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Scraps and ?arts. ? The citizens of Raleigh, N. C., have appointed a committee to raise funds for a monument to the late Senator Zebulon 11. Vance. The design is to place a bronze statue of the deceased statesman in Capital Square, in Raleigh, and the wish is that it be erected by the contributions of the people of every political faith, race and condition. Governor Carr is chairman of the committee. ? An imnnrtnnt trnnsnetinn of the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church south, was the changing of the licensing of preachers from the quarterly 'conference to the district conference. Heretofore the preachers have been licensed by the quarterly conference after having passed an examination upon the required studies and having been endorsed by the church to which they belonged. Henceforth they will be endorsed by their church, recommended by the quarterly conference, and after having passed the required examination, be licensed by the district conference. ? At Philadelphia last Thursday night "Gen." J. S. Coxey was invited to-a dinner given by the Clover club. Col. A. K. McClure, Charles Emory Smith, Major-General Snowden, Col. John T. Rogers and other prominent members of the club at once declared that they would not sit at dinner with Coxey. They were then told that Coxey would not be there and an attempt was made to keep the Commonwealer away. At the appointed hour, however, Coxey appeared in a full dress suit. Mr. McClureand others raised a lively row, as the result of which Coxey was enticed away. None of those mentioned gave any reason for their unwillingness to dine with Coxey except Major General Snowden. He said that he might soon have occasion to meet "the general" in a sterner conflict* Coxey was very angry at the snub and sought solace with some personal friends. ? A most interesting armor test was made at the Indian Head proving grounds, near Washington last Saturday. The Bethlehem Iron company has contracted to furnish armor plates for the battle ship Indiana, which will withstand the most powerful guns in the navy. From the plates already manufactured the government official also selected one that was 7 feet G inches wide, 10 long and IS inches thick at the top and S igches at the bottom edge. It weighed GOO tons. It was set up as a target anu urea ai with a solid shot from a 13-inch rifle. The projectile penetrated the plate 8 inches, cracked it badly and rebounded a distance of 30 feet. The projectile was scarcely dented. Another shot smashed the plate into several pieces. The plate was of course rejected, and the loss which falls on the iron company is something like $20,000. ? Mrs. Mary Elleu Lease, who has been seriously ill at the deaf and dumb institutiou here for the past week, show no signs of improvement, and her friends .are growing apprehensive of her recovery, says an Olanthe, Kan., dispatch of last Saturday. A few days ago, Mrs Lease received a letter from a crank at Creston, la., which reads_as follows: "You are to die May 20. The vision tells me every night to kill you, and I am content. The blood of the Nazarene is my safeguard. Mrs. Lease, you were born a Catholic, and must not be president. The Nazarene is my hope, and He says to put you out of the way, for you inculcate doctrines that are pernicious. May 20 is the time for me to staud over your cofliu and weep for the Nazarene." Mrs. Lease believes that she will suffer bodily harm from this crank, because, she says : "As a woman of destiny, I feel that I will one day meet a violent and bloody death for my opinions." ? A big sensation developed in Washington last week. There is strong reason to believe that an organization of capitalists is trying to buy enough senators to defeat the tariff bill. Indirect advances have been made to Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, and Hunton, of Virginia. In the case of Kyle the proposition was made to his secretary and was in the shape of an intimation that the senator's vote was worth $14,000 less $1,000 to be retained by the go-between as a commission. In the case of Senator Hunton, the corruptionist approached his son, and offered $75,000 for the vote. Both senators reported the affair to the senate at onco and a thorough investigation will follow. The name of the would-be corruptionist is said to be J. A. Buttz, who was formerly a carpet-bag representative from South Carolina and who is a citizen of North Dakota, but is now engaged in the lobbying business in Washington. He also courts an investigation. ? A terrible account of an earthquake that recently occurred in Venezuela has just reached the State department at Washington. The disturbance began on May 5 and lasted two days. It was generally along the lino nf tho fnmmis San Carlos and Merid railway, nearly completed, in the Andes. Four fine bridges were completely destroyed and others were considerably affected. Several stations were thrown down, the rails were twisted and bent and in some places broken apart, and a number of lives were lost. Kagunillos, with all its inhabitants, disappeared entirely, a lake now occupying its site. In some places black water, having a fetid odor, was expelled from crevices in the earth. The earthquake is said to have been much worse than those of 1849 and 1875. At the latter the nourishing city of Cuenta, Columbia, was demolished and 5,000 people lost their lives. The Venezuelan minister at Washington has been asked to receive contributions in this country for the relief of the sufferers from the catastrophe. ? Marriage by proxy is something very unusual, but it is not altogether without precedent , especially in the Roman Catholic church. Frank F. Gearity, of New York, had for a long time been engaged to Miss Julia W. Morris, of the same city. Mr. Gearity was in bad health and went on a trip to Texas, expecting to get well and be married on his return. Last Wednesday, however, while at K! Paso he grew rapidly worse and it soon became clear to him that he only had a few hours to live. He telegraphed to Miss Morris and asked if she would consent to be married by proxy. She replied that she Was willing. The laws of Texas prohibit such marriages in that State and it was accordingly arranged that the ceremony should take place in New York. Miss Morris selected a proxy and Mr. Gearity sent due authority by telegraph. The ceremony was concluded just as Mr. Gearity was breathing his last. Tlie object of this strange ceremony was in order that Miss Morrisshould inherit Gearity's estate. When Gearity died his remains were at once expressed to New York for interment and the widow-bride followed the bier to the grave within four days after the marriage. ? Governor Crounse, of Nebraska, has received notification that the Lincoln branch of the commonweal army, organized recently under the command of' General" Dull", and which left Omaha Monday for the east, has among its members one man whose purpose when he reaches Washington is to assassinate President Cleveland. The notification or warning received by the governor came in the shape of a letter from A. L. Drummond, manager of a detective agency at New York. The writer is evidently sincere and says he only writes the governor in the interest of good government and with the hope that the Nebraska executive will see that the Dull'army is disbanded. Drummond says that he received details of the plot from excellent authority, a Nebraska man of prominence, whose name lie does not disclose. Governor Crounse does not doubt that many such threats are made by the army of cranks now on their way to Washington, but he thinks them not worthy of serious concern. He writes Drummond that Duff and his band, so long as they commit no overt act, cannot be disbanded, but lie doubts very much if the commander or any of his men will ever get within hailing distance of the national capital. ? Preliminary work incident to the taking down the Ferris wheel on the Midway Plaisance of the Chicago exposition grounds was commenced last week, says the Chicago Tribune. This consists of placing false work, engines and hoisting apparatus. Someday next week the wheel will turn for tin- last time in Chicago. At that tunc several reins Wheel company ollieials will ride around on the struts that are still in place. Some will siuiply hold to the ten-inch iron beams, while others more timid, will he tied on. It will take ten weeks to take the wheel to pieces. The car that was used Cor carrying the Krupp gun will he used for the seventyton axle. The material will he taken in five trains of thirty cars each to New York city. There are Jt,ooo tons of metal in the wheel and 500,000 feet of timber is needed for the false work. Taking the wheel down will be more dangerous than putting it up. j Only one life was lost in erecting the big I s ; attraction. The expense of taking down,' ( 'moving, and rebuilding the wheel will be tSloOjOOO. In New York it is to be placed at Thirty-seventh street and Broadway. : Old Vienna will be reproduced around it. , Jin Chicago the wheel had 3,000 electric lights; in New York the number will be I' doubled. The old Ferris Wheel company goes out of existence and a new company, i ? ! composed of New York men, has been; | | formed. Superintendent L. V. Rice has j I charge of the removal. During the fair j" j the wheel went around 10,000 times, and |, i carried 2,000,000 passengers. The largest ; .'single load was carried October 10, when ! ^ j at 12.30 o'clock 1,708 people were in the ' cars. The largest day's business was Octo-1 * ber 10, when 38,000* people were carried, i' October 0, 10 and 12 there were 114,000 pas- a sengers, the largest average for any three t (Kv-s- ' t m IfatltviUc ^nqutvrr.* J r ^ !1 YOKKVILLE, S. C. : Ifl . ! i WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1894. H - 11 ? Now then for the next move of the Alii- I ance. In answering its questions both Sena-1 tor Bntler and Governor Tillman have shown ' not a little independence. Will the Alliance ! accept their views as expressed, or put up I ^ an independent candidate ? The question is . interesting. ? The Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer stated one day last week j j that he had seen a letter in which Governor j j Tillman practically declared himself for Kl-' ^ lerbe as against John Gary Evans. Governor Tillman says in so many words that the correspondent is a liar. He says he has no prefence whatever between Evans and Ellerbe ^ and is satisfied that either would make a ^ good chief executive. ? a ? Representative Craiu, Democrat, of Tex- j ^ as, has struck a bright idea. He has offered I ? a resolution which provides that the presi- 11 ident shall have authority whenever he sees I ^ fit, to place any protected article on the free j11 list. The resolutions, it adopted, would give the president tremendous power, but s at the same-time it would furnish a most effective method of dealing with all kinds of 0 trusts and combines. , , . b ? The case of Rev. James Woodrow is up c again in the Presbyterian general assembly, * now in session at Nashville, Tenn. It will r be remembered that Dr. Woodrow was, by | letter, transferred from the Augusta to the ? Charleston presbytery and the Charleston "J. presbytery refused to receive him. The ,] question now is whether the doctor must t I formally return his letter before he will n ' again be entitled to the privileges of mem- * i bership in the Augusta presbytery. e I ? An army, composed of Union veterans, b is now organizing in New England to march t j on Washington for the purpose of "protect- ? ing property and keeping the peace." v Though a great many people seem to think c so, two wrongs do not make one right. 1! The Coxeyites certainly have a right to march to.Washington if they so desire, and they are in every respect just as good citizens as x the unsolicited volunteers who propose to organize a mob for the purpose of putting them down. Asa matter of fact, we think c I that of the two crowds the Coxeyites are the . most trustworthy, and we would suggest ^ that if Coxey is left alone lie may make 110 u trouble. If the gang of New England tramps t , mnnSnc .mi* nnrrw-icn r?f <rnill<r t<1 Wnshincr. 1] | uuiira i.uv ii.-. !??. !.?? ... ? ? o , | ton on the errand announced, the present i h situation will certainly not be very much j(' mended. j ? The senate has adopted a resolution pro-11 i viding for the investigation of the sugar| a trust scandal. The stories of corruption are | g I most far-reaching. Among other things it J is charged that the sugar trust contributed ; r $">00,000 to the Democratic campaign fund j j in 1892, on condition that the president; would not allow detrimental changes in the I e : tariff to become law. The agents of the sugar j trust, it is said, paid no attention to the h Wilson bill while it was in discussion in the I}' house, but so soon as it was transferred to i : the senate began an active campaign. With-1 i in the past few weeks there have been a ; ( number of circumstances connected with the ! v bill that have aroused suspicion, and the I ? recent attempt of an agent of the sugar i * trust to bribe Senators llunton and Kyle has!! ! ii been the cause of the resolution to in vest i- j i gate the whole business. If the alleged cor-! |, ruption is anything like as widespread and a far-reaching as has been charged, we fear ; h j that the proposed investigation will amount' v ; to but little. Otherwise, it will 110 doubt " have a wholesome effect. 1j ? The l'opulists of (Jeorgia propose to ! * I make another light for the possession of the d government of that State. Their State eon- l< | volition was held in Atlanta last Wednesday :l j and Thursday and was attended by over 800 delegates. Tom Watson presided. The pro- ^ ceedings of the convention were without ]( I friction and were characterized by great en- I ! thusiasm. After the adoption of a platform v | in which die national platform of the party !11 was endorsed, came the nomination of can- c . didates. The convention wanted Tom Wat-j j son, who was chairman, to he a candidate for v governor. Watson, however, begged to be li j excused, stating that he had been defrauded out of his seat in congress two years ago, and ' I that he intended to make another race in the!! I Tenth district. He felt certain that he 1 ^ would go back to congress. However, as a j; nominee for governor, he presented the a name of Judge James K. Hines, of Atlanta, I h j who was selected without opposition. Next '' the convention proceeded to the nomination 1 j1 of a lull State ticket, composed for the most jJ part of men who have for years been prom- i v inent in the all'airs of the Slate. The press, s and the leading politicians of (Seorgia, are of the opinion that the Populists are beginning 11 to show a strength that is not to be despised j and the outlook is that the coming campaign i will be both hot and bitter. i r ? As the law now stands the punishment p for the sale of liquor is not more than six j e months' imprisonment or not more than j $200 line. The enforcement of the law is left to whoever may see lit to take the mat- " ter in hand and in ease of a fine one half ? goes to the informer. 1'rohihilionists are |] being subjeeted to the taunt "that now you b have all the law that you van ask for, why don't you do something As a matter of 1 fact, however, the law is so weak as to be < practically worthless. What is everybody's ? business is nobody's business, ffanimlivid- r nal attempts to make a ease in the hope of v getting one-half of the line, in the eyes of the lawver. anil speedily in the eves of the * * % || jury, he becomes a "hired spy and informor" and a verdict on bis "interested" testi- s inonv is impossible. A few prosecutions \ maybe attempted under the new status of u Kut vi-,. tii-cilii-t that tbev will irencr- " ally prove failures, ami further effort will'1' finally l>e abandoned in disgust. The sale ' J of liquor is not to he put down with mild ? measures or without great expense to thejli State. The present anomalous eonditiou of <1 affairs is not of the seeking or making of the j prohibitionists. It is the work of the wliis-1 I key men, and to charge the prohibitionists I c with inability to enforce the law. without !l I 'I my means for so doing is, to say the least] >1* it, manifestly unfair. NOT A*HAD* IDEA. > The New York legislature has passed the I ollowing amendment to the libel law of that J' hate: . . i Any iierson who wilfully states, delivers or i ransmits by any means whatever, to any man- j iger, editor, publisher, reporter or any other em- : doye of a newspaper, magazine, publication, 1 teriodieal or serial, any statement concerning my person or eoporation, which if published herein, would be a libel, is guilty of a misdeneatior. 1 This is not a bad idea. Of course editors ind publishers should and do know that ' vhen they help to {jive publicity to a libelous communication they are just as guilty < is the individual who originated it, but at lie same time there are people who think he newspapers should publish anything of | his nature that they are requested to publish, hich people are usually of an undermining, jowardly nature, and the law which seeks to nake them responsible even for their evil in- ' entions, is deserving of hearty endorsement, flic St. Louis Globe Democat, has for years ' nadc it a rule not to publish any libelous ommunications but on the contrary, imincnediately sends it to the person libeled toother with the full name and address of the , ibeler. In this way, The Globe Democrat las brought about not a few fist fights and j it the same time had the satisfaction of seeng a very contemptible class of people get J loserved punishment for trying to make the ? lewspapers do dirt}' work that they were ifraid to do themselves. The man who is . t illing to say his say over his own signature .nd assumes the consequences, is al ways to be t idmired at least for liis courage ; but of all \ ontemptiblc people the anonymous libeler is he most despisablc. NOT DEAD YET. c The dispensary law is not dead yet. It is inly asleep, and will no doubt be resurrected 3 ithcr so soon as Judge Gary gets on the c ench or when the legislature meets again. That fact now seems to be plainly apparent. ' In the recent case of J. L. Barringcr, et * 1., ys. The city council of Florence, ex larte J. Ellis Briinson, the court signed an 1 irder to the effect that there was no power ' a the Slate with authority to grant liscense, .ml at the same time there was ample power or the punishment of the sale of liquor. ^ ustice Pope concurred in the order, and as , t was drawn in harmony with the court's omer opinion holding the dispensary law jj mconstitutional, there was reason to believe j hat the matter was settled. But now it eeins that such is not the case. j On last Monday the court rendered its J pinion upon which the order in the Flor- <) nee case was based. The opinion is signed (* >y Justices Melver and McGowan and of > ourse reiterates the unconstitutionality of 1 he dispensary law. Judge Pope, however, ( enders a separate opinion as follows : "I concur in the result. The constitution ; f this State makes the concurrence of two edges of this court its judgment. I bow to ] uch a decision as all other citizens must ( lo, but in doing so I deem it my duty to say i hat I still adhere to the view expressed in * ny dissenting opinion in the case known as { he dispensary case and found in 19lit South- j astern Reporter, 4">8." r This leaves the matter just where it was iefore the recent case was brought. Under < he law prohibition obtains throughout the Itate, but Judge Pope is still free to hold rith Judge Gary that the dispensary law is (institutional. In our opinion the matter j s not settled yet, by any means. j BLACKSBIUGS BUDGET. ? 'lie Cold Weather?An Eel Tliroe Feet Long?The t Cherokee Cotton AIill?ItliiatI Tiger Among t the Negroes. { orresjiondenee of tlic Yorkvllle Enquirer. . Blackshl'R(S, May 22.?Our section came v \ for its share of rain last week, and on 'riday was visited by a regular down pour, heavier fall than we have had at any time 1 his year. Considerable hail, wind and light- f ing, came aloug with it, but I have not I card of any serious damage having been ] one, except the washing of land. On Sat- . rday the temperature went down about 30 , egrees, and Sunday morning registered 41, s observed by Mr. Win. C. Black, out weath- c r bureau man. Yesterday morning it was * lmost as cold (42?) but this morning is be- \ inning to feel like summer again. ? Mr. James Anstil, who lives on Buffalo, . ecently caught an eel from that stream rhicli measured three feet and two inches, im declares that he had a delicious meal oil' f it, but he couldn't get his better half to t ven taste it. I The following items were written for my t utter of last week, but as I failed to post it j ^ n time, and they may still have a trace of iiterest to some of your readers, I enclose hem this week. The annual meeting of the stockholders of he Cherokee Falls Manufacturing company, ras held at their office on Wednesday last. ( vearly all the stock was represented, and s he reports of the oflieers, notwithstanding ( lie great depression in trade, and especially n cotton yarns during the past year, were ^ uite satisfactory. Considerable expense 1 ....j l.n,... i.w.ni'iviit >!<(? in iiw?iv>!i?inir tli<? nrpii 1 t l.V V .. ....... . V. ? ! ml force of tlie water power and adding joins and other machinery to the mill. It; rats determined to add two directors to the I lumber hitherto elected, and now they are even, viz: J. A. Carroll and S. S. Ross, nfl'iiey, S. C.; Meek Faulkner and R. M. tllison, Clark's Fork, S. C.; R. 1'. Roberts, 'herokce Falls, and John F. Wilson, Maiten, X. C. .Arrangements for running the joins night and day will soon he completed j nd they will then weave all the yarn that j he mill spins. The new superintendent, I Jr. Harper, so far gives general and per-1 ect satisfaction, so that altogether the outjok for another year is very encouraging. | n this connection, it is a noteworthy fact! rhich reflects much credit upon the general ' nanagcnieut of the mills, that, while many otton mills, both North and South, have | uspended work for an indefinite length of; ime, the Cherokee Falls lost only a few reeks last summer, which was necessitated j iv work upon the race and bead-gate. I Quite a number of our citizens went to lock Jfill on Saturday to help that progressre town, of which we are till proud, to coleirate one of the greatest events of her life. ?he occasion seems to have been a big love I fast. and. as it was far the benefit of warn- j 1 n. it was timet and fitting that sucli it should | ;i it*. All of the visitors front this place ware 1 in pressed with the fine order and thehospit-j hie entertainment which the city gave to! ler guests, and the splendid parades, the * inposing ceremonies and the good speeches it i llicit were said tit the laying of the corner ; <: tone. j May the Winthrop Normal and Industri- N I College for Women prove a great blessing I a our State, and may Rock Hill especially lave all the prosperty which she so richly cserves for iter pluck, energy and liberality. Neither the dispensary nor prohibition estrains sotne of our poor, misguided colored ; t icople front imbibing two freely of the bev- Is rage, which not only intoxicates hut ine- t Hates. I am informed by Chief of Police ! hmcan that, on Saturday and yesterday ^ line cases for drunkenness and disorderly I" onduet (all of them front among the Ne-i' roes) were tried before the intendant, and A ittcs amounting to thirty nine dollars, col- i ected. w. A. 1 'In- South Carolina and (troi uia. ? Of the So,1)00,000 stock of the new ' 'out It Carolina ami (icorgia rttilroad com pa* f iv, the successor of the old South Carolina * ail road, Charles Parsons takes ?4,000,000,1 'I rhieh carries control. Holders of the old ] londs get a portion of the halauee of the s toek. Charles Parsons is president of the j icw eomnaitv and Charles Parsons, Jr., is ice president. (teorge 1'arsons, K. 15. Wes- " on. William I .u m mis, Kdwin I'arsons and 1 V. 11. I'latt, Jr., are expected to lie on the i ie\v hoard of directors, which will lie an- f louneed in a few days. The Parsons inter- j st will not he connected with the active) Management of the road, hut will name a Southern man as vice president and general * Manager in charire of trallie alfairs. It will '1 ie the policy of the road to foster local in- I lust l ies as much as possible. t i Vill Itc Mi l.I ill <'liiil-|i'st??u. ? The next general conference of the! olored Methodist Kpiscopal church is to he j s icld in Charleston. j :i LOCAL. AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. >. A. MeKlwee?Oilers to pay the highest price for the host (rattle from this date until the 1st of July. T. M. Dobson A Co., of the Racket?Keep nearly everything and are in the ring with new goods and low prices. lohti J. Hunter?Advises those who want solid comfort in their footwear to buy the Rorseh Shoe. bonis Roth?Says that he is selling syrup peaches at 20 cents a can, and that he is aide to supply the very best quality .of light bread at all times. 11. C. Strauss?Says the reason he can sell cheaper than others is becuase he pays cash and buys cheaper. r. 11. McClain?Has just received a car load of ice and is prepared to meet all competition as to price. Jeorge L. Riddle, Administrator?(Jives notice that lie will make amdication for l'md dis charge from liability jus administrator of the estate of James L. Clark, deceased, on the 21st day of June. Lowry it Starr?They say coca-cola is the ideal brain tonic, ana that their soda fountain has reputation all over the State. They would also have you feed your potato hugs on Paris green. >. T. Frew it Co., ltock Hill, K. C.?Have furniturn and baby carriages at prices which they claim will paralyze competition. May it May, Druggists?Have a remedy which they call Dio-Dis cure, which they claim will cure all dysentery or bowel trouble. RAILROAD|EARNINGS. The State railroad commission on last Wednesday issued its report of the earnings )f all the roads in the State for the mouth of February as compared with February of last ,'ear. The report shows a uet decrease of >39,710.85, or a little more than 41 per cent, u the entire State. So far as it relates to he roads in this immediate section the report s as follows: Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago: Feb tiary of last year, $17,042.53; this year, HO,OSS.97 ; decrease $953.50, or 5.'4 per cent. Georgia, Carolina and Northern: Last rear, $43,S09.08; this year, $58,940.0S ; inn-ease, $15,070.00, or 34.35 per cent. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta: Last , ear, $03,244.03; this year, $57,803.00; de:rcase, $5,440.97, or 8.0 per cent. Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line: Last year, >09,189.21; this year $01,8S4.90; decrease, >7,304.31, or 101 per cent. Chester and Lenoir; Last year, $2,303.33; his year $2,835.08; increase, $471.75, or .9.90 per cent. ROLL OF HONOR. The following is the roll of honor of the forkville graded school (white) for the nonth ending May 18, 1894 : Vipuf iJrailp?Pliilin Hiintfir. OOA: Iveene Dob ion, 991; Kate Hunter, 991; Raymond MeClain, it; Josie Gates, 99; Lilla Hcrntlon, 99; Gerald jowry, 99; Grace Langston, 97; Kli.se Latimer, 17; Ada Dames, 97; Mary Lee Alexander, 97; Eunice Grist fX?; John Dobson, 95; Mamie Lou JeClain, 94; Carrie Beard, 93; Koe Willis, 93; Fohn Wallace, 93. Second Grade?Julia St. John, 991; Ethel Hope, 18; Joe Alexander, 98; Hazel Grist, 98; Lucy, dullard, 98; Hamlet Carroll, 98; Iva Dickson 18; Anna Spann, 97; Xealie Barnes, 97; Nella JcClain, 9li; Jiminie Barnes, 90; Annie Hyndnan, 91. Third Grade?Lura Langston, 9(1; Nannie irist, !Hi; Josie ('amp, 90; Bertie Smith, 92; Fohn Gates, 92; Robbie Jenkins, 92; Willie 'ami), 91; Sadie Waters, 91 ; James Haitheock, tl; Joe Walker, 90. Fourth Grade?Josie Hiekson, 97; Onnic langston, 97; Barron Kennedy, 97; Meta 'alconer, 96; Louise Lowry, 90; Hallie Withirs, 90; Gladys Withers, 96; Lizzie Hunter, 94; iVilma O'Farrell, 1>4 ; Ellen Summit, 94; Henry >unnnit92; Mason McConnell, 91; Scola Quinn, K). Fifjh Grade?T. C. Dunlap,.Jr., John St. John, fanny Langston, Harry Spann, Nina Barnes, Jary Barron, Ruby Hiekson. Sixth Grade?Allison Hiekson, Maggie Kdvards, lJattie Banks, John Jenkins, Ethel irillltl). Other grades will be reported next month. THEY SEEK TO DEVOUR. A Vorkville lady has just had a distressng experience in which she has learned an nteresling fact about the potato beetle. "I aw in Tim Enquirer not long ago that he potato beetles were eating the potatoes md examined mine at once with the intenion of applying Paris Green according to he recipe. The beetles did not seem to be :ery numerous, however, and I thought I vould wait a while. I kept putting it off intil last week I found that my potatoes had >een eaten down level with the earth. I ;rew desparnte and determined to kill the >ugs just for revenge. So with a pail full of .'aris Green, mixture in my hand and beetle nurder in my heart, I started for the potato >eds. No bugs were in sight. I looked about :arcfully and what do you suppose I found ? V long line of potato bugs extending over 100 'ards and making single file for the potato >atch of my nearest neighbor. I poured the >oison all along the line as an act of Chrisinn charity ; bijt as I have afterward learn:d that the poison don't kill the bugs unless hey eat it, I don't suppose it did them much larm. Anyhow I am satisfied that the poato patch of my neighbor would be much >etter off with an immediate bath of Paris ;reen." GENERAL W. H. ELLERBE. During his stay in Yorkville last week, '? i tin _i _ r. i i.s.? omptroner uenerai r.iierou lunnucu m.nelf pretty strictly to the business for which ic came?his annual settlement with the :ounty treasurer?and did not talk much polties. In answer to a question of a represenativeof Tjik Enqi'iuku, however, lie said hat he was most certainly in the race for governor and intended to remain there either nitil he got the nomination or was defeated. The probability is that (lencral Ellerbe vill make a good race, and indeed it will lot be altogether a matter of accident if ic is the next governor of South Carolina. Ie is one of the original Farmer's Movcnent men, a prominent Allianceman and or the past four years has been an incumient of one of the most important ollices in he State government. It was he who inaugurated the righteous light for a more cquitible assessment of bank and railroad propery and he can probably lay claim to having eally accomplished more practical good for he taxpayers generally than any other ofli:ial of the present administration. (lencral Ellerbe has not had a great deal >f experience as a public speaker and is not egarded as particularly brilliant on the tump. He proposes, however, to make a :anvass of the entire State, say his say in lis own way and leave the rest to the voters, lis friends, of which he has quite a number inioiig the Reform leaders of this county, as veil as among the Conservatives here and in lill'erent parts of the Stale, think that lie vill be bitterly fought by corporation inllunces, but at the same time they arc conlilent that in the approaching primary his iast record and his unimpeached integrity vill lie :i to wit ol strengui. SUCH IS POLITICS. For some weeks past Collector Townes lias ceii after the scalp of Chief Deputy Colleeor Ross. and at last he, lias got it. The lory is interesting. As we have been able o get it together it is about us follows : As soon as Collector Townes was appointed llr. Ross commenced working for the posiion of deputy collector. lie managed to inerest a number of influential friends and liuilly succeeded in capturing the prize. After some weeks, during which time Mr. toss discharged the comparatively simple luties of his ollice to the. perfect satisfaction if the department, he received a letter from 'ollcctor Townes asking for his resignation. The reason given for the request was that Mr. toss was involved in a disgraceful scandal, sitislied of his ability to prove his innocence, 'ollcctor Ross demanded an investigation, nid pronrsed if he failed to get it, he would nake trouble. This was evidently a little nore than Collector Townes had bargained or. lie assured Deputy Ross that so far as lis efficiency was concerned there was no lomplaint whatever. Further he promised o investigate the matter fully and if he found he charges false, everything would he well, ailer the collector wrote that he had inves ijjated the charges and found that they were lot sustained. Deputy Ross thought (hat lie was now ale, lint his friends thought otherwise. They issured him that Collector Tow lies had gi-' I en liim his position before he harl looked ! over the field. Later he had found a man who has a more extended political influence and the charges were brought merely for the purpose of clearing a way for a new api pointer*. I Not long n<^o Deputy lioss received anolhj er request for his resignation. This time, ! Collector Towncs stated that there had been ! complaints of incompetency from the departjment, and informed Deputy Ross that his I resignation had been culled in and accepted ! on the 12th instant. Now satisfied that the original advice of j his friends was correct, Deputy Ross deter1?5 1 II.Oil ho { IIlllJUU nut IU lUt tllV> lllUVivi u?u|f HUM! iiu I had secured fuller satisfaction, and he ac! cordingly wrote to Collector Townes and I asked for a copy of the complaint from I Washington. Collector Townes, however, | was not to be caught in any such way. i Three or four months in olliee had given him more experience. So he wrote to Deputy Ross and said that he had the right to remove subordinates from oflice without cause or question and that settled ihe incident. A. II. Jenkins, of Greenville, has been appointed chief deputy collector, vice Win. Ross removed. Such is politics. CHURCH NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Yoiikvillk.?Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Episcopal?Lay service on next Sunday at 10.30 a. m. Sunday-school in the after noon at 4.30 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Yorkville?Sunday-school fit 4 p. m. Services Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock, and evening at 8.15. I Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p.m. Services [ Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock and evening at 8.15 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow j afternoon at 5 o'clock. . ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. J. K. Henry, of Chester, was in Yorkville yesterday. Miss Lola Jackins, of Blacksburg, S. C., is I in Yorkville, the guest of Miss Kiln Neely. Miss Addie Williams, of Fodder, is attending the commencement exercises at Hunterville, N. C. Miss Iva Curtis, of Clinton, S. C., spent several days with Mr. It. J. Withcrs's family last week. Rev. I)r. Weber, pastor of Trinity church, of this'place is expected home from Memphis, Tenn., this week. Misses Ollie Fain, of Dandridge, Tenn., and Alice Thomson, of GatTney, S. C., are visiting Miss Mary Y. Clark. I)r. It. H. GrilHtli, principal of the Baptist High school has been very ill for several weeks. His friends will be glad to know that he seems to be improving. Mr. Gerd Janssen, foreman of the woodworking department of the Carolina Buggy company, left last Saturday morning for a week's vistto New Haven, Connecticut. Messrs. J. 0. St. John, Louis Roth, T. W. Speck, F. H. McClain and Tom Mallard left last Monday via the C. & L., to attend the annual celebration in Charlotte. SETTLED WITH THE TREASURER. Comptroller General Ellerbe was in Yorkville last Wednesday for the purpose of having his annual settlement with Treasurer Neely and the other county oflicers. There were present besides General Ellerbe and Treasurer Neely, the board of county commissioners, the foreman of the grand jury, Auditor Waters and School Commissioner Edwards. General Ellerbc's settlement was, as it always is, thorough and complete. He not only examined the books of the various officials, but carefully inspected every voucher, and found Treasurer Neely as usual correct in his accounts to a cent. The settlement was for the period embraced between May 15, 1893 and May 1, 1894, and will be l iVkllnu-ititr nnirmlete UUUipiUIIUlHlUVt ill vuv ...R x statement: STATU TA X KS. To original assessment ?87,099 14 ! To additional assessment Mi 71) j To 15 per cent, penalty 780 8.5 Total 89,088 78 i Hy total collections .'{4,570 4!) I Hy deductions hy comptroller general 407 05 | By nulla bona .'{57 10 , Hy executions in hands of sheriff 42 <>f> i By uncollected railroad taxes .1,708 50 Total .'10,080 78 COUNTY TAX KS. To original assessment and county ?20,720 81 To additionals 107 .'14 To 15 percent, penalty 425 01 ; To original Jt L. X. (i. It. It 0,008 08 ! To additional <_'. A L. X. <4. It. It 55 78 I To 15 percent, penalty, A L. X. <1. It. It 141 07 i To original assessment of townships 17,280 07 ! To additional assessment of townships 120 07 i To 15 per cent, penalty on townships... 410 <i8 j To loans to county 7,(MM) 00 I j To commutation road tax 14 00 I | To lines and licenses 410 01' j To all other sources 1,150 51 To cash transferred from last year .'1,000 47 Total 57,002 15 | Hy payments from ordinary county 20,<08 80 Hy payments from ('. A L. X. (J. It. It. 0,41s 20 ! I Hy payments from commutation 5 50 i Hy payments from townships 14,757 2-'l j j Hy deductions by cointroller general... 480 55 i ' Hy nulla bona 40-1 00 I Hy amount in hands of sheriff. 57 44 I I Hy uncollected railroad taxes 4,02!) 00 j j Hy cash on hand (ordinary county)... 1,225 02 | Hy cash on hand (('. A L. X. <1. It. It.) 102 54 i Hy cash on hand (commutation) 102 00 | Hy cash on hand (townships) 2,800 so Total 57,002 15 SCIIOOI. AX1) I'OI.I. TAXKS, Original 2 mill assessment ?18,817 88 I Additional assessment Ill 50 15 per cent, penally 2S0 !>4 j Hulls (original assessment) 4,805 00 j Additional 1,077 00 I t *. n,?r omit nnililltv 210 75 I ! Original assessment (graded and local) 5,587 41 j I Additional (graded and local) 24!) 12 i 15 per cent, penalty (graded and local) !>!) 01 | | License lor name birds 25 00 I ! Polls collected by trial justices 2 .'10 1 j Cash on hand last settlement 7,740 12 Polls by trial justices 1801-D2 11 50 I Total .{4,112 54 j Paid orders 822,22!) 12 Deductions 22!) 04 ! Nulla bona Hid 70 } In bands of shcrill". 24 1!) I Polls abated by auditor 75 00 ' Polls turned over to trial justices .'12 20 i Polls noil est 1,207 50 Polls in hands of shcrill'. '! 45 I Unpaid railroad taxes 1,707 2d Cash on hand 8,d80 21 Total 8 .14,112 54 j LOCAL LACONICS. Tlrtccn New Lawyers. . ? The supreme court on last Thursday announced the admission to the bar of Id j new lawyers who have passed satisfactory j examinations. Among those admitted are j \V. W. Lewis and John R. Hart, of Vorkville. I Tin- Morning I'lipiTS in the Morning. j ?The Slate and Register, of Columbia, now arrive in Vorkville at 7.f>7 a. in. by way I of the Chester and Lenoir railroad. This is j : about nine hours ahead of tlie other daily pa pers and at least six hours earlier than any J morning paper has ever arrived in Vorkville , j before. The South I'lirollmi Ciillrifc for Women. ? Invitations are out for the commence-j i ment exercises of the South Carolina College j ! for Women to occur during the first week in I June. Among those to whom certificates! i will be awarded for completing a course of ! study in Knglish is Miss Minnie Neil, (laugh- j : ter of Mr. J. W. Neil, of York. I A Yorkvllh; (JIrt hi Brooklyn. ? The Brooklyn Standard Union, of May j I Ki contains an account of the :27th annual I ! concert of the Henry Mollcnhaucr college of | music. Miss Georgia Witherspoon. of York- ; I ville, is especially mentioned for her excel- j lent performance on the piano. SaturdityH Kxccptcil. ? Commencing this afternoon all the dry j goods merchants of Vorkville will, hereafter, j during the rest of the summer, close their| stores at (5 o'clock. This is in order that a they, as well as their clerks, may have the e | advantage of a much needed hour or two of 1 daily recreation. Customers are requested i to please take notice and make their purchases before the hour named. a Tln?y Have Over 8f><),<)00 Yet. il ? Rock Hill Herald : In its issue of this week Tiik VoitKVit.Li-: KxqfiitKK stated 0 I that already the ?(>0,000 donated by the * town of Rock Hill and the ?">0,000 appro- " i printed by the Stale to the Winthrop Nor- c I tnal and Industrial School have been spent.; e Tiik Knquikkr has been misinformed. The ' n ?60,000 donated by the town of Hock Hill bad I ^ not all been spent on the first day o'f May,1 and up to the present time the State appro-, priation is still untouched. These facts we o get from the local members of the board of b trustees. I a Will Close Next Friday. ! S ? The Baptist High school will close its i session, next Friday. Prof. W. \V. Dixon in-J* forms us that it has been his intention to, celebrate the occasion with suitable com-1 mcnccment exercises, but owing to tbe se-[ 1 vere illness of Dr. Griffith, the principal, the 1 idea has been abandoned. Those familiar L with the work of the High school during the past session are agreed that it has been high- v ly satisfactory. The management has assur- ii ance that the next session, which begins in c September will be opened with a largely in-1* creased attendance. t Tlie Cold Simp. I j. ? Quite a cold snap, unusual for this sea- j son of the year, struck this section last Sat- j urday afternoon and continued until yester-1 i; day. Some frost was reported on Sunday morning, but so far as we have learned, did , * no considerable damage. Dispatches to the ( daily papers say that on Friday the cold in j Northern Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin < I was severe and there were heavy frosts which c cut all garden vegetables and even corn to the ground. Snow was reported at tnany places 1 along the Blue Ridge mountains and in low- j! lands throughout Nebraska the ice was froin-a ( quarter to a half inch in thickness. (] Jeff DuvIm Memorial Association. ? The Jeir Davis Memorial Association, of Fort Mill paid its annual tribute to the lost 0 cause last Saturday. Forming in the town ^ about 3 o'clock a long procession of old sol-j diers and people generally of the town and i 4 surrounding country, headed by the Fort!! Mill band, marched to the cemetary-and decorated with tlowers the graves of all j: the old soldiers who were killed or who have died since the war. After the cer- j emonies at the cemetery, the procession marched baek to the town hall and j listened to an interesting address by Thos* F. McDow, Ksq., of Yorkvillc. The occasion ^ throughout was a most pleasant one to all participants. The graves of the Confederate i soldiers at Flint Ilill were also decorated on I ^ the same afternoon. I ???? i' CLEMSON COLLEGE IN ASHES. j c The Muin liuilding Destroyed t?y Fire Yesterday j t Morning. I Special Dispatch to The Yorkvillc Enquirer. S Coi.um hi a, May 22.?The following telegram has just been received from Secretary J, Sloan, of Clemson college: n "Main building destroyed by fire this morning. Will be able to save chapel and dormitory. Governor Tillman and Secretary of State Tindall are now here. Many 1 articles on first and second floors saved, but main building is completely gutted." t The main building contained 19 rooms and cost about $")0,000. Another dispatch csti- J mates the loss on the building and applian- ^ ces at $60,000. The total insurance is only t $20,000. August Kohn. ? HOCK HILL HAPPENINGS. [ Dentil (if Rev. W. G. White and .Mr. Simpson 1 ItawlH?Entertainment ut the Armory?The ^ Gelzer Stock Sold?Church Meeting*?Work 1 on the IiiduHtrial School?Profitable Work ^ of the Three C'h Special. Correspondence of The Yorkvillc Enquirer. | ' Rock Hill, May 31.?Our community!! had a shadow east over it last week by the death of Rev. W. G. White. He died on j ^ Monday of last week, at 3.30 o'clock of I. paralysis. Mr. White had had a stroke of this disease about four years ago, and, it was i a not beyond his expectations that it would end his earthly life. He has long labored . during his useful life as a faithful and useful ? I minister of the gospel in the bounds of the) Presbyterian church and mainly in the bounds !1 of the Bethel presbytery. In his death a . I oti.1 lli.lovml I'llllirllMU I ! III1 - 111 SI l'lc of this and a large surrounding community j [i has passed away, and a father in Israel has J' gone to his reward. Among the many who j mourn his death not a few will cherish histv memory as their spiritual father. The re- c mains were carried to Chester on Tuesday 1 and hurried iu the graveyard at Old Purity church, near that place, the funeral services j c I being participated in by Revs. Alexander 1 Sprunt, 13. P. Keid, J. L. Me Lin, I). N. McLauchlin and J. S. Moduli. ' Mr. Sim|?son liawls died on Wednesday night of last week at his home near Warren's n ! in his 80th year, having been born in ISO"). * Mr. Rawls had been in feeble health for some time and the sturdy constitution that had endured so many winters and summers at last succumbed to dropsy of the bladder, j and paid nature's debt. Mr. Rawls had the j distinction of being the oldest member of the i First Presbyterian church ofthis place. He ' leaves quite a number of descendants to! mourn his loss, and is otherwise largely | connected with people in this section of the 0 county. During his long life he has always)" been a farmer. The funeral, conducted by I' Rev. Alexander Sprunt, was from Antioch ! P Presbyterian church, and the burial at the c Bethesda church. 0 An enjoyable and first rate musical enter- v tainment was given in the armory on Mon- v day night of last week, by five of Charlotte's talented young singers, for the benefit of the ^ Kings's Daughters' work of benevolence. a On the programme were George II. New- j comb, 1st tenor; John ('. MeXeely, 2nd i * tenor; Walter Scott, baritone; O. M. Xor- *' wood, basso ; and Miss Lizzie Scott, pianist, j It was a treat to all who attended, and Rock i a Hill music lovers will welcome them heart i-" ly, should they come again. The stock of hardware assigned by Mr. i c John (Jelzer three months since, has been purchased by a joint stock company, and is _ now open for business under the name of the * Rock Hill Hardware company. The many " friends of Mr. (Jelzer will be glad lo learn;1'1 that he will still be in charge of the stock , and that his former popular salesman, Mr. |P T. O. Flowers will be behind the counters ;Si anxious to sell and to please. The company M has filed application for a charter. The cool weather of last Sunday and Mon- i S( day is pleasant to man, but not congenial to 1 cotton. A gentleman who has been riding through the country says our staple looks very sick. It is said, on good authority, that t there was a slight frost here Sunday morn- 1< u.;ll l/HII'IW IP Il)?4,, nilitltllTIJt I\J M III I'UUIVV <VI*> v. . , w After Tiik Enqiiuur's report of the poor li prospect for ii wheat crop in most parts of Ithe county, it will be gratifying to have information that wheat promises remarkably well c in our section. The oats are not generally V very good, but there are some pleasant ex- tl captions, notably a six-acre patch near Lau-' p relwood cemetery belonging to Mr. William v Mitchell. n Last Sunday morning was a gilt letter day v at the Methodist church. It was Children's j e day, observed by the M. K. church, South, c and as is usual when children are the center ti of attraction anywhere, quite a large congre- t! gation assembled that morning. The pro- r gramme embraced new and good songs by p bright boys and girls, speeches, readings, and ii a short address by the pastor, He v. \V. 1'. | p Meadows. The general aim was to interest b children in missionary work, and the special j b design a collection for necdv Sunday-schools ti at home and in foreign lands. It was in 1 a every way a pleasant and successful occasion, v The annual sermon before the students of! o the l'resbyterian High school will be preach- a ed at the High school building next Sunday 1 morning utl 1 o'clock. In view of this, there i p will be no services at the First l'resbyterian ti church, and perhaps none at others. The o public generally are cordially invited to at-1 n tend. ; n .Mr. S. J. Hell, of this place, is suffering h from a troublesome case of enlargement of w the sight of the eyes, which his physician has \\ (1 vised him may require treatment from an ye specialist. Mr. Hell is thinking of going o Atlanta for treatment by the famous Dr. .'alhoun. Mr. C'arr, a successful farmer from Abbeille county, has come to Rock Hill with the im of buying a lot and going into business; lere. We welcome him and his family. Should visitors who saw the corner stone f the Industrial school laid on the 12th, reurn, they would be surprised to see Id or O feet of solid stone masonry already liguing above that distinguished and much arved stone. Rut such it is. Work processes on the 3rd story and on the first dormitory. There arc 9d convicts on hand now. 'heir health is good. The Three C's Industrial school "special'' ook in $96, on the 12th, besides their gener- j lly good times that day. That means about 1.000 passengers. It would have been don- \ iled, if the train had not been away an hour ,nd a half in the midst of the exodus to the ;rounds. Mr. Sam M. Crist, of Yorkville, was in j own on business, last Saturday, v. I. M. LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY. tilled by Lightning?Crops Suffering f<?r Ituln? The llroml Itlver Sunday-school?Inspected : the Gospel Wagon-Every 13 Year*, 'orresiximlence of tlio Yorkville Enquirer. Etta Jank, May 10.?Mr. Henry Bently ras killed by a bolt of lightning on the eventig of May 7. He was sitting in his house in lompany with several other people who had tepped in out of the storm. When the >olt struck there were nine other people in i he room and Mr. Bently was the only one J inrt. The bolt came down tlie chimney i aid knocked off a splinter from the mantel ! ?iece. This was the only damage to the milding. Last night we had a gentle shower of rain, vhieh revived vegetation very much. So ar we have been having an exceedingly Iry spring. I don't believe that the ground las been thoroughly wet since last winter. Cotton on red lands is not coming up. That in grey lands is generally a good stand. On last Sabbath I had the pleasure of visting Broad river academy Sunday school uid I found it in fine working order. The riends of this institution in Western York leserve great credit for the work they are loing in bringing up the children along this ine. Hopewell also has a large school. It is suggested that the counties of York ind Union come together some day this ummer and have a big picnic and ehildreus' lay iit some convenient place along the borlers of Broad river, and I would suggest talem church as the most convenient and nviting place for it. Plenty of shade and ;ood water for the large crowd that will be bund there. The gospel wagon mentioned in the the ast Enquirkr passed here one day last veek. It stopped all night at Mr. A. J. Yiole's and the evangelists had some religiius services there. They literally strewed he road with tracts and Bible texts. They vould take no money from any one who did lot profess to have given themselves to Mirist first. Your correspondent had the ileasurc of being shown through their wngjoti and seeing how conveniently they had iverylhing fixed up for their work. Notvithstanding their unprecedented method of aking up collections they said their mission lad been a success financially as well as pirituallv. The Enquirer's man is right about the ocusts coming every 13 years. The first I iver knew of them was in 1855 ; then in 1868 md again in 1881 and now in 1894. Sigma. LETTER FROM THE BLACKJACKS. ? fleet ?f the Cool Weather on the Crop*?Death of Mr. Simpson Itawls?Lost a Mule?Why the Lynchers Failed to Come. 'orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Warren's May 21.?A cool wave struck is Saturday evening and fires and overcoats >oth feel coinforable. Cotton, which was hefinning to grow off nicely looks bad. Some ire complaining of poor stands of cotton and iome of our farmers had to plant a part of heir crops over. The old proverb "The :arly bird catches the worm" is not applica)le to farmers this year for the early bird limself got caught. Early planted corn :ame up.well hut the "heart-worm" injured t badly. Our people on an average are ibout half done chopping out cotton. Mr. Simpson Rawls died at the home of lis son-in-law, Mr. T. K. Bates, last Wedueslay night at the advanced age of 88. He eaves 7 children, 36 grandchidren and 25 ;reat-grandehildren to mourn his loss. Mr. S. L. Percival had the misfortune to ose a line mule colt last week by running igainst a fence and snagging itself. Mrs. I). L. Evans, has been quite low for he past week with dysentery. There has icen quite a number of cases of this malady or the past few weeks but so far none of hem have proved fatal. The would-be lynchers who started to yneh Jefi* Crawford a few weeks ago are [uite reticent and we have been unable to earn really why the attempt was abandoned, mi nave ueum u wan uvuiunc mc ^cuutuiuii I rho had bet his mule lie would "skin tlie | at" on his ohl legs, was not on hand with i he stakes. One noticeable feature about the Cleinson ollege boys was that there were but two eal red-headed boys in the crowd. Eleven of our boys have joined the miliary company at Kbenezcr. Rev. Mr. Lesslie has been grauttd a J month's leave of absence by bis charges to! isit his aged parents whom he has not seen 1 or three years. N. DOTS FROM THE DARK CORNER. 'he History of 11 Name?Cotton anil Corn Doing Well, lint Wheat ami Gates a Failure? Preaching at Cahal Next Sunday. orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Cotton, May 19.?I notice that The En[UiKEit has a new correspondent from the Light Corner." As the writer says the lace is not far from here, some of our eople would no doubt like to know in which ! orner they live. In the year 1876 one of nr good old preachers said that the north-! rest corner of Chester county, and the south-1 rest corner of York up and down Broad liver from Bullock's to Turkey creek was I he Dark Corner, lie did not say anything ! bout the center. This was discovered by ' lev. Mr. Jackson during the present spring, f the name Dark Corner extends further ack than 1876, I am not aware of it. A millitary company has been organized ; t Wilksburg and several of the wool hat oys from the Corner have joined. J. G. Jamieson had a line Jersey stock ow killed by lightning in his pasture last j Yidav evening during the rain. We have had an abundance of rain. , 'urn is growing nicely and cotton is coining p to a good stand. With one or two more uins spring oats may do fairly well hut | 1 : Ikof f.%11 tiro ?*nm. uiMt: iin; vimiut imu M*v ? w... lele failure. Several of our old fanners ny that but little is to be expected from ,'beat in this section. Rev. J. R. Swann will preach at Cabal i ehool house at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of die 4th Sabbath of this month. %ii\ What Thk Cotton* 1'lant Thinks.?In ! he last issue of The Cotton Riant is the lbljwing comment on Governor Tillman's reent answer to the Alliance questions, pubshed on the first page of this issue of Thk iNliUIKKR : The careful attention of Allianeemen is1 ailed to Governor Tillman's reply to the ; Valhalla resolutions in another column. On he essential principles of our demands he uts himself squarely with us and his position j nil meet with approval. He argues that I loney should be issued direct to the people ! >*ithout the intervention of banks. How he ! an do that without the sub-treasury we an't see. He totally misconceives the sub-j reasury system when he compares it with i he national bank system. The sub treasu-j y system is money issued direct to the peole by the government The national bank- j lg system is money issued by private cor-1 orations. In the one case the money is' ased on actual value and in the other it is! ased on credit. The governor will be i urned down by most any clodhopper in his 1 rguments against the sub-treasury, and it rould be well for him to review his studies n the subject. The Ocala demands were | dopted as the State Democratic platform in : 892, because it expressed the views of our! eople, and it will he re-adopted this year,! o matter what position the governor takes! n it. The governor has come so far that1 e hope to see him come the balance of the! ray and establish a cordial relation between ! imselfand the Alliance. The Alliance is 'ell posted and knows exactly what it rants and the reasons therefor. TWENTY DAYS IN JAIL J. S. ('oxoy, Carl Browne and Christopher Columbus Joues wore on last Monday sentenced by Judge Miller, of the Washington police court, to twenty days in jail for violating the statute of the Cnited States prohibiting the display of partisan banners on the capital grounds. Coxey and Browne were each subjected to the additional sentence of $o, or another ten days, for trespassing on the grass. Jones was acquitted of t bis last charge. 1 ' ' * i ..?? a I poll licing nsKcii n ne mm uiijuiin^ iu say why sj'iitence should not be pronounced upon liiui. Browne said "no," lie had no appeal to make. "I do not believe," he continued "that the people of the United States believe that such a lot of tilth and stagnation exists as iu the court here. I do not'mean your honor?you are different." Then be compared the jury to those who participated in the crucifixion, and wound up with the statement that lie was certain that the few days, weeks or months lie would pass iu jail would do far more to help the cause he represented than could he done by his feeble voice. Coxey rose next. It was the first time, he said, that he had ever stood before a court for sentence and it was a pleasing thought that he was innocent of the charge. He told how the arrest was made and maintained that he was not walking on the grass and carried no banner. But he was not surprised that the jury brought in such a verdict and he blamed the newspapers for it iu representing his commonweal as a hand of desperadoes. "I do not appeal for mercy, because I have committed no crime," he said. "But I do ask for justice." The assistant district attorney asked the judge to impose a jail sentence and not impose a fine, which would he paid by the contributions of ignorant men. i? n - lYl'p resell mi i v c i cute uatvcu me juu^c iu disarm criticism by giving a nominal sentence and show that there was no bitter animus behind the prosecution. Judge Miller entered into a long review of the case and arraigned Coxey severely. There were no poJitics in the case, no prosecution of Coxey for his ideas. Coxey must conform his methods of salvation to the law of the land. It was a matter of congratulation that only 300 or 400 men responded to his call to march.on Washington. "I thank God, the working people, the suffering people, did not respond,'' said the court. "You had proposed to bring 100,000 idle people here to set an example by breaking a law. Who in the Aorld should be punished for violation of law if you should not, Coxey?" he asked. "I did not violate it," said Coxey. "You have your head so full of your schemes tliut you think anything that stands iu your way is wrong," said the judge. "What right of yours has been abridged in the District of Columbia?" asked the court. Judge Miller referred to Coxey's "absolute folly," arraigned him as a "dreamer," and said "I don't know of any case where the court would be more justified iu passing the maximum sentence but I am not going to do it." The judge then stated that he had the right to fine each ?200 and send them to jail for 120 days, but did not desire to be so severe and sentenced them as above. The prisoners were then handcuffed and taken to jail iu the prison van. Before going to police court Coxey prepared for publication an elaborate proclamation from which the following is an extract: "Some newspapers said we would never leave Massillion, Ohio. We left! They next said we would never cross the Pennsylvania line. We crossed ! Next, we would never pass through Pittsburg. We passed ! Next, that we were too lazy to climb the Alleghany mountains. We climbed ! Next, that we would go to pieces in sparsely supplied surrounding of the Capitol. The pieces did not go ! Next, that the district commissioner would not allow us to march on Pennsylvania avenue. We marched! Next, that we would never have the courage to go on the steps of our nation's home. We went and were arrested. For exercising | our revolution-sire-founded-constitutionalright of free speech? Oh ! no ! They dared not do that. Their crack of doom would would come too soon if they attempted that, and they knew it, too. Their tactics were to bring odium upon us and rely upon a servile press to blacken us." Must Serve a Year.?Hereafter the military of the State will be required to subscribe to the following oath, upon their enlistment : Be it remembered that on this the day of , A. I)., 1894, we, the subscribers hereto, agree to enter, and have now entered the service of the State of South Carolina in the capacity of militia of the said State, and agree to obey the laws, rules, j regulations appertaining to the same, and do hereby bind ourselves to render a ready obedience to the orders and commands coining from our superiors in rank. This obligation pursuant to Section 338 of the Revised Statues of 1S82, to be of force until the acceptance of resignation, or until discharged from the service. Provided always nevertheless that it is understood that no resignation shall be ac eepted until after the termination of one year from tlie date of subscription hereto. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Tli?* Catawba Mills. ? The Catawba Spinning Mill company of Chester on last Friday elected ofiieers as follows: President, 1). A. Thompkins, of Charlotte; directors, Miller & Watson, of Charlotte, Joseph Wylie, J. H. Smith, E. C. Stalin and S. B. Lathan, of Chester. Want to Test the Law. ? The Republicans of Sumter county will in all probability make an effort to induce the Republicans of the rest of the State to put forth a State ticket for offices in the coming election. At the meeting of the county executive committee of the G. O. P., held in Sumter last Saturday, the advisabili- ! ty of testing before the proper court the constitutionality of the present South Carolina registration law, was discussed. A Republican Row In the First. ? George Washington Murray was nominated as the Republican candidate for congress in the new First district convention on May 2. Bob Smalls was also a candidate for the nomination and charged that Murray was successful by fraud. The matter was referred to the State committee which was packed against Murray and it gave an adverse decision. As the result both Smalls and Murray will be candidates. Death of the Sintpect. ? Columbia Register, Tuesday : Charles Dicks, the Negro who was suspected of setting tire to the hosiery department of the penitentiary, died Sunday in the penitentiary hospital. lie had not been ill many days. A post mortem examination was made. He died of consumption of the bowels. Dicks had been to the penitentiary several times and was reputed to be a desperate Negro. The last time he was sent to the State's prison, he came from Sumter, where he was convicted of arson. Who Will he President ? ? The State: There is considerable talk being indulged in about the probable candidates for the presidency of the Winthrop Normal and Industrial college, of South Carolina. It has been generally thought that Dr. E. S. Joyties, of the South Carolina college would be a candidate for this position, but Dr. Joynes says that he has no such aspirations. l'rof. 1). H.Johnson and Superintendent of Education Mavlield seem to be the two most prominent candidates. A Monument to <?enerul Kershaw. ? The State: An energetic effort is now being made to raise funds wherewith to erect a monument at Camden to the memory of the late (Jen. John H. Kershaw, the noble ?1.12 ?i.iA 'PI.~ ^c ts muiuiui nun uuii-jiiiim. iuc mayor ui v ainden has appointed Mr. S, A. Murphy, of Chester, as the collecting agent of the monument fund and all subscriptions sent to him will he thankfully received and properly acknowledged. Mr. Murphy is spending a few days in the city. Court of Inquiry. ? Pursuant to the orders of Governor Tillman, a military court of inquiry consisting of General K. X. liichbourg, Brigadier General K. J. Dennis, Colonel Wylie Jones and Captain J. T. Barron, judge advocate, convened in Charleston yesterday to impiire into the failure of Brigadier General Huguenin of the Fourth brigade to report at Darlington on March 30,and to lind out whether any of the oflieers of the Fourth brigade arc guilty of disobedience to orders on that occasion. When the court completes its work at Charleston it will adjourn to Columbia for the purpose of investigating the conduct of the ollicers and men of the Second brigade and will afterward extend its inquiry to all the companies that refused to obey the governor's orders.