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Jtoaps aud ^arts. ? Tlie senate committee of the whole, oi last Wednesday, finished the consideration o the tariff bill by sections, and the measure i now in shape for a final vote. This, it is ex pected, will be taken today or tomorrow. I the bill passes the senate?and that is no yet a matter of absolute certainty?it will a once be returned to the house. It is clairaei that Chairman Wilson, of the ways an< meatik committee, is not at all satisfied wit) the manner in which the senate has slashec his bill, and it is possible that he will be un willing to agree to many of the changes ' ? 1 Ml - A ?11 I- 1 ~ loe iaie 01 ine Din may sun ue regurueu u uncertain. One of the most important mat ters to come up after the tariff has been dis posed of, is the joint resolution providing fo the election of United States senators by i direct vote of the people. This is goiug t< provoke a very lively fight in both house ant senate. ? The statement was made in Washingtoi last Friday, from an authoritative source that no issue of bonds will be made by th< administration during the summer; that thi president and Secretary Carlisle are in thor ough accord on the financial policy of tin treasury, and that the end of gold export to Europe is believed to be about reached The administration expects the new tarif bill is going into effect by August 1st, ant after that date increased revenues are looket for. July expenditures will exceed receipt,1 by $15,000,000, which will reduce the avail able treasury balance to about $100,000,000 The present outlook is that by deferring everything but absolutely essential pay ments, the treasury deficit for the currenl fiscal year, which closes Saturday, June 30th will be brought within $75,000,000. Les.? than ten days ago it was estimated that i would reach $78,000,000. ? Santo, the anarchist, who recently assas sinated President Carnot at Lyons, wai taken Iwfore a magistrate on Tuesday of las week. He had no hesitation in declaring himself an anarchist, and expressed himsel strongly in favor of the policy of violence The examining magistrate asked Sant< whether he had any personal grievatic< against President Carnot. He replied : "No but he was a tyrant and I killed him foi that reason." "How did you stab him?' asked the magistrate. "I pushed aside the horses ami cuirasseurs and advanced to the carriage. I had a dagger concealed in ray sleeve. I only had to raise my hand. 1 aimed at his stomach and brought my arn: down sharply, shouting 'Long live anarchy ! The crowd rushed upon me and laid me prostrate. I was beaten mercilessly. Is the president dead ?" The magistrate made nc reply, and taking it for granted that President Carnot was dead, the assassin went into ecstacies of glee. ? One of the greatest labor wars of the generation has just broken out in the Northwest. On one side is that powerful organization known as the American Railway union, and on the other is the General Managers' association. The General Managers' association includes about 20 of the mosl important lines that centre in Chicago, while the Railway union includes nearly all the employees on these various lines, except those who belong to the Brotherhood of Locomotive engineers. The fight grew out oi a difference between the Railway union and the Pullman Car company. The Pullman compauy refused to submit the matter tc arbitration and the fight is the result. A strike and boycott were ordered by the Railway association on last Friday. There is reason to believe that it will be mouths before tbe trouble can be settled, and there will be great paralysis of business in the section affected during its continuance. ? The Paris police have discovered thai there is no doubt about the fact that the recent assassination of President Carnot, was the result of a conspiracy among the anar chists, to avenge the death of Valliant and Heary, members of the organization, executed within the past few months for bomb throwing. Positive information has beer gathered that on Wednesday preceding the assassination, a number of anarchists held a meeting and drew lots to see which should commit the bloody deed. The lot fell tc Santo, and ho went straightway about his work. The police went to the house of the anarchist named Granier, last Wednesday and ordered him to surrender. Granier was wanted as one of Santo's accomplices. Instead of surrendering, he drew a knife into bis bowels, and fell dead at the feet ol the police. The terrible determination of the anarchists, and the apparent willingness with which they give up their lives in the pursuit of their purpose, whatever that may be, is spreading consternation throughout France. , ?One result of the recent assassination ol President Carnot, has been the introduction by W. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania, a bill defining the term "anarchy," and providing penalties for crimes attempted by anarchists. The bill provides that any person 01 persons appointed, designated or employed by any society or organization existent in the United States or o.ny foreign country which provides in writing or verbal agreement, understanding or countenance, for the taking of human life unlawfully, or for the uulawful destruction of a building or build ings or other property where the los3 oi human life is the probable result of such de structiou of property, shall be deemed an anarchist. Any person or persons being an anarchist or anarchists as described bv the first section of this act, who shall at tempt the life of any person holding otlice elective or appointed, or employed under the constitution and laws of the United States, 01 who shall attempt the destruction of atij building or buildings or other property where the loss of the life of any such Vnitcc States official or employee would be the probable result of such destruction of build ings or other property, shall, upon trial am conviction of such offense in any circuit o the United States of the district where sue! offience was attempted, he sentenced t< death by hanging, which sentence shall b< executed by the marshal of the district ii accordance with the sentence of the judg* before whom the case was tried. ? When President Lincoln used to rid* about the streets of Washington, during th< war, he was always accompanied by a trooj of cavalrymen, riding before and behind For many years, the necessity of a guard foi the president has been something unthough of. During his first term in office, and up t< the past few months of his second term President Cleveland went wherever he de sired and alone. Since the arrival of th? Coxey army in Washington, it lias beei time and again stated that a guard of detectives constantly surrounded the president Last week, after the news of the assassiua tion of President Carnot reached this eoun try, several reporters made it a point to visi the vicinity of the White House to see whai they could see. It was just as the prcsiden was preparing to take a drive. The earring* was in waiting. A short distance away wen two men in a bnggv. They were dressed ii citizen's clothes. President Cleveland am Private Secretary Thurber came out of tin White House and took a seat in the carriage As the driver started off", Mr. Thurber nod ded to the two men in the buggy not fa awav. and thev followed. The buggy kep close to the carriage during the whole drivi around the city, and through the surround ing country. The reporters afterward learn ed that the occupants of the buggy wen members of the Washington police force and though they could get no definite infor mation to that effect, put it down as a faei that the two men were detailed as a bod! guard to the president. ? From the pension department comes tin surprising statement that at the beginning of the next fiscal year, there will be return ed to the treasury of the United States, tin enormous sum of nearly $25,(100,000. Thii represents the saving in the conduct of tin bureau during the incumbency of Uommis sioner Lochren. Instead of granting, with out question, every application, Mr. Loch ren set to work to stop the wholesale steal ing. How well he has succeeded is showi in his avoidance of a deficiency of $I5,000,0(K predicted by his predecessor; but actually saving $25,000,000 from the amount appro priated. The last Republican appropriatioi was $1(55,000,000, and Commissioner Lock ren, this year, asks for only $140,000,000 It is predicted that at the end of Cleveland': administration, the appropriation will nol amount to more than $120,000,000 per an num. This is not the work of congress; bui the entire credit rather belongs to Secretary Smith, of the Interior department. Foi over a month the pension bureau has beet engaged in cleaning out the accumulate! files. The examination thus far shows thai the number of pending cases will be reduce! from 711,000 a year ago, to about 350,000 In the files have beeu found 40,000 abandon j ed cases. There were over 25,000 rejected ; cases. Other cases have been disposed of in such large qualities as to reduce the total | number to 350,000. It is fully expected 'I, that all of these cases will have been disposed of by the expiration of Mr. Cleveland's s ! term. Then the time will arrive for a long "expected discharge of the employes of the bureau. At present, the bureau has on its * rolls 2,000 employes, of whom 318 arc conj! stantly on the road as special examiners. It ; is stated that there may be a reorganization ' of the subdivisions within the next few 1 months. i ??? 3:j$ltc |[0flmllc (?n<juim\ e ! YORKVILLE, S. C.: ? WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1894. f ? ? j ? The St. Louis Republic wisely suggests | j as oue of the sore needs of the South, "that! s the colored people be taught to spend twice , - the amount of money that they now spend for food and clothing." Xo doubt this ? would help things wonderfully in a business t~ way, and The Republic will confer a great favor if it will point out to the colored peo; pie of the South just where they are going t to get "twice the amount of money to spend." - - s ?Hon. Patrick Walsh, who was appointed t to (ill out the unexpired term of Hon. A. II. ? Colquitt, deceased, in the United States sen^ ate from Georgia, has announced himself as j a candidate for re-election for the term be? ginning March 4, 1895. Senator Walsh is a ; broad minded statesman, sound on the finanr cial questions which most concern the interest of his constituents, and while we do not | [ know a great deal about the other senatorial | ? ? finol ?nti<;fipd that the r ad|iiiaiuo in iiiov. v(?\vj >t v ?w. ? ? [ people of Georgia will not make a mistake i in keeping him right where he is. ' ?? ? It seems that the withdrawal of General ! Clement A. Evans in favor of lion. W. Y. i Atkinson, is not going to settle the family ( (quarrel iu Georgia. Much of Mr. Atkinson's campaign thunder has consisted of abuse of Atlanta. Trusting to this circumstance for . much of their capital, a number of prominent Atlantians, who have all along been supporting Evans, held a meeting last Thursday | night and decided to transfer their allegiance . to Judge Nines, the candidate of the l'op, lists for governor. As to whether or i not the movement will accomplish anything ; remains to be seen ; but there is little reason " to believe that it will be supported by any considerable number of Atlantians. 1 ?The announcement that Col. Ellison S. ' Keitt, of Newberry, is to canvass the State, ' will add interest to the campaign. Col. , Keitt, it will be remembered, was an aspi; rant to the senate when Irby succeeded Hampton. He is a strong exponent of Alii auce views of finance, a man of undoubted { ability, and has a strong individual following throughout the State. The special | object of his canvass, it is understood, is to defend the Ocala demands, and though it is \ [ hardly probable that he hopes to secure from i the next legislature any endorsement of his ; 1 candidacy for the senate, there is reason to | 1 believe that he will force Butler and Tillman ; ^ entirely out of the domain of personalities! I into a very serious discussion of such issues j as have been presented by the Alliance. . ? The contested election case of Watson J vs. Black, from Georgia, came up in the! M ' w - I > j house of representatives last Friday, and { Black was seated by a vote of 10t! to 10. ' j Watson, it will be remembered, was elected ; from the Teuth Georgia district as a DemoJ crat. After his election, he became an >, ' > ( avowed Populist. He made himself obnox! ious not only to.the Democrats of his district; | ', but also to the Republicans and Demorcrats alike in the house. In fact, he raised the j ^ wind generally, and Democrats and Repub1j licans throughout the country, determined . r 1 upon his destruction. Accordingly, a tre-1 ! j mendous campaign fund was raised for use! in the Tenth Georgia district. The money j I was contributed by politicians at the North j 1 and elsewhere, and it is claimed that the j ' city of Augusta alone raised $40,000 in cash.: ; j When election day came, the Democrats of ?; the Tenth Georgia district adopted the old . ballot-box-stuffing tactics of 1S7G. Individ- i H ual voters cast from 10 to 40 ballots against! Watson. Everything was counted, especially | ' the votes for Black, Watson's opponent, and I i on the face of the returns, Watson was over. whelmingly defeated. Watson sought to , contest the election ; but with both of > the old parties overwhelmingly against : r him, and no friends except a handful of t ' Populists, stood but little show. Possibly, j Black may have been fairly elected : but tbat , Watson was the victim of wholsale fraud, no . one who knows anything at all about the j facts in the case has a shadow of a doubt. J ^ ? DR. LATIIAN'S ADDRESS. ) When Rev. Dr. Lathan was selected as the , i man to deliver the address on the Battle of 1 i King's Mountain, Thk EstitlKKlt had no i " hesitation in promising a historical and literary treat of the highest order. The reader , is referred to the first page of this issue for , j prima facie evidence of the fulfillment of . j that promise. Here are pearls of fact plucki* j ed by the hand of a master from ancient and 1 modern history, and applied to the practical ) | affairs of today with such faultless diction' ' and convincing accuracy, as to render it iin- j ; | possible for an intelligent mind to escape the j i lesson. | I)r. Lathan's theme was civil and religious ; liberty. This he showed was one of the "; greatest belongings to man, and proved con-! , clusively that 110 nation can long enjoy it t after it has forgotten (lod. The martyrs j t who perished in old Greyfriars churchyard, 1 and those men who quenched the bonfires 15 built in celebration of the restoration of ) Charles II, were among the few who had ? not strayed under the yoke of bondage; and the fact that the determined heroes who j - gathered at Sycamore Shoals, on Watauga, i r were their descendants, explains the remark-; * able victory at King's Mountain. 3 And in conclusion : "Shall we, who inher; it the rich possession which they won by i 2 their Christian valor, forget their noble deeds j , of daring, and waste the paternal inheritance I -j in riotous living? Shall we make this count try what the heroes of King's Mountain de- j 1 i sired it to be?the land of the free : or shall j ^' we make it what Koine became?first sale"r able, then sacked by the Northern hordes?", "i Comment upon these portentive questions) i1 we deem entirely unnecessary. If anybody 5 fails to comprehend their meaning, we mere-. - ly suggest that they read over the entire address again. ^ - EVANS AM) THE UEUISTEIt. j Senator John Gary Evans and the Colum) bin Register have run afoul. At Florence, ; the other day, Hllerbe charged Evans with - being a recent convert to the Farmers' move- j 1 ment. Kvans claimed that as far hack as J 1X8G, he had published a defense of the ^ movement in the Augusta Chronicle. Kller-j ^ he asked, "Why <iid you not publish that let- j . ter in The liegister, or some other Heform i paper in this State?" "Because," replied ' Kvans, "The liegister was not with us then. 1 We had to huy it out." j | At this statement, The liegister feels it has t ,been slandered, and in last Sunday's issue j 1 j appears the following : . [ "Senator John (Jary Kvans made a state-1 - j ment at the Florence meeting which is false? | and lie knew it was false when lie made it. ! He may have thought it funny: hut slander! is never wit. When asked why he had notpublished an article in which he praised Tillman, in The Register, instead of the Augusta Chronicle, he replied : "Because The Register was not then with us. We had to buy it out." Though The Register was not with the Reform movement in 1SSG, Mr. Evan's letter would have been published in it with great pleasure. It was not necessary for him to go out of the State to get ttint letter published. But, it should be remember-j ed that few South Carolinians would see a1 i letter published in a paper of another State, j However, we care not for that. Senator i Evans has seen lit to charge that The Regis-1 j tor was bought. We demand that he prove I J his charge, or stand convicted as a slanderer., ! This is all we have to say at present; but j f j Senator Evans must either prove or retract |1 his assertion. There is no middle ground." j < | It is now Evans's turn again, and in view j * of the many insinuations that have been ' I floating around so loosely of late, a general j | I clearing up of the whole matter will he! ( j watched for with satisfaction all around. 11 THE PRESIDENT IS UNEASY. It 11 Ho Gives tlie I'ress it Statement Intruded to Allay Anxiety. The continued decrease of the gold reserve ^ in the treasury since the last issue of bonds, y has caused a great deal of uneasiness on the j part of financiers throughout the country, j t To allay this uneasiness, President Cleve-1 c land has made public bis views on the situa-;1 tion through the press. It is not often that J the president voluntarily goes into print t nowadays, and that fact alone is taken as an j indication that notwithstanding his expressed j e views, he regards the situation as critical, jf Here is what he says to the country : "The oiler of certain of the New York :( banks to replace from their vaults the gold ;1 drawn from the government treasury for j \ shipment abroad, is certainly thoughtful and ! patriotic. It not only tends to maintain the i1 treasury's gold reserve in good condition, \ but it adds to the stock of popular confidence, which is at all times important. "The elements which make up our actu- j | al situation do not justny any apprencnsiou,; and the adtninstration still adheres to its j1 pledge and determination to protect our j11 national credit at all hazards, and to keep the quality of our money equal to the best, * so far as the limits of executive power per- J mits. c "Of course, croaking and spreading dis- ^ quieting tales is calculated to insure the , stringent financial condition. I assume, how- . ever, that there is too much patriotism 1 among our people and too much familiarity 1 with our resources and capabilities, to per- c mit our reserved force and linancial vigor s to be discredited. When the last govern- u ment bonds were issued to replenish our c stock of gold, it was nearly as low as now, while outside of our gold we had as avaiia- a ble money, to pay ordinary expenses of the a government, only about $19,000,000. We have now, besides our gold, and in money a applicable to government expenses, more c than $53,000,000. ;v "I understand it is charged in certain j!' quarters that the payment of matured obli- j gations is postponed to the amount of $50,-; v 000,000 or $75,000,000. This is not true. We are paying as we go in the usual way. J" Last year, up to June, the balance against us arising from the exports and imports of s merchandise, excluding gold and silver, was c $04,552,040. The balance in our favor for N the same period this year was $02,900,502, 1 representing a change in our favor of $127,- P 512,00S. These conditions, taken in connection with the willingness of our banks to 0 help the treasury during any temporary and c, unusual drain of gold, ought to satisfy the most conservative as to our safety. . "It must not be forgotten as another favor- ' able feature in the situation, that we are no longer purchasing silver and issuing gold c obligations therefor." ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. J Long Drought Knded by a Sevew Wliul niul Kleo- 1' trlcal Storm?Mr. S. (J. Keesler Deutl?Other ^ Matters. ^ Correspondence of the Vorkville Knquirer. ;l Rook IIii.l, July 2.?The long drought 11 was ended last Wednesday night in a severe 0 thunderstorm. Several cabins west of town p were struck by lightning, and a gin house 11 belonging to W. L. Roddey was unroofed ^ by the wind. A barn on the same lot was completely destroyed; but three or four mules that were outside escaped without j ' injury. 1 The residence of Mr. John (ielzcr, in Oak-1v land, was also considerably damaged by 0 lightning. Two posts were knocked out of j ^ the front piazza and two out of the back., The weather boarding was torn oil' the 1 southwest side, and in the kitchen havoc was : played. The bolt left through the roof, t tearing ofF a number of shingles. Several 1 members of the family were stunned ; but b nobody was seriously hurt. 1 The remains of Mr. S. (J. Keesler, a for- t iner citizen, were brought here from Char- a lotte on Saturday and interred in Laurel- li wood cemetery. o The bicycle club has secured a suitable lot e on Hampton street, and is preparing a first-11 class race track, which will be completed in a j r few days. < The company that undertook the contract! ii for the erection of the new Presbyterian J church, has, with the consent of the commit-1 ii tee, thrown up the job. The contract will h be relet within a few days, and the work s pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, n The farmers say that the improtement t in crops since the recent rains is easily j Ii noticeable. v "Our Hoys" baseball club has been dial- t lenged to play a match game with the' t "Stars," of Chester. That means that the 1: "Stars" are going to get a good licking. ; n 1 SHARON SIIAV1NUS. j 1 The School?Thrown Ironi a Ihijf- j i;y?Destructive Storm. J CorresiMituU'iKH1 of the York villi- Km|uirer. ] Siiakon, July 2.?1The closing exercises of, r the Magnolia High school took place here i ( last Thursday, pursuant to announcement.' v There were present between .100 and 400 i people. I>r. J. 11. Saye acted as master of 1 ceremonies, and the exercises were opened I with prayer by Kev. It. A. Yongue, of Hick- j ory (Jrove. llev. W. (!. Neville preached an a able sermon from Hebrews xii, 2. Then followed a bountiful picnic dinner, served in 'J that sumptuous style so characteristic of I Sharon people. After dinner, Air. J. C.' j Wilborn delivered an address on education. ( This was followed by recitations by the pu- c pils. All were highly creditable. The prizes \ were awarded to Master Thomas Keil and t Miss Mary Kennedy. m In tlie evening there was a concert. Iti was attended by about litM) people. The s proceeds, which were in the neighborhood of f* will he applied to the purchase ol'im- o proved furniture for the school rooms. 1 Mrs. Sarah Russell and Mrs. Youngblood, e were badly hurt recently by being thrown e from a buggy in a runaway accident. ti A terrific rain, hail and wind storm [ passed over the Rlairsville neighborhood i last Friday. The hail did hut little damage : s hut the wind played havoc with forest and t fruit trees. Mr. It. M. Carroll's barn was t unroofed, and an outhouse 011 Mr. James ^ Russell's place was blown down. A. K. s c KtlKT MILL MATTKHS. J t Kcccnt Deaths The College Hays at llanic- He- u cent Marriage. H Correspondence of the Vorkvillc Knuuircr. '| Four M11.1.. July ? Death litis been mak- c ing sad ravages in this community since my I last letter. Miss Ressie Drakeford died two 11 weeks tigo. Her funeral was preached by 1 J. W. lluinhert. Someday later, occurred the a death of Willis, the five year old son of Mr. \ and Mrs. C. I\ Hall. Then followed Robert, ic the infantson of Mr. and Mrs. \V. 1'. Moore; 'I and next, during the past week, Mary With- c ers, infant niece of Mr. R. A. Fulp. v All the college boys are now tit home. 1 Among them are Sain Watson and Karl s Thornwell, from Davidson : and Tom Spratt (1 from the citadel. t Dr. J. H. Thornwell has gone to Charles- id ton on a business trip in the interest of the 'I Thorn well orphanage. | ? At the Haptist parsonage, on Juno .'50, hy n Rev. S. >1. Hughes, .Miss Irene Mull was ' married to Mr. T. A. Mills. The newly 1 e married couple have the good wishes of 1 numerous friends. n Mrs. Idly M. Douglass and Miss Marion p Mobley Durham, of ('ornwell, are visiting n Mrs. S. M. Hughes. n Since the recent rains, crops are doing 11| their handsomest. * * * |'J AFTIi THE OFFICES, Scones and Incidents of tin rHE EXCITEMENT IS NOW SUBSIDING liuilcr and Tillman Buckle Down (o 3 Discussion of Issues and Leave Mos of the Quarreling 1o John Gary Evam and \V. H. Kllerlte. I'rmdenseil from the Daily PajK-ra. The second week of the Slate cumpaigi seems to he rather an improvement on tin first. At Chester! eld, on Tuesday of h\s week, the senatorial candidates abandoned their disgraceful billingsgate and fish-wotnai talk, anil have since endeavored to raise tin liscussion to a higher plane. Of course charges and counter charges are repeated jut. these now relate more particularly t( jflicial acts rather than personalities, and re :orts are confined to respectful explanation! xnil defences that arc calculated to furnisl lie people with abundant food for sobei ellection. AT CHESTERFIELD. The first meeting of last week was held ai Chesterfield, 011 Tuesday. The crowd i.? ,'ariously estimated at from GOO to 800 peo ile, including quite a number of visitors froir lie adjoining portion of North Carolina. (Jov ;rnor Tillman was the first speaker. Hi vas received quietly and with but little ap dausc. He scored the Democratic party foi ts treachery and Cleveland for having be raved his trust. He then went 011 to ex dain the money question, and showed how ;very man who had an income from stocks mil bonds was opposed to silver, for the rea ;on that the free coinage of silver would decease the purchasing power of money and educe old obligations to the same basis up>n which they were originally contracted rhis portion of his speech, especially, was eceived with considerable applause. He vound up with his usual charges againsl Fudge Simonton and Bunch McBee, and his >osition was endorsed by most of the audi:nce. He failed to take a hand primary foi he reason, he said, that he did not want tc nakc Geueral Butler feel any worse than lie ilready felt. General Butler was received with apilause. After the usual preliminaries, he vaded into national issues. Referring to the ight against the unconditional repeal of the fiierman law, he said he had incurred the >itter hostility of Wall street on account ol lis stand, and had received letters in which t was threatened that he would he blown i]) with dynamite if he did not cease his ipposition to the single gold standard. He aid he had voted for an amendment to the mti-option bill that sought to put traders in :otton and provision futures in the penientiary. In conclusion, he wound up with l plea for peace and unity at home. "I beg ,nd pray and beseech you," he said, "if it is he last word that escapes my lips, to bury ill animosities that have been created. If I an accomplish the unity of my people, 1 vould lay down my robes of office, or even ny life, without a single regret. It is chiefy for this reason that I am making this can ass." General Ellerbc was the next speaker. He (itched into John Gary Evans and charged hat gentlemen with having voted against alary reduction and against the agricultural ollege. He also stated that Evans made a -isit to the governor's mansion at least once , week, and throwing his arms around Tillnan, was wont to exclaim, "Oh, Governor, iow much I love you !" Evans denied the illeged vote, and Ellerbe proved it by refernee to page 107 of the house journal for )ecember 8, 1S92. John Gary Evans followed Ellerbe. He leelared that he never flinched from an atack, personal or otherwise. He did not ome into the campaign expecting to jump in any of the Reformers, or to be jumped on ly any of them. If Ellerbe started out to irove that he had not been true to the lieormcrs, lie would have a stumpy road. Elerbe, he said, had served the people well; nit had received $S,500 for it, while Evans ras lighting in the ranks. He said lie voted gainst Tillman as a member of the agricultiral board because be bad to vote for the andidate from bis own district. Evans tainted to be chiefly instrumental in refundng the State debt, and said that he had even mid his own expenses to and from New 'ork. Dr. Strait spoke after Evans, and he was allowed by Mr. Finley. Each spoke ab/>ut 5 minutes, and both were well received by he crowd. A rain came up at about .1.30 'clock. Several otlier short speeches by arious candidates were listened to by a greats' diminished audience. AT HKNXETTSVILLK. G. Walt Whitman, candidate for superinendent of education, was the first speaker, le was followed by J. E. Tindall, and he y John Gary Evans and General W. II. Sllerbe. Ellerbe and Evans had several litle colloquies, but they did not amount to nything. E. It. Hill, of Spartanburg, deived a speech fti support of his claims to the llice of secretarv of state. He was followd by W. H. Yeldell, of Edgefield, and H. t. Thomas, of Sumter, candidates for raiload comniissioner, and then came John Jary Watts as a candidate for adjutant and nspector general. Senator Butler devoted his time to answerng the charges that had been made against lim by Governor Tillman. Wall street, he aid, did not like him any better than Tillnan. In fact, be thought it liked Tillman he better, as be had fought it as bitterly as ic knew bow. He did not see anything rrong in the presence of the free pass visiors at ltock Hill. He had not voted against he confirmation of Judge Simonton. He lad known the judge for 40 years, and had icver known anything against Ins public or irivate honor. If Tillman thought the nomnation of Simonton monstrous, he should lave entered a protest. Butler had seen no irotest. On the question of salary, Senator hitler said the people of the State paid lini only $(i4 a year, while they paid Goverlor Tillman $4,000. lie did not believe that ,'leveland was dishonest, but merely that lie vas governed by his New York environnents. Butler complimented the speech ol 1. It. Thomas, and referred to the quarrel >etween Kllerhe and Kvans as only a law ers' light that did not amount to much myway. It was at liennettsville that Governor Pill man made the first famous speech that irought him into prominence. After a few ireliminary remarks, as if renewing old ac[iiaintances, be branched off on a new line m the financial question and delivered his iews, upon which it is believed that he illends to slake his future career. The main inrtion of his speech is reported as follows: ' Governor Tillman then gave a brief ketch of political parties in the I'nited dates, bringing them down to the election f Cleveland in 1S84. He (Cleveland) might lave been honest then ; but he was not lionst now. [Applause.] Cleveland was eithr not honest now, or else he was the most lamnable traitor this country had ever seen. Cheers.] The speaker then launched out nto a definition of money. Money was lOmelhing you could buy things with. Anyliing stamped by the government and with he government's promise to pay, was money. Yliy had silver been stricken down?that aine silver which had made good money ver since the days of Abraham, Isaac and acob? He would tell them. 11c then ended into quite an extended history, the ;ist of which was that the Ihiglish governiient was the creditor nation of the world, flic moneyed men of Lombard street had rossed over and bought the congress of the 'niled Stales through Wall street. The noney changers of Lombard and Wall streets lad bought the nominations of Cleveland nd Harrison. ( Applause.] Lifting tip his oiee and displaying a silver dollar, lie shout(1 that it was called a "dishonest dollar."' I'lie News and Courier and other plutoratio sheets were bribed or subsidized to rhine about its being a dishonest dollar, 'or his part he believed that every dollar tamped by the government was an honest lollar. Why was it, he would like to know, hat the government's endorsement is taken >11 a bond and will not be taken on a note. I'lie bond bad no better security than the ;roenback, yet it is worth 1:20. Paper noney had been stigmatized as liat money, lint" meaning "be it so."' When the govrnmcnt says it is a dollar it becomes one. Overybody he found now agreed that more noney was wanted. Some wanted more ;old, some wanted more silver, and some lore paper. For his part he wanted more f all three. The great and all absorbing [iiestiou was how were we going to get it. 'lie lirst man who ever wrote a cook book ! had given a receipt for cooking rabbits. It ' began: "First catch your rabbit." The; monetary question was the rabbit. The first tiling to do was to catch the vote on Ji * it. Victory would never smile on their efforts until they got after that rabbit, and j kept after it night and day. That was the v | important question. Their force must not i be squandered upon too many issues. Mon-1 ' i ey and more of it was the absorbing one j just now. He said his Alliance friends and ' i himself had been at loggerheads since 1891 | i 1 on the sub-treasury plan. They had wanted s ^ to know if they did not get it that way, how ;' j were they going to get it. What was it that 11 , the government should turn plenty of moil- ( i ev out over this.land? When it had dam-1' i med up it would irrigate the country. They j I, ? wanted the government to turn loose plenty t of money and to destroy the national banks, j 1 When the money was supplied it should be i made interchangeable with silver and gold J and receivable for any and all public dues, el ,! He was aware that this was the rankest kind I ; of heresy. There had been much talk about 1 j > j the mistakes of the Alliance. They all knew j -that a few years ago the Third Party idea, * was growing and thriving in this State. i Ben Terrell was going from county to j v * j county spreading these ideas. Put what; T ; many of them did not know was, that 1 l ; when he was opposing the sub-treasury he I I! was opposing the progress of the Third Par-1 ^ . ty. He was striking at the growth of the j ^ . Third party in that way. He realized that, , the sub-treasury plan was suggested merely j b . as an educational idea. Then there was the ! a ;! Spartanburg meeting. Terrell made his j . 'speech, but he (Tillman) had already had it y -1 agreed that the fight over the matter was to p . j be made within the Democratic party. That . | sufficed. He did not care to go round fightr j ing the sub-treasury, for he did not want to s fight his brethren. So it went on. In 1802 V . things looked very blue in this State. There jr .'was n strong sentiment here in favor of not I sending any delegates to the Chicago conven-j ^ . i tion. He (Tillman) had advocated doing so. . I All this was going on here while the Third ; I Party was rapidly gaining headway in other > j States. The party was established in other * Southern States. There was no Third Par- p< (I ty in this State, in spite of the fact that at one ji . J time he and some of his friends had had the n UUl'VUS UI lull 11 1 ill IJI.-7III U|/ iUVli vuvn.7 ? big as his finger. South Carolina was almost ? the only Southern State that had stood firm. | She was now pointed to as an example to .! follow. He did not want any division of 11 s forces. The fight should be made strictly on > | the question of the government issuing plen. j ty of paper money, silver money and gold r( ' money, and declaring a" of it good and rcF ceivable for all public due:.. 1 AT DAltLIXli'J ON. ^ 1 The Darlington meeting was held at Oats's . 1 Cross Roads, about 14 miles from the town i * ': of Darlington, on Thursday. The place was ' 1 selected by the county executive committee, J1! ' j it is said, on account of its central location, i c< Tillman and Butler followed several candidates for the minor State offices, Tillman g( ; speaking first. The governor's speech was ' mainly on the line of previous speeches. C( Among other things he indicated that a number of commercial travelers were 1! making it their business to distribute Butler ?] 1 corruption funds throughout the State. He intimated that one of these men?Jonn Waddill?was in the crowd. Waddill desired 10 ^ minutes to answer the charge. The crowd * (j told him he could have all the time he I wanted after Tillman got through ; but he ' j did not avail himself of the opportunity. | Tillman wound up his speech with an ani swer to Whitman's attacks against the ul I State university. w ' | Senator Butler followed Governor Till- at 'j man. He was howled down so much, how- sa : ever, and plied with so many silly questions, je that he did not have anything like a fair . show at a discussion of issues. Somebody ' asked Butler if he thought Cleveland was ! honest : "You and I both thought so when M 1 we voted for him two years ago," the scna- n< tor replied. ll5 1; The most interesting spat of the day was tj (between K vans and Kllcrbe. E vans referred 1 to his connection with the refunding of the J" State debt, and said that he had even paid * his own railroad fare North. Kllcrbe af charged that Evans had entered into an fe 1 agreement with the purchasers of the bonds by which he was to get $10,000 for his services after the whole matter was settled. | Evans denied the soft impeachment. AT KLORKNCK. J" Friday's meeting was held at Elim's 110 Creek, about 12 miles from the town ofp" Florence. There was present about 500 peo- m pie, and the meeting was not very interestI ing. Evans and Kllerbc had their ususal j y< j bout, and furnished considerable amusement, jj (Butler tackled Tillman on the dispensary . I question, Butler's catechism and Tillman's 1 1 answers were as follows: w I Butler?At the time the dispensary opened j vi | in July, 1S98, did you not have, on hand $98,- j 01 321 worth of stock in whisky, wine and hot-! w ties, etc? j( Tillman?Yes; we had on hand more than I. the appropriation. : h Butler?As there were $50,000 appropri-; ated to start the business, did you not exceed [ 1 the appropriation $42,321 before a dollar's, j worth of liquor was sold? ! Tillman?I do not know how much of the ; ai appropriation was expended; but I see 110 ; i,, occasion to deny that we went considerably 1 j in excess of it. j Butler?Was the excess paid for; if so, where did it come from ? If not, you brought 01 i it on credit, and what right did you have to 01 i purchase goods for the Stale on credit? j e< j Tillman?Just the same right as is exer-jg< [ cised by any business man who attempts to j fr | do a $1,000,000 business 011 $50,000 capital. Butler?Did you expect so saddle this debt on the State without authority from the leg-, n< 'jislature? j B | Tillman?The stock represented money, tli j and there was no danger of any debt. j i; :! Butler?Have you not now (58 storehouses : fu j and 75 men engaged at salaries and rents,: ! amounting to $0,000 a month ? j Tillman?The dispensers are 011 half pay, cc j and the storehouses continue in our posses- te 1 session, because we intend to reopen the bus-! A iness. IT Butler?What became of the rebates al-1 in lowed every month by the Liquor Trust 011 ' all whiskies purchased from it? Do you not : know that the Herman-American bank, ofj^ . Peoria, 111., sends checks for rebates allowed j ci to idl merchants purchasing from the trust?IT Tillman?Some whiskey man has loaded 0f I Butler down with a lot of lies, and hg now ! |n seeks to intimate that I have stolen money. | The whiskey trust never gives rebates to any j except those who buy from the firms init, ( ' exclusively. The Mill Creek Distillery cl ; company gave the t?tate $00,000 credit. For se ! this reason we never got a rebate, asked, or ^ j expected any. . j tj, 11 miner?is u not your purpose 10 upeu me j i dispensary again on August 1st. anil have j you not declared such a purpose? j u J Tillman?I am governor of South Caroli- j tli i nu, and will open when I think it lawful and ra right, liutler may whistle for a more satis- ro i factory answer to his question. ! y j When the dispensary lesson was concluded, there were calls for a hand primary. Till-; 0 | man took it and found himself, as usual, in 11'? an overwhelming majority. , ta AT MAIMo.V. Hi 1 Yesterday's meeting was held at Marion, j on We have received no advices as to the inci- in dents of the day. ; 11C - Tj MKItK MENTION. i(J| A ship load of 820 Negroes leave 1 'hila- r delphia tomorrow for Liberia. About 100 ofi j the emigrants are from Philadelphia and the j w J balance are from different portions of the j w: South. (ieneral llewston. the ('alitor- j to nian who was recently committed to jail in ('; London for causing the death of an Italian Sp musician, was last week set at liberty. The i .U] grand jury failed to lind any liill against ' ' him. Casimer l'erier has been elected ,u [president of France, vice Carnot, assassin-1 ated. The Kaleigh News and Observer,' n which is now in the hands of a receiver, is wi j to be sold on July 10. The Democrats ! th i ni" I'cniisvlvania have selected Win. M. Sin gerly, of thi! Philadelphia ISccord, as their 1 candidate for governor. .John Hanson ,l" Craig, who weighed 700 pounds, and who;il was known as the "Kentucky (riant," died at Danville, Indiana, last Wednesday aged, 4") years. The (!al vest on News slates , ai] i that the first bale of cotton of the crop of i 1S!)4 was received at Santiago on the liHhof June. This breaks the record in Texas, it: being more than two weeks earlier than was "r ever known before. It is stated that il(' j Wm. L. Wilson, the father of the tariff bill,! Ii\ is bitterly opposed to the measure as passed |j( by the senate, and, it is claimed that he will ,j( fight its approval by the house. The | I Southern railway company, which recently ex purchased the Richmond and Danville, look IMI charge on last Kundav. Samuel Spencer is - - > * | president 01 me new urguiu/.uuuu. I ?i j LOCAL AFFAIRS, INDEX TO MOW ADVEKT1SEM10XTS. dIiii A. Shurley?Is announced as a candidate for school commissioner, i*. R. Love?Is annnounced as a candidate for re-election to the house of representatives, j J. Waters?Is announced as a candidate for renomination as county auditor, ohn I). Corn well?Is announced as a candidate 1 for county supervisor. . S. Rrice, Chairman of Democratic Executive committee?Calls for a meeting of the j York County Democratic Executive com- j mittee, on next Monday at Yorkville. . M. A I., (leo. Crist?Call attention to the fact that they write lire insurance. I. C. Strauss?"Yes, she's fainted." A seriocomic incident, ohn .1. Hunter?Edgings, trimmings, embroid-' erics and Rogers's table silverware, owry A Starr?Kellani A Moore's chrystal lense spectacles and eye glasses. CHURCH NOTICES. Union services at Trinity Methodist liureh on Sunday evening at 8.In o'clock. Episcopal?Lay service on next Sunday at O.ttt) a. m. Sunday-school in the after-1 nnn nt T\ !t() nVlnut Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Youkillk?Snnday-scliool at 4 o'clock p. in. 'lit/All?Services next Sunday morning at 1 o'clock conducted by Kev. H. If. Gricr. Presbyterian?Rev. \V. (J. Neville, pastor, ervices Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock, unday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. Month' concert of prayer for missions tomorrow fternoon at 5 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. \V. J. Langston, pastor. orkvillk?Sunday-school at 4 p. m. rayer-meetjng tomorrow evening at 8.15. ervices Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. feber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evenig at S.15 o'clock. Services next Sunday1 torning at 10.30 o'clock, and evening at 8.In.1 unday-school at 5 o'clock p. m. H AI IjHOA I) ISAUN IN'GS. The railroad commission has issued its re-! ort of the earnings of the various railroads, i the State for the month of April, as eomared with April of last year. The report, j > far as it applies to the roads in this immc-! iate section, is as follows : Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line railway, *93, ?57,819.30; 1894, ?51,490.31 ; decrease, 5,328.99 ; per cent., 10.95. Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago rail-1 >ad, 1893, ?11,243.76; 1894,?11,520.27; in- j ease, ?276.51; per cent., 2.46. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad, >93, ?44,748.07 ; 1894, $52,883.49; increase, | 3,135.42 ; per cent., 18.18. Cheraw and Chester railroad, 1893, $1,081,); 1894, ?1,322.42; increase, ?241.23; per mt., 22.31. Chester and Lenoir railroad, 1893, $2,082,>; 1S94, ?1,846.32: decrease, ?236.04; per int., 11.34. Georgia, Carolina and Northern railway,' 593, $30,122.26; 1894, ?44,535.33; increase, | 14,413.07; per cent., 47.85. In the aggregate, the earnings or all me >ads in the State, show up an increase of 14,089.78, as compared with April of last ?ar. , KILLED AT PLAY. Little Johnnie Hope, the eldest son of Mr.' id Mrs. J. B. Pegram, of Yorkville, met; ith a fatal accident last Saturday evening ; ; about 7 o'clock. Just exactly how the; id tragedy occurred it is impossible to: arn; hut the facts, as near us they can j } gathered, are about as follows: Little Johnnie, with two companions?j 'asters Willie Lowry and Mlsoii MeCon-1 ill?were using as a Hying jenny an nil- j sed turntable at the Narrow Gauge depot, nknown to his companions, Johnnie fell oil', id when discovered he was unconscious, he other two boys gave the alarm ; but tor help arrived, the unfortunate little How gasped only once or twice and was ?ad. Drs. Bratton & Bratton, Walker, White id F. L. Barker were summoned. They ade a careful examination of the little felw, and found that his neck had been oken by the fall. In their opinion death list have occurred almost instantly. Little Johnnie would have been seven ars of age on the 28th day of this month, e was a bright, gentlemanly little fellow, ie pride of his parents and a great favorite ith all who knew. him. Ilis funeral serces were conducted by Rev. W. (t. Neville, l last Sunday afternoon, and his remains ere interred in the Yorkville cemetery, i this sad nfiliction the heartbroken parents ive the sympathy of a large number of lends and acquaintances. THi; CITADEL CADETS. A number of discarded "shakos," thrown ,vay by departing "first-class" men and worn ; Negroes who happened to be around > pick them up, are now about the only jcular reminders of the recent encampment the citadel cadets in Yorkville. Xumeris pleasant acquaintances, however, form- ! I between the soldier boys and the people | morally, will long serve to keep the event I esh in the memory of the town. The most interesting feature of last Wed- J isday's entertainment was the address of j ev. Dr. It. Lathan. It was delivered in ! ic court house to a large audience, at about J o'clock, and is published elsewhere in j ,11. On Wednesday afternoon, at the imp, the cadets had their two annual impetitive drills. The first was participa-1 d in by the three companies, and Company ?K. L. Lipsey, captain?was the victor. he individual drill was for a beautiful j cdal, composed of a wooden star carved j om the timbers of the famous "Star of the 'est," inlaid in gold and presented to the tadel by Dr. 11. II. Tcugue, of Aiken, i he competition was participated in by all! ' the cadets who desired to enter, except j embers of the graduating class. After a lirited contest of perhaps half an hour, jrgeant A. Levy, of Augusta, Ga., was de-j ared the winner, and the medal was pre-1 nted on the spot with a neat little address ; General Johnson Hagood, chairman of f 1 inn id nf visitors. The entertainment of Thursday afternoon ! as furnished 1)3* tlie citizens' committee in ie shape of mule and bicycle races. The ces took place on the King's Mountain ad, just beyond the residence of Mr. II. F.I diekes. A large crowd of people were out; see the fun ; hut owingto the unfavorable j mdition of the improvised track, the enter-' inment was far from satisfactory. The; st bicycle race was for juveniles, and the dries were Masters Paul Moore and Jim- j ie Barnes. Master Moore won. In the ixt race, the participants were John liomasson, A. M. Grist and Tom Mallard, j list won. Subsequently there was another ee between \V. B. Moore, Tom Mallard id John Thomasson. Thomasson was the' inner. The fast mule race was participa-; d in by J. F. Glenn, John Carroll and Job irroll. John Carroll won with f>0 yards to : are. The slow race was by Burritt Metis j nl Bcnnie Johnson. Metis got there last id won. After the races, the cadets were put through i battalion skirmish drill. The drill was itncssed by a large crowd of people, and 1 e systematic advances, baits, tiring stand- ' g, kneeling, and lying down, J?y platoons I id companies, in volleys and at will, proved most interesting sight, especially to those < laccustomcd to the exercise. Friday was commencement day proper, id at 11 o'clock the battalion of cadets and i/ensand visitors generally gathered in the urt house to hear the commencement ad-j ess of (ieneral John I). Kennedy. The J i [dress consumed about one hour in its de- i cry. The speaker reviewed the long po- < ical struggle over the constitutional qucs- i )ns which were finally settled by the war, : plained the questions as settled, and then tinted out the dangers with which the! untry is now threatened, and impressed i ion the cadets their duties iu the premises as citizens. The address was listened to j with respectful attention, and at its close the speaker was given hearty applause. (ieneral Kennedy's address was followed by the orations of the first honor graduates. These were Messrs. O. F. Hunter, of Barnwell, and F. W. Gregg, of Florence. Mr. Hunter's subject was "The Progress of Civilization," and the subject of Mr. Gregg was "The Printing Press." Both addresses were thoughtful and well delivered, and were re-! ceived with liberal applause. After the ad- j dresses, General llagood, with appropriate remarks, presented diplomas to the graduating class, about 50 in number. From the court house tlu+cadets marched , back to camp, where Lieutenant Jenkins an-' nounced the appointment of the citadel obi-1 cers for the ensuing year. Cadet J. B. Alii- j son, Jr.. of York, was made captain of Com- j pany A. General J. B. Gordon made a few remarks to the boys, and shortly afterwards the battalion was disbanded. Many of the cadets left for their homes on J Friday night. Others attended General Gordon's lecture and the ball at Brallon'sJ hall, and on Saturday morning all that were ! still left in town took the various outgoing j trains for their respective homes. LOCAL LACONICS. Voted riiutilniotisly. ? At an election held for the purpose in i Yorkville, last Saturday, the citizens voted . unanimously to continue the special two mill i tax levy for the support of the graded j schools. ruined Abroad. ? Intendaut O'Lenry has received a letter from Winona, Miss., making inquires about Yorkville's water plant. The correspondent i states that he has learned through the Southeastern Taritr association at Atlanta, Ga.,i that the water system of Yorkville is al model of economy and efficiency. 1 Wants Representation. ? Senator Butler has sent out to the, chairman of the various county executive! committees throughout the State, a request; to he allowed from among his friends, an , equal division of the managers of election. He desires that he be given two managers, or one manager and the clerk, he is not parlic-! ular which. Sales-Day. ? There was only one auction sale last Monday, and that was by the clerk. At the suit cf John Q. Little against T. B. Gautier i and others, the clerk sold a mill building; and c. lot of machinery in Blacksburg. Thej purchaser was John Q. Little. He bought the building for #150, and the machinery for $100. Hh<1 Her Arm liroken. ? A little daughter of Mr. It. L. Davin-1 ney, who lives three miles southwest of York- j ville, had her arm broken last Wednesday . afternoon by being thrown from a buggy. The unfortunate little child is the same one : who last spring had her leg broken as the, result of an accident while her father was greasing a wagon. Delightful German. ? Miss Maude Metts gave a delightful j german at the residence of her mother, in ; Yorkville, last Wednesday night, in honor of! Miss Mabel O'Neal, of Columbia, and the citadel cadets. Fifteen couples were pres-; ent. The german was led by Mr. Paul G. | McCorklc and Miss Metts. Ices and cake were served, and all present spent an enjoyable evening. Change of Schedule. ? General Freight and Passenger Agent Beard, of the Chester and Lenoir, informs us that a change of schedule will go into effect 011 his road today. By the change, the northbound passenger train arrives here at 9.10 a. m., and the southbound at 8.49 p. m. There will be no change in the mixed traiu going north ; but coining south it will hereafter arrive at Yorkville at 3.15 p. ui.f and leave at 3 30 p. m. Executive Committee Meeting. ? In another column, Chairman Brice publishes an important notice to the members of the Democratic Executive committee. They are to hold a meeting in Yorkville next Monday, for the purpose of appointing managers for the primary election at the various precincts throughout the county. As a matter of fact, there is plenty ot time for this work ; but as the constitution requires that it be attended to on the second Monday in July, j there is no escape from the meeting on the 9th J instant. Death of Mrs. S. I? Campbell. ? Mrs. M. K.Campbell, wife of the well known blind Confederate veteran of Clover, j died at lier home at mat pun e on j uursuay ; of lust week, after a short illness, aged 07 years. Mrs. Campbell was a sister of Mr. Joseph F. Wallace, of Yorkville, a most estimable Christian lady, and the greatest solace and comfort of her blind husband. | She leaves four children?two sons and two I daughters. To these, and especially to the sorely bereaved husband, goes out the deep-1 est sympathy of the entire community. Keglstriitioii Day. ? The odice of Supervisor of Registration ! Gordon was thronged last Monday with a 1 big crowd of would-be voters, both white j and black. It was the last day upon which certificates could be issued under the law, j and the applicants were unusually anxious. Supervisor Gordon worked hard all day and j registered nearly all who applied and > awaited their turn. It is understood, however, that quite a number of applicants allowed their impatience at the delay to get i the best of their desire to vote, and went away without their certificates. Will I'kmIi for Sumter. ? A statement is going the rounds of the ! press to the effect that the management of the Three C's railroad, desire to extend their line from its present terminus at Camden, to Sumter. The idea of the extension is to secure a connection with the Atlantic Coast , line, and by way of its outlets at Wilmington and Portsmouth, as well as Charleston. The distance from Camden to Sumter, over the proposed route, is about 30 miles, and the , cost of filling in the gap would be about $2o0,000. Tlur Krform l'rintiiry. ? The proposed Reform primary for the , selection of candidates for governor and iieutenant governor, is to be held on August , 4, instead of August 14, us stated in Thk En- 1, ijriitKR last week. Chairman J. A. Sligh, of ( the Reform Executive committee, has called : | for a meeting of the members to be held in , Columbia on next Tuesday. The objects of |: the meeting have not yet been made public. , It is possible, however, that the committee j will take some action in regard to the pro-}s posed primary. ( Tin- C'liiirlcston Mailt uuil Oilier VeriwH. ? Mr. J. A. Moroso, Jr., has favored Til B f ? EnqitiKKit with a copy of his "Charleston ;? Maid and Other Verses," just issued from i the press.of Edward Perry & Co., printers,1 j of Charleston. The collection con.sits of , ( miscellaneous verses written by Mr. Moroso t as poet laureate of the Cadet Polytechnic i Society of the S. C. M. A. The verses were > j especially published for sale among the' , cadets, who bought a copy almost to a man. ] IJuite a number of copies have also been sold } to the public generally, and Mr. Moroso has < left a limited number at I?r. J. C. Kuyken- t dal's. The price is 25 cents. i l-'oi- Violating Ilit- Costal I.UUS. I ? The Augusta Chronicle of last Saturday, i says that J. \V. Rippey, formerly of Blacks- i burg, has been committed to jail on the charge of violating the postal laws. Accord- 1 ing to The Chronicle's story, sometime be-j u tween last January and April, Rippey open-; I i?d a mercantile business in Abbeville, (Ja.,1 s under the name of J. H. Wilson. He went j slow at lirsl, and built up a good business, i Not long ago he bought a big bill from A. 1 Letller Son., wholesale grocers of Savau- 1 nah, da., on long time, and failed to pay it. i i In looking into the matter, the Savunnah j I firm discovered that the young man's name was Rippey instead of Wilson, and being unable to recover anything under the laws of (Jeorgia, decided to prosecute him on the charge of making a fraudulent use of the mails. As to whether the young man can be convicted, however, remains for future development. Kililor Koivi'II ! > Dead. ? Editor 1'. E. 1 to well, of (Jreenwood, who was shot several weeks ago by Editor \V. W. Thomson, formerly of Yorkville, died last Sunday morning. The wound was inflicted in one of Mr. Ro well's arms, and a post mortem showed that his death was probably caused by a huge clot of blood which had collected on an artery. l'pon the death of Mr. Row ell, Mr. Thomson was taken to Abbeville, where, it is understood, he will apply for bail before Judge Met to wan. As to whether or not the bail has been granted, we have yet been unable to learn. Slugged at a I'ruyer Meeting Kow. ? I)r. Wm. Love, of McC'onnellsville, was, on last Monday, called upon to attend Allen Ferguson, a Negro who was nearly killed in a prayer meeting row 011 Mr. Scott Wilson's plantation. The row occurred 011 Sunday night. Ferguson was hit in the head with a slungshot, it is alleged, by one Bounce Chisholm. When Dr. Love arrived he was in a semi-conscious condition, and could give no satisfaction about the difficulty. The Negro's condition is critical; out in or. Love's opinion the injury will not necessarily prove fatal. Under a New Name. ? The secretary of state, on last Friday, issued to Charles Hellier, of Boston, the recent purchaser of the Three C's railroad, a commission for a charter. Mr. Hellier's application states that the new corporation will he known as the Ohio River and Charleston Railroad company, .**'ut John Goldtwait, of Boston: Samuel Hunt, of Cincinnati; R. M. Morse, of Boston ; C. E. Hellier, of Boston ; and J. J. Collier, of Philadelphia, are named as directors. The capital stock of the company is fixed at $15,000,000, to be issued at the rate of $25,000 for each mile completed. Captain Connelly Dead. ? Conductor John Connelly, of the Narrow Gauge, who was mentioned last week as being convalescent from an attack of typhoid fever, had a relapse shortly after our latest advices, before Thk Enquirer went to press, and as the result, died on Friday. Captain Connellv had been with the Narrow Gauge railroad for several years, and everybody who knew him, will unhesitatingly hear witness thut he was every inch a Christian gentleman. His sad cutting off in his vigorous young manhood, falls as a severe blow upon his relatives and numerous friends. CMii(li(lat?M for Congreitx. ? Messrs. Finley and Strait have been with the State convassers throughout the Fifth district, as candidates for congress. Mr. W. D. Trantham, is announced as a candidate in the correspondence of the daily papers. Mr. Hemphill was in Yorkville last Friday; but it) answer to the question as to whether or not he would be a candidate, made no definite statement. It is possible, however, that all four of the gentlemen above named will be candidates. If so, the coming campaign will be full of interest, and there will, no doubt, be an abundant choice of men and measures. It is to be hoped that the fight will be free and fair, and may the nomination be won by the best man. lllat-k White C'ups. ? A gang of black white caps made a raid in Bethel township last Saturday night. They visited the cabin of a Negro man who lives on the plantation of Mr. David Wallace, and knocking on the door on the pretence that they wanted some water, took the fellow out and gave him an unmerciful thrashing. We have been unable to learn the alleged object of the visit; but are informed that the victim has procured from Trial Justice Johnsou, warrants for several of the white cappers. No matter what may have been the alleged offense of the victim, such lawlessness on the part of vicious mobs should be put dowu at any cost. It is not only cowardly in prin t'iple, but dangerous to the entire community in practice. Copyrighted. ? For some time past, The Enquirer has been publishing the monthly forecasts of Rev. Ill It. Hicks, the famous weather prophet. In the last issue of his journal, Mr. Hicks reminds the press that his articles are copyrighted, and forbids their continued use on threat of prosecution. Mr. Hicks certainly has not only a legal but a moral right to pursue this course. The productions of his brain and pen are not only his property, but in a large measure his living ; and at his objection to their appropriation by others there is no ground whatever for complaint. If we can make a satisfactory arrangement with the author, we will continue the publication of the forecasts; otherwise we will give it up. The Florida ."Military Institute. ? Hen. E. M. Law has handed The Enquirer a copy of the circular of the Florida Military Institute, to be established by him at Bartow, Florida. The first term of the institute begins on the first Monday of September next. The faculty is to consist of Gen. E. M. Law, superintendent and professor of belles-lettres and ethics; Capt. E. M. Law, professor of chemistry and French; Capt. Wm. L. Law, commandant c 1 - * 1 f ^ C or caaets auu pruiessur ui ujuuiciuuma uiiu physics. L. S. Oppenheinier and Joe M. Ferry, surgeons and lecturers on physiology and hygiene. The price of tuition, per school year of nine months, embracing board, fuel, lights, washing, use of books and medical attention, will be $210. Stephenson Was Plucky. ? Mr. Charlie Stephenson, a young man from Fairiield, performed a gallant and courageous act during the skirmish drill of the citadel cadets last Thursday afternoon. When the skirmishers commenced firing, a horse attached to a buggy in which was sealed two young ladies, became frightened. Stephenson seized the horse by the bridle. The animal reared and threw the young man under his feet. The plucky boy, however, maintained his hold and was dragged a dis;ance of several yards before being released by two colored men who came to the rescue. Stephenson was badly bruised and his clothng was torn; but otherwise he was not severely injured. Those who witnessed the ncident put the young man down as possessed of remarkable pluck. Heavy Kalu Storms. ? A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by iome hail and lots of wind and electricity, missed over the centre of the county from vest to east last Wednesday night at'about i o'clock. A number of tents were blown lown in the cadet encampment ami many of he hoys drenched to the skin. The iron 'ailing was blown from the second story liazza of the Three ("s hotel, several trees vere uprooted in the vicinity of Mr. Thud i. Carroll's, several barns?one belonging to dr. James Cansler, near Tirzah ?were blown lown, and considerable damage was done on he outskirts of ltock Mill. We have been mable to collect full particulars of the lamage; but, so far as has been learned, lobody was seriously hurt. ilaiiiifuutiireil in York County. ? Mr. K. If. Dover, of Blacksburg, on ast Monday, presented Thk Kniji'ikku with l plug of "Little Maud," as a sample of the irst chewing tobacco ever manufactured for ale at Blacksburg. The sample is made of nire natural icai, raise a ny -Mr. Dover, ana ' s of a very high grade. The factory at J Baeksburg is being operated by Messrs. )over & McSwaiu Bros. So far, they have uanufaetured about 2,500 pounds of tobacco, >ut have not yet offered any for sale. Be