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Jtoaps and .facts. ? A terrible race riot is reported to have occurred at Powder station, a short distance west of Hawsville, Ky., between about 30 Negroes and prehaps a dozen white men, last Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. An excursion train was returning from the Owensboro fair, when the Negroes, enraged because they were made to ride in a separate coach, made a rush for the other cars. Women and children were roughly treated and a panic followed. Soon the blacks began shooting, and United States Deputy Marshal Mose Bullington, Squire Aldrich, Marshal Jones and Colonel John Patterson, with two or three others, replied. There was a fusilade, and then the train pulled out, leaving the blacks. Several of the whites were wounded, but none killed, though every window in one car was shot out. Bullington and his comrades ft f 1 Aftpf eoT'on Vonrrnn C U'OTP I: i 11 tUOCll kliut UK 1VUOV OVTVti vvu ?v. V ..... ed and many others wounded. ? The lot of the prize fighter is evidently not cast on a bed of roses. Su?h is evidently the opinion of James Corbett. Corbett defeated John L. Sullivan in New Orleans about one year ago and became champion of the world. Later, he defeated Charley Mitchell, in Jacksonville. Not long ago, Bob Fitzsimmons defeated Creedon in New Orleans, and challenged Corbett. Corbett refused to fight on the gronnd that Fitzsimmons would not be entitled to the distinction of second best man until after he had defeated several other fighters who, Corbett alleged, stood higher. The New Orleans club passed a resolution declaring Fitzsimmons to be the champion of the world. Now Corbett has come to terms and posted $10,000 as a guarantee of his willingness to fight anybody. He says that he has engagements until next July ; but after that time he will fight Fitzsimmons, and all comers each night for a week, when he will retire from the ring. Many sporting men are of opinion that Fitzsimmons is a good match for Corbett, and say that if the two men meet, Fitzsimmons will come off the victor. ? A new treatment for typhoid fever is reported. The method employed, it is explained rather suggestively, is "rational that is the temperature of the patient is lowered artificially and sleep and rest are employed to build up the constitution that the fever is wearing down. The patient, instead of being allowed to lie for 21 days burning to death at a temperature of 100 plus, is taken at the first stages of the fever and given cold baths, not plunged into ice cold water, but put in a bath about blood heat and ice water gradually added till the temperature of the patient, which is taken constantly with the thermometer, goes down to normal. Then the patient is removed from the bath, thor-! oughly dried and wrapped in blankets and given a little stimulant to induce a healthy reaction. Then the sick one falls off into a nuiet. natural sleep which will last from half an hour to three hours, and at the end of that time, when the temperature rises to fever heat again, it is reduced by another bath. This is kept up till the fever is finally broken. Out of 81 cases treated by this method at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, it is reported, hut three cases were lost, a much better record than the old style of treatment can show. ? The general meeting of the stockholders of the Southern railway, held in Kichmond last week, gave the officers authority to execute and deliver a mortgage by the Southern Railway company to the Central Trust company, of New York, as trustee, upon and covering the railroad's property, privileges and franchises of the said company to secure an issue of bonds in the aggregate principal sum of $120,000,000, payable July, 1 1904, in gold coin of the United States, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, payable semi-aDnually in like gold coin, and also to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage or deed of trust upon parts of the railroad and properties of the former East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad company, to secure bonds for the principal sum of $4,500,000, payable September 1, 1938, bearing interest at the rate of not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum, principal and interest payable in gold coin. Of the $120,000,000 issue of the first consolidated fives, $78,OSS,372.13 will be reserved to take up the outstanding mortgage and equipment obligations ; $21,911,627.87, including $6,000,000 for new construction, will he used now, and $20,000,000 will he reserved for new construction after the first of January, 1896, but not more than $2,000,000 will he issued during any one year. There were $100,000,000 of common and $50,000,000 of preferred stock represented at the meeting. ? Prof. David Swing, the great preacher who died in Chicago last Wednesday, went to that city in 1866. He accepted the Presbyterian confession of faith as to its theology, but denied its mental philosophy, and utterly refused to put his ideas into old forms and /vwnMAfl.MAnu "Un /Innlnvnrl Mmcolf tn nil I CApi CdOlVUO. iJLV/ UbVJUl VV4 UiUimvii vv vv VV.V | of sympathy with the persecuting and retaliatory spirit of portions of the Old Testament Scriptures. The 109th Psalm he set down as repealed by the command to love and pray for those who persecute and despitefully use us. Muttering against him soon began to be heard ; but it was not until a zealous young Presbyterian clergyman | named Francis Patton, late of Princeton col-! lege, came on the scene that the trouble real- I ly begun. Swing was arraigned before the j Chicago presbytery in 1S74, the year of the Beecher trial, on the charge of heresy. The charge contained 39 specifications, and Patton was the chief prosecutor. When at last j a vote was reached, 47 went for unqualified acquittal, 13 for unqualified conviction, and two for conviction in part. Dr. Patton appealed the case to the synod, and when the verdict and appeal were telegraphed to Swing he replied : "I cannot endure this controversy. I withdraw from the Presbyterian church." All efforts to change his purpose failed. He withdrew, and his church withdrew with him, and has maintained an independent existence. ? St Louis Republic : Bishop Turner, of the African M. 10. Church for Africa, the West Indies and Canada, has become a vigorous advocate of the emigration of about onefourth of the Negroes in this country to Liberia, Sierra Leone or some point of the West African coast, where they can organize a government of their own and demonstrate their capacity for progress in the arts and sciences. He contends that the Negro is capable of greater things than he will ever be able to accomplish as long as he remains in the condition ofsubordination in which he is now held, and that his forcible removal to this country and his passing through all the horrors of slavery was the providence of (tod working out his higher destiny by bringing him into contact with the greatest race in the world's history to prepare him to return to Africa to save it from darkness. This is a roseate view of the situation, and we trust it may prevail among the brethren of the bishop's color and persuasion. But is it possible that those of us who have execrated the captains of slave ships as accursed of God have been wrong, and that they were the minisfprs nf God ? Can it be that they are now playing on harps instead of broiling on coals? The iconoelasm of the age has destroyed many illusions, but what will New England do if she has to contemplate the slave driver near the throne and not in the furnace? We wish Bishop Turner's African government Godspeed. But he cannot raise an emigration fund in New England if he insists on putting the slave traders among the redeemed. The Puritan insists on having his slavetrader boiled and well done. ? So far as heard from, there has been no fighting in China during the past week ; hut there is alarming news to the effect that the Chinese government is on the point of dissolution, and, as the result, the British cabinet, on last Saturday, proposed to the various European powers a plan of action for the protection of foreign interests in China. The understanding is that CJreat Britain, France and Germany will send large forces of troops to occupy the various treaty ports in China, and if the threatened dissolution of the government should take place, foreigners will be comparatively safe from mobs. Missionaries in the interior have been instructed to at once repair to the treaty ports, where they can get the protection of the European armies and navies; but most of the missionaries have declined to follow instructions. The say that come what may, they will stick to their posts. News of another great battle is expected daily. A large fleet of Japanese transports were sighted one day last week, and it is believed that the Japanese intend a movement against Shanghai. For generations past, all the royal treasures of China have been at Moukden, the ancient capital of the empire. The Chinese have been afraid that the Japs intended to advance on Moukden from Corea, and being unable to defend the city, have removed the treasures. The general distrust of the government is is growing throughout China, and the whole I situation seems to be such as to fully warrant I the belief that the empire is on the verge ofj dissolution. ? Oliver Wendell Holmes died at at his; home in Boston, Mass., lust Sunday, aged So; years. He was a native of Cambridge, Mass., and was a graduate of Harvard. A fter graduation, he first began the study of law ; but soon gave that up for the study of medicine. He succeeded well as a physician, but was best known for his high standing in American literature. He was the author of numerous poems, biographies, essays and works of science and fiction. Everything he wrote stauds out as an American classic, and there is scarcely a school child in the country who is not familir with his name. ?ltc IJod'hviUr '(grnqtiiver. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1894. ? There seems to be a strong probability that Tom Watson will go back to congress. In the Georgia State election last Wednesday, Hines, the Populist candidate for governor, carried the Tenth?Watson's district?by 800 majority. Hines, it is believed, derived most of his strength from Watson, and if Watson increases this majority next month, there should be no cause for surprise. ? The dispensary law is constitutional. So says the supreme court in a decision fded last Monday night. The leading opinion, which is able and exhaustive, was written by Judge Gary, and concurred in by Judge Pope. Judge Mclver filed a dissenting opinion. There may be an appeal to the supreme court of the United States; but for the present the dispensary is the law of the land, and as such it should be obeyed. ? "No country has ever been known to continue with an increasing popuiation and a stationry or decreasing value of circulation." This declaration was made in a speech the other day by Senator Vest of Missouri, and it is the keynote to the whole financial controversy. Let the government provide avolumn of circulation that will keep pace with the increase of wealth and population, and the controversy will speedily conic to an end. ? The Columbia Register has been calling upon the "Reform" papers to rise up and fight for a constitutional convention ; but the "Reform" papers seem to hear not. Though but few of them have come out in opposition to the proposed convention, their silence seems to indicate that they are not at all enthusiastic in its support. The truth of the matter is, they are thinking. They calculate that the proposed convention might he held anyway, and they do not want to he , held in any degree responsible for it. ? The constitutional Conventionalists have fell designs agaiust the two mill school tax. They tell the people that they want to wipe out this outrageous provision of the constitu- , tion inserted by the Radicals to tax the property of white men for the education of the ' Negroes. Ah! This provision was not inserted by Radicals. It is an amendment suggested by Wade Hampton in 187S, adopted 1 when all the Democrats were working shoulder to shoulder for the upbuilding of the State, and it has been the best investment that our people have ever made. ? Even the Piedmont Headlight is opposed to the calling of a conventionr Its reasons, briefly stated are these." 1. That the 1 scheme would entail heavy expences, for which the people are not prepared, 2. That the convention would add to the already de- ' plorable bitterness in our State politics. 3. That the new constitution wold not be submitted to the people for ratification. 4. That 1 there is danger of disfranchising numbers of poor but worthy white men, on the pretext of saving the State from negro rule. 5. That such provisions of the present constitution as may need alteration can readily be changed by amendments submitted by the legislature to the people." ? The story of the recent capture of C'apt. Henry W. Howgatc, late of the U. S. army, who ran away irom wasmngion aooui \years ago and carried with him many thou- \ sands of dollars of government money, was told last week. It is intimated now, that, j alter all, Howgate's success in avoiding capture for so long was not especially re- j markablc. Several Washingtonians arc to the front with statements that the govern- i ment has at all times been in a position to j capture Ilowgate at any time that he might i have been wanted. It is charged that several prominent officials were mixed up in | Howgate's alleged stealings, and that How- : gate himself was a mere scapegoat. Those who remained at Washington had sufficient j ! power and influence to keep the government j j sleuths off the track of the fugitive. If there | iis any truth in the story it will probably 1 come out later. . ^ ; ? Populism is evidently on the increase in ' I Georgia. Two years ago the Democrats: carried the State by about 90,000 majority. I | In the election last Wednesday this majority j was reduced to something like 25,000. The i ' i heavy Populist gain is accounted for in ; | various ways. For several years past the , ! Georgia farmers have believed that the financial issue is the greatest with which the | country is confronted. The Democratic . national platform, two years ago, promised I I financial relief through State banks and j the free coinage of silver. The last Con-1 jgress, although Democratic, did nothing to-i | ward carrying out this promise, and the peo- j pie of (icergia are losing faith in the party. I j That is about all there is about it. If the: ; Democrats ever again have the opportunity \ and carry out the promises of the Chicago 1 | platform, Populism will at once be wiped! out, not only in Georgia, but throughout the : West as well. The majority of the people j I in this country want an improvement in the! financial condition, and they are going to1 have it. ? -* i ? The minority delegates in the State const it u; tfonal convention have issued an address to the I I people, giving their reason tor declining to vote j for the address recently issued hy the majority | delegates. The address, which is quite lengthy, i is a protest against the work of the convention, j which, the minority claim, was entirely shaped ! in the interest of the Republican party as agreed upon by the Republicans in caucus. The plan of apportionment agreed upon by the convention, the minority delegates say, "is a scheme of [ ! districting which is an audacious gerrymander." j ?Albany, X. V., dispatch of October 2. This is but a mild illustration of what we may expect in the event of the holding of a constitutional convention in this Slate. Here we see that the Republican party, which is ; in the majority, is endeavoring to frame the constitution in such a way as to perpetuate Republican power. Of course, such a thing j {as perpetuating power for one faction or the j other in this State is out of the question;! 1 but dibits will no doubt be made to frame : ; the constitution for factional advantage. 1 These efforts can only he crowned with tem-1 porary success at best, and must eventually j act as a boomerang against the faction that j starts them. The conditions in New York are favorable enough to a constitutional con- j ! vontion, especially when the work of that ; convention is to he submitted for the ratification of the people; but in South Carolina things are different. I( is difficult even for the legislature to make wholesome and im-j partial laws, and to attempt to frame a new ; constitution under such circumstances, would he dangerous in the extreme. ? A great deal has been said about the "cost" of the proposed constitutional eon-1 vention. As the convention, if held, will fix the per diem of its members and sit as long as it pleases, of course the cost of it < must be an unknown quantity until there is reliable data upon which to figure. Theses-! sions of the legislature, however, usually cost about $110,000 a month. The proposed | constitutional convention will naruiy cosn less; and as nobody would be foolish enough : to claim that it could do its work in less than j three months at least, the minimum cost is bound to be in the neighborhood of $100,000.: But, to our mind, the immediate cost is not j the question. If the beneficial results would | justify the expenditure, it would be all right if the convention should cost $1,000,000. j We are afraid that the question of cost will arise when we begin to consider results, and, j according to our notion, the proposed con- j stitulional convention would be a bad bar- j even if it could be held without expense. ? It is often said that our present constitution was forced upon us by the Radicals. This statement is not true. The Radicals were in power when the constitution was made, and there was an overwhelming majority of Radicals in the convention. But after the constitution was framed, it was submitted to the people for ratification, and for its existence now, the whole people are responsible. When the joint resolution submilting to the people the question of a constitutional convention was before the last legislature, an amendment was introduced providing that the people be allowed to rat ify or reject the work: ot the convenuon in the event that it should he called. This amendment was voted down, and the understanding is that if a constitutional convention is held, its work will he final. The mere fact that the Conventionalists were unwilling to agree to submit their work to the people for approval, is prima facie evidence that they have in view some questionable aim which they dare not make known for fear of failure. They are afraid to expose their designs to the light of day. As between a constitution framed by Radicals and endorsed by the ' whole people, and in one that is about to be forced upon the State by designing politi-1 cians, we unhesitatingly prefer the former, j especially as no one has filed any bill of particulars that show it to he at serious fault. 1 ? The New York police force is hopelessly corrupt. That fact has been fully demonstrated by the investigations of the Lexow committee, which is now engaged in fully exposing the wickedness of the force. A large number of witnesses were examined by the committee last week, and the testimony was of the same general nature as that already i developed. The testimony shows that for years the city has been at the mercy of thieves and other criminals who stood in j with the police, and the police force is nothing but a big blackmailing organization. Saloons, houses of ill-fame, gambling hells i and other dens of iniquity, regulated or pro- : scribed by the city laws, have been allowed ] to pursue their unlawful callings in the most open manner, only upon the condition of < their payment of specified tribute to the po- ' lice. It develops that although there are or-1 ] finances against the obstruction of sidewalks, upon the payment of so much blackmail, merchants were allowed to pile up their I goods to the inconvenience of passersby with impunity. Those who neglected or refused to pay, were always locked up or lined. Mobs of ruffians were licensed to head pro- , cessions marching through the city, and rob | whoever they should find in their path. Blackmail was levied indiscriminately, and t many cases were proven where money was extorted from inolfensive citizens, manifestly J innocent of any crime, upon pain of arrest if . they failed to pay. In short, it has been , demonstrated that the whole police force is i nothing but a gang of highway robbers, i worse than the brigands of Sicily. Thepres- i ent investigation, it will be remembered, is ' the result of the agitation commenced by | Dr. Park hurst; but whether or not it is going to result in any permanent purification of j the police system, is not altogether certain. The existing corruption is so deep rooted that to wipe it out entirely seems well-nigh ! impossible. DANGER OF FACTIONAL STRIFE. 1 When a strong partisan spirit prevails, it i would be unsafe to let either faction tinker with (, a constitution that is carrying us along safely, j ( especially when the people are not to be given j j an opportunity to ratify it.?Anderson Intelli- ( gencor. There is a world of sound wisdom in the j ] above proposition, and we would be glad to I s ..II i 1... .... 11 llm nmnnp crm. ! I IIHVC ail UIU it tu?* v.x,.. sideration. If the people would do a little thinking on their own responsibility, in our j opinion the chances for the proposed eon-1 vention would be considerably reduced. At this time, as everybody knows, there arc two factions in this State, and as towards each other these factions are intolerant and { bitter. Neither can see any good whatever in the other; but that both are right in some ! things and in others wrong, under the pccu-! liar circumstances, goes without saying. The constitutional convention question is |' not a new issue. It has had its advocates j and opponents ever since 1S7(!; but it never became a fair and square issue until 1890. ; At this time there are alliliating with both ! politicial factions in the Stale, large numbers j, of individuals who favor or oppose the constitutional convention. Neither faction is!, anything like a unit on the question. lie- i form Conventionalists want a convention if it can be dominated by Reformers; and Con- i1 1 servativc Conventionalists want if it can be dominated by Conservatives. Neither class 1 of individuals want a convention under any [ other circumstances than thosjj suggested, j1 oiwl ilii.ro <!Mi n hmw number of Other irood . citizens who want no convention tmdor any circumstances whatever. They think?and we agree with them?that any defects which j may exist in our present constitution can be j < remedied by amendments. The question of constitutional convention ' is to be voted upon in the general election of November t?. The tight does not promise to be very spirited. Many of the Reformers!, will vote for the calling of a constitutional convention because (Sovernor Tillman has told them to do so: and many Conservatives will vote against the proposition on account of the recent resolutions of the Conservative ! convention ; while others, regardless of party or faction, will vote according to the dictates { of their best judgment. If the proposition to call a constitutional] convention is voted down, the question will, j of course, be settled for the present. If, however, the proposition carries, the strife' will have just begun. As the next step, the i legislature will call the convention and order an election for delegates. Nothing is of greater importance to the people than the | constitution?the fundamental law?and both factions throughout the State will bestir themselves to the utmost to secure con-: trol of the convention. As to who will get: control, of course it is impossible to say : but ; no matter which side is in control, the other will have a strong representation ; and as the j result of the struggle over the election and J various events of the past four years, it is] safe to calculate that the bitterness with i which the convention will be pervaded will be something intense. Now one side or the other goes ahead and j makes a constitution, regardless of. and in direct antagonism to the interests of the' other. Say that patriotism will almost be buried beneath factional bitterness. The | faction in the ascendancy will go ahead and run things to suit its own notion, and probably take especial delight in the thorough humiliation of the other. All right. So far so good; but this is not the end. A constitution is not in the matter of a week, or a month, or a year. It is a permanent fixture, and whatever power it gives to one set ofoilieials it must give to the next. In politics, five years arc a long time; and ten years are an age. Some day there must he a change. The first must he last and the last must be first. If the Conservatives should make the constitution, the Reformers will some day he charged with the duty of enforcing it; and if the Reformers make it, its enforcement will some day devolve upon the Conservatives. The triumph of either faction will he of short duration at best, and sooner or later the other faction will severely pay the penalty of its folly. To our mind, the question of a new constitution is loaded at both ends and is dangerous. The present constitution, except where it may be changed by amendment, is good enough ; and the idea of doing away with it entirely just at a time when it is needed worse than in any other period of our history since its adoption, looks to us like the wildest folly. We are certain that the wisest thing our people can do in November is to vote, "Constitutional convention?No." SAVK THE SCHOOLS. In a discussion of the constitutional convention question, about the only proposition that Governor Tillman ever made perfectly clear, was his desire to abolish the two mill school tax and substitute therefor a $0 poll tax. He gave as a reason, the fact that the Negroes, who pay only a small per cent, of the property tax, get as much advantage as the whites, and in order to equalize things, the school fund should be raised by a per capita assessment of $f?. At first blush the proposition looks all light; but it will not stand anything like a careful analysis. The total puplic school fund of this State is about $400,000. Of this amount $340,000 comes from the constitutional two mill tax, and about $(50,000 from the poll tax, levied upon all male citizens between the ages of 21 and HO years. The number of children ''I 1 1 mo OOO ntwl Willi in till" SU11UU1 UJJt; id aiMMiu ivwjuuu, win* the total school fund, with the exercise of strictest economy, is sufficient to give them tuition on nn average of about three months in a year. Suppose we abolish the two mill tax and we have led for public school purposes, $G0,000. Raise the poll tax to $3 and the amount is ?1SO,000?less than one half of the inadequate amount now available. To raise the present fund by per capita taxation, will require from each individual, who, under the present constitution and laws, pays $1. There are lots of individuals? white men too?who find it hard to pay $1 poll tax. To pay $3, would puzzle them mightily; and to be called on for $6?nearly a third of a bale of cotton?would land them in jail. And during this time the Negro is no worse off. He will pay the poll tax if he can ; but whether he does or not, his race is in the majority, and will continue to collect the largest share of the school fund. We do not consider the governor's proposition at all sound. Its principal effect would be to completely destroy our inaderpiatc but growing school system, and lay still heavier burdens on the very class of people, white and colored, who most need help from their more fortunate brethern. Net everybody vote "Constitutional Convention?No," and save the schools. MERE MENTION. The Democrats of Colorado are fusing with the Republicans in hopes of defeating the Populists. Fifty dead bodies have been washed up on the reefs of Key West. It is supposed that the bodies are those of ' - I" nnba/1 Kir llm mnoiH linrmnnno simuia, ? ittucu uj tiivivvviiviiu...v>...v. James A. Crawford, Populist candidate for congress in the Seventeenth Illinois district lias withdrawn, practically in the interest of Win. M. Springer, Democrat. A rumor was in circulation last week to the effect that war was imminent between France and Great Britain. It has developed that there is nothing in the rumor. An alleged burgler proof safe was blown open with dynamite at Burlington, Iowa, last Wednesday. The cracksmen secured about $7,000 in cash. The average weight of the cotton sold in September was 525 pounds to the bale. Berry ltich, a white farmer who lived near Marion, Ky., was lynched last Wednesday in suspicion of having burned the barns of several of his neighbors. Geronimo, the Apache chief, and his famous band of renegade followers, have been removed from Mt. Vernon, Ala. to Fort Sill, in the Indian territory. Senator Hill has formaly accepted the Democratic nomination for governor of New York. The State of Florida is in a turmoil over difficulties which grew out uf an election last week. The militia has been called out; but as yet there has been no bloodshed. Senator McPherson, of New Jcrsy, has declined to be a candidate lor re-election. It is believed that he is afraid logo before the legislature on account af his connection with the sugar trust scandal. WAIFS FltoTwAKUKNS. Hie Fii'ld* aro WliltK-Strctvliril tin* Itarrel?HuseItall ami Other Notes. ['orrespondenee of the Yorkville Kmjulrer. Wauukn's, October K.?It is a matter of inipossibility to get cotton picked at any price and onsequently the fields are white. The sorghum evaporators are running on full lime, and there is quite an amount of molasses being made. Mr. K. J. lloeysays he got a eolnrud gentleman to make liis by the gallon, and he performed the miraculous feat of putting gallons in a 4S-gallon barrel and having room left for(> gallons more. "Jim" says he didn't mind paying for the few extra molasses, but he hated like the devil to have his barrel stretched s??. Reading "Superstitions About Fire," in a recent Kmp'iukk reminds us of the fact that three Id maids in Lincoln county, N. ('., have never let the lire die out on their hearth since they moved there, 4!> years ago. Mrs. (J. A. Anderson, of Hock Hill, daughter i?f Mr. and Mrs. S. L. l'ereival, is quite ill and not expected to recover. Her death would be deplorable, as she would leave infant twin daughters. Mr. C. t". Hates, of Charlotte, is visiting his parents. The Hlackjaeks played their last match game for the season 011 Saturday, vs. Adna. Score 14 to 1(1 in favorof the Blackjacks. The A dual toys treated us to the finest repast we have partaken nf lately, and the nearness of the dispensary helped to keep our "spirits" up. Season's victories it out of (>. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Constabulary in Charleston I'rolllable. ? News and Courier Wednesday : (Sovernor Tillman was in very good spirits this morning over the good luck of Chief Hoi ley, who telegraphed him he had captured 26 barrels of whisky and :>!) large boxes of beer 011 their way into Charleston. He got to figuring 011 the matter and estimates that the haul is worth about $1,700 to the State. This, he says, repays the State for its expenses of the constabulary force at work in Charleston. He says that there have been other smaller raids in Charleston which have gone to swell the amount of returns for the work of constables. The governor is not altogether pleased with the work of the justices of Charleston at this time, so far a dispensary matters are concerned. Almost a Kbit ill ( I'cciivillc. ? There was an exciting time in (Jrecnville last Monday that came near resulting in a bloody riot. Sol Kdel is a whisky seller who used to run the bar at the Mansion house. For some time past he has been keeping a stock of liquors at his house and selling them at his saloon. On Monday, Constable Workman and Kichelberger obtained a warrant for the search of Kdel's house. The sheriff would not serve the warrant except that he he allowed to go alone. The constables would not agree to this, and attempted to serve the warrant themselves.. Kdel placed himself in the doorway anil threatened to blow out the brains of the first man who attempted to enter. A large crowd outside cheered him wildly. Finally some of his friends took the gun away. He went out of his house unarmed to the street, and Constable Kichelberger drew a pistol. Kichelberger was arrested by the police, and releasee! on a bond of Sot). At last accounts Kdel's house had not been searched; but the excitement throughout the city was still running very high. | LOCAL AFFAIRS, indk.y to m:\v advkrtiskmrxts. i Iiniian IJrot liors?Want you to nmn-li into their i store and buy a suit of clothes, a pair of shoes, an overcoat and anything else in the \ furnishing goods line that you may want. J. II. Miller, Cashier?Statement of the condi- ( tion of the First National Hank of Hock II ill, October 2, 1804. Mallard Hrothcrs?Let merchants know how to get cabbage cheap. | K. A. ('rawford, S. Y. C.?On the 1st Monday of November next, will sell a lot in Blacksbnrg, levied on as the property of Mrs. Kate (4. Walke; and also the undivided interest of William McOowan in the estate of John Mctiowan in Bullock's Creek township. C. W. Frew, Hock Hill?Tell you about their stock of goods for the fall and winter of ism, which it is proposed to sell lower than was ever known before. If. C. Strauss?Furnish s some pointed paragraphs for the reader. John J. Hunter?Desires that if you want a suit of clothes, pair of shoes or other articles of the best duality to give him a call. S. Ii. Lumpkin, <!. 1*. A.?Oilers reduced fare over the Three ("s from stations north of Tirzah, to the Rutherford county agricultural fair. May A May?Publish a letter which is ot interest to the buying public. W. ('. Latimer?In addition to his stock of dry goods and millinery, tells you about having ;> pound baskets of Concord grapes for cents and other fruits correspondingly cheap. Whisonant A Castles, of Hickory Orove?Tell of their intention to meet competition, that their milliner has arrived, of their stock of shoes, of their unwillingness to give more credit, and want mortgages and liens duo them paid by the 15th instant. (irist Cousins?Announce n copartnership in the family and fancy grocery business and outline their plan of operations. Louis Roth?Announces that he will have fresh oysters for sale on Friday and Saturday and fresh lish on Saturday. Private families are requested to leave their orders with him at once. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Have something to say about the largo stock of new goods they have and will sell as cheap as anybody for the same class of goods. They say they do not sell shoddy goods without letting the purchaser know they are shoddy, and remind the people to call on them and ascertain how cheap they are selling their goods. Lowry A Starr?Mention the early dissolution of the linn and remind persons Indebted to them of their desire for an early settlement. \V. lb-own Wvlie, C. C. ('. P.?On the lirst Monday in November, before the court house door, will sell lands in the following cases: Catherine Cork ill vs. Jane M. and T. Minor Gwin. \V. K. Adams, executor of Dr. A. P. Campbell, deceased, vs. K. C. Falls, Marv J. Falls, W. 15. Smith and C. M. R red ley. The same vs. John Xeeland and James Xeeland. The same vs. Andy T. Jackson. Thad L. Carroll vs. Martha J. Hell and John Nichols. SHOULD BE SOLD BY WEIGHT. "Eggs should he sold by weight instead of by the dozen," said Mr. J. M. Ferguson, of Ferguson Bros., to a rcsprescntativc of Tim RvniTiDi-o iw>ont1v "Now see here," continued Mr. Ferguson, as he placed on the scales a dozen guinea eggs. "These weigh only 14 ounces, while a dozen hen eggs that I have just weighed weut down at 21 ounces. We pay as much for guinea eggs as for the hen eggs, and of course have to sell them at the same price ; but it is not right. All eggs should be bought and sold by the pound rather than by the dozen. If a dozen hen eggs weighing 21 ounces are worth 15 cents?the present price to the consumer?then a dozen guinea eggs, weighing 14 ounces, are only worth 10 cents. Of course we can't regulate the matter ourselves; but it seems to me that the people interested should agree on a fair price per pound, and let eggs be bought and sold on that basis." CHURCH NOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Prayermeeting tomorrow evening at 4.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 11 and evening at 7 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and evening at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 p. in. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Rovce II. Grier, pastor. Tiiizah?Services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Yokkvillk?Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Episcopal?ltev. Robert A. Lee, minister. Service on Sunday morning next at 11 o'clock. The hour for the evening service will be announced at the morning service. Sunday-school in the afternoon at 4 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Yorkvi l.lk?Sunday-school at 9..'50 o'clock a. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Communion services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Evening services at j 7 o'clock. OVKltCOMH 1$Y FOUL AIR. i Sam Glenn, colored, came near losing his life on the premises of Mr. G. L. Riddle, at Zeno, on last Thursday morning; and but for the efforts of Mr. It. B. Riddle, he would j have probably died. | Sam and several other hands were engaged | in digging a well which they had sunk to a ; depth of about 40 feet. On Wednesday it i was necessary to do some heavy blasting ' with dynamite, and when the hands went : back to work on Thursday morning they i ; found the. well was still full of smoke. A lighted lantern was let down and the flame I became extinguished before the lantern | reached the bottom ; but a small lamp seemed to burn satisfactorily enough, and Sam j ventured to make the descent, j Shortly after the Negro went down cveryj thing became quiet, and those above sus: picioned that all was not right. Mr. R. B. | Riddle went down to investigate the difficulty, and found him lying at the bottom of | the well insensible. Calling for a rope, Mr. Riddle, as quickly as possible, tied the Negro in the bucket and had him drawn out of the ; well, following himself without unnecessary delay. Glenn was still insensible when | drawn out of the well, and it was several hours before he recovered. HKHK IS Till: JUIIY. The fall term of the circuit court for York county convenes in Yorkville on Mon-! jday, October 29. His honor Judge James Aldrich will preside, Petit jurors for the i first week of the term were drawn yester1 day by the jury commissioners as follows : II. X. < 'raig <'ntawbn. | I. A. Campbell, Kings Mountain. I J. A. Parish, Bcthesda. j 1.1. A. Westbrook Catawba, i J. J. Jones, Bullock's Creek. I | A. L. ltobinson, Bullock's Creek. | W. W. Jenkins, York, j W.J. Davis, King's Mountain, j J I>. M. 11 agios, Catawba. John It. Martin, Cherokee. I j. II. Cobb, Cherokee. ! J. S. I tartness, Bioad River. \ I W. A. Bolin, Bcthesda. ! J. It. tiettvs, Catawba. ! J. I*. Kpps, Fort Mill. ! It. It. Blaxieo, Broad Itiver. ! It. L. Wilkerson, York, j It. B. Massey, Bcthesda. j i W. T. Sturgis, Catawba. | 1 John E. Blexico, Bullock's Creek, j ! J. A. Nhillinglaw, York, i 1 J. M. Caldwell, King's Mountain.! I II. S. Love, Broad Itiver. | J. J. Whisonant, Cherokee, j ; It. M. Krwiti, Fort Mill.1 ! (J. II. O'Lcary York. | J. S. Classeoek, Catawba, j W. S. Barnwell King's Mountain, j j W. I*. Locke, Catawba, i <>. W. llartness, York. ! J. I'. Billue Fort Mill. ' ; Win. Carder, Catawba. S. J. Kimbreil, Fort Mill. ! S. M. Edwards, Kbenezcr. i W. L. (iilniore, colored, Broad Itiver.! W. M. Kennedy York. I (T lTINt; SCKAl'IO AT CLOVUIt. i . I I here was a serious cutting scrape at | 'Clover last Sunday night, as the result of I which Plato 1). Hopper, a young white man, j j lies in a precarious condition, and l'earl Tnr-1 ! ner, Arthur Turner and Hugh Armstrong,' [ all white, are in jail awaiting the results of his injuries. We are unahle to secure anything like an | I accurate statement of the details of the dilliculty. The story here is to the elfeet that j i Ifopper asked for the privilege of seeing a! ! young lady home, and was refused. Several young men began to guy him and he became ' j angry. The result was a fight, 111 which Hop-1 I per began to knock out his tormentors right | and left. I'earl Turner defended himself j with a knife, and during the struggle, out | Hopper in several places very dangerously. J I As to who was the aggressor or what justification there was for the cutting, we have no information. Pearl Turner, who is about 10 years of age, came to Yorkville on Monthly, secured the services of Fin ley & Brice, and surrcn-j tiered himself to Sheriff Craw forth When ' seen at the jail, he would make 110 statement j whatever about the difficulty. Arthur Tur-1 ner and Hugh Armstrong were committed 1 on Monday evening by Trial Justice J. Q. | Howe, 011 the charge of assault and battery, j DISCOVERED. Hart Westmoreland, the white man who i attempted to rob the store of J. N. McDillJ at Hickory drove, was, up to yesterday, on account of good behavior, the occupant of: what is known as the "debtor's room," the j choicest apartment of York county jail. To, day lie is languishing on the hard lloor of the dungeon. ft was wet and disagreeable yesterday, and Deputy Sheriff Love went into an unused room on the second floor of the jail after, his last winter's overshoes. On the floor, he noticed a lot of plastering, and upon looking up he noticed in the ceiling, a square hole just about large enough to admit a man's body. He saw through the situation at once. Sheriff Crawford and Mr. Love immediately went up stairs, and in removing Westmoreland's bedding, they found that there j was also a square hole through the floor, corresponding with that through the ceiling. Upon being questioned, Westmorland admitted that he made tin; hole with a pocket knife. He said he was not guilty, and thought that, under the circumstances, lie had belter | take his departure. Sheriff Crawford, however, was not impressed with the reason given, and Westmoreland, who no longer has a pocket knife, is now considering the most feasible plan of escaping from the dungeon. SKKDS l'KOM "KlItKWOOD." In another column will he found an advertisement in which improved field seeds, grown on "Kirkwood farm," are offorcd for sale. We think that this announcement will prove of especial interest to the people of York county for obvious reasons. Kirkwood is a model farm that is located about 5J miles south cast of Yorkville. For several years past it has been under the management of Mr. J. ('. Kuykcndal, Jr., who, without sparing either labor or expense, has been devoting his efforts to the development of the best and most profitable in whatever crops he has attempted to raise. That he has been abundantly successful is attested by the fact that he is already making more money on his farm probably than any neighbor within a half dozen miles. Among the seeds Mr. Kuykcndal offers, are j.aimir lust jmuui wins, mtui wm, ???nous kinds of cotton seeds, and several varieties of peas, all guaranteed pure, and what is still better, thoroughly acclimatized. One of the best peas odered, probably, is what is known as the "Constitution hardy winter pea." Mr. Kuykendal has given it a thorough test and finds it to be just the thing needed for this section. A recent writer fully describes its qualities as follows: Two bushels of the pea to the acre sowed in the winter with the grain. When the grain is cut the succeeding spring the pea will be up suflicicntly to cover, shade and fertilize the land through the summer, make a crop of peas for the stock in the fall, always leaving on the land a sufficiency of the peas to reseed it and leaving the land in good heart for another grain crop. So, as the pea resceds itself, it needs only to be sowed the first year to make a succession of crops. Pasturing the grain off for a few weeks in June and July does not interfere with the growth of the peas. It gives us especial pleasure to note the announcement that Mr. Kuykendal is offering for sale some of his improved seeds. In improving seeds and farming methods generally, he is doing just what this section has most needed for years, and, in our opinion, many intelligent farmers in this county will hasten to secure for themselves the benefit of his efforts. UNDER STATE CONTROL. There are about 100 school districts in this State which owe 110 allegiance to the State board. I11 most cases, the trustees have power to select teachers, adopt books and make such* regulations as they see fit. The State board of examiners has come to the conclusion that this kind of thing is calculated to cause too much confusion, and last week commenced taking steps to secure more uniformity. The idea of the board is to get control of all of the special districts, j Its proposed course of action is fully outlined in the following resolutions adopted in C'oumhia last Saturday: That inasmuch as the graded schools and the schools in the special school districts in the State, all of which are supported by the State, have, by legislation, been taken out from under the control of the State board of control, and therefore, unaccountable in a large measure to the government; and Inasmuch as persons without a teacher's certificate are often employed to teach in these schools, and are paid for their services from the public treasury, which is contrary to the spirit of the law ; and Inasmuch as there is no uniformity throughout the State in the books used in these schools, nor are the books uniform with the books used in the other public schools in this State, thereby forcing a citizen moving from one town or city to another, or from the country to a town or city, or from a town or city to the country, to purchase new books for his children ; and Inasmuch as frequent changes of books are made in these schools without sullicient reasons therefor, the books put out being in many instances superior to those put in, the changes occurring generally whenever there is a material change in the teaching force and in a very large measure simply to gratify the preferences of teachers, thereby imposing a heavy and in the judgment of this board in a very large measure an unnecessary expense upon the patrons of these schools: Therefore Resolved, That the State board of examiners, through its chairman, the State Superintendent of Education, recommend to the general assembly the advisability of amending the laws of this State in such a manner as will enable the State board of examiners to relieve the people of the evils above enumerated as far as practicable. If the purpose of the school board is followed out, the following school districts in York county will be more or less materially affected : Yorkville, Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Bethesda, Tirzah, Ebenezer, Blacksburg and McConnellsville. It is possible that the purpose of the State board will meet with some opposition; hut that will develop later on. SOMETHING OF A SCOUNDREL. Joe Wimbish, a Negro detective, was, arrested in Charlotte on September 30, on J the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses from Messrs. A. A. and J. It. llarron, of this county, and on the circumstance hangs an interesting tale. On the 3rd day of September, the resi-j deuce of Mr. A. A. Barron, of Ebenezer, was, destroyed by lire. Mr. Barron had reason to K..i:,,..<> ?i,rtf tlm vv?i?< the work of an in UtHV* V UMil' *??v/ v -- cendiary, and upon the advice of Detective | K. IT. Dobson, of Yorkville, Mr. J. K. Bar-| ron, of Clover, employed Joe J. Wimbish, | the Negro detective who assisted in the Linconviilc train wrecking case, to run down j the guilty parties. Wimbish reported to Mr. A. A. Barron for duty on the 20th of September, and, after j agreeing on terms, obtained from his em- i ployer with which to pay immediate ex-J peases, and $2o to be used for the purpose of| making the Negroes of the vicinity believe i lie was "some pumpkins." With these matters satisfactorily arranged, Wimbish went to ! work. After a few days, the Negro reported to I Mr. Barron the result of his investigations in ' great detail. He made it appear that lie had his men spotted beyond a doubt; but needed still more money for show purposes! in perfecting his plans, and Mr. Barron entrusted him with $">() additional. Matters stood in this way until Wimbish failed to! come to time, and Mr. Barron began to smell I a mouse. He learned that the Negro had; been spending money very freely, aud also | that he had bought a ticket to Charlotte; and in hopes of catching the fellow, telegraphed to his brother, Mr. J. It. Barron, of Clover, for assistance. While Mr. J. It. Barron was at Khenezer, the Negro turned up at Clover, and on the strength of a story to the effect that ho was [ then on his way to Gastonia to arrest the I incendiaries, procured another $35 from Mr. i Barron's business partner, Mr. Z. M. Neil, i The Negro was now $110 ahead, and Messrs.' J. It. and A. A. Barron both went energetically to work to catch him. They telegraphed around to various places, including Atlanta! and Charlotte, and secured his arrest inj the latter place on Saturday, the 31sl ultimo. On arriving in Charlotte, Mr. J. It. Barron learned that the Negro had bought a new i suit of clothes and an overcoat, and that he had spent a great deal of money at the liv-; ery stable, splurging around generally. He; still had about $55 on his person, and $20 of! this amount was found in the hem of his j pants. He was still very glib of tongue,: however, and stoutly maintained that lie had no intention of running away ; hut was ! still at work on his ease. The Negro refused /. i-oiiii-n to Vnil: uiihonf a reoiiisition. I and at last accounts the proper papers were j being prepared. The above facts are gathered from the Rock Hill Herald and Charlotte Observer. We learned on yesterday, that the Negro also swindled a gentleman of Yorkville out of a small amount. somi: axxouxckmfats. In our advertising columns this week will he found some new announcements of special interest and importance to the purchasing public. The announcements are made by linns which desire a good share of the patronage, and that intend to take the necessary steps to secure this patronage. Mr. W. Frew is the successor to the well known linn of Frew Bros. The linn of Frew Bros, has for years been one of the best known and most reliable concerns in Rock Hill. Its business has been conducted 011 a- broad minded and intelligent basis. Mr. t'. W. Frew has always been part and parcel of it, and we feel sale in saying that if there should be any important changes from the business policy of the old concern, the public may depend upon it that they will not he for the worse. No business man in York county can he trusted more implicitly for meaning just what he says than Mr. ('. W. Frew. "Grist Cousins" is the peculiar name of a new family and fancy grocery firm that is about to commence business in Yorkville. Mr. Lewis Gaines Grist has served an apprenticeship of several years in the grocery business with Mr. T. B. McOlain, and it goes without saying that he knows something about it. Mr. Sam 51. Grist, formerly connected with Tiik Enquirer, has for years been well known to the people of the country j as a dealer in Corbin disk harrows and other | agricultual machinery, and also as a life, fire j and accident insurance agent. Like Mr. Lewis G. Grist, he has a great many friends, and we do not think that either member of the firm will ever ask for anything to which tney are 1101 emuieu. Whisonant & Castles are in the front rank of the leading merchants of Western York. They do not believe that their people should be allowed to go elsewhere for anything that should be purchased at Hickory Grove. They are running a business that is worth a great deal to their section of the country, and satisfied that they have many good things to offer to their customers, they realize that the best way to apprise the public of the fact is by means of intelligent advertising. THE WILSON-GLADDEN HOMICIDE. The trial of Ingraham Wilson, charged with the murder of James T. Gladden in the town of Yorkville, on the 19th day of December, 1893, took place in Lancaster last week, commencing on Tuesday afternoon and lasting until Saturday afternoon. His honor, Judge Aldrich presided, and Stenographer McFeat took the testimony. The prosecution was conducted by Solicitor Hough, assisted by Finley ?fe Brice, and the defence by Major James F. Hart, assisted by T. F. McJ)ow, Esq., also of Yorkville, and Jones & Williams, of the Lancaster bar. The main facts in connection with the. case arc still fresh in the public mind. The difficulty between Wilson and Gladden occurred in Louis Roth's restaurant 011 the day mentioned. Gladden was shot by Wilson and died the next day, about 2"? hours,after the wound was inflicted. Wilson was put under arrest immediately after the shooting, and on the death of Gladden was removed to Columbia for fear of nioh violence. A few days afterward, upon an order of Judge Gary, he was granted hail in the sum of $?">,000, and released from custody. The case came up for trial at the spring term of York court, and upon an order of Judge Watts, was transferred to Lancaster. At the summer term, on motion of the defense, Judge Flaser ordered a continuance, and it was not until last week that the ease came up on its merits. The jury was secured from the regular venire, hut not until after the exhaustion of all the peremptory challenges allowed to both the defense and prosecution. The case of the State, as developed through various witnesses, was, in brief, as follows : Oil the day of the killing, defendant was several times in Roth's restaurant, .was drinking and fired off his pistol several times in the backyard. While the deceased and several friends were at dinner, defendant remarked that deceased was "eating like a hog.1' The words were repeated to the deceased, and the result was a quarrel which culminated in a fight. During the light, deceased got defendant down and beat him until he cried "enough," whereupon deceased permitted him to rise on condition that he would not use his pistol. As soon as defendant found himself at liberty, he grasped his pistol, which had fallen on the floor during the difficulty, and, without warning, fired at deceased, who was standing in an inoffensive attitude and unarmed. Witnesses for the State also testified that defendant had been drinking some during the day, and there was testimony to show that the difficulty was probably the renewal of an old quarrel that occurred sometime previous. Accord- j ing to the witnesses for the State, defendant was the aggressor throughout the difficulty, and the deceased acted on the defensive; I but only two of the witnesses testified to having heard any words between combatants ; while they were on the floor. The reply to the prosecution was based mainly 011 the statement of the defendant,! which was, in brief, to the effect that on the j day of the killing, his bowels were acting freely from the effects of medicine taken the night previous. He had occasion several times to make use of a water-closet in the rear of the restaurant, and while passing! through the dining-room, stopped at the stove to warm himself. After a short time, at the stove, indicating deceased, with whom he was not acquainted except by sight, he! remarked in an undertone to someone near by: "I wish I had that man's appetite. He eats like a hog." J. W. Anderson, who hap-1 pencil to overhear the remark, told deceased j defendant said he "ate like a damned hog." Deceased became very angry and ueienriani j tried to explain that the remark had been made in good humor. Deceased, however, grew still more angry, and wanted to light. ' Defendant wanted to apologize. Deceased would not listen, used insulting language and threatened defendant with a chair. Finally, j defendant became angry and called deceased a coward. Plows passed, and deceased got bold of defendant's thumb with his teeth. Defendant then drew his pistol and struck deceased on the cheek with it. Presently deceased grappled defendant, and during the scufllc that followed, somebody struck defendant on the back of the head from behind. Defendant lell with deceased on top. De ceased heat defendant on the head and face, and somebody kicked him in the side and ahdomen. Presently the weight of deceased was removed and defendant was able to rise, lie thought he was still in danger from several friends of deceased, and as deceased stood near by in a threatening attitude, lie fired in the belief that his life, was in peril. The State introduced witnesses to disprove certain statements of the defendant, and the defense introduced witnesses to corroborate '* * ?- " * Wilcnti illlll llll! .Story. .-M ilium I-UI.IJU...V - Mrs. W. I?. Wilson testified to a knife rut through the coat, vest anil shirt worn by the defendant at the time of the difficulty and discovered afterward. 1'. W. Love and Dr. George Walker testified that they disrobed defendant shortly after the difficulty, but saw no signs of the cut in the garments. The defense impeached the veracity of the witnesses for the State who testified to a previous difficulty between defendant and deceased. Though each side was prepared with a long array of witnesses for such emergency, no attack was made on the general character of either defendant or deceased. Though the prosecution did not seem to lie "" agreed upon any particular line of action, the main work was done by Messrs. Finley ?fc Rriee. They conducted the case in a manner which, so far as they were concerned, was altogether creditable. The defense was conducted under the direction of Major James F. Hart, and was pursued with remarkable ability and ingenuity. In their speeches to the jury, Messrs. Finley & Rriee held that the killing of Gladden was cold blooded murder. Major Hart and his colleagues argued that it was self defense and perfectly justifiable. Judge A Id rich laid down the law in an able and impartial charge, and after an absence of about two hours ami a half, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. ABOUT PEOPLE. M iss Wilber, of Lincolnton, visited Miss Mary Clark in tbis place last week. Mr. John G. Rarron, ofKock Hill, has been employed as a salesman at H. C. Strauss's. it;... n.._. I,.l> |,lt| iUltt* iHliry J I ill !, Ul Ulin jmu;c, iru 14*^1. iiw.? for Converse college, Spartanburg, where she enters as a student. Mrs. Wm. S. Mallard, of Chester county, is visiting Mr. James Mallard's family in this place. LOCAL LACONICS. The Enquirer, to January 1, lSO.I, ? Will he furnished to subscribers from this date for 44 cents. So quit borrowing from your neighbor. Recent Deaths in Santnr. ' ? Mr. J. J. Daniel and Mr. Henry Lee, two aged and respected citizens of the Santuc section of York county, died last week. Good News from Krsklne. > ? News from Krskine college is to the effect that the enrollment is already much larger than at this time last year, and that the prospects of the institution are better than for years. Commissioners of Election. ? Governor Tillman has appointed commissioners of election for the State. The York county commissioners arc as follows: Federal?J. J. Waters, It. M. Carroll, W. J. Davis. State?It. T. Itiggins, I. B. Gordon, W. W. Miller. Does Not Aft'ect Yorkvllle. ? The recent decision of Judge Townsend to the effect that graded schools which receive the benefit of the public school funds cannot legally charge tuition, in nowise affects the school at this place. At no time have the authorities of the Yorkville graded schools charged pupils for instructions in the studies prescribed for the free public schools. Death of Mrs. Rattle. ? Mrs. Iva Battle died at Catonsville, Md., last Thursday after a lingering illness. Mrs. ""55 Battle was the wife of Judge Jacob Battle, of Rocky Mount, N. C., and the youngest daughter of Mrs. Isabella Steele, of Yorkville. She was buried at Coal Springs, near Rocky Mount, on Saturday. She leaves only one child, a son. who is now a student in the Virginia University. Here Is a Treat. ? Mrs. Bishop Wightman, the president of the Womans' Missionary society of the M. E. Church, South, will deliver an address on missions, at Trinity M. E. church, next Friday afternoon, at 4. o'clock. Mrs. Wightman will he welcomed in an address by a member of the Juvenile Missionary society. Everybody is invited. Attendance at Davidson. ? Prof. A. R. Banks, of Yorkville, has just returned from a meeting of the executive committee, of the hoard of trustees of Davidson college. He reports that the college starts out this year with splendid prospects. The enrollment numbers lot) students?more than at this season for several years. Among the students are about one dozen young men from York county. Twenty-one Boy* ott' foe College. ? During the past year, 21 students of the Banks' High school have matriculated in various colleges as follows: Davidson, 5; Erskine, 3; WotFord, 1; South Carolina college, 2; Citadel, 2. The remaining eight students went to colleges located in various sections of the South and West. In addition to the hoys who have already gone higher, the school still has on hand a heavy crop of recruits who will probably soon follow suit. For Sportsmen. ? There seems to he a general impression .* that the open season for partridge shooting commences on the 15th of October. This is a mistake. Partridges ami other kinds of game birds are protected by law until the 1st day of November, and the open season lasts until the 1st day of April, inclusive. Any person found guilty of killing birds, except between these dates, is liable to a line of not less than $10 and imprisonment for not less than 10 days. In case of a fine, one half goes to the informer and the other half to the county school fund. IUikc?ltuggelii. ? Miss Mamie Eleanor Rose, daughter of the late W. E. Rose, of Columbia, was married in that city at 1.30 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon to Mr. Frederick Buggcln, of Charleston. The ceremony took place in Trinity church and was performed by Rev. Dr. W. E. Evans. The best man was George Bulwinkle and the best lady .was Miss Mag gie L, Rose. The bride was given away by Colonel Leroy Youmans, a friend of the contracting parties. The bridesmaids and groomsmen were as follows : Miss Katherinc Buggeln and F. L. Holland, Jr., Miss Julia Smith and J. Mohlenhofl', Miss Lena Welbrock and J. H. Dreyer. The ushers were I). Bisscll, J. E. McDaniel and Thomas Reusoner. Mr. and Mrs. Buggeln left Columbia later in the afternoon for Charleston, their future home. The bride and groom were the recipients of many beautiful and valuable presents. Among the presents received by the bride was one from her mother consisting of $800 in gold. CmiKlit 111m at Last. ? "Don't shoot, Davy ; I'll come down." According to tradition, that is what the Kentucky coon used to say when it found itself covered by the long ritle of the famous fron- ? tiersman, Crockett. The Bethel "coons" will soon find it necessary to adopt some such expedient when they find that their trail has been struck by Constable S. X. A Johnson. On the 23d of December, 181)2, Mr. m Robert Clinton, of Clover, lost a cow. The ^ case was turned over to Constable Johnson, who a short time after became satisfied that / the thief was a Negro named Andy Robinson. Robinson made himself scarce, and Constable Johnson got on his trail and stayed there. The Negro kept dodging from pillar to post, and from time to time led the constable a chase of from 200 or .'>00 miles. But at last 11.a i\ II,.... 1 .......hi i t 4..1.1 . * uiu iruuu ii;i> iiirrii eiiu^iii. v uiimudu' Johnson learned that he was in Bullock's Crook township, and sent for him with a warrant. Ho is now in jail to await trial at the next term of the court.