon in the temple. Gordon fell, | but immediately jumped to his feet and re- j turned the lire. Both men emptied their re- i vol vers at each other and attempted to reload. The sheriff was attracted by the [ firing, and coining up about this time, cor-j rected the mistake. The niunlerer trot away.' Gordon's wound was an ugly one, but not necessarily dangerous. ? The National Retail Liquor Dealers' association, proposes to tight the constitutionality of the South Carolina dispensary law i in the supreme court of the United States. The members of the association are afraid ; of the dispensary idea, and, if possible, they I desire to kill it before it runs them out of I business. Site ?orkvillc inquirer. ? . J YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,1S93. ? We desire to call the especial attention of all our agricultural readers to the article on "Dairying and Stock Raising in the South," written by Mr. Rowland Rlack, and published in our farm department. Everything that Mr. Rlack writes is full of sense. This article differs from the others in being full of dollars. It is as sound as the decalogue, the key note to success, and daylight will begin to dawn before any young farmer, the very hour he begins to intelligently carry out the policy outlined in this special article. ? The goldbug papers say that the "Sherman law is as good as repealed."- We do not mean to claim that the unconditional repeal men?the honest bimetalists?are not in the minority ; but if our goldbug friends are satisfied with the present situation, we move that the senate now postpone further consideration of the Sherman law, revise the tariff on a revenue basis, and then take up the] question of the free coinage of silver. Of! course, this is all provided that the Sherman law is "as good as repealed." ? - - - ? Going the rounds of the newspapers, is a statement to the efTect that a gang of (ieor- J gia counterfeiters have been arrested for I making dollars of regulation size and fine- ? ness, etc., out of genuine silver. The para- j graph is intended to illustrate the bad policy j that is being practiced by the government in j making its dollars with only fifty-seven cents I worth of silver. Even if the story were ] true, we fail to see much sense in it; but it I is not true. The counterfeiters have really J been coining dollars, as alleged, but instead I of genuine silver, they used metal secured j by melting up brittania dippers. ? ? < ? For the past fifteen years, the whole1 South has been pround of Senator John W. Daniel, the silver-tdhgued orator of Virgin- j ia. But alas! he has no friends now except j the honest bimetalists of the country. In the senate, last Thursday, he made a most ( powerful speech against the unconditional repeal of the Sherman law. Among other : things he told the opposition: 4iThe Demo-' , cratic platform declares for the repeal of the j McKinlcy tariff, but does that mean that , the country is to be left without revenue? , The platform also declares for the repeal of , the Sherman law, but in doing so, shall we ( leave the country without silver?" i ? Professor Dixon, of Blacksburg, suggests | the re-organization of the York county teachers' association, and in our opinion the suggestion is deserving of immediate atten- ( tion. Intellectual and social intercourse of the teachers with each other is worth a ^reat deal to each individual, and the general tendency is a great benefit to all the shools in , the county. The association, as it formerly ( existed, was probably not what it should have ] been, but at the same time it was worth a great deal more than no association. By means of thorough organization, it strikes us , that the teachers can more readily develop ] the efficiency of our school system, and we ( believe that the majority of the citizens of j the county will do what they can to help .1. ;* lllt'Ill UU U'. | ( ? Mr. Hrutl'ey, a reporter of the Atlanta Con- j' stitution, was in South Carolina recently and vis- 1 ited one of (Sovernor Tillman's joints, where lie bought some dispensary goods. His testimony [, concerning the medicine is that a "a gallon of it i distributed among a hundred negroes would ' bring 011 a riot in ten minutes, while a pint of it | poured oil a railroad, would make the train j' jump the track." If that is true, Coventor || Tillman nmst prove a strong promoter of the :, cause of temperance in South Carolina. No , snake medicine can be had except of him,:1 and according to Mr. Ilrufley, a man would not '' be likely to want a second dose of his.?('liar-1 j lotte Observer. ' ] The statements in the above paragraph j have been going the rounds of the daily j] papers for some weeks. The main idea of: ( printing them, of course, has been a thrust j at the dispensary law, which some newspa-' pers believe is likely to be adopted by surrounding States. Now nobody doubts that Mr. Bruffey is a good judge of liquor and all j that, but if he or anybody else will prove s to our satisfaction that he did not drink all j1 of that "mean" liquor and buy a second bottle, we will be willing to admit that the dispensary law is a rank failure. ? The senate, it is safe to say, has not grown in j popular favor within the past two weeks. It has never been too (irmly entrenched in the alfeetions of the people, and its present action is liable to, in a measure, destroy that remnant of awe ; and prestige it has before the masses of the conn-; try.?Atlanta Journal. The people, the poor people! Oh, what j crimes are committed in the name of the j people! Just now those few senators who are standing out against the demonetization crime, represent more people than was ever before represented by the same number of men. The fact that the house voted forj unconditional repeal is no indication what-' ever of the sentiments of the people, it is a well-known fact that one man with a million dollars, has more influence than a thousand men with only a thousand dollars each. Neither tlie majority in the house or the senate arc representing the people. They are representing a few hundred mil-1 lionaires. Dishonest? No, there is noj< need to say anything about their honesty, p They probably think a man who has made a million dollars ought to know more about finance than.one who has never made anv* 1 i tiling : therefore, they esteem it the proper thing to represent the money of the country rather than the people. ? 4 ? In assigning reasons for the fact that business throughout the country last week ....... 1,,.;^L. oc .luiMtiir tl,,. L Y> ur* 1IUL .-?V Ul IPi\ (1.1 VIUI nip Wiv .ivv.. preceding, ltradstreets tnke occasion to say: "The long drawn out indifference of the senate to the wishes of an enormous majority of the business community has had a depressing effect on the commercial situation." Brudstreets, as everybody knows, is a socalled commercial agency, ostensibly run in the interest of the business of the whole country. As a matter of fact, however, this concern is nothing more than a big detective agency, whose mission is to spy out the private concerns of small establishments, : and perform any other dirty work that may be demanded by its patrons. Most of the metropolitan daily papers claim that a ma- ' jority of the people are on the side of unconditional repeal. That is manifestly untrue. Seven-eights of the people are against it. j Bradstrcets say a majority of the "business , community." If it had said "a majority of the business community that we represent ' wants unconditional repeal," it would have been strictly correct. However, we do not believe that the total number of business men who are actually working for uncoil (litional repeal, with a full understanding of what it means, aggregates r?0,000 in the whole United States. If there were no other reasons, that alone would be sufficient grounds for any honest man to oppose the measure . THE FKJIIT IN THE SENATE. The end of the big silver light in the senate is not yet. More than that, it is impossible to say when it will come. As Senator Yorhees, the leader of the unconditional repeal forces, puts it: "There is no power on earth, nor in the heavens above, nor in the depths blow, that will compel the senate to take immediate action on me repeal out. Both sides acknowledge that the unconditional repealers have a majority, and that if the bill ever conies to a vote, it will pass. All the senators have their minds made up. As near as can be gotten at, 47 of them are for repeal, and the remaining 37 stand squarely opposed except on the basis of a compromise. They talk, talk, talk, but it all amounts to nothing. There has not been a change since the fight commenced. The whole thing nov is merely a matter of physical endurance. The minority may be able to stave off the repeal bill indefinitely. When it convinces the majority of its determination and ability to do this, it is possible that it may get a favorable compromise. YORK'S IRON NOT CORNERED. The statement that the "Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines syndicate," with a cash capital of $30,000,000, has cornered nine-tenths of all the iron ore in the world, is of interest to iron men everywhere. As the result of investigations made last week, we learn that although the syndicate made several efforts to get possession of iron property in this county, so far as any of our local iron men are aware, it has failed, and most of our iron ores are still in the hands of local owners. Possibly the operations of the syndicate will affect the value of iron ore in this county, and maybe that they will not; but in either event, those people who don't believe that our York county ores will ever again fig- j urc in the markets of the world, are more j than mistaken. The quantity of iron ore in the vicinity of King's creek, lllaeksburg and Nanny's mountain, is sufficient to supply the demand of the world for years, and it is a | matter of fact, not theory, that in quality' it is equal to the finest ores known. If the Three C's railroad is ever comple-1 ted, and it will be some day, iron ore will be j shipped from this county to all the big fur- j naces in the Union, and the manufacture of j iron at home will be the greatest industry i ever dreamed of in York. So far everything j has been conspiring against the development j of our mineral wealth; but, after all, this wealth is only being husbanded against the I now near future, when it will make tins j country blossom as the rose. KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME. A dollar saved is a dollar made, and a i dollar sent abroad for something that could 1 have just as easily been produced at home, j is a dollar wasted. Doesn't that look plain | enough ? Then isn't it very poor policy for an j individual to spend hard-earned dollars for j something that he could have produced himself at much less cost? It certainly looks that way to us, and when we consider the extent to which York county is pursuing this policy, the result of our investigations are alarming. Worse, they arc humiliating. Take, for instance, the one item of wheat. In the year 1SS9, according to the census ef 1890, the consumption of wheat in this county was 330,222 bushels; that is, allowing a pound a day for each individual. Of this amount, 85,720 bushels were produced at home, and 250,502' bushels were brought from abroad. From the best information we can get, the figures this year are practically the same. Now, what does it mean? At fiO cents a bushel, the value of the wheat purchased from abroad was $150,301.20. The value of that produced at home was $51,432.00. The money sent abroad was entirely lost to our circulation, while that kept at home was that much sayed?just so much to be added to the general wealth cf the county. The amount sent abroad, however, exceeds that saved at home by $98,[J89.20, and this represents the sum that York county lost in 1SS9 by failing to produce at home sufficient wheat for local con-; sumption. There is no need for this state of a Hairs. It is not business. Due hundred and fifty thousand dollars is a big sum of money, and when sent out of our county makes a big hole in our local circulation. It hurts every individual in the county more or less, and the individuals who send it out, more than anybody else. By raising all our wheat at home, $150,000 more money can be kept in local circulation from one year's end to the ; other, and take our word for it, the good idfects will be felt by every farmer and business man in the land. * * Sknator Daniki.'s (Jukat Speech.?The greatest event, so far, of the present extra session, was the speech, on Thursday, of Senator Daniel, of Virginia, lie spoke fori lour hours and a half, and for all that time to a full senate, except a few radical Republicans from the Eastern States, who were in the cloak rooms hobnobbing with John Sherman, sat with eyes fixed upon the orator from Virginia. This speech is beyond description. It was eloquent, it was logical, it was convincing, and it was more than all that. For when fifty or sixty gray-haired old senators sit for ; four hours and a half, scarcely moving, with ' their eyes fixed upon a man, lie is saying j something all that time that is commanding j the attention of the brightest intellects in | this nation. Senator Daniel told the senators from the) Northwest that he had not forgotten their | service to humanity when they defeated the Force Bill, lie covered almost the whole field of economics and showed himself master of it. He made a defense of the free I coinage of both metals, which will stand unanswered while this government endures. Every reply he made to the assertions of; the gold standard defenders was just as convincing as what he said to Edward Atkin-1 son, in reply to the statement tiiat the only ! honest dollar must be made of a metal,1 the bullion value of which was equal to its j : 1.... AT.. 1 u.,5,1 . llVnn V ill III'* JU, J'UUIVI . I uu strike a silver dollar with a hammer and you knock the dollar out of it. It is no longer a dollar: what is left is bullion. The ' same is true of the gold dollar, hut the gov-' eminent will take that gold bullion, and at the expense of the people, will reeoin it, and put the dollar back again. Hut the bullion that is left after the dollar is knocked out of the silver dollar, is pig metal. The gov- j eminent will not put the dollar back, and in this and this alone lies the cause of the dill'crence in the price of silver and gold bul-! lion."?Patriotic News Bureau. TH CONFEDERATE VETERANS. The following letter, dated "Headquarters 1'nited Confederate Veterans, Boom 21, Kenner Block. 2.*> Carondolet street, New Or-1 leans, La., September l.'Jth, 1explains itself: I Kimtok or Tin-: Yoituvii.i.k Knui ihkk: tienernl John It. Cordon, commanding tinted Confederate Veterans, is anxious that the information showing progress made in organizing ramps in this benevolent association, lie given, to the public with the Impound belief that it will stimutate and encourage those veterans who have not yet organized, to do so at once, and semi their applications for necessary papers for, membership, immediately into those headquarters. Will you kindly aid the old veterans by publishing this letter and data in your valuable paper, in this week's issue? Summary (d't'amps by States: Northeast Texas division a7 ; West Texas division lis; South-, cast Texas division lh; Northwest Texas di-; division l.'S; Southwest Texas division 12; Total J Texas 12ii; Alabama "si; Mississippi -'IT; Louisi- J iiua.'il; Florida 2<i; Kentucky 2a; Arkansas 21 ; i Tennessee l.">; South Carolina Hi; North Caroli ?.. . < - \ ,1. I.. I. I.I il li;i in; ncnr^iJi^; \ ir^iiua / , "kmiihum i, *"" i vision Northwest 2; Indian Territory 2; Missou- J ri 1; 1 >istriet of ('olntnliia 1; Total-tl'l eanips. j Very respoetfully, (i ko. Moo km ax, Aojiitant < General and ("liiel" of Stall'. | LOCAL AFFAIRS. IXDF.X TO MOW ADVIOKTISIvM i:\TS. W. .1. Koddev, Manager i?f Iviuitable Life Insurance Society, Rook 11 ill?An investment yielding over (> jkt cent. H. 15. Lowry?Can furnish you with sardines, soda, fresh mackerel and Tray lor's "Triumph" five cents cigars. ; M. A" II. Strauss?Want you to conic and see their newly renovated store, and the new goods that are received daily. W. (>. (luy, Lowrysville, S. C.?lIas a 4-horse farm on the Pinekney r?ia<l which he wants to rent. W. ('. Latimer?Asks that you pay the money I you owe him?if you are one of the persons ! i lie talks about. | J. 11. Riddle?Wants to sell 4-inch shingles at S2.2.1 a l.(KH). bagging and ties, hams, sugar iiml Hour. Dowry *V Starr?Tell about the merits of EairLatik's Gold Dust Washing Powder. II. A. I). Neely, Treasurer of York county, lets it lie known when and where he will be on j, eertain days, to eolleet State, county and special taxes. It. A. Crawford, Executor?Notifies those in-j dehted to the estate of Mrs. C. K. Ileum-j hill, deceased, that the claims are in the hands of C. K. Spencer, Esq., and that if they are not paid by the loth of October,! they will be put in judgment. I W. M. MeGill, Executor?Warns those indebted j to the estate of John McGill, deceased, that j if payment is not made by the 1st of No- I vcmber, the claims will be put in the i hands of Einley A Briee for collection. j John M. MeEadden, Hock Hill?Oilers ma- | chinery for sale, including engine, saw j mill, circular saws, saw guinmer, shingle |1 machine, cotton gin and cotton press, j Will sell as a whole or separately. I ( THEY THOCGHT HE WAS McMAXlS. Mr. R. T. Rigginsand Deputy ShcrilE Love,;1 j arrested a suspicious negro near Lockhnrtj1 Shoals, last Friday, under the supposition | that he was Charles McManus, an escaped! convict, who was sent to the penitentiary 1 I from the Catawba Junction section of this h county, about two years ago, for manslaugh-' j ter. The negro has a number of big scars on i i | his neck and back, and answers closely to'( McManus's description, but a penitentiary 1 guard, who came tip on Sunday, to identify I him, pronounced him the wrong man. The! j negro gave his name as Reuben Rice, and ! j claims that his home is at Jonesville, Union I county. His actions before and since his i arrest, have been very suspicious, and I>epu- j ty Love is satisfied that the fellow must be j ( wanted somewhere, but as yet has no infor- j mation as to who wants him. | CHURCH 'NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at', 10.4"> a. m., and Sunday-school immediately afterward. , Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yohkvillk?Sun- ; day school at 4 o'clock p. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. ( Weber, pastor. Services next Sunday morn-., ing at 10.30, and evening at S o'clock.'J Prayer meeting this evening at 8 o'clock, j Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. |, Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor, j' Yorkvillk?Services next Sunday at 10.30 o'clock a. m., and at 8 o'clock p. m. Sun- j day-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meet- i ing tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. i Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor, i Services next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Usu- i al quarterly services to the Sunday-school at i 4 o'clock p. m. The public is invited. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 5 i o'clock. THE BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL. ! I The work of repairing the old King's J Mountain Military school building, for the < use of the Baptist High school, is progress-! ing as rapidly and as satisfactorily as those : j who have the matter in charge could desire. When Mr. Dover commenced Ins work, i the building was in bad shape. In fact!' some portions of the roof were on the point , of a collapse, and in some of the rooms, por-1 tions of the floor had rotted entirely through. I In a few years more, the building in all'1 probability, would have been a total ruin.; The result of judicious work, however, has! already told wonderfully. The roof has j been thoroughly repaired, all leaks have i been stopped, and within a few weeks more, J the building will be in as good or better con-1 dition than it was twenty years ago. The work on the school building will he Is completed within about six weeks or two months, baring accidents, and then, in the opinion of those who have looked into the;, matter, the home of the Baptist High school j, will be second to 110 other institution of the : kind in the State. REPORTS OF THE THRESHERS. Reports from the wheat and oats thresh- j ers throughout the county up to date are as !( follows: WIIEAT. oATs. 1 ' J. M. Thomasson, 2,200 son V. II. Dover it Co 2,:UH) I.ikki j Jackson it Currenec, 2,f>00 1KJ0 j, Armstrong A- Jackson, .'5,/itN) ],"?(*) j: Smith it Rrothers, 1,700 .'UK) j Whitesides it McKnight, 1,200 2(H) | Foster it Dorris, 2.0S2 1 ,-*tS4 i, Krwin it Cordon, 2,810 2,570 j j (lood Rrothers, 4,740 1,775 j 11artnoss it Ramsey .'!,5<hi :uki ] R. M. Wallace ?t Co I,s7'! 181 , J. ('. Patrick it Co., 2,777 700 John Plexieo 2,200 1,551 Youngblood it Parrott 2,525 072 j! The above reports grow more interesting ] as they grow more complete. We have'1 knowledge, however, that they do not in- ' elude more than one-half the wheat thresh- M oil in ?hi? nniintv Somehow, the threshers ' seem to be loath to make their reports. If 11 any of our subscribers can give us any in- 1 formation that will make the above statement more complete, they will have our sin- j! cere thanks. DEED KECORDED. Thk Exquiukr's statement of last week to the ellect that the Charleston, Cincinnati j | and Chicago railroad would be taken out of the hands' of the receiver on October 1, is | evidently more than a rumor. We have no ; information yet as to just what day the road ' will change hands, hut judging from u deed ii recorded in the clerk's ollice yesterday, there j I is no longer any doubt that a change is soon to he made. I i The deed referred to conveys all right and ; 1 title in the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chr- i cago railroad, including the completed por- j 1 tion, the Augusta division, and unused fran- i i chiscs through to Ashland, Ky., to ('bales E.! llellier. |j At the foreclosure sale some time ago, Mr. Hellicr hid off the property at $550,000. He I has since paid $100,000 in cash, and by the I terms of the title deed, his continued pos- j, session of the property is conditioned on the payment of the remaining $450,000, together; i with all claims that may have heretofore been ] or may hereafter be judged binding liens on , the property prior to the mortgage sale. He i is also liable for all unsettled obligations in-; | eurred by the temporary and permanent re-' i ceivers prior to the date he takes possession. 11 The deed of transfer is signed by Daniel . IT. Chamberlain, receiver and special master; j Frank Cox, president of the Charleston, Cin-11 cinnati and Chicago Kail road company ; and i F. M. Stone, president of the Koston Safe Deposit and Trust company. ] < TO BE DECIDED OCTOBER 1UT11. 1 In a little more than one month from to- ' day, or to be more precise, on the 24th day I of October, some club-maker is going to be i1 awarded a $!K) buggy made by the Carolina Buggy company. We don't know who the 1 person will he, hut we are absolutely sure that it will be the man who shall have re-!' turned and paid for the largest number of!' yearly subscribers to Thk Exqiiuku at j1 $1.75 each, between Anril 5th and the date 1 mentioned above. Reader, do you know of anyway in which you can make $1)0 in the i next thirty days easier than by returning ( and paying for the largest club yourself? ' You may not have returned a single name jc up to this time, and still you may win the !( buggy ; and again, you may have returned ' quite a number and stand a fair chance' 1 today, hut hv the time the 24th of October 1 rolls around, some other club-maker, who now has fewer names on the books than > yourself, may have "gotten a move on him," i and rushed in the names with such rapidity 1 as to leave you in the rear. The buggy is 1 worth the best ellbrts of any one, and even * those who may try for it and fail, will not ' l?e hurt, as ample provision is made for all 1 who work for Till-: KNqiniKK, in our "sum-1 mer campaign oiler" published on the fourth 1 page of this paper. i:\ctksiox to maiiiox. l Captain. (f. M. Moore, of Blacksburg. has , arranged to run a big Sunday-school exertr-. t sion from Hock Hill S. ('., to Marion, X. ('., j i on Saturday, September, BO. The train will leave ltock Hill at 7 a. m.,'.j and arrive at Marion at 12 m. Returning < will leave Marion at (> p. m., and arrive at i c Rock Hill at 10.30 p. m. The excursionists i will have six hours in Marion, and theoppor-! c t unity to make a short trip over the Western i North Carolina railroad to the top of the; < Blue Ridge mountains at hut triflng extra cost. t The schedule through this county going M north will lxt us follows: Leave Kock Hill at j ( 7 a. in.; Old Point, at 7.10; Newport at j > 7.1^0; Tirzah at 7.2"); Yorkvillc at 7.45;; Sharon at N : Hickory (irovc at 8.10 : Smyrna at S.22 : Kind's Creek at 8.80 and Blacks- j burg at S.4(1. The round trip fare for adults i will he at follows: From Bock Hill, $1.50;' Old Point, $1.40: Newport. $1.35: Tirzah $1.30: Yorkvillc. $1.25. Sharon $1.20: Hickory drove, $1.15; Smyrna, $1.10; King's Creek, $1.05: Blackshurg, $1. Children half price. Captain Moore promises special coaches' for the ladies and children, and ensures the I preservation of good order. TH14 IMI'OKMS OKDKllKI). The hoys of the Banks High School are to he uniformed. The contract for furnishing thirty-four uniforms was awarded to Inman Brothers on yesterday, and they have already heen ordered and are expected inside of two weeks. They are to he made of handsome bluc-hlack material, and the coat will be a square cut sack with red eord clo- j ver leaf on each shoulder, and loops made! of same material on sleeves. The regulation j Palmetto buttons will be used on coat. The' pants will have red cord stripe running down | leg. The cap will be the regulation cadet' fatigue, with silver wreath in front, cnclos-! ing the letters "Ik IT. S." The cost of the } complete uniform will be $14.75. (tuns for the use of the school will be sc-1 cured from the State, but those belonging to i the Jenkins Rifles will be used until the j others are received. Prof. Ranks informs us J that the boys will be drilled at least an hour every Friday afternoon, and very probably I oftener. WATERWORKS CONTRACT. During the past week, the town council lias been conferring with representatives of' two or three waterworks concerns, with a view of awarding the contract for the erec-1 Lion of the proposed water plant in the town ; of Yorkville.. The "O'Leary Spring'"supply having been proven to be inadequate, the council has def- i initely decided, if the plant is erected, to! set the necessary water from the "Moore j Branch," on the Howell's Ferry road, about; three quarters of a mile from the court house. I We have no information as to the exact j rpiantity of water to be gotten there, but' Intendant Moore iinforms us that it is en-1 tircly sufficient for the requirements of the | town. In case the plant is erected, the plans prepared by Engineer Hardman are to be j followed to the letter, except in the following j particulars : The pump is to have increased capacity; the standpipe is to be fifty feet brick and seventy feet steel, instead of seventy feet brick and fifty feet steel. It is also desired to locate the standpipe nearer the street, instead of on the Parish hotel lot, and thus effect a saving of about 1,500 feet of main pipe, which may be applied to extensions in other parts of town. THE COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON*. j School Commissioner Edwards has re- j ueived quite a number of letters of inquiry in regard to the competitive examination for j scholarships in the College of Charleston, and for the benefit of all concerned, he requests us to publish the following : The applicant may compete for a scholarship in any class, and the examination will he upon inch parts of the subject as are necessary to that Mass. Admission to advanced classes is conditional on knowledge of the subjects of the lower . lasses. For admission to the lower classes is required a satisfactory knowledge of the following oibjects: 1. English.?Modern geography, English composition and grammar, history of the Cnited States. 2. Mathematics.?Algebra through quadrate equation, (Todlnmter), plane geometry, (Wontworth), and any three of the following: '{. Greek.?Translation, Forms and Syntax, from Xcnophon A nab. 1 and 2. 4. Latin.?Translation, Forms, Syntax and Prosody from Virgil Acn. land 2; Cicero In. L'at. 1-4. Easy translation into English. 5. French.?Forms and easy translation into English. f>. German.?Forms and easy translation into English. The scholarships to be competed for arc worth $220 per annum, and as will be seen by the above, it will require $220 boys to get Lhem ; but sail in young men of York and show your metal ! HOW THEY ('YRED ADLAI. A well-known business man of Yorkville, who gives considerable attention to poultry raising, has some information which he thinks will be of value to somebody. "There is a singularly taiai disease,' ne i says, "among the poultry, which some peo-! pie designate as 'galloping cholera.' Fowls cf all kinds, when seized with the disease, suddenly drop oil' their feet, and, usually, within a half hour, they are dead. We lost fifty or sixty chickens at our house this way ; within about two weeks, and it began to look serious. "About ten days ago, a twenty pound tur-1 key, winch the children call Adlai Stevenson, dropped oil" bis feet. My wife did not , like to lose Adlai, and she sat* about dosing him up. When the turkey got down it was unable to lift its head. My wife prepared a big dose of turpentine and castor oil?about, twice the dose usually required for an adult ] person?and forced it down the turkey's! throat. A few hours afterward she com-1 incnced feeding the turkey by forcing the ; food down its throat also. She next gave it small doses of quinine, and every other day mixed a little sulphur with the food. At the end of four days Adlai was able to again lift bis head from the ground, and after about eight days, lie was able to stand on 1 bis feet. He now appears to have been I completely restored to health. Iain satis-! lied that if this treatment had not been commenced at the time it was, he would have been dead within an hour." C. & li. RAILROAD. The stockholders and bondholders of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad company, held a meeting at Hickory, X. ('., on Tuesday of, last week for the piuposc of considering I ways and means for best taking care of their j interest in that property. Nobody seemed to have any well digested plan of operations, | ind after remaining in session about two! hours, the meeting adopted the following resolutions and adjourned : Resolved, That by reason of the default of the ; lessees of this company, that the hoard of directors of this company he instructed to co-operate j with the bondholders of this company to enforce ; :he liability of the ('.('. A* A. railroad company. Resolved, further, That the stockholders of I this company may he called to meet at the demand of at least $I,(HK)of the stock. During the discussion it was developed that the lessees of the road owe the bond-1 liolders for interest, and the stockholders for j lividends, not less than $30,000. Mr. W. A.1 Clark, of Columbia, stated that he had in- j formation to the olivet that the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, the original lessee of & L., is a solvent corporation, ind it was on the strength of this statement j that it was agreed to sue the C. ('. it A. for j the amount of securities due the Narrow I [Jauge. York county, which has $100,(1(10 worth of' dock in the Narrow (iaugo railroad, wasj represented at the meeting by the board of j jounty commissioners. The amount due; :his county in dividends now amounts to lbout $12,000. _ LOCAL LACONICS. I'orner of Congress Street ami Wilson Avenue. ? Mr. Jas. M. Starr is making preparations "or the erection of a handsome residence on i lot recently purchased from Colonel \Y. 12. Wilson. at the corner of Congress street and ; Wilson avenue. \ Midnight l ire. ? A small barn belonging to John Ross,: colored, and located in the lower edge of own, below the Narrow (Jauge depot, was: lestroyed by lire yesterday morning at 1 j'cloek. The total loss is about $">0. Rossi .hinks the lire was the work of an inceiidi-j try. j Will he Absent nil September SO. ? School Commissioner Kdwards's days n his ollice in Yorkville are Mondays and Saturdays, lie requests us to announce hat on Saturday, September 30, he will be ibscnt in attendance upon a meeting of the j ..'hosier Huptist association, of which body le is clerk. Ie is Coining After You. ? Ry reference to the advertisement in an-j it her column, it will he seen mat I'otimy treasurer Nccly opens his hooks for tlie colection of taxes on Ocloher !(!. .Mr. Nccly ut her announces the times and places at vliieh lie may he found during his rounds hrough the country. 'rlsOIHTii in lull. ? The county jail is pretty well crowded i' list now. In all.it contains ."?!> prisoners. >f these only ten are hcing held for alleged (: iHenses against the State. All the others j ire either serving sentence, or awaiting trial in the charge of violation of the internal evenue laws. 1 'iiiiiini11c<l to anil unit Itetenseil. John Turner, a white man of King's .Moun- J aiti township, was committed to jail on last ji iVednesday. charged with an attempt to i i oniinit a criminal assault. The intended ,'icliin was Mrs. John Cook, and the alleged 11 attempt was made about tea days ago. On i Thursday^ Trial Justice Howe released Turner on bail. A Kill ii I'osl polled. ? (ieneral John B. Oordon, commander of the I'nited Confederate veterans, has issued an order indefinitely postponing the meeting of that organization that was to have been held at Birmingham Ala., on October '2 and The postponement is made on account of the extreme depress'on and poverty in the country, and the new date, will be announced hereafter. I'ussrd His Kxumiiiat ion all lil|;lit. ? Mr. Louis Sherfesee, Jr., the bright young j Bock llilliun, who some time ago, while at- ] tending at the Presbyterian High school, won a scholarship in the I'niversity of North Carolina, has taken a good stand in the examinations in that institution and has been assigned to the sophomore class. Those who arc well acquainted with young Sherfesco, are conlidcnt that his record in the university will be a brilliant one. The young man,; himself, attributes his success, so far. to the [ excellent tutelage of Prof. A. R. Ranks. Information About tin* ItaptM High School. ? The committee charged with the duty j of making the repairs on the Raptist High School building and perfecting other arrangements looking to the opening of the school, have caused to be printed a handsome four page circular which contains information that will be valuable to those who have boys ; to educate. A copy of the circular can be j secured by addressing Sam M. <Jrist, seere- j tary of the board of trustees, Yorkville, S. C.! Titx Ahni'miiiii'IiI for IMO.'i. ? The figures are not all in yet, but the indications are that the returns of taxable' property in the State for 1893, will exceed those of 1S92 by not less than one million dollars. The returns of real estate in York county show up an increase of $377,835 over j last year, and the returns of personalty shows : up an increase of $27(5,750. The total taxable property in this county amounts to $5,871,310, and a total increase over last year of $G54,GS5. Coiiiiiien?'<Ml Work Again. ? Fort Mill Tihies, 13th : The residents of the town and surrounding country were very agreeably surprised early this morning to once again hear the long continued blow of the weaving mill whistle, which has suffered a two weeks' silence. All of those hands which refused to take part payment in cash, and which fact caused the shut down, will return to work, and it is expected that the mill will hereafter run on full time. The Luna Cotton mill also started up today at noon. Marriage at Kilgmoiir. ? Rock Hill Herald: Miss Addie, the accomplished daughter of Mr. Sidney Robin-> son, was married at her father's home, near 1 Edgmoor, Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, I to Mr. Quay 1). Willi ford, of Winnsboro. j The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. S. | Stokes, pastor of the Methodist church at j Winnsboro. The ceremony was very im- j pressivc and was witnessed by a number of relatives and friends. The wedding march wna nlnvod Mi<a T.ilvo Yini'ont of Uillti-1 more. Messrs. A. (J. Douglass and Murray ] Robertson, of Winnsboro, acted as ushers. Wliul Tin- 1'jirincrs Can !)<? ? "It is a big light that the fanners and pro- j ducing classes of this country have on hand ! just now," remarked Mr. F. II. Dover the] other day, "and we must expect a hard time before we get through with it. Rut j the fight is not hopeless. We must continue j to see to it that we arc represented in congress by men who will represent us as now.1 Then we must go in for raising our own supplies and living at borne as nearly as we possibly can, not spending a dollar outside that we can possibly help, and after awhile relief will surely come. The farmers of this country certainly have their destiny in their own hands, and if they will make proper use of their power, they can accomplish anything they require." Land Dispute Settled. ? The most aggravating trouble that ever set two neighbors by.the ears is undoubtedly I a dispute over a boundary line. It often j happens that the contention for the ownership of a half-acre of disputed land, makes lifetime enemies of hitherto bosom friends. Mr. E. C. Falls and Mr. S. L. I'ursley, of the Zadok neighborhood, have hud such a dispute on hand for several years. Not long ago they agreed to settle it peacefully, and ! sending for Surveyor W. X. Elder, each j signed a bond of $100 to abide his decision. Mr. Elder made the survey and announced I his decision, and both men accepted the resuit without any further bickering. We con- j gratulate Mr. Elder, Mr. I'ursley, Mr. Falls : and the whole neighborhood. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. The following supreme court decisions of I interest in York county, were liled last Fri- j day: Jackins, Crosby A Co. vs. P. P. Dickinson.| Judgment of the circuit court affirmed. Opinion by Melver, C. J. Moore A Springs vs. P. P. Dickinson. Judg-j inent of the circuit court reversed and the ease remanded to that court for a new trial. < ipinion i by Melver, ('. J. Charleston, Cincinnati A: Chicago Railroad Company vs. M. Elizabeth Leech, Mary V. j I 1 1 ?!,,...I.-,mil I'niirl lit'Utll <11111 UlllUirt* W1 iiiv. V *? UIV M/iov reversed, and the ease remanded to that courtj with instructions to Riant the perpetual injune- ! tion, as prayed for in the supplementary coin-1 plaint. Opinion hy Me Tver, J. The decisions in the two first named coses were 011 mere technicalities, and in no wise j affect the merits of the questions at issue, i The third case, however, is interesting. Mrs. Elizabeth Leech granted the railroad , the right of way through a tract#of land in which she held the widow's undivided one-j third interest. Her four children, who were j joint owners of the remaining two-thirds,: claimed that the land was damaged to the: amount of ?2,400, of which sum they were entitled to two-thirds. The supreme court sustained Mr. (4. W. S. Hart in proceedings' to force partition of the land, and in holding that as less than one-third of the entire tract was occupied by the railroad bed, the children must take that part as included in the: one-third interest belonging to the mother,; and us the other two-thirds of the land was not touched by the right of way, the children had not been damaged. The children were,! therefore, enjoined against further prosecu- j tion of their suit. ABOUT I'KOI'IiK. Mr. .1.11. Ashe, of Kershaw, is in Yorkville. j Mr. (leo. L. Kiddle, of Zeno. is confined to his bed with fever. Judge Witherspoon is holding court in Laurens this week. Miss Freddie Ilenrichsen, of Savannah, da., is at Mr. W. 11. Steele's. Miss Eunice MeConnell returned last week from a visit to Koine. da. Mrs. \V. 1'. liobbs, of Fodder, is visiting! Mrs. A. F. Woods in this place. Kev. K. L. drier, pastor of Steel Creek A. j K. 1'. church, is visiting relatives in town. 1 Mr. deo. T. Schorl) and his daughter, Miss Mary, leave tomorrow for the World's Fair. Messrs. John J. Hunter and H. ('. Strauss j have returned from the Northern markets. Mrs. John A. Darwin, of Charleston, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mrs. John F. dates and children returned ! home last Friday from an extended visit to relatives in Chester. Misses Kertie and Theodosia Falls, of Pleasant Kidge, X. C., visited Mrs. T. M. j Fayssoux last week. Mrs. M. ('. Willis and children returned l.??f C.? i I??.,! .1 %? I'l'Ain ?i cltiM't vioif fn IlWIlIi; HI91 r?ttl iiI Hit* ll Will c% piivi V ? >..?V *W relatives in Fort 31 ilI. Mi's. T. W. Moore and Miss Annie Jones, of (Juthriesville, are visiting the family of Mr. W. IT. McConnell. Dr. II. A. Lowrance, of Athens, Ga.. was in Yorkvillc this week, the guest of his brother, Mr. (5. M. Ivnvrunee. Mrs. M. E. Russell, accompanied by her daughter. Mrs. R. E. Montgomery, of this place, returned to her home in Charlotte, on yesterday. Our young friend, Mr. John M. Garrison, who has been in New York since May, under medical treatment for a lung allection, returned to his father's home, near Philadelphia church, last week, very much improved, lie returned to Charlotte yesterday, and after a sojourn there of a few days, will go to Denver, Colorado, via Chicago. Messrs. Robert J. Herndon. S. M. MeXeel, M. C. Willis, and Dr. W. G. White, returned from the World's Fair last Saturday, all of them thoroughly delighted with their trip. Mr. Herndon says that every individual in Chicago seems to consider himself as a mem- i her of a special committee on entertainment. and he never before saw such general cordi ality sis is tiiere displayed by everybody. Mr. K. I). Nobbsleft Vorkville on Monday for tbe purpose of visiting relatives in North Carolina and Virginia. After visiting tbe : latter State, be expects to go West with si * view to settling and growing up with theji country. He lias not yet deeided where i be will locate, but wherever it may be, lie 1! will have the best wishes of his many j I friends in this section for his success. 11 MERE MENTION. Steele Kellogg, a 21-year old son of Colonel San ford Kellogg, of the I'nited States army, eommitted suicide at his home in Washington one day last week, through vexation at his failure to pass his lirst year's examination at the naval academy, lie had been appointed to Annapolis by j President Harrison. .Mississippi White (Alps arc burning gin houses because their I proprietors persist in ginning cotton before \ the price reaches 10 cents a pound. Mr. Charles dcLesseps, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for participation in the Panama canal frauds, has been pardoned, after serving six months of his sentence. Harry Miner, of New York, known us the founder of the ''green goods" business, died on Staten Island last Wednesday. He was penniless. The carpenters, black smiths,apprentices and helpers in the Louisville and Nashville railroad shops, at Mobile, : Ala., went on a strike on Monday of last j week, against a reduction of pay. The , outlook is that within the next ten or fifteen years, there will be a complete failure in : the petroleum supply of the United States. Three farmers were arrested in Madison county, (la., one day last week, on the charge of counterfeiting silver dollars. The j moulds were made and the money was manu- j factum! in a blacksmith shop. It is estimated that fully one-half of the Mohame-j dans who make religious pilgramages to Mecca, die of cholera. A passenger | train was wrecked by some miscreant near 1 Columbus, (la., last Wednesday. The en-j gineer was killed and the fireman was badly I injured. John Osborne, a labor agita-! tor, was arrested in Atlanta last Wednesday | for an alleged attempt to make an incen-1 diary speech. The arrest occasioned considerable excitement among the laboring class- j es of the city. Osborne refused.to give bond > and was locked up. The Portugese authorities have declared that cholera exists in New York, and quarantined against that city. The new White House baby was, put on the scales on Tuesday of last week. It weighed just nine pounds Twenty! masked men held up a Lake Shore train,! 120 miles from Chicago, one day last week, j and after wounding the engineer, broke into ' the express car and blew open the safe with dynamite. They got $19,000. Pat Duffy, the well known sporting man of New i Orleans, referee in the Sullivan-Kilrain | fight, died one day last week. Several deaths have occurred from cholera in differ-j ent parts of England during the past week. J Ruby Ruth's sister has been named Esther. The thousands of coal miners j of Lancashire and Yorkshire, England, who j went on a strike some weeks ago against a reduction of wages, continue firm. Con-! gressman (kites, of Alabama, has introduced j a bill providing that the territory of Utah i be added to the State of Nevada. Pittsburg, l'a., reports a shortage of the sugar supply. It will be remembered that the sugar refineries, some time ago, closed down in order to help the stringency. The World's Fair commissioners are considering a proposition to continue the exposition until the 1st of January The Cresent City Athletic club house and fixtures, at New Orleans are advertised for sale by the sheriff under foreclosure. It is estimated that minor employees in the transportion department of the World's Fair have stolen money ; to the amount of $108,000. Sill TH CAROLINA NEWS. Tlicy Want Their County KxcinptrU. ? Citizens of Oconee county propose to present the legislature with a big peti- \ tion, asking exemption from the operations of the stock law. There has been great I dissatisfaction in that county against the i law ever since its passage. r<>]Hilution of Chester. ? Chester Reporter: The assessors and census-takers have completed their canvass of the town. The following is the enumeration of inhabitants: Whites?male 9G7, female 11GS : colored?male 859. female 1089 ; total population *of the town 4033, an increase of 132(5 since the census of 1S90. Senator Uuth-r Is Working. ? Senator Butler has done a great deal of hard work in the interest of the sea islands sufferers. It was largely due to his efforts that the lied Cross association was induced to tender its services to Governor Tillman, and the senator accompanied the members of the association on their tour to make an inspection of the islands. IJrn Terrell Coming. ? Ben Terrell, of Texas, the well-known Alliance lecturer, announces that he will make another lecturing tour through South Carolina during the month of October. He will probably be accompanied on his rounds by Congressman McLaurin. Applications for Mr. Terrell's time should be made : to JJr. J. W. Stokes, at Orangeburg. Two Years for Manslaughter. ? T. E. Watts, a white man of Camden, has been sentenced to two years in the peni-| tentiary for killing John I). Bethune, anoth-1 er white man. Bethune had seduced Watt's j sister. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter, and the citizens petitioned Judge Hudson to be lenient An effort will be I made to have Watts pardoned by the governor. Mule* Kan Oil'With the Wagon. ? Thomas Castles, son of Mrs. Sarah Oas- j ties, of Well liidge. Chester county, died on ; the 7th instant of injuries sustained some time before in a runaway accident. Castles was a young man of great promise and was} within a year of graduation at Krskine college. His remains were buried at Hopewell church, the funeral services being conducted by Bev. J. A. White. Whitman Klcctcil, | ? An election was held in Union county | last Saturday, to fill the vacancy in the leg- j islature caused by the resignation of Representative K. W. Harris, sometime ago ap- j pointed postmaster. There were three can-1 didates for the position, as follows: Godfrey " ? r, ur.U ttrus* I ii. rowier, Vt, ?UIIUU n iiiiimuii, mill i iius. If. (Sore. The vote was light. Whitman was elected by a decisive majority. To Test till* Oiiestion of l'roilt. ? ({eorge T. Thompson, a lawyer from Barnwell, went before Chief Justice Me-1 Iver last Friday, says a C'heraw dispatch to The State, with a complaint against Commissioner Traxler for selling whisky to the! Barnwell dispensary at a profit of 100 per cent., instead of the ~)0 per cent, allowed by law. The chief justice preferred not to hear the case alone, and Mr. Thompson, therefore, j intends bringing his complaint before the November term of the supreme court. Ma.vlir it \?ii* tin* Work of an Iiiconiliary. ? Though there is no way to prove it, it is said that there is good reason to believe that the dam around the State farm?DeSaussure place?was not broken by the river, but was cut by interested persons. When the river gets up, the waters back over some ( of the'adjoining plantations, and the theory is that the dam was cut by some one who sought to save his own crops. The dam has withstood much higher water 011 previous! occasions. For Selling Hire lirrr. ? Warrants were served last Wednesday ! on the following Columbia saloonists for selling rice beer : Messrs. Jerome and Thomas Fagan, J. C. Ivey and James Flannigan, of . the Hotel Jerome, and W. C. Byrd. All gave bond in the sum of $200 for their appearance to-day. The dispensary authorities have information against quite a number of other parties for the same ollense?selling rice beer 11 ?and it is understood that if those already ( arrested are convicted, other arrests will fol- , low. It has been established that the "rice . beer" is an intoxicating liquor. Tlit-v Will Xtil lie 1iii|mis<mI fpon. ? The Southeastern Tariff associajion. rep- i | resenting all the insurance companies doing ! | business in the southeast, has been trying to , impose upon the hoard of regents of the , State lunatic asylum. The tariff association j, at first claimed that the electric light plant:* of the asylum was in a dangerous condition. ] The board of regents examined into the mat- ( ter, and found that the plant was perfectly , ssile. 1 lie insurance companies were uui | satisfied, and. endeavored to make the board , of regents adopt a new electrical device. The ' | board looked upon the matter as an attempt I at imposition, and has given the insurance people to understand that they must either; j take risks as they are, at prevailing rates, or . the State will carry its own insurance. The j board does not propose to be imposed upon j by the insurance companies. ICi-ilui-tol l?i Fifty (Vut-.it Toil. | till ni.i.Aiinl ,il' tin. foot-fill (lo<t flirt Inn : I wrought to the property of the phosphate I miners hy the big hurricane, the phosphate i commission has decided to reduce the royal- i ty on phosphate rock, mined during the bal- I nice of the year, to fifty cents a Ion. The i State has pledged, however, the sum of $7">,-;: DUO to pay interest on bonds. Kor this year 1 [lie sum has already been paid, and next 11 your the phosphate companies must agree to stand lor the amount. After ?7 ">.000 have been raised by a royalty of $1 a ton, the miners will be permitted to dig rock during the balance of the year free of royalty. All the companies which fail to give notice of the acceptance of the proposition, will be required to pay the usual ?1 a ton royalty without abatement. No Dispensary in I .aureus. ? The town of Laurens will not have a dispensary, at least for the present. So says Governor Tillman. Some time ago A. It. Sullivan applied for the position of dispenser, and was appointed. It afterward developed that Sullivan hail deeded a lot, lirst to nineteen whites, and afterward the very same lot to forty negroes. In this way the petition had tin; names of a "majority of the freehold voters" of the town. The petition was not filed with the clerk of the court ten days hefore it was acted upon by the board, as required by law. Mr. A. Fuller, of Laurens, wrote to the governor and explained the trickery that had been resorted to, and the State board has refused to recognize the action of the county board. The county board, says the State hoard, must comply strictly with the requirements of the law. The governor says that it is his policy to enforce the law in prohibition counties, but when the legislature meets, it is his intention to ask a change in the law to the end that in counties where there are no dispensaries, State constables must he supported by taxation. YORK COl'NTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. It .\c?'iini|ilUlieil Much Good and should be Reorganized. Kiutou Knqdiiiku The York County Teachers' Association is about defunct. This is a very regretable condition we have permitted to come upon it. Many teachers and friends of the association express themselves as desirous of its reorganization. Why should it not bo reorganized? (?uoting from a letter I have just received in regard to the matter, the writer says: "The association should be revived. Much good was done in the county through it, and much can be done still. Its quarterly conventions promote social intercourseamong teachers, and build up a healthy public sentiment in favor of the necessity of education. Write to Tin: Kxqt'iitKR about it." Believing that I reflect the thoughts and wishes of the majority of the teachers of the county on this subject, in saying that immediate steps should be taken to put the organization (rather no organization) in a state of such usefulness as it wasa yearago, I, tlicrotoro,suggestinai .Messrs. A. It. Banks, of Yorkville; J. A. Boyd, of Fort Mill; ami W. 11. Kd wards, school commissioner, tako the matter under advisement. Further, that any two of these gentlemen meet, call in other assistance, if needed, prepare a program, decide on date and place of meeting, and notify the teachers of the county through the columns of Tit k Kxqcirkk. The above plan of procedure can hardly give otl'enec to any one, and trusting that the motives which have induced me to write these words for the resuscitation of the teachers' association, may not he misconstrued, I am respectfully, W. \V. Dixon. Hlackshurg, September Hi. THE CHEROKEE BOOMERS. About 0,000,000 acres of new land were thrown .open to settlers in that portion of the Indian Territory, known as the "Cherokee strip," last Saturday at noon, and such a scene as occurred during the next six hours is seldom witnessed. The Cherokee strip is 00 miles wide and 200 miles long. About one-third of the land is first-class, one-third is fairly good, and the remaining one-third is very poor. The strip, however, comprised the last portion of the public domain available for settlement, ami ever since it was announced last winter that it was to be opened, thousands of people have been gathering along the borders awaiting the signal that was to start a big race. The scene presented last Saturday was remarkable. Imagine an unbroken line of men, women and children, in wagons, on horseback, in buggies, on bicycles and on foot. Say the line is 200 miles in length, and every individual is impatiently waiting for the signal to commence a pell mell race. Such was the situation. The signal gun was fired promptly at 12 o'clock. Immediately confusion reigned everywhere. The line was so closely packed that the start was hazardous. * But this made little difference. The boomers commenced a mighty rush forward. Wagons were overturned, horsemen were unseated, and pedestrians were knocked down. In their mad eagerness to go onward, the reckless land-grabhers regarded neither life nor limb. In the race, a large number were injured and not a few were killed. How many has not yet been reported. Of the killed, some met death by accident, and some were murdered. This is evidenced by knife and pistol shot wounds in their dead bodies. The details have not yet developed, and probably they never will. All along the route the prairie was strewn with the bodies of dead horses. Some were run to death and others falling and breaking legs, were shot by their owners. Saturday morning there was probably not a dozen human beings on the whole strip ex it j'L v until niaita riuiuuu> iii^iil the total number of inhabitants aggregated over one hundred thousand. Except in a few localities, the quantity of water is very limited. The whole territory was burned off by a prairie lire a few days before the opening, and now, with insufficient food and water, and with but little money, great distress has already set in. It will probably be months before the new settlers can make themselves self-sustaining, and during that time, the Cherokee strip is likely to be the scene of untold hardship and suffering. ? ? m Tai.hkrt's CJrkat Spkkch.?The one man from the South to raise his voice for the people?to champion their cause?was the nervy and plucky Talbert, of the game little State of South Carolina. Serving his lirst term hardly, known to his neighbor who occupies the adjoining seat on the lioor, unknown to the house, with one bound he put himself in the front rank of the strongest debaters of this congress. It was a uight session, when, in the estimation of the speaker, only obscure and new members are supposed to have the floor, but he filled every inch of * standing room in the galleries. It was a speech that aroused the thousands who sweltered under the hot gas light to the wildest enthusiasm. It was an honest, spontaneous expression pf the people, that the the threats of the speaker of the house could not control. Threats of "clearing the galleries" had no effect upon the tumultuous applause that greeted and punctuated his speech from the beginning to the end. It was an ovation. It was a proud day for every patriotic South Carolinian. Talbert is not a John C. Calhoun, but hereafter, when he rises to his feet to address the house, everybody will know who he is. This may not be any great distinction in public estimation, but there are scores and scores of men who have been in congress for years who are hardly known by the doorkeepers and pages. Speaking of Talbert's speech, Hryan, of Nebraska, and Champ Clark, of Missouri, both orators of national fame, said it was the strongest presentation of the subject that had been made in the discussion. It took the house by storm, and it will electrify and thrill the South Carolinians when they read it.?Washington Letter in Goldsboro, N. Caucasian. ? ? Thk Hkj) Cross Association.?The Red Cross association, at the request of Governor Tillman, has taken charge of the relief work on the sea islands, and Miss Clara Barton, Dr. Joseph (Jardnerand George II. Pullman, of the executive committee, are now on the grounds, with headquarters at Beaufort. The Bed Cross was organized at a congress of nations held in Switzerland, in 1850, for I he purpose of doing something to mitigate * the horrors of war. Their mission of mercy being among the sick and wounded wherever found, by agreement, a red cross on a white field, was adopted as the insignia by which the members should be known. Even on the field of battle, members of the Red Cross ire allowed to go where they will without molestation. The membership in the United states is quite large, and the organization .< lias done great work for suffering humanity jn more than one such occasion as that now existing on the coast. The association lias no funds of its own. Its mission is to make proper application of funds furnished by the humane people at its back. ?President (irover Cleveland and family? the new baby included, of course, if possible ?will visit Chicago. October I), to take part m the celebration of Chicago day at the fair, if a plan projected by President Ferdinand \V. Peck, of the Union League Club, bears fruit. '"I intend to leave here for Washington early in the coming week to lay the matneforg him,'' said Mr. IVck last Thursday evening. "You know the president practically promised to return and see the exposition when he left after the ceremonies of the inaugural day. And Mrs. Cleveland?why, die must come by all means. Mrs. Cleveland has not yet seen the fair, and that means a great deal."