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?lie ^ovkviUc (fnquivcr. YOKKYILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1S94. ? Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has raised a big breeze by declaring at Montgomery recently that a big corruption fund was used to procure the nomination of Cleveland at Chicago. A great many individuals and newspapers have hastened to deny the charge, but Seuator Morgau refuses to retract, and claims that lie can prove the statement. It is not unlikely that quite a scandal will develop from the senator's allegation. ?The house committee on coinage, weights and measures, on last Wednesday, decided to postpone consideration of the Meyer seigniorage bill until next session, and to report, at an early day, another bill for the free and unlimited coinage of silver. The Meyer bill, it is commonly understood, was an administration measure, prepared by Secretary Carlisle, and the action of Mr. Bland's committee in refusing to report it, is taken as an indication that the silver men are not yet prepared for unconditional surrender. ? Northern papers have been publishing a story to the effect that the United Confederate Veterans dropped the proposition to raise a pension for Mrs. Jefferson Davis, for the reason that she had left the South and taken up her residence in New York. The veterans indignantly deny the story as a malicious lie. The committee in charge of the pension matter learned that most of the Southern States, by their constitution, were prohibited from granting pensions to nonresidents, and it was for this reason that the idea of State aid to Mrs. Davis was abandoned. ? ? ? The Greenville News of last Friday contains a statement to the effect that the recently issued call for a May convention in Greenville county has been withdrawn, Chairman Perry having discovered that according to the revised constitution, no convention is required until August. Though there is no statement to that effect, we are satisfied that the Greenville people owe their narrow escape from the error into which they were about to fall, to the announcement of Chairmau Brice, of the York county Democratic Executive committee, published in last week's Enquirer. ? ? Governor Tillman went to Birmingham last week, ostensibly* td attend the Confed erate re-union. It lias been charged that his real purpose was to confer with Kolb, Skeggs, and other free silver men, relative to the formation of the proposed new silver party. As a matter of fact, the governor was entertained by and had several conferences with Mr. Kolb, and whatever may have been his real purpose in going to Birmingham, there is little reason to doubt that there was also some politics in the visit. Incidentally, it should be mentioned that the governor was an object of great interest to the thousands of visitors collected in Birmingham, and his reception on the stands, and elsewhere, seemed to indicate that he was very popular. ? When it came to strikes, the Carnegie Steel company has always been getting the best of their workmen ; but now it seems that the workmen are having their inning. The Carnegie people have had a number ol large contracts to furnish steel plates of a superior quality for government vessels. According to specifications, these plates were to have been the very best that could be made. Inferior plates cost a great deal less money. Workmen in the Carnegie foundries, who, it seems, know a thing or two, discovered that the plates furnished were not nearly up to specifications, but that, all the same, the contractors were being paid full price. These workmen quietly gave the matter a thorough investigation and then laid the result before the secretary of the navy. For several weeks past the secretary of the navy lias been looking into things, and the final outcome promised is that the Carnegie people will not only be made to refund the greater portion of the money they have stolen from the government, but will probably be otherwise severely punished. ? The following is a copy of a circular that has been sent out by Attorney (leneral Buchanan to trial justices all over the State: "Under the order of tlie governor, I am required to take charge of any litigation tiiat may arise under the liquor laws of the State. You will, therefore, if any ease be instituted in your court under any law on the statute book, instantly communicate with me by telegraph." The trial justices generally seem to be at a loss to understand what the circular means. Tub Knqpiueu thinks it understands the matter fully. The explanation is about as follows: Technically, the recent decision of the supreme court, declaring the dispensary law unconstitutional, applies only to the act of 1S92. The law of 1893 has not yet been passed upon. It is a rule, almost inviolable, that when a majority of the supreme court decides any point of law, the minority, although at the time delivering a dissenting opinion, from thence forward, concurs when the case comes up again, The recent decision was on the constitutionality of the State's engaging in the liquol business. If this same question should eotm up before tiiis same court again, Juslici Pope would be almost obliged to concur Then, under no circumstances, could lie gc back on that concurrence. The State, foi the present, is out of the liquor business The constitution is no longer being violated and under the present status of affairs, ii would be a dillicult problem to raise a consti tutional question that would put the new law before the supreme court. It is evidently the idea of the administration to have tin. attorney general to take charge of all liquoi prosecutions. t'pon notice that any tria justice has a case, lie will at once investigate the matter thoroughly, and if there is dan ger of the presentation of a eonstitutiona question, the case will be promptly pigeon holed or thrown out. This policy will be continued until .Judge <>ary takes his seal on the bench. Then the doors of the dis pensary will again lie thrown open. Par keepers will be prosecuted, or the State dis pensary enjoined. The matter will agaii go to the supreme court, the dispensary law of ISll.'t will be declared constitutional, am! the old regime will lie continued as hcfuri the recent decision. ^ ? The Kepublicans tried a little game o bluff in the senate last Friday ami ?;ot tlx worst of it. While Senator Lindsay (Demo erat) was speaking on the tarill*bill, Senatoi Aldrieh (Republican) asserted that he diii not believe that either the senator from Ken tncky, (Lindsay) or the senator from Texas (Mills) could tell what the Democratic par tv wanted anyway. '"If the Kepublicai side of the house will consent to a vote thi? afternoon we will show you." replied Sena tor Lindsay. "This side of the chamber," . i <l. i i.i..:..i. .... ;11 tf. reiorieu rH'iiiiiwr .iiunui, ?m n^.vv ., vote this afternoon at '! o'clock on the hill a; it cauie from the house.'' "Why not voteoz the bill as it came from the finance commit tee of the senate?" asked Lindsay. "I'll make another proposition," continued Aid rich ; "will you agree to take a vote at I o'clock qii the bill as it now stands?" Lind (say was willing so far as lie was concerned, but would not sneak for the rest oftlio Demi ocratic side. At this juncture, Senator Harris, of Tennessee, who has charge of the bill, arose and said : '-While I have not tint vanity to assume that I represent anybody but ! myself on this lloor, I beg to assure the senI ator from Rhode Island that so far as I am i concerned, or so far as I can control it, I ae! cept his proposition ; and we will proceed at i o'clock to vote on the amendments report 1 od by the committee on finance, and then on the final passage of the bill." "We'll agree i to it," came from a chorus of Democratic j senators. "This thing can only he done by | unanimous consent," continued Harris, "and ' I now ask for unanimous consent that this proposition be aetcd upon." The question i was put at once; but the Republicans had already backed out of their attempted bluff. By n wink and a nod, the thing was i quickly arranged, and Mr. Cullom, Repub liean, of Illinois, promptly objected. It is believed that if the voting had commenced j under the bluffing proposition, the bill would have been promptly passed. THE CONFEDERATE REUNION. The IJIg; Meeting; ut Itirmingliani Whs h (irund Success. The fourth annual re-union of the United j Confederate Veterans, was held at Birming! ham, Ala., on last Wednesday and Thursday. I All the railroads gave reduced rates, and the fare from New Orleans to Birmingham and return, was only SI. The result was that there was a tremendous crowd present. The total number, represented by 500 camps, is variously estimated at from 10,000 to 20,000. The re-union was formally opened in the Winnie Davis wigwam?a tremendous auditorium erected by citizens for the eutertain! meut of the soldiers?on Wednesday. The wigwam was packed with not less than 10,000 people, and there were thousands out|side who could not gain access to the immense hall. Governor Jones, of Alabama, I welcomed the veterans in an eloquent ad' dress, and General John B. Gordon, comj mander-in-chief, responded in behalf of the veterans. After the usual addresses a subscription J was called for in behalf of the Chicago ConI federate monument, and the sum of $1,500 I was raised in a few minutes. On Thursday, I $1,827 was raised for the Confederate cernei tery at Chickamaugua. Gen. Wm. Cabell, ! as chairman of the JefFerson Davis monumeut ! fund, stated that up to date the fund had to its credit, $12,333. This monument is to be I erected at Richmond, Va., as soon as the I necessary funds shall have been subscribed. General Underwood read the report of the I committee on constitution. There was a I great deal of difference of opinion, however, as to the adaptability of the report, and the I matter of a permanent constitution was finally postponed until the next re-union. General C. W. Gordon, of Tennessee, rcI ported on the effort of a committee to secure | a pension for Mrs. Jefferson Davis. It sliowi ed that the committee had not been success| ful. ! Dr. J. William Jonesspoke against a proposition to eudorse the action of Atlanta in j inviting the Grand Army of the Republic to meet in that city, and also against sending | commissioners to the re-union of the Grand j Army of the Republic. Dr. Jones, however, was pretty effectually squelched* The reunion endorsed Atlanta's invitation, and decided to send commissioners to carry the ' greetings of the United Confederate Veterans I to the Grand Army of the Republic. Officers for the ensuing year were elected ! as follows : Commander-in-chief, General John R. Gordon, of Georgia, re-elected ; deputy commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, General Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia : deputy commander of the army of Tennessee, ; General Stephen I). Lee, ofStnrkvillc, Miss.; ; deputy commander of trans-Mississippi dci partment, General XV. L. Cabell, of Dallas, i Tex., re-elected ; chief clerk and stenographer, Miss Amanda Childress, of New OrI leans; general second in command, General ! \V. H. Jackson, of Tennessee. Invitations for the next re-union were extended by | Houston, Atlanta and Richmond. Houston was chosen. A resolution was adopted recommending that the Southern States buy the spots occupied by the Confederates on the Shiloh bat! tlefield, and mark the position of the South; ern lines. | ? MERE MENTION'. A man named Watlington, last week, sued I the Raleigh and Augusta railroad for damj ages sustained by being knocked down by a j cow, thrown from the track by a locomotive, i The jury returned a verdict for the railroad. ! Editor Rosewater, of the Omaha, Nebraska, Ree, was committed to jail one day 1 day last week for attacking the rectitude of a city judge. Senator Gorman predicts that the Wilson tariil* bill will pass the senate by the middle of May. Citizens of Atlanta are trying to induce the government to establish a branch mint in that city. The big ship building concern of John Roach & Co., at Chester, Fa., is idle for the first time in its history for lack of orders. Judge llenry XV. Scott, of Oklahoma City, I O. T., on last Thursday sent the editor of the Daily-Times Journal to jail for commenting on his judicial career. He refuses to allow the newspaper to make any explanation. The South Park commissioners ! of Chicago have sold the World's Fair buildings for $S7,000. Silas Nicholson, a i j Jackson county farmer, died in the Asheville, N. C., court room last Thursday, while on trial for killing his son in a drunken row. ! ' Business failures throughout the eouutrv for tiie nast week, number 180 against 21<; for the same week last last year. This is the first week this year that has shown a decrease in the number of failures as compared with those of last year. Ice men of Charlotte have formed a trust with a , view to raising the price of ice from ?4 a ton last season, to $5 a ton this season. Several cases of small-pox have developed in Gadsden, Ala. Hen White ami Jim Roblinson. both colored, were hanged at Manas: sas, Ya., last Friday, for criminally assaulting two white women on the 1:1th of last I January. All the ollicers who led the recent insurrection in Bra/.il have sueceededed in making their* escape. The steam yacht Intrepid recently passed Kancador reef, on which the Kcarsarge was wrecked some weeks ago, and got a number of son; venirs of the old vessel. Among the souvenirs was the brass plate commemorative of 'the famous encounter with the Alabama. The big tailoring firm of Henry Newman Co.. of New York, assigned last Fri day with liabilities amounting to $1 ,<>00,000. . Mrs. Cornelia Weir Morgan, wife of ; Senator Morgan, of Alabama, died at her . home in Washington last Saturday of peritonitis. Through competition of the Richmond and Danville with the Atlantic Coast Line, the time from Jacksonville, Fla.. ; to New York has been reduced to 22 hours. Charlotte. N. C. is trying to buy a | portion of the Cnited States mint property , in that city, to be used as a public park. The famous St. Charles hotel, in New Orleans, was almost completely destroyed by lire last Saturday. What Govkknok Tii.i.man Thinks.? t Governor Tillman passed through Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday of last week, on his way to the survivors're-union in Birmingham. The interviewer got hold of him and among other questions asked: "Have the saloons been i pretty generally opened?'' The governor replied: 4Tn many places they have, and I they doubtless will be over the State within the next few days. They seem," he said with a laugh, "to think that I have a club somewhere concealed about my person and they have been afraid to acton that account. ' Hut 1 can't do anything. It seems to me that j the court declares that the dispensary law is not a prohibitory law, and it also denies . that the municipality have the right to issue I licenses. Now. if it is not a prohibition law and the right to issue licenses does not stand, then there is no other law regulating the liquor traffic, and it looks to me like the in evitable result is free liquor. There are i practically no laws on the statute books ap ; plying to the liqiiui* trallic. all others inconsistent with the dispensary having In en re.1 pealed. The situation in a nutshell is just this: The State cannot sell liquor under that 1 decision whether anybody else can, and who > else ran I don't pretend to say."' i I.iiinor l.ict'iioe NmioI. I ? Several towns in the State, anion" them (Jreenville and Florence, have derided to issue license for the sale of liquor. Colutnbia has been considering the matter, hut | as yet has not decided to issue license. ROCK HILL HAlTKMXbS. Proceedings of I In- Xcdical Association?Address by fieneral llutlcr?Destruction by Wind ami j Kli'c?lVlibkcy Drummers Infest the Town? , Serious Accident at a Pienie ? Preparing for tbe I'itli of May. I f'oiTes|K)ii(lenee of the Vorkville Knijiiirer. Rock IIn.i., May 1.?The Medical Assoeijalion of South Carolina met here last week, remaining In session two days?Wednesday ; and Thursday. The association is a body of i long and high standing. There were about! I 7"? medical men present. This is a small' j number from probably 1,200 or l,o00 in the i 1 State, but a doctor's profession ties him to i his post so that it is not often that lie can j leave, even to enjoy the good fellowship land interchange of ideas with his brethren. I It was a fine looking body of men. They met Wednesday morning in the j j Armory. Mayor Fewell welcomed the visi- j tors to our town. A number of new mem-j hers were elected, including our townsmen, i Drs. J. A. Meldau and Dc Foix Wilson. Wednesday afternoon and Thursday were ; mostly devoted to reading essays, and to ] discussions growing out of them. J>r. W. | F. Strait, of Rock Hill, read and essay on the ; "Use of Morphine in Obstetrics;" Dr. Garner, of Darlington, on "The Use of Antipyretics in Typhoid Fever;" Dr. Kollock, of Cheraw, on "Glasses;" Dr. Porcher, of; Charleston, on "Throat vs. Lungs;" Dr. Parker, of Charleston, on "Consecutive Deafness and Sachryneal Obstructions as the , Result of Nasal Polypi." Dr. Patterson, of | Barnwell, read a paper about a fever in Barnwell county, the proper diagnosis of which is troubling the doctors ; some thinking it one thing, some another. Then came an admirable lecture by Dr. Howard Kelly^ a young Baltimore surgeon, about certain abdominal surgical operations, in the per- j forming of which Dr. Kelly has been very successful. On Wednesday night, at the Presbyterian j High school building, a large crowd assem-1 bled to listen to an address of Senator M. C. Butler, before the South Carolina division of: the Confederate surgeons. The crowd ofj course was largely drawn by General But- j ler's reputation. Either the speaker did not I -t.- :..1 ? u:? aiucipuie liiu jiuureat ms |?ic3cutu numu v.\-i cite, or else chose to disregard the popular mind in order to read a scholarly and profound paper for the physicians only. The medical fraternity pronounce it a masterly composition, and we are willing concede to them the best right to decide; but the general audience present were bored and sadly disappointed. The speaker read his manuscript in a low voice, that was heard only by a few. On Thursday night the association enjoyed a splendid banquet in the Carolina hotel, as the guests of the York County association. Many witty and wise toasts were made and happily responded to. This ended the association, and with the memory of; I the flavor of delicious dishes and fraternal i ; good fellowship in their minds, the pliysi- i I cians largely went off on the Richmond and I | Danville night trains to home and practice., On Sunday afternoon, Rock Hill was vis-1 I ited by a strong gale of wind and rain, ac- j I companied by sharp lightning. A smoke {stack was blown down at the electric plant, j and a tall derrick at the Industrial school I I building was upset. Rut the principal dam- j I age was the destruction of the cotton ware-1 ! house at the (Jlobe mills by a bolt of lightI ning striking it and setting it on lire. The I fire company turned out and worked manj fully, but were unable to prevent a considerable lire. There was a quantity of cotton ' 1 -.1 -I 1.. I At filial Iinsitie, sum \i was lai^'.* "U"'"" V""J ! i writing, tlie Globe otticials arc not prepared ^ I to give particulars?. The loss is covered by ^ insurance. I The whisky drummers are already mtcsi| inir Rock Hill. No longer with the scowl! in?? oaths of dispensary days, but with tli I pleasant est smiles they can put on, and only ! such oaths as their stamp deems necessary for proper emphasis and guarantee of manhood. One of them remarked to Chief of Police Steele, that he now felt like he was in a free country, which of course, means freedom to barter whisky, with its train of poverty, misery, shame and damnation lor money Xo doubt such fellows are beginning to see a prospect of "better times" and business prosperity," as the result of the hoped I for "freedom." The annual May picnic, which has been so popular in the past, will take place at Catawba falls, 011 next Saturday. Ihc prospect is for good weather, and a large crowd expect to spend a pleasant day at the falls. A sad accident occurred at a picnic had by the younger boys and girls, 011 last Saturday, on the suburbs, which marred the pleasure | of the day. Master Sam Orr, in running down a steep hill, saw a barbed wire fence in front of him, too late to check the impetus of his body, and, running into it, was severely lacerated on his face and body. Two prigs of the wire stuck just above the eves, and one tore his lip. He received speedy medical attention and his condition is ; not. serious. ?;.ri,t ! A meeting of citizens was held last night , to consider arrangements for taking care1 ot and feeding the large crowd expected at the j laying of the cornerstone of the In(lusl,,.^j 1 school on the 12th inst. It is hoped that the | ! country people in York and adjoining conn-. | tics will unite and bring picnic dinners for, I the crowd that day. Lock Hill will do it. part nobly, but it cannot, and need not be, 1 expected to give a dinner for people that dav. The school is a State enterprise, and concerns all. Let our section join in | making that day a success by feeding the ' people. Let the loval people of A ork, Hancaster and Chester counties, respond to Goyj eruor Tillman's reipiest to this end, as pubJ lished last week. ^' '* CllXEY'S CRANKS. The t'ouimoimi'iili'i's Increase i.? Numbers ..ml Cirow in Aggressiveness. ! During the past week, the Coxey movement on Washington has been growing to j larger proportions, and now a great many ' people see cause for alarm. Already there has been bloodshed in the West, and the indications are that before the gathering at! mies are finally disbanded, there will be a j great deal more trouble. Strength of the Forces. _ Following is a summary of a report re; eeived at police headquarters at Washington, last Wednesday, showing the strength ol the various contingents of the army now in motion : Coxey. at Frederick, Md., .?->0 , lv( H\ , ! Xeal la., 1 ,*?00; Frye, Terre Haute, Ind., ! 1 000: Fi ve's seeomi division, MeLeaushoio, Fii 300* Gravsoti, l'latteville, Colo., 100; ; (.ial'ven, l.ivelaml, <SM: lia.ulall, C u! eaco, I: cnnlinscnt at latlle I-alla, all""-, loo : I'utte. Montana. :> )(>: Monmouth, III., 100: ottumwa, Iowa, lt)0: Millivan s force, Chicago. 1.000: Contingent at Anderson, Ind loO; and Aubrey's force, Indianapolis, TOO."' Total, 7.000. The police authorities | continue to receive reports every day, and 'thev are to the etleet that large crowds ol men are on the march to join each ol the above mentioned contingents. Tlicy Stole ii Traill. . About "'00 Co.xeyites were quartered in Unite. Montana, last week, trying to 1 make arrangement with the Northern 1 aeilie railroad for transportation to ( hieago. The railroad people would not accept such terms as the Co.xeyites offered, and linally the Coxeyiles, on Wednesday, went to Unround house at lhitte. took out an engine and proceeded to make up a tram. 1 tie railroad ollicials sought to stop the ( oxeyjius by telling them that there was a lug landslide a few miles down the road. Instead of being discouraged, however, the ! Coxcvites quietly added a ear load ol too spicksand shovels?to the train, and pulled out ' The engineer was one of the Coinmonwealers. and among the balance, was a sullieient number of eoiiduetors. brakeman and 1....1.1.8 .r..iii.f.l!v 111 l?ii-iii sill .'Xiiei''icne I'd crew. Wlu'ii tin* obstruction inciitioncil was reached : the Coxeyites stopped, shoveled tlu* dirt awa\" and then proceeded to move on. The Northern Pacific is in the hands of a receiver appointed hy the I'nited I States court. About seventy miles from j Huttc, the train was intercepted by a sherill' and a big posse. The ('oxcyiles had only three revolvers among them, but with these and numerous clubs and stones, they put up such a determined light as to heal the sheriff and his posse oil'. One deputy was wounded and one of the Coxeyites was shot in the groin. In the meantime, Governor Jlielchants, of Montana, telegraphed to 1'resiI dent Cleveland, asking him to order the 1 national troops to apprehend the train steal-' I ers. Acting under instruction from the president, Colonel Page, with -"?() regulars, captured the Coxeyites at Porsythe, Monj tana, on Thursday. Over Kin of the crowd got awav to the woods. Those captured,' jabout-JOO, were taken back to Hutte. Six j or eight of the leaders wore held for trial on the charge of theft, and the balance of the crowd was turned loose. Along the line of the railroad at nearly every station, were squads of from 2"> to 100 men waiting a chance to steal passage East. To prevent a re-occurrence of the train stealing episode, large numbers of regulars have been posted at different points along the railroad. Armed tVltli Clubs. ? While at Frederick, Md., last Thursday, Marshal Hrown distributed among his l?l? ?CI?AHO ollAl.f ~ l\ll OUU UK'IIj IIHIII^ 9 ill CI 11 UiiiiiiLio, auuiit ?t uj 12 inches, and 011 each of which is printed "l'eace on earth and good will toward men.'' There is nothing remarkable about the banners, but there is about the sticks to which they are attached. They are made of oak, one inch square, four feet long and shod with iron stocks. The iron stocks arc made so as to hold bayonets. The sticks seem to be much heavier than is necessary, but the leaders explain that they are intended to aid the tired men in trudging along the road. It is believed, however, that the sticks are intended lo be used for the purpose of breaking heads when anything in that line shall become necessary to the purposes of the Com mon weulers. A (ianf; of limns anil Holmes. ? The two Washington detectives who joined the Coxey army at Cumberland, Md., made their report to the chief of the Washington police last Saturday. They say that the army is mostly composed of a disreputable crowd of "bums and hoboes," numbering 21"). They say that about 40 of the men have labor union cards, but the rest would not work if they couid get it, and those belonging to labor unions were of a kind that never stick to a job longer than two weeks. One of the oflieers says: ''The army is in a badly disorganized state. All along the line they have been kicking, first at the food and then at their leaders. Coxey and Brown ride line horses, eat good food and have comfortable beds, while the poor Coinmonwealers must content themselves with walking, eating hard tack and coffee, and sleeping where best they can. The men are so dirty, some of them, that they are afraid of their own reflection in the glass. Many of them are coverd with vermin, and, take them all in all, they are the most forlorn set of men that ever walked through the Maryland hills. At every stopping place the unfortunates have been exhibited by Brown and Coxey, and the revenue derived has been a considerable one. The leaders have kept this money and have not expended a cent for the comfort of their miserable followers." Arrived nt. Washington. ? Coxey's contingent of the Commonweal army arrived in Brightwood Driving Park, in the District of Columbia, last Sunday. The men were a sorry looking lot. There is a high fence around the park, and at preseut the leaders of the army are charging 25 cents admission to the enclosure. Coxey says he intends to remain in Washington, if necessary, until congress is brought to terms from the stench urising from the putrified bodies of the members of his army. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. The Wheal and Out*? A Negro Child Accidentally Killed?Liquor IIumIiichs on a lloom?New Military Company?A Good I'luce to l'ut Fifty CcntN. CorresiKindence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Etta Jane, April 2S.?The weather continues dry, and wheat, oats, gardens, etc., that haven't fully survived the effect of the cold snap of a month ago, are not doing so well at present. Wheat and oats are heading out, and the rust 011 the blackberry briers that are not killed, make farmers apprehensive that it will soon attack the wheat. A negro child was shot in this township last Saluiday from carelessly handling a pistol. I am told that the ball entered its bowels and was taken out near its backbone. Since the collapse of the dispensary law, kegs, jugs and other receptacles, have been on the road to and from the North Carolina distilleries for a supply of "Bug Juice," to quench thirst. A North Carolina distillery that has been shipping largely to wholesale houses, has had to suspend its shipments in order to accommodate its local trade, a large portion of .which is from this county. In my last letter I said that Rev. Mr. Robinson would preach at Salem on the third Sabbath cf each mouth. That programme has been changed, and he will supply Salem on the fourth Sabbath at present. Cotton seed planted before the last rain are coming up, but the dry weather gives the plant a sickly appearance. On Saturday of last week, a military company, seventy-nine strong, was organized at Owen's ford. Jason M. Greer was elected captain. The name of the company is "Thickely State Guards." A few old Confederates are among its members. Its about time for somebody to prepare to "drink all the blood that will be spilled" in the impending war, if one is coming on. In company with Mr. C. W. Whisonant, of W'ilkinsvillo, I had the pleasure of visiting the Hopewell Sunday school last Sabbath. Mr. Whisonant gave the school and spectators a good talk, and we very much enjoyed the hospitality of the good people of that section. He is a York county boy, hut is now one of Union county's most progressive business men. No lover of good reading or true history, should fail to accept The Kxquikkk's proposition to furnish the war story by M. Quad, beginning May Dth. To depend on borrowing a neighbor's paper to enjoy such a litcra| ry feast is, to say the least of it, poor business. Everybody should read it. It will no doubt stir the memories of the old veterans, and a correct history of the war from a Southern standpoint he the outcome. Fifty cents for The Exqiirer for the next three ; months, will be a good investment, I am sure. Sicma. - ? ? - ANOTHER CARD. E01 tor of The Yokkvii.i.e Enquirer : The card of Mr. W. M. Allison, in last week's Enquirer, stating that eleven of the jury , were in favor of finding a verdict in favor ol the plaintiff in the case of Wilson & Wilson & McDow against York township, calls for some explanation 011 our part. When the jury first went in the room, we thought that it was practically unanimous j for the defendant. There was some discussion, and finally a vote by division. Until the division was made, we believed the vote would be for the defendant. The result, however, was nine for defendant and three for plaintiff; Messrs. W. M. Allison, John Law Jackson and lVrrv Anderson, colored, voting in the minority. i After this there was further discussion, and finally another vote was taken in the same manner as the first. The vote resulted in a rte. Next there was a proposition to give the , plaintiffs $">">() of the Sl/.fOU claimed. This proposition met with more favor than the previous one, hut there arose a question as to how this would affect the amount already paid by the county commissioners. Thejudgc was sent for and he explained the law on the subject. We retired to the jury room again, and voted o;i the question of giving the plaintiff SoOO. The vote was taken by raising right hands and resulted as already stated in Tjik Kniiukkk?S to -1 in favor of defendant. The vote mentioned as standing 11 to 1 in favor of the plaintiff, was not taken in the jury room. Whether or not it was I taken any where else, we are unable to say. We were not there.. K. L. ItAUXKTT, L. It. McFaddkx, S. It. McC'ri.i.v, I). CI.ARK, J. A. MAI.oxky, W. S. IM.Axeo, W. S. It yaks. J'. Itl.AN'KKXSIUI'. York county. S. ('.. April -ti and L'7, 1S!)4. ? ? Something over a week ago, a white man named Itoyco was assassinated in Madison parish, Louisiana. Investigation fixed the crime with reasonable certainty on a band of Negroes in the community. About seventeen of the Negroes were arrested and committed to jail. Four ottiers were shot and handed at different places by posses ol white men, who scoured the country for them. Oil list Friday I lie sherill'of the parish was advised of the whereabouts of four other Negroes who had been connected with the crime. Among the four was Pomp Clayton, the leader of the whole gang. The J sheriff collected a big posse, got together some bloodhounds, and followed the quartette. The fugitives were overtaken near the State line, captured and started back to jail. The sheriff's posse, however, was subsequently overtaken by a gang of about 200 men and overpowered. The Negroes were at once taken to the scene of the assassination and hanged to a number of trees. LOCAX, AFFAIRS, i.vdkx to m:w advkhtikkmknts. John 11 unter?'Talks aliont an excellent article ill'all-wool serge soils wliicli lie is oll'oring at low prices, ami tells of the merits o| the Dorsch shoe. II. Strauss?(Jives notice that his store will he closed every day, during the continuance of the Pearson meetings, between the hours of 1! and 12o'clock, except on Saturday. He announces that his third shipment of spring goods has arrived, and claims that he is aide to suit everybody in style iiiiu prices. T. M. Pobson A* Co.?Claim that the "old t'hap" has a splendid linn of nine new goods, which is nlVered at the lowest possible prices. They tell of the propularity of the millinery department tinder the control ol Miss Palmer, and claim that their dress Roods and trimmings tint its pretty and cheap its can he found in Yorkville. | Ferguson Brothers? In the grocery line, claim to buy tho best and sell the best, and that they are satisfied with a reasonably small profit. They mention especially that they have sugar-cured hams, breakfast strips, potted tongue, tea, popper. Hour, country ground meal, lemons, tinware, best cow chains, and the best quality of candy at the lowest price. \V. II. McCorkle, Probate Judge?(lives notice that W. Brown Wylie has applied for letters of administration on the estate of J. Milton Wylic, deceased. The Twin Market?Announces that those who have tried the stew beef are much pleased with it. If you have not tried it, do so and be convinced as to its value. Mrs. Lizzie Walker?lias lost a cloak which she wants the finder to leave at The Knquirci olliee. Sam M. Grist?Has something to say about the merits of the "Monarch" and the "Beading" bicycles, for the sale of which hcisthc agent. Sain M.tfc L. (ten. Crist?Cullatention to the fact that on Monday last a house in town was destroyed by lire and it was not insured. They are fire insurance agents. K. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?Delinquent tax sales. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. ('. Pis.?Notice to the heirs of Aimer Stewart, deceased. CHURCH NOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev. W. (J. Neville, pastor. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. 111. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Yorkville?Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. in, Baptist?Rev. W. J. Lungston, pastor. Youkyille?Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m, Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A, Weber, pastor. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Episcopal.?Lay services on next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and Sunday-school immediately afterward. THE PEARSON PROGRAMME. Mr. Pearson is conducting two services a day. The first commences at 11.00, and the second at 8.30, the bell ringing at 10.3C and 7.30. There will be special services at Trinity church each afternoon at 4 o'clock, for ladies only, conducted by Mrs. Pearson. Saturday is Mr. Pearson's day of rest, and there will be no services on Saturdays. The capacity of the Presbyterian church in which the regular meetings are being held, is limited. To make most available {all the space in the church, requires th< j careful attention of the full corps of ushers, and we arc therefore requested to ask I all individuals who attend the meetings, tc submit themselves, without question, to tlu ushers, as soon as they enter the door. MARRIED AT AIjBAXY. Mr. W. F. Robertson, son of Mrs. C1. J Robertson, of Yorkville, and a former citizen of this place, was married at Albany j (Ja., last Wednesday, and arrived in York | ville with his bride on last Thursday night j The Albany Herald of last Thursday has j the following to say of the young people : j At the residence of the bride's lather, Mr. II C. Cox, in this city, at 11 o'clock yestcrdaj morning, Miss Julia Clay Cox was married ti Mr. W. F. Robertson, of Wilmington, N. C. the Rev. K. M. Whiting, of the Methodist churcl of this city, performing the ceremony. On account of a recent bereavement in tlu bride's family, no wedding invitations were senl out, and the marriage was a very quiet one, only the immediate family and a few relatives ami close friends being present, but the popularity of the contracting parties was silently attested by many handsome bridal presents from friends al home and abroad. The bride has been a reigning belle in Albany ever since her debut into society, and the grooii f..,.r,^oLlv L'lmu'ii linro 1?v ronssnii o I having been connected with the construction o ! the waterworks ami sewerage system of thi? city. He is now assistant superintendent of tin water works of Wilmington, X. and is s young gentleman of wortli and rare husines! qualifications. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson will remain it: Yorkville until next Saturday, when tliej will leave for Wilmington, X. C., wliicl place they will make their future home IT WAS A SLAXDElt. A few weeks ago, several daily papers ii the State published a statement to the etlecl that Collector Townes had asked for tin resignation of Deputy Collector Ross. Tin cause of Mr. Townes's request was an alio gation that Mr. Ross was involved in a scan dal. A representative of Tim ExQriRKr | investigated the matter at otu-e, and fount I that the statement that the resignation hat been requested was true; but he was equally satisfied that the alleged seandal was a bast slander, and accordingly determined not tt publish anything about the matter unti further developments. The matter ha: since developed to the point that warrant: publication. Mr. Ross, with one or twt friends, called upon Mr. Townes and repre sontetl to him that the charges were false Mr. Townes accepted the statements madi ! in behalf of Mr. Ross, and told him not ti send in the. resignation as requested; that In | was willing to let the whole tiling drop. Mr Ross, however, demanded a full investign i tion, which Mr. Townes at once promised t< make. On last Thursday, Mr. Ross receive! ; from Mr. Townes a letter in which lie said j "I have thoroughly investigated the charge: i made against you and lind that they are no sustained. I regret that you should hav< 1 been subjected to the mortification and an .1 noyance of the past week. In accordance [ with instructions contained in letter by nmi today, you will proceed to tbe points thereii : mentioned." THE DAMAUK WAS SHOUT. Tbe engine bouse of a small cotton gin am corn mill plant, belonging to Messrs. S. T and Wm. Ferguson, and located on Fas I Madison street, near the Yorkville come ' tcry, was destroyed by lire last Momlai morning. 1 The lire broke out a few minutes be fori I 12 o'clock. The colored people, who liavi : charge of tbe book ami ladder truck ami j hose reel, started for tbe scene with tbeii j ' ' ladders within half a minute al'u-r the alarn 1 reached Main street. They were only abou nine strong, however, and left their hosi ! reel behind. Most of the members of thi white reel company were at the Pearsor i meeting, and did not reach the scene unti j after the colored company had begun t( light the lire. The lire was fully eight hitii | died feet from the nearest hydrant, am as there was only about JOO feet of hose or the one reel that was taken to the scene, il was not possible to make available the watei from the waterworks. With their hook; and axes, however, the colored people soot tore down the burning engine house, am managed to save the gin and mill building near by. The destroyed engine hott>e was cheap!} constructed of sheeting plank and corruga ted iron. It was the property of Mr. W. T I lkirron, and he estimates the total loss as not exceeding $'2~h But little importance at laches to the lire except as a lesson to thi ! j lire department. The incident developed [the necessity of thorough organization in order to make available the town's now splendid lire facilities, whenever emergeney ; may require. i:\THItMIX \TK THI-: Mr. S. A. MeKlwee, of Vorkvillo, ha? raised the alann against I In* potato bugs. Il i is rather early for this pest, hut ao cxatnina ! tion of the undersides of the leaves of tin Irish potato plant, says Mr. MeKhvce, wil at once develop the fact to anybody, thai the hugs are preparing to work lots of de i struetion. The small yellow eggs of tin : bugs are already thick on the potato leaves and unless something is done, in a feu i ......I.e. ?lw, trill III. ruined C?*v I'wunwv. - ! Dr. John C. Kuvkoiulal, who is an air | thority on matters of this kind, has giver | Tin-: ENiiriKF.li ;i recipe fur exterminating the bugs. He says to use Paris green, and | goes on to explain : ' There are two ways in which to prepare the poison. One way is to mix four pounds , of Hour in ten gallons of water, and add a '.quarter of a pound of Paris green. The Hour should he mixed in a small vessel lirst, and thoroughly stirred in order to avoid lumps, and the Paris green added to the mucilage thus prepared. Otherwise, the J poison will not he held in solution, as it is ' heavy and will sink to the bottom. Let the d preparation he applied to the plants by i j means of a sprinkler, or sprinkled over them . with an old broom. The sprinkler is best; but where it is not convenient to have one, the broom will do. "The other plan is to apply the poison dry. Mix one-quarter of a pound of Paris green ! with three pounds of flour and dust over , the plants through a muslin hag. This plan will prove more conven\.nt and equali ly effective. "But here is something else," continued the doctor, "that is very important to remem* ; her. Paris green will not only kill potato , hugs, but it will kill people. Therefore, it - should he handled with great care. It is , less dangerous when applied in the solution of water and flour than when applied dry, because the dry poison can he . more easily inhaled. If sufficient care is 1 exercised, there will he no danger from either plan suggested; but he sure to impress upon every one who attempts to kill the bugs with Paris green that they must he careful to keep the stuff out of their lungs and out of cuts and sores about the person." GOXK TO MEMPHIS. 1 Rev. I)r. S. A. Weber, the pastor of Trinity church, left Yorkville last Monday for Memphis, Tenn., where he goes as a delegate tc the genera] conference of the Southern Methodist church. He is one of fourteen delegates of the South Carolina conference: I 7 clerical and 7 lay. Among the clerical delegates are Dr. Kirkland, editor of the Southern Christian Advocate; I)r. S. B. Jones, nresident of Columbia Female colleire: Drs, 1 Wells and Clifton, in the regular ministry ; 1 and Prof. J. C. Kilgo, of Woflord college, ' Among the lay delegates are President Carlisle, of Woflord college; President Craig' head, of Clemson college; Hon. 1). It. I)un can, of Spartanburg; Hon. H. II. Newton of Benncttsville; and Dr. II. liner, oi 1 j Charleston. The General conference is composed ol t! about 350 members, representing 47 conferJ ences. These arc located in all the State? H of the South. Besides these so located, j there are conferences also in Illinois, Kansas, i New Mexico, Columbia, Montana, Indian j Territory, Mexico, Brazil, Japan and China '! The conference represents a membership ' j of over one and one-third millions, whose ' net increase the past year was something ! more than 40,000. The Southern Metho. distspaid, during the past year, more than u quarter of a million dollars for foreign mis, sious, and nearly $150,000 for domestic and - home missions, and nearly $00,000 for build. ing new churches in destitute sections in the ; home field and in the far west. The total number of churches, 13,185; their value . $20,507,000. ' ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 Mr. S. L. Miller is in Yorkvillc for a few days. L Mrs. W. B. McCaw is visiting relatives ir j Abbeville. Mrs. I). S. McAllister and children, of r Bethel, are visiting friends in Yorkvillc. Mrs. Belle M. McCaw is in Columbia visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joseph K. Alston r Mrs. M. It. Smith, of Blncksburg, is visit 1 ing the family of Bev. L. A. Johnson in this . place. 1 Miss Mamie Hughes, of Union, S. C'., is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. M. McNcel, in this i place. Mrs. I. S. McDow, of Liberty Hill, is in i Yorkvillc, visiting her son, Thomas F. Mc. Dow, Esq. Mrs. J. S. Wilson, of Chester, and Mrs. C S. Gordon, of Bethcsda, are visting Miss Katt t Gordon. Miss May Beeves, of Bock Hill, is it Yorkvillc, visiting the family of Major Jas ' i TA T I" ..4. | r. jiiin. | Miss Mattie Adams of Shelby. X. visit > | ed relatives in this place the first part o j this week. j i Miss Annie Howard, of Providence, X C., is in Vorkville, the guest of her sister. ^ I Mrs. W. G. White. Miss Annie Voungblood has returned t( ) j her home near this place, having closed hei j school in Lancaster county. ]; Misses Annie Lyle Roddey and Lei/.t .Whitnor, of Rock Hill, are visiting the lami 1 ly of Mr. S. L. Miller. Mr. Frank Pegrani, of Ciastoniu, spcnl last Sunday in Vorkville with the family o his brother, Mr. J. B. Pegrani. ) ? j Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Randleman, of King: * j Mountain, X. C., are in Vorkville visitinj 'the family of Mr. Brooks Inman. Mr. T. W. Frye, of Carthage, X. C., ha: j [recently been employed in the painting de ! partment of the Carolina Buggy factory. I)r. Quay McKhvee returned home ot i Thursday last from Baltimore, having finish ed his course in pharmacy. 'j Miss Luta Fewell, of Kbenezer, has beei j spending a few days with Miss Jessie Luti j; incr and other friends in Vorkville. Rev. R. Livy CJrier, of Pincville, X. C. i is visiting friends and relatives in Vorkville the guest of Captain Lewis M. Grist's family j Col. W. L. Davidson and daughter, Mis: 1 May, and Miss Jennie Johnston, of Lincoln . ton, are visiting the family of Mr. if. H t Beard. Dr. A. If. McKenzie, of Dardanelle, Ark. who has been visiting relatives in thi? ' county for the past two weeks, left for hi: home last Wednesday. Mrs. R. C. Kuykendal and daughter, Miss i. Claudia, of Wrightsboro, Texas, are in Vork t viHe. visiting the family of Dr. John C. Kuykendal. Following are the visiting ministers wlic have so far been in attendance on the l'ear' son meetings: (i. T. Harmon, (J. If. Wad dell, J. If. Swann, J. If. Wilson, J. M. Mc; Lain, 1L M. Stephenson, J. 1\ Knox, J. If, i Simpson, 1{. Ii. (irier, I'. ('. Ifiekson, I) 11 Harrison. VOKIiVILLIO'S WATKItWORKS. I I'pto this time, only about thirty families ( have contracted for the use of water from the t town waterworks; but, so far as Titk K.v. qrillKU can learn, eveiy individual consumer is delighted with the quality of the watet ( supplied and the convenience of the service I and the outlook is that the number of con p, sinners will soon be largely increased. Speaking of the quality of the water, 11 . prominent physician said the other day ' It is undoubtedly the most healthful watei supply to he obtained in Vorkville. Hut L few of the wells in this place, if you evei thought about it, can furnish real pun , water. This is an old town. The people I have been throwing garbage and other liltl ! on the surface for a good many years, . This, of course, is a natural consequence , and could not be otherwise. These surface impurities have, in the course of time 1 ......nil,,,.,..! il.ui-n into ? l?i? ivil-tll IJl'l'll II I IV I VU UUHI. IIKV v... ?..< and to ;i greater or less extent, permeate ; the water underneath. It finds its way, in ; greater or less quantities, into the watei that goes to feed the wells, and to a greatei ; extent than most people would imagine, is 1 the cause of typhoid fever and other forms ol :; disease. It is true that the water from the branch that furnishes the public supply is : not absolutely pure; oiu, at me same ume, , j it is reasonably so, and there ran be no - doubt that it is far purer than most of the j wells." j The above is rather a seientilic view ol i j the situation. It is true that most people think very little about the matter from this' | standpoint, and as a rule they rare a great deal less: but there is sense in the reasoning of the physician, and it will no doubt he worth the while of the people, especially the occupants of long settled premises, to give the subject suggested a thorough investigation. There is another recently developed point that will he of considerable interest to the people of Yorkville. When the establishment of a water plant at this place was first suggested, there was considerable difference ' nriinliin .ic In IV 111.1111> t' t lu> nmiiniinil mm. ply would l?e sullieient for the requirements I , of the town. Fstimates of the supply ranged all the way front 50,000 gallons to 125,000 gallons per day. and a great many people had doubts as to whether even the largest mentioned quantity would be sullieient. The testimony of Mr. F. A. (Jossman, however, who has charge of the pump, ought to put all doubts at rest. Speaking of the matter to Tin-: Ksqimrku last Monday, he put it this way : "The capacity of that pump is said to be 500,000 gallons a day. It is the same sized tinmii flint ('nbmihin bad until not, lone n?r> i the water supply of that city was enlarged, j I The capacity of the standpipe is about 70,; 000 gallons a day, and the reservoir is about I (JO,000. I can fill up the standpipe in two i j hours and a half, or about four times in ten j hours. Several times I have run the pump at j the rate of S00,000 gallons a day, and I have i not yet been able to pump the water out of the reservoir as fast as it runs in. There j is not only a supply suflieient to furnish the town of Yorkville now, with an abundance i of water for every purpose that it is likely to | be used for; but this supply can be dependj ed upon until the population grows to ten or fifteen thousand inhabitants." 1 At present, water is being supplied ut a 1 very low rate. So far, the number of consumers is hardly sufficient to pay the opera> ting expenses of the plant. The outlook, however, is that the water plant will soou yield a revenue to the town. Just what ' will be done with this prospective revenue has not yet been determined ; but the prob; abilities arc that it will be used to extend the water mains to other portions of the town that have not yet been provided with protection against fire. . , THK i'KAKSO.V MKKTIXGS. f The long anticipated meetings of Rev. R. G. Pearson, the far-fumed evangelist, are now f underway. They were commenced last Sun day morning. The start was auspicious, and i each succeding meeting seems to lend addi, tional interest. It is believed that by the end , of the week, the question of room for the great crowds that are expeeted to he in attendance, , will he a most perplexing problem ; but, all i the same, the people of Yorkville promise to ! do the best they can, and in the meantime all ; who wish to hear the great preacher are oor | dially invited to come. l| Mr. Pearson's first sermon here was j preached on last Sunday morning. It had I I been nreviouslv announced that he WOtlld trot preach until Sunday evening, but the ! change was made after his arrival on Fri11 day. There was a large congregation pres, j cut, and had it not been for the skillful handling of the ushers, the church would have ; been crowded. As it was, however, everybody was comfortably seated and there was j room for more. Mr. Pearson commenced the service by I reading in the second chapter of James, be. giningwith the 14th verse, and took his text from the 24th verse of the same chapter. The words of the text were : "Ye see then ' how that by works a man is justified and not by faith only." On investigation of this text, Mr. Pearson ''developed three great questions as follows: | (1.) How is a man justified before God ? (2.) 'I How is a man justified before men? (3.) ' What is the connection between faith and j works? One by one the preacher answered II the questions. There had been much great controversy about them, but with that lie i had nothing to do. He would leave the controversy to take care of itself and settle the entire matter according to the Word of God. This lie proceeded to do. The answer ' to the first question, he said, is that "man ' is justified before God by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and by this faith alone." "| Having made this proposition of truth, the j preacher then proceeded to prove it by the Scriptures, and in numerous references to his Bible, established the point with the 1 nicely and precision expected of an able i justice in settling questions of law. Among ' other things, he clearly showed the perI fection that God requires of all men, and how, according to Paul, all men, being under sin, are under condemnation. Therefore, ; no llesh can be justified in the sight of God ; but in order to fulfill the demands of justice, . God sent into the world His only begotten | Son to do "what the law could not do, in j that it was weak through the flesh." God 5 calls our righteousness filthy rags, hence it ' is clear that we can be justified before Him only through faith in His Son. In answer to the second question pro"; pounded, Mr. Pearson said that a "man is justified before men by works." James ' I says: "Ye see." Who see? The people. The men to whom he was writing. What jdo they see? "How that by works a 1! man is justified and not by faith alone." ' j Some say James contradicts Paul, but ! lie does nothing of the kind. Paul was ' showing how men are justified in the ' sight of God, and James how they are justi'! ficd in the sight of men. It is only the ' two sides of the same great truth. Some j people say that it does not make any difference what you do, so you believe all right; , i und others claim that it does not make any * difference what you believe, so you do all 5 right. Both are wrong. We must have right believing combined with right doiug. Here Mr. Pearson took occasion to severely . 'score church members who claimed to have in i'ailli that they never showed by their ? works. In conclusion, Mr. Pearson illustrated the : connection between faith and works. Faith, i lie said, necessarily produces works, and proceeded to illustrate. Suppose a man ! conies up. and before the whole congrega; tion. says he is converted. He may be justified before <?od. I cannot say whether he iiis or not, for I cannot see into his heart. :j After a year I come back to this place and j find* him drinking just as much, lying just | as much, playing cards just as much, and | desecrating the Sabbath just as much as he , ever did. Then you know, and I know, ' that when he gave me his hand, he simply ; lied. He has not been justified before men, Hand we know that lie could not have been : justified before (iod. Next Mr. Pearson gave, the case of another who came up at :, the same meeting and whose entire life was ; changed in accordance with his professions, s This man is justified by works before men, Hand, therefore, we know that he is justified i by faith before (rod. . On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Pearson deliv. j ered a lecture to Sunday-school workers, ; and preached again Sunday night on the ,j subject of sowing and reaping. Since then ,' lie has been preaching two sermons a day, s morning and evening. All the sermons are i possessed of wonderful power; but for lack I of space, we will not attempt to synopsi/.e 'them further than above. i j THE PEARSON ( HOIK, f It has already developed that a most im;; portant adjunct to the splendid work of Mr. i Pearson, is tlie inspiring music of the "I'ear,; son choir." This body was organized a h week or two ago, as already stated, at the tj instance of Mr. Pearson himself, and has | since been practicing under the direction of f l'rof. A. 11. Hanks. Its work, which is uu! doubtcdly very satisfacloiy, is the subject of( ii great deal of praise. The personnel is as follows : l'rof. A. K. Hanks, director: l'rof. If. J. Ilerndon. eornetist: (loo. If. Herry, llutist : (?eo. T. .Schorl), organist : Mrs. A. K. Hanks, assistant organist. Soprano?Mrs. B. N. Moon*, Misses Mamie Johnson, Cora Clark, Jesse Latimer, Minnie McCall. Claude Moore, Mattie Spencer, A nice <>" Lea ry. Hettie Jenkins, Mamie t MeConnell, Mary Clark, Maggie McFadden, Jeanettc Davidson, Ophelia Davidson, Mary Schorl), Fanny Barnes, Mrs. J. It. Gardner, Mrs. A. It. Hanks, Messrs. S. L. Latimer and W. C. Clark. ^ Tenor?A. It. Hanks, W. F. McAllister, , W. H. llcrndon, W. W. Dixon, Jas. Dickson, P. W. Love, W. P. Harrison. Alto?Mrs. C. G. Parish, Mrs. \V. H. Moore, Misses Kate Moore, Essie Stewart, Georgia Withers, Iva Withers, Eunice MeConnell. Bass?Messrs. F. A. Gilbert, J. B. Pegram, ^ H. McL. McAllister, S. Smith, Will Carroll, X. J. X.Bowcn, W. If. Edwards, W. C. Gist, J. X. Gaston, G. M. Lowrance, Drs. It. A. Bratton and A. V. Cartwright. WHO MR. PKARSON IS. The following sketch of Rev. R. (i. Pearson, published in the New York Christian Herald, during the progress of a gospel campaign conducted in Brooklyn, last November, will prove an interesting introduction to the great evangelist: "Although well known in the South, this is the lirst time the people of the North have had an opportunity of hearing him. He was born in Mississippi, about forty years V ago. He was converted while quite young, and after pursuing a course of study in the Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, was graduated from that institution and ordained us a minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. In 1878 he was married to a most estimable Christian lady, who has proved a true helpmeet to him in his work. He continued the pastorate for several years, and at one time was associate j pastor of the First Cumberland Presbyterian ^ church, of Nashville, Tennessee. "Ten years ago, after much prayer, Mr. Reason decided to devote his whole lime to I evangelistic work wherever the providence of (rod may lead him. During his evangelistic career, he has been fully occupied, and A has often had more invitations than he ^ could accept. He objects, on principle, to ^ the ordinary mode of engagements, and has always refused to stipulate for a definite remuneration in entering upon an engagement. He has held meetings in every Southern State, and nearly all of the large cities of the South. Hod has wonderfully crowned ( [ his elforts for the salvation of souls, and the number of persons who have been converted in various cities have ranged from 300 to 1,000. These ingatherings have proved per- ( manent additions to the church. In several places where union meetings havejbeen held, business houses, banks and saloons have voluntarily closed, and sometimes the courts have adjourned so as to afford the employes j an opportunity to listen to Mr. Pearson's 1 ; presentation of the gospel. In some Soutlii crn cities, the services have been held in l.i. ..... ? v ? 1i I "COllOU C'UIIIpresses, iin II1C HUHhouses are called. These vast buildings will seat as many as 4,000 people, and nightly have they been crowded for weeks together, the only attraction being tbc preaching of # 4 the gospel by Mr. Pearson. "An incident, which occurred at Rock Hill, S. will bo long remembered in that locality. Mr. Pearson hud been holding services for several days in a large tent, and the audience had grown from day to day, until they numbered from two to three thousand persons. The work was still growing when a circus visited the town, and there were many predictions that the counter attraction would draw oT all the evangelist's hearers. . The circus people made a parade and fixed the hour for the first performance at the same time as the gospel service. To the astonishment of all, and the disgust of the circus people, the attendauce at the circus was a meager 300 persons, while the gospel tent was crowded as usual. The gospel had evidently taken a stronger hold on the people than had been realized, and the circus people were not slow to appreciate the ^ fact. They pulled up stakes the same night, and departed. "During the World's Fair campaign, Mr. Moody sent for Mr. Pearson to be one of his co-workers. He was led to do this as the result of his travels in the South, where, as he himself stated in the Haymarket in Chicago, he had continually come across Mr. Pearson's lasting footprints in Y. M. C. A. halls and gospel missions erected as a result of his work. 'I heard of Evangelist Pearson everywhere,' said Mr. Moody, 'but against him not one word, either personally ' or as to bis methods : but found him held in j loving memory in every place he bad visited ! even after the lapse of years.' Mr. Pearson lis the author of a book ^Ktitled 'Truth ^ Applied,'which passed thiyugh three edi! lions in ninety days, and' has had a large sale in the South and Southwest, and has been adopted by one Theological seminary as a text book on practical preaching. As to his present work at the Hanson Plaee Baptist church, of Brooklyn, Pastor A. C. Dixon says : T have been in many revivals, but never in one which began with so many conversions. Verily, the hand of the Lord is upon this preacher of the Word."' 1 i.nrat, tiaroxirs. Appointed Notary I'uhllc. ? Governor Tillman lias appointed Mr. J. Potts Sifiord, of Bowling Green, to be a notary public. Mr. Horry ami Ills Flute. ? Mr. G. H. Berry and his (lute have been indispensable parts of Trinity choir for a uuinber of years. Both are now a decided aid to the Pearson choir, and opinion is ? | unanimous that their absence would be seriously felt. ! Marriage In Hcthcl. ?Mr. \\\ T. Nichols, a well known and successful young farmer of the Fodder section, was married last Wednesday to Miss i 7 , Mary Barron, a popular young lady of the ! same neighborhood. The ceremony was i performed by Rev. J. C. Galloway. ' Kducutional Convention. ? At the recent meeting of the Baptist Sunday school convention at Clover, it was j decided to hold an educational convention in I Chester, on Friday before the fourth Sunday ! in June, for the purpose of awakening fur1 ther denominational interest in the Baptist High school at Yorkvillo. Died of Dropsy. ? Flla Good, a well known colored citizen of this community, died at his home on the outskirts of Yorkville, last Monday of I dropsy. Ella was a slave of the late I)r. jUood, and since emancipation has main i taincd the reputation of beings! well-behaved, upright citizen, lie was aged about 6"> years. Mr. George T. Seliorh ?t the Organ. ? Though already provided with those important adjuncts to good music, the Pearson choir has deemed it advisable to still further augment the best results by procuring for the occasion one of Mr. George T. Schorb's superior Wilcox & White organs. Then it naturally followed that Mr. Schorl*, who as an organist probably has no superior in this section of the State, should be called upon to play it. As a result, the music of the organ is especially sweet in tone, rich in volume, perfect in execution, and furnishes a most thorough inspiration to the welltrained choir. It in lieautlfiil. ? Our remark should not be construed as | even the hint of a reflection against the rest of the Pearson choir. Everybody has agreed that its work is splendid : but they have also agreed that the performance of Professor Herndon on his cornet is something sublime, i To describe it would be impossible. Some have said that the cornet notes seemed to 1 cling to the chorus of voices like the golden I lining of a silver cloud, and all are agreed I that they have never heard the cornet played so perfectly, so beautifully, so grandly. The cornet in the hands of a master is a most wonderful instrument. There is no question that lYofessor Herndon is a master. Apix'itl IVrfi'i'lcd. ? Attorney Trescott lias perfeeted his appeal in the ease of Jell' Crawford, convicted | of murder and sentenced to be hanged, aud i /