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J?fva|)5 and rfacts. ? The greatest Hood in the history of south central Arkansas, is now on. and that part of the State is rapidly approaching the conditions of an inland ocean, says a Little Kock dispatch of the 24th instant. It has rained almost incessantly all over the State and in the Indian Territory for four days. Railroad communications since Monday has been almost entirely cut off from the South to Texarknnn, and from recent reports it is not improbable that the same fate awaits the country on the north and west, and possibly the east. ? The New York Press says that the Massachusetts penitentiary contains a remark able character in the person of a young forger. This prisoner has not only refused a pardon, asserting that justice demanded that he should serve out his sentence, but during his imprisonment he has earned several thousand dollars*by working overtime, all of which has been handed over to the victims of his crime. The case is one of.psychological iuterest. It would be instructive to learn what the motives and influences were that led a man possessed apparently of such a keen sense of moral responsibility to commit so grave an offense as that to which he confesses. ? All the indications point unmistakably to a low price for cotton next season. Even if a smaller area is planted and a short crop is made, the price will still range about six cents during the early part of the season. The mills are overstocked now?the warehouses are filled to overflowing, and no inconsiderable quantity still remains in the hands of the producers. In July and August the Texas crop will be ready for market, which with the stock on hand, will keep the price down below even present prices. These facts we glean from one.who has business interests and connections all over the country, and they are stubborn facts which should not be unheeded in pitching the crops for the year. What does reason and souud judgment suggest as the best course? The matter should be carefully weighed before action. ? In the senate, last Thursday, Senator Sherman introduced a resolution instructing the judiciary committee to examine and report whether the simulation of United States coins by coins of the same weight and fineness of metal is made criminal by the statutes of the United States or other countries; 1 *? * ' * - ?-MI A unu 11 iioi, 10 report a uiu iu picvcm. uuu punish such simulation. The resolution gave rise to au interesting discussion. Senator Sherman said that he had newspaper authority for the statement that large amounts of silver dollars were beiug coined in Omaha, Nebraska, and elsewhere, and thought something should to be done to put a stop to it. j Other senators said that they did not believe the story, and others were inclined to pass it off as a joke, saying that if people did not get free coinage in one way, they would in another. ? If the newspapers of Kansas are any in- j dication of the temper of the people, that j State lacks but little of entering upon open insurrection. One day last week all the State olficers ofTopeka received a marked copy of The Commonwealth, an influential Populist paper, which is regarded as most revolutionary in tone. The article reads as follows: "Carlisle is reported as secretly negotiating with a Lombard street syndicate for the sale of $50,000,000 more bonds. The nation demands a sufficient currency for the transaction of its business without the issue of bonds, and the people will stop the bond is-1 sue with ballots or bullets. Let our rulers I make their choice and make it soon. If Sec-1 retarv Carlisle dares to make another issue of $50,000,000 of gold bonds, not 100,000, but! 1,000,000 men should go to Washington, not I with a paper petition, but with steel Winchesters." ? Colonel John S. Mosby, of Confederate calvary fame, was a person of interest to many last Wednesday night on the vestibule, says the Charlotte Observer. Colonel Mosby still has his home in San Francisco. He was en route last night to Washington. He, although on the shady side of life, is active, hale and hearty. He is attorney for the Southern Pacific railroad, and is active in the practice of his profession. This distin- j guished cavalry leader of the Confederacy was interested in many persons and places in this vicinity. He inquired first of all for Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, sending her his highest regards; and then for her brother-inlaw, General I>. H. Hill. A rather singular coincidence of the colonel's trip here last tfkiln oil tinrr in hie conf j evening llitic ? 1J11V OUllUj^ IK *11^ owui talking, a gentleman approaching him said: "I ought to know you colonel, for you took me prisoner in the war." The colonel aud his former enemy then enjoyed many a reminiscence together. ? The stories of Coxey's army of unemployed marching to Washington to make a demonstration, are received with various opinions by members of Congress, says the Washington Post of last Wednesday. Some regard the movement with more or less apprehension and recall the march of a similar army to Versailles from Paris and back to Paris, escorting the royal couple, which was the opening of the French revolution a century ago. Senator Piatt takes a different view of the matter. He thinks there will be no march upon Washington. He told a friend yesterday that, in his opinion, the entire scheme would be abandoned. He argued that this is the time for farmers to begin work, and they will be little disposed to support a grand army of idle men, who will be largely dependent for the success of their movement upon what the farmers choose to supply for their maintenance. Besides, no tangible benefit can result from such a demonstration, and in the absence of any logical reason for the display, the enterprise will probably meet with discouragement at the outset. ? "One of the most interesting pension cases ever investigated," said W. K. Marshall, formerly a special pension agent, "was in the State of Indiana. For a number of years a woman had drawn a pension, and the department noticed that the receipts were signed very differently to the last payments, than to those that preceded them. I was sent to look up the matter, and at the house met a young girl who said that her mother was dead and had willed her the pension, and she proved it by a badly written document. She then asked me with perfect innocence, why she had to sign another name to the receipts. I'pon inquiry I learned that her father, for whose death the pension was drawn, had died before the war, and her mother married again after she began to draw a pension. She had t*- * i t - f _i? j;_.i ...i ,_t. ? i 1 Olien wonuereu ueiore sue uieu wuy sue mm to take the name of a man she had never heard of and he called his widow, but the attorney said that was all right, and had told her that where men were killed and left' no widows the government provided in their names for those who were widows during the war. The attorney had died a few weeks before the investigation, so he could not he punished, but the daughter's legacy was no longer of any value.'* ? Chairman Springer of the house committee on banking and currency, does not believe any bill to repeal the 10 per cent. State hank tax can pass through this congress. He says: "IJut the friends of the bill did not want it reported adversely. They now propose to bring it up for debate in the house as soon as the appropriation bill and contested election cases are out of the way. I have been instructed to report favorably on the Bra w ley bill, exempting from the State bank tax the scrip issued in the Southern States, which served the purpose of currency in commercial transactions during the financial stringency. When the bill is reported, the advocates of repeal of State bank tax will move to amend it by relieving all State bank currency from the tax. In this way they hope to secure a vote on the repeal of the tax. It will not carry, however. Nearly every Northern Democrat is opposed to it. The only demand for repeal comes from the Southern States?(ieorgia, Alabama. Louisiana, and Tennessee. I have tried to clear up the mysten how that plank got into the Chicago platform, but have failed. It will ever remain as one of the cnexplained acts of a political convention. ? Louis Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, died at his home in Turin, on Tuesday of last week. Louis Kossuth was a Hungarian nobleman born at Monok, on April >7 1KO> II,? vfil :l uiiiversitv educa tion, was a highly cultured man, and from his early youth espoused the liberal side of politics, the height of his ambition being to recover the independence of Hungary from Austria. This he virtually succeeded in accomplishing as the result of a long but peaceful agitation in 1S4S, when the Hungarian National assembly was established in l'esth. But in 1849 there was a reaction against j Republicanism throughout Europe. Kossuth ! wes compelled to resign the governorship of Hungary, his successor surrendering the country to the Russians, and Kossuth seek-' iing safety in flight, first to Africa and afterwards to Asia Minor. He was protected ! against the Russians by the Sultan of Tur: key, backed by England and France. Final- i ly, in 1851, on the intervention of England j and the United States, he was allowed to j depart with his family and friends. He was j | enthusiastically received in England and in j I this country, where he lectured and collect- j j ed funds to aid in the liberation of Hungary.' He returned to Europe in July, 1852, and j the next year he engaged in preparations for an uprising which exhausted all the money j he had collected and resulted in nothing, j In 18G2 he removed to Turin, where he has j resided since. In 1SGG he issued an address | to the Hungarians to arouse them to revolt, j but it was without effect. Since then he has lived in retirement, declining to return to his native country, although elected several times to the Diet of I'esth. illtc ^orhvillr enqiuwr. I I YORKVILLE, S. C.: | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,1894. I ? Quite a number of silver senators threat- J en that if the president vetoes the seigniorage bill, no tariff bill will be passed at this session. It is not improbable that these senators have full control of the situation. ? Both of Georgia's gubernatorial candi-1 dates?Evans and Atkinson?have declared for the free and unlimited coinage of silver and against the issue of more bonds. These ; issues will both be very important ones , j throughout the South this summer. j ? The Enquirer is in receipt of a circular ! from George Moorman, adjutunt general and ! chief of staff, announcing that the long de ' layed re-union at Birmingham, Ala., is to 1 take place on Wednesday and Thursday, April 25 and 26, next. Ex-soldiers and sailors of the Confederacy everywhere, are urged to organize themselves iuto camps, or local associations, and to at once notify General Moorman, at New Orleans. -m ?. ? Major T. C. Beckham, of Rock Hill, is a 1 candidate for the position of deputy under 1 United States Marshal Hunter. If uuflinch- 1 ing integrity and devotion to duty, regardless 1 of consequences, is any recommendation, we 1 take upon ourselves to say that Marshal Hunter will not find a more desirable man for the position in the State. Major Beck- 1 ham is one of those who can always be de- 1 pended upon to discharge whatever duty without fear or favor. ' ? If the stories that Secretaries Smith and i Gresham propose to resign from the cabinet : in the event Cleveland vetoes the seignorage i bill is correct, there is good reason to believe that the bill is pretty safe. We do not arrive i at this assertion from the fact that Cleveland will be deterred from his purpose on ] account of the alleged threats, but rather think that somebody has authentic informa- : lion that the bill will be signed, and on the i strength of this information are endeavoring to make capital for Smith and Gresham. ? "Good Roads" Coxey, the originator of | the idea of marching the Commonweal i army to Washington, had one of his schemes broken up last week without ceremony. Coxey has a seventeen year old daughter iu the custody of a divorced wife. He wanted to dress this daughter up in the "stars and stripes" and have her ride at the head of , the army on a white horse. The girl was , enchanted with the idea, but the mother, , who does not like her former husband much 1 anyway, managed to exert sufficient influence to break up the arrangement. j ? Just one word in which to explain The j Enquirer's position on the liquor question. We say that the dispensary law is the best law that has ever been devised for the { | control of liquor. But please don't construe this as an endorsement of the sale of liquor under the dispensary law. That ' portion of the law which absolutely prohibts the sale of liquor is what we endorse. ' , When it comes to selling liquor under the j dispensary law or otherwise, the responsibil- ' jity lies with some else. The Enquirer iius iiu imrt in ii. ? - o? - ? ? The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution, says that the arrange- , meut of the liquor question was not the only : object of Governor Tillman's recent visit to Washington. The governor has learned that Senator Butler has been making considerable headway with several of the South Car-; olina congressmen, looking to the formation j j of political alliances. The governor gave the various congressmen to understand that i he considered all who were not for him as, against him, and that in the coming campaign he intended to act accordingly. Those who refuse to help him, he iutendsto fight. o ? In a recent open letter, Congressman Shell wrote as follows: "I have an ambition ; not satisfied : but if health will permit, I vet' hope to secure the fulfillment of my heart's desire, and, when accomplished, all the decent people in South Carolina and elsewhere,! will rejoice in its consummation." Having] already stated postively that he will not' , again be a candidate for public office, there | has been a great deal of doubt as to the mean! ? . ingof the congressman's words. It is claimed, however, by some of his friends, that Mr. | Shell is of the opinion that the original aims | of the Farmer's Movement have been greatly distorted by greedy politicians, and it now devolves upon him as one of the starters of the movement to do what he can to re-j store it to its original high purposes. ON TO WASHINGTON. One of the most interesting topics of the j week is the progress of J. S. Coxey's "Commonweal" army, which started from Mas-j silon, Ohio, for Washington, last Sunday, for ; the purpose of demanding of congress the issue of SoOO.OOO.OOO of treasure notes to be v expended on various public improvements. Cdxcv's scheme iias been widely adver-. tised all over the whole country, and for the! past lew weeks, it is reported that tramps j and hummers elsewhere have been making their way toward Massillon for the purpose of joining the army. The start was made at about 12 o'clock Sunday, with a nucleus of about 100 men, including a few laborers out of work, and a large number of veteran tramps. The lead-! ers are J. S. Coxey and a noted labor agitator named Carl llrown. There are also a large number of olliccrs of various ranks to ; command greater and spialler divisions of the army as it gathers strength along the line of the march. The lirst stop was made at Canton, eight, miles from Massillon. To this place the j army was followed by about 1,000 citizens of! 1 Massillon, in buggies, on horseback and on foot, and at Canton, it is said that there the streets were lined with not less than 10,000 curious people, who came out to see the strange procession. The Commonwealers went into camp at Canton and made their, supper on provisions furnished by Coxey,! and their beds of straw, also brought along for the purpose. A heavy snow storm came up just after j the Commonwealers left Massillon, and aj few deserted the ranks, probably to join! again later on. What will be the outcome of Coxey's scheme, is a mere matter of speculation. Reports from all over the country indicate ! Dint ilioen will ho re-enforcements from many of the large cities, and it is easily! within the range of possibility, that the. army may grow to a strength of ten or fifteen thousand. In this event, whether or. not anything is ever accomplished at Wash-1 ington, such a horde of tramps will be sure I to leave the country over which they pass, a desolate waste. ? ? before the adoption of the platform, Mr. Thomas M. Patterson, of Colorado, secured the floor and moved the above [coinage plank] by the insertion of the word "PRICK" between the words "the" and "coinage" in the eighth line, so as to make the platform read: "We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country and to the FKKK coinage of l>otli without discrimination against either metal or charge for mintage, etc." The Oflicial Proceedings of the Chicago Convention, page 95, show that on a call for the yeas and nays, the motion of the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Patterson) was lost. So the convention declined to put a declaration for "free" coinage in the platform.?Atlanta Journal. Publishing it as it does, day after day, The Journal evidently thinks that the above is a "clincher." As a matter of fact, however, the argument is ridiculous, and it is strange that it does not appear so even to The Journal. True, the Chicago convention may not have been a very scholarly body, but at the same time it is clear that it had too much regard for the niceties of rhetoric to commit itself to such a glaring redundancy. "Free" coinage, and coinage "without charge for mintage." That would he murder of the Queen's English. But after all it makes no difference what Mr. Patterson or anybody else did, or tried to do, at Chicago. We are concerned only with the platform as adopted and bound only by that which is nominated in the bond. ? ? WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT? What will Cleveland do with the seigniorage bill? This is the great question which has been agitating the whole country since the passage of that all important measure. * t uri . tt During tne past weeK, me wnue riouse has been literally besieged' by congressmen, bankers and others, trying to persuade the president for or against the bill. The South and West, as a rule, want it signed, and the Northeast want it vetoed. As yet Mr. Cleveland has given but little intimation of his intended action. At one time last Saturday no less than fifteen Southern congressmen were at the White House pleading with President Cleveland to sign the seignorage bill. They represented that the bill meant a great deal for the South, and if it failed to become a law, J the days of the Democratic party in that section were practically numbered. The people, said the congressmen, would go over to the Populists and Republicans, in fact anywhere, to show their disapproval of the acts of an administration that they believed to be opposed to their interests. Representative Bryan represented that the centre of population of the United States was BOO miles west of New York, and whether right or wrong, the Northwestern people feared that the president had closed his eyes to them, and thought only of the East. The president interrupted Mr. Bryan long enough to say that he knew no section, and that he had the deepest desire to act for the whole people, east and west alike. During the past ten days, Mr. Cleveland is represented to have been studying the I seigniorage bill with the greatest care. He has been reading all the speeches recently delivered in congress on the whole silver question, and there is reason to believe that he is most deeply concerned. In fact, from his appearance, it is said that during the past week, he seems to have been aged not less than ten years. What the president is going to do, as yet nobody can say with any degree of certainty. The bill does not have to be disposed of till tomorrow, when it is generally believed that it will be returned to the house either with a veto or a signature of approval. The people of the East think the president will veto the bill, and the people of the South and West, have but little hopes of his approval. THE SPARTANBURG MEETING. Congressman McLaurin lias a Tilt With Editor Gantt. A political meeting similar to those recently held at Abbeville and Lexington, was held at Spartanburg last Saturday. The estimates of the number of voters present vary from *200 to 1,000. The fullest account of the meeting appears in the Columbia Register of last Sunday, and the following story is condensed from that paper : Congressmen Shell and McLaurin were present from Washington. They were there by special invitation ; but as neither is a candidate for governor, neither was expected to speak. The crowd, however, called for McLaurin, and although quite an effort was made to keep him from answering the call, he finally managed to secure a hearing. For the benefit of those who have not been keeping up with the situation, it will be well to explain that just now there is a pretty well defined split in the Reform party. On one side are Senator Irby, John Oary Evans, Sampson Pope, Stanyarne Wilson, and Editor Gantt of The Headlight. On the other side are Editor Bowden of The Cotton Plant, The Columbia Register, W. 1). Evans, Congressmen Shell and McLaurin, Oeneral Farley, and I). P. Duncan. Oovernor Tillman is still on the fence. Editor Oautt has, from time to time, been pitching into the brethren on the other side, and lias made all kinds of bitter charges against Shell, McLuurin, Duncan, The Register and others. The most interesting episode of the day was a little spat between McLuurin and (iantt. The Register reports it as follows: Congressman McLauriu broke the ice at once by sailing right in and giving the man who had attacked him a good dose. He said he appreciated the spirit of the courtesy and fair plav that induced the crowd to give him such a warm invitation to speak ; that Mr. Wilson had talked in a very glib way about the birth of the Reform movement 111 Spartanburg county, but he (McLuurin) saw the baby born and was the midwife in ISSo?bedded the mammy and father of it?for Tillman was both. His whole past had been devoted to the cause of Reform, and his future and the future of his children depended upon whether this movement shall be made a great, glorious and grand success, or whether it shall be prostituted and made a disgrace and a reproach to every man who has ever had anything to do with it, by miserable, selfish, scheming publicans who have 110 interest in it save the dollars and cents that they can make out of it. The only place where he had heard of any complaint in regard to liic nnn .i< ;i li:i< IiimMi (Villll !1 C'Cr tain little organ in your city. T. L. (iantt interposed and said : "I suppose you are referring to me." McLaurin: ''If the eap lits you wear it, sir." (iantt: "The cap lits mo and it's a big organ." McLaurin : "Yes, (iantt: about the size of your mouth, and that is a big one. Hut I've got something more important to talk about than (iantt." The crowd seemed somewhat astonished at anybody having the temerity to attack Kditor(iantt,and was very much inclined to taketiantt's part: but MeLaurin's bold, manly oratory told upon them, and in a little while (Iantt was left with but a half-dozen heelers around him?those with whose aid he had been trying to interfere with those speakers whom he did not like. (Iantt interrupted McLaurin to ask if it was true that lie had ridden to the State line upon a railroad pass. McLaurin?No. And the man who says I did is an infernal liar. (Iantt admitted that he hair asked the question on the strength of a telegram from Washington saying that he had done it. The crowd supposed the telegram was from Senator Irby and was curious to hear MeLaurin's reply to this information. It came quick and strong as follows: "The man who sent the telegram, and the man who insinuates that I (lid ride on a free pass is an infernal liar." McLaurin showed no anger, though he hit so hard, He uuietly drew his ticket out of his pocket ami handed it to the chairman of the meeting to refute the slander. (iantt then undertook to ask another question, hut McLaurin said: "No, sir. Von have put yourself beneath the notice of a gentleman and I'll not answer another question : and I want you to understand that I am not in the Itcform movement to save a few paltry dollars by riding on free passes. You arc in the Reform movement for base and sordid purposes, to wring the dollars out of those people by deceiving and deluding them." McLaurin continuing, said : "It was the bravery and chivalry of the liberty-loving citizens of this beautiful Piedmont Belt that during the trying days of reconstruction rolled back the black tide of Negro domination and rescued this State from carpetbagism and the rule of the alien. Is thnt chivalry dead? Has the spirit of fair play (departed from your breast that you allow a political henchman and an imported Georgia hireling'to insult your guest and one of the representatives of South Carolina in congress ?" The indignation of the crowd against Gantt's course, showed itself hy the loud and long contined applause of these words. While the excitement was at its highest, General Farley said in a cold, metallic voice: "Yes, and its not the first lie he, (Gantt) has insinuated." When the crowd had finished yelling the approval of McLaurin's sentiment, one voice shouted "Hurrah tor The Headlight." McLaurin called attention to the fact that only one man had yelled for The Headlight, but the shouters could get no reiuforccments. MaLaurin told him he was one pitiful little headlight hy himself, which drew down on the shouter the laughter of the crowd. Prior to these exciting episodes, McLaurin had another spat with Gantt, who wanted to know whether McLaurin would support Tillman or Butler, and said some one had telegraphed him from Washington to ask the question. McLaurin replied : "Neither you nor your boss in Washington can bulldoze me. I will support the man who stands Hatfooted for our demands. Gantt tried to claim that this was not a direct answer, but the crowd evidently concurred in the opinion that McLaurin was right in saying that Tillman ought only to be supported just so long as he stuck to the principles of the Farmer's movement and no longer, and commended his position of refusal to say he would blindly support Tillman withoutkany reference to his principles. Congressman Shell is reported to have '1 " -* nrv/vrtnL in Un t V* r\ *?/M 1 CY Y\ _ IlJilUU il SI I Ull^ , ill >v Hitn 11^ biiuivu^u ly cleared himself of all the charges and insinuations made against him, and according to The Register, The Cotton Plant-Shell-McLaurin faction scored strongly against the Irby-Headlight crowd. MERE MENTION. At Knoxyille, Tennessee, last Wednesday, Willie Pruitt, a five year old hoy, was shot and probably fatally injured by Willie Hill, a seven year old playmate. The shooting was done with murderous intent. The gubernatorial candidates in Georgia are now canvassing the State. The fight for the Democratic nomination is between Hon. William Atkinson and General Clement A. Evans. Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, of London, has been chosen to fill the pulpit formerly occupied by his father, the Rev. Chas. H. Spurgeon. It is reported that Drexel, Morgan & Co., are rapidly completing their arrangement for the successful re-organizati.on of the Richmond and Danville and East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia systems. Since the beginning of the present session of congress, the senate has confirmed only eight nominations for postmasterships in New York, and there are more than forty nominations still pending. This fact is largely due to the quarrel between the president and Senators Hill and Murphy. The barkeepers of Augusta, Ga., are very much exorcised over the presence of a number of dispensary constables in that city. During the past week, the newspapers have been printing stories to the effect that in the event of Cleveland's vetoing the seigniorage bill, Secretaries Gresham and Smith will resign from the cabinet. It is not likely that there is any truth in the stories. A big snowstorm, sufficient to block railway traffic, occurred throughout the Northwest last Thursday. Congressman Wilson is now at San Antonio, Texas, and is believed to be rapidly convalescing from his recent attack of typhoid fever. Prendergast, the murderer of Carter Harrison, of Chicago, who was to have been hanged last Friday, has been respited until April 8, pending an investigation of his sanity. The house of representatives adjourned over last Wednesday in order that the members might witness the test of a new 13-inch gun at Indian Head proving ground. A destructive cyclone passed over Louisiiana and Mississippi on Wqdnesday. No lives were lost. The Hatfield-McCoy feud, which a few years ago made things so lively in West Virginia aud Eastern Ken.nit ofrocli nnrl nlrpnrfv J1HO ir.wn.v-. wv.v ^ j two members of the Hatfield faction have l been killed. The New York chamber of commerce, on last Wednesday, unanii niously adopted a petition asking President ! Cleveland to veto the seignorage hill. Admiral Mello has not surrendered to President Peixotto, of Brazil. He managed to make his escape to the southern provinces, and is still leading the insurrection against the government. President Cleveland recently contributed $100 toafund to relieve the Young Men's Christian Association of Washington of debt. I'. S. Senator A, 11. Colquitt, of Georgia, died in Washington last Monday morning of paralysis. j Horse racing has recently been introduced into Mexico, and it is thought that this sport will eventually supplant hull fighting I in that country. Near Cannes, France, i last Sunday, an icronaut named Wilton, fell from his balloon into the Mediterranean sea, ja distance of 1,500 feet. He died within | ten minutes after he struck the water. New Anti-Option* Bill.?The house committee on agriculture, last Friday, perfected the Hatch anti-option bill and directed Chairman Hatch to report it to the house as soon as possible. | The bill, as reported, defines "options" and I "futures," and provides that all such transactions or assignments shall he in writing and signed in duplicate, and shall state in : explicit terms the time when the right or privilege of delivering the articles shall expire. Dealers are to pay a special tax of I $12, and every person who, in his own behalf. or as an agent, broker, or employee for another, deals in options or futures or makes any contract for their transfer, shall he deemed a dealer in options and futures. Contracts arc required to have affixed to them internal revenue stamps representing taxes as follows : For every 10,000 pounds of cotton, hops, pork, lard or bacon, dried or salted meat, and for every 1,000 bushels of wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley covered by the contract, one cent.; every hill of sale executed at termination of contract, two cents. Kvery cancellation, clearance, settlement, acquaintance, privilege or waiver, or oilier agreement by which the "options'' or "futures'' is terminated otherwise than by actual sale and delivery, or such termination is delayed or obviated, is required to have internal revenue stamps, representing taxes, affixed as follows : For every pound of raw or unmanufactured cotton, hops, pork, lard, bacon, or salted or pickled meat, one cent; and for every bushel of wheat, three cents; for corn, oats, rye and barley, two cents. Kvery person engaged in dealing in "options" or "futures," before commencing business, is to notify the collector of customs of the district and take out a bond of $.".,000 to to comply with the law. Dealers are required to keep a record ol each deal and to make a monthly return to j the collector. A system of stamps simalai to the present internal revenue stamps are provided for. Denies the Charge. ? In the last issue of the Sumter Freeman, the editor of that paper charged that Judge l.nnn r.tiHimr ill iiwMt fit* hit: llilrlits J-Itlltw ?.??v. LVV.. ?... ~ O j at Sumter playing cards with professional gamblers. Judge lienet noted the charge from tlie bench the next day, and said that it was false. On one or two occasions since he had been in Sumter he had played whist with several other gentlemen in the presence . of ladies, but he had not, at any time since his election as a judge, played cards with anybody for money, lie was very much hurt at the slanderous statements of the ediI tor of The Freeman. | LOCAL AFFAIRS. IMJK.V TO MOW ADVIOIITISIOMI0XTS. i 15. W. Lanius, Blaeksburg, S. ('.?Oilers lor sale six large anil well-broken mules. W. J. Caveny, Rock Ilill?Oilers his premium Corbin Disk Harrow for sale. Louis Roth?In the vernacular, talks about his restaurant for the benefit of persons who may be in Yorkville during court week, i H. ('. Strauss?'Tells about his spring stock of goods and why he sells cheaply. He ' nnotes sidts of clothing from 7"> cents to $ '{, and ladies' dross goods at from "> cents to ?1 per yard, j 10. K. Helen, ltlacksburg?Annual statement of the Mutual Life Insurance company. | John J. Hunter?Lets you know that he has returned from the Northern markets i with a line stock of goods, and makes special mention of the fact that lie has bought, as heretofore, a line line of St rouse A* Brothers custom made clothing. He is especially emphatic on the noint that persons who are indebted to Hunter A* dates, and do not pay on or before Saturday night, will lind the claims in the hands of a lawyer for collection, j W. H. Edwards, School Commissioner?dives notice that the 20th of April is appointed for the commencement of the examina tion of teachers in the free public schools of York county. \V. II. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Lets it be known that J. S. Brice has applied for letters of administration on the estate of B. A. Harper, deceased I J. II. Kiddle?(lives some information to perplexed housekeepers about what to have for dinner, lie also claims that his goods arc of the best quality and that in low prices he leads the town. G. F. Harper, President?Change in the schedule of the Chester and Lenoir railroad. Ferguson Brothers?Advertise cabbage and other garden plants. Prizes amounting to $>00 are offered for the best specimens ol the "Lupton" cabbage, the plants for which are sold at 20cents.perdo7.en. NEXT MONDAY. The spring term of the circuit court for York county, convenes in Yorkville on next I Monday morning. His Honor Judge Watts will preside. Next Monday is salesday for April. There j are no auction sales advertised either by the 1 sheriTor clerk. j The Farmers' Movement mass meeting, for the purpose of having a "free interchange of views in regard to questions of policy and future action," is called to meet in the court house at 1 o'clock p. in. THEY WANT A PASTOH. Yorkville and Tirzah Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation are in search of a pastor. The matter has been under consideration for some months past, but, as yet, nothing definite has been decided upon, However, it looks as if the matter will soon be settled. At a congregational meeting held in Yorkville last Saturday night, the Yorkville church decided to instruct the committee in charge, to request Rev. Boycc I Grier, who is at present preaching in Missouri, to visit this section and preach to the I Yorkville and Tirzah congregations during j the month of May. If Mr. Grier and the J two congregations should be mutually satis fied, it is likely that the matter will be setI tied at once, and Mr. Grier will be called tc ; the pastorship of the Yorkville and Tirzali ; churches. Mr. Grier.is a brother of Rev, i Dr. W. M. Grier, president of Erskiuc col 1' lege. CHURCH NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?York VILLI??Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m Episcopal?Lay services 011 Sunday nexl at 11 a. m. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor Services Sunday at 11 a. 111., and 7.30 p. in Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at o'clock. Services Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A | Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this even ! ing at 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sundaj morning at II o'clock, and evening at 7.30 Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor Rev. J. L. Yass, superintendent of the Con nie Maxwell Orphanage, will preach at Union next Sunday at 11 a. m., and at Yorkville ai 7.30 p. m. Youkvillt??Sunday-school ai 3.30 p. m. Prayer meeting tomorrow even ing at 7.30 o'clock. HE WARE OF THE SHARPERS. There is to he a circus and menagerie in j Yorkville 011 Thursday, April 5. The show . has been traveling in this State for severa weeks, hut we have seen hut little mention j of it in the papers, and as to whether or no! it has any merit, we arc unable to say , However, there is one point to which w< | wish to call the special attention of such 0: our readers as may need the advice. Il : is this : Beware of sharpers ! i With every traveling circus and menage rie of any considerable size, there are al I ways numerous confidence men, gamblers | and sharpers. These fellows, through theii | various schemes to get something for noth! ing, always manage to catch a great manj ' suckers. Sometimes it is the three care monte game, sometimes the thimble trick 'land sometimes other devices ; hut whatcvei 1 the trick, the chances of heating the show , I man are only one in twenty, and the vie ! tiras usually go away thoroughly fleeced. ! In the first place, we would not advise any ^ tn.1'11 t rt con t elirku* Tl m:l\ i uuuv OJ c\-? X.KJ ?? ii v*y vmv ^ >.v . - - , J * '! be worth coming to see, and again it niaj i not be. However, this is a matter for eacl : individual, and to those who do come, \v< j advise that they let the outside fakirs severe i ly alone. The sensible thing is for them t( 1 j keep away from the grounds until tim< I for the performance to begin, and then tc ; quietly walk in and see what there is to b< i seen. It will pay to give the sharpers on the outside a wide berth. 4 TIME TO DO SOME KICKING. : I ''l-'nless the Southeastern Tariff associa j tion gives us a reasonable reduction in in Isurance premiums, such as we are entitled : I to on account of our increased lire protection II propose to have my policies cancelled am j to carry my lire risks myself!" So says In ; tendant Geo. H. o'Leary. lie is hacked b\ , Mr. J. If. Kiddle, and the proposition will m j doubt meet with general approval through Pi out the town. I Twice within the past few years, tlx . Southeastern Tarill*association has increased ; the rates of insurance in Vorkville. Tin first increase was in 1SS7, and the second i was in lS'J.'h The increase each time was It ! per cent., and now the rate is unusually high even for a town without any lire protection whatever. In justification of its last in crease, the tariff association published tlx following: ' XoTK?The rates promulgated herein include I an addition of in per cent., on account of insulin ' cient lire department and water supply. I'poi i notice to the association that the lire company 1! liad been re-organi/.cd ; the hand-engine overhauled and put in good condition, two additiona [ cisterns constructed, and lam feel more hose purchased, the 10 per cent increase in rates will In rescinded." Yorkville now has a first-class water supj ply, something over two miles of water ! mains, about hydrants, 800 feet of hose, a ,( hose reel, a fire pressure in all parts of town equal to the best results that could be expected from a good steamer, two reel cotnpai nies and a hook and ladder company. With '* - ' """'Uid ll.n Hi-,. in tlll> inline pasi iv? mumu.! i..v .. town have been reduced close on to ">() pei i cent. A representative of the Southeastern Tar ill' association was in Yorkville a lew weeks i ago for the purpose of investigating the lirt protection of the town. He watched tin ! very good work of the reel company in silence, and, during his stay here, remained a? j mum as an oyster. Without any promise ' as to what he would do in the event his suggestions were complied with, he recommended that the town get 400 feet more hose, n 1 lire hell, put up a telephone line to the , J pumping station, and buy some additional nozzles. The outlay suggested would probably amount to about j'oUt). t The town council is not inclined to act upon the insurance man's suggestions. In j the first place, the council believes that tlu town is already entitled to a considerable reduction of insurance; and, in the second ! place, there is no guarantee that the tariff i 1 association will make any concessions, even i1 j should its recommendations he complied, with. Under the circumstances, it seems that the i best method of bringing the tnrriff assoeia tion to terms is that suggested by Inten I dant O'Leary and Mr. Kiddle. If the insurance companies are unwilling to carry j risks in the town at reasonable rates; then let the people show their faith in the justice , j of their course by carrying these risks them- { 'selves. As a business proposition, the matter is well worth serious consideration. I Yorkvilie is entitled to a reductions in in- i surance rates of not less than 25 per cent. A PLAIN CASK OI' Ml'IlDKll. J John Austin, colored, shot and killed Jim | Black, also colored, 011 the plantation of B. ' 1 F. White, of King's Creek, on Tuesday night j of last week. Both Negroes lived on the ' same plantation and became involved in a 1 quarrel about two women. Austin anj nounced his intention to kill Black and went ! to his house for that purpose. Black opened , his door in answer to a rap from the out> | side, and before he was aware of his danger, 1 received a bullet in the center of his forei head from Austin's pistol. Austin letl im| mediately, and after telling several Negroes j that he had killed Black, skipped the coun' j try. Black died within a few minutes, j The whereabouts of Austin are unknown, j It was reported that he was captured near I Charlotte last Sunday, but the report is not . considered reliable. Those who know the ] fellow best, think he is still skulking about j in the vicinity of the murder. Austin is a sleepy, thickset Negro, some- j , what below the medium height, is eighteen , years of age, and weighs about 1(>0 pounds. He has a slight ginger-cake complexion, is "slue-footed" and walks with a stoop. TRIED TO BREAK JAIL. Eight deperatc Negroes, who last week, in daytime, had the privilege of the jail corridor, are now chained to the floor of the gloomy dungeon. They tried to get out of jail. Detected in the attempt, however, they got for t their reward only imprisonment more secure. On Wednesday morning, when Sheriff Crawford went up to give his prisoners breakfast, he found that somebody had wrenched one of the bars off the iron grating | , to the corridor. He examined more closely ! | and found that the fastenings were anything , hut secure. In fact, the door lacked but lit, tie of being in a condition to be forced open from the inside. At once realizing the situation, Sheriff r Crawford demanded to know who was re' sponsible for the almost successful attempt to get out. At first everybody was dumb, but finally Gib Erwin, who is charged with ( murder, stated that the guilty parties were ( Milus Borders and Monroe Watson, both charged with larceny. Borders and Watson confessed, and proceeded to implicate others, until at last tho sheriff had the names of eight, including Jeff Crawford, Joe Leech, Sam Armstrong or Matthews, Jim Burnett, ' (Saslles, and Martin Agurs, and with but lit tie ceremony, the whole crowd was promptly ' locked in the dungeon. After all the conspirators had been locked up, (Jib Erwin and a Negro called Pompa dour, told a story that made the situation ' look serious. Milus Borders had secured ^ possession of an iron bar, which he carried about in his hand wrapped up in a piece of cloth. It was the purpose of himself and " the others to force their way out of the corridor, take up a position near the door com municatiug with the outside, and when the sheriff, or any of his deputies entered, to . brain them with the bar and make a break . for liberty. The plan canje very near being , successful. t KASTKR SUNDAY, t, "The first wet, cold and disagreeable Eas ter within my recollection." That was a pretty general \ ^rdict last Sunday ; but it was evidently rendered without a very severe tax on the memory. Easter, nine ' years ago, was damp and disagreeable, with a cold wind from the northwest?just such a ' day as last Sunday. 1 Notwithstanding the weather, however, ' the day was celebrated in Yorkville as usual, especially in the Methodist and Episcopal ! churches. In these churches, Easter is alf 1 ways the greatest day of the year, and last i ^ Sunday was no exception. An interesting feature of the occasion were the floral deco-' rations. These were quite an attraction, j even to those who are not habitual church-j ' goers, and a great many went to see them.' At the Episcopal church, the tasteful ef-! forts of the decorators were expended in the I vestibule and about the pulpit. In the ves' tibule there was a beautiful cross, composed 1 ' of artistically intertwined evergreens and ! white and purple flowers. Opposite the j " j pulpit there was a inound of evergreens and j " j calla lillies, half hidden in which was a nest | ! of Easter eggs. On either side of the mound, j ' j were evergreen columns surmounted by pots j ' j of hot house plants, and around the chancel I 7 was wound a garland of rare flowers and I 1 j evergreens. 51 At the Methodist church the decorations' " j were somewhat similar. There was a floral j } mound in the space opposite the pulpit, and i 51 overhead was the text as found in John xxi, I } I 22?"Follow thou me." From this text Dr. Weber, I lie pastor, preached an able and ira'! pressive sermon. The usual Faster services for the children I were held in the Episcopal church in the afternoon. The Sunday-school exercises at J the Methodist church consisted of special jsong services, appropriate to the occasion,' I and entertaining addresses by Superinlen-! j dent F. A. Gilbert and Rev. Mr. Townscud, of; the North Carolina conference. SEVEN* MURDER CASES. > There are seven murder cases to be tried ; ! at the approaching term of the circuit court, j :These are as follows: JI Dock Lanier, white, is charged with having 1 caused the death of an aged relative near ' Hickory Grove about two years ago. The I case has been continued over for several terms', I on account of the absence of two aged aunts,; i who are the only material witnesses. The! ' opinion has been expressed that this ease | will never come to trial. J Charles J. Miller, of Ehenezcr township, ; will be tried for the murder of ('ally Doug.lass, colored, in Rock Hill, during last Dei eember. before Judge Witherspoon a month j or two ago, Miller made out a pretty good j I case of self defense, and he is now out on ' bond in the sum of $2,000. .1. R. Champion, a North Carolinian, is in j jjail charged with the murder of Charles , I Harper, at Itlacksburg, on the 24th of De, > comber last. There was only one witness to i; the killing, a white man, and according to his statement, the act was committed in self-defense. I Samuel Matthews, alias Samuel Arm-j strong, colored, will be called upon to an-} swer for the murder of Henry Warren, colored, in Bethel township, on October i 21st, last. According to all the evidence > that has yet been developed, the killing was ; absolutelv without justification. Matthews' I ' was arraigned at the last term of court, but i, at the request of Senator Finley, who was II appointed by the judge to defend him, his s case was continued. Jell' Crawford, colored, is charged with the murder of D. 1'. Blackburn, white, in l Bethcsda township, on the night of the 23rd :! of last December. According to the testiI mony at the coroner's inquest, the murder of Blackburn was committed for the pur-' pose of robbery, and all the circumstances I :?? *!.? "looelv ( Smi U'fnivl ;l< t llf? t j III lilt' t'iWU I'uaiK vivatij vim. .w... j i murderer. As to whether or not Crawford :, lind any accomplice, has not yet been satis- j ! factorily developed. 11 Oil) Krwin, colored, is charged with the j murder of diaries Miller, also colored, J 011 the night of February IS. Krwin claims the shooting to have been purely accidental. The evidence developed by the jury of .inquest which investigated the matter at the time, indicated little, if anything, to the contrary. Ingraham Wilson, formerly chief of police of Vorkville, is charged with the murder of James T. Gladden, of Rethesda township, in Roth's restaurant, in Vorkville, on the afternoon of December 1!>, last. As the result of | its investigations, the jury of inquest re- , turned a verdict of felonious killing. Upon j a hearing before Judge Gary, Mr. Wilson submitted affidavits to show a case of self-defetise. and he was admitted to bail in the; sum of $5,000. If all t hi* above eases are tried at the approaching term of the court, it is probable that they alone will consume the greater portion of the lirst week. ABOUT PKOI'LK. Miss Lessie Witl^erspoon is visiting friends in Greenville, 8. C. Mr. R. E. Montgomery has moved with ; his family to Charlotte. Mr. John J. Hunter returned home on j Friday last from New York and Baltimore, j Mr. C. O. Parish is at home for a few days | from his railroad work in Maryland. Mrs. George H. Berry is employed at Mr. | II. C. St muss's dry goods store as saleslady. Miss Eva Blanton, of Blacksburg, is visiting friends in Yorkville, the guest of Miss Fannie Barnes. Miss Blanche Boyd, of Barium Springs, N. C., is in Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr. \V. J. Waters. Miss Mattie Spencer returned home last: week after an extended visit to relatives in j Sumter county. The family of Mr. S. \V. Inman returued ( home on Monday after a visit to relatives at Lowrysville. Mrs. Elijah Nix, of Blairsville, spent last I week with Mr. James E. Carroll's family near Yorkville. Mr. W. C. Latimer, proprietor of Latimer's Fashion Bazaar, is in New York to purchase his spring stock. Mrs. R. L. Ferguson and daughter, Miss Yirgie, returned home from Spartanburg on Saturday evening last. Miss Daisy Williams returned home last Saturday from Smyrna, where she has been visiting friends and relatives. Mr. Robert Moore, the book-keeper of the Fort Mil! cotton factory, visited the family of his father in this place lust week. Miss Lulu Riddle, of Begonia, N. C'., spent! several days with relatives in Yorkville last j week, the guest of Mrs. M. J. Clark. Mrs. D. M. Castles, of Smyrna, is visiting' relatives and friends in this place, and is the j guest of her mother, Mrs. Janie Williams. Mr. and Mrs. It. A. Crowell, after a pleasant visit to relatives in Yorkville, left for their home at Albemarle, X. C., on yesterday. Miss Cora Clark, who has been visiting relatives at Bipus, Ind., since last summer, returned to Iter home in Yorkville on Monday. Mr. Walter Hobbs, of the Fodder section, returned home on Friday last from Wildwood, Fin., where he has been engaged in orange packing. Mr. G. Mack Riddle, of Bethel, spent last Friday in Yorkville, with his brother, Mr. J. H. Riddle. Mr. Riddle has entirely recovered from his recent illness. LOCAL LACONICS. Killed Hy the Front. ? But little fruit this year and the gardens are all set back from two to three weeks. This is the general report as to the heavy frost last Monday night. It is possible, however, that the damage has not been nearly so great as is feared. The llankH Hoy* Won. ? A match game of baseball was played in Yorkville last Monday afternoon between the clubs of the Presbyterian High school of Rock Hill, and the Banks High school, of Yorkville. The Banks High school boys won by a score of 17 to 10. To Charlotte anil Hack In a Day. ? The people of Yorkville are now enabled to leave here in the morning at about 8 o'clock, spend live hours in Charlotte, and : return the same way. The route is over the i Narrow Gauge to Lincolnton, and thence | by way of the Carolina Central, and return ! over the same road. For Aggravated Assault. ? Joe Dixon, a young colored man of Yorkville, was before Trial Justice Carroll last Friday for a preliminary hearing on the charge of aggravated ussault. The prosecutor is a Negro boy named Sam Johnson. It seemed that Joe and Sam became involved in a difficulty, as the result of which Sam was severely used, Joe cutting his head in several places with a stone. Joe was hound over to the scssious court in the sum of $200. Died in Arkansas. ? Mrs. 31. E. Hall, formerly of this county, died at her home in Monticello, Ark., on March 8, aged 54 years. 31rs. Hall was a daughter of the late Henry L. Killian, of Ebenezcr township. She was married to 3Ir. J. T. Hall, in November, 1865, and moved with her husband to Arkansas in the fall of 1869. She leaves a husband and four children?three daughters and a son. Kinder Kleetlons. ? The annual Easter elections of the "Church of the Good Shepherd" were held last Sunday. The result was as follows : Wardens?John C. Kuykendal, G. W. S. Hart. Vestrymen?J. Ernest Lowry, 31. C. | Willis, Walter B. 3Ioore, Jos. 0. Walker, R. j A. Bratton. Delegates to the Diocesan convention ?C1. M. Kuykendal, 31. C. Willis, G. T. Radeliffe, Geo. W. S. Hart. Thf Mutual Life IiiHurance Company. ? In another column is published the annual report of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York. This report is worthy of especial study. Indeed, in view of the widespread business depression and general financial disaster of the past year, the results accomplished are something remarkable. 3Ir. E. K. Belue, the local agent at Blacksburg, will be glad to give particulars. He Ouec Itesided in Vorkville. ? Rev. Ferdinand Jacobs, Sr., a distill-, guished Presbyterian minister, and father of Rev. W. P. Jacobs, of Thorn well Orphanage, died at the home of his daughter in Tennes-1 see on Saturday, the 10th instant, aged 85 years. Rev. 31r. Jacobs was formerly ai citizen of Yorkville, and about the middle of the forties was pastor of the Presbyterian church and principal of the female institute then located at this place. Rev. W. P.; Jacobs, mentioned above, was born in York-1 ville. Another Keel Company. ? Yorkville is to have two hose reel com-! patiies. The Rose Hunter Reel company: was organized some weeks ago, and the! names of the members composing it have already been published. The new company, recently organized, is composed as follows:' A. Y. Cartwright, captain ; O. E. Grist, as siStant captain; Brooks Iinnan, secretary and treasurer: T. B. McC'lain, 31. C. Willis, J. A. Tate, W. K. Carroll, K. II. Dobson, R. K. Montgomery, J. M. Ferguson, R. S. Davidson, R. A. Parish, Brooks Inuian. Upon motion, it was agreed to designate the new pany as the "Queen City, No. 1." The hose j reel of which the company is expected to take charge, will arrive in a few days. Heud ofl- the Sharpers. . ? When John Robinson's show was here , a few years ago, the confidence men and 1 gamblers who were along, hunted out several extra policemen who were on duty, and ' gave to each a ten dollar bill. What the ten , dollar hills were given for the gamblers did not say. However, it is a well known fact1 that in this State there are some stringent j laws against gambling, and none of the J numerous gamblers who operated on the day of the show were arrested. Probably it will be well for the proper authorities to make their arrangements in the ease of the coming circus before hand, and see to that if there are any gamblers along, they will not be given an opportunity to lleece the public? at least, not'openly. Here'* a .Mill : Now for the Wheat. ? Tiik Enqtikkk is in receipt of a complimentary sack of Hour from the Hickory Grove Milling company. That company has just gotten in operation a new and complete set of the latest improved roller machinery, and is now prepared to manufacture, from home raised wheat, a quality of Hour equal to the best product of the Northwest. The sample sack received l?y The K.vqi'IKEH seems to compare favorably with the best (lour sold in any York county market, and all things else being equal, we see no reason why the Hickory Grove people should not soon he able to supply much of the high grade flour consumed in this section. BLACKSBl'Rti'S BUDGET. About the Weather?The Kaster Festival?M. M. Freeman Elected Intendant?The Equalization Hoard?Tribute to <1. Milton Wylle?Other Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksrurh, March 27.?The unusually bright and warm weather which we have f been enjoying for the past three weeks, was 1 rudely broken in upon Saturday last by a cold snap, and the temperature has been steadily going down since, until last night it reached the freezing point. Light and airy spring fabrics are thrown aside, overcoats and wraps again become comfortable, the small hoy resumes his shoes and stockings, and the hearth fires are rekindled. While nearly nil of onr people are not "surprised" at such a radical change in the weather, and many "knew" that it would "come about Easter," I am pleased to say that the predictions of Mr. Allan Holt, one of our oldest and most respected citizens and an intelligent and observing farmer, have so far, for this month, been verified in every particular. *** " ? ?.1*1. T) UIaLA ? line ne (iocs not vie wim i rujcaaui in the use of scientific language, or grand and lofty terms, which the average man does not take the trouble to comprehend, yet Mr. Holt deserves as much credit for being a first rate weather prophet. Easter, the "Queen or Festivals," although coming much earlier than usual this year, was greeted with a generous welcome by vegetation and the flowers. The Episcopal church at this place was beautifully and .appropriately decorated. Services were held by Rev. J. I). McCollough, the rector, and were in keeping with the season. The sermon from the text: "Now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that slept," was a most instructive and fitting one. In addition to the regular Easter offerings by the members, which amounted to $53.31, they also presented to the church a beautiful brass altar cross, and a handsome bishop's chair, both of which add to the fceauty aud completeness of the church. The annual election for officers of our town was held yesterday, and resulted in the selection of Mr. M. M. Freeman for intendant, and Messrs. J. F. Whisonant, J. W. Duff, I)r. J. T. Darwin and Joseph Black for wardens. The retiring intendant and wardens, in vacating their responsible positions and stepping down to private life, have the thanks* of a grateful people for the faithful discharge of their many and onerous duties. Messrs. R. E. Porter, Ira Hardin and W. H. Carroll, who compose the board of equalization for this township, held their meetings here last week. Very few changes were made in the valuation of the property as re- ? turned to the auditor. The older citizens of our town heard with sincere regret of the death of Mr. J. Milton Wylie. He was one of the first merchants who located here, and is remembered with kindly feelings by his many friends as an honest, upright citizen, and a gepial and pleasant Christian gentleman. In my report of the roll of honor of our graded school last week, the name of Daisy Byars should have been included, and was unintentionaly omitted. A very interesting meeting was held at the Presbyterian church last'week, beginning Thursday evening. The pastor, Rev. W. S. Hamiter, was assisted by Rev. Mr. McCorkle, from Shelby, N. C., who preached some excellent sermons. Services were held three times a day. t w. A. THE BODY RECOVERED. I Mr. AndcrHou'M liody lVa* Found 8.1 Mile* in-low Koine?1The Funeral at Lowry?vllle. J Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Lowrysvillk, March 26.?After ceaseless searching, day and night, the body of Mr. J. F. Anderson was recovered from the Coosa river, at Cedar Bluff, Ala., last Thursday, 85 miles below Rome, (da., and 75 miles below where the boat in which he was rowing was found. A small hoy discovered the body as it floated down stream. He spread the alarm land the body was taken out of the river. The news was promptly telegraphed to the anxious searchers who were dragging the river, fifteen miles below Rome. Without j delay the grief stricken brother, accompanied by Mr. S. W. Guy and an undertaker, i hastened to the scene on a special train. I The body was embalmed and at once started J on the journey home, arriving here by the down passenger train on Friday night. At | the depot was a large concourse of sympai thetic friends of the family and of the deI ceased. On Mr. Anderson's body, when found, was I an invitation to attend a series of services ! commencing in the First Presbyterian church at Rome on March 19. The invitation was | signed by the pastor of the church. There was also several pieces of silver money, a gold watch and a silver medal. On one side of the medal was inscribed: "J. F. Anderson, Chief Train Dispatcher, E. T., V. & Ga. R. R., Rome, Ga.," and on the reverse side were the letters "K. of P." The funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church on Saturday. The building was thronged. The organ gave fni-lh cr?ft. nrwl snlomn tnnns fis the i-iisket was borne up the aisle. The pall bearers? eight young men dressed in black, with white gloves and crepe?seemed to carry as their burden a bank of llowers. Most of these were contributed by friends at Rome. The casket was laid reverently in front of the pulpit. Rev. G. H. Waddjell read the 15th chapter of I Corinthians, and addressed the Throne of Grace most reverently in behalf of the aged grandfather, prostrated mother and grief-stricken brother and relatives of the deceased. Touching remarks were also made by Revs. \V. G. White and J. E. MeManaway, of the Baptist church. Mr. MeManaway said we could often forget for a time our sorrows by contemplating the sorrows of others, and eloquently called the ^ attention of his hearers to the boundless grief of the followers of the Crucified One in Jerusalem, just 1,S!)4 years ago that day. After the services, the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery at Old /ion. w. o. o. Mcl'UXXELLSYILLE MATTERS. 4 Correspondence of The Yorkville Knijuirer. McConnki. lsyii.lk, March 20.?Last Sun-, day was Easter, but the occasion was not especially observed at this place as there was no preaching in any of the churches around. Mr. Swann did not preach at Olivet on the third Sunday, as he was absent helping Mr. Hamiter in a meeting. There was a singing last Friday night at Mr. \V. B. Love's. It was very much enjoyed by the young people. Tennis has been revived, and from now on will be the popular pastime of the young people. Mrs. Dr. Love, who has been on an extended visit to her mother in Green wood, returned home on Saturday. Meliabelle, paid her mother, Mrs. Williamson, a Hying visit on last Saturday. Mr. Will Hough and Miss Clara Barrett, hoth of Lancaster, visited Miss Jessie Hough last week. Mr. Straighter and daughter, of Boston, Mass., who has been spending the winter months with Mr. John Bratton, have returned home. Mrs. S. R. Logan has returned from an extended visit to Rock Hill. Mr. Moore McConnell and F.llie Harrison have returned to their respective schools atA-.. __l _A t ICT SIlOl'l VIS11S DOIIR'. Mr. E. A. Crawford, of Chester, paid our town a short visit last week.