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? Jtoapis and Jatts. ? James J. Corbett has at last consented to fight Bob Fitzsimmons; but the general impression is that lie is not at all anxious for the fray. He stipulates that the light must take place at Jacksonville, Fla., and not before the 1st of July. The public sentiment of Florida is strongly against prize lighting. There were no statutes to prevent the Corbett-Mitchell fight. Before July, however, the legislature can hold a session and pass all the laws that may be necessary. Corbett, it seems, is willing to agree to fight at Jacksonville for the reason that he believes the meeting will be prevented. Fitzsimmons says he is willing to fight Corbett anywhere; but he prefers to meet him at New Orleans, for the reasou that in that city there is no danger of meeting with an interference. ? From Richmond, Ya., comes the story of a big train robbery within 40 or ">0 miles of the city of Washington. The northbound express* over the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, which leaves Richmond at 7 o'clock p. in., was held up at Aouia Creek. Two men covered the engi neer and fireman with their revolvers and a half dozen others went into the express car. The express messenger showed some fight but was silenced by a shot in the arm. The robbers detached the engine and sent it up the road at full speed. It was sidetracked at Quantico, however, in time to prevent a collision with the southbound passeuger train. The robbers secured about $1 SO,000 in cash. The railroad authorities have offered a $10,000 reward for the arrest of either or all of the robbers. ? Rev. Charles T. Thompson, pastor of Mount Horeb Presbyterian church in Fayette county, Ky., read publicly last Sunday the action of the church concerning Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge who had made to them a confession of his guilt and asked the prayers and love of his brethren in leading a Christian life. The unanimous decision of the' officers was that while accepting his repcntaucc as sincere and heartfelt, the great publicty of the sin demanded some public action, so he was suspended from the sacrament till February 1, 1S95. The law of the book of church orders, paragraph 15S, is: "Definite suspension is administered when the credit of religion, the honor of Christ and good of the offender demands it, even though he may have given satisfaction to the court." ? The sixth annual convention of the TriState Medical association of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, began in Atlanta on Tuesday of last week and lasted three days. There were present more than 200 delegates, and the meeting was one of the most successful in the.entire history of the association. Many scientific papers were read during the session, chief among which was a discourse upon the punishment of rape from a medicolegal standpoint. This question is being widely discussed among the leading medical lights of the South, and the proposition to punish the crime by surgical methods in place of hanging, will likely be taken up by the lawmakers of this section in the near future, ine paper on in is suujtxi/ uv Dr. J. C. Legrand, one of the most distinguished medical men of Alabama, and occasioned considerable interest. ? A St. Louis drummer, who was traveling in Texas, was very much surprised the other day to read in the papers that his wife, with whom he had always lived in perfect accord, and to whom he had transferred all his property, had sued for and obtained a divorce, j He wrote to ask her why in the world she j had taken such a step, and she replied that it was all a mistake. He hurried home to J see about it and found that he was really di- { vorced. It seems that his wife had employed a lawyer to petition the court to make her a feme sole, and on the same day another i woman had employed him to get her a di- j vorce. He got the two mixed up so that the court had divorced the wrong one. The un-1 lucky drummer is afraid to go home to live until the decree of the court is annulled, or j he and his wife can be remarried. The law- j yer is just now the butt of his professional brethren. ? The formal canvass of the election returns for the Georgia legislature aud the vote on the constitutional amendments, was accepted last Thursday in the presence of the governor and secretary of state. It shows that there .will be 50 Populists in the next general assembly out of a total of 210, of which three are Republicans. There are about 30 contests for seats, but the prima facie evidence will make the complexion of the house on organization as above indicated. The total vote of the State was 215,600 more than the vote of two years ago, and the largest vote ever polled iu the State. The vote for governor and State house officers is not canvassed until the general assembly meets, this I being the first work of organization. The ; assembly convenes on the 24th instant. The amendment increasing the number of judges I of the supreme court from three to five, was I defeated by less than 2,000 votes. The | amendment changing the session of the leg- j islature from the fall to summer was also de-1 feated, evidently on the idea that the legisla- j turc has the right to name its own dates! with out constitutional action. The amend-1 ment allowing the legislature to pension indigent Confederate veterans was adopted. ? About the slickest train robbery that has | been heard of for a long time, is reported j from Sacramento, Cal., under date of last ; Friday. The overland train, due at 9 p. rn., | was robbed about six miles from the city.! The engineer stopped his train in obedience . to the regulation signal from a red lantern.' Two men covered the engineer and lireman ! with their rifles and told them to step down.: As the next move, the baggage, mail and ex-! press cars were uncoupled from the balance of the train, and pulled up the roadadis-j tancc of perhaps a mile. The robbers then' went into the express car. The express messenger tried to shoot; but as the robbers i kept behind the engineer and lireman, lie j was afraid of hitting his friends. The rob-1 bers went through the packages in the express ear and secured $">1,000 in gold. As> the next move, they uncoupled the engine, I got aboard and struck out for. Sacramento. I On the outskirts of the city, they reversed the engine and jumped oil. The engine went back down the track until it struck the j cars from which it had been detached. As; the steam was about run down, however, it: did no damage. Search was afterwards j made for the robbers, but they have not been j captured. ? A special to the Dallas News from darksville, Tex., says that on last Friday, Henry Dyke's crib was lired, and as he rushed out of the house to save his agricultural implement, his face and breast were filled with i buckshot, killing him instantly, The as- j sassin was recognized by Dyke's son, who had followed his father into the yard. A I posse was organized, and Andrew Jackson, the accused man, was captured. Mrs. Dyke asked the posse to let her shoot the assassin when captured. Jackson was taken to her home and she was handed a double barreled shot gun loaded and cocked. She raised the 1 gun to her face, took aim. hesitated, and lowering the gun asked that the law be allowed to take its course. The posse started for the county jail with the prisoner, but were overtaken by a mob. A rope was placed around j the prisoner's neck, and while the mob was in the act of hanging him, the sheriffatul liisj deputies dashed up and took the prisoner from the lynchers and hurried him off to jail. There is intense excitement, but the sheriff j is confident of his ability to stand oil' the lynchers. ? Returns to the statistician division of the department of agriculture for the month of October, make cotton show a decline ot'S.'J points from the September condition, which was No.9, as against 82.S for the present i month. The condition of cotton in June! rw. .? T..i.. on i! ol < ; U'US 111 ?JUiy o;'.u, ii.-tni^ k\j ?/a.^ in | August. The lessened prospective yield in the States of North Carolina and South Carolina is due in part to the storm which occurred in the latter part of September. For the most part, however, the decline in the condition through the cotton belt is due to continued rains that began about the middle of August and extended into September. There is much shedding, rot, rust, etc., reported ; as a consequence, and in addition, no little loss from the insect ravages, particularly by the boll worm. Texas is the only exception to the general falling oil' in the condition, that State having gained four points, notwithstanding the excessive rainfall in some parts of the State. Percentages by States are as follows: Virginia, 89; North Carolina, 81.3; South Carolina, 79; Georgia, 79; Florida, 71.9; Alabama, S4 : Mississippi, SO; Louisiana, 89; Texas, 88; Arkansas, 79: Tennessee, 79; Missouri, 90. State averages for September were: Virginia, 100; North Carolina, 88; South Carolina, SO, Georgia, SI; Florida, 82; Ala j haina, S7; ^Mississippi, So ; Louisiana, 91; Texas, S4; Arkansas, 39: Tennessee, 84: Missouri, 93. The indicated yield in hund ret lis of bales per acre by States is as follows : Virginia, 48.5; North Carolina. 33.4 : South Carolina, 85; Georgia. 27 : Florida, 29.3; Alabama, 30.7 : Mississippi. 35 : Tennessee, 29.4. General average. 84.7. The indications as to yield are merely preliminai rv and are subject to further revision. She fovkrille grnquim. ' ' ^ ' '' YOKKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1894. ? Irby says that under no circumstances will the cost of the proposed constitutional convention exceed $">0,000. In order to have the statement in keeping with his assertion with regard to Mississippi, he should have said that the convention will not cost a single cent. ? Dr. Pope intimates that he was promised the office of the secretary of the state, on condition that he would not become a candidate for governor. In 1S90, he says, all nominations were fair. In 1S92 the old officers were given a second term in accordance with a well established custom ; but in 1894 the offices were parceled out by a ring that had been formed for the purpose. ? Contemplation of the narrow escape the people of this section have had this year, is calculated to make one feel rather nervous. As everybody knows, the corn crop in the Northwest is a failure, and the price is likely | to be considerably higher. Suppose this sec- j tion bad failed to make good crops of corn and meat, and had to buy these supplies at advanced prices with 5.1 cents cotton. We would have been almost ruined. ? ? The people of Georgia have just voted down a proposed constitutional amendment increasing the number of supreme court judges from three to five. Though we can-: uot make a positive statement that such is the case, it is probable that Irby, amougother things, wants to make two more big plums for some of his political friends, and prefers not to ask the consent of the people. Office is the main incentive of Irby and his ilk, and if the people will just permit it, we may calculate on lots of new offices. ? Somebody should look after tickets to be | used in voting on the constitutional con von- j tion question in the general election. It is the duty of the State executive committee to 1 provide the tickets for both sides. At least that is what has always been done heretofore. We have seen it stated that the regular committee proposes to provide the tick cts; but as Irby has already shown himself to be a strong partisan in favor of the proposed eovention, and as it is also well-known that he is not overly honest politically, there will be no harm in seeing to it that tickets are properly provided. ? Those newspapers which claim to he Democratic, which antagonize this great reform, are either blind leaders of the blind, or the servile tools of conspirators.?Irby's Address. And what reform ; pray ? You have never dared tell us what you want to do, or how you propose to do it; and really we are unable to see where there is any reform involved. But when you talk of conspiracy, we can better understand what you mean. You have long since proved yourself an adept in that kind of business. You are even now conspiring to disfranchise all the voters you cannot control, and your charges of servility and blindness are suggestive of the scoundrel who cries "stop thief' and joins in the chase. ? "Our faction," says Irby, "is made up largely of poor, illiterate white men, and do you suppose that we would disfranchise our ; own followers?" That is certainly a pretty tough slam on Irby's followers. But say; if Irby does not intend to disfranchise this class, why is he afraid to allow it to pass on j the work of the convention ? Surely, if he can influence the people to accept a pig in a poke, he could not be afraid that the pig! would he rejected when the poke is opened. | Perhaps he does not really want to disfranchise his "ignorant" followers. Maybe he only seeks to bind them up so he can make them vote as he wants to or not at all. ? Train robberies in the West are of such frequent occurrence that they fail to excite much comment; but the aig "holdup" in Virginia the other day has created a profound sensation. And that is not the worst of it. The chances are that there will be a regular epidemic of robberies all over the country. The success of the audacious "railway men" in securing $180,000 within less than an hour's ride of the very capital of the United States, will embolden robberies j elsewhere ; and if others are induced to at- j tempt feats of similar daring, it need not be surprising. The neatness and dispatch of the I Virginia job is certainly calculated to inspire imitation. ? ? South Carolina alone,of all the reconstructed States, still keeps the constitution forced upon ; her at the point of the bayonet by scalawags and aliens.?Irby's Address. One of Irby's main objections to the con-; stitution, is the two mill school tax. The: correetnessofthisassertion everybody knows, j This provision became apart of the constitution as an amendment, suggested and adopt-; ed in 1878 by Democrats. This is a matter of record, yet Irby has the audacity to presume on the ignorance of the people to the extent of saying it was forced upon them at the point of the bayonet by scalawags and aliens, lie himself no doubt voted for the amendment, if at that time he had suflicicnt interest in the. welfare of the people to induce him to go to the polls. It is true that our! constitution was made in the main by Radicals : but it is also true that it was made be- i fore the Radicals began their career of corruption, and was so well made that most I of the white Democrats have been satisfied i with it from 1S7G to this day. The Demo-! crats have never failed in an attempt to j amend the constitution whenever they deemed it desirable, and that old scalawagalien-bayonent appeal to prejudice is the lwwli ? Till-; Kxijukku lias no confidence in the j sincerity of tliu opposition of either the i (ircenville News or the Columbia State to the proposed constitutional convention.' Both papers have long since realized that they have hut very little influence with the Conservatives; but a strong negative inlluencewith the Tillmanites. They have seen frotn the recent canvasses of the State that probably a majority of the Tillmanites are opposed to the constitutional convention. After failing to secure the nomination of an independent ticket at the recent convention, | they managed to secure the half-hearted en-j dorsement of a proposition to light the proposed convention. Their idea was that1 though anxious for the proposed convention, j they had nothing to lose either way. The fact I that they opposed it they knew would induce many ignorant people to endorse it, ami they , 1 would have just what they wanted : while on the other hand, if the proposition fails to I carry, they will claim credit for its defeat.; They are playing a winning game either way. This is evidenced by the fact that | neither paper is doing any lighting against I ' the proposed convention : hut both are engaged in easting all manner of slurs at the various papers that have gone to the front. - ? ? We say to white men, who are threatened by the Independent newspapers with disfranchisement, that Mississippi, with a colored voting population larger than ours, has adopted a constitution which, without disfranchising a sixoi.k wniTK max, has reduced the registered Negro . vote of that State to s.hoo.? Irhy's Address. Mississippi has an educational qualification j and a ?2 poll tax. He fore a man is entitled I to vote, it is required that he must he able to j read the constitution of his State and must have paid his poll tax. South Carolina has j the reputation of having more general education than any other Southern State. A larger per cent, of her citizens are able to ! read. Mississippi does not rank very high in the matter of education. We venture the "assertion that every York county reader of this paragraph is acquainted with not less than half a dozen white voters who are unable to write their names or spell "baker." We have very little personal acquaintance in the State of Mississippi; but we have an idea that it would not take a trained detective to find at least one white man who is unable to make out all the big words of the constitution. Mr. Irby has had a great deal to say from time to time about demagogues and and liars. Perhaps Mr. Irby is not a demagogue ; but we arc not all prepared to swallow his statement as given above. We have it 011 the authority of the New York Herald? and the statement was made more than two years ago, and absolutely without prejudice?that the total white vote of Mississippi disfranchised by the new constitution is 10,000. As between the two authorities we prefer to believe The Herald. Irby's statement is rather too remarkable. ? There has been a great deal of talk 011 the subject of searching private houses under the dispensary law. The law provides that no individual must keeep 011 hand, in his house or elsewhere, more than one gallon-of whisky at one time, unless the same is properly labeled with certificates from the State dispenser. This provision of the law is calculated to meet with more or less opposition from all citizens, whether they desire to exercise the privilege of keeping liquors on hand or not. In a matter of this kind, the average American feels that he has a right to do as he pleases, and any attempt on the part of the State or other power to abridge that right is likely to be attended with unpleasant consequences. Hut when it comes to the professional dealer in illicit whisky, this principle no longer holds. When the illicit dealer begins to store in his residence contraband goods, he has 110 right to kick if the State should come to look upon that residence as a public warehouse, and by search and otherwise, treat it as such. We have great respect for the doctrine that <:a man's home in his castlebut we are not willing to carry that doctrine to the extent of endorsing the right of the individual to use his residence as a cloak under which he can violate the law of the land. ? The second clause of the Fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States reads: Representatives shall ho apportioned anions the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in eacli State, excluding Indians not taxed. Hut when the right at any election of electors for president and vice president of the United States, representatives in congress,,the executive and judicial ollicers of a State or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being HI years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of age in the State. The politicians tell us that at this time representation in congress is even more important than factional control of the State government. South Cuiuliuu now Iuistovch representatives in congress. The number of i black voters in the State is largely in excess of the number of white voters. The main idea of the proposed constitutional convention is the disfranchisement of the black voters. When that is done, trader the provisions of the constitution of the United States as quoted above, we are liable to have our representation in congress reduced to three members, and our votes in the electoral college reduced from nine to five. WHAT IT WILL DO. Among other things the proposed const it u- \ tional convention, if called, will: 1. Cost from $100,000 to $1 ">0,000. 2. Along with probably 50,000 Negroes, disfranehise perhaps 10,000 white men. Drive a large portion of the colored population to other States and still further raise the priee of labor. 4. Kill country schools supported entirely by public funds, and cripple town schools supported in part by special taxation. 5. Raise the poll tax to $.'5, and disfranchise those who arc unable to pay it. (!. Abolish the homestead law and put the family of the poor man at the mercy of the man with money, with the eventual result of driving away many of our good citizens to other States. 7. Disturb the status of almost every law I on the books, set the country back 25 years, and give the lawyers n picnic extending over the next 10 years or more. The farmers and producers generally will have to foot the bills. S. Cause a bitter light over the election of delegates, and result in the selection of politicians who care more for their per diem than the interest of the people. 0. Discourage immigration into the Slate. 10. And all this for the gratification of the ambition of a few men, who desire still further and greater power, and who would prefer to ruin the State rather than have it said that they had attempted something and failed. ? THE DISPENSARY RAW. The recent decision of the supreme court declaring the dispensary law to he constitutional, is in no sense surprising, everybody was looking for it, and when it came, it was just what they expected. Whether or not the decision is a,just one makes no difference. The dispensary is now the law of the land, and as such it should be obeyed. It is true that at lirst the law was declared unconstitutional, and unconstitutional it was. The new decision may not he as able, logical or equitable as the lirst : but iu the matter of force and ell'eet it is exactly the same. The lirst decision says yes: the last decision says no; and soil must stand till another court says yes. That in attempting to enforce the law after the supreme court said it was unconstitutional, (iovernor Tillman violated his oath of ollicc, there can be no doubt. It is a prima facie case, and does not admit of argument. Fortius grave oll'ense, the governor is now liable to impeachment; but of course, as he ha* the full sympathy id" the legislature, and if.such a step were attempted, he would have no reason to fear the result. However, law is law. The fact that this law was violated by (iovernor Tillman, does not give a valid excuse for its violation by other individuals. It now becomes the duty of all good citizens not only to obey: but to sec that the dispensary law is properly enforced. If it is a good measure, we believe it will stand : and u 11 is a miu uutnuu-, >?e n.msullieient eonlidenee in the judgment of the people to believe tliat it will eventually lie wiped oil" tin' statnti; hooks. Why It Wants a Convkntion.?The Cohiniliia Register lias never hern verynineli of an Irbyite. It is. however, of all the papers in the State, the only really earnest ailvoeate of the proposed constitutional convention. The Piedmont Headlight gives a I plausible reason as follows: I "The Columbia Register will be the big {jest gainer in our Stale from a constitutional convention. It will enable that paper to bridge over a dull summer, by drafting on the public treasury* The Register is State printer, and this convention would keep it in work for, perhaps three or four mouths. So j the taxpayers can see that self is at the bottom of The Register's support of this scheme I to hold a constitutional convention without j submitting the work to the people for ratification or rejection. It appeals to the Re! form press of the State to work for the convention. We do not think that many papers will be caught in the trap. The State printing costs about $12,000 a year, and the work of this constitutional convention would amount to as much as two sessions of the general assembly." MERE MENTION. rni t r. _ * : 1...* i nerc was a aeavy nosi, in kim Wednesday, and it is thought that the entire top crop of cotton has been killed. S. S. Vincent, U. S. marshal for the district of West Virginia, was removed last week by Secretary Carlisle for creating disturbances at political meetings. United States Senator-elect Thus. S. Martin, of Virginia, was married last Wednesday to Miss Lucy Chambliss Day. Mr. Martin will be remembered as tbe man who defeated Fit/.bugb Lee for the senate. The physicians attending upon the czar of Russia have decided that the monarch is suffering from an incurable disease and that he can live but a short 'time. ' Isaac X. Stevens, formerly chairman of tbe Republican State Central committee of Colorado, has announced his intention to become a Populist. He says that his main reason is that the Republican party is unalterably opposed to tbe free coinage of silver. Not satisfied with the recent defeat of W. C. 1*. Breckenridge, his friends are talking of putting him up as a candidate for the United States senate. Another) destructive hurrieancslruek the South Atlantic and gulf coasts on Tuesday of last. week. CJreat damage was done to timber, cotton and field crops; but no loss of life is reported. Everett Wheeler has been nom-) mated as an Independent Democratic candidate for governor of New York against Senator Hill. Private Dearth, of the Ohio, militia, has been sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen days in a pen in tbe armory of bis company at Columbus. The sentence was imposed for cowardice. The big strike of weavers and spinners in the Pall River, Mass., cotton mills, which has been on for the past eight weeks, came to an end last Monday, the spinners and weavers going back to work at reduced wages. Seven prisoners escaped from the Shreveport, La., jail last Sunday with the help of an old file and a pair of scissors. In a shooting match at Kansas City, Mo., last Saturday, between Dr. W. F. Carver and J. R. Elliott, Elliott won (he championship of the world. Carver killed pigeons out of 100 and El I Holt i lie various European powers are moving for liie appointment of a board of arbitration to settle the differences between China and Japan." Chief Justice Bleckley, of Georgia, has resigned. The superintendent of the Arkansas penitentiary proposes to recommend the use of the convicts of the State in the building of railroads. Mrs. -Mary Lease was president i of the Kansas State board of charities. The : superintendent and matron of the State deaf and dumb asylum charge that Mrs. Lease! and other members of the board appropriated from the asylum fund sufficient money to j pay their way to the World's Fair. LYNCHING AT A FAIR. A big lynching bee was among the at-1 tractions at the county fair just closed at Bcattyville, Ky. Oscar Morton, a prominent and wealthy i citizen, had a bitter grudge against Sheriff William Simms. He went to the fair last Saturday, fortified himself with liquor, and with two big revolvers, hunted up his man. Morton and Simms met near the entrance to the fair grounds, and after a few words,: both commenced shooting, Morton using; both of his guns. A man named John Hoggj drew a revolver and sailed in to assist the i sheriff. When the combatants emptied their pistols it was found that Sheriff Simms was ! dead. He had one bullet in his right arm, | another in his breast, and a third in his ab[ domen. Morton had a bullet in his neck oinl ITnnrrr u-iiu imhtirf | uuu licibio a crowd tuiuUl xudhutL, Murtoii v'a arrested and hurried away to jail. The sheriff was very popular, and as Morton had killed a man only two weeks ago and was then out on a $">,000 bond, the rage of ihe people knew no bounds. Colonel John Hrummonds mounted a barrel and made a speech, in which he said Morton must be hanged, and that the work must be done decently and in order. A mob was quickly formed and marched | to the jail. The jailor was overpowered and j Morton was found lying on the floor in the | cell. At first lie resisted ; but when he was j [overcome, he became defiant, and told the ; mob to do its worst. The lynchers carried ! [their victim to a small bridge on the out-} skirts of the town, and fastening a rope to his neck and to a limb above, drew their pistols and told him to jump. With a bitter oath, Morton leaped from the bridge and broke his neck, ife was dead within a few} minutes. The lynchers, none of whom were masked, j went quietly back to town and made no el-! fort to conceal the fact that they had partie- j | ipaled in the hanging. Morton is said to j j have killed three men, including the sheriff,! and as the people believed that he had sufficient money and influence with which to buy himself free, they decided to take the law iu j their own hands. This is the eighth lynching reported from Central Kentucky within the past three months. - War to thk Knikk.?Governor Tillman j says that from now until the lime lie goes out j of office, he will vigorously push the enforcement of the dispensary law and will appoint a sufficient number of constables to do the; work thoroughly. He has :?00 or -100 applications from all over the State for positions I on the force, and they arc from brave men. j If the saloon men want to try a war of ex-j termination in killing constables, they will [ find it a costly job and one which will last i a long time. There arc a hundred men wil-1 ling to take the place of every man who is i killed or injured or quits the force. Saloon men who want to shut up business and send their stock of goods out of the State j Jean get certificates for safe shipments from ' Commissioner Traxler. It will probably be! in wise mamruvre for them to provide them-1 selves with these certificates now before ! some of the "sleuths" get on to me goons. Determination is to l>e seen in every movement which Governor Tillman is making, and the crusade he is going to inaugurate will he many times more vigorous than that ; ever before waged. In addition to the regular force of constables, it is said that every person who reports a quantity of whisky to the officers sot hall it can lie captured, will he paid "0 cents a| gallon on all that is seized. A guarantee will he given the person that his name will i not lie divulged, and he will not he required J to swear out the affidavit 011 which the seiz-1 ure warrant is issued. This plan will give an invisible force which will be a constant worry and menace to violators. The constabulary force, as stated, is to he ' largely increased, and men will he stationed | everywhere. This force will he maintained \ until the cities and towns show that they | are co-operating heartily and earnestly with j the State. When this point is reached, there ! will he no need of a constabulary force, and . Governor Tillman will only he too glad to dismiss these officers and trust to the police and town marshals to do the work. The opportunity is a splendid one for the j municipal authorities to regain all the ground that they have lost and to enrich ! their coffers with the revenue that will come j to them from doing their duty. Such a course may also save the passage of the me-! tropolitau police hills. The legislature would , not resort to this measure, it is believed, if; it saw that there were willingness and honesty in the efforts of city and town authorities.?Columbia Register. ? - The (irecnville Disturbance. The incipient dispensary riot at Greenville did not result in bloodshed. Tile ati tempt to search Ivlel's house was made i while the dispensary law was still unconstitutional, and the sheriff refused to assist. After the decision of the supreme court was 'rendered, the sheriff agreed to go with the I constable to search the house. Kdel was ] willing. The search was made. No liquor was found. It had been removed. Consta! ble Michelherger, who was arrested 011 M011-! ' day for disorderly conduct and assaulting Kdel with his pistol, was before the mayor 1 of Greenville on Thursday. The mayor I lined him Sod. lie appealed to the circuit I court. LOCAL, AFFAIRS. IXDKX TO MOW ADVKIITISKMI0XTS. W. O. Latimer?1 las just received his slock of hats :ind advises those who want si stylish article to call and southern, lie also wants persons who owe him to come up and pay? si part iit least. I John J. Hunter?Calls attention to his stock of stylish and well lilting St rouse A* Hrothcrs, good quality clothing. ! May A' May?oiler (troves' Tasteless Chill Tonic to persons who are suffering from chills. It is claimed to he etlicient and as pleasant to the taste as lemonade. I T. M. Dohsoti A Co.?Oiler a number of articles iis cheap as the very closest buyer could desire, if he wants to pay anything at all. Head the list and calf and got what you want. ! S. A. Sitlbrd and (too. W. S. Hart, executorsAre still ollcring the hinds belonging to the estate of J. S. McKin/.ie, deceased, for sale or rent. Whisonant A t'sistles, of Hickory drove?Tell you of their determination to meet all competition in the price of their goods, and call special attention to their supply of Hour. They also mention clothing, shoes and millinery. (Jrist Cousins?I hive received a stock of staple and fancy groceries and hardware and are ottering to sell 'JO pounds of granulated sugar for Si. Sam M. (irist?Talks about Corbin disk harrows, Oliver chilled plows, and corn shellers. II f Uleoiiui!?To of ill "fnnthwr Itiu lmr1l,, t?t I lw? I corner of Main and West Liberty streets, and wants you to come and see what kind of music ho can furnish you. liOwry Starr?Want those who owe them to pay up without delay, as the tirin will be dissolved on the 1st of December. J. S. P.rice, Clerk of Hoard of County Commissioners?(Jives notice that the annual meeting of the board will beheld on the 8th of November, and wantsall persons who have claims against the county to present them not later than the 1st of November. The Yorkville Enquirer? Announces the commencement of the publication of a new serial story on the .'list of October. It is entitled "Montezuma's Daughter" and is a story of love and advonture in strange lands. It is by the well known and popular writer, Hider Haggard. T. D. Moore, Executor?On thcSth of November, at Yorkville, will sell a tract of 1 lit acres of land belonging to the estate of I. W. Moore, deceased. The land is situated near Hlacksburg. j \V. Krown Wylie, ('. ('. C. P.?Wants persons having claims against the estate of J. P. Moore, deceased, to present them on or before the 7th day of November. If not so presented payment will be barred. Cicero Moore?Is prepared at the old Wheeler Coach Factory, to repair all kinds of vehicles and guarantees his work. W. Ilrown Wylie, 0. C. Pleas?On the lirst Monday of November, in front of the court house door will sell a lot in Whitaker, as the property of P. K. Wilson. W. Krown Wylie, C. P. C. Pleas?(lives notice to jurors drawn for the second weyk of court, not to attend until Wednesday, the 7th of November. AROUT PEOPLE. Judge Withcrspoon returned home on yesterday, and will he in town for a few days. Mr. W. It. Bowen, who has been visiting his father's family in this place for some time past, left on Monday last for Florida, where he will be located for several weeks. HE SHOULD HE RECAPTURED. Milus Borders, colored, escaped from the DeSaussure convict farm, in Sumter county, on October 5, and is now at liberty. Borders was sent up from this county at the spring term of court for four years. Just how he got away we are unable to state; but as lie is an unusually smart Negro, his escape is not surprising. The penitentiary authorities describe him as 5 feet 10 inches high, of light brown complexion, black hair, and brown eyes. He has a cut. on the base of the left little finger, and dim scars on the back of each hand. His wife lives in the neighborhood of Begonia, Gaston county, N. C. The penitentiary authorities want him back very badly, and are willing to pay a reward of $o0 for his return. PRISONERS IX JAIL. The following prisoners arc in jail, awaiting trial at the approaching term of the court of general sessions for the offenses named : John MeClinnick, colored ; burglary. Minor Watson, colored ; forgery. Richard Withcrspoon,' colored ; house breaking and larceny. Matt Byers, colored ; burglary and larceny. W. Hart Westmoreland, while; burglary and larceny. - Afcrrt Woeks, colored ; nurgiary ami larceny. Pearl Turner, Arthur Turner and Hugh Armstrong, all white ; assault and battery with intent to kill. Andy Bobbins, colored; larceny of live stock. William Leeks, colored; housebreaking and larceny. Joe J. Wimbish, colored ; obtaining money under false pretenses. FOR BURGLARY AM) LARCENY. Matt Byers, colored, is"m jail on the charge of burglary and larceny, and the understanding is that he will have to answer to the same charge on the complaint of three different prosecutions. Byers will he remembered as the negro who was tried not long ago for participation in the murder of Robert Bradford, near Hickory drove, a few years ago. His indictment <i... <.i......... .nv.ti- out of Iiis own con Cos Ull lilt- % uua^v h,v" sion. lit'was tried and convicted; but the jury, on account of his ignorance and apparent imbecility, recommended him to the mercy of the court. On motion, the judge granted a new trial. The prosecution became indifferent, and at the second hearing of the case, the prisoner was acquitted with but little difliculty. Having escaped the gallows, Dyers is now a candidate for the penitentiary. One warrant. issued by Trial Justice Carroll, charges him with having burglarized the. house of Melton Davis, colored. Another warrant, issued by Trial Justice Johnson, charges the burglary of the house of another Negro, about, six or seven miles north of Yorkvilje, and we are informed that be is also wanted by Mr. Wanton for a burglary committed near G rover, X. C. The warrant on which he was arrested and committed to jail charged him with disturbing a religious meeting. petit juiiohs?second week. Following is the venire of petit jurors, drawn yesterday to serve during the second week of the approaching term of the circuit court. The court of general sessions, it will be remembered, convenes in Yorkvillc on Monday, October lift : \V. \V. Barron, Bethel. Elijah McSwain, Bullock's Creek. .1. .Si. Williams Bethesda.; T. K. Patton, Catawba. I \V. II. Coltharp, Fort .Mill. Paul T. McNeel York, j It. A. Smith, Kbcnezer.1 S. I*. McCoilough Fbcnezer. I J. O. Anderson, Catawba, j .1. M. Costlier, Bethel. \V. L. Caldwell, York. ! 1). S. Pratt, Bullock's Creek. K. C. Steele, Bethesda. ; B. K. T. Bowen, York. ; J. B. Pegrain, York, j \V. A. Darby, Bethesda. F. W. tJrider, Catawba. | XV. ! '. Patterson, Fort .Mill, t (J. XV. Foster Bullock's Creek. | it. W. Wylie Cherokee.' .). \V. O'Neal, Catawba. ; Dan (tillillen, colored Bullock's Creek. K. I<. Strait, lU'inesuu. ; \Y. M. Osborne Fort Mill, j J. It. Heath, Catawba, j J. II. Neely Kind's Mountain, j .1. M. Wliisoiiant, Bethel. j .1. A. (Jib's, ('alawlm. j W. T. Massey York. | J. II. Wilhorn, Cherokee. | I). A. Matthews, York. | S. 10. Havidsoti, Kind's Mountain.' \Y. N, Neil, York. { John ('. Maine, Fort Mill, j \Y. J. Brison, King's Mountain, j A. Cody York.' As will be noted in the advertisement of Clerk Wylie, published elsewhere, the above jurors will not he required to attend court j until Wednesday, November 7. This post-j ponement is due to the fact that Monday, the nth, is salesday, and Tuesday, the (itli, is j election day. KTIIjH I*K()MISIN(i. Almost everybody remembers the big hailstorm that passed across the northern por- j lion of the county on the 2!>rd of May last.! In spots along its path, it obliterated every vestige of the. growing cotton, and many i farmers replanted their entire crops. The! replanting was so late that there was a difference of opinion as to what the result would be. Mr. (1. ('. Ormaud, who lives seven miles northeast of Yorkville, was one of the largest planters in the track of the I storm. He was in Yorkville yesterday, and we believe bis report of present conditions i will be interesting to a large number ?>f road- i i ers. Among other things be said : "Nearly my whole cotton crop was de- j strayed. I replanted a great deal of it in j; corn, and about 21) acres in cotton. I have i just harvested the corn by cutting it down ; and hauling it up. It is very good? about i as good as any upland corn I see in then neighborhood?and with the exception of i a small per cent, of the cars, well matured. I I intend to chop it up, stalks, cars and all, i and feed it that way from preference. The i replanted cotton is as well fruited as any I i ever saw. It is even better than old cotton < in adjoining fields that was not damaged. < The only trouble is that it is dangerously 11 late. So far, only about half of it is open. I j am certain of a good half crop, and if the killing (Yosts will hold off until the 1st of November, the replanted cotton will make < more than that which was not disturbed." i m * , CHURCH NOTICES. Presbyterian?Itev. W. (?. Neville, pastor. , Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. in. Prayer- ( meeting tomorrow evening at 4.510 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 11 and evening at 7 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Itev. 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. Boyco H. drier, pastor. Yokkvii.i.h? Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Services on ! Friday and Saturday mornings at 11 o'clock Communion services on Sunday morning. Episcopal?Itev. 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. Cnio.v.?Services next Sunday morning at ' 11 o'clock. Youkvii.lk?Sunday-school at ' 9.30 a. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Services Sunday evening at ' 7 o'clock. o. I HOME M.\I)K MOLASSES. | York county is not going backward in the i matter of home made molasses. That fact | iu cnlf.nviflnnf Tim nmnunt of molasses I produced two years ago was greater than any I previous year in the history of the county, < and from the numerous evaporators in opera- i tion in all sections of the county at the present time, the probability is that the output this year will be greater than that of two I years ago. 11 The quality, too, is certainly fine. The 11 evaporator men are evidently studying their 1 business. They are greatly improving the 1 product, and in many cases have got it to a ' < point that is second only to the hest grade j 1 that comes from New Orleans. The old j i time sorghum twang has been almost cradi- i cated, and it is often difficult to distinguish 11 the home made product from the store- i i bought foreign goods. The Enqitrkr has I been favored with two especially fine samples, s The first came from Mr. Albert Bettis, who < lives near Blacksburg, and it proves that he j 1 knows how to boil the cane juice just exact- < ly right. The second sample was brought in 1 by Mr. A. H. Jackson, who lives near Fod- i der, and was made from the "White I Orange," a new variety of cane which Mr. Jackson informs us is a superior grower. , Both samples are of a bright orange color of delightful flavor. I DEATH OI-1 .JAMES S. LEWIS. Mr. James S. Lewis died at his home in Yorkville last Thursday evening. He had been confined to his bed for a period of about four months, but was not the victim of 1 J any special disease. Ilis death ismoreprobo K1 ?> / ? k f*. ! ** 1? ^ down so often incident to extreme old age. Mr. Lewis was a native of Massachusetts, having been born in Pittsfield, that State, in the year 1S14. While still a boy he was , taken by his parents to Middletown, Conn., j j where after completing his common school | education, he was apprenticed to a tinner. |} After learning the tinner's trade, lie reinoveu to New York and worked as a journeyman until 18.'5S, when lie moved to Charlotte, N. C\, and was married to Miss Esther Hoi* j brooks. He came to Yorkville in 1S42, and ( for several years, in partnership with the ( late Jerome B. Kerr, carried on business , under the firm name of Kcit & Lewis. After ( this partnership was dissolved, he continued j business 011 his own account until 1S77, < when he was appointed trial justice, in which capacity he served six years, l'or ' several years he acted as "crier" at the terms | of the court of common pleas and general!) sessions; but for six or eight years past he , has boon engaged in no active service. . Mr. Lewis leaves a widow and four | children, all grown. He was buried on last , Friday. His funeral services were conducted by Rev. I>r. S. A. Weber, and the burial I was under the auspices of the Masonic fra-M ternity, of which the deceased was a mem- < her. I . t WIMBISH IX JAIL. , Joe J. Winihish, the Negro detective j whose recent exploits were related in Tim | Enquirku of last week, was brought to' ] Yorkville from Charlotte last Saturday by J Major T. C. Beckham and lodged in jail to 11 await trial 011 the charge of obtaining money : 1 under false pretenses. 1 Winibish was brought through the country ! ( from Rock Hill, and when he arrived here, j < he was in a bad way. He was suffering ) from the effects of a big dose of morphine, J' taken with suicidal intent in Charlotte jail 11 last Saturday morning. He was decidedly 1: opposed to coming to Yorkville, and that 1 is the reason assigned for taking the 111 or- ' phine. The Charlotte Observer of Satur- ] day, throws some light on the subject as fol- j I lows: 11 An Observer reporter, understanding that 1 ] Winibish, the Negro fake detective from Allan- 1 ta, who made awav with the money of Mr. A. ;4 A. Barron, of Bock Hill, S. ('., as before noted, 1 j had something to say, called on him at the " ' ' .mil ,,,, /Plenary mymr nuuui , card. Wiinbish was allowed to conic out of; I the cage. He >s :l desperate looking man, and : confessed to The Observer man to having killed a Negro, Fred Kdwards, in Tallapoosa, lie l saj's Kd wards attacked him and got shot. Kdwards died, he says, with a cocked pistol in his hand. He was not arrested for this crime, as , J Hdwards was a bad man. Wiinbish is really, , it is believed, an escaped life convict from the j Georgia penitentiary, lie was sent up July 1"?,; ( lSi?o, for killing John Henry Williams, colored, J near Americas, lie escaped from the railroad convict camp at l/.ifayette, <5a., February lath, ism. ; Wiinbish said he was afraid to go to South "j Carolina, for fear of being lynched. Hi* says', South Carolina is a bad place for that sort of j business, and lie will never allow himself to be taken there alive. . "Howcan you help it?" , " 'Where there is a will, there is a way,' you '' know thesaying is," he remarked, lie told cfiief;' of Police Orr he would kill himself before he went to Hock Hill, and lie asked Mrs. Smith the I other day for something to kill himself with. 1 It is not believed, however, that he intends to; hurt himself. He is said to be an inveterate j t liar. From Major Beckham, last Saturday, Till-: KNtjriitKit learned some additional partieu-j< lars. The major went over to Charlotte af-; ter the Negro on Wednesday. The Meek-! I lenburg authorities, however, thought there^ was a reward for him in Georgia, and it was not until Friday afternoon, after a great deal ' of telegraphic correspondence between the J j governors of North and South Carolina, that ] they decided to give him up. It was too ( late then to start for Yorkville, and Major 1' Beckham decided to wait until next day. ' He went down to the jail on Saturday morning and found that, sure enough, Wiinbish | had taken a big dose of morphine. The1 > sheriff and the doctors had been working ( with him for several hours. They had taken ; the morphine out of him with a stomach I' pump and were thrashing him with wetj towels to keep him from going to sleep again. < After some little lime the fellow was finally t gotten in shape to travel, and Major Beck ham at once started with him for Yorkville. Before taking the morphine, Wimhish wrote a note to the mayor of Charlotte asking tiiat his body be sent hack to Atlanta. He also wrote a long letter to his wife, in which Instated that she would never again see him alive, as he intended to kill himself rather than go back to South Carolina. In the lettor he stated how he had swindled Mr. Barron ; but claimed that his arrest was a great injustice. He said he knew he eonld not go to heaven, because all suicides were doomed to go to hell. After giving instructions as to various domestic matters and naming the friends he desired to act as pall bearers, he concluded with the request: "Tell all Ueorgia people to stay out of South Carolina for my sake, for it is a hard place for them. I go to rest ; so g(>od bye." The sttill* about Wimhish having killed a man and beinir an escaned lift! convict in the Georgia penitentiary is probably all 1m>sIi, gotten up by the IV Mow in hopes of being taken to Georgia instead of South Carolina. There was no discount on his attempt to kill himself, however. It was only with the greatest difficulty that the doctors were able to save his life. As soon as his danger was over, he. repented of his rash deed and was thoroughly frightened at his narrow escape, lie is still brooding over his coming fate, but appears to he rather more reconciled to the situation. IWOTTKlt HITV THAN ItIINT. Mr. J. Iv Thomas is a hard working young farmer who lives on the Adair's ferry road, about six miles from Yorkville. He is raising his own supplies, producing cotton only as a surplus, paying his hills as lie makes them, and furnishing a good example to thousands of other young men who may be in similar circumstances. To a reporter of Till-: KNtjrntiut the other day, he gave in his experience as follows: "I started herein 1SS7 without any money or anything else, and bought this place of iv"> acres on credit. I was determined in the first place to pay for the land and made my calculations this way: I knew I had.to live, and until my living was provided for, I could make no payments on the plantation ; hut after I got my living, with good management there was nothing to hinder me in putting the surplus on my debt. I figured that I ought to raise my supplies cheaper llian I could buy them, for in that way I could escape middlemen and get my corn, meat, Hour, etc., at first cost. After that, whatever cotton I could raise, no matter what the price, would be mine to help pay for my land. I have been working 011 this line ever since i?o/. my miui is nearly pum for, and worth a great deal more to me now than when I bought it. I have on hand the lumber with which to build a good house, owe no money except a small balance on my land, and have little cause to complain, notwithstanding the low price of cotton. Mr. Thomas gave in the above in answer to a question as to whether buying or renting was the most advisable step for a young farmer just starting out without means. He mmmed up with the observation : "If a man can pay rent, lie ought to be able to add the little that is neccssay to buy; and when we consider that rent paid out is gone forever, while payments on a purchase are still ours, t looks to me like the only sensible thing is lo buy." LOCAL LACONICS, rhe Enquirer, to January 1, 1805, ? Will be furnished to subscribers from ;his date for 40 cents. So quit borrowing rrom your neighbor. Death of an Kxtlmahle Old Lady. ?Mrs. Mary Cathcart Miller, wjtlow of .lie late Joseph Miller, dieil at her home lear Newport, last Friday, and was buried it Ebene/.er on Saturday, the funeral services being conducted bv Rev. B. II. (trier. She was in the 70th year of her age. Death of an Old Soldier. ? Mr. J. B. Harmon died at his home, lear Smyrna, on the (5th instant, aged (5(1 years and a few months. lie.served through .lie war as a member of Company B, 12th egimcnt, South Carolina volunteers, and was i splendid soldier. 11 is death was due to Iropsy. V llij? Sueee.HH. ? Tiie "<?ameeock" carnival commenced n Sumter on yesterday, and will continue .(trough tomorrow. Professor R.J. Hcrudou, )f Yorkvillo, who is assisting tlio Fourth cgimenl hand with the music, writes that die carnival started out splendidly, and that t promises to be a magnificent success. [JiinrU'l'ly Meeting ol' the Alliance. ? The regular (piartcrly meeting of the York county Alliance was held in Yorkville ast Friday. Owing to an accidental failure o make proper announcements of the date )f the meeting, the attendance was rather unall. Captain Fa!wards informs lis that no itisiiiess of importance was transacted. \n Appeal Taken. ? Columbia State, Monday: All are familiar with the case of Fewell vs. The Town Council of Rock Hill, which involves the title M the State to a portion of a street in the :own of Rock Hill, closed by the erection of [lie Woman's college. The State won the inse when it was tried some time ago. An ippeal to the higher court has, however, been ;akcn, and the case is not yet ended. Itcard on Top. ? Some weeks ago, The Enquirer mentioned the fact that nearly all the goods that were coming to Yorkville were being brought here by way of the Three C's. [Jenoral Freight and Passenger Agent Beard, if the Narrow Gauge, is ahead, however, on lie matter of cotton. Up to last Friday, 752 bales had been shipped from this place, ind his road handled every bale of it. Sow Water t'owcr Company. ? The secretary of state issued a eommisuon to "The Hansford Water Power company," of York county, which is to have its leadnuarters at Rock Hill. The incorpora :ors are: \V. C. C'ourtenay, of Xewry, J. | It. London, of Roek Hill, T. C. Robinson uul Allen Jones, of Columbia. The company proposes to develop various water powers, specially those of York county. It is to Itave a capital stock of $">0,000, divided into >00 shares of $100 each. Hunks High School Honor Holt. ? Here is the honor roll of the Ranks High school for September. The students who are credited with 0"> and over, are! entitled to special distinction : F. R. Parish, !?; J. H. Witherspoon, !nr; M. \I. (Jardner, !n;.J ; John M. Me.Swain, !*!; J. A. Jenkins, !'">H; F. (?. Doiwon, Uai; F. Mallard, ' ">I; J. L. Uardner, !?*>; .James Clark, !>4i; It. L. Parish, ; II. M. Ranks, IHjj; A. 10. Kennedy, Ml ; M. J. Witherspoon, !>4J; W. L. Barron, | X. O. Davidson, !?'D ; S. A. Dunlap, IBIS ; I'. X. Dowry, !KR; tRiinn Wallace,!?.'!} ; J. K.J >wens, !?.'!; ('. F. Younge, !' '!; C. F. Williams, rj; It. (J. Carroll, !U<i; V. L. ltainey, IK) 1-5 ; J. L. Williams, !H?. K0CK HILL HAPPENINGS. rite Seeoinl Dormitory Coininenred?Hrutton ' Chapter?Kxteusive Telephone Connect ions? . Other Note*. .'orrespomlrnce of the Yorkvllle Knqnirer. Hock IIii.i.. October 15.?The ground is tow being prepared for laying the founda-j ion of the second dormitory building of the tVinthrop college, and the work on the other wo buildings is being pushed rapidly, in spite of the very unfavorable weather ex-i lerienccd during the lirst part of last week, [t is expected that the work on this second I lormitory building can be carried right tlong, as the stone and brick are all ready! or the workmen. I The local members of the Masonic frater-J lity were glad to welcome several visiting irethren from Yorkville last Friday evening, vho came over to meet Mr. J. T. Rarron, of! 'olumbia, grand high priest of Royal Arch dasons of South Carolina,on the occasion of lis visit to Rratton Chapter. The Yorkville j isitors were: Dr. J. R. Rratton, Dr. J. R. i Mlisou, and Messrs. .1. I'M Jellerys, A Cody, I". R. MeClain, J. F. Wallace, W. R. deLoach ind II. C. Strauss. On Friday last, Rock 11 ill was connected | by telephone with Fort Mill, Charlotte, ('on* 'cord, Oastonia, Mt. Holly, and other towns in North Carolina near Charlotte. The olliee I of the company is in the store of Mr. M. If. < Sandifer. The Methodists of the North Hock Hill circuit have sold the cottage on West Main street, formerly used as a parsonage, to Mr. J. 15. Johnson, and the trustees have bought a lot in Oakland, near the residence of Mr. i W. II. Wylie. where they will soon comj mence the erection of a six room cottage. Mr. A. I). Holler has the contract for build* : ing a large residence for Mrs. W. M. Frew, land Mr. W. (5. Adams will commence work at once on the dwelling contracted for by Mr. Andrew 10vans, on Johnston street. In one of the new cottages being built op* i posite White Memorial chapel, will be located i the club and reading rooms provided for the young men in this part of the town. ^* LKTTIOR FROM IIKTIIKL * II1P tllllPhl llollHP III IIIP t;olllll}'?. linniK of MoliisMPS?Itoll of Honor for I'ohI (l?k Apiiilpiny. Correspondence of The Yorkville Knqulivr. Post Oak, October Hi.?I believe it wits an irishman who said : "Show me the modern bouse that lias stood as long as the 4 j ancient, ones have." The Post Oak neighI borhood don't pretend to have any modern j houses with oriel windows and shingles for weatherhoarding: but. we do claim to have one of the oldest houses in the county. Mr. James Turner, whp owns and lives in the house, was born in it 75 years ago. His father was born in the same, and died in it at the age of 7.'?, and his grandfather, who ' had the building put up before the IJevo! lutiouary war, died in it at a very old age. The logs are white oak, hewn by the axe and put together in the most solid manner, the cracks being daubed with a cement made of lime morlar mixed with straw. The ceiling is low and the heavy rafters have hooks * of wrought iron driven in them. Mr. Turner says that his father told him that when be was a boy, he had seen those hooks all hung with venison hams. The most curious part about ihisold house 1s the chimney. It is 1:1 feet across and S feet between the jambs. The mantle piece is (i feet high, and is made of a solid oak log. The chimney was built by an old Mr. I)ulin. and is a ^ splendid piece of work. Mr. Turner has an orchard of apple trees that his father set out 75 years ago. Mr. Turner says that he set out 27 trees last year. He never expects to eat the fruit himself; but some one will get the benefit of it. The rain damaged the cotton crop some but I am informed that it did not injure the corn. Although the creek was over the ears in low places, the sun came out so quick that it dried it off and prevented the water from injuring it. Mr. H. ('. Johnson is still making molasses, and says he will have several hundred * gallons to make yet before he is through. Mr. Ormund made 573 gallons ofF of four acres of ground. He says that he wishes he had planted 10 acres, for he can get 40 cents a gallon for his molasses, that will pay him better than any other crop he has on the place. Mr. Sam Johnson met with quite a serious accident a few days ago. His old gentle mule Pete ran away with him and threw him off. badlv spraining both his wrists. The scholars of the Sundav-sehool at Union acquitted themselves in a manner that reflected credit on them as well as their teachers. The church was tastefully decorated, and Superintendent Johnson and his teachers spared no pains to make Children's Day one to be remembered in this coramu nity. The querry, "Which has been the most cruelly treated by the whites, the Negro or the Indians?" was debated in a spirited manner at the last meeting of the society. The society will meet again on Friday, '2f>th, at the school house. The subject is, "Resolved, that married life is more pleasant than single life." Following is the roll of honor for Post Oak academy, J. A. Barron, teacher, for the month ending October 5, 1894: Eighth grade?Lizzie Ormand, Ida Ormand. Seventh grade?Kittie Johnson, Lonnie Clinton, ^ Delia Ormand. Sixth grade?James Currenee, Charles Boyd, Samuel Johnson. Rufns Gladden, Tracy Ormand, Mag Ormand, Lilly Clinton, Fifth Grade?John Pendleton, William CurFPI1I;P, 'AY//hVll' IWfinsdirl i'' Perry"'ViaIc\rSrle' 'Or mand, Mary Itohison, Lester Boyd. The above named pupils made above 90. x. J II LA IKS VILLR NOTES. Gathering the Crops?Lesson in Itiirul Economy? Sorely AfHietcd Family?Personal? I^ots of Sickness. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Bi.AiitsviLi.i-:, October 1">.?The farmers are busy gathering their corn and cotton. Corn is very good ; but the cotton crop is not j coining up to expectations. There is lots of grumbling about the low price of cotton. It is true that the price is I.i*i- . t.iit I l?ic uli/iitD Iid iin fnt* worry. The remedy lies in llie policy of raising everything needed for lunne consumption at home. When r say everything, I mean everything?except sugar, eollee, Idaek pepper and salt. The condition of the farmers now with f>A cents cotton is not much worse than when cotton was 10 cents. When cotton was It) cents, everything was based on 10 cents prices ; and now everything is based on cents prices?except, of course, debts. It is harder to pay debts with 5 A cents prices than with 10 cents prices; hut they can't be paid with either price except by raising everything at home and producing cotton only as a clean cut clear surplus. The best thing the grumblers can do, unless they prefer to grumble, is to quit raising so much cotton. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Riggins are both seriously sick. Mrs. Riggins is suffering from a relapse of typhoid fever, and Mr. Riggins is down with the return of an old attack .of grip. Mr. Will Riggins, who has been at Clemson, was brought home by Dr. Saye a few days ago, sick with typhoid fever. Mr. Kllie Moloney, who has been in had health all summer, is suffering with chills. Mr. Will Hood is getting hotter. Mr. Lee (Jood left a few days ago for Florida. Mr. Sam l'laxco made a Hying visit home from school at Newton, N. a few days ago. A series of meetings are to he commenced at Shady (trove Methodist clntreh next Fri- -t. I a I UUV infill. Jack Frost put in his appearance this I morning and nipped vegetation considerably. There is lots of sickness in this neighborhood and Dr. Sit ye is very busy. Daisy. BIiACKSBIRJS 111'DUET. Kitin 1>iiiii:ik<mI (lit* Cotton?Tin- Fun hit* uri* Very lJiisy?Improvement* on the Episcopal j Church?Hev. Wilmot S. Holmes Assigned to u New I'iehl?l'crsonul. I t'oiTcs|M>it(le?ee of the Yorkvilie Enquirer. Bi.ACKsnruti, October Kith.?The heavy fall of rain we had last week damaged both cotton and corn : hut not to any serious ex- - j tent. Since then the days have been typical of the splendid weather lor which our climate is noted, and which makes outdoor exercise so thoroughly enjoyable. Our farmers are making good use of the time gathering in their corn and cotton and sowing oats and clover. With many of them, picking their cotton is rather a slow business, as at lbe present low price of the staple, they cannot afford to hire it picked, and must depend mainly on home help; ; which, no doubt, will be better for them in tbe'linal settling up. Road Supervisor J. A. Maxwell, of the Ohio River and Charleston railroad, who has been quite sick with an attack of gastric fever, is, I am pleased to say, able to be on duty again. The members of the Kpiscopal church have recently added some improvements to the church building, which will add both to its appearance and comfort. One is a double floor in the body of the church : the other a substantial stone wall underneath. Services were held in the church on Sunday last by Rev. J. D. McCullough, I). 1 >., and it was with sincere regret that the mem hers learned from him that Rev. Wilmot S. Holmes, who has been assistant to Dr. McCullough at. this place for the past, year, has, since his ordination to the priesthood, been assigned to a new field of labor. By his earnest and faithful work here he had endeared himself to the congregation and will carry with him their best wishes Ibr his future usefulness and success. Mrs. W. C. Peters and her son, Master Will, of St. Helena, who have been spend in}, u pari ui iih Milium 1 mum ri'iiimo ;u llii.s place ami Cherokee Kalis, left for tlit-ir home last week, delighted wifli their visit ami beuetitted by our climate. \v. a.