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?lie f otlmUc inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25,1893. ? Strange indeed, but all the same it is a fact, according to the definition of the patronage press, now-a-days a Populist is one who insists upon the carrying out of the various planks of the Chicago platform. The man who used the platform to get in on is all right; but the man who seeks to carry out his promises is a traitor! By the way, what constitutes a political party anyway ? Is it the declaration of principles,or the self-constituted leaders? Just now, the question is a most pertinent one. ? Senator Hill last week injudiciously referred to Senator Morgan's past allegiance to "another constitution," meaning that ol the Confederacy, whereupon the senator from Alabama took up the senator from New York and handled him without gloves: "When we went out of the Union" said Senator Morgan, "we took the constitution with us, and we defended it on the field of battle, I have respect for those who opposed us there: but I have none for those who, after hiring substitutes to face danger for them in the war, are in the habit getting up in the senate and elsewhere and quoting on me the fact that I at one time belonged to the secession and rebel government of the South. I did belong to the Confederacy, and when a blush of shame comes over my cheek to condemn me for the part I took in that strug gle, I shall be still more ashamed of the poor craven creature, who having plead the baby act and remained at home out of danger, attempts to impose my part on the field of battle as a disgrace upon me." ? The United States circuit court of appeals has just rendered a decision which clearly defines the status of the mercantile agency of R. G. Dun & Co. In July, 1890, one Rollins applied to the City National bank of Birmingham, to discount certa'n drafts drawn by him and certified by \V. A. Kitts, of Oswego, N. Y. Being a subscriber, the bank inquired of Dun & Co., as to Kitts's standing. Dun & Co. referred the matter to a sub-agent, who in his report informed the bank that Kitts was sound. Relying on the report, the bank discounted the acceptances of Kitts to the amount of $5,264, and lost the whole sum. It then sued Duu & Co. to make the amount good. Dun & Co., claimed that they were not responsible, but had been misinformed by the sub-agent, The circuit court decided in favor of the bank, but the court of appeals has reversed the decision, holding that the fraud was committed by the sub-agent. As all the business of Duu & Co., is done through more or less irresponsible sub-agents, it would seem that these reports are entitled to little, if auy credence. ? Rev. J. S. MofTatt, of Chester, related an incident to the Associate Reformed synod last Thursday that is worthy of especinl note. While in attendance on synod in Tennessee, last year, Mr. MofTatt was suddenly called home by a telegram announcing the dangerous illness of his child. Though sorely distressed in mind, with the faith of a true Christian, Mr. MofTatt asked the synod *.c pray for his child's recovery. With a sad heart he started for his distant home, as he thought, to attend the funeral of his child, Upon his arrival he was met with the joyful news that the child was not only still alive but rapidly recovering from its illness, and upon inquiry it was ascertained that it had begun to improve during the same hour that the synod in Tennessee began to pray. The physician in charge had already given up the child to die aud had been discharged. Consequently, all those acquainted with the circumstances regard the recovery of the child rt? wnoiilf nf Aiinfot?nnoitlnn nf T^ivMiiP OO VUV> 1WOUIV V/* UI1VVI iUW?|/vs/tviv>t v. Providence. Was it ? Scoffers cannot controvert the testimony. ? Politics makes strange bed fellows. A month or six weeks ago when Senator Hill backed Senator Peffer in his resolution calling for an investigation of the manner iu which the New York banks were observing the laws, nearly all the New York papers jumped on Hill and .characterized him as a traitor not only to his party, but to his State. During the past week, Hill has become a leader in the effort to force a vote on unconditional repeal. The papers, which, a few week ago, were heaping upon him all the abuse they had in stock, are now giving him columns of the most effulgent praise. Speaking as lie did to the West, and working as he is and voting as he intends to, at the dictation of the East, some people might be puzzled as to Hill's present status, but in our opinion the people of the country have Mr. Hill down "pat''?very "pat." He might continue to dance back and forth like a weaver'sshuttle, as suggested by Senator Morgan, but all the same, he is no longer in it. It is too difficult to tell "where he is at." ? This matter of "majority rule" in the senate has been talked a great deal in the lately, but as yet it seems that none of the repeal papers have sought to touch the bottom of the subject. Let us investigate the thing a minute. At the last election, a majority of the voters of the country endorsed the Democratic platform. That meaut that the people of the country desired the Democrats to rule, and that so far as government was concerned, they did not intend the Republicans to be in it. Is that correct? Well, let us see how it works. A majority of the Democrats of the senate are in favor of carrying out the silver plank ol the Democratic platform. This majority ol Democrats is backed by a small minority ot Republicans. A minority of Democrats is opposed to the carrying out of the silver plank of the Democratic platform, and this minority is backed by a majority of the Republicans. The minority of Democrats and majority of Republicans makeup the majority of the senate. Now, since the people ol the country are supposed to have declared <? I)/>mr>r?rnfi<-? iri\vnriimI'llt will) shollld ,V" " prevail in the senate ; the faction composed of a majority of Republicans and a minority of Democrats, or the faction composed of a majority of Democrats and a minority ol Republicans? Until patronage Democrat.are ready to give a straightforward answer, we insist that they keep their mouths shut on the question of majority in the senate. NO LONGER AN EXCI SE. Up to thirty years ago, York county was a wheat growing country. Nearly every waterfall of sutlicient volume drove a (louring mill, and people generally made their bread at home. Such a thing as buying flour from abroad was scarcely thought of. After the war, people commenced paying more attention to cotton-growing and less to the production of wheat. (Jenerally, they sowed wheat 011 poor land and planted cotton on good land. As thq result, the production of cotton increased and that oi wheat diminished. No longer but little wheat to grind, most of the flouring mills disappeared, and the milling industry went West. Within the past few years, farmers have begun to realize that no matter what may be the price of flour, it is cheaper to raise it than to buy it. At the same time, however, they have also begun to realize that even after they had raised wheat, they could no longer get it converted into lirst rate Hour, and this threw another serious damper on i the industry. Hut now we are on the eve of another change. At Zeno, Mr. (i. L. Kiddle already ! has in operation a first class (louring mill, J manufacturing a grade of goods equal to the j best that comes from the West, and Wilker- i son, Scoggins, Moorehead & Co., have in the j course of construction another such mill at Hickory Grove. It is not unlikely that at least one or more mills will go up in different parts of the county at no distant day, and the excuse that we cannot get our wheat , ground into flour will no longer exist. We believe, and in this belief we are backed up by the best farmers of York county, that flour can be produced at home much cheaper than it can be bought from abroad. If this is true, there is no way in which the farmers of York county can more easily save about $200,000 per annum, than by raising their own wheat. NEWS FROM THE CHURCHES. In today's issue of The Enquirer much , space is devoted to denominational matters? Associate Reformed, Baptist and Prcsbyteri. an. The proceedings of the respective organizations of these churches have furnished the local news of the week, and it has , come within the regular routine of our duties to record them. But we have no apologies to make. This issue we consider one of , the most valuable of the vear, and in our i , opinion, copies of it will be preserved in . many homes, particularly homes of "Seceders," to be handed down even to the next , generation. There are manv of course who will be ' interested in the synopsized proceedings of Bethel Presbytery and the York Baptist . association ; but more special interest will . attach to the exercises in connection with , the celebration of the semi-centennial an, niversary of the pastorate of Rev. Dr. It. A. . Ross. Of Dr. Ross, it is not ours to say a word at this time. Up to Friday afternoon we might have paid him a small tribute, but . now the opportunity is gone from us. Men ! of far greater capacity have essayed the task, i and they have left nothing undone. Elsewhere we lay before our readers a most perfect symposium?poem, historical sketch and theological essay?a grand subject, grandly treated by men who arc fully equal to the occasion. i The poetn of Rev. Mr. McLaughlin will , bear reading hurriedly, it will bear reading j slowly, and it will bear the closest study. From any point it may be viewed, it is a i gem, and creditable alike not only to its ven; erable author but its honored subject as well. Though probably equally powerful in print, Dr. Boyce's historical address has lost much ; of the tender pathos which accompanied it from the pulpit; but still there is a life-text in nearly every paragraph, and the whole will, no doubt, be preserved as a denomina; tional classic in every Associate Reformed > family. ! The symposium is closed by Rev. Dr. W. t M. Urier, of Due West. He undertook to portray the character of Dr. Ross as a servant of God and a minister of the gospel. As to how well he succeeded, nothing we i could say would add to or take away. Tlic 1 character disclosed by the speaker was a grand one, and it fit his subject even as a , garment. 1 We arc sure that the whole proceedings, especially those in connection with the semi centennial, may not only be read with inter> est and pride by all our citizens, but studied ? everywhere with individual benefit. AlM RATION'. Bill Wade, a notorious desperado, rode in| to the small town of Webb, Miss., and ran every business man out except a quiet man 1 named J. M. Evans. Evans opened lire on . Wade, and when the smoke cleared away, it was found that Wade was mortally wounded, and Evans, though seriously, was not fatally shot. Kail road robbers tried to rob a Pullman sleeper on the Erie line, between New York and Chicago, one night last week, by dosing the passengers with chloroform. The scheme was accidentally discovered by a brakeman and the passengers were , waked up. The robbers got nothing for] their pains. Unusually rich discoveries of gold arc reported in Colorado. It is understood that the treasury department proposes to restrict the payments of gold over the counters of the various sub-treasuries in order to build up the reserve. Late advices from Perry county, Ark., are I to the effect that a race war is imminent in : . that locality. The trouble has grown out of I | the murder of a negro by a white man. j I i Bud Lindsay, the famous strike leader of] I Coal Creek, Tenn., was shot and killed last ] II Thursday by United States Marshal Me-1 j Ghee. The killing was the result of a per- ] sonal feud. It was reported last week i that the Wells Fargo Express company lost $r>0,000 while that sum was enroute from New York to New Orleans, as the result of dishonesty of an agent. The officials of the company deny the loss. E. K. Smith, ; an agent of the Pennsylvania railroad, j j drowned himself in a bath tub in a Philadelphia hotel last Thursday, lie was short in liis accounts. The anti-trust association of the United States, held a meeting in Chicago last Thursday and adopted resolutions calling on the president to incorporate ; in his next message to congress, a declara-1 tion against the fictitious or fraudulent capitalization of any company coming within the provisions of the Federal constitution. Generals FitzHugh Lee'and Thomas Kosser met on the stump at Hanover, Va., court 1: house, one day last week. Kosser is a Pop(iulist and Lee is a Democrat. The debate . j passed oil'in a most friendly manner. Each (| speaker complimented the other. The house of representatives has passed a bill prohibiting national banks from niak-' ing loans to any of the officers without first , submitting the matter to the board of direc, I tors. The employes of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, who recently struck ( against a reduction of wages, arc asking for | their old places again. Senator Faulkner, of Virginia, is to he married soon to Miss Virginia Whiting, daughter of a prominent banker of Hampton. The senate has confirmed the nomination of Mr. Van j f Allen, to represent the government of the [ United States in Koine, Italy. Will . Dutton, a white gambler, was hanged all Cartersville, Ga., last Friday, for murder, j ! He went to the scaffold smoking a cigar and I ' I declared that if the medical students cut up i j his body after he was dead, he would get ' even with them. A Washington real I j estate agent says there are in,(too vacant | houses in that city. Marshal MoMalion, , a former president of the French Republic,* and during his lifetime the leading soldier of I France, died on Tuesday of last week, aged , I So years. Two white men were mur-1 ' dcred by three drunken Choctaws, in the In. I diau Territory, last Wednesday. The j j ollicials of King's county. New York, have; given it out that they do not intend to allow ! the proposed prize light between Mitchell > j and Corbett to come oil'on Coney Island, j , I Dr. Amos Fox, of Atlanta, has been ! | appointed postmaster of that city. Five tramps were killed in a freight train collision ; on the Pennsylvania railroad, near Trenton, j X. J., last Thursday. It has been de-j cided that although the World's Fair will ! i j come to a close ollicially on October Mist. 1 the gates will be allowed to remain open as long as the attendance justifies. Sena- ! , tor Vance made a speech at Raleigh, N.C.,on 1 j Tuesday of last week, and told his eonstitu-1 'cuts that the recent financial panic was I caused by the bankers who shipped gold out j : of the country at an expense, Ibr no other , purpose than to produce a stringency. Wright Mills, a leading farmer of Kvergrecn.! Ala., was convicted last week of sending a 1 challenge to light a duel and sent to the penitentiary for two years. William L. Pat-! ton, of the Wall street firm of Patton Co., | i was arrested last week on the charge of fraud, i His firm failed recently with liabilities of $7t>S,000 and assets of only $11,000. j Governor Stone, of Mississippi, denies t he | ! reports that cotton jjins have been humeri by j I "white cappers" in his State. A number of 'Kins have been post eel by unknown cranks, | I but as yet not a single gin has been burned, j SECEDEKS IX COUNCIL. PnK'cedinjfs of JIio A. I{. Synod at Sharon. LOTS OF WORK-BUT LITTLE TALK. AVlistl was Saiil ami Done at tlm Celebration of the Semi-centennial Anniversary of tin* Pastorate of Kev. I>r. It. A. Itoss. The Associate Heforinetl Presbyterian Synod of tlie South convened in annual session at Sharon last Thursday morning. There was present about So delegates, representing all of the nine presbyteries of the synod, and a large congregation of people from Sharon and the surrounding country. The onenintr sermon was preached by Rev. J. S. Moflhtt, of Chester, S. ('., from I Timothy ii, 4, "Wlio will have all men to he saved and to eomc unto the knowledge of the truth." At the eonclusion of Mr. MofFatt's sermon, the roll was called by Rev. James Boyce, of Kentucky, stated clerk, and ltev. F. V. Pressly, of Abbeville, elected at the last meeting, assumed the chair as moderator. The morning hour was consumed in disposing of the unfinished business of the last meeting of synod. Most of the unfinished business?none of which is of general interest? was recommitted to the respective committees already having it in charge. The afternoon was taken up in the reading of reports on home and foreign missions and the reports from the various presbyteries. Each of the respective presbyteries reported more or less growth since the last meeting of synod, hut with one or two exceptions, these reports all showed shortcomings in money matters, and assigned as the cause "financial stringency," "the recent panic," inimical legislation," etc. During the afternoon, Itcv. A. (J. Wallace, D. P., of the Cnitcd Presbyterian church, and located at Pittsburg, Pa.; ltev. J. B. Swann, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Bullock's Creek ; and Rev. W. S. Hamiter, pastor of the Presbyterian churches at Blacksburg and Sharon, were introduced to the synod and invited to sit as corresponding members. On Friday morning, the trustees of Erskine college reported with sadness the death of Rev. J. M. Todd, I). P., professor of Latin and French, during the past year, and also stated that at a late meeting, two new professors had been elected as follows: Rev. F. V. Pressly, of Abbeville, S. C., to fill the chair of Oreek and German ; and Rev. D. O. Caldwell, of Xeely's Creek, S. C., to fill the chair of Latin and French. Both Mr. Pressly and Mr. Caldwell have signified their acceptance of the respective positions. The special order for 11 o'clock a. m., was an address from Rev. I)r. Wallace, who had been delegated by the United Presbyterian church to bring greetings and overture the Associate Reformed synod with reference to organic union. This message from the U. P. church is an annual incident. Dr. WalKI P n????. 41 ??neennfrni? nnnn KnlnfO iuuu uuumjii nuo *. iiiu^ovii^vi vhw v nineteen years previous?and every year since a delegate has brought greetings. Dr. Wallace spoke for about twenty minutes. He referred to the close similarity of the doctrines, beliefs and characteristics of the two denominations, reviewed the history and progress and present status of the V. 1'. church, urged that greater good could be accomplished by union?that Christians should get together?and closed with the hope that the day was not far distant when the long cherished dream of organic union should be consummated. Moderator lTessly replied to Dr. Wallace in some brief, but extremely well put remarks. He rejoiced in the prosperity of the lT. 1*. church. He thought much good had been accomplished by the friendly intercourse between the two denominations, and said that he did not believe organic union was more than u quarter of a century off, if so far. However, the time was not yet ripe, though why he was not prepared to say. The speeches were both suggestive of the utmost good feeling; but judging by what was said, and the way it was uttered, the time for the celebration of the long anticipated nuptials, has not yet arrived. Synod, however, passed a resolution expressing an earnest desire for union, and continuing the committee having the matter in charge. Rev. T. M. Dowry, financial agent of the Columbia Theological seminary, and Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber, pastor of Trinity, M. 10. church, were introduced to synod and invited to sit as corresponding delegates. TH K SUM I-CKNTUN NIA L. On Friday afternoon, as a part of its proceedings, synod celebrated the semi-centennial of the pastorate of Rev. Dr. R. A. Ross, at Sharon. It was expected and hoped, of course, when the celebration was determined upon, that Dr. Ross would be present, but Providence willed it otherwise. For many weeks past the doctor has been confined to his bed. He has no organic disease, but the end of his long and useful life is evidently near. This fact lent touching and almost sacred sublimity to the exercises of the afternoon ki:v. it. a. i:oss. i>. i>. The celebration was moderated by the venerable Kev. II. T. Sloan, I). I>., of Abbeville who. after prayer, asked the congregation to sing the "1st Psalm. As the lirst item on the programme, Kev. \V. \\\ Orr read the following beautiful poem, composed for the occasion by Kev. I. (J. McLaughlin, of Query's, N. : All hail! A synod celebrates today In various style, t>ut now witli bumble lay, A half century of ordained employ: All praise to (iod, we say, for men all jov! Kvcnts in haste we pass under the rod, Wit h fait It in men as men, ill Cod as Cod; Some are plainly human, but more divine. onciiici in j in 11 s 1111-\ f'ii 11 i m u i wii i-iiiu i m i ii'. lit 1 i I in"- liki' 11 H'M* nil seasons seem to nii't'I The temler Irsil' ;ilnl blossoms rich Mini -wci'l, Progressive growth in simile ami rounded form, Though all change in sunshine, shower and storm. I- yours the lime of youth and heauty rare, Ahsorhedlu fragrance, no thought to spare For these autumnal trees life's fruits that hear, Km-hunting still heeaiisc so great ami fair? Are some to time and earth so closely hound. No place in the soul for grace is found? Whatever shield you hold, or however alert. The shaft of death and doom you cannot avert. Kcsponsihility is for all so rife There's no escape from the claims of life; If spared hy death each one old age shall see A lesson here for you and one for me. Hi fore ns, tin wed hy years and constant toil, St ill 1 ion nil hy tender I ies to mil i ve soil, A loan most irueand manly every way, Kit her in sacred place or social play. This presence here we gladly greet once more Heforehe reach the other friendly shore; To which till on life's sea that sail are hound, And who on hoard I heir craft the ("hrist have found. See what in their work the .Master claims From high a nohlc purpose ever aims; What trials, too, lis heart in hope must hear, When strung or weak lie niitsi the sorrows share, To which all mortals are doomed hy hirth Wherever they live and move ill till the earth. (?n this our sunny plain all dates forgot, Hy godly Scot or patient Huguenot; An Hilar, rude 'Is true, for*toil was reared, Ahout which then a faithful hand appeared When the hleak wilderness was wild ami new. And homes ami hearths in nuuihcr very few; And heasts untamed hy man now roamed at will A* insiinct led nVr riitstrcil plain and lull; I'nlrss, perhaps, a lonely hunter's horn Sli< 111 id slarl It'a is antl terrors as yet tinhorn : (>r noisy lioiinils, I heir virl ill! to overtake c 'liast* mailt' I hroimh forest, Held or lake. Kvcry I'.iblr reader distinctly knows A wilderness ran blossom as the rose When s | in wits of licavt'ii on rail 11 tlfsrriitl A nil t sun's rays I lirir uciiial virtue lt-iitl; Then liarri'n plains anions I heir I rrasnrrs kri-p (Mushing lira ill it's for ryrs tlial nrvrr slrrp. In a slatrly Irinplr wr now appear, Where saeraiiirnls ami ps.alins from year to year Anil sermons fragrant as ilowrrs of sprint; <i hi linn I lie soim we have essayed losing. shall this altar, today so sound and fair. He left to moulder throutrh want of rare. Hi cause i he watchman now demits his eha rsre, ignite soon his sphere of action to enlarge, A ml Unit, hv helpful irracc divine employ. Where trials cannot come nor sins annoy ; ISeeauseof what he's hern and what he'll he, The sacred lire must hum as hriuhl ami free As time and skill in us will >ti 1 i allow, Till to tile "leal deel'ee all meekly how. The sunt: must not cease when the sinner dies And his voice swells the music of I lie skies; This vineyard here shall yield its precious wine As lonu as tendrils learn their slays to twine; This plant so tine, our ceaseless rare shall know As lonir as branches hloom and clusters jjrow. A hoary head we see all blanched by years; Plain I races of a frciinciil flow of tears I A life of devotion to Maker and man, ; A race, except a pace, already ran ; Before stieli majesty we rise and stand, I'nifterin j heart for heart ami hand for hand. l-'or all your hands can find to do prepare Prepare't > weep and die, to do and dare, i < hir vision, short as it may seem to lie, i Can turn its txaze toward eternity And look upon an cnmpturintr prize I Kor htm who livesand loves and works and dies. j After the rending of the poem, the congre- j gation sung l'saltn 77, and then Rev. Dr. 10. | j 10. Uoyce delivered his historieal address as ' follows: .MUMtKSS OK tut K. K. ItoVCK. My own personal relations to the prineipal ligj tire of this occasion prompts niotonsk indnl genee, and I hope yon will pardon me for thrust- j ling upon you some allusions to his early life, 1 where niv own history touches his. To you they ] i may be dry; to me, many of theni art; thrilling. I | The speaker's lirst acquaintance with Robert j Armstrong Koss, is associated.with a group of 'six students, sitting under a vine that lilted its | limber arms and branched high up among the j oaks and hickories of l*nion academy, near Sardis, X. ('. There I sat with that group many a hot summer day. The iutlection "amo" and the lirst lessons in "historia sacra," were troubling my brain. The others were tugging at Greek roots and reading "Homer's Iliad," "The Siege of Troy," and the "Wrath of Achilles," and to me, in'lkr. Koss, there was much that seemed like the Grecian warrior?all clad in iron?and woe be to the lleetors that stood in his path. The providence that held the scales over that band of young men, weighing and shaping character and results, was a scaled oracle to us all; but soon the revelations began in some most astounding wonders of God's judgment and mercy. On the Fourth of duly, IK'18, at People's Store, the l oys got an old cannon, and were Having a good time, sounding their patriotism far and near, and K. A. Koss had been touching it oil' every time till the last. That time they had tilled the gun with mud, and were ready to send it oil' again, when Josiah Boyce stepped forward and asked for the match in Boss's hand. Koss yielded and stepped oil' a few paces, and in a few seconds there was an awful tragedy. The cannon bursted. A great wedge passed over Boss's head and plowed thelielu beyond. Isaiah Boyce was killed. Patton was killed instantly, and others wounded. Josiah Boyeo was a brilliant young man and was preparing for the ministry; but it was God's will that that small incident? asking for the match?should produce tremendous results. Kosswasstandingoverthecannon with the tire in his hand, and one second more, and lifty years of great usefulness in the church would have gone, and the last record of R. A. Ross would have been: "Killed in Patton'sOld Field by the bursting of a cannon." While the one who fell was as brilliant and promising, Rod decided that the church needed R. A. Ross. Now, with this providence before us?with the hand of Rod clearly seen in it all? we use the language of one who seems to have caught the inspiration of such marvels: "We are 1U1 we are dwelling In a grand and awful time, In an age on ages telling To l)e living Is sublime." Blair says, "true sublimity consists in only glimpses of the grand and incomprehensible." Now, truly, iiere we stand in awe before the power ami foreordination that shapes our ends; and because of that wisdom and foreordination, l)r. Ross is hero today. For the same reason, some more of us arc here from that same group under the vine?hereto salute and congratulate him upon a long life of great usefulness to the church. That fifty years' pastorate was written on the invisible canvass with which angels tinted Ration's old Held that day, and they read their charge: "Bear him up in your hands; take that match out of his hand ; he is the man oi destiny; let the other fall and his life go out." Dr. Ross graduated at .Jefferson college, and following in his tracks, a few years behind him still, we met again in 184!), and from that day to this our lives have lain near to each other and our hearts nearer; and I want it recorded that 4.'! years of helpfulness and concord is no small matter in the lives of men. I am indebted to Dr. Ross more than any man knows?even the . benefactor himself?and if I have trespassed on your patience by so long a personal narrative, I beg you go to him for the apology. The many years of unmerited favor from this venerable servant of Rod, now as wo are both on our homestretch, has put such a strain in my heart, that T cannot?I dare not?repress it. This, though lit occasion for mo to tell the world that I knew Dr. Ross?and I have come here not to weave wreaths to put on his grave, but to speak a word of living kindness and gratitude that may fetch a ray of light to the evening of his earthly life. I said to him this morning: "Pilgrim, look up; you are Hearing the shore, the land birds are alighting on your craft?the day is breakinghut a little way and you will soon be home. Look up; be cheerful." I)r. lloyce essayed to more fully describe what lie believed to be his last meeting with Dr. Ross at the bedside of the latter, during the morning ; but he was too much overcome with emotion. 11 is voice broke, and he was unable for a time to continue. With tears trickling down both cheeks, he stood before the congregation, a mule picture of mixed joy and sorrow, at once pathetic and sublime. And lie had the fullest sympathy of his hearers, as in the entire congregation there were lew dry eyes, and some sobbed aloud. Finally, as if gathering encouragement and enthusiasm from the thought, Dr. Boyee continued: "And when I told Dr. Ross this, he said, 'Yes, my work is almost done, and you will not be far behind me.'" Next I)r. Boyee made a few remarks in reference to Dr. Ross's character, and said that "under that iron front there was a tender heart throb, the kindness of which few men knew. I got into his heart. I got into it and I am indebted to Dr. Ross more than lie knows?more than any man knows." Still very much affected, Dr. Boyee abruptly changed the subject and continued : The A. It. 1*. church had no organized existence in York prior to 17!H>. About 17U5 or'!*?, Watts's Psalms and Hymns were introduced into the Presbyterian churches in York county, all of which bad up to this date used David's Psalms?Scotch version. This was regarded by many as aminnovation to which they could not conscientiously submit. The consequence was that in many of the congregations there was a considerable secession of the stricter sort. Thus it seems to have been in Beershclmand Bullock's Creek congregations. It was certainly so in Beersheba, as the speaker has often heard from a pious ami intelligent elder of the A. R. church, who was one of the soeeders. This elder was Mr. McKlwce, whose son, Newman, was to have been baptized in Beersheba the day the rupture took place. Of this material, it is pretty sure that Sharon was formed. From all the traditional information now available, it wasorganized in the summer ot 17!H>, by Rev. James Rogers. Who constituted the tirst bench of elders, is not known. At an early period in the history of the congregation, the following are known to have been ruling elders: Robert McKnight, John and Andrew Wright, Win. Love, Sr. Tradition says that among those who originally constituted the congregation, were Peter Halloway, Alexander Halloway?father of the Rev. Robert and Jonathan Halloway, and also of Hugh Halloway, and grandfather of tlie^Halloways here today?several families of the Wrights, Robert McKnight, Williams, Bighams, Lind-j says, Scotts, Robert and William Kennedy, a i family of Williams?one of whom donated the land on which the church now stands, and still | belongs to the congregation. There was also a I family of Russells, from whom sprung the Rev. R. Y. Russell. There was also a family of Raincys, one of whom had been educated for the ministry in the Associate church, that died of consumption just on the eve of licensure. MMw* iH' CM,.,. txV Hut ul.ovn (tltililiou i ill" uu.^iunuam.t wi rtwiiu; 1/1 nu uimm v ...... still belong to tlio congregation, but when the slavery <|uestion began to agitate the Associate synod, many moved to Ohio and Indiana and became useful elements in those congregations in those States, now in the United Presbyterian j church. Some removed to Tennessee, and the substantial part of Ilopewell, Maury county, was divided from Old Sharon. I have at home an old manuscript. I wish I had brought it here today, but I did not. It' looks as it' it had come over the sea, and had been discovered among the archaeological deposits of Egypt or Syria. I read on the tl.v leaf: "King's .Mountain, March 20, 1700. (iuliclmus 1 lickson." Then I turnoveranil read: "January, 17:17. l'rcnchcd at Sharon on Song 1:7: "Tell tne thou whom my soul lovcth where thou lccdcst; where thou tnakest tli.v llock to rest at noon." Then I read again. 1 read: "Win. I lickson ordained June 1st. 17U7, after giving in a lecture on j Heh. 1, l:t, by ltev. James Rogers. Morning Psalm explained. Rev. Win. Itlaekstoeks. Sermon preached I by Rev. John Hemphill from I,like 12:1:!ami charge given by Rev. l'etcr McMillan." So we have before us the lirst pastorate of Sharon, beginning in 17U7, and four years hence the congregation will have a history of one whole century. One quarter of that was occupied by the lirst pastor. It is not certainly known the year Mr. Dickson demitted this branch of his charge. The last record I lind in those old manuscripts, Mr. Dickson seems to have held the sacramental meeting at Sharon, 1*27, March dmh and April 2d. Rut the year before, Rev. Win. M. McKlwee had been called and accepted the charge of Sharon and Tirzah, which lasted six! years?up to isd2. Then came in a vacancy of j ten years. This ten years marks a transition j from the Associate Synod id' North America to ! the A. R. Synod of the South, whence tlicy had I gone out in years, before, under the great A brum Anderson, Wilsc n, Dickson and McMillcn. In IS Id, a call was presented to Rev. R. A. j Ross for one-t bird time, accompanied by a promise of SI.7H. This call was presented at the fall meeting of the First Presbytery at Hopewell, | Chester county, and by him accepted. Dr. Ross was ordained and mstalk'd at .Sharon tin* lirst I Wednesday of December, lNJ.'i. ltev. Thomas j Kin-hens prcaehod Hie ordination sermon from Malachi, 2nd ehapter, 17th verse, ltev. I,. MoDonald led in the ordination prayorand addressed the pastor, and Kov. S. ('. M illen the people. "It was a cold and stormy day. Nevertheless, : there was a good eontfrettation out." So says i Dr. I toss. I ltev. It. Drier, D. D? then pastor of Bethany and IMsjfah, afterward president of Krskine i I college, nioderaU d this eall, and John < iallowav, j j .1. N. Mc 101 woe, John Kennedy and Hugh (iallowav?four elders?signed it. These men have ' loiif! since gone to the other life. As far as the!; speaker knows, t here is not one member yet stir- j viving, who sat in presbytery at Hopewell in j i I lM.'i, when that eall was accepted. All that getiI (-ration are discharged and gone home, and Dr. j i j Itoss alone has been detained in service to finish 11 !ii]). Fifty years pastorate! Honored man! j honored people! ! I bit t he angel sail h let I lie no, [ the day breakelli. ; "1 hear my Saviour culling: The jovial hour lias come. Angel iiandsare waiting To guide me to our home; | When Christ our I.ord sliall gather All His redeemed again, 11 is kingdom to inherit (rood night till then." ; When Dr. Boyoe concluded, the eongrcga- L tion sung I'salm, 128, after witieli ltev. \V. 1 M. (trior, D. !>., delivered tin address to the I i ministers as follows: int. w. m. nitiKit's atnntt:ss. The-eoinniittee in charge of the programme ot : < I this ilny's rxrivisis, liavr askril mr tn say simmc-1 i tiling in hchstlf oflhc synod. To lis, as well as lo \ mil* honoreil brother, thisoccasion insignificant. ] \ It speaks to ns with a voice scarcely less do- si (picnt than to him. So rare in our church, or any other, is a pastorate covering fitly years! without si break, thsit it justly claims the ilistine- s lion which these special services give to it. Such si si life-work puts to t he proofiustny of those prill- si eiplcs which, by eoiiiinoii consent, liesit the foun- | \ ilsition of all true success in the gospel ministry, j t Vskiinr. then, instruction of the occasion itself, : < we may learn : j I 1. That a faithful ministry is a fruitful one. I i We are slow to learn this lesson. Faithful ! preaching involves the earnest ami constant 1 t presentation of truths, most unpalatable to the i > natural man. Tins doctrines of sin; of human it depravity; of our lost condition; of the divine 'I sovereignty ; <>f 'bid's eternal purpose to stive a j < remnant according to the election of grace; of s the absolute necessity of faith in Christ; of jus-1 j (ideation by faith without works of law; ol'eter-! j mil punishment?these tire doctrines which have | t ever roused the opposition of the carnal mind, i From the days of the apostles until this present | I time, those who have preached smooth things ] have shunned these doctrines of grace. They tt have handled the Word of Cod deceitfully, t They have cried peace, peace, when there was j no peace. They have sought to please men t rather than save them. They soothe and satisfy s the conscience rather than arouse it. Tliev J practically deny the declaration of God's Word, t and say "Wide is the gate and broad is the way t that leads to heaven." Such a ministry may be 1 popular, but it can never be fruitful. It can i never reach the heart nor change the life. It I will never prick the conscience or bow sinners in the agony of conviction as they cry "Men and brethren, what must we do to be saved ?" Dr. Alexander, in his "Thoughts on Preaching," says, "It is related of Professor Moses Stuart, that during his short but ellieient pastorate, he dwejt much on certain doctrines of grace which had been neglected or disparaged by his predecessor. The people were aroused. Some i said one thing and some another. His preach- . ing was in demonstration of the Spirit and of J power. The church was tilled with eager lis- c tenors. Some who were unused to such search- ( ing truth, became restive and begged the preacher to give them less doctrine and more practice, lie promptly complied, and com- 1 mcnccd delivering clear and thorough expositions of the divine law. It gleamed and tliun- { dered front his pulpit as from Sinai of old. In a short time the same hearers waited upon the s pastor with the reouest that he return to the 1 doctrines. They hud enough of practice." "The ( truth is," says* Dr. Alexander, "aversion to le- . gitimatc preaching, whether of doctrine or practice, originates in one source; in its antagonism ' to corrupt nature, which, if the truth be doc- t trinal, requires a correspondent practice; if practical, litis its roots in a correspondent doctrine." Hut these humbling doctrines of the Word of r God are the power of God unto salvation. True, the Scriptures so declared centuries ago; but how j me inn 11 is cuipuusi/.L-u m mu uimiiiiuwu.-i imuu.iIry in one place, to the same people, for fifty years! On every side we see evidences of the fru it fulness of this long pastorate. Through its labors hundreds have been savingly converted. q Under the same pastor, children and children's children have confessed Christ. And who doubts that long after our revered father has passed to 1 his reward, others shall enter into his labors and the seed sown shall bring forth fruit. Let us 1 learn the lesson anew, and let the long and hap- c py experience of him whose semi-centennial we 1 celebrate, be to us the living witness and the t strong confirmation of the divine declaration, 1 "Let us seek fruit in a faithful ministry." n 2. Let the occasion teach us that this gospel < never grows old. The congregation may grow i old ; the children may become fathersand grand- f fathers; the church building may weaken and < decay to its foundations; the pastor may reach i hi.s tlirec score and ton, and may linger on his four score years with the affecting evidences of \ increasing infirmity, but the gospel which Jie t preached is ever fresh. The glorious theme was j as full of interest at the thousandth sermon as at i the first. What a proof that this is of find ! I low wonderful it is that those who have grown old in si listening to it, love it with an increasing affee- i tion ! A successful ministry so extended as that which we honor today, furnishes the strongest, j highest proof of the inexhaustible fullness of the i gospel we are called to preach. If the minister should handle secular themes; if he were to \ onen up the treasures of literature and philoso- ( phy and criticism, however rich these maybe, r it would require only a few years to preach the \ church empty, old and young alike would turn j away in weariness from a ministry which must > of necessity soon exhaust its subject matter, or i leave altogether unsatisfied the deepest longings t of our humanity. Hundreds have attempted 1 this task only to find that congregations were dying on their hands and that they were laboring i as one that beateth the air. They soon become ( ecclesiastical tramps and seek new congrcga- s: tions, to repeat tiie same experience of barren, j fruitless effort ; but how suggestive and in- i structivc the contrast in the work and labor { of our honored brother. The gospel which i he preached was the glorious gospel of the t blessed (foil. The message which he dcliv- f ered was given him. It was a tnessago of peace and pardon through our Lord Jesus Christ; * a jnossago of life to the dead, and of forgive- i ness to the guilty and condemned. It was dcliv- i ered with authority as became an ambassador of Christ, and with a marked avoidance of every i species and form of sensationalism. There are c hundreds of living witnesses who are ready to i testily that the gospel in its purity, the gospel in i its simplicity, was the sum and substance, the 1 warp and woof, the heart and soul of Dr. Hoss's 1 ministry. How like the picture drawn by the ( master hand of the Knglisli poet: "In doctrine a uneorrupt, in language plain, and plain in manners; simple, grave, sincere; doeent, solemn, c chaste, much impressed himself as conscious of c his awful charge, and anxious mainly that the c lloek he feeds may feel it too." ( brethren, this occasion will lose much of its t significance?it will become an empty form, a t meaningless ceremony, unless we find in it les- 1 sons for our profit; and this one, as among the s most important, that this gospel is for all gcner- e ationsand equally for all. Tlie Nineteenth een- ( tury has no pre-eminence over the First in this \ matter. Men are sinners, lost and undone. So si far as this feature is concerned, there is no ditfer- 1 ence between the ancient and modern, as there j is none between the rich and the poor. Then, too, the one provision for the guilt and misery of t sin is tin* redemption which is in Christ Jesus, i As we love the souls of men and would save t them, let us preach it as the only hope of the race, c and yet as the sure and infallible remedy for all i the flitter consequences of sin both in this lifeand < that which is to come. Such a message will ever 1 prove glad tidings to sinners. It will never wear < out. This pastorate of lilty years emphasizes c most impressively, thedeclaration of the apostle: "For 1 determined not to know anything among c you save Jesus Christ, and him crucified." 'I .3. To us then comes also from this memorable oe- t casion, the exhortation to be diligent in the Mas- \ tor's service while we have health and strength. The period of active service is short at the longest. 1 "I have written unto you, young men, becauseye t are strong," and they were strong because they t were yourg. Oneof the most remarkable preachers this country ever produced, as he stood one t Sabbath morning before his people, with every c feature marked by advancing years, said, withal- I footing pathos; "'brethren, a man cannot be at what ho was at 4tl." Few of us may hope to see v the lengthened service of our venerated brother, s but if there lie a whole-hearted zeal, if we give o ourselves wholly to the ministry of the Word i and make full proof of it then, though our r ministry lie short, not only will congregations (1 receive a blessing, but whole communities will s feel the quickening, and saving power of the v gospel. If we could share more largely the spirit of our Master, who ever felt the treinen- t dons responsibility of the work lie had under- s taken, and which it was the one business of his t existence to accomplish, we might make even a t brief pastorate the joy of many homes and the a means of salvation to multitudes. It is a com- a nion saving that the world is living fast. The a life of si century is crowded into a score oi years, e and we are commanded to do quickly what we t mean to do for Christ. Soon the night of past I opportunity or of inlirm health will settle about ii us, and we must rest in whole or in part from our labors. Do we, on the one hand, shrink li from the self accusation of unfaithfulness to v Christ and perishing souls? Do we, on the other li hand, covet the sweet satisfaction and blessed v peace of him who can say to his congregation, s Yeare witnesses, and (bid also, how holily and a justly and unblamably we behave ourselves 1 among you that believe, and ye know how we 1 exhorted and comforted and charged everyone of you as a father (loth his children, that you a should walk worthv of (bid, who has called you " to his kingdom and glory." If we aspire to the t reward of the faithful servants, we must work o while it is called today. This is apart of that I solemn message winch our revered brother do- li li vol's to us this day, and to which the occasion f in all its features gives emphasis. Del us lay it t to heart as his last word to this synod. * Hut the proprieties of the occasion suggest as our own feelings prompt, a few words to him a whose remarkable pastorate these exercises sig- 11 nalize. The synod, dear brother, brings to you il its earnest ('hristian sympathy, old age has its it trials. There is the decline of the physical powers, the growing bodily weakness. The keepers k of the house tremble, those that look out of the p windows are darkened, ami the grasshopper is a < burden. The aged ISarxillai said, "1 am this r day four score years old ; can thy servant taste n what I cat or drink? Can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women?" tl These increasing infirmities an labor and sor- h row, and, too often, alas, they elicit littlesyiupa- h thy from the strong and vigorous. But a far n grcatcrtrial to the aged is the sense of loneliness it which so often steals upon them. It is pro- n ton in I ly depressing. We need appeal to no ex- e< aggeraied sentiment. The experience of thou- tl sands is the aft'eeting evidence in the case. As m the old minister looks about him, there is scarcely a friend of his earlier years left. Fat Iters, i'1 . .a iiiiist. brut hers and sisters; the elders of his 1 early pastorate; the men and women wiioealled \\ him to l>e their shepherd, all have passed on hetore. A minister in speaking of this feature " says: "The solitary condition of the aged is ag- h gravated hy the indisposition of the young to seek their company." "We are fond of saving i' that old age is honorable; but I have lived long n enough to observe that in point of fact it re- tl reives but little honor. Venerable persons are v sometimes honored tor their wealth or for their place or power, hut how seldom for their years, h 1'here is many a noble . crv.am of tied, fargone I' in the vale of years, who feels the saddening I' change from the days when men hastened to do | him reverence.'* Add to this, bereavement and ! s widowerhood, ami we have a picture of loneli- ti iless titled to awaken the sympathy of every I *> generous heart. i s! Itiit a yet more hitter ingredient in this pe- I! [ nliar trial is the sense of nselessness common to the aged. This feeling is all the more intense oftentimes in proportion to the activity of early years. A minister who has been ' preparing sermons for titty years and preach- <>' ing almost every Sabbath, in connection with all the attendant duties of the pastorate? ?'11 visiting the sick, comforting the mourn- ei ing, counseling the perplexed, remonstrating id willi the way wart I, reproving, relinking and h exhorting in season .and out of season?it isa trial calling for the exercise ot no ordinary grace ri when tiod commands sneh to sjt still. They ire like a ship becalmed in sight of home and m kindred dear. Their one duty is to wait upon p liod and let patience have her perfect work. lint for all such trials there are strong eonsolalations. There is a divine companionship and a v< heavenly communion, which more than coin pen- u' i.ates for the loss of earth's sweet fellowships. These are the precious promises of the word of 111 liod: "When my father and mother forsake inc. then the Lord will take me up." "Kven to ei our old age I am he; and even Jo hoar hair vilI I carry you." The tied of Abraham, Isaai mil .lacoh hath said. "I will never leave thei lor forsake thee. In such seasons of enforced retirement, tin ense of uselessness is met hy the fact that thei ilsd serve who stand and wait. At such times wi ire privileged to manifest the power of grace di ine in a cheerful, happy waiting, till nurehangi WIIH7?, flll'II ? M KM. iiiw.1 'tractive preaching, ami (bid may graciously innor it t<> tin? comfort and edification of yen nany. And now, lastly and childly, the synod bring: o you its sincere and hearty congratulations the greets von this day as one of her faithful iseful and honored servants. Von have lonj >orne the burden and heat of the day. In time: if sore trial and ureal discouragement, yon liavi lood at vonr post, and from your pulpit ha: tone forth no nncort in sound, Hod hasgivei on strength toserveyonr generation far heyoni he period allotted to most ministers of the gos >el. Yon have fought a good light and kept tin ititli, and now it is fitting that the synod ex iress its profound appreciation of your abnnd mt labors and make grateful acknowledgment o Him who hath counted yon worthy by putting on into the ministry, and who hath promise? hat they who turn many to righteonsiiesj hall shine as the stars forever and forever ml today, from this vale of tears we look t? hat glorionsand blessed reward, and just beyotu siith sees the everlasting hills radiant with tin iglit never seen on land or sea. There is in light there. Happy exchange! < Morions trans at ion! "Leaving the cloud and the tempest, Finding the luilm and the cheer, Finding the end of our sorrow, Finding the end of our fear; Seeing the face of the Master Yearned for in distanceand dream, (ill ! for that rapture of gladness, Oh! for that vision supreme." After the conclusion of Dr. Drier's address [lev. J. C. (Jalloway read an open letter t'ron ">r. George Karle, of Washington, I). C\, on< if Dr. Ross's eollegcmates, ami the exercise: >f the day were concluded with the singinj if the 13()th l'saltn, and a benediction hv tin noderator. Synod, on Saturday, devoted itself mainl? o a discussion of the subject of home mis lions, which in reality proved to lie thi ccynote of the whole meeting. A signili ant result of the discussion was an agree ncnt to join forces with the Tinted l'rcsby erian church, in mantaining a mission sta Ion in Atlanta, Ga. Monday was devoted to the adoption o ejection of the various reports previous!? ead. The synod adjourned to hold its next an mal meeting at Troy, S. C. YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. Nu* Meeting at Antiocii I.ast Wt'pk Was i Itusy Oik*. U'|H)rti*?l for tin* Yorkvillc Knipiircr. The twonty-Qfth animal session of the Yorl baptist association convened at Antiocli ehuref in last Thursday. Owing to theahsence of Rev <). S. Curtis, the regular appointee, hyinvita ion, the introductory rfcrmon was preached bi dev. K.J. Forrester, pastor of the Baptist chnrcl it Greenwood, who was present in the intercs >f the Connie Maxwell Orphanage, at Green vootl. The sermon was a clear, logical ant brccful exposition of the text contained ii alatians, v, 25. Alter the services were conclu led a recess was taken for refreshments. Alter an interval of about an hour, the bod] vas called to order by the retiring moderator am he delegates from "the various churches com losing the association, were enrolled by tin lerk. The next business in order was the election o i moderator for the ensuing year. The electioi vas by ballot and resulted in the choice of San d. Crist, the incumbent. Dr. J. C. McCubbin md ii. K. Johnson were elected clerk and treas irer, respectively. The moderator, then, in behalf of the body vclcomed Rev. B. 1'. Robertson, of Gail'iie] 'ity; Revs. Thos. Dixon, Sr., and J. W. Suttlc if Shelby, X. ( '.; Rev. K. J. Forrester, of Green vootl, S. ('.; and Rev. Dr. R. II. < 1 ritilth, tin irineipal of the Baptist High school, of York rille; and ('apt. \V. II. Kdwards, of the Cheste issociation, to seats with the body, and aeeordet o them the privilege of participating in the do iberations. The next business in order was the appoint ncnt, by the chair, of the various committee sxpccted to present reports during the session md while the lists of committeemen were beini irepared, Rev. B. P. Robertson, who was pros mt in the interest of The Baptist Courier, wa jiven an opportunity to present the claims o md solicit subscriptions to that most excellcn sxponent of the principles of the large and in luential denomination tor which it is published After the committees had been announced am tome other preliminary work disposed of, oi notion, the body adjourned until I-riday morn ng at 10 o'clock. At the appointed hour on Friday, the body re isscmbled, and after devotional exercises con luctcd by Rev. Thomas Dixon, Sr., the asso iation was called to order, and the report of th lommittco on home missions called for. Th eport was read by tho chairman, Rev. F. C .1,,,l ii-.iu ,1 iu/.iiuun,l l,vunvrnrnl member if the association, and also by several of til ,'isitors, after which the report was adopted. The next report called for was that of tin lommiltcc on education, which was read by tin hainnan, Mr. J. A. Tate. The report was dis aissed by Dr. (iriililh, Ho v. W. J. Langston Japtain Kd wards and others. Under this repor he question as to whether or not the York asso nation would endorse the action of those wh< ia<l purchased the King's Mountain Military ichool property at Yorkvillo, for the purpose o istablishing a liigli school for boys, came up >11 motion, the oucstion was put and a risiiq ote asked for. The result was a unanimou: ind hearty endorsement of the enterprise. Tin lour for dinner ha zing arrived, the body ad ourned for one hour. At the afternoon session it was decided tlia he moderator should appoint a committee o me delegate from each church, to nominate threi rustees for the High School at Yorkville. 'flu ommittcc retired, and altera short time, return id and reported the following names: I). D List on, of Dlaeksburg; S. P. Hlankenship, o 'ort Mill township ; and Hew W. J. Langston if York ville. The nominees were unanimously ilcctcd. The committee appointed to prepare a repor in the Orphanage, next presented its report I'he report was discussed by Rev. K. .J. Forres er and several others, alter which a collectioi vas taken for thisobjeet, and tlio report adopted After the announcement of several committed >y the chair, and the transaction of some rem inc business, the association then adjourned mi il 10 o'clock Saturday morning. On Friday night, services were conducted ii be church by Rev. lb lb Robertson, who deliv red a very line sermon, and one calculated b ie of practical benefit to those who heard it. After preliminary devotional exercises on Sat inlay morning, conducted by Rev. 10. A. Hart ell, of Fort Mill, the association was called tf irdcr by the moderator. The report of the com uittce on State missions was read by the chair nan of the committee, Rev. W. J. Langston, anc lisdussed by Dr. (irillitii, Revs. Hickson, Lang ton and others, and a collection for this objeel ras taken, after which the report was adopted The report on temperance was next read by he chairman, Mr. 1*. II. Dover. The repor tated that it was the conviction of the commit eo that in view of the great evil of the whisk} raflie, absolute prohibition was the only positioi , consistent Christian could consistently occupy ml went on to say that while the people hut sked for absolute prohibition and had not re cived it, it was the opinion of the committee hat something had been gained by the Prohibi ionists, as the number of legalized whisky shop? 11 the State had been reduced from yS'J retail ant' 7 wholesale establishments, to loss than on< uindrcd, and that, as a consequence, the sale ol rhisky would be greatly curtailed. The report lowi'ver, did not endorse the present law on tin rhiskv subject, and stated that Christian people liould not he satisfied with anything short ol bsolute prohibition. The report was spoken U iy Mr. \V. H. de Loach, Sir. r. II. Dover, Revs. Hick son, W. J. Langston and others. Mr. de Loach said that whilo he thoroughly ml unconditionally endorsed the statement thai 10 Christian could consistently advocate anyliing except absolute prohibition, he did nol ndorsc the intimation in the report that the resent law was any improvement over the old :iw, and made the assertion that while the (lislensaries may not sell so much whiskey as did he old style barroom, as much or more of the lull* was bought and drank. Rev. Mr. lliekson stated that while he did nol pprovc the law and would be satistieel with othingsliort of absolute prohibition, he thoughl : possible that the new law was some improvenciit on the old if carried out. Mr. Langston thought that perhaps the new tw had some features to commend it.aseoniarcd to the old; but said it was the duty ot 'hristians to see that the State barroom was buied in a grave by the side of the old style nun till. Mr. Dover said that it was not the purpose ot lie report to in any way endorse the dispensary iw, as it was not what was asked for or desired y the people; still he considered it an improveicnt on the old plan, and that he always made a rule to take the best he could get, if it was ot possible to get what he wanted ; and that he onsidered it the duty of all good citizens to see liat the law was strictly enforced. The report as adopted as read. Adjourned for dinner. The report on ministerial education was next mil -Hill -i I'oir vl i ri-iinr si leeches hv Revs. 1'. C. 1 ickson, W.J. Latigston and ('apt. W. II. Kilanls, was adopted. The report on support of aged ami in?l linistcrs was road next and discussed l?y scver1 members, after which it was adopted. The committee on time and place of next inectig then made its report. It reported in favor of iccting with I'nion ehureli, on Thursday before ic fourth Sunday in October, ls!M. The report as adopted. The committee to nominate the executive oard, nominated the following: W. J. Waters, !. It. Sapoeh, ! '. II. Dover, 11. K. .Johnson and r. !. t'. Met'ubbins, The report was adopted. The eoniinittee to nominate delegates to the outhern Baptist convention and the State Bapst convention, then reported as follows: To outhern Baptist convention?Kev. W.J. hangon; alternate Kev. K. Hiekson. To State aptist convention?W. K. dcLoach, Sam M. list, ! '. II. Dover, II. K. Johnson, Kevs. W. J. angston and Hiekson. A Iter reading and correcting minutes for the ixt two days, the body adjourned until ID clock Sunday morning. On Sunday morning a steady rain was falling id the downpour continued throughout the itire day until late in the afternoon, swelling 1 the streams in the neighborhood of Antioch i such proportions as to render tlieni iuipassale, and as a eonscipcuec the association did not 'assemble at all on Sunday. The people were really disappointed at this, as hundreds had itieipatcd attending, but were deprived of the rivilege. Among the last acts of Baptist associations fore final adjournment, is to tender a formal >te of thanks to the church and community itli which tliev meet for their hospitality, but ------- *.A. .i:.i l\ II1J? III IJIU lilt"I I Hill lilt! I ill K <t:v?jejiuiwii iiiu i>l reassemble on Sunday morning, this matter as not atttended to. We are unite sure, howrer, that every delegate and visitor present I I i will join ns in extending our sinew thanks to the hospitable people eomposing the Alltioeli , | eontfrejpition, for their hospitality so freely 1 is- ! pensed during the session. s. m. u. j KKTIIKL PRBSBYTKUY. , I'rncmliiiKA of lis Keren! .Meeting at Allison I Creek Cliureli. i Reported for the Kiniiiirer by Rev. 11.1*. Reid. The presbytery of Rethel met at Allison Creek j ehureh, (letober 17, and was opened with a scr- 1 ! nion by the retiring moderator, Rev. J. R. Milj lard. There was present nineteen ministers and j twenty-seven elders. Rev. S. II. Hay, of Clover, si was elected moderator, and iwv.i,. .mcioh, oi DI ('hosier, assistant clerk. si Rev. Dr. T. H. Law, of Knoree; Rev. T. M. i Lowry, of Augusta ; ami Rev. Mr. Boyd, of the I A. R. I'. church; were invited to sit as eorres. ponding members. ;> Ministers Received?Rev. J. \V. MeLure, from j - South Carolina presbytery; Rev. \V. G. Neville, ' . ' from Louisville presbytery. ; ('am)idates Received?F. II. Wardlaw and t John II. Meacham, from Rock Hill church. || Calls? Yorkville called Rev. \V. (i. Neville; s Aim well and Lnngtowti culled Rev. J. \V. Me-! . ! Lure; Cedar Shoals and Fort Lawn, called Jos. > | II. Wilson ; and Tirzahcalled Rev. W.W. Rateh1 ford. ? Rev. Dr. T. II. Law addressed the presbytery ) in behalf the Bible society, and I'rof W. S. Cur rell delivered an address in behalf of Davidson college. An interesting conference on home missions was held. Impressive talks were made by Messrs. W. K. Boggs, (i. T. Browne, W. <L White, Jr., and W. W. Rat eh ford. Trustees?W. G. Neville and B. P. Reid were elected trustees of Davidson college, and W. G. White, Jr., and 1). I*. McLaughlin were elected [ trustees of the Rock Hill High school. ' W. G. Neville, of Yorkvillc; J. L. McLin, of ('heater; J. B. Swann, of Bullock's Creek ; (ieo. ' 2 C. Gill, of Riehburg; W. B. Thompson, of s Blackstocks; A. P. Brown, of Ileatli Springs, , were elected to constitute the executive "omniit' tee for the coming year. L> John B. MeFatmen, of Chester, was elected treasurer. , Presbytery delayed action on the proposed change in home mission work until its meeting at synod, add approved the revised directory of 2 worship. W. S. Haunter, of Blacksburg, was elected . moderator ofthe next meeting, with J. B. Swann, of Bullock's Creek, as his alternate. The next place of meeting is Rock Hill, and - the time is Friday before the first Sabbath in j April, at 7.30 p. m. The body adjourned to meet 1 at synod, at the call of the moderator. Prcsbyterv will longremembcrthc kindnessof j L' a.? ........I??r V !(!??? IVnnl ? 0 HOCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Damage l>y Kuin?Convict* Escape from the Stockade?Kitten l>y a Spider?Hurt In n Runaway? Tim Town I* very Dry?Other Matter*. 1 Correspondence of the Yorkville Knguirer. Rock Him., Octobor 24.?It is hard to tell thel extent of the damage done around our little city j i by the heavy rain, Saturday and Sunday. The i land is washed. The cotton, of course, was in-1 . jured, though the absence of wind, and the - small drops of rain, will lessen the damages. ! ; The streams were swollen. At the tirst creek, on j i the west of town, twenty-live or thirty tine sheep J t are reported to have been washed away by the I - rough, high water. 1 The darkness and rain of the latter part of i Saturday night, served another untoward pur pose. The pattering drops lulled to sleep the night-guard at the convicts' camp, and in eon; junction with a smugglcd-in auger, conspired to 1 aiil the escape of six convicts. While the slum boring guard dreamed over his rifle, the rum0 bling falling of rain deadened the sound of the auger as it plied its task in the floor. When a f hole had been made large enough to admit a 1 mail's body, Joe Newberry, a wily fellow noted I i for his past escapes; Preston, a "life" prisoner,1 s confined for murder; Bob Thompson ; Charley I - IIix, and two others, glided through, scaled the high plank fence, and made off with a?aste! , born of the sweet hope of liberty. (>thers would j have followed, but at this juncture an old black , fellow, who is confined for larceny, and whose - guilt is doubtful, awoke and gave the alarm, c This old fellow has ten years yet, and this act - of his, while gaining the enmity of his fellows, r will deservedly work in his favor, and may end I in his being pardoned. The escaped men were - immediately pursued, but the darkness and rain favored them. The trail of live of them was lost - near Yorkville. (Juards are still in search. The s escape will cost the night-guard his position. ; A few other mishaps have transpired. Yester; day morning, Miss Mollie Ncal, of the Hock - Hill mills, was bitten three times in succession s by a large spider. The case was serious for a f short while, but a physician was called.in, who t gave large doses of morphine, and soon she was - improving. A fire alarm had its origin last Tuesday night, 1 in the burning out of an innocent, but imprui dent, chimney, in the Carolina hotel. No dain age, no lire, some excitement. A negro boy, driving a team from Mr. Steele's - stable, and who was well filled with whiskey - from Charlotte, was nearly killed, last Friday - evening, by the horse running away, a block e from Main street. e Here I may remark that Rock Hill is a "dry" town. It is about one hundred fold more dry s than it was under the nrohibition regime. I do e not think that is putting it too strong. It is getting popular for correspondents of some u of the daily papers, in parts of the Shite, to speak 9 of the officials who enlorco the dispensary law, - as "Tillman spies." If they are spies, may the , chief executive send us as many spies as wo may t need. To call such men spies, is a gross misno mer which will injure the cause of the open-sai loon people with hotter citizens who love justice >' and truth. f Governor B. R. Tillman was up here last week, i . to attend a meeting of a sub-committee, charged X with work pertaining to the Industrial School ' i building. i The ladies of the Baptist church will give an j - entertainment next Friday night. Proceeds to j be used in church work. Instrumental and vo- , t oal music, pantomimes, recitation, etc., make up j f the programme. It promises to lie an interest- j 3 ingand enjoyable occasion. D The Presbyterian church was the only house - of worship iu which services were held Sunday . morning. f There will be no preaching at the Baptist , church next Sunday. The pastor will be at the | ; Chester union. Prof. W. \V. Dixon, of Blacksburg, was in j t town, Saturday. v. I. M. \ Twknty-Skvkn Kii.lkd.? A fearful head j . end collision, resulling in the death of twen* ty-seven passengers, occurred on the Grand " Trunk railroad on the outskirts of Rattle Creek, Michigan, last Thursday night at i; about '.) o'clock. " j The accident was caused by disobedience ' | of orders on the part of the engineer -1 or conductor, or probably both. A Ray mond and Whitcomb special full of pas' scngers for New York, was returning . from Chicago. The regular west-hound 1 express was three hours late. The en gineer ajul conductor of the special had 1 orders to pass the express at Nicholas sta' tion, but instead of this, they kept straight t ahead. Shortly after they passed the sta; tion, they saw the other train coming at the (| rate of thirty miles an hour. The engineers , I of both trains shut off steam, put on brakes, j '[and jumped for their lives, hut it was too ' late to avert the collision. The two engines ' i 1 were driven into each other and the cars of j < both trains were heaped up in a great pile.' \ The wreck immediately took lire, and the (, [ scene that followed was terrible. Some of i , the passengers escaped through doorways, j ' others climbed out of windows, and others, |. unable to escape, were burned alive. One j j , I woman managed to get half way out of ai ! window, but her legs were fastened in such , a way that she could get no further. In this j L position she was burned to death in full view , j . of dozens of people who were powerless to help her. The total number of deaths, in| eluding those burned and those killed out! right, was twenty-seven. I Conductor Scott and Engineer Wooley, of ! the special train, were arrested on the charge , of manslaughter. Scott gave bond, but [ J Wooley was unable to do so, and was put in | jail. The engineer asserts that the conduct- j ' j or had told him that the westbound train had passed. The conductor denies that he \ | told the engineer anything o( the kind, and | , claims that the latter had a copy of the orI ders received at the last station. i, . I * * | Victims octuk Cui.k Storm.?The police j I jury of Plaquemines Parish, La., after a thor- i I ough investigation of the storm disaster, pre- j I pared a report on the losses in the parish.' There were 2(50 lives lost, 41.) nouses tie- t ; stroyed and $7811,200 of damages to proper- .. ty. The refugees from l'laquemines have i ( j located in Lafourche parish and in Harveys, L [ opposite New Orleans. At the latter point!( a large number have been domiciled, and are I 1 being quartered and fed at the expense of i the citizens' relief committee. The survivors of the Bayou Cook camps, who constitute half that were there, the i J other half being drowned, will return, and i j with the necessary lumber, and if they can 11 get $2,0(10 from the relief committee, it will ; enable them to get boats enough to go at J ! their trade of oyster fishing again. It is not' j probable that more than 200 people will re- t [main at Chenierc Caminada, where there'( : were l,o()0 to 1,800 before. Half the populaI tion of Crande Island will probably emigrate.' ; The population of the coast country was about (5,000 at the time of the storm. Ofi i i these, 2,000 were drowned, and about 1,200 c j have emigrated, or will emigrate, reducing M ! the population to 2,800, or less than half I j what it was. j ? No end to the silver light in the senate j t i yet. Last Saturday, it looked very much as 1 if the two factions had about agreed to at compromise, but the information that the1 c president would not agree to it, put a stop 1 ; to negotiations. Senator Hill is working on c I a scheme to force a vote by means of a1 c cloture rule, and the repealers believe he i t | will be successful, though hardly within less | ! than thirty days. Of late, a great deal | I of bitterness has developed, and the situa-' 1 I tioti appears to be growing more serious f | daily. i LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDKX TO MOW \DVKUTISKMFATS. W. J. Kuddey, Manager of the Equitable Life? How t<> invest small amounts. T. H. Met'lain?Oilers N. -i-iiieh heart nine shingles atjfJ per thousand, wants to buy all the eotton seed in York count}', and ? II. .. ?# < v > ,? iii/kiiiiiiiniilu niwl f/itnlk. riili* in n i ii i' >11 i? iii??i11111 ii;iifc.-? I..... ii'11'i' stones. W. J. Kawlinson, Kxecutor?At the lute residence of J. W. Kawlinson, deceased, on the . 7th of November, will sell the balance of the personal property of sahl deceased. Withers Adiekes ('ompany?Call attention to their stock of (Jroceries, hardware and eatables generally. Inman Brothers?'fell about a new supply of cravats, have something to say aliout the Banister shoe, and let you know whereto get men's ami boy's clothing. J. II. Kiddle?Claims that he sells a better quality of groceries than are sold elsewhere in \ orkville. M. A' II. ('. Strauss?Claim that they have the largest stock of goods in Yorkville, and which they are ottering at very low prices. J. F. Wallace, Chairman?(Jives notice of a change in the charges for tuition in the graded schools, being especially a reduction of the price in the seventh grade. Mallard Brothers?Announce that meats may be obtained at their market every morning i in the week except Sunday, and that they J propose to open a restaurant next week. V Hunter it Oates?Desire that you call 011 them 1 for any kind of goods that are wanted. ] Lowry it Starr?Say that if you want anything in the medicine line always call on them. They still propose to guarantee the euro of chilis forone dollar. Louis Both?Will be prepared next week to serve meals to all who may call 011 him. He will also serve fish and oysters. PAYABLE IX GOLD. Intendant Moorc and Treasurer J. Ed Jeflerys, have just concluded the work of signing up the sixteen thousand dollars' worth of bonds recently voted by the town of Yorkville for the purpose of constructing a system of waterworks. The bonds are thirty-two in number, and in denomination of $500 each, payable as follows: Four at the end of ten years; six at the end of twenty years; nine at the end of thirty years; nine at the end of forty years; and four at the end of fifty years. The rate of interest is six per cent., and principal and interest are payable in gold. DEATH OF MR. THOMAS O'FARRELL. Mr. Thomas O'Farrell, one of the oldest citizens of Yorkville, died at his home in this place yesterday morning, aged 78 years. Mr. O'Farrell was a native of County Lohgford, province of Lciuster, Ireland, where he was born on August 17, 1815. He was brought to America in 1817, landing at Charleston, and afterward moving to Charlotte, N. C. In Charlotte he learned the trade of a brick and stone mason, and in 1839 he was married to Miss Catharine, sister of Mr. Richard Hare, of Yorkville. He located in this place in 1841. Mr. O'Farrell had been confined to bis bed about six months. His death was comparatively painless, and was not the result of organic disease, but rather the natural wearing away attendant upon old age. Mr. O'Farrell leaves a widow and five children. The funeral services will be conducted this morning at 10 o'clock at the family residence on King's Mountain street. COMMITTED FOR ASSAULT. Isaac Jackson, a fourteen year old Negro boy, was committed to jail by Trial Justice Carroll last Monday on the charge of attempted criminal assault on the person of a five year old daughter of Mr. J. C. Lilly, who lives 4i{ miles northeast of Yorkville. On Saturday afternoon, the little girl, in company with her seven-year old brother, was out in the woods hunting hickorynuts. While the brother was some distance off, Jackson approached the little girl and attempted to use force. Though not fully understanding the purpose of her assailant, the little girl screamed. The brother came to ^ her rescue, fighting and screaming, and Jackson ran away. The negro was afterwards caught, and some of the neighbors wanted to lynch him ; hut in view of the youth of the vicious little wretch', Mr. Lilly insisted that he be at once turned over to the proper authorities in or- H dcr that he might be dealt with by due process of the law. V At the preliminary hearing, the boy ac- ^ knowledgcd tbe crime as charged, but seemed to have no idea of the enormity of his offence. He is the son of Isaac Jackson, the desperate negro who died in jail about two years ago from the effects of wounds received while resisting arrest. CLOSE OF THE SUMMER CONTEST. Thk Enquirer's summer contest in competition for premiums offered for clubs of paid subscribers, between April 5 and October 24, came to a close yesterday afternoon at o'clock. The first prize, a $90 open top Carolina buggy, offered for the largest number of paid subscribers, was won by Mr. W. J. Cuvcny, of Kock Hill. He returned and paiil for sixty-eight names. Mr. Albert Bettis, of Blacksburg; and Mr. W, H. Crook, of Fort Mill; are each entitled to one New York Standard watch, in dust proof open-fuced silver case, and valued at $10. Several other club makers are entitled to smaller premiums, which we will arrange with them on application to this office. Not even considering the hard times, the dull season of the year and the comparatively small number of families in the county who were not already taking TllK ENQUIRKR when the contest opened, the result of the competition has been quite satisfactory. In the aggregate, the various club makers re- ^ turned 20!) names. In addition to the premiums, which will fully pay them for their trouble, our clubmakers have our hearty thanks, and right here we will ask them to he on the lookout for still more liberal offers, soon to be made for clubs secured during the approaching winter campaign. THE CIRCUIT COURT. < The fall term of the circuit court for York county convenes in Yorkvillc on next Monday, his honor, Judge Gary, presiding. The prisoners awaiting trial are as follows: John Dowdle, alias John McCullough; arson. Robert Edwards; larceny from the field. Ernest McKuight; burglary and larceny. Mose Dunham; assault and battery with intent to kill. Elias Green and Monroe Dover; assault * and battery with intent to kill. Caleb Palmer; violation of the dispensary law. William Jordan ; violation of dispensary law. William Morrey; housebreaking and grand larceny. Burt Bryant; assault and buttery with intent to kill. * Henry Young; violation of dispensary law. Robert Jackson ; assault and battery with intent to kill. Win. McCrory : larceny of live stock. Lee Sexton ; obtaining goods-under false pretences. Thomas Ilaleson; assault and battery with intent to kill. Peter Adams; larceny front the field. Isaac Jackson ; assault with intent to com- ^ 11 it rape. Matt Byers; murder. The jury cases on calendar Xo. 1, arc hirty-two in number; but there will not be io many to come up for trial. Twenty-four >f the thirty-two cases have been on the alendar from two to thirteen terms. The >ight new eases are as follows: J. II. Smith against Kate Walker. I). t\ Sanders against J. 0. Sanders ot al. J). (\ Sanders against Hazel Turner. Alice L. Alvord against F. B. Alvord and fohn F. Jones. Ashe, Williams & Co., against E. Jane Crwin. Gibhs Drug Co., against L. M. Davis. A. H. Pollock against J. H. Barnes. Wilson Wilson & McDow against the > owtiships of Catawba, Kbenezer, York and Cherokee. %. DISPENSARY MATTERS. The county board of control held a nieetng in the office of Messrs. Finley & Brice in yesterday. There was present Messrs. iV. B. Moore, T. C. Beckham and W. F. )ye, Clerk Brice and Dispenser Whisonant. Mr. Moore had been to Columbia to have l conference with Governor Tillman, and he principal object of the meeting was to lcnr his report. Mr. Moore reported that le had been informed tlmt the construction >f the dispensary law belonged to the State >oard. and it was for the county board to ibey instructions. This report was accept- J id by the county board, which decided to ^ ict in the future under the direction of the >tnte board. The State board further directed that hspenser Whisonant's salary, which was ixcd by the county board at $(><>0 per allium, be reduced to $400 per annum, and ; "i J