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ftvaps and .facts.
? General Jubal A. Early, \vlu> lives at
Lynchburg, Ya., was severely hurt last
Thursday by a fall on the ice near the postoilice
of that place. Xo bones were broken,
but the old man was severely bruised and his
friends fear the consequence of the accident.
General Early is 78 years of age. He has
been in feeble health for some time past, and
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It IS nut UlUUgllV Ulill in: Villi IIIV ?l ?1 Viil'
while longer.
? The chief of the bureau of statistics reports
that the values of the exports of domestic
cotton from the United States during
the month of January, 1894, and during
the five months ended January 31, 1S94, as
compared with similar exports during the
corresponding periods of the preceding year,
were as fellows: January, 1894, $29,403,011;
1S93, $19,920,201. Five months ended January
31, 1894, $143,548,727: 1893, $120,541,912.
? It is understood that the senate committee
on finance has decided to raise the tax
on whisky to $1.20 a gallon and to make the
bonded period at five years. This is what
the Keutucky and Illinois whisky distillers
have been working for for some time; that is,
all of them waut the bonded period at five
years. The large distilleries want the tax
iucreased to $1.30 a galloni while the small
distillers want it retaiued at 90 cents, or not
AI .m u ;f
pUL nigQCr llliill Cij US UIU uuusc I'a^scu a v.
? Senator Hill has again succeeded in defeating
the will of President Cleveland in the
matter of filling the vacancy on the supreme
court bench. The president first nominated
Wm. B. Hornblower. Hornblower was personally
and politically obnoxious to Senator
Hill, and, after a hard fight, he was defeated, j
The nomination of Wheeler H. Peckham was
no more acceptable to the New York senator
for the same reasons, and a bitter war was
waged against his nomination. The question
came to a vote last Friday, and Peckham
was rejected, 41 to 32. Who will be;
the next nominee, or whether the president I
will persist in recommending a man who is
obnoxious to Senator Hill, has not yet developed.
? Atlanta has a mystery in the case of an
unknown strauger who is offering $150 reward
for anybody who can give him information
as to his own name. The man was
found in the city by the police about a
month ago in an unconscious condition. The
theory was that he had been knocked down |
and robbed by highwaymen. He was taken
to the Grady hospital, and, by degrees, he
has becu nursed back to health and strength.
He is now in full possession of his mental'
faculties, but strange to say his mind is a!
perfect blank as to his name or former home.j
He thinks that if he should hear his name \
mentioned, he would at once recollect every- j
thing. From his conversation while in the!
hospital, his attendants gathered the idea |
that he was from North Carolina, and probably
lived jilong some narrow gauge road;
that connects with a trunk line leading to!
a a! fPUS*-. Its mfifn nnr% i aft 11 y*r> 1
milUllil. J.1U9, uvnc*vi, to uiviv vv.jvwm.v. i
The case is indeed a strange one, aud the i
Atlanta police are making every effort to
discover the unfortunate man's name.
? The question is raised by a recent decision
of Judge Dundv, of the United
States district court at Omaha, whether the
employes of railroads which are in the
hands of receivers appointed by United
States courts, are in any proper sense employes
of the United States. Judge Dundy
enjoined certain railroad employes from j
strikiug against a reduction of wages on the
ground, that as the receiver who >s managing
the railroad is an officer of the court, I
they are in the hands of the court to the ex- i
tent implied in his injunction. The point is !
now raised whether it does not follow from
Judge Dundy's premises that these employes !
of the receiver, who is an officer of the |
United States, because an officer of the j
United States court, are themselves employes
of the United States, and, if they are, do
they not come under the provisions of the
law of 1892, which limits a day's work for 1
the United States to eight hours? The em-!
ployes of the Union Pacific could not have
been enjoined from striking on Judge Dun-j
dy's ground if they were employes of the I
corporation, aud if not employes of the cor-1
poration, for whom are they working if not j
for the United States?
? The Lynchburg, Ya., News prints a private
letter which teils of the swift vengeance
that the shah of Persia recently took, at the
instance of the American minister, on some
of his subjects who maltreated an American |
missionary. Rev. E. \V. St. Pierre was riding
home from the country late at night. While
little more than a mile from home, he was
halted and seized by four ruffians, who, with
swords and firearms, forced him to give up
all his money and other valuables on penalty
of his life. After robbing the missionary, the j
ruffians made him strip off his clothing, and i
on pain of death, stand naked for a given
length of time in the bitter cold. 3Ir. St.
Pierre complained of the matter to Minister
McDonald, at Teheran, and Minister McDonald
laid it before the shah. The shah
ordered his prime minister to spare no efforts
in having the ruffians apprehended and punished.
The prime minister telegraphed his;
orders to the officials of the district in which (
the outrage was committed, and next day he j
informed Minister McDonald, that all four of i
the outlaws had been put to death. Minister
McDonald thanked the prime minister for
his prompt action, and then put in a claim
for heavy damages for Mr. St. Pierre. It is
probable that the claim will be paid.
? A special from To'peka, Kansas, says:
Mary E. Lease claims to be a Mason, and
she made the statement that she proposes to
organize lodges of Masonry for women
throughout the country. Mrs. Lease wears'
upon her bosom, suspended by a gold chain,
a Knights' Templar charm with the usual
keystone of the chapter on the reverse side,!
and she declares that she is as much entitled :
to wear it as many who belong to the Tern- j
plar order. She says her eommandcry is i
Hugh DePayne, of Fort Scott, Kansas, and !
oilers to prove to Masons that she knows all
the signs and passes of the order, blue lodge 1
and chapter, and thai sue ooiaineu mem ,
legitimately. She says if Masonry is good j
for men, it is much better for women, as they I
arc more needful of protection than men. j
She says once, by giving a sign of t lie order, I
she was saved from personal violence, and
from that moment resolved to give to women '
the same advantages of Masonry that she
enjoys. She said that she was thoroughly
up in the Masonic work, and it was not necessary
for her to obtain the consent or aid of
men in initiating women, and if the men refused
to recognize her disciples as Masons,
they could and would act independently of
them and conduct lodges and grand lodges
of their own. Mrs. Lease admits that it is
contrary to the Masonic rule for women to
become members, but she declines to state
how she gained the secrets of the order. She
challenges any Mason to test her on the secret
work of the order.
? Mention was made a few weeks ago of
the Boston club man who entered into a wager
to leave the club room naked, without
money or credit, and inside of a year, go
round the world and return, paying his way
all the way without borrowing or stealing.
The man's traveling name is Paul Jones,
lie left his club room on the 13th instant,
clad in a Mother Hubbard, made of newspapers,
and went out in the street. The crowd
at once got interested and followed. He
went into a room and closed the door. Xext
he began charging a few cents admission.
He next went to a clothing house. The people
bought his paper Mother Hubbard as an
advertisement, and gave the fellow short
employment as a clerk. They paid him one
dollar for about one hour's services, lie
earned the money too. because a big crowd
that followed him, bought quite a quantity
of goods at the store. Jones next went to a
restaurant, where he agreed to serve as a
waiter in consideration of his dinner. A
number of people came in and many of them
gave him ttys of oOcents each. Here Jones
raised some $10 or $1"?. With this he bought
a pretty fair suit of clothes, a pair of shoes
and a hat. His next move was for New
York, where lie raised more money in divers
manners. He next proposes to work
his passage from New York to London. By
the terms of his proposition, he is to return
to Boston at the end of the year with several
thousand dollars earned on the trip
around the world.
? There are few stronger bimctalists than
Jay Cooke, the veteran financier, of Philadelphia,
and there are few living men who
equal him in his thorough knowledge of the
subject says the Atlanta Consitution : 4,Mr.
Cooke is now seventy-three years old. and
bis business career covers more than half a
century. As a banker, a railroad man and
a man of business, he lias studied financial
questions all his life, and in his ripe old age
he does not hesitate to tell his Kastern
; brethren that they are altogether wrong in
! their opposition to silver, lie declares that
the demonetization of silver was a national
crime, because at one blow it cut off one-half
of the basis of values. He believes that the
United States can safely act independently
in the matter, remonetize silver and force
; Europe to co-operate with us. One of the
, interesting points he makes is that the army
of men who would be set to work digging
I silver would at the same time discover considerable
gold. Mr. Cooke says that the
apparent opposition to silver in this country
| is simply a manufactured sentiment, and he
predicts that as soon as the people have an
I opportunity to make themselves heard and
felt, it will he found that they arc ovcr1
f,?. I\imnfnli?m 'Pile VOUllffOl"
| niiGiuiiufjiti iv. -v.. v. c,generation
of financiers, who favor the goUl
standard, should study the points presented
! by this expert who is recognized all over the
world as a master of finance."
(Lite flovkvillc ("juquitcv.
YORKVILLE, S.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1894.
? Upon the refusal of the senate to confirm
the nomination of Wheeler H. Peck ham to
be associate justice of the United States supreme
court, President Cleveland, on last
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JHonaay, appoimea oenuior j,. u. ?? uuc, ui
Louisiana, to the position. Senator White
is a good Democrat, has been associate justice
of the supreme court of Louisiana, and
is personally objectionable to nobody. His
nomination was confirmed within one hour
after it was sent to the senate.
? The supreme court has under consideration
cases involving the constitutionality of
the dispensary law. There is, of course, lots
of interest in the matter all over the State.
Already it has been rumored that the decision
had been rendered and that it was
against the State. This, however, is a mistake.
The court has hardly had time in
which to wiite up its opinion, and it is not
likely that the same will be forthcoming for
at least several weeks yet.
? There is a lesson in our local columns
today to those people who persist in the
criminal practice ?fcarrying about their per- j
sons concealed deadly weapons. One Negro
shot down another for no apparent reason.
If there was any malice in the act, it has not
been shown ; but whether there was malice
or not, in less than a minute after it was
committed, the Negro who did the shooting
would have given all that he holds dear to
have been able to recall the deed. Possibly,
the Negro who did the shooting may have
been under the influence of whisky; but
even in that case, his trouble is due more
than anything else to the pistol that was in
his pocket. Had there been no pistol, according
to the testimony before the coroner,
there would not have been even the disturbance
that would have been occasioned by a
fist fight.
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? Elsewhere, we give a full account of the
proceedings of the meeting at which the
stockholders of the Narrow Gauge railroad
have decided to take the property out of the
hands of the receivers and operate it as an
independent line. Before the road is again
independent, orders from the courts of North
Carolina and South Carolina will be necessary
to terminate the receiverships, and give
the property back into tbe lianas 01 me
stockholders. Whether or not there is going
to be any trouble in securing the passage of
these orders remains to be seen. It is true
that the road was tendered to the stockholders
before it was put in the hands of special
receivers, but it is not impossible that this
was only part of a game, and now that the
stockholders are really in a position to take
charge, the Richmond and Danville people
may throw in their way all the obstacles
they can.
? If the stockholders of the Narrow Gauge
railroad had cast about for a whole year,
they could not, in our opinion, have found a
better man to manage the property than
Major G. W. F. Harper, of Lenoir. Major
Harper is one of the original builders of the J
road, and has done as much good work for
it as any other man who has ever been connected
with the enterprise. He has always
been known as a successful business man ;
plain, blunt, open and fair, and straight to
the point. If there is any possibility of success
in the operation of the road as an independent
line, he is the man to realize it; and
if he is not successful, it will be the fault of
the property ?no fault of his. Major Harper
believes in economy?real economy. He
will have no useless offices, the principal duties
of which will consist in the drawing of
fat salaries: and at the same time, he will
not confuse economy with niggardliness.
We think we know whereof we speak when
we say that when the new management gets
charge, the Narrow Gauge road will be run
on broad gauge ideas.
? The Atlanta Journal's Washington correspondent
reports that the question of the
repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on the issues
of State banks, is to come up again. Mr.
1? raw ley, sometime ago, introduced a resolution
providing that the clearing-house certificates,
made necessary by the recent panic,
be exempted from taxation. The resolution
will have to come up for discussion, and
it is thought that it will resurrect the State
bank question in such a way as to put it
squarely before the house. Tin-: Ksqi'ikkk
hopes that the matter will not only come up
again, but the tax on the issues of State
banks will be repealed. It is clear, in our
opinion, that the whole country needs a
larger volume of circulating medium than is
at present available. If the general government
is not willing to provide any direct
relief for the situation, then the next best
thing is to provide indirect relief. With the
repeal of the 10 per cent, tax 011 the issues
of State banks, many good assets, especially
in the South, which are now practically
dead, may he made available as a basis of
currency?sound currency, too?and our
people will he enabled to solve all future financial
problems without any further help
from the national government.
1 ? In the senate, one day last week, petitions
were read asking for an increase
of the whisky tax. Some of the petitions
were signed with names purporting to he
those of presidents of local organizations of
the W. C. T. I". in a number of Western
towns. Attempts were made to verify the
signatures by communicating with the alleged
signers. Two cases were investigated.
In one no answer was received, and in the
other it was learned that nobody of the
name signed to the petition lived in the
neighborhood. The fraud was apparent.
As a matter of fact, the W. ('. T. f. is opposed
to the government being a party in
the liquor business at all. and everybody
knows that to increase the tax is playing
directly into the hands of manufacturers of
. .. . . !ii! _ .. . r
whisky, lucre are now many millions 01
gallons of whisky in bond. The tax on this,
when it shall he taken out of bond. i.-> DO
cents a gallon. If the tax should he increased
to ?1 or $1.">U a gallon, the increased
price could not be collected on whisky made
under the present law, and the whisky
men could make many millions of dollars
, out of the deal. So it is pretty clear that,
after all, an increase of the tax, unless it be
jsullirient to prohibit the manufacture of
' whisky entirely, will not he in the interest I
of morality. It will only line the pockets'
of a few speculators.
? Tin-: IC.Mjniti-:k begs leave to commend
what was said by Executive Committeeman.
| Armstrong in the meeting of the committee
last Monday. As he said, there are twoj
i factions in the county, hut both claim to he
Democrats, and there is really but one
.permanent organization. Mr. Armstrong's
I remarks were not based on any proposition, i
, or even hint to take advantage of the rival j
j
I faction, but were only called forth by the j
fear that the failure of the committee to !
give full publicity to any otlieial action, |
might give color to a possible charge of un- j
fairness. And the remarks were entirely j
t consistent. During the last campaign, York j
l county's executive committee held the scales
I /.r ii-iU, ,i nv'iiii linnrl
i VI J unlike; ?IU1 tv iv in (41 r\ c 11 /1 j Vf \ ?i
and during the entire tight, commanded the
confidence and respect of both factions. In |
view of these facts, we do not see any reason j
why any Democrat should feel that he has j
not a full claim on the regular organization,!
and it is our hope that every member of |
either faction will cast his vote in the club |
elections of May 5th, with a view to being
represented in the county convention of
May 7. A proper start will give the better
assurance of a proper finish.
?
MERE MENTION.
A disastrous cyclone passed through the
neighborhood of Rarboursville, Ky., on Tuesday
of last week. A United States mail carrier,
two women and a boy were killed.
The destruction of houses, fences aud live
stock is also reported to have been very
great. A number of fires have recently
broken out among the buildings of the
"White City," in which was the home of the
Chicago exposition, and the park directors
have decided to dispose of the remainder of
the buildings at public auction to the highest
bidder. Willis Morgan was shot and
killed at Asheville, X. C. on Tuesday of last
week by G. R. Sams. Morgan, who was courting
Sams's daughter, persisted in coming to
Sams's house, after he had been ordered not
to darken the threshold again. The old
Louisiana Lottery company has established
itself in Honduras with a branch office at
Port Tampa, Fla. It is trying again to
evade the postal laws. Postmaster General
Rissell has expressed a determination to
break it up. Several New York election
inspectors were last week convicted of fraudulently
manipulating election returns, and
were sentenced from eight mouths to two
years in the State penitentiary. Joseph
Don Jan, a crank who recently sent threatening
letters to prominent government olli
cials, is to be tried for the offense before
United States Commissioner Mills in Baltimore.
Congressman Wilson, whose illness
at Kansas City was reported last week,
is said to be better. lie will probably con-'
tinue his trip to Mexico. Messrs. Hall i
Bros., of Hickory, N. C., made an assignment
011 February 9 for the benefit of their
creditors. According to the decision of
a mixed commission before which the matter
is being heard, it is probable that the United
States government will have to pay something
like $200,000 for seizing the steamship
Itata during the recent Chilian war.
The United States courts have decided
that the Itata violated 110 law, and!
now it is only a question as to the
amount of the damages to be paid the Spanish
American Steamboat company, to which
the Itata belonged. It is estimated that
not less than thirty people were frozen to
death throughout Oklahoma territory by the
blizzard of Sunday of last week. Albert |
S. Rosenbaum, who was probably the wealthiest
Hebrew in America, died at his home in
New York last Saturday. He was worth
$30,000,000. The visible supply of cotton
of the world is 4,447,815 bales, of which
3,939,015 bales are American. Last year at
this time the total supply was 4,255,788, of
which 3,764,588 were American. Lieu- j
tenant Maney, of the United States army, has
been indicted for the murder of Captain Heberg,
at Fort Sheridan, some time ago.
Maney is at large on a $10,000 bond and his
whereabouts are unknown. The banks!
of New York now hold $74,530,825 in excess
of the 25 per cent. rule. The National
Woman Suffrage convention has decided to
hold its next annual convention in Atlanta,
Ga. The boilers of the German warship
Brandenburg exploded off the northern coast
of Germany, one day last week, and forty
people were scalded to death by the escap-1
ing steam. Hon. J. Sterling Morton, \
secretary of agriculture, was hanged in efli- j
igy at Nebraska City, Neb., by a Democratic
club of that place for appointing a Republican
to office. Mrs. T. K. Spence was
found guilty at Waycross, (fa., of selling a
beverage known as "Hofemveiss" in violation
of the law and fined $50.
THE 1. Ii. S. t.
Yorkvillo'it Literary Society Kntcrtulns Itself With
a Novel Programme.
Yorkvim.b, February 20.?The White;
Hose Chatauqua circle departed somewhat j
from its usual programme on last Mondaj',
evening, and instead of the customary dis-j
j cussion, its members were treated to a liter- j
ary salad. Those unacquainted with the
kind of salad mentioned, will be interested j
in an explanation.
Under the auspices of Miss Lessie Wither-1
spoon, Prof. Banks and Dr. M. W. White,1
who were the committee on the programme
for the evening, some twenty-five or thirty
| quotations were selected from American au!
tliors and written on separate slips of paper,'
j and these pinned on green tissue paper, cut
' to represent lettuce leaves. These were then 1
j neatly arranged in a salad bowl, and each
j member allowed to draw a leaf and guess the j
name of the author. Failing in this, it was \
then passed to the next, and on, until guessed !
| correctly. As the memberssucceded in nam!
ing the author, the leaf was pinned on as a
j badge of honor, the one having the most [
j honors to be entitled to a prize.
Seven of the quotations passed the entire j
| Circle. Miss Bettie Jenkins guessed three : t
j Misses Janet Davidson, Mary Clark, Bessie |
| Barron, Annis O'Leary and Mr. 1\ T. McNecl j
! guessed two each, and the remainder of the
[Circle succeeded in obtaining a single leaf'
j apiece. The following quotations were those |
| that won the prize:
"In general those who have nothing to say
I Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it." i
?Lowell.
"<?ood manners are made up of petty sacrifices."
% I
i 4iu vi wilt
"l'rw liave borne, unconsciously,
The spell of loveliness."
?Whittier.
A beautiful prize was then presented by i
; Dr. M. \V. White to Miss Ret lie Jenkins as j
the successful contestant. The Circle expressed
themselves as well pleased with the
! new feature of the evening, and we may look
j for another innovation of a different kind
sometime in the near future. w.
i A CcKiois Railroad Com hi nation.?The
'Ohio River and Charleston, which has sue- j
ceeded the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chica-1
go line, has been making preparations to'
I connect its Tennessee and Carolina divisions
by building a road in eastern Tennessee and j
j western North Carolina, which would make
la new through line from Tennessee and Ken-1
! tucky to Charleston. It is understood that!
j an effort is being made to negotiate bonds
for the purpose named.
Apparently, however, another company!
has taken up a part of the Ohio River and j
Charleston's right of way in Tennessee. I
This is the Powell's Mountain Mineral Rail-1
i way company. President L. M. Jarvis ad-,
vises the Manufacturer's Record it is design-j
ed to build a road from a point near Knox-j
vilic, Tenn., through the Clinch river valley, j
I to a connection with the Norfolk and Western
at St. Paul, Ya. The road is he 100 miles)
long, and he states that thirty-three miles of:
it is the Ohio River and Charleston route, i
which as been graded. The general ollices '
of the company are at Chatanooga, Tenn.
l.? A Ufifin I* n/iiiiipol in II <i <ri>t' ?M :l II M flic
turer's Record.
III Conflict Willi I nch' Sam.
? At Darlington, last Saturday, a dispensary
constable named Kinj;, seized ten packages
of liquor which came to town by way ;
of the Atlantic Coast line, and which were i
addressed to ten different persons. Kinjii
repacked the liquor and addressed it to Coin-!
missioner Traxlcr. IJcforethestnil'could be
sent oil', however. I*. S. Deputy Collector
Deas seized the whole lot on the ground
that it was bein<; shipped in violation of the'
tniled States revenue laws. The revenue I
ollicer will probably prosecute the constable,!
and the result will be another u<dy passage!
(between the State and Cnited States govern-1
, nients.
LOC3AL AFFAIRS.
IN'DKX TO NKW A1)VKKTISKMKXTS.
Lowry it Starr?Spectacles and eyeglasses, hundredth's
garden seeds, and stationery.
II. C. Strauss?Is still offering overcoats, blankets
arid heavy shoes and ready-made clothing
at. reduced prices.
J. A., bineolnton, N. ('.?It' you want clover
hay, oats or corn, write to the address and
(jet particulars.
('. K. Spencer? Is prepared to loan money on improved
farming lands as security.
W. ('. Lati ner?Still wants those who have not
paid hint to do so without delay.
T. M. Dol son, Manager of Dobson's Racket?
Publishes a list of articles which he is ollerintral
low nriees. Read the list and see if
there is anything mentioned that you need.
Ionian Brothers?Inform the people that they
have bought a large stock of goods for the
coming season, and in order to make room,
they wish to sell their stock now on hand
at cost, and somethings even below cost.
They call special attention to their new
Alpine hat.
\V. J. Hoddcv, Manager of the Equitable Life,
Hock 1 till?(Jives some information with
regard to the tontine plan of life insurance
which furnishes a means of realizing on
insurance before death. Investigate the
matter by writing to Mr. Roddcy.
Ferguson Brothers?Inform you that they have
the necessary little fixtures and implements
essential to enable you to commence your
spring farming operations in a satisfactory
manner. They are also supplied with four
kinds of seed Irish potatoes?Peerless,
Early Hose, Burbanks and Hebron.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
An election was held in Yorkville last
Saturday for intendent and wardens, to
serve the town during the ensuing year.
There were two tickets in the Held as
follows:
For Iutendant, G. H. O'Leary; for wardens,
S. A. McEIwee, W. B. Moore, W. W.
Jenkins, J. Ed. JelFerys.
For intendant, W. W. Lewis; for wardens,
It. B. Lowry, W. B. Moore, L. Geo. Grist,
J. Ed Jeffreys.
The total number of voters was 208, of
which 73 were colored and 135 were white.
The various nominees?none of the gentlemen
voted for were in any true sense candidates?received
votes as follows: W. W.
Lewis, 104; G. H. O'Leary, 102; R. B.
Lowry, 109 ; S. A. McEIwee, 10G; W. W.
Jenkins, 103; L. Geo. Grist, 99; J. Ed Jefferys,
214 ; W. B. Moore, 192.
The managers of the election declared the
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i cauit uo i\ji i\j J . i ui uuvuviuui | T*? o
Lewis; for wardens, W. B. Moore, J. Ed.
Jell'erys, S. A. McElwee, and R. B. Lowry.
The poll list showed up 208 names and
the ballots counted out 211, three too many.
The surplus ballots were drawn out, and in
the drawing, the O'Leary ticket lost two
votes and the Lewis ticket one. The showing
that J. Ed Jcflerys received more votes
than were polled, is probably due to errors
made by the tally keepers. Mr. Jell'erys'
name, as was that of Mr. Moore, was ou
both tickets.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Sallic llcyman, of Chester, is visiting
Miss Norma Strauss.
Mrs. Mac Arlcdge, of Charlotte, is in
Yorkville, visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. W. A. Metts and family, of Columbia,
visited relatives and friends in Yorkville
last week.
Mr. Paul G. McCorkle, of Lancaster,
spent Sunday and Monday last in Yorkville.
Miss Nannie McAlilly, of Chester, is iu
Yorkville, visiting friends and relatives, the
guest of Mr. J. A. Katchford's family.
31 r. George E. Latimer and wife, of
Chester, were in Yorkville last week visiting
the family of his brother, Mr. \V. C. Latimer.
Mr. G. Emmett Woods, a postal clerk on
the Atlantic Coast line, between Washington
and Charleston, has been home for several
days with grip.
Mr. W. S. Gordon, who has been engaged
in the stove business in Spartanburg county,
returned to his home near Yorkville, last
Monday night.
Rev. V. I. Masters and Colonel J. J.
Waters, of Rock Hill, came over on Friday
for the purpose of examining the Methodist
and Baptist church buildings at this place,
with a view to utilizing the information
thus gained in the construction of the proposed
new Baptist church at Rock Hill.
Dr. D. B. Miller, who for several months
past has been engineering the construction
of the water plant in Yorkville, left last
Monday night for Columbia. During their
short residence in Yorkville, Dr. and Mrs.
Miller have made many warm friends who
are loath to give them up. As an engineer,
Dr. Miller has made the people of Yorkville
believe that he stands close to the head of
his profession, and every citizen is willing to
eivc him a flattering certificate to any other
town that needs his services.
WATERWORKS SUCCESSFUL.
Yorkville's water plant is a complete success.
That fact has been demonstrated to
the entire satisfaction of everybody. The
final test of the plant was made on last Saturday.
Under the joint supervision of the
town council and the citizens' committee,
consisting of Messrs. CI. II. O'Leary, T. 11.
McClain and M. C. Willis, hose was attached
to various hydrants in different parts of
town, and the result was such as to meet the
most sanguine hopes not only of the contractors,
but of the council and committee
as well.
At the extreme end of the pipe line, on
King's Mountain street, the force of the
stream was all that could be desired, and at
the residence of Mr. C1. E. Spencer, on the
same street, it is thought by a member of the
citizens' committee, that the force would be
almost sufficient to tear the weather-boarding
off of a house. The graded school building
is one of the highest elevations in town. To
this point, for about fifteen hundred feet, the
water comes through a four-inch pipe, but
when the hose was applied and the hydrants
opened, the stream was thrown to the top
of the bell tower. Two streams were
thrown on top of the Carolina Buggy
company's building, and at the court house
corner, it was shown that the force was
sufiicient to throw two streams of an
inch and a quarter each, high over the
top of any building in the vicinity. All the
ground in the neighborhood was Hooded in
a few minutes, and it was the opinion of
those who saw the test, that the chances of
being able to extinguish any fire that could
break out anywhere near by, were exceptionally
good.
The general examination of the plant by
the council and committee was completed
on Saturday, and, on Monday, the whole
work was officially received from the cotitraetors.
Yorkville can now congratulate
herself upon having as good lire protection
and as good a water supply generally, as
any town in the State.
M IN I CI PA L MI XT I" KES.
On being officially informed last Monday
of his election as inteudant of Yorkville on
Saturday, l'rof. \Y. \Y. Lewis, for reasons
satisfactory to himself, declined to qualify.
This necesitates a new election for inteudant,
which will probably take place on Saturday,
March and Inteudant Moore informs
us that it is his intention to call a
public meeting for the nomination of a candidate
011 Friday night, March 2. Injustice
to all parties, it is fair to say that Mr.
U JiC'ary AYSI5 UUIIllIliUUU ill ?* uiu-uii^
held in tin; court house on Friday night before
the election. Mr. Lewis was not prps
cut, and his nominatiou was the outgrowth
of real or fancied grievances of a portion of
the convention, which subsequently took
independent action. Neither Mr. O'Leary,
or Mr. Lewis, were willing aspirants to the
oflice, and so far as we know, had 110 personal
interest in the factional light that
followed. The character and ability of both
gentlemen are well established beyond reproach,
and we have no reason to believe
that as many as a dozen votes were influenced
even by personal popularity. Therefore,
it is to he hoped that the differences,
which are purely local and of no outside
interest, may be speedily settled, and that
! the various factions, in a spirit of wholesome
conciliation, may at once yet together
; in the best interest of the town.
CHURCH NOTICES.
i Associate Reformed Presbyterian?YokkVILLK?Sunday-school
at ft o'clock p. m.
Episcopal?Rev. \V. A. (iuerry, rector.?
I Services next Sunday at 11 a. 111., and at 4
1>. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. in.
j Presbyterian?Rev. \V. (J. Neville, pastor.
Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and
evening at 7.110 p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Sunday-school
i at 3 o'clock.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
J Weber, pastor. Pruyer-mceting this evening
at 7.M o'clock. Services next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, and evening at 7.30
o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. in.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.
Yorkvim.k?Sunday-school at 3 o'clock, p.
in. Prayer meeting tomorrow evening at 7,15
o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at
11 o'clock a. m. The Baptist Young People's
Union will meet next Sunday at 10 o'clock
a. m.
KKCOVEltKI) THE LAP ROBES.
Mr. S. X. Johnson, the well-known constable
of Bethel township, was in Yorkyille
last Monday and told Tub Knqvirkr how
he recently recovered two lap robes from a
Negro thief named Henry Ramscur, who
lives near Wright's ferry. Some time ago,
a party came to this side of the river in some
vehicles hired from Wadsworth, the Charlotte
liveryman. When the vehicles were
returned, two lap robes were missing, and
Mr. Wadsworth having reason to believe
they had been stolen, put the case in the
hands of Constable Johnson, who, after some
investigation, had reason to suspect Ramseur
as the thief. Constable Johnson went to
Rarnseur's house a few days ago and told
him that he had come after those lap robes.
"Ha! ha! ha!" broke out the Negro in a
big laugh, as if he thought the whole matter
very funny. "I)em lap robes? I don't
know nothin' 'bout no lap robes. What does
a nigger want wid lap robes when he ain't
got no buggy?"
"Well, Henry," said Mr. Johnson, "I would
like to go in and sec if I can find them."
"Yessir, yessir," assented Henry; "go in
an' investermigate de matter fo' yosef; but
yo' ain't gwine find no lap robes. Pone tole
you dat a nigger widout no buggy don't need
no lap robes."
TVT?. Tn1?iL.ni, Ii'nnt ititr. f ll f> llnlKO unit Jlffor
a short search found what lie was looking
for between the coverings of the bed. Returning
with the lap robe in his hand, he
asked Henry: "What do you call this?"
"Is dat what yo' wus a looking fur?" replied
the self-convicted culprit, his eyes
opening like saucers. "I didn't know dat
was a lap robe. I foun' dat or?, I foun' dat?
I foun?"
"Where is the other?" interrupted Mr.
Johnson, sternly.
"Dey ain't no nother. Dat's de only one
I foun', " said the still innocent thief.
"Now, see here," returned Mr. Johnson,
"you either get the other lap robe or you go
to jail. Do you understand that?"
"Well, inosser," replied the Negro, now
thoroughly frightened, "if you don't put me
in jail I'll git de other. I sole it to another
Nigger down here for a quarter's wuf of
onion sets. I'll git it."
Mr. Johnson went with Kainseur to the
house of the other Negro, about a mile away,
and the lap robe was quickly recovered. As
Mr. Wadsworth did not care to come over to
York county to prosecute the case, ltamscur
was turned loose, and the matter was
dropped.
BRAWLEY IS A GOOI) ONE.
J. B. Bell, Esq., of Yorkvillc, returned
home last week from Greenville, where he
has been in attendance upon the Uuited
States court now in session there. Mr. Bell
is enthusiastic in his praise of Judge Brawley,
who, he says, most emphatically, is the
"right man in the right place." On being
asked to explain himself more fully, Mr. Bell
said:
"Why, I mean just this. The proceedings
of the court heretofore have been outrageous.
Instead of a court of justice, the place has
been what might be called a regular perjury
factory. Judge Simonton did all he could to
purify it; but, somehow, did not succeed. I
am sure that by the time Judge Brawley
presides at one or two more sessions, he will
clean it out completely.
"Now, here is the situation," continued Mr.
Bell. "The deputy marshals get their pay
through a system of fees, so much for each arrest,
preliminary hearing, commitment, etc.,
and for each conviction. They are allowed
four witnesses in each case, and as it is always
to their interest to have H at many, the
practice of tilling out the numoer with professionals
is growing extensively
"I have been to Greenville on several oc
casions as an attorney. mu moos iuui^ tuc
familiar. The same witnesses come back
again anil again, and everybody knows that
many of them are professionals. I defended
a man last week charged with selling liquor.
There were four witnesses against him, and
at least two of them were unable to describe
the premises on which the liquor was said to
have been sold. Although I had no testimony
except that of a reliable white man as
to the character of the defendant, the jury
brought in a verdict of 'not guilty.'
"Now here is what Judge Brawley is doing
to put a stop to these abuses: lfe asked
every witness, white or colored, 'How many
! times have you been here as a witness bei
fore?' If the witness said this was his first
time, the judge told them it was all right:
but if they said once, twice, three or four
times, his honor said in a tone, the meaning
of which was unmistakable: 'Well, now,
I'll give you fair warning. You had better
be very careful how you come back here.'
"I am satisfied," continued Mr. Bell, "that
i if Judge Brawley continues as lie has started
"I out, the professional witness at Greenville
' will soon he a thing of the past, and the
United States court at that place will be
made what it has not been for many a day,
a court of justice."
THK COXCEAIiKI) DIOAIMjY WKAPOX.
i Gilbert Krwin, alias Garrison, colored, on
' last Sunday evening, shot and killed Charles
! Miller, also colored. The shooting occurred
about (> o'clock, just outside of the old
i Wheeler factory building, now known as the
i Carolina Club hall. Several eye witnesses,
! all colored, were interviewed immediately
! after the shooting and their composite stutej
ments are about as follows :
| About half a dozen of the club had been
: spending apart of the afternoon in the huilding.
About (J o'clock, one of them announced
that lie had to go. That broke up the crowd.
1 They left the building by the back door, and
to reach the street, had to pass through a
: hole where a couple of planks had been
knocked oil' the fence. Thev could only
pass through one at a time. Charles Miller
istationed himself by the hole, and, with a
! piece of lath, was playfully striking each
one of his companions as they stooped to get
: through the hole. When Krwin's turn
came, just as he bent himself, he told Miller
not to.strike him. The remark was thought
j to be good humored, and paying no attention
to it, Miller struck Krwin as he did the
others. After striking Krwin, Miller laughingly
stepped back. Krwin's pistol was in
his coat pocket, lie pulled it out, whilo
still in a stooping position in the crack of the
J fence, and fired at Miller. The hall took
i ? . . . i.i , . ..... ...
i ellect in timers uuaoincii, auuui nvu ur
1 tin ec inches nhove the navel. Miller said
'' Gib, you shot me !" Krwin said: "No I
j didn't, did I Two or three of Miller's
companions assisted him through the hole
j in the fence across to the other side of the
'street. Miller lived about thirty minutes,
but (luring that time said nothing about the
shooting.
After the shooting Krwin, who had evidently
been drinking, started to run away.
Several of the men present started after him.
He drew his pistol and his pursuers stopped.
Hy this time a large crowd had collected.
The pursuit was immediately resumed, and
Krwin was captured about four or live hundred
yards from the scene of the shooting.
He was then taken to the jail and turned
over to Sheriff Crawford.
Miller, sifter liis death, was laid out on a
j table in the club hall, and Trial Justice Car|
roll was sent for to hold an inquest. The
jury was empanelled as follows : A. S. Withers,
foreman ; John Thomasson, J. P. White,
i It. K. Lowry, Lewis G. (Jrist, W. (i. Turner,
| John Robinson, F. E. Smith, W. C. Gist,
| Louis Roth, W. E. Ferguson, T. F. Speck.
The following witnesses, all colored, were
examined as to the circumstances of the
killing: W. II. Adams, George W. Hymes,
1'. W. Ellis, Julius Grey, Robert Watts, D.
L. Withcrspoon. Their story was in accordance
with that related above.
Dr. W. G. White testified that he had been
called to attend the wounded man. Miller
was still living when the doctor arrived, but
died shortly afterward. He said nothing of
the shooting. The doctor had performed a
postmortem, and although he did not find
the bullet, was satisfied that it had lodged in
the spinal column.
The investigations of the jury were continued
until about 1 o'clock Monday morning,
when they agreed upon a verdict to the
effect that the deceased had come to his
death from a gunshot wound feloniously inJ
flicted by (filbert Erwin.
THE NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
The Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge
railroad is again to be run as an independent
j line, by its own stockholders and in its own
! interest. So the stockholders decided at a
! meeting held at Gastonia last Wednesday,
and the proper authorities are now taking
| the necessary steps to carry out that decis
ion.
The meeting was held in the hall of the
Young Men's Christian association. There
was present about fifty people, including
stockholders, bondholders and spectators.
Upon a call of the stock by Secretary McLure,
it tvas developed that 2700 of the 3400
shares were represented, and an organization
was effected by the election of Mr. V. A.
McBee, of Lincolnton, chairman, and Mr. G.
W. Gage, of Chester, secretary.
Upon motion of Mr. J. S. Bricc, of York,
a number of bondholders present, were invited
to participate in the deliberations of
the stockholders, and, upon request, Mr. H.
1'. Clark, of Columbia, gave some information
as to the status of a proposed suit to recover
past due interest on bonds. Mr. Clark
said that the C. C. & A. road was clearly responsible
for this interest, that that road was
a solvent corporation, and that the bondholders
undoubtedly had a right to. sue, if
not in their own name, then in the name of
| the stockholders. However, the affairs of
I the C. C. & A. and K. D. roads were so
[ involved in the courts, that it was not advis1
able to commence proceedings just now, and
in the meantime the bondholders were willing
to do all they could to assist the stockholders
to operate the road. The bondholders
were not only willing to give the stockholders
more time, but were even willing to
accept a reduction of interest from 7 to 5
per cent, per annum.
When Mr. Clark concluded his explananation,
Mr. John J. Hemphill, who, at every
meeting sinee last June, has been urging that
the stockholders take no action, made a short
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MIK 1U iavur Ul uuuiliug niu iuuu lu iciuuiu
where it is, in the hands of the receivers.
He claimed that any action on the part of the
stockholders lookiug to a cancellation of the
lease, would prejudice the claims of the bondholders
and stockholders against the C., C.
& A. and R. & D.
Mr. Edmund Jones, of Lenoir, took issue
with Mr. Hemphill. He said that if the
stockholders took charge of the road, with
the consent of the bondholders, then, of
course, neither they nor the bondholders
could have any further claim against the
C\, G. it A. or R. & D., but past due claims
would in nowise be prejudiced.
From the colloquy between the two gentlemen,
it appeared that Mr. Hemphill wanted
the road to remain in the hands of the receivers,
while Mr. Joues wanted the stockholders
to assume charge of it themselves.
Finally, Mr. Hemphill said :
"I move, simply to bring the matter to a
focus, that this meeting take no action looking
to the return of the property to the stockholders.
I don't know of any stockholder
who wants to drop anything more into this
! road."
i Mr. Jones: "I move, as a substitute for
| that, Mr. Chairman, that the meeting proceed
to the election of officers of the road
with a view to taking it out of the hands of
the receivers."
Mr. Jones gave as the principal reason for
his motion, the fact that it was impossible
for the receivers to operate the property as
economically as could the stockholders. The
motion quickly found a second, and met with
' hearty approval. It was withdrawn, howj
ever, for the following, in the same line, ofi
fered by A. G. Rrice, Esq., of Chester:
Whereas, the Charlotte Columbia and Augusta
1 Railroad company has completely failed to per
I iorili us lumnia ui iunu vwm miii twii/uuuiv..,
j dated the 22d of .September, 18$J, by tailing to
pay, or have paid, the dividends upon the stock
| and the coupons upon the bonds of this company
! falling due and payable during the last eighteen
l months.
| And whereas, the said Charlotte, Columbia and
: Augusta Railroad company, in December last,
after tendering the railroad and property leased
j by it back to this company, commenced action
in the courts of both North and South Carolina
to compel this eo-poration to accept and receive
back its railroad and leased property, anil has had
the same placed in the hands and management
of receivers during the pendency of said action.
And, whereas, we believe it will bo. detrimental
to the best interest of this corporation and its
i creditors, to allow its property to remain longer
! under the management of receivers as at present;
And whereas, wo believe that the acceptance
j of its property by this corporation, in the condition
in which it how is, and the re-assuming the
i management and control of the same, will lie
i without prejudice to any of the rights and claims
of this corporation against the said Charlotte, Co|
lumbia and Augusta Railroad company, for its
failure to perforin said lease and for its breach ot
, said lease; therefore, Resolved?
1. That the president and board of directors to
be elected at this meeting, be authorized and in|
strueted, as soon as practicable, to accept, roI
eeivc, and take control and management of the
| railroad, roadbed, rolling stock and all other
property of this corporation, now in the posses:
sion of the receivers of the courts, or any other
party.
2. That it be understood, and if possible, provided
in the orders of the courts, that theaeeeptance
and receiving hack of its property by this
corporation, is without prejudice to the rights
ana claims of this corporation or its creditors
against the said Charlotte, Columbia and Augusi
ta railroad or its lessees, for its failure to perform
i any of the covenants of said contract of lease, or
for its breach of said lease.
Mr. Hemphill took occasion to say that
i what had been said about the expensiveness
1 " 11 O 1,1? ik..t
ol me receivers was tin "|>uji^ wia ?mui
both receivers were managing their respective
charges as economically as possible.
.Mr. Jones said that personally lie had the
highest regard for both receivers, but the
idea that they could manage the road as
satisfactorily as the stockholders, was ridiculous.
The question was put on Mr. Hrice's substitute,
and the resolution was carried almost
unanimously?there being only two votes,
those of J. J. Hemphill and John J. McLure,
against it.
On motion, it was agreed to go into an
election of a president. Mr. J. L. Agurs
sueirested that the president be selected by
a committee appointed by the chairman, and
consisting of two members from each county.
Mr. J. S. Hriec moved, as a substitute, that
nominations be made from the floor. Mr.
, Agurs agreed, and the substitute was
adopted. Mr. Ikice then nominated for president,
Major (S. \V. F. Harper, of Lenoir.
| There were no other nominations, and Major
! Harper was unanimously elected by accla-j t
matioti. f
In accepting the nomination, Major Har- \
per said : j
' Mr. Chairman : I beg to return thanks }
j for the honor bestowed and the confidence
that you repose in me. I shall endeavor to ! 1
do the best I can for the stockholders and '
bondholders. 1 am aware that it is no holi- (
day business that we are going into now, '
| and I can only promise you to give you the '
| best I have.'' [Applause.] <
Directors were then nominated and elected J
as follows: John L. Agurs and A. G. Brice, i ]
. Chester; J. F. Wallace and C\ K. Spencer, j
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[Lincoln; W. II. Williams, Catawba; I'. (?. '
Moore, Caldwell.
The following, which had been agreed 1
| upon in an informal conference of bondhold{ers,
was offered in their behalf by I)r. J. II. |'
j McAden : i'
That the bondholders and stockholders enter i 1
I into an agreement: First, that the bondholders i j
I surrender the past due coupons and the coupons )
i to become due twelve months from January 1st, j'
I 1894, the bondholders receiving for the surron- j
dered coupons income bonds or script. The',
bondholders further agree that the bonds shall | 1
bear 5 per cent, interest in the future, instead of 7 j
per cent, as now.
The stockholders agree to operate the road for 1
twelvemonths from January 1st, 1894; then, if \
the road earns the interest on the bonds and the
' current expenses, the bondholders will agree to j 1
take no action, provided their coupons are 1
promptly paid. It is further agreed that the in- .
come bonus or script shall bear o per cent, per j
annum, and that no dividends be paid on stock j
until the income bonds or script shall be retired. ,
In the event the earnings of the road do not {
show its ability to pay its coupons and current '
expenses, the stockholders are to allow the bond- j (
holdcts to take charge without litigation. It is j
further agreed that the income bonds or script M
shall constitute a lien upon the road, which shall |
ho of the same force as the first mortgage bonds.
This proposition was considered by the '
stockholders as being extremely liberal, and ['
it was hoped that it would be formally ac- j
cepted by the bondholders.
Before the meeting adjourned, Mr. Jno. G. 1
Hull, receiver for the -North Carolina portion
of the road, was called upon for a state- 1
rnent of his receipts and disbursements since "
he has been in charge. Mr. Ilall stated that
he was able to give the receipts with abso- !
lute accuracy from Decembers and 11, when '
the two receivers took charge of the respec- j
live sections in North aud South Carolina, |
up to February 1st (50 days), but the expense |
account was not so accurate, for the reason j
that several items on it were only estimated.
However, he gave the statement as follows :
RKl'KIPTS.
Freight and passenger tratlie, 810,738 06 1
Express company's earnings, 241 >4 <
ltent ol' one engine, (ill 21
Rent of warehouse, l?i 08
\V. H. Hardin, receiver, 57 46 j
Total 811,774 15 1
KXI'KNSKS.
Running expenses, 8 7,f>31 21 :
Duo connecting lines (estimated) 2,500 00 i
Wood, erossties, etc., (estimated) 1,226 78 |
Labor, (estimated) 200 06
Balance on hand, 310 10 j i
Total 811,774 15 (
The meeting tendered Mr. Hall a vote of
thanks for the information and adjourned, j
Immediately afterward the directors met |
and organized by the election of Joseph F. j
Wallace as secretary. Mr. A. G. Bricc was .
]
instructed to at once take steps looking to
securing the passage of the necessary orders j
to take the road out of tho hands of the
receivers, and the directors adjourned to meet j
again on the call of the president.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Pal<l the License.
? Mr. Francis A. Streeter, of Boston,
Mass., who is visiting Mr. J. B. Bratton, of
Bethesda township, on last Saturday, paid to
Treasurer Xeely $25 for the privilege of 1
shooting game in this county. i
New Voting l'reclnctn. <
? At the last session of the legislature, j
the law establishing voting preeincts in the <
various counties was amenueu so as 10 pro- i
vide for two new precincts?Tirzah and Sha- i
rou, in York county. i
Approaching Marriage.
? Cards are out for the marriage of Miss
X. Ella Jefferys, of Yorkville, to Mr. Andrew
J. Parrott. The marriage will take
place at the residence of the bride's father in
Yorkville, 011 Tuesday afternoon, February
27th, at half-past three o'clock. ,
The CaiiiinisHloiicrs Were There.
? York county's one thousand shares of
stock in the Chester and Lenoir Narrow
Gauge railroad, were represented at the ,
stockholders' meeting, at Gastonia, last Wed- ,
nesday, by the full board of county commis- ,
sioners. Mr. J. S. Rrice, clerk of the board, j j
acted as spokesman. (
They Drowned the Owl. I
? While the waterworks test was being j (
made at the graded school building last Sat- :
urday, a small screech owl was rousted from
his perch in the cupola, or somewhere on the j (
roof. The nozzlemen followed up the owl!
from tree to tree with the stream of water 1,
I and finally succeeded in drowning it.
1'oKtponad to February 20.
? We are requested to announce that the
lecture on "Character," to have been delivered
by Rev. II. Buckholtz, at Clover, on the
night of January 29, has been postponed to
February 26th, instant. The reason the lecture
was not delivered on January 29, according
to announcement, was on account of the
inclemency of the weather.
The Citadel Cadets Invited.
? The town council of Yorkville, in be- [
half of the citizens, has extended the hospitalities
of the town to the authorities of the
South Carolina Military academy for the
next summer encampment of the cadets of
that institution. The Baptist High school
authorities have tendered the use of their:
grounds in case the invitation is accepted.
Mr. .Jones Jtc-appointe<l.
? Governor Tillman has re-appo:nted Mr.;
Iredell Jones, of Rock Hill, as a member of!
I
the board of regents of the South Carolina j
lunatic asylum. Mr. Jones has been a mem- j
ber of the board of regents for a number !
of years past. He has always taken an enthuastic
interest in the welfare of the asylum, j
and we have every reason to believe that his i
| re-appointment will meet with universal sat-!
isfaction.
For Stealing Cotton.
? Miles Borders and Jim Burnett, both
'colored, were committed to jail lust Thursday,
by Trial Justice Johnson, on the charge
. of stealing a bale of cotton from Mr. J. B. j
II
F. Riddle, of Bethel township, on February
1. Burnett does not think he is guilty. He j
says he was in the employ of Borders, and
as per previous agreement, received $5 for J
his services.
From Charlotte to Catawba .Junction.
? There is talk of building a railroad from
I Charlotte, to connect that city with the (J., <
i C. it X. at Catawba Junction in this county, j?
The Seaboard Air Line route has become 1
most popular with the traveling public gen- I
erally, and nearly all the towns that know ?
a good thing when they see it, would be glad
to have it touch them. Charlotte,!
though already on the Carolina Central di- i <
vision of the system, wants ulso to be more
closely connected with the O., C. it X.
Fur Convicting the Train Wreckers. >
? Detective R. H. Dobson has just received
from the South Carolina railway company, a j t
check for $.">00, the amount of the reward ?
offered by that corporation for the arrest and ' j
conviction of the parties who wrecked a train i
i near Lincolnville, about two years ago. The I
names of the train wreckers were Grant t
Bennett and Dick Bruno, both colored. Ben- <
nett died in jail about ten days ago. Bruno ! ]
has already been condemned to death, but it ]
is thought that his sentence will probably be j i
commuted to imprisonment for life. I
. l.ynrhliiifA in I lie South. ]
? We publish on the lirst page of this is-!,
' sue, Kev. J. ('. Galloway's article on the sub- j
ject of "Lynching in the South." The arti- |
do was written bv Mr. Galloway at the re- i
J - , J
quest of the New York Independent, and its ,
object is to make plain to parties living in (
other sections of the 1'nion, the situation of
j a trail's in the South. Not only on account of j <
lie individuality of the author, but also nn
iccount of the views set forth, the article
.vill he read with special interest by the peode
of this section.
II r, Knst l> Deputy Collector.
? Col. S. A. Townes, of Greenville, colI'l'tnr
of intornnl revenut! foi'Soulh Carolina,
ias appointed Mr. Win. Ross, of Sharon,
leputy collector for the Third district, emtracing
Chester, Fairfield, (Jrcenville, Spuranburg,
I'nion and York. Throughout the
listrict, we are informed that there were ?
ibout fifty applicants for the position, which
pays about $1,200 or $1,500 a year, and Mr.
Ross is to be congratulated on his success.
Mr. Itoss's commission was issued on Tueslay,
the 13th, and was received here on
Wednesday, the 14th.
IVdUler'H License.
? The publication of the schedule for the
license of peddlers and hawkers, recently
fixed by the county commissioners, has already
brought into the county treasury $35,
md has run one or two peddlers out of the .?
county. The license fees, in our opinion,
ire fair ami just, and we suggest that it will
ie a good idea not only for sheriffs, trial
mstices and constables, whose duty it is
made by law, but for every individual to
:ake it upon themselves to see whether or
lot peddlers and hawkers have paid their
icenscs.
I'aitl the Policy.
? Mr. II. C. Strauss, one of the beneficiaries,
informs us that the Equitable Life In- jH
mrance company, of which Mr. W. J. Rod1
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Il'y, UI IIUCK. I I iii, is UIU luuiiagti IUI kiiv
Carolines, has paid in full, with dividends, 9
[he $10,000 policy on the life of the late M.
Strauss. Mr. Strauss died about the middle
cf January, and the check was received
within about two weeks. The policy had
been running some 23 years, and the amount
received by the beneficiaries, including dividends,
was $11,000. The total amount paid
in to the company was about $9,000.
A Murderer Captured.
? A Negro, writes our Rock Hill correspondent,
who has for a month past* been hired
to Mr. Henry Massey, of Tirzah, under
the name of Will Hargray, was taken to
Cabarrus county, N. C., last Saturday, on
account of a murder he committed there recently.
When the Negro applied for work,
Mr. Massey noticed blood on his clothes
and traced the matter up. He found that
the Negro's real name is Jay Atwood, and
made the fellow confess to the murder, the
circumstances of which were most brutal.
Mr. Massey will secure a reward of $30 offered
by the governor of North Carolina for
the Negro's apprehension.
Work on the Court Houho.
? Contractor Spratt expects to re-commence
work on the court house sometime
during next month, and promises to complete
the building before the next term of the
court. The long delay in finishing the work <
was caused by trouble in getting the necessary
iron. The Tugaloo Iron Works, of Abbeville
county, undertook to furnish a number
of columns for different parts of the
building. After weeks and months of waiting,
the columns arrived, but they were of
such poor workmanship and so rough generally,
that they were rejected. Contracts have
since been made with iron companies that
ire able to do what they promise, and so
soon as the new columns are received, the
work will be rapidly pushed to completion.
riitt tf'uuj* nf rntufiiltlfl Pmlffplt.
? Governor Tillman bus made public,
without comment, tbe following letter from
[ntendant Moore, and dated February 12: 4
"In reply to your inquiry for tbe particulars
in fining Mr. Padgett for being drunk and
disorderly, I beg leave to say that Mr. Padgett
was before me and fouud guilty of that
afl'ensc ; but in justice to him I take pleasure
in stating that on further investigation I do
not think it was from drinking whisky,
though I never saw a man affected so before
by a drug ; but I am now disposed to think '*
it was, as he says, bromide. You are at liberty
to give this to the public in justice to Mr.
Padgett-." Padgett will be remembered as
the dispensary constable who was recently
before Intendant Moore on the charge of
drunk and disorderly conduct, and was fined
five dollars.
It wan Nothing hut Water.
? Constable Workman informs us that
an last Saturday he opened the five gallon
tin can that was seized from Jeff Bailey,
colored, by Constable Liueberger, some time
last fall, and which has since been in the
custody of the sheriff. The can was hcrmetrically
sealed with red wax, and boring
through this, Constable Workman found
nothing but water. He says that the seal
has not been violated at any time, and the
contents of the can are evidently the same
as when the seizure was made. There are
rumors to the effect that Constable Liueberger
opened the can and tested the contents
at tbe time of the seizure. We have
the statement of Sheriff Crawford to the
effect that to the best of his knowlege, the
rumor is incorrect. Bailey had in his pocket
a half pint flask, and from this one or
two parties who were present when the can
was delivered to the sheriff, took a drink.
It was whisky. The can, itself, however,
was not opened until last Saturday. It
contained water.
Trying to Stent Engines.
? Next day after the stockholders' meeting
at Gastonia. at which it was decided to take
the Narrow Gauge railroad out of the hands
of the receivers, it was rumored that the
Richmond and Danville people were making
arrangements to make way with two of the
locomotives that have been used ou the road
for some time past. President Harper's attention
was called to the matter, and he at
once referred it to Receivers Hall and Hemphill,
who, as officers of the court, are hound
to look after the property. The engines have
not yet been removed. It is understood that
the Richmond and Danville people claim
that the engines belong to some railroad
down in Georgia, and thut they have only
been leased for use on the Chester and Lenoir
road. This may he true or not ; hut even if
true, it furnishes no reason why the engines *
should he surreptitiously removed. If they
really belong to the Georgia road, they can
no doubt he gotten by due process. As a
matter of fact, however, there is very good
reason to believe that the engines are justly
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ict of their removal would be little better
than grand larceny.
THB WHKKIiS IX MOTION.
The York county Democratic Executive
committee met in the court house last Monti
ay, pursuant to the recent call of Chairman
Brice. There was present nine of the eighteen
members of the committee as follows:
J. S. Brice, chairman. Yorkville; L. K.
Armstrong, Bethel: J. C. Blair, Blairsville:
\V. II. Crook, Fort Mill; 1\ M. Burris, MeL'onnellsville:
R. D. Scaly, Antioch ; J. M.
rhomasson, Bethany; T. \V. Campbell,
rhompson's Mill: and \V. Thompson Jaekion,
Clover.
Mr. J. .S. Brice called the committee to orler,
and after requesting Mr. L. K. Arm- i
5trong to preside, explained as one of the obects
of the meeting, the recommendation of
\ suitable man for supervisor of registration
to fill the office upon the expiration of the
term of the present incumbent. Mr. I. B.
iordon. Continuing. Mr. Brice nominated
Mr. Gordon for recommendation for re-appointment,
and the nomination was carried
unanimously. Mr. 1\ Moore Burris, of Mc- *
L'onnellsville, was unanimously chosen for
recommendation for the appointment of deputy
supervisor of registration.
After a general discussion of the advisability
of the present executive committee's 1
holding anv farther meetings, the following
resolution, offered by Mr. lirice, was adopted
unanimously:
Resolved, That the Democratic Executive
committee of York county, hereby appoints