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f craps and |acts. !
? The New Orleans weekly crop statement!
from September 1 to September 14 inclusive,;
is as follows : Port receipts 122,707 against I
77,704 last year, and 109,00.'! year before last; I
overland to mills and Canada 10,533 against I
5,071 last year, and 10,112 year before last; j
interior stocks in excess of September 1,9,309
against 7,379 last year, and 13,400 year be-!
fore last; Southern mill takings net 28,532 ;
against 28,532 last year, and 2S,532 year be-1
fore last; amount brought into sight during I
14 days of September 171,081 against 111,686 j
last year, and 101,053 year before last;
amount brought into sight for week 115,873
against 70,001 last year, and 100,907 year
before last.
? In a speech at Bay City, Mich., ou Monday
of last week, Mr. Eckels, the comptroller
of the currency, said : "I think that the
country is entering upon an era of business
prosperity. The advices we receive from
the various banks in the United States tend to
confirm this vieWj and if anything more were
needed to prove it, the fact alone that none
ofthe banks is reducing its circulation, would
seem to show that they expect an increase
in the volume of business, otherwise they
would cut down their circulation in order to
escape taxation as much as possible. The
country is like a very sick man and will restore
slowly; but the convalescence will be
none the less sure and certain.
? The enormous number of 587 sugar growers
in Louisiana are going to join the Republican
party, says the Chicago Herald. They
* . are headed by ex-Governor Warmoth, which
raises the suspicion that the most of them
are not new converts. Thiris the total number
of people in the State of Louisiana engaged
in sugar growing. Last year they recieved
$11,114,290 in bounties from the United
States treasury, an average of $19,195.65
each. But for the passage of the new tariff
act they would have received $23,000,000
bounty this year, on an average of nearly
$40,000 each. These individuals offer to
make Louisiana a Republican State if the
sugar bounty is restored. Not a much stronger
argument than this can be produced in
favor of the new tariff nor could there be a
more scandalous exposure of the corruption
of the McKinley tariff.
? The people of Chicago seem to understand
the art of tax dodging thoroughly.
In 1870, when the population was only 300,000
the assessed value of real estate was
$223,643,600. At the present time the city
has a population of 1,500,000 and the total
assessed value of real estate is only $189,AAA
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and silver plate in the city is only $74, and
diamonds and jewelry are assessed at $380.
It is a notorious fact that thousands of
young ladies each wear on their persons
more diamonds than are accredited to the
entire city, and thousands of families have
more silver plate than is indicated by the
total tax returns. s City assessors are paid
$1,200 a year salary, and candidates for the
office of assessor have been known to spend
anywhere from $1,000 to $25,000 in securing
their elections. The assessors generally retire
from office with independent fortunes.
An effort is being made to secure some reform
iu these fearful abuses ; but reform in
Chicago is slow.
? A most disreputable species of warfare is
being waged by the railroad men of the Northwest
against union employes. It is agreed
that no man is to be given employment unless
he can show a good recommendation from
his former employer. In Omaha a few days
ago, a notorious union man asked his superintendent
for a letter of recommendation
and to his surprise recieved one that was
couched iu the most flattering terms.
When he applied for another place, the
railroad official examined his letter and finally
told him that there were no vacancies.
Thinking strange of this the employee carefully
examined his letter and holding it up
to the light discovered that the watermark
was a "sand-bill crane" with its head cut off
by a very fine white line. He then examined
the letters of other employes, and found
that in some cases the crane's head was not
detatched. On comparing notes, he found
further that the recommendations of union
men only were marked with decapitated j
cranes. It thus became clear that the rail-1
road employers have arranged to give all ap-1
plicants good letters, but at the same time
turn down the union men who were to be
known by the secret water mark on their
recommendations.
? A writer in the Springfield Union says
that Senator Brice got his start in life in a
rather interesting way. After he left college
he studied law, but he did't get on very well,
and he went to Charlie Foster, then governor
of Ohio, and asked if sorathing in the way
of an office couldn't be found for him. "Impossible,"
said the governor. "You area
Democrat and I am a Republican. It would
cause no end of talk if I were to give you a
with sn mnnv Republicans wautiusr
office." But Brlce was in straits, and lie j
begged so earnestly for some help by which j
he might extricate himself that Foster finally
placed a sum of money in his hands and j
told him to come to New York and look after !
a certain financial transaction. His last in-1,
junction to the young man was to follow in- i
structions. When he got here Brice made 1
inquiries first, and then acted directly contrary
to what he had been told, telegraphing
forthwith what he had done. , Foster
wired indignantly for the reason. The re-;
ply was : "Because I could make $10,000 for j
you." There was no questioning beyond
that and thenceforth Foster and Brice work-!
ed in harmony in various railroad operations, j
the latter giving up his idea of a legal career
for the more lucrative one of railroad builder j
and promoter.
? The Negress, Ida Wells, has stirred a
number of English cranks up to the point of
coming over to America to "investigate j
lynchings in the South." Upon the arrival
of the Englishmen in New York last week,!
The World telegraphed the governors of
several Southern States for their views on
the matter. The governor of Virginia,,
Georgia, Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas j
each replied rather testily and advised the '
Englishmen that they had better begin with ;
an investigation of the lawlessness at home.'
Governor Tillman said : "The Englishmen
are welcome to come to South Carolina to ;
learn the truth. They can't investigate usj
from New York. I will aflbrd them every I
facility to get at facts." Sam Jones, who is
not a governor, but, who all the same, has!
something to say at all times, was in Nash- j
ville when the dispatch to Governor Turney j
arrived. Ileexpressed himself this way : "Let i
the courts execute the law. If the courts
will not execute the law, and the mobs must j
hang anybody, let them hang the judge and
the jury; then they will begin right end
foremost. I have a contempt for Ida Wells i
and her fool followers. Tennessee is able to |
take care of her own skillet and doesn't1
need any investigating. Tennessee is no
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these Englishmen waot to investigate, why!
let them begin right in New York and work
their way South. My word for it, they will
never reach here. They will find enough to j
keep them interested on the way to occupy '
their time the balance of their natural
lives."
? At the morning session of the Kentucky j
Methodist conference held at Frankfort Ky., j
last Friday, the subject of the congressional
election was warmly discussed. After roiltine
business had been taken up, Bishop Dun-:
can said that he believed the prayers of just j
people were answered. lie asked that all
good people join in heart, while Bcv. Dr. J.:
Ditzer, the celebrated debater, led in prayer
for the purity of the Ashland district. He
was not a native Kentuckian, but he felt an
interest and national pride in it. The prayer
was offered amid aniens resounding and till- j
ing the whole room with feeling for defeat j
of Colonel Breckinridge. Such a scene is i
said never to have occurred in a conference, j
"Oh Lord! God of the living, not of the
dead," said the minister, "we kneel, invok-1
ing thy blessing on our humble homes, on
our virtue, on our civilization, on our pur-j
ity and on all our welfare. Oh, Lord ! Thou
dost see and hear us; we would ask thee to
look upon us, when we are so painstaking, \
particular in our ministers, in regard to them
being pure and virtuous; help u* to be regardful
of the virtue of our higher officials, j
Shall we be indifferent to them who are in
the halls of congress, who guide our legis-1
lation? We arc in a situation that regards]
not only the welfare of Kentucky, but the
welfare of the whole country as citizens. We
would pray that no disgrace shall fall on our
homes tomorrow. May our voters think of
our wives, mothers and daughters and the
goodness of God. May we never digracc i
them. Direct us, bless our country, our I
president, senators, our members of congress j
and our governors and our institutions;
may they lie a blessing to our people, liless j
this district, the mothers, sisters and daughters
of it. This is a crisis in the country.
Guide us, Oh Lord, aright and praise shall
be to Jesus name. Amen."
? While exploring a cave, near Seven Mile
Ford, Va., one day last week, a man name
Charles Hector, and a boy named Morris, discovered
two skeletons 40 feet below the surface.
The cave has long been known, says
a correspondent : but no one has ever ventured
to explore it because of its depth. The
Morris boy was let down by a rope. When
the find was reported a party of citizens went
to the cave to investigate further. In all 10
skeletons were taken out, and were adjudged
to be the bones of men, women and children.
One skeleton was found in a sitting posture,
with the skull reclining on the arms, which
were folded across the knees. Thus far there
is but one way to account for the charnal
house. Old citizens say that many years ago
there was an inn kept near this cave by a man
named Allen and that occasionally people
who stopped there had mysteriously disappeared
and were never heard of again. The
supposition is that they were killed in this
inn. robbed of their valuables and then consigned
to the cave. Home of the skeletons
discovered were partially buried under stones
and many of the bones were broken. Whether
these stones were scales which fell from
overhead or were placed there by a foul hand
could not be positively determined.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,1894.
? The proof of the pudding is the eating
thereof. From the way Yorkville's merchants
are talking, it would seem that after
all there is really something in the new tariff
bill. It is true that many of the new
tariff schedules will not go into effect until
January 1; but to all intents and purposes
most of them are law already. The wholesale
men North have found it the part of
wisdom to discount the law now rather than
hold their goods and he forced to reduce
their prices then.
? Reports from over the State indicate that
during the past month most of the dispensaries
have failed to pay expenses. The reason
is no doubt to be found in the sharp competition
elsewhere existing. The force of constables
is rather small and at the same time
not especially active. The doubtful status
of the law seems to not only discourage
Governor Tillman from the pursuit of harsh
measures, but to encourage the blind tiger
people to run their businesses for all that
there may be in them. All law abiding citizens
will hope for an early settlement of this
uncertain condition of affairs by the decision
of the supreme court.
? The following paragraph is credited to
The Star of Bethlehem, a religious newspaper
published at Leeds, England :
A big revolution is now going 011 in the United
States of America, and there is little doubt that
the government will bo defeated. The dictator,
Debs, has been driven from his palace, and he
and his mistress are now hilling in the mountains.
The greatest trouble has been experienced
in the capital of Chicago, where drover Cleveland
has obtained complete control. The railroad
at that place has been torn up and thrown
into the Mississippi river, and the stock yard has
been razed to the ground.
Previous to the past few weeks we wotdd
have at once put the above down as a rather
rough burlesque 011 the refreshing verdancy
of our cousins across the sea; but since the
arrival of that impudent English committee,
for the purpose of investigating "lynching in
the South," we are inclined to think that
the clipping must have been ptrblished as
credited.
? A new fad of the very rich men of the
Northeast is the collection of menageries of
wild animals for the amusement of their
friends. Oliver Hazzard Perry Belmont has
just completed the construction of a magnif
icent stable that cost $1S0,000. It is located
at Newport. In the front court yard of the
building there are over 800 electric lights.
The lower floor is devoted to a large number
of fine horses. On the second floor there is
a grand suit of apartments, bath rooms, pool
rooms, a riding ring, covering several acres,
and a great menagerie of animals, including
almost every wild beast to be found in the
jungles or on the plains of Asia and Africa,
It is Belmont's idea to give during the coining
winter, a number of big dances, to which he
will iuvite the select of New York's most
exclusive circles, and the guests will revel in
luxuries and extravagances calculated to
far outstrip the wildest orgies of the old
Roman emperors. The Vanderbilts, Goulds
and other millionairs are spending large
sums of money in stocking private parks
and preserves with various wild animals for
hunting purposes.
? Paul Jones, the man who left Boston,
naked, on February 12, last, on a wager to
make the trip around the world within 12
months and return to Boston with $5,000,
without stealing, begging or borrowing is
now in Chicago. The story of Jones's leaving
the Boston club room, covered in a garment
of newspapers, and how by various
means he got together his first suit of clothes,
has already been told, lie claims that he is
now worth $2,500 which he has acquired by
exhibiting himself at dime museums, giving
boxing lessons, clerking in drinking saloons,
and at soda fountains, etc. He has a
month's engagement, as general clerk in a
dry goods store. After this engagement is
completed he intends to make his way to
San Francisco, picking up all the money he
can on the route, and then sail to Australia,
thence to Suez, thence to Paris and London
and thence to New York and Boston, lie
hopes to reach America on the return trip
about six weeks before the close of his year,
and make up whatever amount of the :?r>.00()
that may be lacking by lecturing to curious
people, who may be interested in his method
of accomplishing his peculiar undertaking.
Jones has not yet allowed his full name to
be known : but it is understood that he is a
college graduate and belongs to a wealthy
and influential family of Boston.
? The people of Atlanta are bending every
ell'ort towards making a great success of their
big exposition next fall. Including the ?2<>0,000
appropriated by congress, there is now
in sight, available for the purpose of the exposition,
about half a million dollars. So far
as the show is concerned, we have no doubt
that it will be all that can be expected: but
just here we wish to make a suggestion, and
at the same time register a warning that this
suggestion had better lie heeded by those interested
in the success of the undertaking.
Atlanta's Piedmont exposition of 1SS7 was
quite creditable. It drew to the city the
largest crowds that have ever been seen
there. The crowds were so large that to
get accommodations was impossible. People
had to sleep 011 floors, in hallways, in
churches and even in the streets. Most
of these people had money ; but it seemed
that money would not buy either lodging
or food. The recollection of this circumstance
is well distributed over the entire
South. There are thousands of people who
went to the Piedmont exposition who would
not return next fall and take their chances
011 getting a place to sleep or something
to eat, even if they should be guaranteed all
other expenses free. I'ndcr the circumstances,
we suggest that it will be the
part of wisdom for the exposition authorities
to at once begin to take steps for the entertainment
of the crowds that are to be expect
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j c<l, and to put in the rest of the time he- j
'tween now and next fall in advertising nsJsurunce
that suitable accommodation will he
provided.
i ?Since the Narrow Gauge railroad has
! been under the management of its own 1
! stockholders, its affairs have been in a pros-1
perous condition. The reports of the South
Carolina railroad commission, include the
earnings of only that portion of the road lo-'
cated in this State, or about 35 per cent, of |
the whole line. That portion of the road in :
North Carolina yields much better returns
i than the portion in South Carolina, notwith-1
| standing the heavy rental of $300 a mouth
! that it has to pay for the use of the third
; rail on the Western North Carolina road be-!
j tween Newton and Hickory, and the out-!
, look is that the present management will be !
j easily able to make the first payment of in!
terest on outstanding bonds according to
: promise. The only two serious drawbacks
j are the facts that the road has no bed of its
| own between Hickory and Newton, and
i that the $S7,000 of bonds on the northern
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ern Railroad company, which corporation is
looking upon the Narrow Gauge with envious
eyes. Major Harper, the president of
the Narrow Gauge, seems to have already
proved that the road is a valuable property,
and the wisdom of paying otF the bonds held
by the Southern railway, and building an
independent line between Newton and
Hickory has been made so clear that there
should be no difficulty in raising the necessary
money for the accomplishment of these:
objects.
| ? Governor Stone, of Mississippi, was
arrested last week by a United States treasury
official on the charge that he "unlawfully
and feloniously, and not by direction of any
proper ofiicer of the United States, printed,
photographed and made, and aided in printing,
photographiug and making a certain
photograph, print and impression in the
likeness of national bank currency of said
United States." The legislature of Mississippi,
at its session in February 18D4, provided
for the issuance of not more than $200,000
of auditor's warrants in sums of not less
than $5, nor greater than $20, with the approval
of the governor and auditor. These
warrants were made receivable for all taxes
aud other dues to the State, and were issued
in small sums in order to facilitate their circulation.
After January 1, 1895, they were
to hear 3 per cent, interest. In appearance I
they were very similar to the ordinary na- j
tional bank note. Immediately upon their
issuance, the Federal authorities began to
make efforts for their suppression. Governor
Stone refused to call in the warrants, in
obedience to orders of Chief Hazen, of the
secret service department, and his arrest as
stated above is the result. The governor
was released on his own recognizance in a
bond of $1,000. The trial of the case will
be pushed without delay, and as some very
imnortant issues are involved, the result will
be watched with a great deal of interest.
The people of Mississippi generally, are highly
indignant at the action of the Federal authorities,
and as a celebrated lawyer puts it:
"If this outrage had been perpetrated 30
years ago, it would have meant war."
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HOG AND HOMINY.
The report of the statistician of the department
of agriculture published last week,
indicates not only that the corn crop of the
Northwest cannot be more than one-half of
an average, but that the corn crop of the
South is one of the largest that has ever been
known. These facts should furnish our people
with nutritious food for some very wholesome
thought.
The failure of the corn crop in the Northwest,
which has heretofore been the great
source of supply for the whole Union, means
that the price of corn is going to be higher,
and the abundant crop in the South, where
but very little corn has heretofore been made,
means that this section is going to have a
great deal of corn, which, if it should see
proper, it may sell.
Right here arises an important question.
The failure of the corn crop in the Northwest,
not only means that corn is to be worth
more money, but it also means a contraction
of the supply of meat and consequently a
higher price for that commodity. The outlook
is that if our people desire to sell their
corn, they will be able to realize a better'
price than they have ever realized before ;
but at the same time if they sell their corn
at a big price, they may expect to pay a
big price for meat, and under the circumstances,
in our opinion, it might be well for ,
them to go slow. The division of the Northwestern
corn crop by two, means the multiplication
of the price of the Northwestern |
meat crop by the same number, and perhaps,
after all, so far as our people ate concerned, j
they will come out just as well if they begin
right now upon the policy of putting South- i
I ern corn into Southern hogs. It strikes us!
j that this will be the most sensible way to
{take advantage of the situation.
BKBCKIXRIMIB (JOBS DOWN.
W. ('. T. Breckinridge will not again represent
the Ashland, Kentucky, district in congress.
The fact was settled last Saturday hy
a primary election. The Democratic nomi-j
nee is XV. C. Owens.
The campaign in the Ashland district has
; been one of the most notable in American
politics. The opposition to Breckinridge,
(who has long represented the district, was j
based altogether on the development of the
j famous Breekinridge-1 \>1 lard scandal case,!
' and the moral character of the man, was the
I
only issue of the campaign.
i Breckinridge went into the light to win.
He confessed everything that had been prov-j
I en against him and plead repentance. On I
| this ground he asked for the support of!
! Christian people, who hoped for forgiveness \
hereafter, and he plead his cause with such i
eloquence, that hundreds of influential peo- '
' pie who had previously condemned him, were :
; won over to his support. The opposition
' <1 id not seek to deny Colonel Breckinridge's
right of repentance ; hut held that the colonel
was a rank impostor and a deceitful liar. ;
From the first it was clear that Breckinridge's
strongest opponent was \V. C. Owens.
As soon as the moral issue became clearly j
i defined. Breckinridge's friends hunted up
j the character record of Owens, almost hack
to the time of his birth. As the result they
unearthed numerous damaging stories,
which, if true, would have stamped the
character of (hvens to he as black as that of
Breckinridge. Owens's sympathizers made
it a rule to denounce these stories as malicious
lies, as fast as they were published.
Colonel Settle, the third candidate fought
the light on the basisof the political issues of
, the day. He made no charges whatever
I M.r..;n<t (Ik. < of cither of his ontio
j ncnts, and thus escaped assaults upon his
' own.
The preachers and the women of the district
were generally arrayed on the side of
Owens. A few preachers and women championed
in the case of Breckinridge on the
basis of the "repentance" plea; hut the
vast majority seemed to take no stock in the
sincerity of the colonel's repentance.
(>rcat excitement prevailed throughout the
district on the day of the primary. A large
number of fights occurred, and in a number
1 of instances brothers grappled with brothers,
and fathers-in-law with sons-in-law. In one
I case one brother stabbed another almost to
death with a pocket knife. Colonel Brccki
in ridge's son, Desha, got into a desperate
light with General Walter I'cake, an Owens
man, and was only prevented from drawing
a revolver by the interference of the crowd.
The election, so far as heard from, resulted
I as follows: Breckinridge, 7.7'J": Owens,
S,192: Settle f>,:?80. The plurality for Owens
is about 170. Breckinridge charges fraud
and proposes to contest the result of the primary
before the district executive committee.
The committee consists of ten members,
six of whom are said to sympathize
with 'Breckinridge and four with Owens.
The Owen's men are already uneasy as to
the outcome of the contest and the Republicans
are growing jubilant over the prospects
of their, as yet, unnamed nominee. The
chances are that Owens, Breckinridge and a
Republican will be before the people in November.
?O?
MERE MENTION.
Christian missionaries are lleeing from Corea
for their lives. The Chinese have burned
a number of Christian churches and it is believed
that they intend to murder missionaries
found in Corea. Cotton has been
greatly damaged in the lower Mississippi
In. Imanv rnilis A ?5llit line llPPIl
filed for the impeachment of Mayor Fitzpatrick,
of New Orleans 011 the charges of favoritism
and incompetency. The city
of Lung Kin, in China was visited hy a lire
one day last week and over 2,000 houses
were destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$15,000,000. During the month of July
the government mints turned out 400,000
standard silver dollars and during the month
of August the number reached 728,000.
The cities of Helena and Anaconda are engaged
in a hot contest over the question as
to which shall he the capital of the State of
Montana. Helena is the largest town; but
it is thought that the wire pullers of Anaconda
will be able to exert the greatest political
influence. Secretary Carlisle has decided
that under the new tariff law no bounty
will be paid the Louisiana growers 011 this
year's crop of sugar. There was a light
frost throughout Illinois and Iowa last Wednesday.
It did no considerable damage.
Lieutenant Michael D. O'Brien, of the Fifth
infantry, has been detailed by the war department,
to go to Tokio, to watch and report
the progress of the war between China
and Japan. Bill Dalton, the noted Oklahoma
outlaw, who was reported to have
been killed sometime ago, is still alive.
The Kepublicans of Mississippi have decided
not to put up any candidates for oflice; but
instead to support the nominees of the Populists.
The breaking of ocean records
seems to he a matter of every week now.
The steamer Lucania has just made the trip
across in two hours less time than ever made
by any other vessel. The G. A. It. held
its annual encampment at Pittsburg bust
week. It is estimated that, including all visitors,
1,000,000 people were present. Colonel
Thomas (J. Lawler. of Rockford, 111., was
elected commander-in-chief. The Republicans
have carried Maine by an overwhelming
majority. Democratic newspapers
say that the circumstance is without a parallel
since the day when the Dutch took
Holland. There were 518 ex-Confederate
veterans at a recent re-union at Morganton,
N. C\, and of the number about 45 per
cent, had been wounded in war. The
Populists of New York have nominated a
full State ticket headed by Charles R. Matthews,
of Buffalo, for governor. Patrick
O'Leary died in Chicago last Saturday,
aged 81 years. His claim to notoriety was
based on his ownership of the cow which
kicked over the lamp in 1871, and started in
Chicago the biggest fire that has ever been
known. A professional named Green,
won a 50 mile bicycle race in London last
Saturday in 1 hour, 50 minutes and 50 seconds.
English Lynching Committkb.?While
The World and the governors it has interviewed
are not disposed to hold the English
people responsible for the meddlesome folly
of tlie Duke of Argyll and his associates, who
arc ''investigating lynching" in America, it
will still be pertinent and proper to remind
them that any English committee sent to
America must necessarily represent the
English policy of dealing with weaker races.
We do not now refer to the indiscriminate
slaughter of Kaffirs and Zulus who have opposed
English domination in South Africa,
nor have we specially in mind the amiable
way in which English humanitarianism blew
high-caste Hindoos from the mouths of the
shopkeeper's cannon.
All that and a great deal more like it is
an old story.
A matter of more immediate moment is
the spectacle presented as England forces
forward to connect its South African hold !*
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lil?^a Willi HO 1 |'l ItVIl y lUlWlVIWlV m.rj uv.f.
ing the whole great iuterior valley of the
African continent.
Every Negro tribe which gets in the way
of this plan is ruthlessly butchered, and every
time Cecil Rhodes kills a hundred Negroes
or so a delighted English press hails
him as the greatest living representative of
England's time honored colonial policy.
This is not ancient history. It is what is
now going on under the nose of his Humane
(Srace of Argyll, who, whatever his failings,
is not shortsighted enough to see it.
It is as wrong to kill one sort of man as
another. It is as wrong to murder a man in
Africa for fighting for his country as it is to
lynch him in the United States.
Such a statement may suprise the Duke of
Argyll, but it is certainly true.?New York
World.
Dr. Woodrow's Examination.?The
South Carolina presbytery convened in the
l'rcsbyterinn church at Williamston on last
Friday, the 7th instant, at S.30 o'clock p. m.
The opening sermon was preached by the
retiring moderator, the Rev. J. A. Wilson.
Thirteen ministers and about 20 lay delegates
answered roll-call. The Hon. J. E.
Hoggs, of Pickens, was then, on motion,
unanimously elected moderator. T. P.
Quarles, of Abbeville, was also elected, unanimously,
reading clerk. The Rev. Dr. Woodrow
was received as a visiting member, as
were also Drs. Lowery and Stewart.
Dr. Wood row applied for permanent membership
and after standing a satisfactory examination,
which was conducted according to
the Hook of Church Order, by Drs. Lindsay,
Riley and Wilson, was received. The questions
propounded to him by Dr. Lindsay
were pointed and as searching as the light
from the extract of electricity. The. answers
were spontaneous and bright, showing a
mind of no ordinary intelligence. One of
the questions asked him was :
Do you believe that Moses wrote the Pentateuch
?
Most of it, sir.
What portion do you think he did not
write?
The account of his own death, sir.
Another question :
Do you believe the Holy Scriptures contain
the word of <Sod?
1 believe the Holy Scriptures are the word
of (Sod.
Dr. Wood row was unanimously received
as a member of the South Carolina presbytery.?Easley
Messenger.
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(Skokck Yaniikrisii.t's Sciik.mk.?The report
that (Seorgo Yandcrbilt, who owns
thousands of acres of land in North Carolina,
is going lo turn Ins attention to railroad
building looking to a direct line as a means
of getting out much of the timber of that
| section of the South, lias caused considerable
interest.
The scheme of Mr. Yundcrbilt, if carried
; out, will add quite a splendid line of railways
to the South, for while he is not after
building any considerable road, in point of
j miles, it will, when finished be one of the
I most desirable connecting links for the South
Atlantic coast and the Northwest.
A direct line from Knoxvill.e to Anderson,
S. ('., is said to be the plan and it is interesting
to know that a greater part of the distance
between these two points is already
graded. The road when finished, in conI
neclion with the Knoxville, Cumberland
(Jap and Cincinnati railroad and the Tort
Royal and Western North Carolina, will
shorten the distance between Cincinnati and
the Southern coast 100 miles.
Receiver Averill, of the Tort Royal and
Western North Carolina road, who is said to
1 have been on a conference with Mr. Yan1
derbill concerning the matter, passed
: through Atlanta the other day in his private
car on bis way to Augusta.
In case the deal goes through, Augusta
will have a direct line from the Northwest.?
Atlanta Constitution.
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Tin-; Rkoi i.au Statk Dkmockatic Convention.?The
regular Democratic State
convention meets in Columbia today. It
will be called to order by State Chairman
Irby. Evans for governor and Tin"!merman
for lieutenant governor have practically been
j nominated. Who will be the other nominees,
i it is impossible to say.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
i II. A. D. Xeelv, County Treasurer?Gives notice
that his books will be opened on the
loth of October for the collection of State, i
county and special taxes, and they will i
remain open until the .'51st day of December,
during which time, for the conven- 1
ienee of the public, he will visit the accus- j
torned places on the days mentioned in the ,
advertisement.
Sam M. Grist?'Tells why the Pratt cotton gin '
grows and should grow, in popular favor, j
lie also announces that he is sole agent
for the genuine Oliver chilled plow, and >
that he has only one Buckeye mower on 1
hand.
II. 0. Strauss?Says that he has the biggest
stock of goods ever seen in Yorkville and
the quality and price will compare with
any in the world.
Inmau Bros.?Claim that Banister's shoes are
the best made, and they are showing them j
in all the various styles.
John J. Hunter?Says that he is prepared to sell
clothing and dress goods at about half the j
price tlmt was asked last season; zu per
cent, reduction on account of the tariff, and
.'50 per cent, on account of the scarcity ol'
money.
A. M. ft rist?Announces that he can furnish
von with a nice oil heating stove at a very
low price.
W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass.?Announces
that C. W. Frew, of Rock 11 ill, handles
the various styles of his make of shoes.
S. T. Frew A Co., Rock Hill, S. C.?(Jive a few
points to friends of prospective brides,
as well as to the brides themselves, which
they claim will be profitable, should they
be Kept green in their minds.
Louis Roth?Announces that he has enlarged
his fancy grocery business and moved his
dining rooms to an adjoining room, which
will add to the comfort and pleasure of his
daily increasing patrons.
Lowry A Starr?Want those who contemplate
painting their houses to consult them.
They :uso want pnrties in need of machinery
oil to consult them.
A. E. Booth, President?Announces that the
Raptist High School, under its new management,
will be opened to boys and girls
on September 23,18h4.
May A May?Announce that they arc offering
Maccaboy's snuff at 30 cents a pound, put
up in one pound glass fruit jars.
STAR ROUTE SCHEDULES.
A subscriber requests the publication of
the schedules of the star route mails to and
from Yorkville. We have no doubt, but that
the information will be of interest to a large
number of our readers. The routes and
schedules are as follows:
Yorkville to Point, by way of Bethel, Zeno,
Balloon, and Southpoint, leaves Yorkville at
(i a. m. and returns at 0 p. m., on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
Yorkville to Enquirer, by way of Fodder,
Clay Hill, Bandana and Energy, leaves
Yorkville at G a. m. and returns at 0 p. in.,
on Mondavs. Wednesdays and Fridays.
Yorkville to Yorkville, by way of Zadok,
Bethany, Hero, Stroup's, Clark's Fork and
Carp, leaves Yorkville at 0 a. in. and returns
at G p. in., on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays.
Yorkville to Could, by way of Lominack,
Blairsville, Bullock's Creek and Hoodtown,
leaves Yorkville at G a. in. and returns at G
p. in., daily except Sunday.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Lay service on next Sunday at
10.45 a. m. Sunday-school in the afternoon
at 5 p. m.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.
York villi!?Sunday-school at 4 o'clock
p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at
8 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at
10.30 o'clock.
Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor.
Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Prayermeeting
tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock.
Services next Sunday morning at 11 and
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, and evening at
7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 p. m.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
Boyce II. (trier, pastor. Tirzah?Services
on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Yorkvili.k?Sunday-school
at 4 o'clock p. m.
Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock
Services on Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock.
DIDN'T CATCH HIM.
York county has just passed within a very
close margin of furnishing some material for
the English investigating committee recently
arrived in New York.
On last Saturday morning a highly respectable
little girl aged about 14, was on her way
from Blairsville to her home near Sharon.
She discovered that she was being followed
by a Negro boy who appeared to be about 18
or 11) years of age. At first she felt no alarm.
' The Negro, however, soon began to dog her
j footsteps in such a way as to make her unI
easy, and she began to run at the top of her
! speed. The Negro followed as fast as he
! could until the little girl's home appeared a
[ few hundred yards away, and then lie took !
to the woods.
Out of breath and almost frightened to
death the young girl told the story of her j
adventure to her parents, who shortly afterward
informed the neighbors. A hunt was!
at once organized for the Negro, who by his
footprints, was tracked toward Vorkville.
The hunt was kept tip until Sunday night,
without success. The Negro was a stranger
in the neighborhood and the supposition is
that he was on his way to Vorkville from
Lock hart Shoals. Had he been caught, we
are reliably informed that lie would have
been hanged to the nearest tree.
THK SKCOXI) PRIMARY.
i Following is the result ot the recent pri!
mary election for school commissioner as tabulated
and declared by the county executive
committee.
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I'llKCI NCTS. " u ~
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a 7. ?
Antioeh, 29 .41 ?>
Mackburg 1!? :? ;">2!
Blairsville II Hi 27
i Bethany, 24 4 2.S
Bethel,. 24 .10 ;V4
! Buffalo (i :t 9
Bullock's ('reek, .'I .42 .'! *>
(Mark's Fork, 9 9 I.s
j Coates's Tavern, 24 (i 29
i Clover 2(> 40 (k?
Forest Hill .42 9 41
Fort Mill :!4 2(i (K)
Hickory (trove, 2.4 4."> lis
McCoimellsville, 1.4 lf? 2S
Newport, s 20 2?
Tirzali 12 .49 fit
Bock Hill 74 74 14S}
j Sharon, 2 4.7 47 !
i Vorkville 11.4 liti 21Kj
Totals, 4S5 .7S2 KHi7
From the above it appears that Mr. John !
A. Shurley, of Old Point, is to be the next
school commissioner for Vork county. The
I total vote for si school commissioner in the I
lirst primary was 1827. Of these Edwards j
received 807, Shurley 515) and Canslcr 502. j
IT HAS IHOKN* FOl'XI).
A small bottle full of monazite was brought j
! to Tin-: Knqi'Hikk ollice last Wednesday by '
I Mr. (J. lv. Turner, who lives about seven j
I i
j miles northeast of Yorkville. The mineral j
; was found on the plantations of Mr. Turner;
and Mrs. .1. 0. MoKenzie. Mr. Turner is!
I satisfied that it is to be found in paying
j quantities, and at an early day will give the !
'matter a thorough investigation.
During the past two months monazite min- j
I ing in Cleveland county, X. C., has grown to
1 be (piite a profitable industry. The fact was ;
noted from the Shelby Aurora in Thk En-!
Wilt ten of August 27, and the people of the
! northern and western portions of York espe-1
eially were advised to make a search for the I
i minerals. Mr. S. X. Johnson, of Bethel, im-'
mediately made a trip to Clcvclaud county
for the purpose of securing specimens of the
I mineral, and quite a number of his neighbors j
became interested. The find on Mr. Turner's j
I place was made by Mr. David Walker, who!
has had some experience in collecting mon- j
azite.
Monazite is of a brownish yellow color,:
finely granulated and quite heavy. It is used ;
in electric lighting; but for just what or'
how, we have as yet no information. The
retail price at Shelby has been (> cents a
pound. Dealers sell it for about 12 cents.
In the last issue of the Shelby Aurora, we
note that Dawson (iettys, who has been
buying monazite for the Welsbaeli Light!
company, of Glouster, New Jersey, has been !
ordered to cease buying for tlie present.
The statement is that the company has a
sufficient supply for several months, and will
not buy any more until the supply is exhausted.
This, however, need not throwany
damper on the miners. It may be
that this particular company is preparing'
to still further beat down the price.
There are quite a number of electric light!
companies, however, and we would suggest
that owners of monazite deposits go
on with the work of collecting and cleaning
the mineral. In the meantime it will also be
well to make investigations concerning the
market, so as to be in a position to demand
full value when they get ready to sell.
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THE BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL.
The first session of the Baptist High!
school, under its new management, is to;
be opened on next Tuesday with exercises
appropriate to the occasion. The general
programme has been planned in outline;
but so far has not been arranged in detail.
It will be, however, something like the following
:
Introduction of the president by the chairman
of the board of trustees.
Inaugural address by President Booth.
An address of welcome to the school as a
public enterprise, to be delivered by a prominent
citizen to be selected by the town
council.
Musical selections by Professor H. II. Sav-j
age and accomplished assistants.
The pastors and representative members!
of York, Union, Chester and Moriuh Bap-1
tist associations will take part in the exercises,
and we are requested to say that the
people of Yorkville and surrounding country
generally arc cordially invited to be present.
President Booth and Professors Dixon
and Yon Shulz arc now in Yorkville. Professor
Savaire will arrive today.* Considera
ble additions have been made to the school
budding within the past two months, and thai
it will open with a largely increased attendance
next Tuesday seems certain.
CHF.llOKHK FACTORY' lU'KN'KD.
Cherokee Cotton factory is in ashes! The
news is intimated in our Blacksburg correspondence,
and is confirmed by Mr. J. 1'.
White, who arrived from GafTuey City on
yesterday. The fire broke out on Monday
night shortly after dark and destroyed the
main building together with its machinery
and a large quantity of manufactured goods
in about two hours. The understanding is
that the factory storeroom and warehouse
were not burned.
The Cherokee factory was located about
three and one-half miles south of Blacksburg
and was the first cotton mill erected in York
county. It commenced operations in 1881
with a capital stock of $7">,000 and 2,448
spindles. Notwithstanding a number of serious
drawbacks, including an inconvenient
distance from railroad transportation, it was
well managed and made money steadily.
From $7fi,000 in 18S1 the company has been
steadily increasing its capital stock from the
earnings ofthe mill and on last Saturday the
property, which included lands, outbuildings,
6,000 spindles and 200 looms, was represented
by a capitalization of $113,000.
The mill was insured, but for how much, |
we have not yet been able to learn. Several
citizens of Yorkville are large stockholders.
About 100 operatives have been
thrown out of employment. Whether or
not the mill will be rebuilt at once, will
probably depend on the amount for which it
is insured.
NOW FOR A GOOD TRADE.
Yorkville merchants are getting in their
new goods. For the past week or 10 days
nearly every incoming train has brought big
consignments from the Northern markets,
and the side walks in front of the stores
have been piled high with boxes and bales of
merchandise. At present all hands are busy
setting things to rights for the fall trade,
and judging from the indications as they appear
to the eye, our business men seem to
think that trade is going to be away yonder
better than it has been for years. On Monday
and yesterday, a representative of The
Enquirer called at several of the stores,
not only to see the stocks, but also for the
purpose of getting a satisfactory idea as to
whether or not the people really have reason
to expect any considerable reduction in
the price of goods on account of the tariff
or other causes.
Mr. J. J. Hunter was just closing up for
the day, and had plenty of time to talk. In
reply to a request for a practical, compre
hensive comparison between prices this year
and last, among other things he said : "The
fact is that everything is just so much
cheaper that it would surprise you. Take
ladies' broad cloth for instance. Last year
we sold it at $1.25 a yard. Now we can sell
coverts, the same class of goods, but of a
superior quality, at 87 cents. For $10 I can
sell you a first-class suit of clothes, bran
new from the Northern markets, that I
could not buy myself last year for less than
$11. Flannels are down in about the same
proportion, and all kinds of cotton goods
are away oil', without regard to the tarilf or
anything else. Shoes are about the only
thing in which there is no reduction in price,
but even here there is a big improvement
in quality. According to my figures there
luis been a reduction of about 10 per cent,
for tariff, and another 10 per cent, for hard
times. All I ask now is to get a man in
my store, and if I don't sell him, it will he
because be does not want to buy anything."
Mr. If. ('. Strauss's store is filled with
goods almost from floor to ceiling. The!
shelves on the sides won't bold half the
stock, and the counters have not only been
filled up so as to hardly leave room to do
business; but long tables between have been
piled almost as high as a man's bead. When
the reporter entered Mr. Strauss was engaged
in counting up and putting away a big pile
of greenbacks and a lot of silver, the receipts j
of the day.
"Yes," said Mr. Strauss, "goods are cheap-1
er now than 1 have ever known them before.!
They are just too cheap, nobody ever saw j
the like of it. Now, see here," he continued,
I
"take this hat for instance. Two years ago '
you could not buy this bat for less than $2.50.
I will sell you as many of them as you want
for 87 cents apiece. Here is a suit of clothes
that I could not buy in New York last]
? ... t ,1 V?? U fill
ycur iui it in.iu j mu hiuj mnv lv ?.
$8.74. I guarantee it to be new stock all1
wool and just from New York. The cheap-;
est blanket to be bought in New York last
year was worth (55 cents. I oiler the same
blanket now, to anybody, for f>0 cents; but of
course, you understand it is only cotton,
finer blankets arc low in proportion.
"Now here," continued Mr. Strauss, pulling
down a pile of ;clothes, I will give you
an illustration that will strike home. Here
is a pair of pants just like those you have on,
that I will sell you for $4. Now what did
you give for yours? $0, eh ? Well, now I
make just about the same profit on these at
$4, that the man who sold those to you at $(5.
Why dress goods which could not be retailed
last year for less than 7~> cents a yard,
can be sold now for only 42 cents. I could
give you any number of comparisons to show
the big reduction in juices, but I wont doit,
I will just say this: I have the biggest stock
of goods that has ever been in Yorkville. I
bought it cheajier than I ever bought a
stock of goods before, and I am. going to sell j
it on that basis. If anybody tries to sell the j
same kind of goods cheajier than I do, all I
have to say is that they had better not let:
me know it."
Mrs. T. M. Dobson has just returned from
the Northern markets, and the Racket is now |
receiving large quanlites of new goods daily. |
It seems that Mrs. Dobson lias neglected nothing:
hut at the same time it is clear that she
has given especial attention to millinery of
which she has purchased an unusally large
stock. ^
Messrs. Inman Brothers are daily adding (
fresh attractions to their already large stock 1
<
of gents'furnishing goods. They have their
eyes on the "10 per cent, reduction of the i
tarid " as well as the "10 percent, reduction j
of hard times," and will he found right along ' ^
at the head of the procession in quality as ^
well as in prices. i ^
Messrs. Kennedy Bros. & Barron have i
heen rather slow, so far, in getting in their
fall stock ; hut they arc going to have one
and the buying public can depend upon it,
it will he tip to their usual high standard, j
They still maintain their well merited reputation
as the "old reliables."
Mr. W. (.'. Latimer is now in the Northern
markets. If there is anything new there, or [
anything especially good, he is the man to J
pick it up. When he gets hack, he will
have a great deal to talk about, and it is safe
* r\ mtA/lwd tltft KniPtnir mtltlin will liout*
lU 1'itWIVV 111 14 V till, ?UJ."6
from him to its profit later.
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ABOUT PEOPLE. I '
Miss Annie Simpson, of Charleston, is |
visiting Miss Norma Strauss. ;'
Mr. J. 1'. White, of Gaftney, returned to!
Yorkville yesterday. I'
Mrs. M. F. Jones and little daughter, of'1
Lancaster, are guests at the Parish hotel.
Court Stenogra])her H. I. McCaw, left last''
Saturday to attend court in Winnsboro.
Mr. Frank Waddell, of Chester county, 1
has been employed as a salesman at If. 0. 1
Strauss's. 1
Mr. K. S. Withers, of Hlackshurg, spent1'
Saturday and Sunday in Yorkville with his 1
parents and friends. i1
Messrs. Charles Spencer and Starr Mason !
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returned to Hampden Sidney college, in Vir-;
ginia, last week.
ltev. W. (J. Neville's family returned last
week from a visit to relatives and friends in 1
Abbeville county
Miss Essie Stewart, of Uoek Hill, is in
Yorkville visiting friends and relatives, the 1
guest of her sister, Mrs. H. If. Heard.
Mrs. J. W. P. Hope was called to Lowrvs,
ville last Saturday by the serious illness of
I her daughter, Mrs. S. W. Guy. Mrs. Guy
was better at last, reports.
Misses Lila and Zada English, of Hampden
Sidney, Va., returned to their home in that
place last week, after a pleasant visit to
friends in Yorkville.
Mrs. W. C. Owens, of Charlotte, returned
to her home last week after a short visit
to her sister, Mrs. J. E. Smith, and other
relatives in Yorkville.
Mrs. A. E. Hooth and son, Master uoug-1
las, have returned from a short visit to
friends and relatives in North Carolina, and j
are now guests at the Parish hotel.
Superintendent Thomson, of the Rock !
Hill (traded school, was in Yorkville last !
I
Friday. He says that the enrollment at thei
school this year is larger than at any pre- [
vious year in the history of the institution.
Prof. \V. W. Dixon, of the Baptist High
school, has returned to Yorkville, having
spent the greater part of his summer vacation
in soliciting pupils for the school. Mr.
Dixon is hoarding at Mrs. J. McKenzie's.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Will Meet nt Yorkville.
? The next regular meeting of the Bethel
presbytery is to lie held at Yorkville.
j The Enquirer, to .January 1, 1895,
? Will he furnished to subscribers from
this date for 5(3 cents. So quit borrowing
from your neighbor.
Some Pumpkina.
? Mr. F. D. Davidson, who lives several
miles south of Yorkville has a pumpkin growing
on his place which he thinks will weigh
something like 125 pounds. As soon as the
pumpkin fully matures Mr. Davidson promises
to ascertain and report the exact weight.
Death of Mrs. Maclean.
? Mrs. Bessie Maclean, wife of Prof. Josepli
Maclean, formerly of Yorkville, but
now of Decatur, Ga., died at the home of j
her father, Dr. Graham, in Charlotte on
Monday afternoon of last week. An infant'
boy survived the mother but a few hours, J
and both were buried in the same grave.
Preparing for More lluslnesM.
? Louis Roth, the baker, is branching out. |
His grocery and restaurant business have j
grown too large for one room and he has |
arranged to have a room for each. Mr. Roth j
is usually equal to all emergencies, and it i
would seem that he intends to prove to the I
public that he understands its acceptable
hint to increase his facilities.
Sam Monro Clots the Plum.
? There were six contestants for the vacant
Citadel cadetship for this county in the
competitive examination last Friday, as fuli
. T> A Qhurf.iueno 1? I) ltsllTOIl :ll](l i
j iunn , n, ii. >1.^. J , ...
I Knox Koach, of Rock Hill; Wilson McConnell,
of McCounellsville; Br.iinard Dohson
awl Sain Moore of Yorkville. The board of .
examiners decided that the paper of Sam j
Moore was the best and recommended him |
for the appointment.
Tlu> Account* of the C. Jk I..
? The auditing committee of the Chester
and Lenoir railroad, consisting of Messrs. J.
S. Briec, M. M. Courtney and S. M. Finger,
met at Lenoir, N. ('., last Friday for the
purpose of auditing the accounts of the!
treasurer from March 10, 1S94 to June 30,1
185)4. The committee found that the receipts |
of the road during the period mentioned was i (
$24,504.87, and the disbursements amounted ;
to $18,480.74. The cash on hand on July 1,
amounted to $0,128.13. All disbursements'
were covered by proper vouchers. (
Superior Music Deportment.
? The music department of the Baptist!
High school is to be something hitherto tinI
known to this section. I'rofessor Savage,
who is to be in charge, is a graduate of the ! (
Boston conservatory of music and is an accomplished
musician of decided talent and '
ability. President Booth has just purchased i
from Atlanta, three line pianos, ami anum- 1
her of citizens of Yorkville who have been '
intending to semi their daughters elsewhere
for the purpose of studying music have de- ]
cided that the best thing they can do is to i
keep them at home and send them to 1 lie [
Baptist High school.
The Conservative Convention.
? A convention of York county eonser- j
vatives was held in the court house last '
Saturday pursuant to the call of the confer- '
ence committee. These were present prolm- j (
hly :>") representatives from different parts of i
the county. The doors were closed against I
idl who were not in sympathy with the object!
of the meeting. Major J. F. Hart presided I
ami Mr. John 1). McXeel acted as secretary, j'
Delegates to the State convention were !
B i'
j elected without instructions as follows :j
Perry Ferguson, John lt. London, John A. i
Byars. J. T. Darwin, K. W. Presslev, W. C.; |
Hufehison, P. D. Springs, John L. Kainey, I!
John H. Perry, (J. W. S. Hart. Beyond the I ^
j election of delegates, we are informed that 1
the convention took no action. !!
Itcrtiilt of the (iuii Suit.
? The case of Melton vs. Peaty for sal- |
vage in the gun suit, came up before Trial ,
Justice Carroll last Friday. Melton set tip
a claim for $9 salvage and introduced wit- ; I
nesses to prove the value of the gun. Peaty i I
introduced no testimony, hut oil-set the sal-,'
vage claim with a judgment for $8.75, costs!,
of the previous suit. Trial Justice Carroll .,
allowed the claim of Melton with costs and
also the claim of Peatly. The costs of the '
salvage suit amounted to $2.70. So for his !
gun Peaty had to pay $11.70. Py the oper- j J
ation Mellon cleared "the sum of 2") cents'
with which to help pay counsel fees. The {1
gun is of doubtful value, and the only indi-11
viduals who made any clear money out of I
the transaction are the trial justice, cousta- 1
hies and lawyers. The whole transaction is |i
suggestive of the scriptural admonition, I
"and il any man sue thee by law, and take n
away thy coat let him have thy cloak also." |
THE CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION.
ollliimtioll* Will DcjU'iid 1]H)I1 (lie Action of tlit*
lobular Organization.
After repeated efforts, by telegiaph ami
ilherwise, Thk Kn^i ikkk learned oil yeserday
that the conservative convention has
lecided to make no nominations for the
iresent. The policy decided upon is to
iwait the action of the regular Democratic
irgnnixation, and leave the matter of con- ^
lervative nominations to he decided by
vhatever declaration of principles that may
ic set up as the Democratic platform.
The only news of the delegates who aslemblcd
in Columbia on Monday for the purpose
of holding a State convention that was
published on Tuesday morning appeared in
he Columbia Register. The State contained
i paragraph or two in its editorial column,
)ut gave no details. The following account
)f the proceedings of the delegates up to
J.30 Tuesday morning is made up from the
Columbia Register:
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ion's elected from all the counties in the
state, except Sumter, Marlboro, Abbeville, 4
Chesterfield and Kershaw. Pursuant to
:he call of Conference Chairman Carwile, at
3.30 p. m. the delegates went into caucus
;u the hall of the house of representatives.
The caucus was called to order by Chairmain
Carwile, and Editor Crawford, of the Chester
Bulletin acted as secretary.
In admitting the delegates to the caucus
liall great care was exercised to keep out all
who were not in sympathy with the proposed
movement. A large crowd of outsiders
sought admission and a number of incipient
rows were started. After the caucus was
lulled to order somebody suggested that a
reporter of the Columbia Register was probably
hidden away somewhere, and a search
was at once commenced for the eavesdropper.
During the search one of the delegates fell
partly through a skylight overhead. He got
his leg cut with broken glass hut, sustained
no other injury. The reporter was finally
found and ousted.
After the hall was satisfactorily cleared,
sentinels were posted at every point that
could possibly shelter an eavesdropper, and
the convention got down to business. Various
matters were discussed by different politicians,
but the understanding is that the
main question was whether or not the con
venlion siioiiid niUKC uomiiiuiious. up iu
2.150 o'clock yesterday morning this question
had not been settled.
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LETTER FROM CLAY HILL.
Cotton Picking at 35 Cents a Hundred?Mail I)ok
Killed?lUg Yield or Fodder.
Corrpsismdenee of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Clay Hill, September 17.?Cotton .pick- ,
ing is progressing finely. The general price
in ibis section is !55 cents per hundred, and
labor is quite plentiful.
This neighborhood bad quite a mad dog
scare last Saturday. The dog was first discovered
near Tirzali church. A parly followed
it by this place and it was killed near
Mr. L. T. Wood's.
Mr. 15. W. Drcnnen and Miss Ella Furies
were married on Wednesday last, at the
home of the bride's father, Mr. J. J. Faires.
Rev. J. M. McLain performed the ceremony.
Rule Reeves tells at the mill that Mr. Andy,
Stewart has gathered and saved .'50,000 bundles
of fodder off 15 acres of land. Mr. Stewart
is not responsible for the story.
There will be preaching at Allison Creek
on the 5th Sabbath of this month. w.
Still There is a Bounty.?Under the
new tariir on sugar, says the New York
Times, the growers of cane sugar in Louisiana
are by no means deprived of protection.
They will have what is equivalent to a bounty
of about 1] cents a pound. They are required
to exchange a bounty of 2 cents for
oneofl} cents. The average value of the
raw sugar imported in the year ending on
June .30 last was 2 9-10 cents a pound. The
revenue duty on such sugar?a duty which is
protective so iar us wit* jjuuisiuiiu nu^m
growers arc concerned is now 40 per cent.,
and this on the basis of last year's imports, is
1 1(5-100 cents a pound. The contingent
differential of 1-10 of a cent on sugar from
bounty-paying countries is imposed on raw
sugar as well as on refined. Moreover the
differental of J of a cent a pound on refined
sugar affords, the Louisiana sugar growers
say, additional protection to their industry,
with respect to a considerable part of their
output. If the protection that may be given
by these two differentials be added to the *
1 1(5-100 cents the sum will be at least 1.J
cents in the place of the bounty of 2 cents, or
the equivalent of at least 43 per cent, ad
valorem.
Asked to Step Down.?Some weeks ago
Senator Jones, of Nevada, renounced his allegiance
to the Republican party and declared
himself to be a Populist. The Republican
State committee has just sent him
a long letter asking him to resign his seat in
congress. The letter concludes as follows :
"In conclusion, we desire to remind you
that you were elected to the United States
senate as a Republican by the Republican
party. In the strictest sense, the office is a
political one and the Republican party is entitled
to representation for the full term of
six years from the fourth of March, 1891.
As you announce that you cannot act with
the party that elected you every consideration
of propriety and delicacy requires you
to resign. In the name of the Republican
party of Nevada we ask you to do so."
?
It Means a New Bpildinc.?The score'
? d,.w it
uiry 01 mi! treasury iium uuciut-u mm n> ?
impracticable to attempt to move the government
building of the World's Fair at Chicago
to Atlanta, where the Cotton States International
exposition is to he held. He has
therefore, closed the contract for the sale of
the building for $8,000. The sundry civil appropriation
act appropriated $50,000 for the
removal of the building to Atlanta in case it
was deemed practicable, and provided in the
event of its impracticability that a new building
should be erected at Atlanta, at a cost,
not to exceed $50,000. A new building will
therefore be built.
SOUTH CAROLINA SKYYS.
Opposed to Nominations.
? At their convention the other day the
Newberry Conservatives passed resolutions
instructing their delegates to withdraw from
the convention in the event that it should be
leteriniued to make nominations.
riu> Dispensary Case.
? The constitutionality of the dispensary
law of ISO" was argued before the supreme
court on last Wednesday and Thursday.
The court has intimated that its decision
will be rendered without unnecessary delay.
Milliter Not in It.
? The deliberations of the Conservative
convention in Sumter last Saturday to consider
the matter of electing a delegation to
the State convention resulted in the adoption
of the following : "Resolved. That the
Conservative Democrats of Sumter county,
having gone into the primary, on the liSth-of
August, in good faith, deem it unwise for the
people of this county to take any part whatsoever
in the proposed re-organization of the
party at this time, as preshadowed in the call
of Mr. Carwile."
Looks Like Spite Work.
? Louis Appelt, editor of The Times, and
postmaster at Manning was arrested last
Saturday for opening and abstracting therefrom
a check, a letter addressed to the Clarsndou
Enterprise, a defunct newspaper. The
L'heck was signed hv D. B. Johnson and was
in payment for advertising. Appelt has a
letter from Johnson stating that by a possible
error he might have enclosed in one envelope
checks for The Times and also for The
Enterprise. The warrant was sworn out by
the editor of the Clarendon News. Appeit
*ave bail. He is il iirnniinpiit. Tillmnnifp
iavi'il t'airpeiiter'rt Nevk.
? Governor Tillman, on Tuesday of last
week commuted to imprisonment for life the
;leuth sentence of William Carpenter. In
1889 Carpenter, with a man named Murrell,
shot and killed Preston Yonce, on a highway
in Edgefield county. Murrell was capLured
after an exciting chase. He was convicted
of murder and afterwards his sentence
was commuted by Governor Richardson.
The name of "B. Ii. Tillman" appeared at
Lhe same time on a petition against the commutation.
Carpenter escaped and eluded
capture for several years in the Georgia
swamps. He was finally arrested and
brought hack to Edgefield, whereon trial he
was found guilty of murder with a recommendation
to mercy. Nine of the jury petitioned
for the commutation.