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^ovlivillc ^nqutvfv, YORKYILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1894. ? W. D. Evans, presideut of the State A1 lianrp has nnhlished a card in which lie for 7 r mally withdraws from the race for governor It is thought that this practically leaves th< field to Senator John Gary Evans anc Comptroller Ellerbe. ? Governor Tillmau's speech at Rock Hill which is herewith published, shows for it self. The Enquirer thinks the speech ii the greatest effort of the governor's life. I is broad minded and deep, and in every wa> worthy of a governor of all the people. # ? ? Yorkville subscribers to the Columbit Register received yesterday's paper yester day morning at 9 o'clock. There has been i change of schedule on the C., C. & A. road ? and The Register has taken advantage of i to give its readers the news about 10 hour sooner than heretofore. This enterprise wil no doubt be duly appreciated. ? It has been suggested that at the com ing primary electiou, there be a separate bo: in which to vote for candidates for the Unite< States senate, just as the people voted on tin questiou of prohibition two years ago. I seems that this would be a good idea. Eacl candidate for the legislature may be pledgei to vote for the senatorial caudidate who re '* fit. ?i r li ceives tne majoruy 01 me vuies ui ms wuu _ ty, and thus the people may have the assur auce that the various candidates?those fo the United States senate as well as those fo the State legislature?are squarely on thei own merits. Otherwise, we may look fo serious complications. ? The recent decision of the supreme cour in the case of the town council of Florenci against Branson, it would seem, effectually settles the dispensary question. Among th< lawyers of the State there is little doubt tha it was the intention of the dispensary au thorities to, as soon as Judge Gary took hi seat on the bench, re-open the State dispen saries and force another case, in which i was hoped that the dispensary law would bi sustained by Justices Gary and Pope. Tin recent decision, however, fully commit Judge Pope to the opinion of the court as al ready announced, and now there is nothing left for the dispensary authorities but t< quietly acquiesce in the decision of the court or to re-establish the dispensary iu a differ ent form by means of new legislation. ? All along it has been the desire of tin trustees of the Winthrop Normal and Indus trial school, to open the doors of the insti tution on the 1st of October. It is now ap parent that to carry out this prograinm* will be impossible. The original plans hav< been developed and enlarged to such an ex tent that it will be impossible to completi the buildings until some time in January and the school canr.ot open until the 1st o February at the very earliest. Already th< $00,000 donated by the town of ltock Ilil and the $50,000 appropriated by the State have been spent, and still there is no enough money to finish the work. Furthei appropriations will be needed, but unde: all the circumstances it seems that the legis laturo should be willing to vote them with out a word. ? The heavy export movement of gold coil to Europe, aside from weakening the gold re serve in the United States treasury, is reduc ing, to the extent of the export, thccircula ting medium of this country. It is estimate< in official circles at Washington that mor than $12,000,000 in gold has gone out of tin United States since May 1, of which upward of $1,000,000 was taken out of the treasury Thus, to the extent of $12,000,000, the circu lation has been reduced, as to secure gold 1 1 A _ J _ X L legal lenuer nuies rnusi iw mmuiunu nun circulation and paid into the treasury fo gold. This contraction of the currenc; makes money scarcer aud, therefore, rnor valuable. Since the repeal of the Shermai law, there are but three ways of increasinj thp circulation of money in the United Sates viz: By importing specie, by issuing nationa bank notes, and by coining the domestic goh production. ? At the last meeting of the State Alliance it was unanimously resolved to propound th< following questions to all candidates for th legislature, governor and congress : "1. Wil you discuss the Alliance demands in th coming campaign, particularly those relat ing to the finances of the country, and dc fend them against the enemies of our order 2. Will you pledge loyalty to the demand of the National Farmers' Alliance and In dustrial Union above loyalty to party cau cus, and vote against any and all candidate who decline to commit themselves to thi extent?'' These questions have already beet submitted to the various gubernatorial can didates and to Governor Tillman and Sena ator Butler. Neither Butler or Tillmai have as yet made answer. W. I). Evan and General Ellerbe say yes to both ques tions. John Gary Evans answers "yes" t< the first question ; but as yet has not state< whether or not he would be willing to vot for a candidate who refuses to uphold tin Alliance demands. ? "General" C'oxey was accorded ahearinj before a committee of the house of represen tatives on Tuesday of last week, lie state* that he was there to claim for the other i?! per ceni. 01 me peopie, iiiuiirivi-ii;^ mui enjoyed by the 1 per cent, of the people, (th national bankers) of issuing money at 1 pe cent, interest. Representative Ryan, of Nov York, desired to know whether he (Coxey claimed to represent 99 per cent, of the whol people. Coxey replied that 91) per cent of the whole people desired the same privi lege that was enjoyed by the national banks He went on to say that while the people di< not vote that way, they thought that way and stated that instead of representing th people, congress misrepresented them. Th hearing of Coxey and committees of th People's Party and Farmer's Alliance, occu pied about one hour, and as the result, th congressional committee decided to report i resolution for the appointment of a join committee of the house and senate to inves tigate the Coxey movement and the whol subject of labor depression. ? Something of a sensation occurred in tin house of representatives last Monday While the house was considering some pure ly local business relating to the District o Columbia, there was a sudden intcrruptioi by a burly Negro, who arising in the gallery shouted "Mr. speaker of the house of rcprc sentatives." Instantly all was confusioi and all eyes were turned to the gallery Speaker Crisp was the first to regain eoni posure. He directed the door keeper to re move the offender, and, after a struggle, th fellow, who was a blacksmith resident of th District, was arrested by the doorkeeper o the house. The Negro was, of course, i crank, and when questioned by the police said that he had come, with divine authori ty, to deliver a message to the effect tha unless congress passed the good roads bil by the 24th instant, all the public buildings! ' in Washington would he destroyed, by light- j ! ning from heaven. TilK TWIN ruLLKtiKS. j Having already won a position in the front rank of the leading States in the Virion ; by the establishment of Clemson,. in the; , building of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial School for Women, South Carolina takes 1 ja full step in advance of them all. We| i write this not as a vainglorious boast, but as . a patent fact that is calculated to make the ' * 11 .... -.. i i 1.* ?r j hearts ot an patriotic sons anu uaugiuL-is ui j South Carolina swell with pride. Other States in the Union have older colleges, larger colleges, and higher grade col : leges than ours; but, in the opinion of Thk - Enquirer, 110 educational institution has . ever been built by any government with i higher and nobler purposes, or which is I calculated to have a more powerful ell'ect for good on the coining generations than Clemson college or the Winthrop Normal ' and Industrial School for women. Knowledge and industry are the funda' mental principles of progress. They are as 1 important in woman as in man, and the two * institutions are calculated to inculcate both in both sexes in such a way that they cannot but have a speedy and marked effect on 1 the entire State. It is true that all cannot go to Clemson or the Winthrop Normal and 1 Industrial school, but of the per cent, that ? can go, the leavening power will be great. Indeed, it does not even now take the vision ^ of a prophet to see coming from these two institutions, year after year, the men and women who, in all vocations of life, will set the pace for South Carolina's future progf ress. j Now the bent of the institutions. Take i Clemson. Manual labor, industry, scientific ^ research, the development of mechanical gej nius, the fostering of agriculture and higher I education. What more does it take to make a great State? And the Winthrop Normal and Industrial school. Higher education, industry, independence and practical inr struction in domestic economy ! What more r does it take to make a perfect home? All politics aside now. Governor Tillman, r to you belongs the credit of establishing as n *1.. -..it. .f wen as mazing oui wie pum ui uum ui ui institutions. Others may have suggested t them before; but it was you who made B them an actual realization. You may have , made mistakes, and 110 doubt you have ; but in these two institutions you have monuL ments which make you the envy of all right * thinking Carolinians. s ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. ^ Kcltoes of .Saturday's Celebration?Shot in a Sunday Carousal?New Chief of Police?Other e Matters. B Correspondence of the Yorkville Knunircr. s Rock Hii.i., May 14.?For weeks past - popular interest here has been centering 011 r last Saturday, the day for laying the cornerd stone of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial school, and extensive preparation was ' made for the event. And now it is over; Rock Hill has had its grand gala. It was all that it was expected to bo. The pleasant, smooth way 111 which everything passed ? off and the general enjoyment was even . more than we expected. Rock Hill entertained G,000 or 7,000 visitors that day. The order was good; the crowd was good natured and fine looking; and the day was | 3 remarkable for the absence of carousing and 1 - drunkeness common 011 such occasions. Not; - a single arrest was made. 2 Among the visitors there were fine delegations from Chester, Lancaster, Camden, j. Columbia, Greenville, Clemson, Charlotte and Yorkville, the last named including a 3 representative of Thk Enqcikkk, whose 1 experienced rcportorial function was exer, cised in taking down the proceedings of the t day, leaving some generalities worth picking I r up by this correspondent. The lonely Three C's road was astonished at the wonderful traffic that day, I which so far exceeded its expectations that " the trains from both east and west had to return ; the former to Yorkville and the lat- j ter to Lancaster, to pick up the overflow I crowd. The Clemson cadets, who were ac. companied by some of their professors, were 1 probably the greatest "pets" and attraction 1 of the day. They came by Charlotte on a! special train of eight or ten cars, and nutn- i * bered nearly f>00. The cadets said they b were treated handsomely on the way over, s large baskets of eatables being brought into s the train for free distribution at many stations on the way, especially at Spartanburg. 1 The cadets made a handsome and imposing appearance 011 parade. It was something ) astouishing when it is remembered that most a of the boys were hoeing corn a year ago, and | r that they have only had their guns two y weeks. Colonel J. G. Clinkscales, one of their talented professors, witnessed to the last fact. II Perhaps the really most notable fact of i ? all?the one in which Rock Hill feels the >, most satisfaction as well as the others who I ,1 assisted?is that the large crowd was plenti11 fully fed 011 that day at the mammoth picnic. i" ? * ? i j II Illiynuuy lU'lii iinu^i miij?;i > 11 it us 1111,11 , i own fault, for provisions were auiple withI out any sacrifice of modesty being necessary. ')! Some baskets of food were left unopened, | e ' and an abundance remained on the tables for e the servants aiid poor when the crowd had 1 eaten. It was probably the largest general e picnic ever seen in this section of country,: [ and was a success in the eyes of all, except1 perhaps some chronic grumblers, who figure * j iu every crowd of that size. ' j The last notable feature I will mention, j s especially notable in the private reflections . of some of our young men, was the bright ! galaxy of beauty that adorned the various I contingents, which, added to Kock Hill's; s own fair quota, might well form a symposis j tun for idealistic poetizcrs. Hut such things i ] are not for the prosaic treatment of a corres- j -1 pondent. .! I must add one word for Hock Hill. There j are those here who favor the administration. . j Still it is a conservative place. Xotwiths j standing this, our citizens responded without respect to politics, and spared no pains nor expense to entertain visitors brought togelhT or largely by administration sympathizers, e and to feed a crowd of thousands invited by j L.! a Keform governor. There was real patriot-, 1 ism for you, with no farce nor trickery. Such spirit as that, if it was shown by both J factions everywhere over our State, would = bring its grand people back to unity and * brotherly love, despite every growler and ; J degraded, sore-headed newspaper that keeps D up strife and bitterness. j.. It is reliably reported that a crowd of workmen at the Industrial school spent part; of Sunday in the woods near the building r interviewing the contents of a beer keg that v had came down on the morning train. The ) workmen have been well-thought of here, j e and it is regretted that they should show their belief in "This is a free country," in such a manner. As a result, it seems, of; the drinking, one Negro man was shot. ' though not seriously, Sunday afternoon. 1 Mr. Win. Culp has been elected chief of ', poliee to succeed Mr. Steele resigned. His e friends wish him success in the new and e trying position. The new chief an est ed a iviiito in .III ?t Ilin (:lnl,<. milU Snnil.iv furl hi* 0 " ,I,VV ******* **v *"v * * "V * *" { disturbance of the peace and angry, boister- i "! oils conduct. He refused to l?e arrested and e | started to escape. Chief Culp called on biui a to halt. He did not stop, and 31 r. Culp 11 lired a random shot from his pistol, repeat-j i ing the command. Again he was disolieyed,; whereupon he lired a shot that passed very close to the fugitive. The arrest was then made without trouble. The friends of 31 r. and Mrs. Class, of e Oakland, are grieved to hear of the death of . their infant child, aged eighteen months, on j _ last Saturday afternoon. The burial took j. place in Laurel wood cemetery Sunday about noon. The parents are stricken with giief. 1 Married, at the residence of 3Irs. C. Y. > Wake, in Koek Hill, May !?, 3Iiss Julia - Hasty and 3Ir. Adolpli Plumber, Hev. Y. I. i Masters olliciatiug. It was a young Charlotte couple who had heard of our Cretan: Creen. The ladies of the 3Iethodist and Haptist | churches, and of the Library association, all l* served refreshments to the picnieers last Sate urday, and all with gratifying success, their ft several profits ranging from ?4(1 to ."?(?<).: ,, Twice as much could have been sold if the ; j large demand had been anticipated. '1 Miss Annie Hintou, of Lewis's Turnout, is visiting friends in l'oek Hill. 1 ! 3Iiss Pauline ISnxtrum is visiting the fain- J Ijily of Rev. <5. T. Harmon. v. i. m. FUTURE GREATNESS. thi-: (okmli: stoxi: was laid last sati'iida v WITH CEREMONIES MOST IMPOSING. ? ( ovt'i'iior Tillman Makes a (ireat Speeeli and .Many Thousand People ('cli'brati' tin* flirt h of a Twin Sisti'i' to Clt'iUttoii. Kock Hill was equal to tlie occasion, York county did herself proud, and South | Carolina took a full step in advance of all | the States of the I'nion. All this can he said of the occasion of the laying of the corner stone of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial college at Kock Hill last Saturday. A few of the more distinguished visitors from a distance began to arrive on Friday, hut the hulk of the crowd did not get on the scene until next day. Soon after daylight, people from the surrounding country hegan to come in on foot, on horseback, in wagons, buggies and carriages. These were from the country immediately surrounding. At about 10 o'clock the special trains began to arrive. They were from points east and west on the ! Three C's, and points north and south on the C., C. and A. Every one of them was packed and jammed, and altogether they brought not less than four or five thousand people from York, Chester, Lancaster and Kershaw counties, and from Columbia, Clemson college and other parts of the State. The Clemson college hoys came in two battalions, numbering four companies each, and aggregating 515 in all. They were under command of Lieutenant Donaldson, and accompanied by nearly all of the members of the faculty. They came down the Air Line to Charlotte, and arrived in Kock over the C\, C. & A. at 9.45 a. m. The young ladies of the Winthrop Training-school, in charge of Professor I). B. Johnson, numbered about 50. They came up the C. C. & A. road iu special cars, and were taken directly to the grounds of the Industrial colletrc over the Three C's. THE PROCESSION. The march to the Industrial school grounds, which arc located about one mile from the center of Rock Hill, was commenced shortly before 11 o'clock, in the following order: (1). Gold Hill Cornet band. (2). Committee of arrangements, in carriages. (3). The governor and State ofliccrs in carriages. (4). Other distinguished visitors. (5). About 200 Masons. (0). ol"> Clemson college cadets. (7). Bethel Cornet band. (8). Two or three thousand men, women and children. The procession seemed to be nearly a mile long, and as it marched out to Oakland avenue, few were willing to doubt the statement that it would reach from the college building almost back to the hotel. AT THE (!ROUNDS. The stand for the speakers was immediately in front of the corner stone that figured in the ceremonies, and was raised about six or eight feet ofT the ground. In front of the stand, and on the sides, were arranged, as seats, several hundred sleepers, each long enough to accommodate from 10 to 15 people. Such a thing as seats for any of the speakers was out of the question, and it Was a long time before a majority of those who had been especially invited to a position on the stand, could be assured of standing room. The repoiters were unable to secure a position in which they could write a line, and had it not been for the fact that all the speakers bad carefully prepared their addresses beforehand, the record of what was said would only have been the few sentences that may have been easy to remember. In all this, however, it should be remembered that no blame attaches to the committee of arrangements. The jam was simply beyond the most sanguine anticipations of anybody, and, under the circumstances, to have foreseen it all, would have been impossible. Ol'KNIXt; THE EXERCISES. Governor Tillman acted as master of ceremonies, and after calling the vast crowd to order, called upon Rev. I. M. Mercer, of| Greenville, to deliver the opening prayer, j After prayer, followed a patriotic hymn by the young ladies of the Winthrop Training | school, and then (iOVEUNOK TII.I.MAN delivered the introductory address, which j was as follows: Ladies and (ientlemen: This is a great and | glorious day for South Carolina. It is a day ) of promise and bright hope for York county ; but (lie men and women wiio.se nearissnoiuu i swell and throb with deepest emotions of gratulations and pride, are the men and women of Rock Hill ; those whose pluck, selfreliance, far-sighted business instincts and pa-; triotism, made them enter the race for the ! prize and come out winners. [Applause],! If, as is already clearly apparent, the prize is < a greater and more valuable one than they] themselves ever dreamed, then I know every one of you who comes to celebrate the pub-\ lie installation of this building, will join me i in congratulations to the people ofthisambi- j tious, progressive little city, anil your hearty j sympathy is shown by this outpouring of i people to witness her triumph. TilK WOMAN'S CoM.KOK. We have met here to celebrate with fitting ceremonies the laying of the corner stone of this noble State institution of learning. It: is, as it were, the public and official birth of I the Woman's college. As chairman of the! board of trustees, the task has fallen to me? and I perforin it willingly?to make a few introductory remarks. And first, let me say that, in casting about in my mind for! something fitting the occasion, I thought it would interest you to know something! about the ceremony itself, and I went to j work to look up the subject. I soon found ! that I had gotten into very deep water?so! deep in fact that I have never touched hot- [ torn?for although I have ransacked eney-1 clopedias and Masonic dictionaries, I can j find nothing very clear on the subject, and absolutely nothing of its origin. We read every day of the laying of the! corner stone cf this monument, or that mon- j ument, or that edifice or church, audit is always done by the Free Masons; but the | Masons, themselves, while they employ a most imposing ritual and use symbols that are most impressive, are equally in the dark : with ourselves, as to when, where, or by \ whom the ceremony was instituted. In 1 tracing the matter up 1 got back as far as the book of Job. one of the oldest books in the world. Job lived more than fifteen bundied years before Christ, according to nc-! c('i>tc<l chronology, aim 111 inai reinaiKame poem occurs this awe-inspiring query, pro-; pounded by (iod himself to the; "Man ol'j Many Sorrows": "Where wast thou when , I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare ; if thou hast understanding!. Who lias laid j the measures thereof, if thou knewest? or! who hath stretched the line upon it?; Whereupon are the foundations thereof lbs-1 tered ? or who laid the corner-stone thereof; j when the morning stars sang together and J all the sons of < ?od shouted for joy?" THK MASONS AN1? THK KITfAI.. Here we iind mention made of the corner J stone of the earth as though it were an edi- j lice built by < I oil himself; also of the "line" which masons use for measuring. Of course the book of Job was written by a man, and necessarily his similes had reference to preexisting conditions and customs, and the beautiful ceremonial which you will shortly! witness, by reason of its antiquity alone,! will excite in your hearts and minds sensa-j, tions and thoughts of the most solemn and inspiring nature. The mind will dwell upon : the idea of a lirst great cause, a sure foundation and a wise adaptation of means to I ends, while thi' heart will be lifted in grati-i tudc for the blessings we enjoy in this world, j and the hope of a higher life in the next: and then the imagination will picture brightest dreams and anticipations for the future of the institution which we propose to erect here, and the boundless benefits that are to! accrue therefrom to our State ami people. I Victor Hugo, in speaking of the pyramids, describes them as "so old that they have forgotten the names of their founders," and while, as we have seen, there is nothing in ! history touching the origin of the ceremony | of laying the corner stone, the lirst beginning of Masonry, the origin of the order, are equally a mystery. It is claimed by some j that the Masons lirst became an organized or ! corporate body at the building of Solomon's temple, which was dedicated nearly 2,{100 j c years ago. Whether this is true or false,! t there is absolute proof that the Masons are j the most ancient guild or order in the world : 1 and. while Hugo's apothegm is applicable to the fraternity, it is certain that a ceremony j similar, possibly, to the one you will witness t today, was performed at the beginning ofj 1 the erection of that magnificent edifice which J David's son erected to the Most High. , < In the days of old, it is true that the ma- j t son was the man who hewed the stone, tit-jj' ted it to its place, tried it with his level,! J1 measured it with his square, fixed it per-Id pcndieular by his plummet, and placed it in I v position as a basis and starting point of the j | edifice. But while the stone-cutter of to- j t day may he a Free Mason, the Free Mason 11 is 110 longer necessarily a worker with the e hammer and chisel. The history of thei" transition from the active practical work- ii men to the speculative, mysterious philan- ? thropist and doer of charitable works, might P . K.,t T li.iclon nil mill vnn I IIIIUIL'M- J'UII , uut 1 ill noi iiucvvii j mi.m juu | (. will doubtless be more than willing to have I h your minds brought back from this exeur- jj sion into the past, with its unknowable mys-l.,' teries and its inspirations, to the present t with its duties and high purposes. li For several minutes there bad been a buzz (] of conversation throughout the crowd in j < front, and the noise was so great that but (J few could hear what the speaker was saying. 1 Pausing abruptly in his speech, Governor j! Tillman said in a very pointed manner: "Those of you who do not want to hear, j 'r will please have respect enough for those I f who do want to listen, to keep your mouths j shut!" [Applause]. Then he continued: 1 The history of higher education in South Carolina for men is one of whicl our people 1 may well be proud. The Soutn Carolina college at Columbia, was founded in 1801, 93 years ago, and it has always deserved and ' received, a handsome support from the State. 1 The Citadel, another .school for boys, was M established 51 years ago. Until within the I1' last eight years, these two colleges, which c were promptly re-opened as soon as the j white people regained possession of the iN government in South Carolina in 187(5, were, ? by those who had control, considered ample r to supply all the needs of our people for 2 higher education by the State. j1 WHAT CLEMSON COLLEGE IS DOING. N Put the wheels of progress were moving \ J even in South Carolina, and, after a some-1. what protracted and bitter struggle, another I ^ school for boys? Clemson college?was es-11 tablished in 1SS9 by act of the general as-j sembiy, and opened its doors to students last I f July. This school is a new departure. The I three fundamental ideas which have actuated j those who plead for it and who have opened j' it so successfully, are cheapness, the dignity I of labor, and the application of applied science to practical affairs. It is "a bread and * butter" school in every sense of the word : * seeking to tit men for the occupations they * ml. i.:i? r1 llllCUU IU IIUIUW, HIIIIU giving .1 (iuuu, jnuv tical drill in the English branches. It \vus ' contended by those who opposed its being founded, that the man should be educated ' first and leave him to acquire technical or 1 special training afterward. The fundamental * idea of the Clemson curriculum is that the |' two shall go together ; that while the mind j1 is being drilled to reason correctly and the jc brain cultivated to the acquisition of knowl- 1 edge, the hand and eye shall also be trained ; Ic and that, instead of wasting time in physical c culture in the gymnasium, on the baseball 1 grounds, or in the tennis court, the boy shall 1 receive all the necessary muscular develop- A inent by performing labor which is educa- * lionnl, on the farm and in the workshop. ' [Applause.] j J That this college has met a long felt want, j and that our people have faith and hope for : * the new system of education, you have oc- j cular demonstration in the splendid corps of j 'i cadets, numbering 520 who have paid their own way across the State, to give an earn-1 est of the pleasure they feel in adding eclat' t to the occasion which has brought us togeth- t cr. [Applause.] Consider that ten months; j ago every one of these erect, manly looking ( youngsters was a gawky, slouchy country ( lout, or city dude, while half of them have t only been at Clemson since February, and j you will give due credit to those in charge ' t of it for the transformation that has been , wrought. I have reason to know that the ( transformation going on in their minds is ( equally marked. ( These youths are the seed corn of our coun- ( try. They are being taught that God helps t those who help themselves; that success in t life requires self-reliance and labor; that j work is honorable ; that work is necessary,1 ] and that South Carolina will never achieve 11 greatness except through the efforts of her ( own children ; that knowledge of books is L good, but not the only knowledge that is j, necessary ; that knowledge of things is bet-1 j tcr; and that skill, energy and perseverance,1, with diversified pursuits, will alone make j j South Carolina great and prosperous. 1t We find, when we come to recapitulate, j, that the South Carolina college, hoary with I f age and rendered illustrious by the famous L men it has educated, stands strong and stur- j j dy among the clustering elms in our capital ( city. The Citadel, equally honored by its! t alumni, is doing its special work in Charles- t ton. Clemson, which is spanned by such a j j bright rainbow of promise, is fanned by the'. mountain breezes of Oconee. All for boys! i ( PRACTICAL EDUCATION I'OIt WOMEN. ; f What have we done for our women ? t Where does the State educate her future I mothers? The answer to one question is ( "nothing;" the answer to the other is alas! j too often, "nowhere." Hut, thank God, this: i great wrong will soon he righted. This re-11 proaclt on our justice and our statesmanship 11 will no longer cause us to blush. We have J1 waited too long; but tardy justice will be 1 done to the sisters of the hoys for whose cd-; i ueation the State has spent hundreds of 1 thousands of dollars, while the girls have j c received nothing. 11 (irandor in design than any or all of thera,: > larger and more elaborate in architecture,'t more beautiful and ornamental, as is fitting, I the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College i of South Carolina will, ere long, pierce the 1 sky with its stately spire, and the sky of 1 York will he spanned by another bright f rainbow of promise that will attract the gaze i of the people, not only of this State, but of c many States. The building whose corner i stone we lay today is one of the largest sin- 1 gle school edifices in the South, and when I the two dormitories, which are required to c complete the plan, are erected, it will he the j i largest female college of its kind in tlicji Cnion. [Applause.] 11 lie it said to the credit of the men of the j t State that, whether from shame at their long 11 neglect, or from a tardy realization of the n necessity and importance of the system of! I training which we propose to inaugurate s here, that there has not been one dissenting : I voice thus far raised against tin? building i and equipment of this college since the idea j c first took shape three years ago. ; s KOllKRT l\ WINT1IKOI', OF BOSTON. Before I proceed to give a brief outline of 1 the scope and plan of the institution as it has 1 been mapped out by the hoard of trustees, I 1 would go hack a little to speak of Clcmson. t J As you all know, that college is located at . Fort Hill, the home of Carolina's greatest 1 statesman, John C. Calhoun. [Applause.] c The history of its endowment by Mr. Clem- I son, whose name it hears, is not necessary to ' he given, as you arc all familiar with it. It ' is of the connection of the school with Cal-j boon's memory, and spirit, which is its pre-: siding genius that I wish to speak. In I8o0, i Daniel Webster, Calhoun's greatest compeer ! 1 in the senate, was made secretary of state in u Filmore's cabinet, and his place was filled \ by appointment of the governor of Massa- i ehusetts. In March of that year Calhoun c passed to the land of shadows, and this sue- a cessor of Webster, a man of noted ancestry,'t of ripe scholorship, the highest integrity and o character, the broadest statesmanship, elo-; \ qucnt ami every way fitted to do the subject c justice, pronounced a eulogy upon the dead ' j Carolinian in the house of representatives, of \ which he had been a member for ten years t previous, which was eiiiiuciiii^ wumi) ui i both. This is the bond of union between the a two men. Disgusted with the trend of polit- 'J icalall'airs, for he was a friend of the South, r this man retired from public life and devo- t ted himself to such other pursuits and good t works as have made his name a household i word in America. ,t So that when (Jeorgc I'eabody, the eele-i t hrated philanthropist who has done so much c for education in the South, died, this gentle-! t man was appointed chairman of the board of 1 trustees to carry out his will. This was more ! \ than 2~) years ago, and you can readily see < that he is very old. At his home in Hoston j I he is calmly awaiting the call of the Master. :i It was our hope and purpose, and we used 1. every dibit, to have him grace this occasion t with his presence, but his physical condition j n diil not permit. In response, however, to J1 uir urgent invitation, lie has sent us a let er, which I will read : Hoston, Mass., May."!, Is! 14. lis Kxeelleney, Covcrnor Ti 11111:111. the II011, \V. It. Maylield, Prof. Kdward S. .Inynes, ('otiiiiiittoe: (ikxtl-kmkn?Your most obliging letter o! Ik* .'lllth ultimo reached me last evening, and hasten to aeknowlede it with my sincere hanks. When my illustrious friend, Mr. l'ealotly, to whose memory till the tributes ol ioutlicrn schools and colleges rightfully belong, 1 laced in my hand his great instrument of enowmcnt, more than a quarter of a century ago, nd appointed me the pennant chairman of lib rustees, I did not dream for a moment of tin lutiesor distinctions which that appointment could involve. My heart, like that of Mr. Peaiody, was wholly.engi*osscd with the welfare ol he children of the South, and with the restornion of brotherly love among the people of the "nion. I could not have imagined that I should liter my Stith year, if at all, to be so highly lionred, as" your communication announces,"in the Id State of South Carolina. Conscious of havrig co-operated to the extent of my ability witli nv fellow trusteesand with our successive gen nil agents, Dr. Soars and Dr. Ciirrv, in prnmotug the vital cause of education in all the Southrn States which were included in Mr. Pentody's endowinent, 1 have repeatedly excused uysclf from any personal recognition. I have ound an ample reward for all I have done 01 ttcmpted to do, in the signal success with whicli he etlorts of our hoard have been attended and ilesscd. I cannot, however, lie insensible, as my life i? [rawing so near to its close, to the distinguished ompliiucnt arranged for my approaching hirthlay. .Most heartily do I wish I could be witl: oil at Rock Hill personally on that occasion nit age and infirmities compel me to deny myelf, and lean only assure you of my licurtfoil ;ratitude. The Normal and Industrial college with wliicl: ioutli Carolina has honored my name had aleadv fulfilled the expectations and hopes of it? fiends under the devoted care of President ohnson. May it continue to be, for ccnturio o come, an ornament and support to the StaU chicli has so wisely and liberally founded it. Relieve me, gentlemen, respectfully and faithully your obliged fellow citizen, Rohkiit C. WiNTintoi'. I will say here, by way of parenthesis, that t was through his fostering care as trustee o: he l'enbody fund that the Training School or Teachers, started in Columbia jn 188(1 >egati the work which laid the foundations if the institution which we are now erecting I know I voice the sentiment of every man votnan and child in this audience and ii: south Carolina, that it is altogether lit and igiit that we have honored Calhoun's friend md eulogist by giving bis name to Clemson's win sister, and I know yon will all unite vith me in the prayer that this grand, good ?ld man may be spared at least to see tin in nacomhlilHr n these walls of the (iOO South Carolina girl: or whom we arc preparing. Neither o hese men can receive any honor from tlu issociation of their names with the twe :olleges. Let us hope that the youths o >ur State will emulate their illustrious exam ?le. education and work. This school is to he known as the Win hrop Normal and Industrial college. Thcsi wo words "normal" and "industrial," an he two lode stars which must guide oui icople out of the wilderness of poverty, ig lorance and stagnation which surrounds us iVithin their meaning lies our only hope The one says educate, the other means work would not be understood as claiming or in ending that the women of our State do nol iow work, or that they are all ignorant n fact, some years ago, in discussing the :auses of our depressed financial condition, ] nade the assertion, and I stick to it yet, thai inly two classes of our population did (licit lue share of work. No observant or fair ninded person will deny that our wives and laughters have met the changed conditions vrought by the emancipation of the slaves vitli much greater success and fortitude thai he men, and that they do a much largei lortiou of work than we do. On the otliei land, it is equally patent that the bulk o he labor among the colored people is per brined by the men. [Applause.] '1!e scope and purpose of the industrial colled k. But to return to the scope and purpose o he two lines of teaching which we expeel o pursue here. We desire to say that wc uliy realize and understand the great need if better teachers?teachers trained specifi sally for that vocation. There are hundreds uid thousands of fairly well educated women 11 our State, many of whom are following he noble avocation of teaching. But tin liere possession of knowledge does nol ;arry with it the power of imparting it, o sxciting emulation, of making study inter :sting, of training children how to think and :xercise their reasoning powers. I have of en thought that teachers are born, not made ind we occasionally meet with those win lave a genius for imparting knowledge [illI the improved systems which have beei idopted in the Winthrop school, and the fa :ility with which all the graduates of tha ichool obtain positions at more rcnumerativi vages than others of equal education, win lave not had its advantages, is proof thai lormal training is an absolute necessity ant nvaluablc. Without reflecting in the slight st upon the work which has hitherto beet lone in this line, it is our purpose to enlargt iiul improve ou that work, and it will b< >ur ambition to have such professors ani naugurate such a curriculum as will nol inly furnish facilities for persons already idueated to get this normal training, hut t< ake the young girl fresh from home and earn ler through all the classes up to the highesi proficiency in the normal department, con bring degrees for the varying degrees of pro icieticy. There will never be any restrie ions as to the number of normal students Hit we will take all who apply for this spe ial training. But along with the normal, co-ordinatC( ind of equal importance, will be the ind us rial feature of the school. Somebody lonj. igo said "knowledge is power." In tliesi utter days we have also come to learn thai mowIedge is also money?independence Ynd knowledge, coupled with skill, backed >y industry, will insure any woman, howcv ... r.-.wrilo .ilksiktiifu ikvonmtioii from want and ' 1 loverly. Kvcry father who thinks aright vouhl have his daughter, if thrown on iici >wn resources, able to earn her own sup >ort. The effects of slavery upon our lial> ts and customs are still plainly visible lowcver. We are disinclined as a people tc lave our women leave home to seek theii orttines or enter into industrial life, 'flu :onsequeneo is that, with the system of edit:ation which has hitherto prevailed, prepar ng women solely to adorn the drawinj. cum and shine in society, our women have >cen altogether helpless and our system o iducation has heen a fatal blunder. Hoe nany thousands of our women, tenderly inrtured, earefully trained at the expensive warding schools, have found themselves, hj he death of father, brother or husband brown on their own resources, left to bat111 vith the cold, hard world by the loss of thcii irotcelors? Kvery day we conic across iome of these, and, while an increasing mini>er have found positions of late years as lerks in stores, the vast army have had lie: ithcr avenues open to them except work as icainstresses and in cotton factories. In thesi attcr, owing to the fact that the manufaetuing interests of our State have only (leveliped in the coarser fabrics, their labor ha; lot heen very remunerative, and it is only ;ouglit as the dernier resort. Anyone wlit las visited the Northern cities and factories s struck with the painful contrast in tin Iress, demeanor, intelligence and evident irosperity of the skilled female labor com tared with that which we see here in tin knith. We can and must change thjs. TKACHIXI! 'I'llK oIKI.S To UK Wo.MHX. In the industrial department of this college t is our intention to teach everything and lave the students practice every industrial irt that will lead to independence. Musk \ ill he taught, hut only as an industrial art? n other words, with so much proficiency inly in singing and playing as will insure i livelihood. As an ornament it will not. he aught at all, and those lacking special taint will not receive tuition in it. lint don't mdcrstand me as meaning that we intend >iily to lit those who enter the industrial delartment for" making their own support. iVc will nave a lauuury, wm-ic iuc gm.> ut heir own washing and ironing. The cheniisry and practice of cookery will be taught mil everything connected with housekeeping. I'lie dining room and dressmaking departaents, and all that goes to make up those housand and one things which a woman has odoto make a pleasant home, will he taught n the best manner possible. They will be aught by having them done by the students hemselves, for we will have no servants ex:cpt for the drudgery work. All the disiuetious of wealth will be done away with, Overy pupil in the school will be required to vear a uniform, and a girl's whole clothing uitlit for a year will cost not exceeding $20, 'm getting in deep water here, for I am not dtogether skilled in this department: but I tnow every father and husband will sympahi/.e with our aspirations along this line, md I will simply say as a corollary that 1 lave a daughter oil' at hoarding school wlic lias boon gone nearly a year. She carried oil'a big Saratoga trunk full, and her mother i has sent her so many dresses since she left ! that she will have to buy another trunk to ' get hack home with. ['Laughter|. And we I' are determined that no girl shall ever leave I the \\ itithrop college with or bring to it a '; Saratoga trunk. There will lie 110 conflict or ' J rivalry between the normal and industrial /departments. In fact the normal students will he required to take industrial training in (: order that we may he able to have manual . training taught by the Winthrop training school system, as we hope to see done ere |.jb>?g. . I TilK COI.I.KCi: WILL NOT MARK MKN Ol'T OF WOMKX. . j Now I'm going to do some very plain i talking. While our aspirations and ambitions are all in the direction of fitting wpinen ! I for self-support, both as the teacher and as followers of industrial avocations, I want it ' understood that I, at least, aip irrevocably j opposed to anything being done or taught > here that will tend in the slightest degree to " rub the bloom olf the peach, (.tod forbid [ that this school shall ever send forth a woman who has been unsexed. We would Imve < the clinging, helpless creature able to stand ' erect and walk : we would have file bird, if [ necessary, given wings to llv from home-sick , avenues of independence ; but never, never, never have any of the daughters of South L Carolina, who shall be trained within these , walls, by reason of the strength and self-re liancc which we hope to impart here, be'Iconic other than helpful wives and happy, i self-respecting mothers. Woman's special . province in life is that of a home-maker. 1 Her greatest glory, her proudest distinction, ' | the object of her creation, in fact, is that of motherhood. , I "Woman ; God's last, best gift to man,'' is associated with all that is brightest and 11 noblest and best in men's lives. As daughj ter, sister, sweetheart, wife, mother, she is ' i an inspiration and a solace. As a wife, she ' doubles man's joys and halves his sorrows, ' simply by sharing them; but the holiest, ' purest, most sacrificing love in the world is j I that of a mother. It is to lit women to he 11 mothers?high, noble, properly trained mothers?the natural and proper guardians of i children? that this school is founded. We | will start it in that path, give it the bias and (| direction to which it should be held, and ' i iluiu l.oef rti?fluii<?f? the hiirh dutv imnosed ,! upon us by those who have placed us in P control. , HURRAH FOR TILLMAN. > Contrast the picture I have drawn of a f woman trained in all the domestic arts and . economics and some bread-winning occupation ; self-reliant and strong, yet withal modest, self-respecting and ladylike, with . what we sometimes see, oftener read about? ; a strong minded, bold, bra/en, pert, self; asserting female, prating of "woman's r rights," man's tyranny and selfishness, the . degradation of nursing children, and so on j ad nauseum? [Here there were several calls : for (Jen. Robert Ilemphill] ? the first a picti ure to illustrate Wordsworth's noble lines : -; "She was a pbamtom of delight, ^ I When first she gleamed upon my sight, j A lovely apparition, sent j To be a moment's ornament; } Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, ( ! Like twilights, too, her dusky hair, Hut all things else about her drawn j From May-time and the cheerful dawn. . | "A creature not too bright or good . | For human nature's daily food; 1 For transient sorrows, simple wiles, 5 Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, smiles, j The reason firm, the temperate will, Knduranee, foresight, strength and skill; J A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command." p! Of the other I have no fit description, for j poets have never sung her praises.; but her po "jsition in the estimation of all right thinking : men and women can be pretty well set forth j in the last line of a piece of doggerel brought [ home from school a few days ago by my little f I six-year-old daughter, who took great de1! light in repeating it: 5 "I know a little girl 1 With a little curl . j Hanging right down her forehead, . j When she is good, She is very, very good, 1 i Hut when she is bad, she is horrid." ? These composite, unnatural, unsexed worn: en, striving to be like men, and to do like p men, have lost all of the finer graces and I charms which have always made men the slaves of the sex, and have gained nothing ^ in exchange except their own morbid selfesteem. Such women are simply "horrid," >: and it will be the ambition and care of all } friends of this college that it shall never | send forth and harbor one of these "horrid" I j creatures. Kvery true man acknowledges " the existence and pays due respect to "wornII nil's rights." Wordsworth gives her the 5 j right to "command," and all men since Adam } | set us the example in obedience, even to do j! evil, have obeyed when the behest was given 1: by a true woman in a womanly way. MAKI.VC LOVE TO CLKMSON. , I The young men who will be trained at , i Clemson in the manner i nave ltuucaieu, win [ naturally look hither and seek, among the students that will lloek to Rock Hill, for , | their future helpmeets*. They are even here \ I now reeonnoitering the ground, [Laughter.] and after Winthrop gets fully underway, I [ think that it ought to he the lixed policy of .! the management of the two colleges to have _I frequent migrations to and fro, for it will inspire and help the hoys to come hero, and the girls will he equally benefitted by an occa' sional excursion to Clemson. The alliance ; is.a natural one, and the two schools run into j, each other, and are just as much hone of one .[hone, flesh of one flesh, as though already r: married ; and here, in the name of (Jod, I sol] cmnly pronounce them man and wife ! But [ I must hasten to a conclusion and leave to the distinguished orator of the day a fuller j; and more eloquent discussion of these . | themes. 1 j OOVERNOR Til.[.MAN'S l'RAYER FOR PEACE. , | Before closing, I want to give emphasis to r one thought. I have already pointed out - the unanimity with which men of all classes, - conditions and ideas have joined hands in ,; aiding to erect this school. It is the one >; thing and the only thing upon which the rj men of South Carolina are at present united. C Only alluding, in passing, to the divisions : and bitterness which exist among our peo | pie, allow me to express the hope that this ; I point of union may grow and spread; that ; I the inspirations of this day may prove a harf binger, and help to hasten the restoration of '[that harmony and friendly feeling which > once existed, and which must necessarily ; return before we can have any great degree ' of prosperity. Our interests are one, our ,! ancestry is the same?let us yield to the rule ; of justice and reason and the government of : the majority, for we he brethren. Why not ; | dwell together as brethren ? ; As in the days of old, the ancient Snbines i were brought to peace with the Romans by the women who had been seized and borne s oil'captive to become the wives of the latter; ; so may the women of South Carolina become our peacemakers. Let them take hold of j the work in earnest: go to all the campaign ?! meetings in full force to make their fathers, r | husbands and brothers behave themselves, > and at the end of the summer we will have ?! "something better than prohibition" or the ; | sub-treasury ; peace in all our hearts, peace : j in tdl our homes. [Tremendous applause.] < I.AVINli THE CORNER STONE. ! When Coventor Tillman concluded bis speech, the stand was vacated in favor of t the Masons, who, about 200 in number, ' with the eerpinoiiv of the htvituiof j the corner stone. The grand ollicers partici, pating were as follows- S. 1'. Denily, grand I master: A. II. White,deputy grand master; , John A. Wake and J. F. C. Dujire, senior , grand deacons; B. J. Witherspoon, junior [j grand warden; 1?. McFadden, treasur! er ; A. 10. Smith, secretary ; W. B. Smith and W. 1). Knox, junior grand deacons; Rev. I (J. T. Harmon, grand chaplain : T. F. Hill, grand marshal: J. B. McFadden, grand pursuivant: J. M. Spratt and J. W. Ardrey, | grand stewards; W. ('. Martin and J. M. Roberts, grand tilers. After prayer by (irand Chaplain Harmon, (irand Master Deudy announced that the treasurer was ready to receive the articles , that were to go into the box, to he deposited . in the receptacle in the stone, and received , the following, all of which were duly de, i posited : , | Photograph of the commission appointed to j look into the establishment of the college? Pro' j feasor Johnson, Miss Yeargin, who was drown j ed in bake Cayuga, N. Y., and Miss Hemphill. Report of the Peabody hoard. Copy of the act establishing the Hock Hill ' school. 1 Copy of the programme of exercises. One" of Coventor Tillman's inaugural addresses. ('opies of each of the daily papers in the Stale and each of the papers printed in York, Chester and Lancaster counties. ] | Report of the Industrial College committee. Record of the origin and development of the | Winthrop Normal and Industrial college. I Copy of school law. | Messages <>f Governor Tillman referring t | the college. Proceedings of Memorial day. Parchment copy of the act establishing tli college. Reports of all State ollieers for l.Hici. Reports of the various edticational institution , of the State. Names of the ollieers who served in the Sout | Carolina regiments in the Continental army prepared by General ReSaussure. I First report of the dispensary. A piece of brick which came from the lions* J of Colonel Stewart, bombarded by the British : | the battle of lOutaw Springs. A live hundred dollar Confederate bill. List of superintendents and foremen at wor . on the college. A map of Rock 11 ill. List of the grand lodge ollieers of Masons. After the box was deposited in the larg I stone, Grand Master Dendv tried the ston ? i with his square and level and pronounce lit all tight. Then was poured on the win i of refreshment and the oil of joy, and Gran ! Master Dendy made an interesting Masoni address, during the course of which he too occasion to mention the fact that the si I ve trowel with which the ceremony here ha heon performed, was the same one used b Lafayette in laying the corner stone of th DeKalb monument at Camden, and was th most precious treasure of the South Care I lina Masons. The corner stone, with the inscription I thereon, were fully described in last week' ExQt'lKKit. After the ecremonies oflayin lit were completed, Governor Tillman agai 1 resumed charge of the ceremonies and intrc j duceil Major St. James Cummings, of th I South Carolina citadel, who rend the bean | tiful ode prepared by hint for the occasion. I After the reading of the ode, followed th : address of the day by lion. Ira B. Jones, n I Lancaster, and speaker of the house of rej 1 rescntutives. The address was a ntasterl one, and was well delivered, but owing t ! Ifu lo?wrfh t* <> flm! if imnnudliln ft^ ronrnil tii< ! it at tliis time. The exercises at the stumi were close | with a benediction, pronounced by Rev. I)i James Wood row, president of the Soul Carolina college, and then came the PICNIC DINNER. Dinner was spread in a grove a short di: tance from the Industrial School ground: In all there were fifteen or twenty tabic well loaded down with good things, an about five or six thousand people to feec To say that the dinner was ample for th vast crowd, would not be true. Such | thing would have hcen the most remarkabl event of the day. A great many people wh brought baskets were frightened at the sia 1 of the crowd, and accordingly held on t j their own. It was here, however, that Roc I Hill gave evidence of her wonderful hosp | tality. Realizing the probability of a scare j ty of provisions, her citizens alone had pre ! vided and cooked enough good things t I feed at least three thousand people, an while meats seemed to run rather shor j there was bread left over by the hundred i of pounds. THK CLEMSON CADETS. The last feature of the programme wii ; the review of the Clemson cadets. This o< ! eurrcd on the baseball grounds just on tli j outskirts of Rock Hill. The cadets hav I only been drilled since February, but alread they show a proficiency in the manual < arms and in the various field tnoveinenl that is surprising. After the review, tli cadets marched back into Rock Hill an i down Main street to the depot, where, at 1 o'clock, they took their train for home. GOOD WORK OF THE RAILROADS. The railroads, especially the Three C' J did some splendid work during the da; j The crowds on both ends of the road wet | too big to be handled by single trains, an both the trains from Shelby and from Cau den had to double back to pick up larg numbers of excursionist? who were left s j many of the smaller statious. Everybod ! along the line, however, was gotten int [Rock Hill on time, and all the vast crow was gotten away without a single acciden A DAY TO HE PROUD OF. Last Saturday was a day to be prou of. The crowd was composed entirely < the best people of the State. Everybod was on their good behavior. Good feelic prevailed everywhere. The people of Roc Hill acquitted themselves nobly, and w doubt whether in any respect, a more idei celebration has ever been witnessed in tl South. REVIVAL NEAR ROSSVILLE. | Kvniigclist Hoggs Conducts n Meeting at Catln lie?New Cliureh to be Krocted. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rossvillk, S. C., May 8.?"After C'alvi ! has twisted us one way, and Armenians lu done the work another way, and we get 01 j heads full of theological light, it is refresh in | to our spiritual nature to meet and worshi : with some evangelist who can tell us in 01 own mother tongue, of that Saviour who cam seek and to save that which was lost." Tli pastor of Catholic (Presbyterian) churcl , Rev. J. I,. McLin, lias had the help of sue I a man of(Jod in the person of Rev. W. > Boggs. Services commenced on April 2 and lasted until May (>. Eternity alone wi J reveal the good that Mr. Boggs's preachiii did during his stay among this people. I Mr. Boggs's sermons were plain, pointe and practical, and quite a number of altai j were erected as the result of the arousing < | various families from their spiritual shim be j At the request of part of the eongregatioi ! services were temporarily removed to Moi j gantown, a few miles below Catholic, in ordc ; that the gospel might lie taken to a fc aged and infirm people who live in th I community. Much good was accomplishe i there. It might be well to say just here that tli I spiritual wave struck the pockets, r well as the hearts of the people ; but on I always follows the other, as effect follow I cause. Messrs. Bankhead and Austin eac ' donated an acre of land, and a considerabl i sum was donated for the erection of a churc in the Morgantown community. After a few days, services were resume and concluded at Catholic. As the result ( i the whole series of meetings, there wer twenty accessions to the Presbyteria church and three to the Methodist churcl Rev. J. N. Isom, pastor of East Chestei was in lull sympathy with Mr. Boggs in hi mission of labor and love. Methodist! I Baptists and Presbyterians sang, prayed an worshipped together. f. MR. W. M. ALLISON IN REPLY. Yorkvii.lk, S. C., May 15th, 1S94. Editor ENqriRKit : I neglected last wee to answer the card of a part of the jury i : the Wilson ?!t Wilson it Mellow case. ' would like to know of these gentlemen i the judge was not sent for. and asked whetli , er or not if the jury found a verdict for tli plaintiffs, if the amount so found would b 'in addition to the amount already awarder by the county commissioners? If the jur, had not decided to find for the plaintiff's i: some amount, I would like to know wh the judge was sent for? Also ; did not Mi Clark say, after the jury bail seen the judg j and returned to the jury room: "(Jentk men. I have reconsidered and am not will j ing to give the plaintiffs anything?" Mi Myers stated that he was satisfied that th plaintills were entitled to more than the; had received: but that rather than make j mistrial, he thought it best to find for th defendants, as it would cost the county s much. I do not remember that any forma vote was taken : but in view of the abov j stated facts, I certainly had good reason t believe that all of the jury, with the excep tion of Mr. Clark, were in favor of finding ! for the plaintiffs in some amount. For tn; I own part, I did not care whether three ju rors or eleven were with me, as I tried to d iiny duty as a juror, as I saw it under th i law and the evidence. I shall have nothing ! more to say in regard to this case in th papers. W. M. A I.I.Ison. 1'ntTliem Id I'light. ? Three Fnited States deputy marshal , raided the distillery of H. F. Dacus, nca Williamston, last Wednesday night. Dacu and his sixteen year old son fought the dep uties with plow stocks, singletrees and othe j weapons. The deputies, however, had pis tols and were about to get the best of il i when a young daughter of Dacus came ou ?-.i- i. :i.__ _ 1 ( OI llie House in iicr infill j;imn, Miutivtu uii deputy down, grabbed his pistol and pointei it at another. Old man Dacus was enablei to easily disarm the third deputy, and al three then took to flight, while the Dacuse remained behind and accelerated thei j speed with rapid shots from the revolver thut they had left. <>j LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDKX TO N'KW ADVKKTISHMKNTS. 11. ('. Strauss?An 11011 noes that he has cut the price on his stock of goods and that it will is be sold without regard to cost. Kennedy Bros. <V Barron?Let those who have h wheat to harvest know that they now , have in store a limited supply ol'the celebrated Josh Berry grain cradles, and that the blades on them are the best made, in James 11. Kiddle?Talks about his Three ("s? it Coot, Charlie and chimes?and with this combination proposes to deliver the purchases of customers without delay. He k has corn, hay, llour and a supply of the Josh Berry grain cradles. T. M. Dobson Co.,of the Itacket?Want your trade, and say that they are offering their 4. goods as cheap as possible, quality considered. e j A. F. Cowles, (iastonia, X. C.? Has lost a watch j which he desires to recover. I J. H. Miller, Cashier?Prints a statement of e the condition of the First National Bauk ,} I of Rock Hill, on the 4th instant, as report oil to the comptroller 01 too currency, c John J. Hunter?Talks about umbrellas, and j. claims to have the largest and best selected stock of ladies' tine dress goods to be if | found in Yorkville. lie has removed his (j : entire stock of goods to the "Lindsay Block," one door north of the store of J' Kennedy brothers tV Harron. e Sam M. Grist?Thinks that if you want a bicycle and do not buy the Monarch, you will ei make a mistake. Ifyouwanta Card well . thresher he wants you to write to him about the matter. s CHUHCH NOTICES. 's Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Yorkg VILLK.?Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. in. n Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. )- Weber, pastor. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock e 1 p. ni. i-1 Episcopal.?Sunday-school in the afternoon at 4.30 o'clock, e j ' Baptist?Rev. \V. J. Langston, pastor, if Union?Services next Sunday morning at 11 < )-1 o'clock. Yorkville?Sunday-school at 4 y; o'clock p. in. Services Sunday evening 0 at S.15. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening e at 8.15 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. \V. G. Neville, pastor, d Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Services r. Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock and evening h at 8.15 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. Subject: "How to study the Bible." AROUT PEOPLE. s. >s Miss Grace Moore, of Columbia, is in Yorkj ville, visiting Miss Maude Metts. 1 Miss Maireric McFadden visited relatives 1. and friends in Rock Hill lust week. Rev. I). G. Caldwell, of Leslie, S. C., spent I several days in Vorkville last week. Mr. Will Riggins, of Clemson college, is spending a few days with his father's family 0 near Blairsville. k Messrs. G. W. S. Hurt and G. T. Rudelide, i- attended the diocesan convention in Col' um hi a last week. Miss Bessie Dud", of Gustonia, is visiting j relatives and friends in Vorkville, the guest t of Mrs. M. J.Clark. Is Miss Virginia Bratton, of Guthriesville, is spending a few days with Miss Huttie Bratton in this place, is Mr. Jefferson Black, superintendent of the L'" Cleveland county, (N. C.) farm, visited relalives and friends in Vorkville last week. c . Miss Emma Kennedy, a student of the jf Winthrop Normal college, at Columbia, ts spent last Sunday in Vorkville, with relate tives. d . (? PREPARING FOR THE CADETS. Colonel A. Coward, commandant of the citadel, and Major W. W. White, quarters> master of the same institution, came to Yorkl' ville last Friday night and remained over ^ until Saturday morning, for the purpose of j. taking a preliminary survey of the ground ;e preparatory to the coming of the citadel it cadets. y As already announced, it has been posi? itively settled that the next annual cncampt ment of the/citadel cadets will be held in Vorkville. The programme has not yet ^ been definitely arranged, but so far as it has, 0f it is understood that-the cadets will arrive at y Rock Hill on Saturday, June lti. From ig there they will come to Vorkville and go ^ into camp on the Baptist High school grounds, which place they will probably make their headquarters for several days. From Vorkville, the cadets expect to make a trip to King's Mouutain battle ground, and the date of their visit will probably be made the occasion of a big celebra: tion, at which some prominent educator will j be invited to deliver an address, n I There has been some talk, and it will no is doubt soon take definite shape, to start a ,r; movement looking to the extension of the '&! hospitalities of the town of Yorkville to all ^ patrons and friends of the citadel, who deie I sire to be present during the encampment. ,e : If this is done, a big crowd of people will be i, gathered together in the town, and the ocj1 | easion will he an unusually lively one. L. i j l(V GONE TO HER REWARD. 'y I Mrs. Elizabeth H. Jefferys died at her ^ j home in this place last Friday morning at 11 d i o'clock, aged 90 years months and 25 days, s | Her death was the result of a complication rf'of ills naturally-consequent upon extremely 1". I n ...1 r.r.., f..l Jr. Kn.... , uiu u^c, unit ? ao ttiiiii uuu 111 uvau^ | tiful keeping with her long and useful life. ,r j Mrs. Jeflerys was born on Dan river, neur w Danville, Va. He maiden name was Smith, e She lived in Virginia until 1820, when shortd ly afterward, on Christmas 1822, she was married to the late James Jeflerys, who pre^ \ ceeded her to the grave only a few years ago. e | Though for many years past contined to s! her home on account of her decrepitude, h the life of Mrs. Jeflerys has been an unusuale ly active one. Up to the time of her death, ^ she had beeii a member of the Methodist (j church for more than seventy-five years, jf She was one of the eight members who ore ganized the Methodist church here seventy 11 years ago, and was the last survivor of that ' devoted band. She was the mother of r' twelve children, of whom four?two sons S and two daughters?survive her. Her funeral was conducted on last Sunday in the M. E. church by Rev. L. A. Johnson, asi sisted by Rev. Mr. Meadows, and her rei mains, which were followed to the grave by i a vast concourse of people, were interred by k the side of those of her late husband, in the 11 "old Methodist cemetery/' I| . if OKGAMZI-: THK CLl'BS. I * Tin-: E.NquiitKK has received several ape plications recently for information as to how C I to proceed in the organization of Democratic y j clubs. Unable to find anything that has been n printe... on the subject, a reporter on yesterY day applied to J. S. Brice, Esq., chairman of ; the Democratic Executive committee for i specific instructions. Mr. Brice is one of the j. best informed men in the county on party t organization, and as soon as he understood e what was desired, he gave out the necessary V information as follows: II "The State constitution of the party pro^ vides that the clubs shall be held together 1 by and operated under the control of the e county executive committee. It goes on o further to provide that in 'off years,' the '* J county executive committee will not call a n convention lor tne purpose ot organizing the * i party until the 1st Monday in August. This 0 is an off year, and, therefore, no county eonc vention will be called until that date. Inasg much, however, as the time for registering e, voters expires 011 the 1st Monday in July, and inasmuch as the members of the various | clubs must all be enrolled before they can s vote in the primary election, and inasmuch r i as there is not sufficient time in which to ats i tend to this matter between the time fixed '*1 for the county convention and the ensuing r I primary elections, it is better that the various i- 1 1 . . . * . . . 1 ciuds be organized at once. l "The plan of organization is very simple,*' e continued Mr. llriee. "Let the precinct chairman, or the old president of the club, 'J notify the members of the time and ,1 place of meeting and call them to order. r i Then let the club electa president, one or s I more vice presidents, a secretary and a i treasurer, and also let the president appoint