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ihc IffltfeviUe (?aquim.| YORKVILLE, S. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1894. ? By a vote of 172 to 102, the house of representatives, on last Wednesday, killed the bill for the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax j on State banks. All of the 102 representa-! wlm vntofl fnr flip hill are Democrats, i Of the 172 who voted against it, 89 are Republicans, 75 are Democrats, and 8 are Populists. The South Carolina delegation voted solidly for the repeal of the tax. It is widely charged that President Cleveland was bitterly opposed to the repeal and that is why the bill failed to pass. ? When the Democratic house of representatives voted down the bill for the free coinage of silver, hundreds of political organs claimed that the promise of free coinage did not constitute a plauk of the Democratic platform. The promise of the repeal of the tax on the issue of State banks is so clear as to admit of no evasion, ar.d the only excuse that anybody seeks to make for the violatiou of the party pledge is not that they did not know it was in the platform: but tbat they do not know how it got there. ? The sentences of Coxey, Brown and Jones, leaders of the Commonwealers, expired last Sunday, and all three were released from jail. There was little or no demonstration over the occasion. They were at once driven in a carriage toward the camp, just outside the District, and were met at the line by a large number of Commonwealers, who unhitched the horses and drew the vehicle to headquarters in triumph. A census of the camp showed that there were 584 men present. Coxey has an engagement to deliver a Fourth of July address at Knoxville, Tenn., for $250, and says from the advices of frieuds, he has reason to believe he has good chances of being rlected to congress from the district in which Massillon, Ohio, is situated. ? The impression has become prevalent in some quarters that JelT Crawford secured a new trial on an alleged error of Judge Watts in failing to state the year in which the sentence was to be executed. An appeal stays the execution of a sentence, and there neither is nor should be any power under the constitution to prevent an appeal. In this case, notice of appeal was given before sentence was pronounced, and the exception to the alleged omission in the sentence was, of course, a subsequent development. Therefore, Judge Watts was in no wise responsible for the delay. Neither has a new trial been granted on the ground of Judge Watts's alleged omission. As a matter of fact, the case was not to have come up in the supreme court until the November term, and no new trial has been granted at all, for the matter has not yet been argued. ? The civil war in Colorado, on account of the seizure of property by striking miners, did not materialize. The deputies went to the mines, as stated last week, for the purpose of having a fight. Governor Waite sent General Brooks with a force of State troops to protect the miners. General Brooks arrived on the scene just as the force of deputies, under the sheriff, was moving upon the miners. He ordered the deputies back, and himself went foiward and had a conference with the miners. As the result of the conference, a truce was arranged with the understanding that next day the sheriff could come forward, unarmed, 3 ~ 11 IfKnm llP lift f] UUU lUhC an 11IC U1IUCI9 ivi ii uvm warrants. During the night, all the miners who had reason to believe that they were wanted by the sheriff, took their leave for parts unknown. The other strikers surrendered the property they had been holding, and at last accounts everything was quiet. ? One thousand dollars a year is small pay for the president of a railroad company, operating as long a line as does the Chester and Lenoir; but at the same time the action of the board of directors in voting this sum as the annual salary of Major G. W. F. Harper, is a tine tributo to the magnificent ability of this gentleman. When Major Harper took charge of the propeity last March, such a thing as salary was scarcely thought of. There was nobody to envy the major in what everybody looked upon as an impossible undertaking, and the general opinion was that if the new management succeeded in keeping ahead of the sheriff, it would have abundant cause for congratulation. In voting Major Harper a salary of $1,000 a year, the hoard of directors not only make proper recognition '1 llwit Koo nlnniwlv U1 lilt' JIV1I W IW MUin. lutlt UIIVUU^ accomplished, but in a most practical manner express unlimited confidence in President Harper's future management. ? ? ? -- ? "A narrow-gauge line, leased to the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta. It does not even pay operating expenses." That is the way Drexel, Morgan & Co., described the Chester and Lenoir railroad in their great plan for the re-organization of the busted Richmond and Danville system. The report of the auditor, under the first two months' management of Major Harper, shows earnings over and above operating expenses at the rate of about $21,000 per annum. The fixed charges of the road, which includes interest on $.*W9,5t)0 of bonds, amounts to $24,465 per annum. The months covered by the auditor's report arc by no means the best in the year, or even up to the average. Therefore, there is every reason to believe that the earnings of a whole year will easily amount to more than all the fixed charges. Two things are clear. Under the Richmond and Danville, the C. ifc L. was not run to its best interests; while under President Harper, the management has been highly creditable. We predict that within five years the Narrow Gauge will be paying good dividends on i?c ctrw-L- nrosnpets of tile COlllItailV , j ... . have never been more encouraging. ? "What Congress Has Done,'' is the title of a neatly bound booklet received by Til K Enquirer the other day. Upon opening the pages, the editor found that they were blank. The book was from a paper house and intended to show samples. The unique idea of the title grew out of the assumption that congress has done nothing, and therefore its action could be easily recorded without interfering with the samples of paper that the advertiser seeks to exhibit. Hut this record of the proceedings of congress is hardly correct. Congress has done a great deal more than the booklet takes into account. It has failed to carry out the pledges of the Democratic platform as to silver; the repeal of the tax on the issues of State hanks: and, so far, even the pledges of tarifF reform. That is something, and to make the record of the booklet more correct, we believe that the leaves should he black? a solid inky black?for it is not unlikely that when the results of the present session begin to crystali/.e, it is more than likely that it will develop that one of them i-= the breaking of the solid South. ? Has Enoucii of Mil Ci.kvki.ani>.? Wc have no reason to doubt the statement in the Washington Star?an independent paperthat President Cleveland used his influence against the repeal of the State bank tax. We know that hut for his attitude of hostility or indifl'erenee. the vote would have heen very different. We have heen hoping against hope that Mr. Cleveland would at least rise to a broad and national view of the currency question : but we now realize that he is obstinate in his purpose to force upon the country a narrow and sectional policy, hostile to Southern interests. It is hardly necessary to say that if we could have anticipated this three years ago. The State would never have supported him for the Democratic nomination. His first term gave no indication of a course so radical. We can excuse minor policies which are the product of his Eastern environments, but we cannot forgive his desertion of the platform upon which he gained the presidency. At this spot we take our leave of President Cleveland.?Columbia State. * ? THE STATE CAMPAIGN. Executive Committee Arrange* a Schedule for the Approaching Canvass. The State Executive Committee of the Democratic party, held a meeting in the office of the secretary of state last Thursday night, for the purpose of discussing various matters of interest to the party, and arranging a schedule for the coming canvass of the State. Senator Irby, the State chairman, presided, and when the meeting was called to order, Senator W. D. Evans moved to exclude all but members of the committee. Senator Fiuley made a strong speech in favor of allowing the public to know all that was done, and as a result of his remarks, Senator Evans withdrew his motion. Senator Finley then introduced a schedule for the State campaign, which after full explanation and a few minor changes, made to conform to the views of other members of the committee, was adopted as follows : Yorkville, June 10. Chester, June -0. Lancaster, June 21. Camden, June 22. Sumter, June 2J. Chesterfield, June 2<i. Bennettsville, June27. Darlington, June 2s. Florence, June 20. Marion, July 3. Conway, July 4. Georgetown, July'!. Kingstree, July 7.* Manning, July 10. Bonneau's, July D. Charleston, July 12. Walterboro, July 13. Beaufort, July 14. Hampton, July 11!. Barnwell, July 17. Aiken, July IS. Edgfield, July 1!?. Lexington, July 20. Winnsboro, July 24. Columbia, July 25. < >rangebu rg, July 20. Newberry, July 27. Laurens, July 2S. Union, July 31. Spartanburg, August 1. Greenville, August 2. Pickens, August3. Oconee, August 0. Anderson, August 7. Abbeville, Augusts. There was u long discussion on the question as ta whether those people who in 1S92 voted in the Democratic primaries and took an oath to support the nominees of party, but afterward voted for Weaver, should be allowed to vote in the coming primaries. Somebody stated that as the Haskellites had been received back into the party, it would be ho more than right to receive the Weaverites also. Mr. C. A. Douglass, of Richland, took exception to this comparison, and made the point that iu 1890 there was no primary; Governor Tillman was not the regular nominee of the Democeatic party, in that only a faction of the party had been allowed to take part in his nomination, and that Judge Haskell was as much the nominee as Governor Tillman. In the case of the Weaverites, however, they had voted in the primary, and then, in going back on the nominee, had violated their sacred oaths. At length the matter was settled by the adoption of the following resolution offered by Delegate S. A. Nettles: -Resolved, That no white man shall be excluded from participation in the Democratic primary who shall take the pledge required by the rules of the Democratic party." Delegate Mellett, of Sumter, offered a resolution to the effect that each county chairman have the following question asked directly through the press and at every campaign meeting of all candidates for State and national office : "Will you support find do you endorse the principles of the party as enunciated in the platform of the Democratic party adopted at Chicago at the last national convention of the party?" The resolution was killed without debate. ? -? PROHIBITIONISTS IN COUNCIL. They Will Have 110 State Ticket: I$ut Will Tuke l'urt in the Cani|miKii. The State Prohibitionists met in Columbia last Thursday, about 100 strong, and representing 24 counties. Among the counties unrepresented were York, Chester and Union. Lancaster was represented by a strong delegation. Colonel James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, was ulo/ito/l nVinifman nnil ttev All* Herbert W11S elected secretary. There was a lively discussion on the question of making nominations for all State oflices, but.the proposition was finally voted down by a large majority. | It was resolved, however, that the State Democratic executive committee be requested to give the Prohibitionists representation on the various committees of the party ; and ; further, that the executive committee shall I question all Democratic candidates as to how they stand on the Prohibition platform. The following platform, submitted by the committee, was unanimously adopted by a rising vote : We, the representatives of the prohibition senI timent of South Carolina in convention assent1 bled, thanking <?od for His merciesand praying ) his blessings upon our efforts in His cause, issue the following declaration of principles: 1. We believe the use of alcoholic liquors to result in an enormous increase of the death rate of our country, adding about loo.oooannually to the | death roll.* I 2. We believe alcoholic liquors used as a bevj entge to be one of the most potent agencies in the ruin of moral character. I '{. We believe at least three-fourths of the crimes committed in our land to be traceable to , alcoholic liquors. 4. We believe the liquor traffic to be one great cause of the fearful financial depression now generally felt in our country, since it annually drain* about $fOO,lK>0,uoo front the pockets of the masses, and instead of giving value in return, paralyze* productive energy of an equal amount, t&NKi.ofto,000, thus making an annual loss of nearly ?2,000,I 000,(Kioto the legitimate trade. a. We believe traffic in that which is against ; the peace, good health, safety, commercial prosj perity and moral character of a community, I State or nation, to be in violation of the real ! rights of men, and therefore inherently wrong. | t>. We believe all forms of license for the sale of ' liquor as a beverage, to be morally wrong and in violation of the highest purpose for which the government exists. 7. We believe that the State should prohibit absolutely the side of liquor as a beverage, and should provide for its sale only for medical, mechanical and sacramental purposes, with such regulations, provisions for enforcement and penalties for violation as may be expected to prove ; efficient. N. We believe that to make any prohibitory law effective, the executive and other officers ol the law should be in full sympathy therewith. O ? MKKK MENTION. Edwards Daniels, colored, shot find killed i three men, all colored, at Velaseo, Texas, on jjune 5. S. ('. Lounsherry, a white man, was arrested at Victoria, Texas, last Wednesday, for a murder committed at Milton, Florida, on October 1(5, 1S5M). The i Fourth and Fifth regiments of Maryland militia, were ordered out last week to pro 1 teet workers in the mines near Cumberland from strikers. ltev. Daniel Cox, n Dunkard preacher, shot John (Joodnigiit-, i prominent farmer, in a law oflice at I'eru Indiana, last Wednesday, for slandering hi; I daughter. Dallas county, Texas, re I ports the finest wheat crop in forty years, ll will sum up (50(),00<> bushels, and its com mercial value is estimated at $400,000 The I'niversity of North Carolina has conferred the degree of LL. 1). on Hon J Hoke Smith, secretary of the interior. Not llot xi) itv tilk Dkmaniis.?'The lol lowing card from T. 1'. Mitchell, chairmai of the executive committee of the State Alii auce, appeared in last Thursday's issue o the Winnshoro News and Herald : 'To the editor of The News and Herald I notice a communication in your paper o May .'JO, from Mr. 10. (5. I'ahner, of Kidgeway in which he calls upon me to state "yes"' oi "no"' as to whether the Alliance, as a body is hound by the demands about which questioned (Jovernor Tillman. In reply, . would say no one is required to surrendei his individuality when lie joins the Alliance The obligation, taken when becoming i member of the Alliance, says that it will no . conHict with the freedom of vour political o . religious views; hence I would say that ; man may he a member of the Alliance am refuse to support the demands." i ? The Houston 1'ost says the Texas cot ton crop is at least 10 per cent, greater thai j last year, and will probably he the larges J ever grown in the history of the State. I lis expected that, barring accidents, it wil aggregate something over 2,000,000 bales The big crop is said to be the result of tin | high prices paid last year for seed. The aver age of the season was from $11 to $1S a ton Most planters claim that at these prices, sev i en cents cotton is as profitable as was 1< cents cotton, under the old sy.-tem, when tlx seed were thrown away. LOCAL. AFFAIRS| INDK.V TO MOW ADVKRTISKMKNTS. .1. S. Hriee, Chairman of tin* York county Democratic Executive Con unit tee?(Jives some particulars with regard to the State campaign meeting, to he held in Yorkvilleon next Tuesday. Dowry A- Starr?Eyeglasses and spectacles, soda ; water, coca-cola for headache, and medicines. (Jeorge T. Schorh?Tells you about the National typewriter at which he claims will do j as good work as a shut typewriter. He! also has something to say about the famous ! Wilcox iV White organs, his agency for j pine organs and the "Yoealion" organ, | vx fiii.li ivtiikiiur the nluce (jf nine orirans. ! Ho can also furnish you with a piano. John J. Hunter?Has just received and has in stock a line of itogers's celebrated table j silverware, including knives, forks, table and teaspoons. I J. F. Wallace, Chairman?Hives notice that flic i annual school meeting of the Yorkville School District will be held on the "Mitli in-1 stant, and an election held the same day j on the question of levying a two mill local tax for the support of the graded schools. W. Brown Wylie, ('. C. ('. Pleas?Advertises a foreclosure sale in front of the court house door, on tlie first Monday in July, of a house and lot and certain machinery at Blaekslmrg, as the property ol'T. B. Hautier. 10. M. Bank head, Secretary?Advertises a meeting of the Bullock's Creek Democratic club on next Saturday afteriloon. 11. ('. Strauss?Calls attention to the fact that his j .'t(> days' clearing out sale is still in prog- | ress. T. M. Dobstm A Co.?Hive a list of articles that they are ottering to sell at low prices, in- j "eluding dress goods, shoes, Yankee no- i tions, etc. Sam M. Crist?Sets forth the claims of the Monarch bicycle over those of other manufac-j turers. A CKNOW L EDG KM EXTS. Mr. J. A. Monroe has the thanks of The! Enquirer for an invitation to the commencement exercises of the Kings Mountain ; High school, to he held at Kings Mountain,. X. ('., on June 20 and 21. The literary address of the occasion is to be delivered hv : Hon. C. B. Watson, of Winston, X. 0. We have also received an invitation to the first commencement exercises of the Magnolia Male and Female Business Institute, at Sharon, on June 2S. and a ticket of admis sion to a grand concert to be given at night. According to the programme, the commencement sermon will be preached by Rev. W. G. Neville at 11 a. m., on Thursday, the 28th. At 1.30 p. m. there will be a literary address by Representative J. C. Wilborn, and this will be followed by readings, essays,; songs and speeches by pupils of the school, j To the concert at night a small admission ! | fee will be charged, and the proceeds will be used for the purpose of placing patent desks in the school room. It AI IiHOAI) KA KXIXGS. The State railroad commission has issued its report of the earnings of the various rail- i roads in the State for the month of March,: 1SU4, as compared with the same month ofl last year. The earnings of the South Carolina portions of the various roads in this immediate sections, are as follows : Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line railway? j 185)3, $71,429.05); 1894, $58,517.13; decrease,' $12,912.56; decrease, 18.08 percent. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta rail-1 road?1893, $55,407.53; 1894, $56,410.74 ;l increase, $1,003,21; per cent 1.81. Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad?j 1893, $54,153.18; 1894, $56,725.62; increase, j $2,572.44; per cent. 4.75. Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago rail-j road?1893, $15,779.20; 1894, $10,903.08; increase $1,123.8S.; percent. 7.12.88. Chester and Lenoir railroad?1893, $2,501,- j 23;, 1894, $2,518.83; decrease, $42.40; perj cent. 1.00. Cheraw and Chester railroad?1893, $1,744.04; 1S94, $2,025.87 ? increase, $281.83; per cent. 14.18. All the roads of the State show up a total | net decrease of $2,255.74. CHIJRCH NOTICES. Union services at the Baptist church on Sunday evening at 8.15 o'clock. Episcopal?Lay service on next Sunday at j 10.30 a. m. Sunday-school in tlie afternoon at (5 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Yorkvillk?Sunday-school at.4 o'clock p. m. Services this evening at 8.15 o'clock. Baptist?Kev. W. J. Bangston, pastor, j Union*.?Services next Sunday morning at 11j o'clock. Yorkvili.k?Services on Sundayi evening at 8.15. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock J p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 8.15. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. j Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this even-j ing at 8.15 o'clock. Services next Sunday i morning at 10.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at j 5 o'clock p. in. Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor, i Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Services Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Prayer- j j meeting tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock, con- j (ducted by Rev. B. H. Orier. MOB YIOLKXCK AGAIN. "Mob violence under the most aggravat! ing circumstances, tends to mob violence : under circumstances less aggravating." The I truth of this statement in last week's KxQt'iUKit has been exemplified just one week ; after the lynching of JefiT Crawford. On last Saturday night, at about 12 o'clock, a mob, supposed to he composed of about I one dozen white men, visited the house of jWenzel Shubert, an old white man, who lives just without the incorporate, limits of j i Yorkville, on the Pinckney road, and taking him a short distance away, gave him an unj merciful thrashing. The mob went first on I Friday night ; but not finding the old man at i i home, returned on Saturday night. Shubert : fought desperately, but was so greatly over- j I powered that his struggles were vain. After j completing their cowardly work, the mob' left the old man bruised and bleeding in the ' road. i I As to the cause of the regulation of Shu- j ' i bert, we have been unable to get any deiin-1 r j * ile information. A number of theories have | been suggested : but the facts in the case arc j not sufficiently clear to warrant a positive! 11 statement. Shubert himself says that the, ! outrage was the work of a party with whom ! I - - - I ' he has had a recent uiineuuy. chances or \ cotton* ckoi*. Though in some sections of tlie county there have been good rains all along through [ the present season, in others it has been, and 11 continues, so dry that many farmers are j 11 growing really anxious about their prospects .1 for a crop. While tit Catawba Junction a few days ago, a representative of Tilic En-i t qi'i kkk had a short talk with Mr. Sep Massey,; who has the reputation of being an intelligent and successful farmer, lie says there > hasn't been a "season" in his section to wet { the ground so deep that he could not plow, !since the sleet and snow of the 24th of, ; February, and the condition of corn isdesper- i lull lu> i* not :it all worried about his . ^cotton. f "It docs not taken great ileal of rain to) make cotton," he says. "I have had some j : experiences which prove that conclusively. ' l*p to the 1st of August, ISS.'t, I had'JU ' acres of the prettiest cotton you ever saw. There had been good seasons all along when[ ever they were needed, and I felt sure that I I was good for 1,000 or 1,200 pounds of seed i" cotton to the acre. My father told me that if the seasons continued I would make a good crop: but, otherwise, it was too early ' for safe calculations. It rained on the last t day of .Inly, and then turned off dry. Three 1 weeks afterward, if you had stuck a match to the lower leaves along the water furrow, ! 1 believe they would have burned. There was no more, rain until the first of Scptem1, her, and I did not average more than live I hundred pounds per acre. | "Since that time," continued Mr. Masscy, . "I had a dry spring and a very sorry looking f ! crop. It did not rain until the -1th of July, and I did not think my cotton was going to ' ( be worth gathering, (loud seasons set in, , however, and the result was one of the best j crops I ever made in my life. 1 am now I salisticd tlial noliouy m*nl lte wni'iinl :il???li( | their cotton 011 account of dry weather at \ this time of year. All they have to do is to keep on working just the same as if they were getting good seasons, and if the rain commences by the 4th of duly, and continues from then on, their crops are safe so far as llie necessary moisture is concerned." CiEXTLEMEN OF THE Jl'ltY. The following list of petit jurors was drawn on yesterday to serve during the next term j of the court of general sessions for this coun- j ty, which convenes in Yorkvillc on July 2 : J Joseph H. Adapis, Bethel. J. A. Harry, King's Mountain. Felix (Juinn, King's Mountain. A. (5. Crawford, King's Mountain. W. F. Comer, Catawba. W. 11. (tiles, Fort Mill. W. F. Dye, Cherokee. J. K. Mitchell, Hroad River. S. V. Ayeoek, Bullock's Creek. J. Fi. Feeinster York. .?. L. Davies, Cherokee.! T. (t. Dowdle Bullock s Creek. j S. W. Ininau, York, j A. J. l'arrott, King's Mountain. \V. K. Sledge, Fort Mill. R. Ii. Brown York. .1. C. Hughes, Fort Mill, j 1). 1\ Curry, Bethesda. W. M. Whitesides, Broad Biver. W. C. (list, York. J. M. Campbell, Bethel. S. A. Mitchell, Bui lock's Creek. J. J. Smith, King's Mountain. I \V. D. Parks Cherokee. John B. Craig Bethesda. R. M. Wallace, King's Mountain. \V. B. (iood, Bullock's Creek. W. B. Cameron Bethesda. J. FI. Ividd, Jr., Bethesda. j C..C. Bin look Catawba. J. E. Harper, Bethel. I W. I\ Hobbs York. \ J. B. Carroll, Cherokee. B. I). Springs, Fort Mill. ! I). U. Crawford, Bethesda. The outlook is that the sessions business this term will be very light. At present there are only about ten prisoners in jail awaiting trial. His honor Judge T. li. Fra ser will preside. OPENING OF THK CAMPAIGN. York county citizens who take a special interest in political matters, have reason to congratulate themselves on having secured the rare opportunity of witnessing the opening of a State campaign; the first two dates having been fixed for York. The meeting at Rock Hill on the 18th, we understand, is the result of a special arrangement perfected by Senator Finley and Mr. R. T. Riggins. Governor Tillman and Senator Butler have both accepted invitations to be present. As a matter of course, the various other candidates for Federal and State oflfices will be there also, and the occasion will practically be the opening of the campaign. The first regular date fixed by the State Democratic executive committee is at Yorkville on Tuesday, June 19. All the candidates in the field are expected to be present on that day, and there will no doubt be a number of announcements of which the public has not yet had the slightest hint. There is every reason to believe that tremendous crowds will be present both at Yorkvilleand Rock Hill. In another column, County Chairman Brice advertises that there will be special trains to Yorkvilie at reduced rates on the 19th. The Three C's has agreed to sell rouud trip tickets at one first class fare. The Narrow Guage has not yet furnished a schedule of rates, but Mr. Brice suggests that the necessary information may be obtained from the various ticket agents along the line. THK ROADS ARE POOR. The State hoard of equalization met in Columbia last Saturday, for the purpose of giving the representatives of the various railroads a hearing on their respective assessments, as fixed by the board. Nearly all the roads in the State were represented, and each of the representatives made an argument for still further reductions. Last year, it will he remembered, the Three t"s was assessed at $10,000 a mile. At th? recent meeting o ' the board, this amount was reduced to $7,o0u. The owners of the property consider that this assessment is still too large, and at the meeting last Saturday, according to the Columbia Register, "General Manager Hunt asked the board to give the road due consideration. He declared that the road had never paid operating expenses. The deficit last year, including the amount paid in taxes, was over $00,000. Expenses had been cut in every department in the hope of getting the road on its feet. For the first six months this year, including taxes and interest due, the road has a deficit of $3,000. He asserted that his road would sell out for $2,o00 less per mile than the road was assessed at. He hoped the board would assist in keeping the road alive by giving it a fair showing. The condition of the road is not good, especially the trestles. He believed that if the board would consider everything about his road, the assessment would be largely reduced. Mr. Hunt made a good showing for a reduction for his road. The taxes of the road will have to come out of the pockets of the owners, who bought the road in the hopes that something would turn up to allow them to get their money back. The municipal authorities in different places have decided to reduce the assessments of tin? road." THE HANKS HIGH SCHOOL. The closing exercises of the Ranks High school took place in the court house last Thursday and -Friday nights. The young ladies of Yorkville took sufficient interest in the occasion to tastefully decorate the large room with a profusion of beautiful llowers, and a large number of patrons and friends of the school were on hand to enjoy the programme. On Thursday night, Professor W. Ik Dove acted as master of ceremonies, and after music by the White Rose orchestra and prayer by Rev. R. H. (Jrier, introduced the speakers, with their subjects, as follows : Frank Dobson, Yorkville?"Two Soldiers." M H'lW if I lurry? . rMiiiui, i umt im-? mu mwn. Howard ('alilwell, Yorkville?"The Little Regiment." Win, M. Kennedy, Jr., Yorkville?"Holer's Defence." Harry A. Miller, Columbia?"Uegulus to the Carthagenians." It. Augustus Slicrfcsec, Ruck Hill?"I'arrhiisiiis to the Captive." Lapsley liarron, Yorkville?"Lafayette." Isaac 1'. Henderson, Covington, (Ja.?"Knlogy to Henry W. (irady. Friday night's exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. S. H. Hay, of Clover, ami the deelaimers of the evening were as follows: J. X. Huston, Itiehburg?"Heroes and Heroism are Immortal." \V. 1>. Simpson, Concord, X. C.?"The Cnknown Sneaker." K. It. McMillan, Lumbcrtou, X. C.?"Itegulus to the Roman Senate." W. C. Stewart, Rock Hill?"Tin; Rum Maniac." Next followed?not as a declaimer: but as the distinguished educator who was to deliver the address of the evening?the introduction of Rev. 11. F. Wilson, president of Converse college, Spartanburg. President Wilson spoke briefly. In fact, he consumed no more than thirty minutes; but in that time he said a great many things that were no doubt not only indellibly impressed upon the minds of the boys, but upon the minds of their older hearers as well. Among other things he especially emphasized the importance of cultivating individuality and determination of character, ami showed the powerful influence of these, two qualities on all flit hit success iu life. A Ion*; with his good common sense unci sound advice, there also ! sparkled a rich fund of wit and humor which of itself furnished the keenest enjoyment to his hearers. After the close of President Wilson's address, the remaining declaimers were intro! as follows : Washington Clark, ('olunihia?"heath of Maximilliau Kohespierre." K. M. Williams, I-odder?"The Loss of Sunt h| ern Statesmanship." Win. Itanks, Vorkville?1"If lie Invest'iiti! Sunset." .IciiniiiKs k. Owens, kock iiiii? i nc i?estruetinii of Time." At tin- close of the exercises, Professor Banks, in a few well chosen words, returnled thanks to the audience for the keen in terest it showed in the boys and the school,' i and also gave assurance of his appreciation < of the most kindly treatment that tie and < his family huve received at the hands of the , people of Vorkville. The audience was then dismissed. Everybody was delighted with the splendid entertainment of both evenings.! TO i:\TEIlT \I\ THE CADETS. The committee on the entertainment of the citadel cadets during their encampment: here, has not vet olljeially promulgated the, programme of the occasion, and we arc in-, formed that it has not yet been definitely decided upon. As blocked out, however, and still subject to change, it is about as follows : i Upon the arrival of the cadets in York-:, ville on the evening of Tuesday, June 19,1 supper contributed by the citizens will be j served in the mess hall of the Raptist High ! school. Next day, the corps will leave for King's Mountain battle ground, and will re- , turn in the afternoon of Friday, the 22nd. On the morning of Saturday, the 23d, General K. M. Law will deliver an address of welcome. No other special arrangements have been made for the day. On the morning of Sunday, the 24th, Rev. Dr. Atkinson will preach the baecalurcate sermon of the occasion in the Presbyterian church. On the morning and afternoon of Monday, the 25th, there will be mule races and bicycle races, and in the evening there will be receptions at private homes. On the afternoon of Tuesday, the 2(>th, j there will be a match game of baseball, and j iq the evening there will be a musical enter- j tainment, probably in the court house. At noon on Wednesdnj, the 27th, Rev. Dr. R. Lathan, of Due West, will deliver an historical address, his subject being the battle of King's Mountain. At night there will be 11 mnnnliirlif nnrtv -if Hurt's nOlld. " l J i On tlie afternoon of Thursday, the 28th,; j there will he another match game of base-j ball, and on the evening of the same day, j there will be a grand ball in Bralton's hall, j On the morning and afternoon of Friday, the 29th, will take place the exercises in i connection with the graduating class, and in j the evening the committee hopes to have | General John B. Gordon deliver his famous | address on "The Last Days of the C'onfederj acy." As yet, however, toward securing j ! this last attraction, no definite arrangements j have been perfected. During their stay here, the cadets will be j encamped on the Baptist High school green. They will have their daily camp and other drills in the mornings, and dress parade in j the afternoons. WHAT THE STOCKHOLDERS DID. | The stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow. Gauge Railroad company held! their annual meeting at Dallas, X. C., last | J Thursday. V. A. McBec, Esq., of Lincoln- j ton, was elected chairman ; John J. McLure,, ! of Chester, was elected secretary; and Messrs.! I J. S. Briee and John J. McLure, who were i ' appointed as a committee on the verification of proxies, reported that a majority of the stock was represented, and the chairman thereupon announced that the meeting was [ ready for business. Major G. W. F. Harper, president of the I road,' read his report. He had taken charge j of the road on the 10th of .March. At the | time the roadbed was in fairly good condi tion, except a portion of the iron rails, which were worn and mashed. The rolling stock, particularly the motive power, was worn, run down and inadequate to the requirements of the service. It was, therefore, necessary, for a time, to rent additional engines while the others were being repaired. A 12-inch Baldwin mogul engine has been I purchased for the sum of $1,">7">, and is to ^be received within a few days. It has been [ operated for four years on a passenger train I exclusively, on a line of 20 miles in length, and is said to be in first class condition. The engine is covered with a guarantee that fully protects this company. Twelve tons of steel rails have been pur| chased for cash, at $22.00 per ton, and placed on the track near Maiden, N. C. The iron j rails which it replaced are in turn being used I I for repairs elsewhere. Fifteen tons of steel rails have also been purchased from the (.'a- i tawba Lumber company, and are to be paid , for from time to time in percentage of freight: bills against that company. This will enable | I the lifting of the greater part of the mashed j Fish-bar rail, and some of the chair rail on 1 i the road. The bridges and trestles are generally in good condition, and repairs are being made, on them as fast as necessity seems to require, j ! So far, 21,000 ties have been purchased and j placed in the track, and about 10,000 more , will be required during the summer and fall I 1 to put the road in good shape for the coining I winter. The following from the monthly statements of the auditor shows the earnings and , expenses of the road from the time the new j management assumed control, up to April 00, the end of the fiscal year : KAIt.MMiS KIIOM MAltl'II II TO .'II. Freight $ 22 Passengers, 1,152 !)"> Express, 54 22 ! Mail, :tt5 7K Miscellaneous, l'? 84 S4,ii!i'l 01 ; KXI'KNSKS l-'ltOM M A IK'II 11 TO 4!. ! Conducting transportation...$ 757 55 Motive power, !M)5 05 Maintenance of cars, lo t 14 Maintenance of roadway, S5S us ( cncral expenses and taxes, 414 50 S4,!?N ?r2. Net earnings, $1,754 Oil HA UN I.N OS KIIOM AC HI I. 1 TO .'SO. I Freight, $ :t. 114 sii Passenger, i.jkkf i-? Express, (estimated) 7*> in) I Mail, 47.-) (Hi Miscellaneous IOC f>o f.".,4')(i all EXlMvXSKS I-'ltOM A 1'It 11. 1 TO .Hi. Conducting transportation,:* 1.12S is Motive power, !?">2 27 Maintenance of cars, I'd 20 Maintenance of roadway,... 018 Ccncral expenses and taxes, J.V1 00 .S'!,ii<l.'{ !i7 Net earnings, ?l,S4ii ;V{ The relative decrease in earnings for April, as compared with March, is ?1.(100.50. In the statement furnished, at our ropiest, by | the auditor of the K. & lb Railroad company, a similar decrease is shown for 1S03 of ?1,400. 1 No funds have been turned over by the receiver of the road. No accident involvings loss or damage to passengers, crews or the ! property of shippers, has occurred. In May last, after the close of the fiscal year, a tire was discovered in a car of cotton in i transit; but bv good management it was extinguished before great damage was done. The loss is small and will be promptly met by the insurance company. There being no depots at Hickory, Newton, or Uastonia, President Harper recommended that the company erect one at each of these points. He also urged the import1 't 1! .... linn I'l'Ain . UHCC 01 1)1111(1 log an iiiiiijiiiiuiiit ii.iv iivi.il Xewton to Hickory, between which points , trains are now running over u third rail on 'the bed of the W. X. ('. road. President I Harper stated that the company was now paying a rental of $450 a year for very limited shop room, without power or machinery, and called to the attention of the stockholders, the importance of the road's having | shops of its own. In conclusion, the president stated that not including mail and express earnings of $1,118.00 for April and I May, there was now on hands $0,151.57, and asked for the appointment of an auditing committee to examine the books of the treas urcr and report the result of their investigations to the stockholders, or to the lirst meeting of the board of directors. I'pon a motion of J. S. Briee, Ksip, a vote of thanks was tendered to Major Harper,! president, and other ollicers of theC.it I..1 road, for the able and efficient manner in which they had conducted the business ofi the com pan v during the time they had had I . i charge. j I*pou motion of ('. K. Spencer, Ksq., it J was resolved that the president, if lie may j ileoin it expedient and advisable, be requested to correspond with the It. & I), company concerning the whereabouts of the $87,000 of I lie mortgage bonds. It was also resolved, upon motion, of Mr. Spencer, that the directors lie instructed to issue new mortgage bonds on the whole line to the amount of $400,000 at 5 per cent, interest, payable semi-annually, and to run for fifty years from their date, for the purpose of funding the present bonded indebtedness and building the road between Newton and Hickory. Upon motion uf J. S. Hrice, Ksq., it was resolved that the annual meeting of the stockholders hereafter be held on the third Thursday of July of each year, and that the fiscal year hereafter lie closed on the !?0th of June of each year. Tlie election or omcers iur uic ensuing year resulted as follows: President, (i. W. F. Harper, of Lenoir; Directors, J. L. Agurs, A. (J. Brice, Chester; C. K. Spencer, Jos. F. Wallace, York ; John B. White, (iaston ; V. A. McBee, Lincoln ton; W. H. Williams, Catawba; P. (J. Moore, Caldwell. I'pon the authority of a resolution passed by the stockholders, the chairman appointed the following committee to audit the hooks of the treasurer: J. S. Price, Esq., of York, chairman ; M. M. Courtney, of Caldwell ; and S. M. Finger, of Catawba. Upon adjournment, it was left to the hoard of directors to fix the place of the next annual meeting. After adjournment, the hoard of directors met and elected John J. McLurc, of Chester, secretary of the company, and fixed the salary of President Harper at $1,000 per annum. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal is visiting relatives in Rock Hill. Stenographer H. I. MeCaw is attending court at Winnsboro. Mrs. W. JI. Corkill, of Chester, visited relatives and friends in Yorkville last week. Mr. Cal (f. Parish is at home for a few days from his railroad work in Maryland. Miss May Wilson, of Manning, S. C., is visiting Miss Bessie Barron in this place. R. E. Allison, Esq., of Lancaster, was in Yorkville last week on professional business. Miss Grace McElwee, of this place, is visiting Miss Addie McElwee, at Statcsvillc, X. C'. Mrs. Jennie Blake, of Rock Hill, is in Yorkville, visiting the family of Auditor W. J. Waters. Mrs. John M. Moore and children are visiting the family of Mrs. A. E. Goforth, at Union C. H. Misses Xcllie Reid and Amelia Beckham, of Rock Hill, visited friends in Yorkville last week. Mrs. Thos. Good rum, of Atlanta, is in x.-?!...:!!? !,? xr.-u \r.', JUilVYiMU, Yl^lllII^ lllb i Ulll 1 IJ wi ill i c. a?*.c* ret Williams. Miss Annie McFadden, of Kock Hill, is visiting the families of Messrs. James and John Mallard. Mrs. E. A. Crawford and little daughter, Winnie Davis, are visiting Mr. James Seoggins at Hickory Grove. Colonel Fleming Gardner, chief engineer of the Alantic Const Line railroad, spent several days in Yorkville last week. M iss May Cunningham, a student of the Banks High school, left for her home in Newberry county last Monday. Mrs. C. G. Parish and Misses Cora Clark, Kate Cody and Kate Moore, of Yorkville, spent last Thursday with friends in Gastonia. Miss S. A. Kuykendal, of the Philadelphia neighborhood, is in Yorkville spending a few days with her brother's family, Dr. J. C. Kuykendal. Rev. B. IT. (frier has rented, and, with his family, will occupy the Herndon house on East Liberty street, at the Narrow Gauge crossing. It is expected that his family will arrive in Yorkville next week. LOCAL LACONICS. Prof. Hunks Kf-flecteU. ? At a meeting of the board of trustees of the Yorkville graded schools, held on last Saturday, Prof. A. It. Banks was re-elected superintendent for the ensuing year. The Sanitary Commission.. ? Intendant O'Leary has sent out notices to the eU'ect that the sanitary commission is now making an inspection of the town. Everybody should see to it that their premises are in proper condition. lltiv ? We have seen an elaborate programme of the exercises in connection with the celebration of "Ohildrens' Day" in the Presbyterian church at this plaice, on the afternoon of Sunday, June 24th, at 4 o'clock. For OI>Klrit<'tiii? the Kuilroiiil. ? Joe Chisholm, a young Negro, aged 8 or 10 years, was committed to jail by Trial Justice Shurley last Monday on the chargt of placing obstructions on the track of the C. C. & A. railroad between Rock Hill and Catawba river. Wilt ell the Chicken House. ? Judging from quite :f number of complaints heard during the week, Tim Exqiiit Kit has reason to believe that chicken thieves are unusually busy. Mr. John Mallard shot at one a few nights ago, but failed to hit him. After the Lynchers. ? Governor Tillman bus oll'ered a reward of $250 for the party or parties engaged in the recent lynehings in Yorkville and Lancaster. The reward is lixed at a pretty good iigtire, but there is little probability that the governor will ever be called upon to pay it over. Kelief for the liliitUon Sufferers. ? So far, Governor Tillman has received something like $1,000 in contributions for the relief of the storm sufferers in Bluflton township. Among recent contributions from this county, we note $(5.00 from the Rock Hill Sunday-school, through S. A. Lancaster, and $4.58 from Tirzah, through R. R. Allison." Death of Mrs. W. C. ltlack. Mrs. Black, widow of the late lion. W. (.'. Black, and mother of Messrs. John (!., Joseph, and T. L. Black, of Blacksburg, died at her home in that place last Friday, aged 75 years. Mrs. Black was a most estimable woman, of remarkable strength of character, and her long life was one of grc/tt usefulness to her community. I low to Work the Itoails. ? The Charlotte News says Baxter II. Moore has received an invitation from Mr. Thomas W. Holloway, secretary of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina, to read a paper on ''The Proper system of Working Public Roads,' at a meeting of the society at Rock Hill on August 1. Fire Hell 1'iircliiiseil. ? I'pon the authority of the town council of Yorkville, Intendant O'Leary has purchased a large fire hell, weighing 838 pounds. The hell is expected to arrive today. It will * ? * ? 1 I . .1. i f immediately i?e placet: in me ciock unvt-r m the court house, and when the proposed clock is purchased, it will also serve as a gong upon which the hours will he struck. The hell and frame cost, laid down in Yorkvillc, $11)0.70. A AT;1111Sot of lliiyn. ? Now that the hoys of the l'anks High school have left town, it is in order to give them "a character.'' We have time and again heard them referred to as always conducting themselves as thorough gentlemen. and since the establishment of the school in Yorkvilie, we do not remember of a single instance that could he cited to the contrary. It is to lie hoped that they will all come hack, with more like them. Ili'vulvil to MiiMoni-y. ? "News of The Craft," is the name of a neatly gotten up little monthly journal, published iu Yorkville, with J. I'. Habiugtou and W. H. de Loach as editors and proprietors. The journal is devoted to the interest of I I [masonry, and is full of interesting mutter, t that makes it well worth the subscription ' price?$1.00 a year?to members of the or- ' der. The current edition is marked Vol. 1. . Xo. fi. Heiliiccil Kates. , I ? Agent llobbs requests us to announce j ! that on the oeceasion of the political meet- < - *> < ' ii i .1... 1 lugs ai kock mil aim 1 orMiiu-. mc iuut C'.s will sell roiln<l I rip tickets, good on all regular trains, at one-half full fare. Water for the Cadet*. | ? lMntnlier Gossman was yesterday en- ( i gaged in the work of extending a temporary ] ! water pipe from the end of the main on I King's Mountain street, to the grounds of i the Baptist High school, the object being to j furnish the cadets with water during their encampment. i To Teaeh in the I'uhlie Schools. ? Colonel Ashury Coward, superintend- ( j ent of the citadel, has submitted to General 11 I Johnson Ilagood, chairman of the hoard of | visitors of the citadel academy, a list of the 1 citadel cadets who, completing their course I on the 29th of June, will, according to their < matriculation promise, he required to teach | a certain length of time in the public schools < of the State. York county is credited with ' i the name of Cadet K. K. Tompkins, of Kock ! Hill. 1 1 To l>o Opened ut Hock Hill. I ? Though the first meeting provided by ( ' the executive committee in the approach- h ing canvass of the State, is to he held at j I Yorkville, on Tuesday, June 19, the cam- M ! paign will really be opened at Kock Hill on | [ i Monday, June 18. Governor Tillman and j1 'Senator Butler have been especially invited | to be at Kock Hill on that day, audit is' I likely that the various candidates for gov-1 I ernor and other State officers will also be present. rreticliliiK Agiilii*! l.yncliint;*. ? "C. C. H.," our correspondent at Grover, X. C'., writes that Rev. F. C. llickson preach-: ed at Antioch on Sunday, June 4. "His 1 subject says, our correspondent, "was the i 'Upholding of the Law.' He denounced | lynching in the strongest terms and pointed I, out some of the evils of our social and politj ical systems. His language was very plain and emphatic, and the sermon was loudly applauded by the congregation. We need j more Hicksons. He tells the truth regard i less of who it raiiv offend.7' A Formidable Monster. ? While at the home of Mr. T. M. Allen, of Harmony, one day last week, a representative of Thk Kmh'IHKK was shown the j stuffed skin of a monster rattlesnake that i Mr. Allen had just received a few days before. The snake was four feet two inches long, seven and three-quarter inches in circumference at the middle, and had eight rattles. It was killed about ten days ago by ! Mr. P. It. Corn well, Mr. Allen's brother-in; law, on his plantation on Catawba river, near Longtown, in Fairfield county. Sennit ive Mechiini.siii. ? To watch the pressure gauge under the standpipe is interesting. The needle answers to the opening of the smallest faucet connected with the water mains, and a few moments' watching gives an idea of the quantity of water that is being drawn from the pipe in different parts of town. A slight movement of' the needle indicates that I I somebody is merely drawing a glass or dip- j ! pcrfull, while prolonged vibration indicates the filling of a bathtub or the playing of a I hose. Scarcely for a dozen seconds together does the needle remain perfectly still, and to i realize the constant use of the water through; out the town is easy. Flood at the l'ump House. ? Pumpman Gossman got a good ducking in his pumphouse on Monday night of last week. As usual, he was pumping the daily supply of water into the standpipe. Suddenly there was a rushing noise, and almost before he knew what the trouble was, his pump was submerged and he was up to his j knees in water. On investigation, he disj covered that a joint had been blown out of | the watermain just at the point where it leaves the pumping station to go uptown, and the water, under a pressure of more than 200 feet, was coming back at him in a perfect flood. To shut off the water at a convenient gate was the work of a very I fi.tv m! 11 ii I />? lull if, ret nil rt'il lilt* labor ofl 1 - 1 ? several men all night to get the joint replaced. Thou Sliult Do No Murder." ? Rev. W. (r. Neville preached a sermon in the Methodist church Inst Sunday night 1 ion the text : "Thou sliult do no 'murder."! ; The occasion of the sermon was the recent i lynching of the Negro Jell' Crawford, and I i the subject was lynchings in general. Among other things, Mr. Neville said that the vieI tims of lynchings were usually poor Negroes, | while white men, guilty of crimes just as i i heinous, were often, through the aid of their I ; money and social position, enabled to defeat | the ends of justice and retain their liberty, i He denounced lynching in unqualified terms, and said that should he participate in such a j crime lie would feel that he was guilty of murder. The cause of lynching he attribu- j i ted to the defective administration of the i laws and unhealthy public sentiment. Investigation Completed. ? The military court of inquiry appointed j to inquire into the disobedience of certain , companies in refusing to go to Darlington | i upon the orders of the governor, has made | its report. In the case of the Catawba Rifles,, I the blame is lixed on Captain J. F. Reid and 1 I Lieutenant L. C. Harrison. In the case of | , the Jenkins Rifles, the report is as follows:: i "That all olliccrs and members of the Jenk-1 i ins Rifles who assembled on the Mist of; I March (being all who could be found at the time) were guilty of deliberate disobedience! of orders in refusing to go to Columbia when i ordered so to do by the commander-in-chief." j i Several companies were exonerated from i blame. What Governor Tillman intends to i do in the matter, has not yet fully developed. MrKLWKK SCHOOL. School Commissioner Edwards Attends the Closing Exercise*. Km* llii" YorKViiic r.iii|iiirei. t I 11;It Vorkville on the evening of June 7lli,! ; to at tend the closing exercises of the MeKI wee school. The entertainment was given | on Friday evening, the Stli instant. This! ! school is located about five miles south of i Rock Hill. It is in charge of J. I). Falls, n I young man from Fallston, X. as principal. It has been in operation seven month-, and will, after a short vacation, continue three months longer, making a ten months' term. The patrons of this school deserve great credit and praise for rising to the importance and necessity of maintaining a good school for their children ten months in the i year. They give their teacher a stated salary, supplementing, out of their own pockets,; j the amount the school receives out of the : j public school fund. The school has an en- ( j rollment of about sixty pupils. The school ! house is neat and comfortable, and if a little 1 larger, would remove the only fault that 1 could be found against it. The children i. give evidence of careful and efficient training I | and are making rapid progress in their studies. . j, j The entertainment was quite an enjoyable j I occasion. The stage was large, well arranged and was tastefully and beautifully decorated. . In appearance it far surpassed what we us-j | unity see in preparations for entertainments i of this kind. The exercises were opened at ' S p. m. with prayer by Rev. Mr. Berry, pastor of the Mt. Holly Methodist church, followed i i by a song of welcome by the school. The school commissioner was then introduced | > > Tim . ami IIJUUU ?l M1WI i iiuui %rr?n v/? 11/ , ( 1 regular programme was take up, consisting of recitations anil dialogues, interspersed with < { music. The music was furnished by Mr. L.11 (i. Kd wards and Mr. and Mrs. I loss Mcl'ad- i den : the gentlemen using violins and the i lady an organ. All that is necessary to say of the music is that it was good. The pro- 1 : gramme consisted of about "><) pieces, though [ | many of them were short. The pieces were j; [ well rendered, and the children deserve great ( j praise for the manner in which they acquit-1 j c<l themselves. Some of the dialogues were ,ery funny and gave the audience great enoyineiit. The old dialogue, "The Surprise I'arty," was rendered better than I ever saw t before. It is enough to say that while the exer ises lasted from 8 to 12 p. in., the interest n the performance never Hugged. There vere present, to witness the exercises, at east four hundred persons, and I have never seen so large a crowd so orderly and wellbehaved. In fact, the order was perfect, ind there was nothing to mar the peace and harmony of the occasion. There are many 1 <?.!. i [lungs in connection wiin mm uumr i numu like to say: but for lack of time and your lack of space, I must leave unsaid. Suffice it to say, that it was a great pleasure to your humble servant to be present and witness the closing exercises of this school and to realize the fact that the people of this community are abreast of the limes, and are wide awake in regard to the most important ipiestion that is now engaging the attention of the American people. Of all the great questions that are now engaging the attention of the American people, the mental and moral training of the rising generation is the most important. Tariff reform, free silver, the Federal election laws, State banks, and the whole financial policy of our government are all grave and important questions, the settlement of which is agitating the minds of our people, and are questions of grave concern ; but if we can secure pure homes where virtue and intelligence hold sway, all these grave questions will ultimately be settled, and be settled to the best interests of the American people. What this country needs more than anything else, is intelligence and enlightened citizenship. (Jive us that and the country is safe. W. If. Edwards. - - ? POINTS FROM IMXKYIIjIjK. hi Xm-iI of Ituiu-Sfrioii* Accident to Mr. Julian Johnson?An Unfortunate Little Negro the Subject of iui Interesting Surgical Expertment?Personal Mention. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Pinkvii.i.k, X. ('., June 11. This section is needing ruin very badly. I have noticed some com curling, and the gardens are burning up. Mr. Hick's forecast was scanned with interest. The shrill whistle of the thresher engine is beginning to be heard in the land. Mr. Julian Johnson, son of Mr. Dan Johnson, of Charlotte, was painfully kicked by bis horse while driving near here last Friday. He got out of his buggy to let down the check rein, and the lines fell at the horse's feet. When lie went to pick them up, the horse kicked and landed the blow in bis mouth, knocking out his front teeth and rendering him unconscious. Squire J. 11. Harnett has returned from the Arkansas hot springs, and is somewhat improv i;t i. Miss Katie Reid, of Charlotte, is sit home from the Arkansas college of music. Misses llnttic ami Lois Harris are at home for the summer months. Mr. K. \V. Boyec lolt on Monday for an extended visit to relatives and friends in Charlotte and elsewhere. Miss Maggie Cannon is visiting her sister, Mrs. Epps. A little Negro on Mr. Railes's plaee, snlfered a painful accident the other day. He happened to get in front of a reaper, and before the machine could be stopped, one of his feet had been entirely amputated with the exception of the leader. Thinking that as the little fellow is so young the foot may grow back, Dr. Strong sewed it on again. At last accounts the unfortunate boy seemed to be doing very well. Mr. A. E. Hell, who has been conducting a school at Shopton, returned home on Monday. Mr. \V. E. Vounts is still very sick. LETTER FROM LOWJtYSVILLE. Suffering from Drought?Recollection* of the Bullock's Creek Storm?Personal Mention. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LowRYsvir.hu, June 12.?Some sections of this county are in the midst of the most protracted drought ever experienced at this season of the year, the land not having been too wet to run the plough since the big snow of the 27th of February. All crops are needing rain, though cotton, where there is a good stand, is suffering the least. Hardens are about burned up, and with no fruit, the situation would be about desperate were it not for the fact that fried chickens . are ripe. The account of the recent hailstorm published in Thk Enquikkr, awakens vivid recollections of the famous hailstorm in Bullock's Creek on the 15th of May, 1859. It was undoubtedly the most severe that has visited the country since the early settlement. The track of the storm, where I saw it, was five or six hundred yards wide. Fields of wheat, ready for the scythe, were so completely destroyed that not a vestige of straw remained on the ground. It was broken into atoms and washed oil', leaving the land as hard and bare as a pavement. The hail was rifted into the hollows 10 feet deep, and ice was secured from these rifts six weeks after its fall. One old lady, as Thk E.nqi'IRKR stated, was killed, and another so badly injured that she died in a few days. Miss Kate Douglass's school closed last Thursday and a grand picnic was held in A bell park. It was largely attended and much enjoyed by all present. Mr. Belk, a student of the Columbia seminary, is supplying the Presbyterian church here with preaching during the summer. Misses Florence and Cole <?uv, who will graduate today at the Asheville Normal and Collegiate institute, are expected home tomorrow. Mr. J. L. Ouy, Jr., is in attendance upon the commencement exercises at Asheville. w. o. o. -V- ? UOI LD NOTES. Gloomy Outlook for Crops?Killed anil Captureil Seven Minks?A Fight with u Loose Still lion. 1 (irreMIKMluvni'V on ill- 1 Iiriu mi.- iwiuiin. (loii.n, Jiiiio 11.?The last seasonable rain in this section was on the 19th of April. Bottom land corn that was well manured is tiring badly, and crops generally are doing no good. Irish potatoes and beans, which are usually a great luxury with farmers at this season of the year, are a complete failure, and everything goes to remind us of the disastrous year of 1881. During that year, from April to August, there was scarcely sutlieient rain to lay the dust. That fall, however, everybody who could procure the seed, sowed wheat and oats, and in lss2 was harvested one of the largest grain crops that has ever been raised in the county. Mr. Walker Nelson has been very much annoyed bv minks. Aroused by the squalling of his chickens a few nights ago, he went out and found his yard almost alive with the treacherous black thieves. After vain efforts to bluff oil' the minks by building fires in the yard, he.proeured the assistance of John Coal, colored, and his dogs. In a short time they succeeded in killing and capturing seven minks. Before he undertook the war on the varmints, Mr. Nelson lost about twenty-five chickens. Mr. H. F. Horton had an exciting tight this morning with a loose stallion belonging to Mr. John (food. Mr. Horton was trying to drive the vicious animal away, and received several severe kicks, and may have beeti killed had it not been for the timely arrival of Mr. (food, who was out after the animal and promptly came to the rescue. u. -%? LETTER FROM FAIRFIELD COl.MY. School Closed?Wants tlic A. It. 1'. Orphanage? Personal Mention. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Whitk Oak, June 11.?White Oak school closed last Friday night with an interesting entertainment. There were 32 pieces on the programme, and all were well acted and greatly enjoyed by those present. Five prizes were awarded as follows: 1st, for best declaimer, to Tom West Patrick; 2nd, for improvement in penmanship, to Irene Patrick ; 3rd, for deportment, to Claude Galloway; 4th, best essay, to Miss Kittie Patrick; nth, for general excellence, to Miss Kittie Patrick. After the award of the prizes, Mr. Douglass, of Winnsboro, delivered an able and instructive uddresson education. While Oak hopes to secure the location ol the proposed A. 11. P. Orphanage. Among the advantages ottered is a fine community of good citizens, ample transportation facilities and a central location in the synod. Miss Sallie E. Patrick, who has been teaching in lluntersville, N.C., has returned home. Miss Clara Johnston, of Winnsboro; Mrs. D. M. Milling, of Buck head; and Miss Minnie Moore, of Greenwood, are visiting friends here. Mr. Sam Blair, of Blairsvillo, paid us a Hying visit last week. We were glad to have our old York friend in our midst. s. i>. FORT MILL MATTERS. ( rowing in Interest and Power?Gone to Atlanta ? l'erxonal Mention. I'orrcspondenee of The YorkvillcKnquirer. Four Mii.t., June II.?The special services held by Mr. White, of Hock Hill, are growing in interest and power. On Monday, at 4 o'clock i?. m., prayer meetings were held in live differ imt houses by the various ministers. Mr. <'has. Hlunkcnship, of the (iohl Hill hand, has render* I'd valuable assistance to the music with the ornet. Mrs. Humbert, the accomplished wife of Mr. I. \V. Humbert, is in Atlanta attending the foreign missionary society of the Methodist Kpiscopal church, South. All of the small grain has been cut, and much >f it hauled. Soon the noise of the thresher will lie heard in the land. The farmers are needing rain very badly. Miss Mamie Mcachaiu has returned from a session of profitable study at the Winthrop ('raining school. The ordinance of the laird's Supper will be elebrated on next Sunday.at the Fort Mill Maplist church. ' * r?#r <Jo\<?rnoi*. ? Hon. W. II. Tiinmcrinan, president pro tent of the senate, lias announced himself as a [ andidate for lieutenant governor. He says that he does not know whether or not he will bo able to make the canvass, but desires to be judged bv bis record of six years itt the house and senate, and his various public utterances. Will Not Kim. ? The < Sreeitville I honor rat says it lias intliority for the statement that lion. M. L. Donaldson will not be a candidate for congress.