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Straps ami Jacts. ? The amount of loan certificates author-1 ized by the New York clearinghouse loan committee, was $41,000,000, of which $3S, 280,000 were issued. The amount cancelled j to date is $30,685,000, leaving $10,315,000 outstanding. The understanding is'that the certificates will not be taxed until December 1. It is likely that all the New York certifi- j cates will be cancelled before that date, and i not one cent of the original issue will even | have to pay that 10 per cent. tax. ? A number of derelicts are atloat on the Atlantic coast as the result of the big storm of August 27 and 28. A derelict is a vessel that has either been wrecked or deserted by its crew, aud which continues to drift about the sea to the great danger of other vessels. On last Wednesday the government dispatched from New York the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, to destroy these derelicts. The Vesuvius will carry a large quantity of gun cotton, and will blow the derelicts to pieces wherever they are found. ? On "Chicago Day," at the World's Fair, last week, 750,000 visitors were in attendance. During the week the total attendance amounted to nearly 2,000,000, or nearly 50 per cent, more than during the entire month of May. The exposition now has only about ten days more to run, and the outlook is that the paid admissions during the six months of its existence will not fall far short of 20,000,000, or $10,000,000, the amount originally calculated upon by the projectors of the fair. ? England's big coal strike came to a close J last Thursday. It began on July 28, and was settled by an agreement on the part of the mine owners to accede to the terms proposed by the miners. The strike originated out of a proposition by the mine owners to reduce the wages 25 per cent. The men refused to accept the reduction or arbitrate the dispute. Over 120,000 of them struck. Fully 20,000 miners went to work on Thursday, 40,000 more went to work on Friday, J 2- ? -v ?- V? o f in oil nnf loco ' UUU lb IS uuw cauuinicu l>uuv 111 uii uuv I'umi than 90,000 are back at their old places. The mine owners are trying to secure a compromise at 15 per cent, reduction, but up to the present the miners have positively refused to agree to such a compromise. ? Last Friday's storm was very severe in Washington and the damage was great. Telegraph and telephone wires were blown down, the walls of a number of unfinished buildings, including those of Calvary Baptist church, were demolished, and a large number of houses were unroofed. Associate Justice Brown, of the supreme court, was badly injured by a piece of plate glass blown on his head from a window of his house. An artery in his head was severed by the jagged glass, and he came near bleeding to death before the arrival of medical assistance. He is now thought to be out of danger. Trains were delayed on all the railroads entering the city, and railroad property aggregating many thousands of dollars in value was destroyed. ? The October report of the statistical division of the department of agriculture, was issued on Tuesday of last week. The report shows October conditions of cotton to be 2.7 points below September. The condition of the crop during the season, as reported by the department, is as follows: June, 85.6; July, 82.7; August, 80.4; September, 73.4 ; October, 70.7. Since June, up to the present time, conditions have declined 14.9 points. The percentages of the States for October are: Virginia, 93; North Carolina, 76; South Carolina, 62; Georgia, 76; Florida, 84; Alabama, 76; Mississippi, 73; Louisiana, 71; Texas, 65; Arkansas, 71; Tennessee, 59. The percentages for September were: Virginia, 93; North Carolina, 76; South Carolina, 63; Georgia, 77; Florida, 85; Alabama, 78; Mississippi, 78; Louisiana, 81; Texas, 63; Arkansas, 80; Tennessee, 66. ? Vice President Crocker, of the Southern Pacific, says the Salem #regonian, has announced that his company does not propose to make any fight against the hordes of tramps who are beating their way westward on freight trains. He has arrived at the conclusion that it is useless to unload the ticketless tourists, because they get aboard again in sufficient numbers to overpower the trainmen. Therefore, Mr. Crocker believes that time can be saved and bloodshed averted by allowing the tramps to ride as long as thev are neaceable. No proclamation to! that effect has been issued from the company's headquarters, but it is mutually understood that the trainmen are not to molest the "hobos," except in self-defense. It is likely that the other lines extending from the Rockies to the Pacific will follow the Southern's example in this respect, if they have not al. ready done so in a quiet way. ? The gold reserve continues to decrease, and last Wednesday was lower than it has ever been before, standing at $86,899,008, showing a reduction of over $6,500,000 since the first of the month. The government mint at Philadelphia expects to coin $15,000, 000 of gold by the first of December. On Wednesday the net currency balance stood at $18,737,759, an increase of nearly $5,500,- j 000 since the first of the month, so that the [ net wor king balance of the department shows a decrease of but little over a million since October 1. 'The receipts of the month to date have been $S,703,000, and the expenditures $10,270,000. The receipts from cus-: toms at the port of New York during the | first ten days of October amounted to $2,4S0,-1 592 as compared with the receipts aggregat- j ing $2,468,206 during the first ten days of October, 1S92. Of the receipts this month ; 40.1 per cent, were paid iu gold coin, 24.7 1 per cent, in silver certificates, and 25.2 per j cent, in United States notes. The total gold i in the treasury, October 10th, was $166,443,-1 707. ? Bradstrcet's shows by its statistics that the third quarter of 1S93 was pre-eminent for the number and extent of its busiucss failures. The number of failures was 4,935, with liabilities of $153,227,546, as against, 2,027 failures, with $20,436,250 of liabilities, i in the third quarter of 1892. The third quar- j ter of 1884, when times were panicky, makes; the nearest approach in eleven years to the j figures of 1S93, but in that year the failures ! numbered but 2,858, with $71,846,860 of lia-1 bilities. How the sections fared in the re- j cent crisis may be seen in the figures for the j last quarters of 1893 and 1S92. Failures in ! 1893 in the Eastern States were in number i 587 ; in the Middle States, 919; in the West- j ern States, 1,094; in the Northwestern States, j 701; in the Southern States, 575; in the Pa-! cific States, 339. In 1892 the Eastern States had but 326 failures; the Middle States. 515: the Western, 416; the Northwestern, 239: the Southern, 258; the Pacific, 231. It will be observed that in the Southern States the failures of the third, quarter of 1893 were | about double those of the like period in 1892. j The liabilities were about six times greater, i But in the Western States the failures were | 1 l?.l ?kr> li.ilnlitinc in. I l|UUUlU|Mt'U 111 UUlilUVi, uu\l iiiv liuuiiiuw III volved were nearly ten times greater. ? A report just issued by the interstate commerce commission, shows that more than a year ago there were over 170,000 miles of j railroad operated by 1,822 corporations, whose aggregate capitalization considerably exceeded $10,000,000,000. Some idea may be formed of the meaning of 83,000 locomotives and 1,200,000 cars, of which one-half; of the former and three-fourths of the latter are for freight; but when it comes to the figures representing the number of passengers and tons of freight carried, they get out of one's comprehension. We can understand the interesting fact that more than 820,000 persons find employment in the service of railroads, or one in less than eighty of the inhabitants of the country. We can also appreciate the statement that one in 822 of these is killed, and one in twenty-nine injured by accidents every year. The enormous figures representing capital employed or value of property in railroads are less comprehensible than those relating to income and profits, which arc not as a whole so very alluring. About 15A per cent, of the funded debt of railroads paid no interest for the year covered by the report, and more than (?0 per cent, of capital stock paid no dividends. The net income from operation and investments amounted to something over $">30,000,000, of which $41(1,000,000 was absorbed in fixed charges. The amount paid in dividends was something less than $100,000,000. ? Auditor Ackerman's monthly statement of the Chicago exposition's finances, up to September 30, was given to the public last Wednesday. It shows that the exposition is not only out of debt, but has a handsome balance in the treasury. The report shows the amount realized so far from the sale of souvenir coins, $1,025,120; gate receipts for September, $2,203,038, against $1,604,518 for August; total gate receipts to end of September, $7,404,503; concession receipts for September. $843,240; for August, $578,520; total concessions to October 1, $2,000,307: the photographic receipts to September 30, were $137,42(i: total miscellaneous receipts, j $009,195. The total liabilities of the exposition are only $97,212. Fire protection has cost $231, ICS, ami the guard and secret service, $982,138. Total expenditures on ac-, count of constructions. $17,044.7-12 ; miscellaneous disbursements, $0,200,947. Total j receipts from all sources, $25,234,199. Total expenditures on all accounts, $24,205,090, leaving a balance of $1,028,508 in tlie treasury. j ?he |JorhviUe (Dnquucv. - - YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1893. ? "There will he no fillibustering against the revisiou of tariff when the question comes up," said Senator Dubois, a leader of the silver filibusters, one day last week. "The people declared for silver in the last general election, and we feel bound to carry out our promises to them. When the tariff revision question comes up, we will stand by it for the same reason we are now standing by silver." Well said that. ? The publishers of the Cosmopolitan magazine had more orders for the September number of that periodical than they could supply. The retail price of the Cosmopolitan is 12A cents. Over 210,000 copies of the September number were sold, and after the edition was exhausted, the publishers had orders for 50,000 more copies. Hundreds of copies sold at 50 and 75 cents, and some even as high as $1.00. The Cosmopolitan is a great magazine, and its success is well merited. ? We have received a copy of the twentieth annual edition of "Cotton Movements and Fluctuations," published by Latham, Alexander & Co., of New York. Besides the usual tables of receipts, stocks, exports, and fluctuations for several years past, the book contains much valuable information in reference to the cotton trade that cannot be had elsewhere in such compact and convenient fnrm. This publication will be found of great value to all dealers in cotton, not even excepting individual planters. It is published for gratuitous distribution among the friends and patrons of Latham, Alexander & Co. ? Governor Carr, of North Carolina, recently stated that there had not been a lynching in his State for a year past. A news note in our local column this week gives a suggestion of a satisfactory reason. Sometime ago a boy entered the house of his employer for the purpose of assassinating him. To enter a house by stealth or force in North Carolina, after nightfall, is a capital offense. The boy was accordingly convicted of burglary and sentenced to be hanged. In this State, if the boy had escaped the lynchers, he would in all probability been given a chromo and turned loose. Burglary, by all means, should be made a capital offense. ? At Brunswick, Ga., there are 4,000 people shut in by an armed cordon. They arc face to face with death in the shape of yellow fever, and added to their dire distress are the horrors of famine. On the gulf coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, there are thousands of people in need of charity. They are beset by want, sickness and death. On the sea islands and neighboring mainland of South Carolina, there are 110,000 people who lost their all by the great hurricane of August 28. They are practically without food or clothes, and absolutely unprepared even with shelter, they are about to enter upon a struggle against whatever additional hardships may he held in store lor mem oy the approaching winter. Truly here arc three fields that will furnish abundant scope for the best efforts of sympathetic and charitable Christian people everywhere. These conditions entail grave responsibilities on all individuals possessed of health, strength and I the necessaries of life more than sufficient for their immediate needs. AMERICA WINS. The series of races between the Valkyrie ! and the Vigilant, came to a Hose on last Fri-! day afternoon. As the result, the Valkyrie goes home without the cup, and the Vigilant, which was successful, poses as the proud defender of that honorable trophy. When Thk Knqi'IRKK, went to press last week, two of the live races had been run. Both were won by the Vigilant. There was , no race on Tuesday. A race was commenced on Wednesday, but on account of insufficient wind, neither yacht was able to finish within the prescribed six hours. At the close of: that period, however, the Vigilant was about half a mile in advance of the Valkyrie. | Thursday was an oil' day, but the contest I was resumed on Friday. All along, the Fug- j lishman had been claiming that in a strong I wind the Valkyrie would beat the Vigilant, j When the race commenced, the wind was blowing at the rate of eight miles an hour. In I ten minutes afterward, it increased to thirty I miles, a regular gale. The Englishman had j all the wind he wanted, and although he i came very near winning the race, he failed. At the start, the Valkyrie led, and for a ; long distance it appeared that she would i win, but the American, after awhile, began to gain on her gradually, and at the wind up, heat her by forty seconds. The Vigilant having already won three out of the live races, of course the two remaining heats were not run. The Valkyrie is conceded to be a good yacht, and the race was probably the closest that has ever been ; sailed : but all the same, John Bull is forced to return home and leave his cup, where it has been for the past fifty years, and where it is likely to remain for some time to come. | THE EM) NOT YET. The end of the great silver fight in the I senate is not yet. In the last issue of Tim Knqi'IKKK, we stated that "before the end of the week, the probabilities are that the! long deadlock will he decided.'' This statement was founded on the boast if Mr. Yoort i bees that he would inaugurate his continuous session on last Wednesday evening, and either whip the light or be carried out of the senate "feet foremost." That kind of talk sounded very large, and we thought Mr. j Voorhces meant business. Hence our mistake. The continuous session scheme, or test of J physical endurance, was inaugurated on j Wednesday evening with a flourish of truinj pets. Nearly all of the senators on both j sides were present, and all were fully determined to hold out even to the end. But alas for good intentions. The end was too long in coining, and many of the valiant senators sought their hods before it approached. When the physical endurance test commenced at about 5.15 o'clock p. m. on Wednesday, Senator Allen, a l'opulist from Kansas, had the floor. Sentor Allen is six footer a with deep, strong voice, equal in volume to I the music of a fog horn. I [centered into the j fight with great enthusiasm, and except for a tinge of pity for his opponents, considered the whole matter as a great joke. He had I on his desk twenty-nine hooks, and everybody thought he was going to take up his , time in reading them, hut he did no such ! thing, lfe went at it off hand, and talked and talked. After two or three holes, sev-! i cnti il/nv loft t lio oli'imlior !11111 otiiW'tifwlt1 r ' surestod the absence of a quorum. A rol call was ordered, and it was expected thai Mr. Allon would take his seat lor a hal hour's rest. Hut ho did nothing of the kind With asinilo on his faoo, ho romained on tin lloor and calmly waitod until tho prosenc< of a (piorutn was again announced. Thci lie resumed whore he loft oil', and continue* as before. Ho kept on speaking for hou after hour, and during the various roll call of the night, continued on his foot. At last " - ~ 1 4 1 at -via o'ciock, inursuay morning, ,nr, .vi Ion concluded liis speech. He did not ap pear to lie tired, but having been on the floo for 14;] hours, and having broken all the re cords in the history of the senate, he though to give somebody else a chance, and vicldec the floor to Mr. Martin, of Kansas. Mr. Yoorhees had become quite petulan at Mr. Allen's remarkable exhibition o physical endurance, and testily asket "Whether or not tlic gentleman intended t< farm out the floor.'' Mr. Allen denied an; 'such intention, whereupon Mr. Yoorhce suddenly * moved to table Mr. PefTer's frei coinage amendment. Senator I'offer wante< to explain the amendment, but as a motioi to table is not debatable, he was not per mitted to do so. The roll call proceeded or the vote to table. The motion carried by i vote of 33 to 17, and the result was reck oned as a victory for the repealers. After this vote, one silvcrite after anothe took the floor and kept up a continuoui fight all day Thursday and far up into thi night. At 1.40 Friday morning, the silver ites were still on hand, hut the quorum o repealers had long since disappeared. Tin sergeaut-at-arms reported that two had lef the city, twelve had been excused by tin senate on the plea that they were too ill t< attend, sixteen were reported not found a their residences, and there was nothing lef for Mr. Yoorhees but to move an adjourn mcnt. The motion was unanimously agreet to, and in an instant the senate chamber wa deserted after a continuous session of 3! hours and 40 minutes. On Friday, the senate continued in sessioi only about ten hours, adjourning at 11.55 p m. All the senators were played out on ac count of the long session ending at 1.40 tin previous morning, and but little busincs was transacted during the day. After the defeat of the repealers on Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday, it was thoughi that they would be ready to agree to a com promise; but something of a damper wa: thrown on this hope by a declaration fron Mr. Yoorhees on Saturday, to the effect tha he had "only begun to fight." Notwithstand ing this assertion, however, compromise is ii the air. The repealers realize that they cai mi'"" flinir ttninf n twl -lit linnoh till IIVWI VC4IIJ IKVII ? president refuses to make any proposition it is generally believed that a compromisi will be agreed upon before the close of this week. The proposed compromise is not ex pcetcd to please anybody, but it will contaii mutual concessions and form a basis of agree ment by which the two factions can get to gether and enable them to give the countn at least a breathing spell, if not actual relief The most probable basis of compromise i: that proposed by Senator Harris, of Tenues see. lie wants to call in and take out o circulation all notes and gold coins of de nominations less than $10; then to mnk< silver*a full legal tender, and coin all tin seigniorage in the treasury, amounting t< $50,000,000. After the seigniorage is coined let the treasury continue to buy silver am coin it into dollars at the rate of $3,000,001 a month regularly. It is the idea of tin proposition that by forcing the use of silvei in transactions under $10, the country cai easily absorb $3,000,000 a month indefinite ly. It is thought that if the senate will pas! a bill with provisions as above, it will mce with no objection in the house, and the prcs ident will sign it as soon as it reaches him MERE MENTION. At their annual meeting last Wednes day, the stockholders of the Western Unioi Telegraph company elected directors as fol lows : John Jacob Astor, Oliver Ames, Gcorg< Bliss, Lewis Fitzgerald, C. Sidney Shcpari and J. B. Vancvery. Prince Bismark ii improving. A few weeks ago it was though that he was at the point of death. The government report for October indi cates a wheat crop of 391,000,000 bushels This is 8,000,000 better than the indication! of September. The postmaster genera has authorized standing rewards ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 for the arrest and con viction of mail robbers for offences com raitted during the fiscal yerr ending Jun< 30, 1S94. Citizens of New Orleans hav< presented to congress a petition asking foi Federal aid for the Gulf storm sufferers. Ex-Senator Joseph E. Brown, of (Jeorgia has grown so weak that he can scarcely hole up his head, and is almost blind. Tin hard times and consequent shutting down o different manufacturing enterprises, hav< given considerable incentive to enlistments ii flin I "nit I'll States arinv. 939 men and 32( boys have deserted from the I'nited State; navy during the past year. I'rcsideni Cleveland has been invited to ofiieially clost the World's Fair. The banks of New York city now hold $;5:>,S!H>,0">0 in excess o: the requirements of the 25 per cent, rule, The total visible supply of cotton of tin world is 2,~>2">,9<J5 bales, against 2,907,(?S1 a this date last year. There is a stronj, probability of the early dissolution of tin Southern Railroad and Steamship assoeia lion. New eases of yellow fever are de veloping in Brunswick, (la., at the rate o thirty or forty a day. Two leading banks of Providence, R. I., failed last week and several other New Fngland banks havt gone into voluntary liquidation. Depreeia tion in the value of Western securities is as signed as the cause. Thomas B. Reed of Maine, isstumping the State of Ohio in tin interest of McKinley's candidacy for the gov crnorship. A fearful storm swept tin entire chain of the great lakes last Saturday About twenty vessels have been reportec wrecked. Judge Newman, of the I'nitct Statescourt, has ordered the sale of the Ma rietta and North Oeorgia railroad. There are 10(1 miles of the road in Oeorgia and 11( miles in Tennessee. The upset price it Oeorgia is fixed at $750,000, and in Tonnes see at ?800,()<)<). John L. Sullivan threat ens to sober tip. and says that if Mitehel whips Corbelt in the coining match, he i: going to challenge Mitchell. The tota number of Cnited Confederate Volenti camps now in existence, is |:!0. A pri vale detective has spotted live of the Ala bama gin burners, and the probability i; that it will now be possible to put a stop ti the outrages. There is a deficiency o $8,000,000 in the postal funds in the trcasu rv, and the probability of a one cent letlei postage soon is very small. The su preine court of North Carolina has decidei that if a money lender charges more thai i> JUT rem., llil" legal line UI um-u-.N, nil .inj debt, lie forfeits all right to receive any fur ther interest on his loan, and all payment: already made by the debtor must he ered ited upon the principal. Four lmndrcc striking miners, who had been on a strike for two weeks in the Briceville and C'oa Creek district of Tennessee, returned to wotk last Wednesday. Marcus Koenigheim a wealthy Jew of San Antonio, Texas, was murdered in his home one night last week and his safe was robbed of money and jew elry amounting in value to !?2~>,0UO. Ii the case of Henry 1>. Kerschaw, the wealth) New Orleans newspaper man, who recently committed suicide in Chicago by throwing himself in front of a train, the corner's jur) rendered a verdict of insanity. New York city contributed Sft.nuo to Brunswick (?a., yellow fever sufferers last week. J general strike of American flint glass work ers has been ordered. The strike will clost sixteen glass factories and throw (1,000 inei out of employment. The dilliculty has beci caused by a disagreement between the glass companies and the glass blowers' union. A seven year old boy, accustomed to walk ill Iii^ Jhil .mil l.-illinl ill.ill. \*.||||i\ Furnace, \V. \'a.. one day last week, by r neighbor who mistook him for a burglar The child was trying to get in the neighbor': house. The ticket otliee of the Irot Mountain railroad at Malvern, Ark., was entered by burglars last Friday night am robbed of $1). The Keteham 14(1111 her Company of Chicago, failed for ^L'ot>,<)<>< last Friday. The assets of the company art I estimated at $i)00,000. The town of< t Winthrop, Kansas, is threatened with deC struction by the Missouri river. Several: acres of hanks have caved in within the1 ' | past few months, above the town, and the M people are moving away. While, tliej p professional bicyclist, has reduced the world's ) bicycle record for two-thirds of a mile, to 1 one minute sixteen and one-fifth seconds. ,. Mrs. Joluinn Most, wife of the anarchist, ; has been stricken with small pox. Thir- j ty-four new cases of yellow fever developed : ' in Brunswick, CJa., Inst Sunday. The total' * number of eases under treatment on that - day was 22">. The total number of dis- j r charged was 188, and the total number of . deatlis then recorded was 24. So far, the t mortality has been about 11 per cent. (J. W. Marshall, a member of the Tennessee legislature, is in jail at Holly Springs to escape the wrath of a mob of Negroes, who are . I I , i I I IIUUl UI1 HUIlllIf; llilli. V'llV V4M.J iltov ?? VV rv I f lie shot and fatally wounded John Dean, a J ] Negro laborer employed on his plantation. } The Russian and French fleets are having a great love feast at Toulon, France. ^ Russia and France, it is understood, have s an understanding with each other similar to 3 that of the Triple Alliance. } ? ?? ? ? l WHY'S MAIDEN EFFORT. Senator John L. M. Irhy delivered his i first speech in the senate last Wednesday, i The speech, though comparatively short, is - rather too lengthy for publication in full, and | we shall attempt to give only a few of the r salient points. The subject of the speech s was the Voorhees repeal bill. 3 I am the only farmer in the senate, said - Senator Irby. I represent the farming clef mcnt of South Carolina; but I can also say, for I feel that I represent the farming and " producing element of the entire nation. The 1 financial question was brought home to the 2 farmers in a most substantial manner by the 3 demonetization of silver in 1S73. From the t time of the destruction of the money of the J t plain people, the farmer has grown poorer ' and poorer. His main reliance has been to . restore the Democratic party to power in both branches of congress. He has succecds ed in this; but now.it seems that his efforts 3 have been in vain, for he is asked to yield to the forces which have always and persistcnt, lv opposed him. As the representative of our people, continued the senator, I would be derelict to my duty were I to fail at this time to voice their 2 sentiment and to utter in this presence their s solemn protest against what is now threatened to be enacted. Our people are Demo- j . crats from principle. The Democratic party t is their party. They do not propose to be driven out of it by the president or any of the self-constituted leaders of the Democratic s party of this nation. A party is what the i people who belong to it make it and demand t that it shall be. My people were honestly . opposed in the first place to the nomination , of Air. Cleveland. I am now opposed to the proposition under discussion. I am opposed 1 to it because it is wrong and undemocratic. 2 I am opposed to it as a man, as a senator and , as a Democrat. 2 It is the love and fealty I bear to the cause s of Democracy that has prompted mc to keep silent and strain every nerve in an ellort to conform r.o the wishes and policy of the 1 powers that be in the Democratic party ; but, " sir, when I see the mantle of Democracy used to cover Republican monopolists, while they rob the great common people, this same sentiment that has prompted mc to silence and obedience, bids me imperatively to call a halt and revolt against such an imposition upon Democracy and justice as is now prof posed. I cannot keep my seat and see the - banner of Democracy submerged in the cess2 pool of Wall street greed, nor can I remain 2 silent and see it polluted to the basest uses by the hand of monopolistic avarice from New England. ' Senator Irby said that the opposition to 1 silver consisted of a minority of Democrats, ) assisted by a majority of the Republicans. If 2 this coalition succeeded in perpetrating r its crime against silver, he would never j follow it in a revision of the tarifl*. His State was for tariff reform, but he was sure that his people would never endorse 3 such hybrid measures of reform as might t emenatc from such a coalition. Rather than - see the linancial question solyed as proposed by the administration, they would prefer to see the tariff relegated to the rear for twentyfive years, for what good would a revision of the tariff do them, if they were so poor that they could not reap the benefit of the low 1 prices under an alleged revision of the ~ tariff? ? The administration, said Senator Irby, may , coerce, command and control one branch of j ' congress, and perhaps some members of this I body, but it cannot and will not control mc or my people. As for myself, I am not one of the silver men who ask for or will accept ; any compromise short of the free and unlim| ited coinage of silver at a ratio of 10 to 1, or the complete rehabilitation of silver as a ' money metal. It is better, sir, for present ills "I to continue until we can agree upon a just [ and equitable solution of them, than to sub' mit to the youth of this nation the sad and humiliating spectacle of a Democratic minoriI j ty combining with the Republicans, under the j whip and spur of the executive, in order to j | legislate in opposition to the wishes and i % I financial interests of the great masses of the II people. From the very moment you perpetrate " this proposed act, which I believe to be a | crime against the productive interests of the i nation, neither my people nor I will longer 1; follow your lead. Again, and in conclusion, > j I beg of ycu as you love your country and j its glorious history, halt! As you love the j.! Democratic party and its pure principles,; | halt! As you love the priceless boon of! (i civil liberty and would transmit it as an un- j 1 stained heritage to posterity, halt! I have; i given you fair warning, and if the Democra-' ' cy is now divided, the responsibility must ;! rest upon you. _! At the conclusion of Senator Irby's speech, i f there was applause in the galleries. J | ANOTHER GREAT STORM. j Another terrific storm, equal in velocity | t r\ tlm iri-O'it Immn'inn nf A inrilut 07 MlVCIlt possible to exactly fix the time, this will t probably take place on Friday afternoon, si The programme will be sis follows: : i The. reading of sin open letter from Dr. 1 George Fsirlc, of Washington, one of Dr. J s> Boss's classmates. I Historical address, covering the lil'ty years ' \ of Dr. 1 toss's pastorate. Ily Dr. F. K. Itoyce, \ of Gastonia. j <: Address by Dr. Win. M. Grier. represent- i ing the synod and ministry. l'oem by Kev. I. G. McLaughlin. of;! (Query's, X. ('. j si The committee on home missions will meet t sit Sharon sit some time to-day and get its c business in shape for the early consideration jc of synod. ' 11: The people of Sharon have been looking|t ! the Atlantic coast last week. The storm! | j originated in the tropics, south of the West j . Indies, and came north at a rate exceeding! ; 100 miles an hour. It was thought by the signal service bu-1 ' rcau that the centre of the storm would I strike the coasts of Florida, Georgia and; " South Carolina. The storm centre veered j ' 'somewhat to the east, however, and missed ; 1 Georgia. 1; Southern Florida suffered badly. Great, * destruction was wrought in the towns of Or" mond, New Smyrna, Davtonia, Titusville '! and St. Augustine. The loss of life in these ' I towns, if any at all, was small. '! The storm passed Savannah at the rate of forty-five miles an hour. This velocity was not sufficient to cause much damage. The wind was stronger in Charleston, and there I was some damage, but compared with the: j storm of August 27, it was as nothing. '' The greatest loss of life, so far reported,! " j was on Magnolia island, in Georgetown. '*; county. The island is flat and treeless and ' exposed to the full fury of the storm. Xinc1 teen persons were drowned and otherwise ' killed. Among them were Dr. Arthur B. '! Flagg and wife and their guests, the two "i Misses Weston, from Summerville; Arthur *.11. Flagg, Jr., and wife, Misses Bessie " and Alice Da Bruce, five children and six ' ; servants. There were no doubt other falali1! ties on the island, but they have not reported. ' j Baleigh, X. C., Richmond, Ya., Baltimore, L Md., and Washington also sutiered consideri i ably. The West Indian hurricane was met | ' j by a western tornado in the vicinity of >! Washington, and the blow at the capital was " the most severe that has been known for a j 1' number of years. ' j Again*! tin' I)isi?i'iisiiry I.siw. ? ? Ifentz Jacobs, J. ID C. Troeger, Jerome ! jFagan, W. K. Byrd, and Benjamin David,! were indicted in the court of general sessions ! ' for Richland county hist week on the charge .(of selling liquor in violation of the dispell-' ;,sary law. Attorneys for the defendants; i moved to quash the indictments, on the! i ! ground that the dispensary law provided no 4 i punishment for individual violations, and 1 on the ground that the law is uneonstitu: j lional. Judge Hudson sustained both propo; j sit ions and released the defendants on their j l own recognizances, pending an appeal by J . the State to the supreme court. A similar -; case came up in Danrastcr during tho latter i part of the week, and Judge Gary quashed 4 the indictment on the ground that the law ! 1 failed to provide punishment for individual, - violations. In no part of the law is the act j > of retailing liquor made a misdemeanor, anil | in no case is punishment provided. LOCAL AFFAIRS. I ixnii.v to xi:w adviohtiskmkxts. Prof. \V. <!. Browne, optician?Is ;il the Parish ; lintel, where he can lie eniisulteil for one ' week. M. A' II. Strauss?Advertise the rinding of a pocket lionk. j Louis Until?Will receive shipiuents of nys-' ters mi Friday and Saturday next, and tisli i 011 Saturday. W. K. Adams, Jr , Kxeeulor? Xotilies people! who are indebted to the estate of Dr. A. 1*. I Campbell, deceased, that they must pay by ! the lath of November. Mallard Brothers?The twin market. Heady for | business. : < John M. I lope?Calls upon the people who nwejf liini and the late firm of J. W. P. Hope A:!, Co., to make payment. I'. Albert Bettis, Blaeksburg?Wants the subseri- ' hers to the TuK KxtjnitKit on his club list | < to make payment on or before next Mon- | day. I W. C. Batimer?Says t lie bazaar is on a boom in 1 the matter of millinery and that his cloth- i ing has arrived. i T. M. Dobsnii, Manager of the Racket?Tells , about his new dress goods, prints, outings, millinery, and an especially fine stock of 1 shoes. R. B. Dowry?Wants you to call on him for gro- i ceries. Innian Brothers?Have something to say about M their stock of clothing, shoes, hats, shirts, i underwear, etc. i W. J. Koddey, Hock Hill, State agent of the , Kmiitsihlc?Tells of the mlViiiitsicres of the company lie represents. Withers Adiekos Company?Let it he known I that they are receiving hardware, including j cooking and heating stoves, grates, and- , irons, shovels and tongs, etc. W. M. Houston A Co.?Think now is the time 1 tonrcparo for cold weather, and they are i willing to help you in the preparation. ( .1. S. Price, clerk ofhoard of county commission- , ers?(fives notice that the annual meeting 1 of the hoard will he held on thehth of No- i vein her. M. A* 11. C. Strauss?Say they are offering the , cheapest and latest styles of dress goods at ' the lowest prices. ' Lowry ?t Starr?Have a new stock of lampsaud I lamp goods, some plain and fancy station- ] cry, axle oil for vehicles, and renew their proposition to cure the chills for a dollar. ' . i THI-3 COUNTY SUPPLY BILL. The county commissioners held their regular monthly meeting in the ofliceof Messrs. Finlcy & Bricc on yesterday. The most < important business disposed of was the ques- I tion of supplies for the fiscal year 1893-94. < After due consideration, the hoard decided < i i to recommend tax levies as follows: Ordi- 1 nary county jmrposes, 3 mills. Paying in- ' tercet on and retiring bonds of Narrow . Gauge railroad, 1 mill. For note and inter- ; est for court house loan, 1 mill. Township , levies to pay interest on bonds voted in aid < of the Three C's railroad, will he as follows: ' Cherokee, 3 mills; York, (> mills; Fhenezer, : 4 mills; Catawba, 4 mills. CHURCH NOTICES. ! Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. j, J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yokkvillk?Scr- ; vices Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. [ Weber, pastor. Services next Sunday morn- . ing at 10.30, ami evening at 7.30 o'clock. Prayer meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. ' Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Services * ?1-?* ^ OA it'lu/tli t lin nt'di. i I lUIIJ^HL ilt l,U>/ U ill IVI ?? II1VII I.IIW UIUI- I nance of baptism will be administered on sev- . end candidates. : Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at \ ( 11a. in., and Sunday-school immediately afterward. On ncxi Monday, evening ser-] vice at 7.30 by Rev. James M. Stoney. On j j Tuesday, morning and evening service, at which lit. Rev. Ellison Capers, assistant I bishop of the diocese, will be present. < Presbyterian?Rev. \V. G. Neville, pastor. | Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4.30 ] o'clock. Services Friday evening at 7.30 o'clock, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, and < on Sunday at 11 a. ni. and 7.30 p. m. < The ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be ' administered during the morning service i on Sunday. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. JOHN' AND JIM. , Messrs. John and Jim Mallard, the "twin" , markctmcn of Rock Hill, have located in Yorkville, and at their storeroom, under the ( Parish hotel, are prepared to receive orders j for fresh meats of all kinds and fine sausage, , to be delivered tomorrow morning. Messrs. Mallard Pros, have been located ( in Rock Hill for about two years, and at that , place they conducted a market the like of , which but few arc to be found in the upcountry. Their place of business was next , door to the Savings Rank, and was notori- , ously as neat and tidy as a dry goods store. They have moved to Yorkville, lock, stock , and barrel, and are fully prepared with all , needed facilities and appliances to han- ] die their meats in a manner to fill all the ( most exacting requirements of the most ( fastidious consumers. ( Reing twins, and nearly always together, John and Jim look so much alike that it is ( difficult to tell them apart; but this does not j make any difference. Roth are men of good j character, fine business ability, and, in short,1 gentlemen. They are men of means and ^ desirable citizens, and the town of Yorkville . is to be congralulatcd upon their acquisition. ( Let everybody call on "John and Jim" and see iiow they manage their business. 11 SPUING THE TOWNSHIPS. J The townships of Catawba, Ebenezer, York and Cherokee, are in for another big lawsuit. The plaintiffs arc Messrs. Wilson !. & Wilson Mellow, and the suit is brought! against the county commissioners of York , county as the corporate agents of the said , townships. The complaint of the plaintiffs sets forth ' j that on the ? day of , 1SS9, an action was commenced in the circuit court of the j( United States for the purpose of compelling the above mentioned townships to turn over j to the Massachusetts and Southern (.'on- , struction company, certain township bonds that the said townships had voted in aid of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago i railroad; that the county commissioners of J, York, acting as corporate agents of the j * townships, employed plaintiffs to defend the!, suit; that plaintiffs undertook the case and ;'{ succeeded in saving to the defendant town-1 ( ships, an amount aggregating $ol,()00 ; that i | for their services, plaintiffs are entitled toj, the reasonable fee of 10 per cent, of the amount saved ; but that they have received no pay whatever for their services. The fees claimed by the plaintiffs from the i' various townships are as follows: Catawba | township, $2,21(5.01: York township, $1,077.- j 0(5; Kbenezer, $-">l!).0o ; Cherokee, $227.7S. j j The aggregate amount is $1,041.13. In answer to the complaints of plaintiffs i( the defendants admit that the suit was com- \ f mewed in the United States court as alleged. 1 ( They deny that the plaintiffs were retained | ( by the county coinmissioncis as corporate', agents of the townships, hut say that they j were retained, if retained at all, by private ; < citizens.; that C. E. Spencer, I). K. Finley , and W. H. McCaw were retained in the same j < manner: that when the suit was decided, ? the commissioners agreed to allow the conn- . sel the sum of $5,400, 10 per cent, of the ! amount saved, and coupons to this amount { were divided equally among the four firms, i i the nlaintiffs included, and the plaintiffs 1 have received and .signed receipts for about j $1,000 of their pro rata portion of the $">,400 paid out for counsel fees. The case is to come up for a hearing at the next session of the court of common , pleas. The plaintiffs are represented by McDonald', Douglass <$: <)hear. and the de-1 fondants hv Kinlev & 1 trice and \\\ 15. j Met "aw. Till-] A. It. SYNOD. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian synod meets at Sharon tomorrow, at 11.00 I a. m., and will continue in session at least until next Monday. The Western presbyteries will he represented mainly by delegations, and altogether about No delegates are expected to he present. Rev. K. Y. Crossly, of Abbeville, will preside as moderator, and the opening ser-1 tnon will he preached by Rev. J. S. Molfatt, j of Chester. j A most interesting incident of the meeting; will he the celebration of the senii-centenni-1 al of the pastorate of Rev. Dr. R. A. Ross,'s !ii Sharon. Thoiurh as vet it has been ini- n forward to the convening of synod with joy3iis anticipation ever since their church was named as tlie place of the next meeting. They have hecn making extensive preparalions for the entertainment of delegates and friends for several weeks past, and today verything is in readiness. Everybody is keeping open house, and the next few days will witness a great denominational festival, he like of which Old York has seldom seen. LIQUOR AM) PISTOLS. A private letter from a gentleman of Beth.*1 township, brings us the particulars of a diooting scrape which occurred at the intersection of the Boyd's Kerry and Clover roads, ast Saturday night. Our correspondent Iocs not vouch for the accuracy of the de mils, but gives them as thev were related to liim by one of tlie parties concerned. About 11 o'clock, Jack Jackson and Henry Warren, both colored, laborers in the cmploy of Mr. R. L. Campbell, were returning from one of the North Carolina barrooms. ,\s they reached the point mentioned, they were hailed by a voice which asked : '"Who ;oes there?" Both men recognized the voice is that of Sam Matthews, a negro employed at Mr. J. A. Campbell's cotton gin as in engineer, and answered "Gentlemen." Cpon receiving this answer, Matthews fired his pistol. The ball, which was 3S ealbre, struck Warren's mule. Warren was istonished at the action of Matthews, and lsked him, "What in the world did you shoot my mule for?" Warren then got down to jxamine the mule, and just as he turned his face to Matthews, Matthews tired at him and struek'him in the bowels. The wounded man lingered until Monday \fternoon about sundown, when he died. Immediately after the shooting Matthews left die neighborhood and went to North Carolina. A posse followed him to Gastonia but it last accounts he had not been caught. An nqucst was held over Warren's body. IMOTIT .Jl ltOUS?SIK ONI) WUKK. The following list of petit jurors, to serve luring the second week of the approaching term of the circuit court, was drawn yesterlay : )s. Whitcsides, p. c Catawba. It. S. I'arrott, York. 1. B. Golbrth, Cherokee. IV. (). Garrison, Kbcnczer. loim M. Russell, Broad Itiver. I. W. Kiniril Bethel. W. W. Boyce Fort Mill. VV. W. Shillinglaw, Catawba. U.S. Cobb, Broad Itiver. Seorge I). Hood, Bullock's Creek. I). It. Wilson, Bethesda. Robert Black, York. Mansfield Gordon, Bethesda. I. S. Chambers, Bethel. lames T. Crawford Bethesda. VV. P. Wylio, Hctliosda. It. V. Williamson, Fort Mill. It. ('. Youngblood, Bethel. VV. L. Plexico, itctiicl. 1. B. Boyd, Bethel. It. I). Sealcy, Bethesda. 1. D. Whitcsides, Broad River. John S. Jones Bethesda. I. II. Mint/., Cherokee. It. S. MeC'onnell, Ebcnezcr. I. J. Hoke Bethel. 10. It. Mills, Catawba. 1\ J. ltoaeh, lObcnezer. ). W. Evans, York. J. L. Armstrong, Fort Mill. F. B. Moore, Bethesda. I. X. Mcllwain, lObcnezer. I. T. Ferguson, Catawba. I. W. Castles, Broad River. W. It. Bigger, King's Mountain. I . A. CJettys, Catawba. LOCAL LACONICS. Klglit Cents Again. ? We are instructed to quote good cotton this morning at 8 cents a pound. At this late last year, the Yorkville market ranged from 7 to 7.1 cents. For Protection Against Fire. ? The county commissioners, on yesterday, decided to cover the wooden clock tow2r, surmounting the court house, with tin. This step was taken as a precautionary measure against fire. Two Weeks Yet. ? The open season for shooting partridges commences November 1st and lasts until April 1st. From reports received from various parts of the county, there is reason to believe that partridges will be less plentiful this season than usual. P. S. Jurors. ? The following named persons have been lrawn to serve as petit jurors at the January term of the United States Circuit court to be held in Greenville: C. Henry Smith, James Jelleries, C. J>. Wilson, Rufus Whiteman, W. J. Neely, Miles Johnson. Ituildiiig n Flue House 011 It. ? Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, of Hickory Grove, who some time ago purchased the "Darwin" plantation, on Broad river, is erecting a fine house 011 the property. He intends to make the plantation again what it once was, one )f the finest on the river. [ioreil By Bulls. ? Mr. Thomas D. Goudelock, of Union county, who was gored by a bull about three weeks ago, is still living, but there is little hope of his recovery. Mr. Wallace Peigler, of the same neighborhood, who was ;ored in a like manner about nine weeks igo, died 011 Sunday of last week. ? Mr. A. F. Gulp, of the Fort Mill Times, lias gone to Washington to take a position in :he government printing olliee. lie leaves The Times under the management of Mr. W. It. Ardrcy, formerly editor of the Fort Mill News. riiey Dill Not Catch Him. ? Several Bethel fox hunters appeared at die appointed rendezvous 011 last Wednesday night, for the purpose of getting up another race after the wild dog. For some reason, liowever, they failed to strike the dog's trail, md the expected race did not develop. The log is still at large and ready to become a pretty fair substitute for a fox whenever the tiunters succeed in again striking his trail. Wheat ami Dates. ? Mr. W. J. Jones, proprietor of Jones's it earn mill, two miles south of Yorkville, reports having threshed during the past season 1,200 bushels of wheat and 200 bushels if oats. Including these reports, the aggre;ate amount of wheat and oats so far reported as having been threshed in York county, die past season, is as follows : Wheat, 45,108 iiushels: oats, 17,570 bushels. Died from the KlYeets of a Horn. ? Sumter, the eighteen months' old son if Mr. L. B. Sherrcr, who lives live miles tout Invest of Yorkville, was buried in the eenieterv at this place last Sunday afternoon, die funeral service being conducted by Rev. J. C. Galloway. About ten days before, the ittle fellow fell oil' of a chair into the lire md badly burned his arm. At first it was thought that he would recover, but notwithstanding the most careful medical attention, jrysipclas set in and he died on last Saturlay morning. formerly of Yorkville. ? Mr. Jolln T. Schorb, son of the late J. Jeorge Schorl), formerly a citizen of York? ? * / ? 1 1. _ rille, died at ins nomc 111 loiumma un Tuesday of last week of consumption. The deceased was about 2-"> years of age, i man ul line character, ami was quite popular. He was a native of Yorkvillc, >ut was taken by his father to Colum)ia while still a child. For several years past, until forced to give up the position on iccount of failing health, he was a special policeman at the Kielunoud and Danville depot in Columbia. V not Iter Misfortune. ? A gin house belonging to Sherilf Crawbrd and located on his plantation, seven niles south of Yorkvillc, was destroyed by ire last Wednesday about noon. In the gin louse was stored three hales of cotton, a piantity of cotton seed, and other articles of nore or less value. Everything was a total oss. Sherilf Crawford, a few years ago, had he misfortune to lose a large dwelling house ocated on the same plantation. The hurling of the gin is supposed to he the work of m incendiary, but as yet sullicient proot to stablish the crime has not been developed. Isirrcll Hail a Narrow Kscapc. ? Jonas Harrell, of HIacksburg, a newsloy on the Ohio River and Charleston rail oad, was shot at Kingsville last Thursday norning by Robert bloody, a clerk employed 11 the store of Mr. Drafts, at that place. It eems that Harrell and Moody had a quarrel l few days before. When Harrell got out on he depot platform on Thursday, Moody was dready there. Their dispute soon developed nto active hostilities, and without warning, If mill V ilrmv -i I'rniil his eoat, lioeket tiid placing tlm muzzle to Harrell's breast, ired. The bullet went through a thick vaistcoat and grazed the skin. The wound vas quite painful, but is not thought to be langerous. 'lie WouliMtr Asmissin Will lliinj;. ? Sam Xeely, the seventeen year old s'egro boy who, in June last, attempted to issassinate Mr. William Allen, in his home in Jaston county, X. just across the York ounty line, was tried at Dallas last week, onvicted of burglary and sentenced to be langed 011 Friday, December I. The facts of lie attempted assasination were published in j Till-: Knijukkii at the time of the occurrence, of ! It will he remembered that Mr. Allen had a : reproved Xeely for shooting his chickens, nl [ Xeely conceived a grudge against Mr. Allen, ca and entering his house while the inmates ha were all sound asleep, made his way to Mr. T. j Allen's lied and lired a pistol hall into the Ai back of his head. Mr. Allen recovered fo from the wound. The negro was arrested lit in York county, committed to jail in l>nllus, j al and upon trial was convicted and sentenced as above. i yt Fever in Itetliel. dl ? Mr. T. X. Kendrick. who was in York- er < 11.. 1'iiclni-il.ie iiifiirms n? flint fVTihntd tin. I W v .' t J I " I ver is prevalent in the Bethel neighborhood. | ( The following young ladies are convalescing I" j from recent attacks: Misses llcheec-a and of [Eliza Harnett, Miss Daisy (Menu and Miss!"1 Bessie Campbell. Little Emma, daughterIs" | of Mr. S. .1. Clinton, is quite ill with fever,' i" i but at last accounts was doing as well as { ni could be expected. j ot - H ABOUT PEOPLE. se Sheriff Crawford is able to be up town In again. Ti Professor W. Spencer Currcll, of Davidson t" College, is in town. cd: Miss Kittie llarsbaw, of Betbesda neigh- w. , borhood, visited INIiss Belle Carroll last week, tr Mrs. (i. M. Moore and Miss Mattie Duncan les [of Blacksburg, visited friends in Yorkville w last Monday. Master Johnnie, oldest son of Mr. It. B. I Lowry, is desperately ill with typhoid fever, 'it On Saturday night his temperature was 10l> | degrees, and it was not thought that he could | tu live until morning. He is now improving,! fo ; however, and there is strong reason to hope j ! for his recovery. w i 8J1 WORK OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. | oil j The town council of Yorkville held its! I regular bi-weekly meeting oil last Friday | night. There was present Intendant Moore, Wardens (filbert, Jellerys, Jenkins and Me- ' " I El wee. * By resolution it was agreed to christen I the newly opened streets as follows: The street through the lands of Witherspoon, ; Cartwright and Allison, from a point oppo- i I ?t._ :.l ..< n 1.^ d.\\r?0? I SHU lilt' rUMllunw t?l V. iv. I-'J/CIIV.I.-I, iu IT LOI. Madison street, to be culled "Wright Avenue." The street running from East Liberty ] r' to East Jcfl'erson, parallel with the narrow j Pr gauge railroad, to be called "Latta," and tlie|t? street running from the intersection of Con- [ ?^ gross and King's Mountain, through lands of | Colonel W. B. Wilson, to be called "Black-1ar burn." |al By unanimous agreement, it was resolved to levy a two mill tax, on all property within 1 se the incorporate limits of the town, to raise ' money for ordinary town purposes, and an 1 additional two mills for the purpose of pay-j ^ ing interest 011 the bonds recently voted for ita the construction of the water plant. At its previous meeting, the council passed aI an ordinance requiring a license of $40 a year for the sale of meat, fish and oysters. 11 By the terms of the ordinance, the license 'u for meat is $00 a year, and the license for fish and oysters $00. By paying $10 addi- " tional, dealers in meat are allowed the priv- vt ilege of handling fish and oysters, or for the 01 same amount, fish and oyster dealers are ot allowed to handle men\ ^ Mr. Louis Roth, dealer in fish and oysters, ra thought the ordinance somewhat of a hard- (^( ship, and appeared before the council for the rc purpose of entering a protest. He said : cj "Gentlemen : I don't think the ordinance S11 is fair. I don't think it is right to ask as m much for selling fish and oysters, as for beef. Beef is handled every day, and fish and oys- *r ters only once or twice a week. Further, 01 the beef business lasts all the year round, 01 while the fish and oyster business only lasts four or five months. And, again, I don't " think it is right to make me pay $.10 for what cc only costs the meat men $10." a? Intcndant Moore : But suppose you reverse the proposition, Mr. Roth. If you pay w $30 to sell fish and oysters you can sell beef ^ for only $10 more. Mr. Roth : But I don't want to be forced w to handle beef because I handle fish and CI' oysters. If I have to pay that license, I can handle beef; but I do not want to go into the business. "? Mr. McEhvce took occasion to explain w that he originated the idea of licensing the sale of beef, fish and oysters. "I am not interested in the business," he said, "but I un- " derstaml it. Without such a license, every 11 Xegro on the street sells fish, and there is nothing in it for anybody. It was for that 'a reason that I thought the ordinance necessary. It does not make any difference to me how you fix it." r? Upon being informed that the council would consider his complaint, Mr. Roth left " the chamber, and Mr. Moore asked the wardens as to what should he done with the 111 meat ordinance. w Warden Jenkins: I think the two businesses [fish and oysters and beef] are sepa- ia rate, and that the licenses should be separate. 01 Intcndant Moore: They are separate. ct Warden Jenkins: I mean that each should be licensed independently of the other. Warden Jcfferys: I move that for fish and 'a oysters we charge just half a year's license, ot or $15. i "J Warden McElwee: I second the motion. Intcndant Moore: I would suggest then that we do not change the ordinance, but ^1 just make a note to that effect in the inin- P1 utes. u'! Warden (filbert: I think it better to amend ^ the ordinance regularly. Let us keep strictly within the letter of the law. (.' Upon motion of Mr. Gilbert, the ordinance was unanimously amended as follows : " "Whereas the fish and oyster business lasts onlv six months, the license be made , $15." * ri After discussing several matters of minor a importance, the council adjourned. SI' ca ?? W BLACKSBl'KG BUDGET. is No Damage from Lust Friday's Storm?The Advantages of tin* Terrace System?Hurt While ^ .lumping oil a Train?Sudden Death of Mr. Fred Tripp?Personal. , Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. . Blacksmiuj, Oct. 17.?The storm of Fri- ] day last, which was so severe 011 portions of ^ the Atlantic coast, did no damage in this k section. The wind blew quite a gale, for ^ nearly twenty-four hours, and there was I- ' Innonrilnn. CUOUgll null III UilllMC IIIC nutuun iuuh.imuh their hanks ; hut as the crops had heen gnth-1 . ercd from the lowlands, there was nothing ' I to injure hut the soil. The corn had been ' i so badly damaged by the great storm of August 2Sth, that not more than one-third j of a crop of good corn was gathered from j ' the lowlands. Heretofore such a loss would j ai ! have heen considered a great calamity ; but I | as the larger streams are so filled up with j j sand and driftwood, and overflow so easily, | th j to the great detriment of the crops planted ; co I near them, our farmers have learned to de-l oil ! pend more upon their upland for a supply of at j bread, and the result is that a majority of them have made enough corn to do them ' st? despite the destruction by wind and rain. j "J' The plan of saving and improving their I s., land by a system of terraces, is receiving the lai j serious attention of our farmers, and from j bj J what I have seen and heard ofit, they should | lose no time in adopting it. The chiefndvnn- mi ! tage known to be derived from it, is holding ' i"i | the rain water so that it docs not wash the j land into gullies, and being retained in the y;, | soil, furnishes a reserve of moisture for the vi< ! growing plant, when it is most needed. An-1 l'a ' other, and, indeed, a very important service j j that the terrace has rendered, is to enable the i>r water-courses to clear themselves of sand, na j drift, etc. ; JjJJ Mr. Tlios. Hughes, of Oconee county, who i j,r is here visiting the family of his brothcr-in-, mi law, Supervisor Coe, of the Richmond and >'p l Danville road, informs me that ('one-cross | ! creek, a good sized stream that empties into j sai | Seneca river, became so badly filled up, and tin overflowed so easily, that the lowlands upon 'sa: it had to be abandoned, so uncertain was it; J.',',,' ; that a crop would be gathered. The farmers rai living near the stream adopted a system of "" 1 . . * i ah terracing ior incur upiaim u iew yenrs ago. j The soil of the hillsides was thereby pre-: pr vented IVom being washed into the creek, and Ian the result is that the stream is gradually, M'V upon each recurring rain, freeing itself from ; .K> every obstruction and getting back within its j he former bounds, and the land near it regain-1 ing its wonted fertility and productiveness.! Mr. Hughes says that the tcrraice should be ; perfectly level, and its success depends upon I ?> that fact. The Carolina Pulverizing company, of this i in place, has adopted what is known as the a i water process for pulverizing mica, and have,; to in consequence, added some new machinery bu to their plant. The large wall-paper manu- ha taetory of New York city, to which they I ru ship their mica, does not use any but the 1'] water-ground mica, hence the necessity for qu jthe change. i20 I Charlie Jlaber, the son of Mr. W. A. Baberj vo our town, while attempting to jump on a moving train at Forest City, on the HOth timo, fell over a hox, and a wheel of the r ran over his left foot, crushing it very ,'lly. On the Wednesday following, I)r. J. Darwin, assisted hy Drs. ltainseur and ? nderson. all of our town, amputated the ot, and I am pleased to say that the operant was a success and Charlie is getting L?ng splendidly. Our citizens were shocked and grieved rsterday morning, at the news of the sudn and unexpected death of Alonzo Fredick, eldest son of Superintendent Tripp, liieh occurred about 10 o'clock, at the !1 s depot}of heart trouble. His death is a culiarly sad one, because of the absence both his parents, to whom the announce* ent was a heavy blow, and who have the lecrc sympathy of all our people. Supcrtendent Tripp had only left here Saturday ght for Pittsburg, to which place the body the deceased, accompanied by his brother erbert and Conductors McCarthy and Hatnur, was sent last night. Possessed of a ight mind and genial manners, young ripp was not only capable as a railroad an, with a fine future before him in his losen work, but was also very popular itii his associates. Some beautiful Moral ibutes from ladies in our town attest the A teem in which the unfortunate young man * ' as held by our citizens. Mrs. M. M. Freeman returned last week am an extended visit to relatives in Springdd, Mass., and Claremont, N. H. Mrs. Thos. 11. Gautier and family also rerned last week from Morristown, N. J., r their winter quarters at Cherokee Inn. Mr. T. B. Gautier has gone to Chicago, here his father and mother have be^n lending the summer. They are all expectI at Cherokee Inn in a few weeks, w. a. MICK HILL HAPPENINGS. rk Front Huh Appeared?Every body Talking About the Senate?Mr. Mills an a Truckman and Poultry Fancier?Tragic Death of Mr. Hugh A. Walker?Death of Mm. Scruggs? Children's Day at the llaptlnt Church?Personal and Other Matters, rrcspondence of l lie Yorkville Kiujtilrcr. Rock Hill, October 17.?Jack Frost arved here Sunday morning. He was coy, efcrring to remain on some freight cars, mporarily side-tracked. But we know him old. He will remain without coaxing. "Times are hard" and news is scarce. We e waiting to sec what Uncle Sam will do >out silver and gold at Washington. Uncle tm has some quarrelsome children in the natechamber. We wait and watch, while ey talk and talk. Politics is the theme of conversation in ie town, on the road, and at the Alliance ?*. eeting. What will the senators do to reive the country ? The people arc waiting id hoping. Mr. K. R. Mills, on South Main street, has model poultry yard and truck garden. I id the pleasure, yesterday, of looking rough, Mr. Mills kindly explaining all. e has nine lots, arranged for the different irieties of chickens. The large light coled Brahmas arc his favorites. Among the her varieties, are the White Leghorn and ie Silver Spangled Hamburg. Mr. Mills ,ises for the breeding market only, and >es a good business in Texas and Florida, ali/.ing over $1 a year from each of his lickens. He uses an incubator, and conJers it more satisfactory than the ordinary cthod of hatching. The most interesting feature about the uck garden, was a small piece of ground? le-eleventh of an acre?on which the secid crop of cabbage is now matured. On ie first crop. Mr. Mills says he realized $35. here is food for thought. Two acres in itton would yield $35, ordinarily. Two :res in cabbage, at this rate, would yield -70. And the cost of raising the cotton ould probably consume the $35. Food for lought, there. Mr. Mills has a novelty in a pear tree, hich now has growing on it the second op of pears. Truck gardening is something for which icre is a demand in Rock Hill, and it is to i hoped that other enterprising citizens ill follow the good example of Mr. Mills. On last Saturday morning, the remains of 'r. Hugh A. Walker were buried here. Mr. ralker was a tobacco buyer, located at armville, Va. He was a well-esteeuied jung man. Being in Richmond at the races, st Wednesday, he volunteered to ride one - % the horses in the race. He was thrown om the animal against a fence, the skull iceiving a severe fracture, from which he ed Thursday afternoon. Mr. John A. "alker, of WofTord college, and Mrs. Stough, other and sister of the unfortunate young an, attended the funeral. Mr. Walker was ell known to many in this section. Rev. Prof. A. H. Lester preached interestg sermons, at the Methodist church, on * unlay morning and evening. Prof. Lester cupics the chair of Hebrew at WofTord illege. Mr. J. W. Strait, whose residence is five iles above here, will soon move, with his mily, to Texas. It is reported that several her families in this section will go the 'joiic Star" State. Mrs. Lillian Scruggs, beloved wife of Mr. :i I). Scruggs, of this place, died at Forest tv, X. on Monday of last week, after a otracted and severe illness. Mrs. Scruggs as a consistent member of the Baptist lurch, and much esteemed by her friends. er grief-stricken husband has two little lildrcn, in the cure of which he \ull be asited by his sister, who has come to Rock ill. On Sunday morning, Children's Missionary * ay was observed at the Baptist church, lie church was tastefully decorated, and special programme observed, including eeclies hy some bright boys, special musi1 exercises, an address by Colonel J. J. aters, and other features. Miss Alma Wicklifie, of Elberton, Oa., visiting relatives in Rock Hill. Auditor W. J. Waters was in town last 'ednesday. The ministers of this town, by turns, conlct a preaching service for the convicts, at e stockade, every Sunday afternoon. The riter preached last Sunday; Rev. G. L. vccny, I). 1)., will preach next Sunday. Of the sixty convicts at the stockade, irty can read. It is doubtful if the Neoes outside could show up as large a perntage able to read. Visitors to the camp ill be doing a kindly act if they will reember to take old papers, especially rcligiis papers, to the convicts. v. i. m. . ? + * - - - ?PROCLAMATION TO THE FARMERS. lianrc President Kvuns Advises Hie Holding of Cotton. The following proclamation, addressed to e members of the Farmer's Alliance and tton raisers generally, was issued from the [ice of the president of the State Alliance, Rennettsville, on Tuesday of last week : I'his lias been a bad year for cotton; with irmsand llood-sand drouths, with the elements d seasons out ot' joint, as it were, the crop is art. There will be no cotton to pick worth caking of after the 1st of November in the Atitic States. The Texas crop is reported to lie >m .'KM),ooo to .">00,ooo bales less than last year, te price of cotton is about the average cost of eduction. American spinners are in a large ensure out of the market on account of tho possibility of procuring money on time loans invest in cotton, and the price is governed nl- ^ ist entirely by what Europe will pay for it. >w, what are you going to do? He that proleth not for his own household "hath denied e faith and is worse than an infidel." The coti farmer can command the situation by liold; on to his cotton until trade conditions itnuve, and those who want it, and are obliged to ve it, come after it with their money. Hold to every bale of cotton when you can possibly so wiuioiu injury 10 your creditor, until tlie , ice advances. Make every honorable effort to jet your obligations; but hold your cotton; u arc entitled to a higher price it there is any rttie in the law of supply and demand. There neither justice nor reason in the farmer always riticing himself that others may leap to forne. Hut present action is not all that is necesry. 1'lan for the future. The fanner buys too itch ; lie should bo always a seller. Prepare to luce tin; cotton acreage for next year, and to isc your corn, wheat and bacon at home. Not til you do this will you be independent and le to fix your own prices. 1 take this opportunity of appealing to the ess throughout the cotton States to lielp the nnjrs in their righteous efforts to procure a ing price for their cotton before it all gets out their hands. I take this opportunity of apaling to our creditors to do what they can to Ip us in this effort to prevent the sacrifice of r year's labor. W. D. Kvans, President Farmers' State Alliance of S. ('. ' a Strict Party Vote. ? The Federal elections bill was repealed the house, on Tuesday of last week, by strict party vote. The Republicans sought break a quorum by refraining from voting, it the Democrats were out in force, and ^ ,d sufficient numbers to constitute a quoin without the help of the Republicans, pon the call of the yeas and nays on the icstion of repeal, the vote resulted yeas 0, nays 101. The Populist members all ted with the Democrats.