Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?frr?j>s and <fiuts. ? A lately developed crank, or lunatic, lias become the terror of Washington park, Chicago. With the growing use of the bicycle by ladies, has come into vogue divided skirts or bloomers. In the afternoons, hundreds of girls repair to Washington park to ride their bicycles, and most of them wear bloomers. It seems as if this crank has developed a special antipathy to bloomers, and desires to correct the evil. He carries about the park a keenjrawbide, and, so far, he has attacked no less than a dozen female bicycle riders. The police are hunting the fellow; but as yet have been unable to find him. The bloomer girls have commenced to fight rather shy of the park. ? The great De Lesseps Panama ditch is a melancholy wreck. The wharves are falling into the water and acres of machinery are rusting into dissolution. On the isthmus are nearly one thousand miles of steel track, with locomotives and thousands of dumpcarts, now half hidden in the tropical growth. Seventy-six great steam shovels stand side by side in the excavation, buried in luxuriant vegetation so that only the gaunt arms stand up above the green. While 200 locomotives have been housed, it is estimated that ninetoiillio tV?o millinn<3 smmndored 011 this vv,,v"w vt WMV ?? -"1? ? ? prodigious enterprise is going to waste. Much of the excavated laud has been washed back into its original place, and the great scar on the face of the Panama isthmus is rapidly fading from view. ? A jury of inquest has completed a thorough investigation of the murder of Forest S. Crowley, in Atlanta, Ga. It will be remembered that according to the story of William Myers, Crowley was murdered by a man named Brown Allen. The investigation of the jury has developed the fact that there is no such man as the alleged Brown Allen, and that the crime was undoubtedly committed by young Myers single handed and alone. A man was mysteriously murdered and robbed at Athens, some time ago, and shortly afterward an old woman was murdered in Atlanta. Both cases have puzzled the police considerably, and now it is believed, that in all probability Myers is the guilty party. The young fellow has been quite cool all along, and though only 19 years of age, there is evidence to suggest that he had actually adopted murder as a profession. That he will hang for the murder of Crowley may he regarded as positively certain. ? The West India hurricaue of Tuesday of lust week, was not so heavy as that of last August a year ago ; but. at the same time it wrought considerable damage on the South Atlantic coast. At St. Augustine, Fla., the waves came high over the sea walls and made the streets raging rivers. Many houses were unroofed and thousands of windows were blown in. The big Ponce de Leon hotel was badly damaged. Several cigar faclories were blown down at Key West and Tampa. The loss runs up into hundreds of thousands of dollars. The orange groves along Indian river were badly shaken up, and the ground was literally covered with green fruit. The loss is not less than 20 per cent, of the entire crop. ine water was high around Savannah and Charleston, but there was no serious damage. So far as heard there was no loss of life; but the damage to property foots up not less than $2,000,000, principally in Florida. ? When Uncle Sam's detectives get after a man, they don't generally let up until they run him into a hole. In 1881, Captain Henry W. Howgate, chief of the United States weather bureau, disappeared from Washington with a woman who was not his wife, and left a shortage in his accounts aggregating about $370,000. Detectives were put on the trail of the fugitive at once; but until within the past few weeks, there have been no clews that amounted to anything whatever. A few weeks ago, however, it was learned in some way that Howgate was running a second-hand book store in New York city. That was all the information the detectives had. They commenced a systematic search of the book stores in that city; but could find in none of them anybody by the name of Howgate. Finally, Detective Drummond worked the the case down to an individual doing business under the name of Harry Williams. A government clerk who was personally acquainted with Howgate, weut over to New York, became intimate with Williams and learned that he was Howgate. Howgate had changed from a stout healthy man of 175 pounds, to a small dried up iudividual of 130. He also shows the effects of his increasing years. He admitted his identity as soon as he was arrested, and having a preliminary examination, was taken to Washington. ? A boy 18 years old?Ralph Conklin, by name?single handed, robbed the BloorafieldSkiles bank, at Mount Sterling, 111., one day last week, and Secured $411. Conklin lives on a farm near Mount Sterling. Ou his way to town he met Mack Dunbar, and at the point of a pistol appropriated Dunbar's horse and came into Mount Sterling with a mask over his face. Tying his horse in the rear of the / bank he entered, and approaching Cashier Milstead, commanded him to throw up his hands. Without heeding his command, Milstead took to his heels and escaped by a rear door. Conklin quickly pocketed all the money in sight, and, passing out at the rear door, mounted his horse. He was about to ride away when Constable Snod grass arrived and pulled mm to tne ground. Conklin broke away, however, and ran down the street. John Nighswander, a citizen, tried to catch Conklin, when he drew his revolver and fired, the bullet passing through Nighswander's coat. Conklin kept on his wild flight, and on reaching the court house attempted to steal a horse and cart, but was knocked down by a brick. At this juncture a citizen drew a revolver and compelled the young bandit to surrender. The money was recovered and the young outlaw placed in jail. ? A Washington Star reporter, bust week, showed Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell a dispatch from Warm Springs, Ya., saying that Representative Tucker did approve of a change of the name of Appomattox ; but did not know at the time what new name had been selected. "Mr. Maxwell," The Star says, "when shown the dispatch by The Star man, laughed quietly and said : 'I guess that's about right. The whole case is very ludicrous. Congressman Tucker recommended that the name of the postoffice at Nebraska, Ya., be changed to Appomattox. This necessitated a change of the name for the office at Old Appomattox. Postmaster llossa at that place was communicated with and he suggested "Surrender." It was only reasonable on the part of the department to assume that the local postmaster would select a name which would be approved by the patrons of his office, and so far as is officially known to the department, this was done. No protest of any kind, not even an individual letter, has been received by the department objecting to the new name of the postoffice.' "The reporter asked Mr. Maxwell if he would again change the name. He answered that no objection to the new name had been made by anybody. The department would not act because it had been reported in the press that dissatisfaction existed. The Star man got the impression that if the people of the district in which Surrender is located dislike the name, they can have another one by simply applying to the Postoffice department. The department followed its usual course in such matters." ? Adair county, Ky., comes to the front with a weather prophet who predicts all manuer of dire disasters during the month of October. His name is R. P. Morgan, and he furnishes the following to the Columbia Spectator: "Great storm periods for October. The storm wave is to cross the continent aud reach the Pacific coast by September 30. It will return and reach the Western mountains by the close of October 1 : the great central valleys from 2nd to 4th ; Eastern States about the 5lh. This period will develop considerable force and cause heavy rains in spots. Cold weather will come in behind this from the north, and frost in many places. The next will reach the Pacific coast by the 5th ; cross the Western mountains by the close of the (ith ; the great central valleys from 7th to 9th; cross the Rockies from 1 Ith to 14th ; the loth and Kith, cold northwest gales. The dangerous storms will reach the Pacific coast about October 17th ; cross the Western mountains by the close of the ISth; the great central valleys from the 19th to the 22nd ; Eastern States, 23rd. Warm weather with rain, lightning and thunder, will suddenly change to sleet and snow. A bitter cold for the season will spread over land and seas. The 25th, the great snow will be over the Missouri valley: the 20lh to 27th, heavy rains over the Mississippi valley, and a great storm over a large portion of the I'liited States. Make a note of this: Watch th< | 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st, and see if you di ! not read of storms on the seas, wreck am suffering on the Great Lakes, and great nit tuiunal storms in this and other lands. ] ask you to warn your friends everywhere and see how far I uiiss it." j. Ihe 3jJotluiUe inquirer. V01?KVTI,T,F. S. r.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER B, 1894. ? Dr. Pope is out in another manifesto He says that he proposes to stay in the ract this time to the end, and that he is going tc he elected sure. Mr. Moon, of Newberry has subsided ; but we are satisfied that his subsidence is not owing to a visit of the foo! killer to that section, for if this were the case, Dr. Pope could not have escaped. ? There was considerable excitement at the New York Coffee Exchange last Friday A number of brokers received orders to sell September contracts, and the price fell 7; points, or J of a cent, within a few minutes Whether this sudden break is an indication that coffee is to be lower, of course cannot be safely asserted ; but it is understood that an unusually large crop is expected this year, and the outlook is quite favorable. ? It seems as if there is to be a three cornet ed race for congress in this district. Colonel W. R. Davie, who formally announces himself this week, will run as an Independent Democrat. It is said that G. C. Alexander, of Camden, will run as a Republican, and, ol course, Dr. Strait will run as a Democrat. In any event, Dr. Strait will, of course, be elected ; but the three-cornered feature will lend some interest in that it will bring a full vote. ? "But New York is holding a constitutional convention even at this very time," some of the politicians will argue. Yes, that 'Is true. It is also true that the New York convention must submit its work to the people for ratification. In effort was made tc induce the South Carolina conventionists to consent to an endorsement of its work by the people ; but they refused.) If these people are afraid to trust the voters, it should not be considered surprising if the voters should be afraid to trust them. ? In his speech in the court house last Monday, Mr. Louis Shcrfesce gave some ex cellcnt reasons for the organization of the Piedmont Immigration society. We feel that every individual who has devoted to the matter any special thought, will be inclined to wish for this enterprise unbounded success. If the society is a go, it will mean great things for the northern section of the State; and if is a failure, it will signify a set back of years. It should not be allowed to fail. ? It does a politician good sometimes tc give him a season of rest. The effect on ex-Senator John J. Ingalls has been most wholesome. In a recent speech, he. confessed a change of heart on the silver question, as follows: "I want to say that I am a bi-metalist, pure and simple, at the ratio of 16 to l,and I believe that the Republican party stauds 011 that platform ; and I go further and say that I believe that a good portion of the industrial difficulties that surj round us, the depression of values, the loss I of credit, the stagnation of business, are due to the destruction of the money purchasing power, and business will never be restored until silver is replaced iu the full exercise of its functions as one of the money metals of the American people." ?- ? ? It has been suggested that since the Conservatives have passed resolutions in opposition to the proposed constitutional convention, many Reformers will go back on their long settled convictions and vote the other way. The same idea has been expressed so often during the past four years, that many people actually believe it is eorIrect. Rut we do not believe that there is j anything in it. The record shows that the j lteformers have always stood up to their bej liefs in a way that leaves no doubt that they know what they are doing. Among them, I as well as among the Conservatives, there is, | no doubt, difference of opinion on this most Iimportant matter; but we feel certain that ! there are but few white men in the State [who would take a certain position in so | grave a matter, and only be able to give as : a reason the fact that this or that man is on ! the other side. J ?The full meaning of Hill's nomination ; for governor of New York by the Demo1 crats, we are not able to fathom. There are j two plausible explanations of the matter, however. One is that owing to the demoralization of Tammany, the Democrats are anxious about their ability to carry the State, and consider that their chances are : better with Hill than with anybody else. . The other explanation is that notwithstandI itig the apparently spontaneous manner in ! which the nominations came, it was really j the work of shrewd scheming on the part of Hill, who wishes to again become governj or of New York, so as to further his chances for the presidency in 189G. We hope that if the last explanation is the correct one, it will fail. He is not close enough to the majority of the people. Our interests will be safer in the hands of some broad minded I statesman from the West, who can also thoroughly appreciate the needs of the j South. ? ? The war with Japan has thoroughly demoralized China, and the people are losing confidence in everybody and everything. It was reported some weeks ago that l.i Hung j Chang, the viceroy, who for years has been known as the Bismarck of China, had been deposed. This, however, was a mistake. Chang has not been deposed ; but the situation amounts to about the same thing. On accouut of the recent severe disasters to the | Chinese armies, the emperor has lost faith in the viceroy, and that oflicial begins to realize : that his days of usefulness as a counselor are at an end. Not long ago ago lie got permission from the emperor to go into active service in the field. He will take command of a division of the army, and in this way en deavor to retrieve his waning fortunes. I ntier all the circumstances, however, his chances of success are slim. China is utterly unprepared for war, aud the probabilities are that the victorious Japs will continue to j sweep everything before them. ! ?The Republican campaign book contain? a statement to the effect that the Mexican ' war pension list contains the names of more ; soldiers and widows than the t'nited State? had soldiers in the field at any one time during the war. The statement, though true, is made in such a way as to insinuate fraud. Rut, of course, there is no fraud about it. During the whole war there were probably three times as many soldiers as were engaged at any one time, and as many of the soldiers left widows, the fact that there should be "more names in the pension list than there were soldiers in the war at any one time," is not at all surprising. 15c this as it may, however, there is another point of interest in which the book is I strangely silent. It has no statement of the j number of names in the pension list of the I j | late war, as compared with the number of j * soldiers engaged. We sometimes think that ' the list of males alone must he larger than r" the number of soldiers engaged in the whole war. I ? South Carolina has a good main cotton mills | and might have a good many more, hut is in a , j fair way to lose the advantages of her position j as a man fact u ring State, because of Tillmanism. A Massachusetts corporation, with a capital of 400,(H(0, has been looking for a site for some very large mills in the South, hut has passed South Carolina by on account of its political j hoodluniisni, and will locate in (Jeorgia, which ! is regarded as the host State in the South for | the investment of Northern capital. Its cli- j mate and its laws are both very favorable to now j manufacturing enterprises.?Hartford Con runt. I This is the kind of advertising that some of the New England States persist in giving to South Carolina. Just why these papers should continue to indulge in such slanders, we are unable to explain ; hut as South Car olina is, without exception, the best State in the Union, we suspect that this gratuitous ; aouse muse ne llie ouigrowui ui nuriuw ) minded envy. If the Massachusetts corpot ration referred to went to Georgia at all, it ; went there simply because it thought it was I offered hotter inducements. The suggestion ; that this State is not as favorable to manufacturing enterprises as it can be in keeping with wisdom and justice, is gratuitous slant der; and the idea of holding Tillman or . Tillmanism responsible, is simply ridiculous. 1 We suspicion that the Hartford Courant is as i well aware of the facts as we are. | NOT ONE OF THE PLANKS. "l>. We urge upon all good Democrats to vote for the calling of a constitutional convention at ' the general election in November." ' The above paragraph is from the State Democratic platform : hut it should he under. stood that it does not constitute one of the planks of that official declaration of principles. It is merely a suggestion, and even as a suggestion, it represents nothing except that some individual member of the commitr tec 011 platform took advantage of an opportunity to tell the people what lie thought they should do. Platforms should he made by the people? the voters. When the majority of a precinct club decides on a matter, it sends its decision up to the county convention. The majority decision of the county convention goes up to the State convention, and the majority de icision of the State convention becomes a fixed principle of the Democratic party. That is the way that platforms are made by the 1 'people, and it is the only way in which to ] to make a platform that the people are to be expected to vote for. This constitutional convention question has been up for four years now. Governor ? Tillman began to advocate it in 1S00. The opposition party, led by Earle and Brat ton, were opposed to the convention, and in that ' question the people of these parts were with Earle and Bratton. In 1S02, Governor Till! man let the constitutional convention issue alone, except when it was forced on him by ! Sheppard. He defended himself, of course, as best he could ; but he says that while the people were with him in everything else, 1 on that point they were rather with Shep1 pard. 1 During the last campaign, without opposi' tion, there was but little attempt to push the constitutional convention issue. The ques, tion was raised once or twice, it is true; i but it met with but little sympathy, and the politicians preferred to discuss something . else. It is true that it was called a "cam. paign of education but on that point it seemed that the people were already too , well educated. Now, in the absence of discussion ; but at , the same time no doubt perfectly aware that the white voters of the State do not desire a constitutional convention, we have a comi mittee on platform adopting a paragraph , urging the people to vote in November for the calling of a constitutional convention. All this coes to show that the matter stands as Tjik Enquirer said some time hack. It is not the people; hut the politicians who want a constitutional convention. TALKING THROI GH A HAT. Tiie Yohkvii.lk Enquirer, after skirmishing around on the outskirts of battle four years and concealing its ideas on State politics so successfully that not even a dispensary search warrant could liml them, has of a sudden rushed forth branishing this declaration? "Four years ago the people of South Carolina were asked to vote for a constitutional amendment to abolish theollice of county commissioner. Nobody pretended to give any good reason why the ollice was to he abolished and there was no suggestion of anything to take its place. York county, we a re gratified to remember, voted against the proposed amendment; but the balance of (he State, with a thoughtlessness that was but little short of a criminal indifference, gave it a majority. And what is the result? The new county government law is a cumhcrsom combination of crudenessand inipractibility that seems to be without a friend in the State, ft may work well in practical operations; but if it does, it will surprise its fathers, along with all all others who are acquainted with its provisions. The people of the State are now asked not for a mere amendment, but to wipe out the whole fundamental law of the land with no idea whatever as to what is going to take the place of it. Will the people of the State do such a thing ? Will York county? Surely the voters cannot beso foolish." The Enquirer will probably be surprised and possibly somewhat dismayed to find itself in the thickest of the fray and planted solidly 011 the only plank of the anti-Tillman platform in the present compaigu. We hope it will stick and fight it out.?Greenville News. "Talking through his hat," is an odd slang phrase that originated in this State a few years ago. Though we understand that this phrase owed its paternity to the able editor of the <?reenville News, we have never made use of it. The fact is that it always struck us as silly, and we were not certain that we understood what it meant. Hut' now we have more light. The phrase is evidently intended to describe the act of giv-j ing expression to vacuous sounds which i have 110 meaning. At least that is the con| elusion to which we have been led by a pcj rusal of the above. | For the past four years, the (Jrccnville | ! News has had hut one aim in State politics, j ; and that aim has been the overthrow of <?ov- j I ernor Tillman and the Tillman faction. Its] object in desiring to overthrow Tillman and I tho Tillman faction was to put up 1-atrle and ' the Karlc faction : Sheppard and the Sheppaid faction : or I'utlcr and the Hutlcr faction. Anything to beat Tillman. That has j i been the politics of The News. Docs The I News want proof? Karlc and Tillman were on practically the same platform. The con-j stitutional convention question was the only material difference. The same was the i! case with Sheppard : and so far as Hutler is . ! J concerned, during the past six months, up J , to the end of the primary election, lie has. 11 been as good a Tillmanite" as Tillman. The , t News has had little or nothing to say about the constitutional convention question, and, to our mind, its polities have been a question . , altogether of men, not measures. Now take Tin-: Kxijriiti-:it for the past ( four years. It has had no special admira-j , lion for Tillman, or special antipathy lor1 i Karlc, Shepherd or Duller. We regard them t , all as mere men seeking place and power, | and we do not consider it our business to fight their battles. Hut in the matter of isi | sues we have never been silent. From the! first we endorsed the fight against the CooM saw company. We said what we could to ! encourage the fight for a fair assessment oi l railroads and hanks. We condemned the effort to steal the Agricultural hall. We | endorsed the principle of the dispensary law; hut condemned some of the details of i! its execution. We criticised (lovernor Tillman for attempting to enforce the law after the'supreme court had declared it unconstitutional. We have told clearly and unci j quivocally what we thought of every important issue that has confronted the people;! : but never yet have we sought to put up or I pull down a candidate for any public office, i Our position in the constitutional eonven; j (ion question is the same as it has always j j been, even before (lovernor Tillman was ever | heard of. The tiles of Thk Knqi'IKKH will I show wo wore opposed lo a oonstilutional J convention then, and we are opposed to it now. We are opposed to it not hecau.se1 any individual is for it; hut because we! think it dangerous. Xuhoc.lv has ever given us any good reason why a constitutional i convention shall he held, and like a prudent man crossing a shallow river, we do not; think it wise to give up one foothold until ; we know where we are going to get the! next. Last week, in explaining the failure of the] convention to make nominations, as everybody thought it would he hound lo do, the editor of the Greenville News said : ' There is going to lie a fight. It is on an issue; not on j a man or a ticket of men. Can't we tight on i principle and for the good of the people of South Carolina, without any ollices or sala- i rics insight?*' Thisutterance gives us some hojte for our able friend ; hut when he accuses Thk ENQi'Mtun, which has been pursuing the very same policy outlined all its life, of having concealed its ideas, etc., it leads us to fear that after all, he is "merely talking through his hat." Now, candidly, Thk Enquirkr does confess surprise in finding itself in the "thickest of the fray." Hut it is not surprised at itself. It is the Greenville News that it is surprised at. We only hope that the editor of that paper will not discover the wisdom of his present position until after the general election. Otherwise, he might change his mind and vote for the constitutional convention. However this may he, though, we beg to assure him that we arc not in the least discouraged. We are satisfied that the proposed convention is a dangerous thing, and the accidental circumstance of his agreement with us in that view, is in no wise calculated to change our mind. ? HILL FOR GOVERNOR. New York Democrats Force Him to Accept the Nomination. David H. Hill is the Democratic nominee for governor of New York. This is the development of the State Democratic convention, held at Saratoga last Wednesday. When the convention met at l.oO o'clock, nobody seemed to have much idea who 1 would he the nominee. Quite a number of i prominent Democrats had been talked about for several months previous; but the names of none of them seemed to inspire a great i deal of confidence. In fact, when the convention was called to order with Senator Hill in the chair, there seemed to be a feeling among the Democrats that the Democracy must lose the fight this year for want of a sulficiently strong candidate to bear its standards to victory. After completing the details of permanent organization and adopting a platform, it was decided to go into nominations. Gaylin K. Hill, of Albany, nominated for governor. DAVID II. HILL. John Boyd Thatcher, of the same city. Although Hill's nominating speech was a most eloquent effort, his nomination created no L enthusiasm. The convention did not seem to think that Thatcher was the man. After a short silence, Eldyn Reynolds, of Allegheny, arose in his seat and said : "The united delegates of Allegheny county desire to place in nomination their first and only .1 choice. David 11. Hill." ( Mr. Reyuolds was about to say more; hut J it was impossible. The mention of Hill's! name raised a storm?a regular cyclone. ( Everybody in the vast hall began to hurrah ; and yell. Delegates threw up their hats, waved their umbrellas and handkerchiefs, and shouted until they were hoarse. It was ; full three minutes before anything like order was restored. Finally, Colonel Fellows arose, and delegates thinking that he was going to , say something about Hill, allowed the noise , to subside. Senator Hill took advantage of the opportunity to say : "I .am oTiitelul to the Democrats of the Empire State lor the courtesy ami kindness of the past; j ( hut I must say to you that I cannot agree to he your candidate for governor." Colonel Fellows paid no attention to Sen- 1 ator Hill's declaration, and moved that the counties he called alphabetically. The mo-1' tion was carried, and as each county declared for Hill, the cheering was renewed. Finally Rourkc Cochran climbed up on the ' platform and said: "When the life of a nation is at stake and the laws which govern its existence fail to eoutrol 11 its destinies, the supreme will of the people is i the only resort. At such times the right of rev- ! olution is invoked. Such a time has now come : tons. For the first time since the senior senator directed the affairs of the Democratic party of! this State, I am in revolt against his rule. I urge ( upon him his sense of duty to his party, and i place his name in nomination against his own I ' desires. < "There comes a time in the history of every < man when opportunities arise which summon j' him to position outside of his own desire. We! are in a situation, to meet which, requires the j most trusted leaders of the Democratic party, or i we cannot go on to victory. We arc confronted j ( with a paralysis of industries due to the operation of Republican tariff and financial legisla- j j tion. D is our duty to prove to the people that j' the misfortune which has overtaken the country i j is due to Republican misrule, and that prosper!- !, ty can be restored by following our lead and j' placing our candidates in power. We must not j' take the risk of failing, and no man who has led j us as our presiding ofliecr has led us, will allow | us to go forth without the inspiring influence of j his leadership. [Cheers.] j1 "I$y all the tics that have bound him in the f past, by his hopes of the future, by his duty to ! j his country, 1 demand that he lead us, and I : i now name him for governor." [Prolonged cheers.] Mr. Cockntn then tint the question to the Con-! ] vention: "Will you make the nomination . ( unanimous?" lOvcryone in the hall, delegates, I spectators and all, yelled, "Aye." j 1 Turning to Senator Hill, Mr. Cock run then'] said: "Senator Hill, we summon you to yourjj duty." ! t Half a do/en delegates moved to suspend the roll call for nominations: but Senator!! Hill ruled that such action could not be per-; mittcd. The roll call was accordingly re-!, sumed, and, as the result, every county injj the State seconded the nominations of Hill , for governor. Daniel X. Lock wood, ofKuf-j. falo, was nominated for lieutenant governor . by acclamation, and the convention ad- ( journcd. PA 11, KD TO NOMINATK! 11 Tin* .Aiili-TiUiniiuitcs arc Learning Sonic Politics. I The anti-Tillmanite convention which met in Columbia on Tuesday of last week, did not nominate a State ticket. Its failure to : do so was a great disappointment to a large number of delegates?in fact it was a disap-. < poiutment to the majority : but, at the same ; time, thinking people of both factious of the party will recognize that in this action tliej] Conservatives have recorded the wisest j move that they have made since the advent of the Republican party. . The attendance in Columbia was not so 1 j large its at the first convention. The first convention numbered L'l-i delegates, while that uf last week only numbered 1(M. At about "> o'clock on Tuesday evening, these dele- i went intn ii caucus mid thov continued caucusing nearly all night. The main ques- : tion discussed was that of nominations. A I majority of the delegates wanted to put up a full State ticket. They believed that such a course was not only wise as a matter ofji principle, but that it would result in success, ji A majority of the delegates, including those of York, reported that their respective conn-1 tics could lie carried by the Conservatives;! and although the convention seemed to think I that these delegates were rather two enthu- j; siastic, upon a vote of 12:5 to !)(), it was de-1 cided that nominations shall be made. It seems that there were present quite ai number of delegates who were not there to n abide the will of the majority, especially if the majority should seem bent on commit-! ting political suicide. I'pon the amuMinee- i ment of tlie vote on the question of nominalions, the delegations of Colleton, Newberry ; iiiul Orangeburg, atul portions of those of Reaufort, Spartanburg and other counties, withdrew. The holt seemed to bring the caucus to its senses. Somebody moved to rescind the resolution in favor of nominations; but the motion was lost. Another; motion, however, to condemn the boiling delegates, was also voted down by a large! majority. Upon the failureof the motion for nomina-1 tions, the delegates considered that all was over, and began leaving the hall. About' this time, Mr. A. 15. Williams, of (Jreenville, introduced the following resolutions, which were adopted without opposition : "Resolved, That this convention accept the j action of the convention held hero on the ]!>th instant, in endorsing the Chicago platform, as a I concession to the Democracy of the State; but regards the simultaneous endorsement of Democratic and l'opuplist platforms representing opposing parties and antagonistic principles, as for- j fciting the allegiance of all straight Democrats; and the respect of all honest Populists. "Resolved, That this convention cordially accept and endorse the national Democratic platform, and declares its unwavering devotion and allegiance to the national Democratic party. "Resolved, that we unite and urge all Democrats of tin; State to proceed to organize for tlie purpose hereinafter stated. "Resolved, That while this convention desires to avoid doing anything likely to cause increased strife among our people, we believe that the ?lm ?r,,vr?.v ill. |?niiril?IV? *'? IM imnnu J, U.v v.v.j ... tcrest 111 tlio Slate, anil tlio instinct of self-preservation, demand that a hard and earnest light lie made against a proposition to call a constitutional convention to create a new, fundamental law, involving the rights of every man in the State without providing for the submission of its work to the people. Wo tender to the opponents of this iniqnituons, undemocratic, tyranicnl and dangerous proposition, the service of the organization herein provided for, and invite them to join with us in lighting it at the approaching general election. Upon the adoption of Mr. Williams's resolution, at 4.1") a. ni., the convention adjourned, and the Conservative movement of 1S!)4 was over. The understanding is that in November, all good Democrats will support the regular Democratic nominees, and vole on the constitutional convention question in accordance with their best judgment, regardless of factional afliliations. AFTER EVAN'S. Ktllson Kcitt Pours Hot .Shot Into the Alliance President. Ellison S. Kcitt, of Newberry, is after W. D. Evans, president of the State Alliance, with a sharp stick. He says that Evans has sold himself for the office of railroad commissioner, and that he is a traitor to the demands of the Alliance. To prove his assertion, Colonel Keilt quotes a number of facts as follows: The Alliance passed at Walhalla in 1893, and reaffirmed at Aiken in 1894, a resolution pledging its members to refuse to vote for any candidate who failed to endorse each and every demand of the order. W. D. Evans was present at Walhalla and also at Aiken, and, therefore, especially bound by the resolution. Not only this, in an address at Aiken he urged the obligation on other members as follows: "We have stood by these demands from 18!#) to the present time, believing them to be founded upon just demands in equity upon the broad Democratic principles of equal rights to all and special privileges to none. Until experience teaches us something better we must stand squarIvbvnnd advocate these demands, supporting for ortice only those who are with us and will use their political influence to advance and build up our interests. If we do less than this we will be recreant to the high duty of citizenship, traitors to our country, to our homes and to our families." "That sounds well; but it lias proven to be all wind to serve his purpose," says Colonel Iveitt, and he continues: "What has President Evans done and what is he doing to put the demands of the Alliance in operation ? Nothing. He was a candidate for railroad commissioner before the August convention met. When that body met he withdrew. He was a member of that body. He knows Tillman is hostile to the chief demand of the Alliance, the sub-treasury. He heard what Tillman said to the State Alliance at Spartanburg in July, 1891, in his discussion with Mr. Terrill. He knows Tillman, during the campaign last summer, kicked the Alliance and spit on it and dared it to put a candidate in the field against him for the United States senate. With a full knowledge of these facts and in the face of the resolutions of the State Alliance at Walhalla and at Aiken, lie gave his sanction to tlie following resolution, which was adopted by the little ring convention in August, of which he was a member. The resolution reads: "Resolved, That this convention unanimously endorse the candidacy of K. 1$. Tillman for the United States senate and pledge him our earnest and hearty support." "Will Alliance President Evans please tell us if he withdrew his candidacy for railroad commissioner and gave his sanction to the above resolution, hoping for a bid from the ringstcrs? It has so proved. Everybody knows that if he was not president of the State Alliance he would not have been thought of by the ringmasters for any oflicc? Allianeetncn, this little fellow standsself-eondemned. He deserves the contempt not only of Alliancemen, but of all men of honor. We know no party, faction or individual. Wo iiri? fiirhlinir for (Jod. our native land and humanity, asking no favors and giving no quarters to traitorous foes. We have given four years of our life disinterestedly to the study and advocacy of the demands of the Alliance, and no officer of the order will escape exposure if he proves a traitor, if we know it. "We look on W. I). Evans, president of the State Alliance, as Washington looked on Arnold, the traitor. Alliancemen, if you would save the demands of the order audi retain your self-respect, you must get rid of this traitor and all like him." Mtilth! MtiXTIOX. The czar of Russia is in poor health, and ; the circumstance is causing a great deal of i uneasiness throughout Europe. In the' event of his death, it is believed that his successor will precipitate a big war. One half of the refineries under the control of the Sugar Trust, have been closed down in obedience to the orders of President Havemeyer. The understanding is that the trust is preparing to raise the price of sugar. The plant of the Erie, Penn., car works, the largest concern of the kind in the I'nited States, were burned on Tuseday of last week. The loss is estimated at $800,000. Prominent Democrats claim that the next house will be Democratic by as large x majority as the last. The Republicans, they say, have so far been successful only in three districts, which were not swept by the big Democratic tidal wave of two years ago. The students at Princeton college have passed resolutions looking to the abolition of the practice of "hazing." A Chicago policeman had a desperate fight with a footpad last Friday morning. The probability is that neither the robber or the policeman will recover. The ocean record between Liverpool and New York has been reduced to 5 days 7 hours and 4"> minutes. The Lu-1 sunia has the reputation of being the fastest ship afloat. The revenue officials have been especially active in Pope county, Ark., and about 20 moonshiners having been practically run to the wall, have given notice of their intention to surrender. Rev. W. [!. Clark, of Chicago, has received an anonymous letter conveying the threat that unless he ceases his warfare against gambling in the city, his family will be murdered. lie says he will pay no attention to the threat. FORT MlhiTMATTKKS. Malarial Fever?Church News?Personal ami Oilier Notes. rorrespoiiclenee of The Yorkville KnquinT. Foht Mil.i., October 1.?Mrs. .1. W. MeElhaney, of this place, is quite ill with ma-1 larial fever. Many have tried to look gloomy about the result of last week's rain : but I am glad to say that there has been hut little real damage. Mr. W. II. Hughes, of Reidsville, S. with his daughter, Mrs. L. Jarretl, has been visiting his son, Rev. S. M. Hughes, of this place. The good people of Pleasant Valley were sadly disappointed that none of the Yorkville delegates came to the Raptist Sunday School convention. Mr. C. P. Culp, teller of the Fori Mill : savings bank, is spending a few days in Chester with relatives. Mrs. Notch kiss, of New Haven, is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. A. I'elk. Cadet Thomas P>. Spratt has returned to the citadel academy. Mr. Sam Meaehnm is at the Raptist Nigh school in Yorkville. Mr. J. K. Carol hers, of Flint Hill, has 1*1*011 seriously in ior mi1 past wee*. Kev. J. W. Humbert begun n protracted meeting at Ibe Methodist church of ImiiI Mill on last Sunday. A beautiful programme was rendered by the children of the Haplist Sunday-school last. Sunday before a large and appreciative audience. LOCAL, AFFAIRS, INDKX TO MOW A OVIORTISIOMKNTS. | W? It. Davie?Announces himself as an inde-! pendent eandidate for congress in the Fifth district. Cicero Moore?Has opened a shop at the OKI Wheeler Carriage Factory for the repair of all kinds of vehicles. W. 11. lOdwards, School Commissioner?< Jives notice that there will he an examination on the lilth and 'JOth instants, at York ville, of j persons who desire to teach in the free pub- i lie schools. The Town Council of Yorkvdie?(Jive notice that property taxes levied by the town [ council, will he due and payable without! penalty from the2f>thof October to December 1 ; *and that on January 1st, IHSlii, executions will be issued for taxes and penalty. It. M. Wallace and others, executors of the estate of A. S. Wallace, deceased?< Jive notice that all lands belonging to the said J estate are now for sale. F. M. Farr, of Cnion, and I). F. Fin ley, of York ville?(lifer for side the lands on bullock's creek formerly belonging to M. It. Smith. T. F. Ihinlap, Administrator?Wants persons who are indebted to the estate of H. J. Dun- | Ian, deceased, to make payment, and those j wlio have claims against the estate to present them. l'\ H. Dover and \V. T. Hartness, executors of 'I'. J. Mnllinax, deceased?Call on those who owe the estate they represent to make payment, and those who have claims to j)resent them. If. A. D. Neely, County Treasurer?Publishes a list of tin? tax levies in York county tor the year l.S!).'f-!M, the collection of which he will commence on the l">th instant. Sam M. Crist?Talks about Oliver plows and Corbin disk harrows. Inman Brothers?Tell about their "London-Paris" garments for men, cheviot suits, hats, neckwear, shoes and shirts. Lowry A* Starr?Announce that between now and December 1st, their partnership will be dissolved, which renders it necessary that I all persons indebted to them make payment* J. II. Kiddle?Calls upon all persons who owe him for gnano, to make payment on or be- j fore the loth instant. J. J. Hunter?Informs yon that if you want goods of the best quality, latest styles and j at lowest prices, you can get them from j him. II. C. Strauss?Has a large stock of shoes of different grades, and takes occasion to tell how merchants were in the habit of doing in olden times. "Before the war," for instance. Louis Koth?Has boneless herring, mackerel put up in tomato sauce, smoked herring, chipped beef, fresh mackerel at .'1 cents each, best Hour at $2, besides bread, cakes, etc. Enquirer Olllce?A buggy horse for side. SOl'M) ADVICE. We have it on good authority, that one day last week a farmer who lives about five miles from Yorkville took a load of cotton to King's Mountain, N. C., in hopes of re-1 ceiving a better price. His cotton was of! the very best, and lie received for it 5.40.! On the same day, the best cotton was selling | in Yorkville for 5.80. The fanner net only carried his cotton some 15 miles further; but sold it for nearly half a cent less per pound. The moral of the story is clear. With a sufficient number of buyers to furnish ample competition, one market is as good as another. Sometimes the buyers pay above the market price by throwing out a bait; but the benefit seldom extends to more than one or two individuals. The beneficiaries, of course, are expected to extend the story. There is plenty of competition in Yorkville, and this is as good a market as any of the surrounding towns. People who live near to Yorkville and take their cotton elsewhere, nuty usually consider themselves lucky if they do not fare any worse than getting their trouble for their pains. COMPLIMENTED BY DR. WEBER. Usually compliments consist of empty words. Their value depends not only on the character of the individual from whom they emanate; hut upon the object that may he [sought. Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber has been living in Yorkville for nearly two years now. He is well known to all the citizens of the place, and is conceded by all to be a model of rectitude. If any citizen of the town were asked for his or her ideal of a thorough going Christian and typical gentleman, tlie chances are that there would he few cases of hesitation in naming I)r. Weber. These facts give all the more weight to the distinguished compliment paid by Dr. Weber in his remarks at the opening of the Baptist High school ; Inst week. In addressing president Booth, by way of introduction, the doctor said : "I occupy here a peculiar position between you and the town of Yorkville. Not being a permanent resident anywhere, and coining and going as I may lie sent, my lot has been cast in rnanv communities. Now I desire to say, nn<l I say it with the utmost cordiality, that you have come to one of the best communities that I have ever known. And knowing the people as I do, I assure you that they endorse what I say, when I tell you that if you have come here for the purpose indicated in your most excellent address, you are heartily welcome." [Applause.] LAST AVKDNFSDAY'S STORM. There were some strong gales in this sec- j tion last Wednesday and Thursday, hut they did not answer the description of those predicted by the weather bureau at Washington. The gales predicted by the weath-1 er bureau were to have come from the south-: east; but those which actually arrived seemed to come rather from the northeast. The southeastern gales, had they come, j would have been, as a matter of course,; rather warm, or at least pleasant. But j those which came from the northeast were not pleasant. They were uncomfortably i cool ; but at tbe same time cpiite acceptable, j They came down, it is presumed, to head \ oir the stronger gales that were coming in j the opposite direction, and that is probably ; the reason why the West India cyclone did | so little damage. It was checked by perhaps! the only force in nature that could have held it back?a heavy volume of contrary wind. Notwithstanding the fact that the West! Indian hurricane did not reach this section, however, the people did not escape without loss. Large quantities of open cotton were blown out oy me winu aim ucuini nuu mc ground by (lie rains. Young corn from which the fodder had not been stripped was' thrown down, and altogether the loss in the county will probably aggregate several thousand dollars. Whether they be from the | southeast or northeast, strong gales are al-' ways rather unwelcome visitors. TKAD1-: TALK. Mr. W. C. Latimer is back from the North-: ern markets and is getting in shape for the fall business. To a representative of Tiiki Knijijikkr the other day he said : "All summer I have been looking for a j big disturbance in the prices of goods by the tariff, and accordingly I have been devoting my efforts to unloading all my old stock so as not to be caught with a great many goods on my hands. I did not go to New York in the early part of the season, for the reason that I figured that the markets would be, crowded, and consequently I would not be j able to get the best prices. When I did go. I found that things had become rather dull, and prices had fallen all to pieces. The re-1 suit was that I was able to buy cheaper than if I had gone earlier. "I am now prepared to oiler my custo- ' mers some surprising inducements. We | have on band the finest stock of millinery I that we have ever had since we have been ' in business, at the lowest prices. Mrs. I Kennedy, our milliner, is already up to her eyes in work, and that we will get our full i share of trade in this line is certain. "We have an unusually line line of dress goods?in fact, everything for the ladies?and j our dress making department is now ready | for the campaign. In fact, we are ready, at j short notice, to turn out any kind of dress from the cheapest, to the finest. People who I fail to give us a call in this department are going to have cause for regret. "I have bought line lines of clothing, I shoes and hats for gentlemen, and especially nice lots of gentlemen's underwear. So! much has already been said on the question of prices, that it is hardly worth while for me to say any more, except that I am 'load cd for bear,' ami if there is any trade going this fall and winter. I am going to have my share of it." CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay service on next Sunday at 10.4") a. m. Sunday-school in the afternoon at "> p. m. Trinity Methodist Episcopul--Rev. S. A. Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.00 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and evening at 7.00 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 p. in. Associate Reformed Preshyteriau ? Rev. Iloyec II. (trier, pastor. Yorkvii.I.K?Sunday-school at 1 o'clock p. in. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.00 o'clock. Services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and evening at 7.00. I'I'nulu-1 ii?lfnv tV (I Neville nnstnr * * v 1 v" * *" " * ? I * Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. in. Monthly concert of prayer lor missions tomorrow afternoon at 4..'50o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, conducted by Uev. A. 1']. Hoolli. baptist--Uev. \V. J. Langslon, pastor. i'nion.--Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Vokkvii.i.k?Sunday-school at 9.MO a. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.Ml) o'clock. Services Sunday evening at 7.MO o'clock. ABOUT I'KOPIiK. Mrs. J. A. batch ford is quite ill at her home near York villi*. Mrs. T. I*\ Mel low is visiting her mother, Mrs. Clarkson, in Charlotte. Uev. \V. J. Langs ton has moved, with his family into the Boyd house, on Lincoln avenue. Miss Carrie Haysor, of St. (leorges, Colleton county, is visiting the family of Mrs. John May. Messrs. James b. Allison, Jr., and Sam Moore, left a few days ago for the Citadel at Charleston. Mrs. J. S. Iiriec has returned to York villi*, after an extended visit to relatives in Abbeville county. Mr. Eldred Dobson, of this place, left last Saturday for Wollbrd college, Spartanburg, where he will enter as a student. Miss Ella Neely, of Yorkville, who has been teaching school at Tirzah church, has returned home for a short vacation. Mr. Mason L. Carroll, traveling representative of the Carolina Buggy Co., is spending a few days with relatives in Yorkville. Alice I'nrn Clnrlf returned to Yorkville on Monday last, after an extended visit to j friends in North Carolina. Mrs. S. B. Howard, of Ward law, N. C., and Mrs. J)r. llotehkiss, of New Haven, Conn., are in Yorkville visiting the family of Dr. W. G. White. Miss Mamie C. Bells, after an extended visit to Miss Jessie Latimer and other friends ! in Yorkville, left for her home at Chews; ville, Maryland, on Monday lust. Mr. W. S. Gordon, of Fodder, who for the past seven months has been traveling in j North Carolina, Georgia and Florida in the interest of a stove company, spent a few days last week with the family of his father, Mr. James Gordon. For the next month or two he will be at work in the eastern portion i of South Carolina. THE COTTON PICKING TROUBLE. A gentleman from Bethesda, who was in Yorkville on Monday, informed The ENquirer that in his neighborhood there are many fields of cotton from which the owners have not yet been able to gather a pound. The regular pickers are holding out for 40 or 50 cents a hundred for picking, and in some cases the families of the owners of the cotton are down with chills and fever. This is a deplorable state of affairs and needs to be regulated right now. Of course the chills and fever question is not a business proposition ; but the other is and should be treated as such. We greatly regret to - ? - x 1?? _ \tr? see a reduction ot wages at anytime. ?e would be glad to see the cotton pickers get $1.00 per hundred for their work ; hut at the same lime it should he remembered that there are two sides to the question. The cotton producers are also entitled to consideration, and fairness and justice demand an adjustment of this matter on an equitable basis. We know of 110 more equitable basis of adjustment than to pro rate the price to be paid for picking with the value of the cotton. Last year cotton was worth 8 cents, and a fair price for picking was, say 40 cents per hundred. This year good cotton is worth only ~>jj. Now, by the rule of proportion, S is to 40 as f?} is to 2Sj{. That is about the right figure; hut for good measure, call it HO and let it go at that. It strikes us that this would be a fair adjustment of the difficulty. Even at this, the producers of the cotton are still in a worse fix than the pickers, and we are unable to see that the pickers have just grounds for holding out for higher prices. LOCAL LACONICS. Tliey Must l?e Free. ? Judge Townscnd has decided that graded schools which charge tuition, are not entitled to any part of the public school funds. The Knqiiircr, to January 1, 189.", ? Will be furnished to subscribers from this date for 4X cents. So quit borrowing from your neighbor. I'uorliuiixe Potato. ? County Commissioner Smith exhibited on the streets of Yorkville last Thursday, a seven pound sweet potato as a specimen of the kind of crops Superintendent Gauldcn is producing on the poorhouse farm. Mr*. Crawford Is Dead. ? Mrs. Mary I). Crawford died last Sunday from the effects of recent injuries sustained by falling down the steps. As already stated, the deceased was the mother of Captain E. A. Crawford, Mrs. K. C. Moore, of Yorkville, and Dr. It. A. Crawford, of Smith's Turnout. She was aged nearly 1)3 years. The AVJIson Trial. ? News from Lancaster on Monday was ir? itio eft'oct that the trial of Ingraham Wilson, for the murder of James T. Gladden last December, would be taken up yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock. About twenty witnesses for the State, and also a large number for the defense, left here for Lancaster on Monday. The trial will probably continue two days or more. Will Kiiii it Shop. ? In another column, Mr. Cicero Moore announces that he has opened a repair shop in the Old Wheeler Ruggy Factory. This announcement will be received with pleasure by borse and vehicle owners, not only of Vorkville, hut of the surrounding country. Mr. Moore understands all the details of his business, is a splendid workman, and isnl-l ways reliable. He will deserve a large patronage, and we believe he will get it. Will Move Up Street. ? At a regular meeting of the town coun-1 cil last Friday night, permission was granted L. T. Nichols, superintendent of the Narrow, Gauge Railroad company, to erect "wooden buildings, covered with shingles, at the Lib-1 erty street crossing, to be used for offices I and other purposes." The understanding is ! that the express and telegraph olliees, and at! least the passenger, if not also the freight, depot of the Narrow Gauge railroad, are to be moved up street. Alioiil I'liyiiiK Drills. ? "It is mighty hard to pay debts with 5.1 cents cotton," is an assertion that is frequently heard nowadays. The assertion is: true; but when was cotton at a price that I would pay debts easily? When cotton was high and people bought their corn, Hour and ! meat, where was the surplus with which to| pay debts? Where a man raises his own! corn, wheat and meat, he should be just as , able to pay as he ever was. I'ork ut Three Cent*. ? "Why people want to raise cotton at 5A ; cents a pound, when they can raise pork at j three cents, is something I can't understand," says Mr. James Mallard, of Vorkville. I can ; take a fair and even start with the cotton man on any given scale he wants to put it at, and can make more mouey on pork ut three cents ii pound, than ?;iii lie made on cotton at o.l cents. Mr. Mallard lias had a great deal of experience in the business of raising hogs, and his assert ion is entitled to due consideration. No More Licenses. ? School Commissioner Kd wards requests us to say that hereafter no more "licenses to teach" can he granted to anybody under any circumstances, except upon a special i examination, and that this examination can ! only he held by special permission of the Stale hoard. This regulation is in accordance with a rule of the State hoard, and will he held inviolable, Therefore, those who expect to teach in the public schools, had better present themselves at the ex iniiii-iliitn tn Im Iwlil mi Of-lnhcr l!) and l2t). and secure a grade. | Colonization Society Incorporated. ? Columbia Register, Tuesday: The sec; relary of State, on yesterday, granted a eharj ter to "The I'iedinont Colonization Society,'' which is to have its headquarters at Kock I Hill, and the object of which will he the encouraging and procuring of sturdy iinmiI grants to the counties of Spartanburg, Vork, i Lancaster, Union, Greenville, Oconee, Pieki ens, Anderson, Fairfield ami Chester. The I capital stock of the company is to he $10,000, and is to he divided into 1,000 shares of $10 !each. The incorporators are: (Jeorge H. j McMaster, of Winnsboro; J. \V. Stribbling, j of Seneca; R. S. Ligon, of Anderson; (i. 1 W. Jones, of Lancaster; R. A. Love, of j Chester; L. Sherfessee, of Rock Hill; K. Nich.dson, of Union; J. K. Roggs, of Pickens ; and A. 15. Williams, of Greenville. IMMIGRATION' SOCIKTY ORGANIZED. A ;./cal branch of the Piedmont Colonizai lion society was organized in the court i house last Wednesday. Owing probably to , insullicient notice, there was hut a small number of citizens in attendance. All the 'same, the organization was perfected in a manner that is considered entirely satisfactory. The meeting was called to order by Mr. G. II. O'Lcnry, and Mr. W. I). Grist acted as secretary. At the request of the chair, j Mr. I.. Sherfesee, secretary and treasurer of the society, explained the object of the rneetj ing in full. Among other things Mr. Sherfesee said : ' The country we live in is one of the finest j in the world. Our soil is fertile and our 'climate is perfect. Our people are of the ; very best; but the trouble is, that they are I too few. We have more land than we need, or thun we can cultivate. We need more j people?energetic small farmers to take up I our surplus lands, help pay taxes, support I our schools and other institutions, and make I our country more prosperous generally, i The Northwest is filled with intelligent, ! hard working well-to-do-farmers, who, after hitter experience, have learned that that section is a poor place to live. These farmers I are mostly from Europe. They came over to this country from 10 to 20 years ago. I When they arrived at Castle Garden, they were met by shrewd emigration agents who i poisoned their minds against the South, ami I induced all who had money to go West. I These emigrants, considering the disadvan: tages of the country in which they settled, I have nerformed wonders: but now. on ac I count of failure of the crops, drouth, forest fires and the rigorous climate that will permit only five work months in a year, they i have commenced to look for better locations, i All they want now is somebody to give them I satisfactory information as to the best place to go. These Northwestern farmers are generally men of means. They had means when they first came to New York. It was because they had means that the shrewd emigration agents sent them to the West. They have means yet, and are not only able to pay their way and bring their families into this section ; but they are able to buy lands and establish themselves after they get here. Now suppose we could bring into this county from the Northwest 1,000 families, each having cash to the amount of $1,000. That would mean $1,000,000 added to our circulation, and one-half of this sum expended in lands for 1,000 families, would make the remainder of York county's land worth more than all of it was before the new settlers arrived. But this is not all. Look at Atlanta, Asheville, Birmingham and C'hattauooga, and compare them with Charleston, Columbia, Savannah or Montgomery for instance. The first named cities have sprung up since the war, and outstripped the others that have been founded more than a hundred years. And why ? Simply because the old cities have long since fallen into deep ruts and settled ways, while the new cities are made up of cosmopolitan populations, and stimulated with constant additions of new blood, are always pushing onward and upward. Immigration would produce the same effects on this section. One of the first tilings the North westerners would demand Would be better roads; next they would show out people how success lies in the diversification of crops, and they would infuse new life into everything. Some people tell me that they favor efforts to secure unmigraiion ; out mat iney are opposed to the. idea of bringing in Poles, Hungarians and Slavs. Very well. Perhaps that isall right; hut you will agree with me when I say that the merchants all over the Stale are constantly growing poorer in cash and richer in lands. Whether they are growing richer or not, they are every year getting on hands more lands. Within live or ten years at the outside, these merchants can hold these lands no longer, and they will he forced to unload them cheap, prohahly to some Northern speculator. The speculator will certainly not allow the lands to remain ; idle and unproductive, and he will probably j settle them up with Slavs, Poles and Huni garians?the very class of people you don't want. He will do it because the labor of these people is cheap, and he will realize that even if he doesn't make, he stands hut little chance to lose. In view of these facts, it seems to me that : it is high time for us to begin to make a | move. If we wait a few years longer we are in danger of having forced upon us a class of people that we do not want; whereas if we commence at once, we can have our pick of the West. Not only that; we are in the position of the possible Northern speculator. We have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Our efforts, even if unsuccessful, can result in no harm; and if successful, the immigrants we bring in will, by increasing our values and diminishing our expenses, do more for us than we will ever i have to do for them. In conclusion, Mr. Sherfessee had the see| retary to read the resolutions adopted at 1 Hock Hill last week, explained the necessity of organization, and gave reasons to show why the stock of the society at ten dollars a j share, would be bound to earn heavy dividends. By means of well organized societies, immigrants could be protected from sharpers, and given every facility for purchasing desirable homes at reasonable prices. When Mr. Sherfesee concluded lus remarks, Mr. J. F. Wallace moved that those who wished to become members of the Yorkville branch of the Piedmont Immigration society, signify the same by signing their names to the roll. The motion was carried, and 14 members signed their names as lollows : John F. Lindsay, John B. Whitesides, t'. F. Spencer, Withers Adickes, S. M. McXeel, John A. Lattn, J. F. Wallace, (i. II. O'Leary, F. H. llrown, J. II. Save, J. L. Kainey, K. (t. Whitesides, J. H. Witherspoon, J. Lumpkin, J. ('. Wilhorn. 'J'lie meeting next went into an election of ollieers, and selected as president, Mr. S. M. McNeel, of Yorkville; and as vice presidents, l>r. J. F. Lindsay, of Yorkville; F. H. Brown, of Tir/ah: and Dr. J. II. Save, of Sharon. The election of a secretary and treasurer was left with the president and vice presidents, and on motion of Mr. ('. K.Spencer, the various officials elected were constituted an executive committee, with power to take action looking to the more complete organization of the society. Before adjournment, subscriptions to the capital stock of the company were opened and various members of the meeting took '.I of the 50 shares required to be taken in each county. Several other societies will be organized in York county, and Mr. Shcrfesee thinks that the raising of $500 capital stock, divided into shares of $10 each, is the smallest part of the undertaking.