University of South Carolina Libraries
fcvaps and <fruti5. ? In the face of a general belief in the magnificent condition of the Texas cotton crop, the Garland News, published in the heart of the cotton region of Dallas county, states that in that section half of the cotton crop has been destroyed by boll worms, and that if the showers continue, the crop is likely to be entirely destroyed. ? A prominent Alabama Republican, who was especially active 4n the interest of Kolb iu the recent election, is authority for the statement that the Kolbites will, in November, when the regular legislature meets, convene a legislature of their own, elect a United States senator to succeed Morgan, who will, it is thought, he a Republican, and adjourn. They will then let their senator contest for the "seat of Morgan, who will be re-elected. The Kolbites believe that the next senate will be Republican, and they hope to have their man seated. ? Many letters having been received by the New York Cotton Exchange, both for and against the use of sugar bag cloth for baling cotton, the board of managers, after a fail discussion of the matter, have passed the following resolutions: Resolved, That many inquires having been received by the New York Cotton Exchange as to whether or not the use of what is known as sugar bag cloth in covering cotton is contrary to the rules of the exchauge, the secretary be instructed to advise Southern exchanges and others known to be interested in this matter, of the fact that cotton covered by such bagging constitutes a good delivery under the rules of this ex cnauge. ? A desperate fight occurred between Vinson Shrader, a noted West Virginia outlaw, and a posse of officers, near Bluefield, West Virginia, last Friday. Shrader is a bloekader. He came into Bluefield and three officers followed him out of town for the purpose of arresting him. He waylaid the officers, and at a convenient opportunity, opened fire with a Winchester. The officers returned the fire, and a fusillade of shots was kept up for 30 minutes. At the end of that time two of the officers were lying on the ground, and the other was unhurt. Shrader was out of ammunition. The uninjured officer went up to him and took him prisoner. The two wounded men are expected to die, and in that event the understanding is that the blockader will be lynched. ? The secretary of the treasury has approved a design for a new $5 silver certificate, which had been prepared under the direction of Mr. Claude M. Johnson, chief of the bureau of engraving and printing. The original of the design was painted by Mr. Walter Sherlaw, the well known American artist. The picture itself occupies more than two-thirds of the face area of the note. The central figure is an angel, with outspread wings, her feet resting upon the earth, and her uplifted right hand holding an electric light. Half reclining at her right is a female figure, with a trumpet at her lips proclaiming the achievements and prowess of the nation. Further to her right is an allegorical figure of a man, representing power, guiding with his left hand three horses abreast, while with his right he grasps from the clouds a thunderbolt, which is connected by a ribbon with the light held by the central figure. At the left is an eagle and another female figure, with a dove, denoting peace. In the right background is a half concealed picture of the capitol. Persons competent to judge of the excellence of the picture, as a work of art, declare it to be of a high order. ? C. H. Coster, chairman of the Richmond Terminal reorganization committee, on last Wednesday, bought the Oxford and Clarksville and Clarksville and North Carolina railroads, thus completing the list of foreclosures contemplated under the plan of reorganization. The whole system of roads w hieh were included in the Richmond Terminal reorganization committee, is known as the Southern Railway company, and the work of the reorganization committee, which is now completed, is considered to be one of the most successful in the history of railroad reorganization. The Southern Railway company embraces 1,500 miles of road and is one of the largest systems in the country. In the scheme for reorganization the following companies were included : Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse company, Richmond and Danville, Richmond, York River and Chesapeak, Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, Washington, Ohio and Western North Western Carolina, Oxford and Clarksville, Charlottesville and Rapidan, Franklin and Pittsylvania, Western North Carolina, Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio, Columbia and Greenville, Georgia Pacific, Danville and Western, Baltimore, York River and Chesapeake Steamboat company, Fast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, Alabama Central, KnoxviIle,aud Ohio and Louisville .Southern. ? Not quite a year ago the Cherokee Strip lands were opened, says the Savannah News. The rush that took place on the day of the opening has become historical. Thousands of persons went into the scramble, and those who were able to capture quarter sections were happy in the belief that they had become possessed of portion's of a veritable "promised land." But one short year has served to disillusion them. A report from Topeka, says that of the 100,000 people who went into the Strip at the opening, about 50,000 remain, and that of these at least 40,000 must get out or suffer hunger and probably starvation. With the exception of a little bottom land skirting the Arkansas and Canadian rivers, the whole strip is almost as sandy and barren as the deserts of Utah. For three weeks blistering winds from the Staked plains have swept over the strip, destroying every vestige of green vegetation. The funnel's who are able to getoutare leaving the Strip and going to Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi and Louisiana. If there is any moral to this true story of disappointed hopes, it is that all of the really desirable public lands have been taken up, and the homeseeker of the future must turn to the South for fruitful lands. ? For some time now, says the Philadelphia Times, a rumor has been circulated among the friends of the Rockefeller family to the effect that one of the daughters of that house of riches is engaged to be married. It is Miss Alta, daughter of John I). Rockefeller, whom report mentions in this interesting way, and her possible husband is stated to be a young Baptist clergyman, who for more than a year past has shared the interest of the Rockefeller family in foreign missions and Sunday-school work. To offset j this rumor is the recent assertion of Mrs. i John I). Rockefeller that neither of her two unmarried daughters are engaged to be married. But as such an assertion is made as a matter of course with every newly-announced engagement of a prominent young lady, does not count for much. The Rockefeller young ladies, it i< interesting to note,] are not the great heiresses they are reputed to he. They will not inherit a twentieth, probably not a fiftieth, part of the immense fortune of their father. He has already made this announcement to them, and both the young Indies heartily concur in it. They agree with their father that such an enormous fortune is absolutely useless to them, and this family arrangement is well understood in the Rockefeller circle. The millions are to go to a few great institutions, and it is even stated that the t'nesus has in mind the endowment of a national benefaction, although this last assertion is too indefinite to mean much. Rut one thing is certain, the man who marries Miss Rockefeller or her sister will get 110 riches with her other than the blessing of having won so attractive a young lady. ? " A wind of deatiino other name can describe the cyclone that swept across the! Sea of Azof last Saturday, says a dispatch from St. Petersburg Kussia. It will he impossible for days yet to compile the damage done, but it is almost certain that at least 1,000 people have perished, some by being j drowned, or being crushed under falling houses and trees. The excitement is great among the American colony in this city, for j it is feared that at least two parties of Ainer-1 ican tourists were on the Sea of Azof at the j time the wind did its deadly work. At Marianople over -0O people were killed, and j nine-tenths of the houses destroyed. At a fialiillir \'ilt<uri. ii imcil \*(l<r;iisk all tllC 111011 were out at sea. The town was destroyed and none of the boats returned to shore. At the hour of the latest report not one of the steamers that touch at the port of Iierdiaiisk I had arrived. Fears are expressed that every ! craft in the sea has gone to the bottom, and | that every passenger has been drowned. When the gale swept over the northern end of Azof, it took a new course, going southerly along the coast of land black Cossack, j In turn Fisk and Achnev were ravaged, each town being almost totally destroyed. Telegraphic communication with this district; is suspended and it is impossible to learn the I extent of tlie destruction, but at least 1,000 { persons must have died on the two shores.! The storm, as nearly as can now* he learned, seemed to suddenly lose its force near Tern- j erink and passed oil' with eomparitive quiet southerly over the Black Sea. ? A big battle has been fought between | the Chinese and the Japs. It took place in j C'orea on last Saturday week. The Japanese : landed about 0,000 soldiers on the t'orean I coast, with a view to attacking Ping-Kang, a large city a few miles from the sea. The Chinese cavalry were on hand in large numbers and attacked the Japs soon after they landed, and after some first rate lighting,! routed them completely. In their retreat, the Japs came within range of a Chinese fortification, and were subjected to a murderous fire. Final I v. the main body of'Japs ( got back to (ho coast, and under the protection of their ships. The Chinese did not care to follow too close, and turned their attention to the stragglers, beheading all they could find. The Japs lost l,JJ0ft men killed. The loss of the Chinese, if any, is not reported. The latest news from the seat of war is to the effect that there is a lull in the hostilities. ?hc IfothvtUe tfnqnim. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1S94. | ? A conference of Butlerites was held in I Columbia on last Wednesday night, it is presumed, for the purpose of considering the j advisability of taking independent action in ! the matter of running candidates for the legislature in the general election. Nothing official has as yet been given out by the conference; but there is reason to believe that the idea of independentism will be carried IIllU CXCCUIIUII. ? ^ ? ? We have satisfactory information to the effect that the statement of Judge Gary's chattel mortgage decision, recently republished in The Enquirer from the Greenville Mountaineer, is correct. Judge Gary ruled as has been quoted, except that his decision was based on the case of Summers against Kelly, reported in .'iS South Carolina. The case has been appealed to the supreme court, and the opinion of the bar is unanimous to the effect that Judge Gary will not be sustained. - ? ? ? Frank Moon, a Newberry farmer, has announced his candidacy for governor in the November election. As yet but little is known of Moon. He is described as a beforethe-war graduate of the South Carolina college, an ex-Reformer and a substantial citizen. He says he is in dead earnest, promises to issue his manifesto this week, and says he will stick to the issue to the end. Under the circumstances, we suggest that Mr. Moon is well named. His proposed action seems to warrant the belief that he is decidedly luny. ? Now for the free coinage of silver. The tariff question has been paralyzing the business of the country for the past four years. It is settled; and manufactured goods generally will be cheaper. In some degree prosperity will be restored. There is only one thing lacking. Let the Democratic party fulfill its pledges in regard to silver and State bank notes, and the people will soon have plenty of money with which to buy these cheaper goods, and pay their honest debts in the same values in which they were contracted. ? Dr. Sampson Pope, of Newberry, on last Friday, published a card in which he an nounced his withdrawal from the race for governor in the Deraocrnlic primary. He gave as a reason for his withdrawal, the fact that under the rules of the party, he was unable to get up, in the various counties, the necessary tickets for delegates to the State convention. He advised Reformers to place the seal of condemnation on the alleged ring method employed in the nomination of Mr. Evans, by refusing to vote for delegates to the State convention. ? Whatever may have been the motive for the enactment of any law, after the law is placed on the statute books, its enforcement should become a plain question of impartial justice. Though the only object of the Federal liquor laws is to secure the collection of Federal revenue, the fact that there is no longer any revenue to he collected, does not warrant Federal judges iu this State in their neglect to enforce these laws. The laws should be rigidly enforced or promptly repealed. Even now, the Federal courts are accorded no more respect than they are entitled to, and the action of Judge I i raw ley, at (Jreenville, is in no wise calculated to increase that respect. ? A curious damage suit lues been instituted i against Congressman liynum, of Indiana, by ' a farmer named Stanley. In 18D2, liynum stumped hisdistrictin favor ofCleveland, and among other things, declared that if ('levcland was elected, wheat, which was then selling j at MO cents a bushe^ would go to $1.2~>. Stan- j ley listened to what liynum had to say, went home, worked for Cleveland, and the next year put in a big crop of wheat, lie has sold his wheat at tit) and cents, and now he is seeking to have the courts compel liynum to pay him the difference between these prices and $1.2"?. Really it might be a good idea if he should win his suit. It would have the effect of making politicians a little more careful about what they have to say. ? I 1.?1 in*' dispensary amiioriiies nave nsixru the supreme enurt In hold an extra session as soon as possible for the purpose of deriding the status of the dispensary law of This is highly important. On this question the State administration now oeenpies a ' most remarkable position. The law of IX!l"2 j was declared nneonstitntional on the ipiestion of monopoly. No one seeks to deny that the art of IShd is open to llie very same objection. Therefore, the act of ISi?:J is tin stitntional, and must remain so until the' court reverses its decision. In the meantime, Governor Tillman is in the position of attempting to enforce a confessedly unroll- j stitntional law. I'inter the circumstances, it is well for the supreme court to he in a | hurrv. I ?Not long ago, tin otlieer in the Herman! army ottered a wanton insult to a school j master, Servian in tin; reserves. The ease, step by step, went up to Kinperor William. He carefully examined into all the circumstances of the allair, and finally wrote on the margins of the report : ;'l never before supposed that there was such a boor in my ! army." The otlieer learned of the emperor's | comment one day last week, and promptly ( resigned his commission. If the schnolmas-! lor occupies the same position in <lerinany . as in this country, the circumstance shows! that Kinperor William is made of the right j stuir. No class of workers are of greater' value to society than the school teachers, I especially when these workers are actuated by proper motives. As a rule, the school teachers who do the hard, rough work, can't expect to make much money. Their voea (ion can, at l?c.st, only alloni tlicm an ordinary living: hut their power lor jjood is i beyond estimation. It is a cryimr siiaine that they eannot he awarded better pay, and no i man should seek to deny tliein any ol'thel high honor to which they are entitled. The : (Icrman oilicer got just what he deserved. To him no punishment could have heen j more severe. j ? The senate tariff hill is at last the law of |( the land ; hut contrary to general expectation. 1 it became a law without Mr. Cleveland's j signature. He kept it in hand for ten days,! and it went into effect on last. Monday at \ midnight. The law is necessarily as long as | all out doors, and to print it entire, would he j impracticable. We propose to give a full outline of it, however, and on the first page of this issue appears the first installment. I This installment includes all but a few of the | various schedules as compared with the McKinley law, just repealed. The remaining schedules, together with the other principal features of the new law, will he published next week. The two papers?that is, the issues of this week and next?will he of . . I peculiar value to our subscribers. Each individual is placed in a position to be able to tell for himself, just what benefit be has reason to expect from the new law, and we suggest that after the two papers arc carefully read, they thould he laid aside for future reference. ? A recent issue of the St. Louis Republic contains a significant cartoon representing the departure of two Coxcy armies from Washington. On one side of the picture is shown a gang of dilapidated, empty-handed tramps, followed by a squad of policemen, who are energetically using their clubs on those who lag behind. On the other side of the picture are shown a crowd of sleek and fat representatives of the various trusts. Each representative carries in his hands a bag of dollars. On their faces are broad smiles of contentment, and behind the gang, bidding it an affectionate farewell, are a number of servile senators, who have been giving to the various trusts everything that was asked for. "For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance ; but from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath." Perhaps, after all, the senators have only been trying to fulfill the saying that is recorded in the Scriptures. iilmnro ?tu vc ppi>i;iir.lf A Vs: wrj.'nn.a.i to ?n? i%14 I , Tom lined has just made a big campaign ! speech to his constituents up in Maine. L Among other things he said : I "The Democratic party lias shown itself in- , capable of ruling the country, in a manner satis-* factory not only to many of the people, but even ! to the large and respectable minority which helps to compose it. The principal dilliculty with the Democratic party today, is as it has been in the past, that its great majority resides , in the South. These people are incapable of apSreciating the prosperity that has come to the orth and to the country through the Republican government." There is something in what Mr. Reed says. The Democratic parly, as at present constituted, has, to the satisfaction of all Democrats, shown itself incapable of governing the country. The real reason of this incapacity, however, is the fact that the party is overburdened with that "respectable minority" referred to, which is really composed of Republicans, sailing under false colors. Mr. Reed need have no fears of Southern inability to appreciate the "prosperity" that Republican government has brought to the ' North. The South appreciates-it only too well. The people down here recognize that Ibis prosperity has all been at their expense, and that is just what is the matter at present. Deceived by the name, Southern Democrats have consorted with Northern Republicans until the party is almost ruined. The only real Democrats of this country live in the South and West. The Western Republicans are ten times nearer to the South than the , Northern Democrats. Therefore, let the South and West form an union, and see if 7 | the North is capable of appreciating the ^ prosperity that the Democratic party will ^ build up" in these sections. THE HOMESTEAD LAW. If a majority of the voters of this State should vote for a constitutional convention 1 at the general election next November, the . homestead law is in danger. That fact is ' settled, and, strange to say, among the sup- ! porters of the proposition for the abolition of 1 the homestead law, are a number of strug- , gling young married men who have grown ' up since the war. Section f?2 of article 11 of the constitution, prescribes that the family homestead of each head of a family residing in this State, to the i amount of $1,000 in realty and $">00 in per- ' sonalty, shall be exempt from attachment, i levy or sale, except for taxes, or for the pay- ] ment of obligations incurred for the improvement of said property. i A man has a right to mortgage his home- I stead if he sees lit, and except under mort- i mice it cannot be sold for debt. The proper- i ^ I ty cannot he touched under execution. Some | say this is wrong. We do not see it so. Il l a man lias no property ex004it a homestead, 11 let him he dealt with as if he had nothing at ! all. Though a man may have no property, 1 if he is honest, he will pay if he can. Though he has nothing hut a homestead, he will I do the same thing. If he is not wor- 1 thy of confidence, then he should lie required to give a mortgage. There is noth- i ing, under the circumstances, that precludes I either party to the transaction from proceed- 1 ing with open eyes. j These young men who have grown up < since the war, don't know much ahout how 1 things used to he. A was a merchant with a hig business, and B was an honest, industri- < ous farmer who owned a small piece of land, I worth, say, $n(lO ; hut who did not know ' much ahout the pitfalls of business. B went i to A to buy some goods on credit. A was I acquainted with B's circumstances, and told ! him he could buy whatever he wanted. B bought $ "><) worth of goods, to he paid for in I the fall. In the fall B came hack with the ' money and asked for his hill. "Oh, I don't need that money now, my friend,*' said A. "You just keep it. You I can make better use of it than I can. Do < ? you want to buy anything else today ?'' B < felt Mattered at A's confidence in him, put I the money hack in his pocket and bought I $1(10 worth more goods 011 credit. So far, so good; and so the matter stood until ! one dull day in the summer, when A met B I in town and said to him : "Say. B, I would like to have that little : amount you owe me." "flood gracious, i man; I haven't got a cent of money now, ami 1 won't have any until fall. I could have I paid you last fall, hut I don't know whether t I can pay you in full even next fall, now. I ' have had some had luck."' "Well, 1 am j sorry," said A : "hut my business is in such < shape that I will have to get the matter set- I tied in some way. You just give me a 'coll- < Cession of judgment,' and we won't have ? anything said ahout it until next court. IVr- i haps, before that time, we can get the whole : thing settled up." B was glad to reach a < settlement in some shape, and consented to 11 A's proposition. Things rocked along until < court, when A put the confession of judg- h incut into an execution. j I As the next act in the lit tie play, the slier-; | ill'ad vcrtised for sale certain lands levied 011 j j iis the properly <?(' II at the suit ot A. >i Kveryhody knew thai A was a man of means: that he had a lien on the property of; II; that he was tioin^ to Imy the properly ; and when the day of sale came, nobody hid ' on the properly hut A. The property was worth ?- ">(it); hut A hid it in for ?2-">i) or I i perhaps and put the lialance in his pocket. Poor II. ruined and discouraged,j i left for the West, and A eontinued his little > name whenever and wherever he could lind I a victim. i ( The above is no fairy tale. The West is ; i full id' descendants of York county men who 1 i are williiii; to say this story describes their i father's case exactly. Many of the hi<x ante-11 belluin fortunes were built tip just in this 1 way. This is no doubt I lie reason why the I homestead provision was incorporated in our present constitution. Then, why abolish this wise provision? To make men lion-1 est ? Bosh! You can't make men honest 1 by law. Besides, there are two sides to the question, and there are as many dishonest ( men on one side of the homestead law its ( the other. Under the present arrangement I the little fish have some protection. Throw 1 down the bars and you place the little lish in a corner to be eaten up by the. hijr ones. ' ' 1- r r.... :i:? ,i.? t._ , 1 . liPilVC U> ail licncis ?i lamim.* nil: numcMnin exemption. It belongs as much to their 1 wives and children as to them. If they are f not capable of protecting their wives and ! children, don't take away from their wives ] and children this little protection of the law. ' I .iriMiK IJKAWLKY ANI> TIIK KKTAIhKKS. 1 Judge 15 raw ley's conduct of the I'nitcd j States District court at Clreenville, does not soeni calculated to inspire a great deal of respect for Federal justice. On the contrary, it would seem that the judge looks upon the court over which he presides, as having been inaugurated solely and entirely as a blackmailing scheme for the collection of revenue. | At the February term of the court, Judge Ilrawley asked witnesses in liquor cases, the 1 question: "How often have you been here before?" When the answer of the witness ' indicated that he had been there more than ! once, the judge replied : "Well, you had better be very careful how you come back again." 1 The ostensible object of this threat was to "purify the court of perjurers," etc. The ac- 1 tual effect is to make the witnesses refuse to testify for fear of incurring the wrath of the ' judge. The injustice of the judge's threat is ap I ? 11? .41 1 parent at a gumce. impair sennit, mucuum with or without license, is a business, and ! liquor drinking is a habit. Liquor drinkers are naturally thrown in continuous contact with liquor sellers. The seller, of course, is the defendant and the drinker is the witness. 1 For an unlicensed whisky dealer to go to 1 (Jreenville twice, or even three times, for the same otl'ense, is nothing unusual ; and for the "same whisky drinker to be there as a witness again, if not against the same seller, 1 against another, is no more remarkable. 1 Therefore, to threaten the witness against coming a second time, is, to say the least of ! it, very unjust. It also savors strongly of an effort to protect the whisky seller, and to give him full sway, with assurance of ahso- ' lute immunity from Federal molestation. Federal control of the liquor traflie was ' | of course never inaugurated as a moral measure. It is purely a question of revenue. 1 Hefore the dispensary law went into operation, and licensed saloons were scattered 1 over the country by the hundreds, it was to the pecuniary interest of the government to 1 protect legitimate dealers by punishing those ' who dealt illegitimately. This protection was ' not only a matter of interest, but also clearly a matter of obligation. The dispensary system has so reduced the number of licences < that can be sold, that the protection of a few loyal dea ers that are left, is no longer a matter of interest to the government. It is still, however, a matter of moral obligation, ( a"nd in his leniency toward unlicensed sellers, Judge 1> raw ley is evidently ignoring that obligation. If the judge's action in in- J timidating witnesses against testifying leaves any doubt of his object; that doubt must j necessarily be dissipated,by his action in sus- ' pending sentence upon offenders after they have plead guilty. If these things are true, < and we have good evidence to prove that ' [hey are, to our mind, the only legitimate 1 inference to be drawn from the whole thing j ?br> fiift. ill-it Jndire lirawlev has no other I! motive in the mutter than to withhold what ' little influence the United States court may ' be aide to exercise, in the enforcement of the j dispensary law. i THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. "Whenever two-thirds of the members elected . to each branch of the general assembly shall ' think it necessary to call a convention, to revise, : nnend or change this constitution they shall , recommend to the electors to vote at the next . dection for representatives for or against a convention; and if a majority of all the electors 1 voting at said election shall have voted for a con- ] vention, the general assembly shall, at their next . session, provide by law for calling the same; and , inch convention shall consist of a number of ; members, not less than that of the most nuiner- i his branch of the getieial assembly."?Article xv, section '! of the State constitution. , During the campaign just closed, the various candidates for the house of represent itlives kept very mum 011 the question of calling I tconstitutional convention. Exceptat New- 1 port, they left the matter severely alone, i There two or three of them explained that ] in the legislature they had voted to submit s the matter to the people, and that it was j now in the hands of the voters, who would,! it the next election, say whether or not they want the proposed convention called. i The constitutional convention question is 1 mic of very grave importance to our people. 1 In the first place, as to whether we need a j new constitution at all is extremely doubtful. , It is true that our present constitution con- < tainssome provisions that should be changed ; i but the idea that these objectionable pro- 1 visions cannot be changed by amendment, is absolutely silly, and to wipe out the whole , fundamental law oflhelamlin order to be in i position to change a few objectionable para- < graphs, would he about as foolish as letting I all'a millpond for the purpose of eatchinga 1 minnow. We have been living under our present ' -oiistitution since 1S(5S. It has been said J 1 hut "we were pinned down to the dirty rag i by Federal bayonets." Many other like I silly expressions have been used in cornice lion with it. It will bo well, however, to remember that in 187(5 the Federal bayonets j were removed, and since that, time we have | been living under the same eonstitntion < without any great eausc for complaint. I From ISTti to 1SSM), a constitutional eon- ' vontion could have been called at any 1 time, had it been desirable, without much j J imposition, yet during all that period, thci| inly changes in the fundanumtal law of the h and have been a few amendments of more or j < less importance. All the acts of the legislature and all 1 he | uiprcmc court decisions since 1st IS, have , been based on our present eonstitntion. . These acts and decisions have cost the State ( several millions of dollars. We are now J isked to wipe out, at one stroke, all these!, lets and decisions, go back L'li years, waste i ] the millions we have already spent, and!, spend as many more millions in getting hark ( where we are now, and for what ? For what? That is thequestion that none ' l?I* the alleged statesmen who have been agi- . lating for a constitutional convention, have ' ['Ver attempted to answer, For wlmt ? In j iirder that the Stale may again be plunged into chaos; in order that threc-for-a-quarler ( statesmen may have a great political picnic, J extending over the next 1(1 years. In order j1 that the lawyers may build up fortunes in i letermining the status of every new act that : | may lie passed. In order to do away with ! | the two mill school tax, and make every! poor devil pay a heavy per capita tax, re- j J i;ardless of whether he has property to pro-'1 leet or children to educate. In order to do , iway with the homestead law and leave the lefciiselcss families of improvident farmers j t ind mechanics to the tender mercies of |; v It) i t murium^ ... ^ j , .... rursak? the ills we hiive iiiul see, ami plunge IJ ulo 1(1,000 others that we know not of. I | I Kvcrv man to his own thinking, and if any nan knows ol iiny good reason why there l dionld lie ii eonstitntioiiiil convention, let ; 1 im vote for it. Hut here and now, we ( onfess that the man who can see any good J n such a proposition, has more foresight that ive have. In our opinion, lite scheme is un- ( .vise, fraught, with danger, and let the senti- ( nent of the general public he what it may 1 we deem il our duly lo I lie people at large I lo eulcr our solemn protest against it. ? BITLKK AS AN INDIiPKNDKNT. The political sensation of the week is the I telegram of Senator Ilutlcr to Secretary j iVimpkins, of the State Democratic Executive committee. This telegram seems to indicate that the political turmoil in this State for the year 180-1 is not yet over; hut that, ?n the contrary, it has only just begun. As lo whether the indicated course of Senitor Hut lor is wise or foolish, is, of course, mtv !i 111:11(im* of ni>inion ; hut as to his tier feet right to run as an independent, if lie I sees tit, there ean he no doubt. The senator started into tlie Democratic eanvass with a i promise to ahide hy I lie result of a separate | hox in the primary. His request was refused ; hut whether it had been or not, there can ho no question of his right to withdraw from the primary election before the votes in that election were east. As to whether any considerable number of white Democrats will follow Senator Butler is another question. Democrats who refrained from voting for legislative candidates in the primary will have a perfect right, if they see tit, to vote for independent legislative candidates in the general election. It is pertain that a great many Democrats refrained from voting for legislative candidates in the primary, in order that they may be free in November; hut how many of these will support Senator Butler, of course, it is impossible to say. That there will be a big row during the next two months, now seems to bo certain. Butler and his friends have embarked upon a desperate scheme, and they may he depended upon to make a hard light. The possibility of their success, it must he admitted, appears to he very slim ; hut, at the same time, there arc in sight certain douht~ * * ' ' * ? 1 1- ...1 11. In I elements mat at least noip to mwuuie Llie situation. The conduct of the recent Reform primary, and the outcome of the convent ion, have been the source of a great ileal of dissatisfaction. Many prominent Allianeemen think that they have been unfairly treated ; there is a large hitherto silent Reform vote that is looked upon by the politic-inns as a kind of Chinese puzzle ; and there are a large number of Conservative voters who still desire, as they have, always desired, anything to beat Tillman. We sincerely regret that the issues of the year were not settled in yesterday's primary ; hut recognizing, as we do, the truth of the saying, "As ye sow, so also shall ye reap;" and further recognizing that during [he past six months there has been sown not a little wind ; during the next two months we will take, as a matter of course, whatever crop there may be of stronger breezes and whirlwinds. In the meantime, we would advise all good citizens, Reformers and Con ervalives alike, to keep cool and not fly off the handle. * - IIKitK IS FOR NOYKMKKIt. [ rneral Huller Withdraws from the White Man's Primary. The following- telegram was received by I). If. Thompkins, secretary of the State Democratic Kxeeutive committee, last Motilay, at 12 o'clock : Wasiiinoton, D. Aug. 27. I hereby withdraw the paper I tiled with you hi the loth or 17th of June, announcing my canlidaey. M. <'. BrTi.ua. The paper to which Senator.liutler refers, is the following: Po Mr. I). II. Tompkins, secretary Democratic Kxccutiveconnnittee, Columbia, S. ('. Dear Sir: I hereby announce myself as a canlidate for the t'nited States senate for the term beginning March 4th, 1s!?.">. I presume the canlidates for the legislature which will elect the t'nited States senator will abide the result of the primaries set for August .'With next. I hereby request that a separate box lie provided by the State Kxeeutive committee at each and every ...I ilie Stilli* in which each voter may express, l>y his baiiot, liis preference for 1'nitcd States senator; said separate boxes to lie managed under the same rules as other ballot boxes in the primaries, and I hereby pledge myself to abide the result of the vote thus east in at he said primary. An early reply will oblige rery truly. M. ('. Bt'Ti.Kit. Under all the circumstances, Senator Hitter's letter left the situation open to two constructions. One construction was to the ;tHect that the senator had withdrawn from die race, and the other to the effect that he liad determined to carry his cause to the November election. In order to settle the matter, Mr. W. W. Price, of the Columbia Register, sent Senator llutler a telegraphic nquiry. The reply was as follows : Wasiiinoton, I). ('., Aug. 117, 1S94. fo W. W. Price, Correspondent Columbia Register : Replying to your telegraphic inquiry just received,* I beg to say, in withdrawing the paper I liled with Tompkins, chairman of the Remoerate executive committee, announcing my candidicy, I am following in the footprints of distinruished Reformers who are unwilling to submit heir claims to a primary, where everything IVom the coroner up, has been cut, dried, packed md salted down by the ring; where the result is salted and known by the ring before a vote lias been put in the ballot box. M. C. Ri'ti.kk. Referring to the first telegram, published ihove, Mr. John (J. Capers, Senator Puller's manager, said on Monday : "It must speak for itself. Certain it is, however, that it places General Puller entirely independent of die action of the primary of August 2S. You will know a great deal before It) days elapse, ind you can rest assured that Senator Butler is still a most active factor in Stale and national polities. The Tillman leaders in Columbia think they understand Senator Puller's intentions thoroughly. Their versions is as follows: In six counties?Richland, Charleston, Georgetown, Sumter, Beaufort and Kdgelield?the Putlerites believe they arc more ;>r less certain of success, and have legislative. tickets in the field. In the remaining 28 counties, no Puller candidates have j;one before the primaries, and it is in these counties that the Putlerites expect to put up independent candidates, to he voted for by dissatisfied Reformers and the Conservatives generally. It is rumored about Columbia that there will be a full independent State ticket, beaded by (1. \\\ Shell, for governor; but Ibis is nothing but a mere rumor. It may, >r may not, develop into laet. I'nder all I lie circumstances, there is nothing left hut to await the developments of the next ten lays. Nothing is yet absolutely settled, and after all, all this talk may he a mere bugaboo than can never materialize. The situation, however, is certainly snob as to warrant the politicians of hoth factions in keeping their [ yes open. IHM'K III Id- IIAITKM.N'tJS. rile 1'irsl Italc of New Cotton Sells at <5 l-'i?liovi'1'iior Tillman as a Songster. 'oiTes|N?n<leiiee of the York villi* Kimulrcr. Kock 11II.I., August 27.?The lirst hale of new crop cotton was brought to this place ast Saturday hv Mr. A. I'. Ferguson. It tvas bought by Mr. A. Friedheim for til rents. Mr. S. T. Frew, the well-known underaker, has just returned from an extended rip to Richmond. lie has been sojourning n that city for the purpose of receiving initruction in the most improved methods of mhalming bodies. Mrs. Robert Morrison, of flic ster, willow ?f the late Prof. Kohert Morrison, formerly if I'nion, was in koek Hill on Monday look-; ng for a home. We shall he glad to wel otne her to our town. Reports from several sections of this neighlorhood are to the elleet that cotton issufering injury from the rust. 1 ' Li (linmiirli linen I OUgleSSUiail im.^m ast Tuesday on his way home from Wash-} ngton. Dr. Will Simpson lel'l last Thursday for a rip to I'allimore and other Northern cities. Quito an appreciative crowd collected oplosite the Carolina hotel last Wednesday ifternoon to listen to some excellent singing hat was going 011 up stairs. It afterward lcveloped that the singer was (lovcrnor rillniiin. He rendered several popular songs | luite creditably. Alitor Itouilen Ketires. | ? Mr. J. W. ]>o\vdcn has retired from the alitorinl chair of The Cotton Plant, which ic has occupied for the past few years, j Though as to the correctness of Mr. 1'owlen's political views, there is room for a wide litlerencc of opinion, it will be generally :onceded that as an editor he has always 1 >een fair, square, upright and honorable. LOCAL AFFAIRS. I IN'DK.V TO \i:\V ADVKHTISKMKNTS. Louis Roth?Expects to he prepared to furnish his customers with nice cream cheese today. (!n see. II. C. Strauss?Has gone to the Northern markets to purchase a fall stock of goods, and when the new purchases arrive, proposes to compete with any and everybody in quality and prices. j \V. ('. Latimer?Mas sent his milliner, Miss Ju-1 lia May Wehh, to the headquarters of fash- \ ion, in order to attend the millinery open-1 ings and make such purchases in the j millinery line as the wants of the people of this section demand. Lowry it Starr?Advertise lamps of dillerent i patterns and sizes which they wish to sell I at lower prices than heretofore. They can | also supply you with a cheap ami goou ! | lantern, and sixain call attention to their I, chill euro. S. A. Sitlord and G. \V. S. Hart, Executors? Hive notice that the lands of Joseph N. | McKenzie, deceased, are for sjtle or rent, j J. J. Hunter?Is now in the Northern markets buying a stock of first class goods, including St rouse A: brother's clothing, borsch shoos, Wcyluian's shoes for ladies, and other lines of goods of the most durable quality. He does not propose to deal in shoddy goods, but will sell the best on a short margin of profit. G. L. ltiddle, /eno?Lets you know that he has had his Pratt gin thoroughly overhauled and is now prepared to giii, if possbilo, better than ever. M. M. Riley, I). 1)., President?Announces the opening of the Greenville Female college! on the Mil of September, with a full j corps of competent teachers. I Sam M. Grist? Is the agent for Oliver's chilled j plows and lets you know how you can get i them. * j THE TRIAL JUSTICE RACE. Quite an intesting feature of yesterday's election at the Yorkville precinct, was the j race between the aspirants to the olfice of trial justice for York township. The candidates were M. S. Carroll, the present incumbent, \V. P. Hobbs, It. C. Moore and J. K., Gcttys. The various candidates and their friends did more hard work probably than ! was done in the race for congress. The to-! tal number of votes cast was 379, divided as follows: Carroll, 170; Hobbs, 91; Moore, 81; CJettys, 31. Mr. Carroll having received j the largest number of votes, will, according I to the agreement under which the contest was made, receive the recommendation of | the York delegation in the legislature and will no doubt he re-appointed. . i CHURCH NOTICES. 1 Episcopal?Lay service on next Sunday at 1 11.45 a.m. Sunday-school in the afternoon at f> p. m. I Presbyterian?Rev. W. (?. Neville, pastor. Sunday-school at 5 o'clock p. in. Prayer- I meeting tomorrow evening at 4 o'clock. Ser- i vices next Sunday morning at 10..SO and in I the evening at 8 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Iiev. S. A. i Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this even- < ing at 8 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 10.80 o'clock, and evening at I 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 5 p. in. ' Baptist?Rev. \V. J. Langston, pastor. Union.?Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Yorkville?Sunday-school at I 5 p. in. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening < at 8 o'clock. Services Sunday evening at I 8 o'clock. i Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. I Boyee II. (trier, pastor. Yorkvii.i.k?Ser- j vices next Sunday morning at 10.80 o'clock, i and evening at 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at < 5 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting this evening i ut 8 o'clock. i MONEY IN MONAZITR. According to the Shelby Aurora, the peo- j pie of Cleveland county, N. C., have become very much excited over the collection and sale of a mineral known as monazite. Many farmers have left their fields, and with , shovel and rocker, taken to the creeks and J smaller streams, where they are realizing for | their labor from $2 to $0 per day. I Monazite is a peculiar metal that is found , only in small particles. It is of a reddish, t dark brown color, resembles sand, and issome- ] what heavier even than gold.' Most of our , readers, especially in the central, northern and western portions of the county, have frequently seen along the ravines and branch- ^ es, immediately after rains, very fine dark ( colored deposits. Some of this, says The j Aurora, is monazite, and it is very valuable, { selling in the crude state at 0 cents a pound j or $120 a ton. I Monazite is used in the arts and for electric , lighting. The electric light customers, how- j ever, are the principal consumers. If any , reader has reason to believe, from this description, lliat he knows of deposits of the , mineral (it is only to he found along creeks , and branches) it will be worth his while to take specimens of it to some minerologist for an expert opinion, and then prepare to give the matter further investigation. I)MATH OF A GOOD CITIZEN'. Mr. James Fitehett, a well known citizen of the Clover neighborhood, died at his home near that place, at 12.fiO o'clock last Saturday morning, aged 77 years and ' ) months. Mr. Fitehett was born on the 25th day of May, 1S17, within a half mile of the house in which he died, and lived all his life on the same plantation that had been owned by his father and grandfather before him. lie was a blacksmith by trade, and up to and until a few years after the close of the war, carried on his business on a large scale, manufacturing axes, hoes, plows and various other tools and implements in common use ! in the neighborhood. Previous to the war ' i i i... ' he owned perhaps a dozen siaves, aim uy , means of his trade, acquired a considerable | competence. After the war, lie devoted him- . self to the work of superintending his farm, and as a farmer he has always been a , marked success. I Though always kind and generous as a neighbor, and possessed of the amount of public spirit necessary to good citizenship, Mr. Kilehett's most noted characteristic was ( his habit of attending to his own business. The cave with which he did this was only ( equaled by the severity with which he let the business of other people alone. He was not a member of the church until a few days before he died, when he was received into the Presbyterian church of Clover. He had always been a regular attendant at church. , however, and a liberal contributor to church . enterprises. He died in full consciousness of his situation and without any apparent fear as to the future. His remains were interred in the cemetery at Clover. Mr. Kitchctt leaves a widow, two sons and ( three daughters. All the daughters arc married. One to Mr. Warren l'ursley, an- ' other to Mr. John Parsley, and the youngest to Mr. ('. (J. Parish, of Yorkville. ' THK COIXCII, AXI) Till-: Wlf HKLMKN. .< Then* is :i lit lie misunderstanding between i1 the town council of Yorkvillc ami the local ' bicyclists. Some time ago, over the signi- I lure of <!. II. O'henry, inlemlant, ami j 1 K. Jellerys, clerk, the council published the) ' following: An Ordinance Relating to the riding of bicycles on the sidewalks of the town.? He it or- j dained, hy the Intemlaut and Wardens, the town council of Yorkville, S. ('., in council I assembled, who deem it necessary for the safe- j ty and the welfare of this community, tiiat j the riding of bicycles in the town be and is I hereby prohibited, except to those using gong j and breaks, and lamps when riding at night, , and riding at a speed not exceeding six miles j?1 and hour. j r That any person violating this ordinance shall for the lirst ulfcusc be lined live dollars, for the second oll'ense ten dollars, and for the third | ^ oll'ense be prohibited from riding on said sidewalks. Done in assembly of council, this 1sth day j v. .tune, IN!d, under the corporate seal of thesaid ' town. After several wheelmen had been fined | \ tnof hit* wont. I ; UMUUl U1U iiuuvi: uuiiiiiiiii.1, nn- >ui?>v> , up from the decision of the intendant to the 1 whole council on appeal. The defendants ' j, were Dr. C. 31. Kuykendal, Dr. 31. W. White ! t and 31 r. C. F. Gordon, the first two charged j t with riding on the sidewalks at a rate ex-1 a ceeding six miles an hour, and the latter charged with riding without brakes. 31r. J. i \ S. llrice represented the defense. He did " not seek to deny the charges set forth ; but i c contented himself with pitching into the al-' a leged ordinance without gloves. Among other | s hings lie held that the ordinance was dc-1 c Votive in that its object was not properly set <1 brtli in the title. The title prohibited the n iding of bicycles in the town. He did not a vnow whether this referred to Yorkville. v Blacksburg or Kock Hill. The body of the v ordinance prohibited the riding of bicycles o n the coininnnity without the use of' gong, li 'breaks" or lantern. Nothing was said in I li lie body of tin- ordinance about daytime li irsidewalks, and the council certainly had no i< i??lit to prohibit the riding of bicycles on the r public streets. "15-r-e-a-k," Mr. l.rice explained, meant to fracture or rupture, and the word could not be held to mean b-r-a-k-e. . Plii?ri>fViri* tlii? ciinni'il ontv <nn<r|if In :i 11<tv%." the riding of broken bicycles in tbe night I j time. Tbe title of tbe ordinance prohibited \ tbe riding of l>ieyeles in any town, and its { body sought to prohibit such riding any where | in this "community." Mr. Brice made the! Further point that the tilleged ordinance had never been actually signed by tbe intemlant. ^ [n summing up generally, be showed beyond i doubt, that all action under the ordinance ^ was illegal and that alleged oTenders had been fined without proper authority. What will next be done in the matter has not yet developed. The council is consider- s ing the advisability of passing an ordinance prohibiting the riding of bicycles on the jsidewalks altogether, and the bicyclists have filed a petition asking the council to allow j them to ride on the sidewalks at will, under in ordinance making them subject to heavy lines in ease of accidents to pedestrians. HKIIK IS A <;<>OI> MOVK. Bock Hill wants to do something to induce immigration into this direction. The idea is ' a good one and worthy of the endorsement 1 of nil our people.. The matter was started at a public meet- 1 ing held a few days ago, and Messrs. R. T. t Fewell, John It. London, Louis Sherfesee, j W. L. Roddey, I>. Hutchison, J. J. Hull and 1 T. A. Crawford wore appointed a committee J to call a convention of representatives of the Piedmont section for the purpose of organ- ' izing an immigration society. After due de- 1 liberation, the committee has decided that s the convention shall he held in Hock Kill on September IS, and that the following conn ties be invited to send live delegates each : * York, Chester, Lancaster, Fairfield, Spar- x tanlmrg, Union, (Jrecnville, Anderson, Oeo- c nee and Pickens. The railroads have agreed u to sell round trip tickets at one fare. There is no doubt about the fact that in 1 soil, climate, general natoal ad vent ages, and character of the population, the Fiedmont t section of South Carolina is one of the most i favored in the Union. The principal reason why there has never been any considerable I immigration to this country, is because i there has never been any considerable effort" to secure it. The great Northwest- i ?rn boom, which was based mostly on I fairy stories, has played out. The advaut- lges of this section are far ahead of those of * the Northwest, and that fact is becoming generally appreciated. Our principal need is more people, and we should make an 1 effort to get them. Increase of population ^ increases values and brings wealth. This * should he a sufficient incentive for every intelligent citizen to give his support to the N undertaking that has just been inaugurated * in Hock Hill. 1 i speculations of a candidate. With the announcement of the result of yesterday's election, of course there will he j great many "I told you so's;" and all we 1 iiave to say about that is. that we were una- j tile to hear them while they could still he of . service. There "is very little interesting s news afloat this week, and on Monday, largely for the purpose of filling up space, the reporter took occasion to interview an experienced candidate, who had just completed the canvass of the county, as to the probable result of yesterday's election. The eonversation was in confidence, and, therefore, we are unable to give the candidate's name. The reader, however, can gather an idea as to how well he knew what he was talking about by referring to the returns published elsewhere in this issue. The first rpiestion asked the canvasser was, ''Who is going to be elected ?" He replied : "I have been paying more or less atten- j] tion to politics for years, and I have canvas- s sed the county a time or two. Heretofore, at the dose of the campaign, I have been j able to name four out of live of the successful candidates; hut this time I am perfect- t ly at sea.'' ' t ' Well, who is going to be elected to the r legislature?'' jj "I am willing to bet'on Carol hers. Heir will head the ticket. That is the general | opinion, and I believe it. Love will come i second, Carroll third, and some say the < fourth place lies between Stewart and Elder, while others put it between Thompson and I Elder. I think Elder has the advantage." i "And for auditor?" r "The race is going to be close. The clos- I est you ever saw. It depends to a large ex- 1 tent on whether or not the Conservatives t vote. In a measure, this vote, if it materi- f ulizes at all, will be divided ; but considering 1 it for what it may he worth, the chances are i \v\.tfill cippu Itru'k Hill. Coates's 5 llJi.IV IT (IIVIO II III VM I . J ..wv. ...... Tavern, Forest Hill, Bethel, Bethany, Blacksbur};, Blairsville, Newport and Antioch. * Williams will carry Hickory Grove, Fort v Mill, Clover, Bullock's Creek, Sharon and ' Tirzuh. Vorkville and McC'onnellsyille will 1 be very close, and as to which of the caudilutes will come in, would he a random guess. v "How about supervisor ?" J "That is another close race ; hut 1 helieve ' Stephenson will he elected. The under- 1 landing is that whether oi not Culp gets all ^ tlie votes at Fort Mill, depends upon a certain element. He oHcuded some people over 1 there in regard to the equalization of the lactory taxes, and the probability is that they r ire going to pay him hack. Two year's ago, k Mr. J. ('. Ashe fought him at Bullock's Creek ; I in the lirst primary, and he paid Ashe hack . * in the second primary. Now, the prohuhili- ' ly is (hat Ashe will lay it on to him at 11 Bullock's ('reek, and also at McConnellsville; | e Stephenson will heat Culp by a large majori- j1 ly at the Vorkville box, and also at Hickory I " [ rove. Culp has done a good thing by the j people of Bock Hill in the matter of roads, j * ind the chances are that the voters at that i place will stand by him. Some are of the it pinion that Cornwell will light him at j n 'oalcs's Tavern ; hut I don't think so. The i v rote down there will he divided; hut in my c pinion it will he altogether an legitimate g iocs. Both candidates are thoroughly com- d . .....i . i .,i /'..i? ;w. /><Miiii!ii-!iiie<>lv fresh o ICU'lIt . IUIL V lli|? in VW...J ^ . roin ollice and has a great many enemies." j 11 "Who'sgoing to lie school commissioner?" j v "On the slump, that has lieen the hottest r< ace of the lot, ami the people are taking j a ots of interest in it. Edwards and ('anslerj 1 lave hoth been lighting each other so hitter- i y, that a great many voters that might k nive gone to one or the other, will go toj " 'hurley. I think there will he a second I w ace, and that it will he between Edwards, \i mil Shttrley ; Edwards leading at the start !jt villi the largest number of voles. h "Who'll carry the county?Finley or 1 'trait ?" ! si That is a sealed hook. If the Conservatives j ^ ote, Finley will lead with 700 or S00 major- j * ty. Otherwise, it will be nip and tuck|sl letween then, although I believe Finley will ^ ;et the most votes. I have heard very little j u alk on the subject, however, and I confess sl tiy views may be biased by the fact that I ; M ,m a Finley man." ' * "On the Saturday before the election, two t ears ago," continued our candidate friend, .I the various candidates agreed to different. ir ombinations with each other, and went j ft A- ?1 ?; 11 ? ,,,, | .way iruin 1 ui kvuiu \>im uji tmu i */ lecves for every man who was not in the|tl ompael. But there were a ureal many iilates then, anil plenty of room for eomhi- ^ aliens. This year the camliilates are lew, ml flu* combination racket could not he miked to ailvanta.ee. If any combinations re re formed last Saturday, I am not aware ,f it I'a iu'v I'Miiili.l ili. In he lotillLf lis own skillet, ami is dependent solely on lis own merit, liis friends and the enemies of lis opponents. If I were not in it, ami auxins, I would say that it is a right pretty ace." ABOUT I'FOriiR. Pringle T. Voumans, Esq., of C'olmnhia, is n Yorkville. * Miss Minnie Cody is visiting friends at Henlersonville, X. C. Mrs. J. 15. Lyles, of Ahheville, is visiting elalivos in Yorkville. Mrs. C. M. Kuydendal is visiting relatives ml friends in llock Hill. Mrs. M. H. Metts and daughter, Miss ^ laud, are at Blowing Hock. Mr. Paul McCorkle, of Lancaster, was in own Monday and yesterday. Mr. John Dixon, of Columbia, is visiting datives and friends in Yorkville. Miss Florence Cody's school closes at Bethihiloh next Saturday with a picnic. Mr. M. M. Koss,]of Charlotte, X. C., visited ^ riends and relatives at Sharon this week. Mrs. Paul T. Cordon and child, of Kagle akc, Texas, are in Yorkville, visiting her larents. Mr. Sam \V. Inman, of In man Bros., left ast Saturday for a visit to the Northern narkcts. Mr. W. E. Ferguson, of Yorkville, left last ^ Saturday to attend the Knights of Pythias :onelave in Washington. Miss May Moorman, of Columbia, is visitng relatives and friends in this place, the piest of Miss Blanche Clawson. Miss Cora Tall returned to Yorkville on ,'esterday after a pleasant visit to friends at vast over, S. C. , M essrs. 11. C. Strauss and John J. Hunter, eft Yorkville, on Monday last, for New York, ind other Northern cities to purchase fall locks for their respective establishments. Mr. W. W. McDiarmid, editor and propritorofThe Kohesonian, published at Lutn>erton, N. C., favored Thk Enquirkk office vith a visit on Saturday last. The occasion if his visit to Yorkville was to enter his son is a pupil in the Banks High school. LOCAL LACONICS. "Iu> Kii(|uir?>r, to January 1, 1895, ? Will be furnished to subscribers from his dale for US cents. )?*atli of Mr*. J. H. Simpson. 4 -- Mrs. J. H. Simpson died at her home in lickory drove last Monday of paralysis. Trial Justice Vole at Tir/ali. ? York township voters at Tirzah gave n their choice for trial justice yesterday as ollows: Carroll 2; Hobbs, 22; Gettys, 7; doore, fi. Vill Call lt?*v. Mr. Johnson. ? At a congregational meeting held at tharon A. It. P. church, last Sunday night, t was decided to extend a call to Rev. J. Miver Johnston, of Charlotte, N. C. ieized Some Cider. ? State Constable Milling is again on the var path at Rock Hill. Oue day last week, ie seized ahout 20 gallons of eider consigned o a party at Kershaw. The (ireenville Female College. ? In another column will be found an ad'ertisement of the Greenville Female college, oeated at Greenville, S. C'. The college is indcr the immediate management of Dr. M. t| d. Riley, an educator of wide reputation, and 1 he institution is prepared for first-class work d n all its departments. icliool Ciiiiinirnrcil Again. ? The Bank's high school and the Yorkdlle graded schools, resumed work last dondav. Quite a number of the High school >oys were on hand at the opening, and others v ire coming in every day. Professor Banks eels very much encouraged. The outlook is hat his school will be agreut deal larger than ast year. laptUt Hlgli School Announcement. ? The announcement of the Baptist High chool at Vorkville for the next scholastic fear, in the shape of a neat pamphlet of 24 >ages, has just been issued from the job press if The Enquirer. The pamphlet contains ill necessary information with regard to the chool, and copies of it may be obtained by ipplication to President Booth at Yorkvillc. )ecrease of 9%A.*>,0:10. ? York county railroad property, as reurned to Auditor Waters this year, amounts r o $1,034,210. Last year the property was eturned at $1,230,240. The decrease this ear, as compared with that of last, is $20"),130. The decrease in the returns of railroad iroperly throughout the State, amounts to iearly $1,000,000. letting Along Nicely. ? Work on the Industrial college at Ilock lill, is progressing rapidly. The roof of the nain building is on, and the dormitories are eady for the rafters. The foundation lias leen laid for the boiler-house, and the boiler ins been placed in position. The entire sysein of buildings will he completed within a few months; but just when the college will ?e opened for the reception of students, has lot yet been decided. lay Itet urn to Texas. < ? Rev. W. B. White, who went out in Sepember, 1892, as a missionary to China, is severely ill and is contemplating a return to America. He will probably make his home n Western Texas. Mr. White, it will be renemhered, left for foreign fields together vith Rev. S. R. Hope, who went to Japan. Plieir departure was the oeeasion of a grand are well at Belhesda, 011 the 1st of August, 8D2. iVcakeiied ?t the Last Minute. ? lTp to yesterday, there were quite a lumber of Strait men in York township, tome of them swore that although they had lolhing against Finley, they would vote for ttrnit if they were "spared to get to the rolls." But at the last minute they weakned. Upon their arrival in town, they ouml that the Conservatives were not ninkng any special demonstration, and that evrythiug was one way. With few exeepions they yielded to the prevailing sentiuent, and helped to roll up a big majority or Finley. le Is di'Ming There. ? A representative of Thk Knquireh had he pleasure of meeting Mr. M. M. Tate, forlerly oft!rover, at Blaeksluirg, one day last reek. Mr. Tale is now living in Union ouuty, and his numerous friends will he 1.11I I#. L'li/itf lit.,I I,,1 irxtliiiir iilontr siilen. idly. Me fays he is going to make (50 luiles f cotton, and as for corn, lie will make so inch that he is puzzled to know what he ,ill do with it. lie seems to have only one egret, anil tlnit is the fact that he is so far way from his old friends in York. ,'verlieuriiiK Strawberries. ? A few weeks ago, The Enqimukr ac- M nowledged the receipt of some very fine second crop" strawberries. At the time, ,'c considered that ripe strawberries in July ere at least something unusual. We have SHj 1st discovered that we are somewhat he- I ind the times. Editor Hull, of the Rock fill Herald, has in his garden a variety of Irawberries known as tlie "Oregon Evereater." In conversation the other day, V alitor Hull informed the reporter that bis B trawberry plants have been blooming and earing all summer, anil would keep it up ntil frost, and to prove his assertion, he liowed the reporter his strawberry bed. It as full of fruit in all stages of development. j Ouestioii of Lost linnets. ? At Chambers, on Tuesday of last week, udge W'itherspoon took testimony in a ease istituted for the purpose of securing the reindment of some lost bonds. The amount f bonds involved is some $30,000 worth of te lllne ltidge series, issued previous to the