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Scraps audi facts. I? . _ - - u ? Bob Fitzsimmons killed "Con" Riordan ! q in a prize fight at Syracuse, New York, last! n Friday night, and next day acted as pall w bearer at the funeral. Fitzsimmons will be indicted, probably on the charge of man- ~ slaughter ; but there is no doubt that he | will be speedily acquitted. ? William Myers, the 18 year-old boy who is accused of the murder of Forest Crowley, in Atlanta, last September, was tried last | week and found guilty. The evidence against Myers was purely circumstantial, and in reply, he offered no testimony whatever. His attorney has asked for a new trial, and expresses confidence that the young man will eventually be able to prove his innocence. The case is involved in deep mystery. ? There has been nothing like the Democratic defeat in North Carolina since the earlv 70's. The Raleieh News and Observer says : "The best calculations that can now V be made, indicate that there will be 12 Dem- r ocrats, 16 Republicans and 21 Populists in the senate. In the house it is more difficult ^ to tell exactly the comparative strength of the Populists and Republicans. It is very s< hard to ascertain the names of the fusion candidates who have been elected in some of the counties, and even when this is done, v their politics is, in many instances, an un- fc known quantity. At present, however, it I seems that there will be in the house 41 e Democrats, 32 Republicans and, 47 Populists." ? The town of Muscogee, Indian Territory, is in a state of terror in apprehension of " a threatened raid from Billy Cook and his *gang of outlaws. Cook has been threatening J the town for a week or more. A few days o ago, United States Attorney Jackson organized a force of deputies to run the outlaws down. The deputy force consisted of S' twellve men ; but has not been heard of siuce jj its departure from Muscogee. The citizens of the town think that the deputies have s' probably fallen in with the outlaws and " been wiped out. Muscogee now presents tl the appearance of a fortified town. It is si being guarded by a large force of citizens night and day. All suspicious characters are arrested on sight, and every precaution o is being taken to prevent a successful raid si by the robbers. A detachment of United ej States troops are on the way to Muscogee to j protect the town. it ? Mrs. Jefferson Davis wrote the memoirs of Mr. Davis after his death, and the Bedford Publishing company, of New York, published the book and sold about 5,000 copies just before the failure of that company. She a lost by the failure a large amount due her t< for royalty on the copies sold. Some of the c< creditors of the company got possession of e the plates, cuts and the stock on hand unsold. She brought suit against them and ? the company to recover the book. That " suit, which has been pending about three years, has just been compromised, aud Mrs. Davis is now the sole owner of the plates, ci cuts and about 2,000 copies on hand. She p proposes selling the balance of the edition j, on hand "and then publishing a uew edition. ^ As yet she has not selected a publisher. "A * short history of the Confederacy," which * was Mr. Davis's last work, was also pub- Cl lished by the Bedford Publishing company $ just before its failure, and Mrs. Jefferson n Davis is now trying to recover that book. ^ ? Governor Flower, of New York will al- ft low electrical experts to try to resuscitate 0 the next prisoner who is electrocuted. Ever since the adoption of the electrical execution act by the State, the Westiughouse people, whose dynamos are used, have declared that electricity was not the cause of death, c but that death was assured by the holding of an autopsy directly after the body had been ci taken from the electrical fchair. No less an fc authority thau Nicola Tesla, the famous f( electrician, contended that he could bring back to life a man killed in an electrical chair, provided the attempt was made im- ? mediately after the execution. Mr. George 11 AnnA olii-oi'o occprfpfl tVlflf, fchfi tl IV CSUIJgUUUdG IIOO amwjo w? electrical death was a sbam, and that a n New York commission, headed by Elbridge b T. Gerry, had added the autopsy clause so g] as to make it certain that the man was dead. . Within the last few weeks the agitation of 11 the subject has become prominent, and an v appeal is to be made to the governor to allow the.next man condemned, to be used as a subject to be experimented on. The gov- a ernor says he will grant permission to do b this. The attempt, if successful, will prove a that the State executioners have been the ? surgeons who have held the autopsy rather j ( than the State electrician. v ? The Charlotte, N. C., Observer has caught ? and exposed very neatly a firm in New York * which combines politics with business with- h out due regard, as it appears, to business prin- li ciples. The firm in question?Seabury & 1, Johnson, of New York?manufacturers of t certain supplies for the drug trade, issued a circular letter to their employees since the election, telling them that in view of the re- IJ turn of the Republican party to power, with b the consequent cremation of the Wilson bill 0 "with burial honors," they would restore g their standard of wages on the 10th of No- j vember. A Charlotte druggist handed to The Observer recently, another circular from the same firm, dated November 9, and reading in v part as follows : "Our representative, Dr. J. j b W. Riley, will have the pleasure of waiting j a upon you on or about November 15. We j j have just published our 1894-5 catalogue,, p which gives lowest prices on over 500 articles,! thereby enabling you to purchase the best | goods at lower prices." So it appears that i ^ Messrs. Seabury & Johnson are able to re-! I duce prices and raise wages at the same j time. They did not treat their employees: fairly, therefore, when they reduced wages in |, the first instance on account of "the Wilson ; bill," and used their power to coerce their men I into voting the Republican ticket, as the j ^ xt? v?i, TJ????? I c i^CW l uia Jiciaiu oa^c. ! jj ? If the utterances of Reuben F. Kolb are j. to be relied upon, trouble is brewing in Ala-111 baraa. Kolb claims that he has been hon-: u estly elected governor and counted out. j ti Last Monday he issued a manifesto in which J r he declared his iutention to take his seat; j, in spite of the opposition. After reciting various grievances, the manifesto concludes ! as follows: "You, fellow citizens, have twice j ^ elected me governor of this State, and this 11 time, by the grace of God and the help of o the good people of Alabama, I will be gov-11 ernor. December 1 is the day fixed by law for the inauguration o^f governor. On that j ^ day I shall be in Montgomery for the pur-j pose of taking the oath of office and my j11 seat as governor. And I hereby call upon the good people iu every part of the State to j b aid me in all their power in the proper and i > peaceable upholding of the law and to set! a aside the powers of the traitors and usurpers ; in Alabama. I appeal to my frieuds and 1 supporters from all parts of the State to be j 0 in Montgomery on the 1st day of Decern- j e ber, 1894, there and then to give me their v aid and support in a lawful and peaceable n manner to vindicate their liberties. I conn-! a sel against any unlawful demonstration, but' ask the presence and co-operation of free men in a necessary effort to enforce the law and carry out the will of the people." Governor Jones says that W. C. Gates was fairly I elected governor of Alabama, and he pro- j c poses to see to it that Oates takes his seat.' j The situation seems to be extremely critical c and it is possible that civil war may result, i . j ( ? Our present method of replenishing the j treasury with gold, suggests the story of Davy Crockett's coonskin, says the New York Herald. "Peltries were a circulating 7nedium in the backwoods, and Davy, at the u loghouse tavern, paid for the drinks with ' 1 the fur of a coou which had been the sole j I reward of his prowess with a rille that day. 11 The bartender threw the peltry under the j ] rude counter, and Davy, recovering it j through an interstice in the logs, tendered it in payment for another "round," and re- js peated the trick until he and his compota- * tors had drained the barrel, and the puzzled c proprietor discovered that, as the result of ; ^ the prosperous trade he had been driving, he ! s had nothing on hand but the same old coon-;" skin. Last February, when the treasury | reserve ran low, and it was replenished by ' the sale of $50,000,000 of new government 5 i s per cent, bonds for gold, the proceeds 13 amounting to upwards of $5S,000,000, as the : c bonds commanded a high premium. That L was all very well, so far as it went, but the j ^ people who had paid in the gold saw a hole | through which they could surreptitiously pull 1 it out again. This was the obligation of the j1 treasury and its branches to deliver gold in j < redemption of legal tenders when presented f in sums of $50 or more. Through this hole f all the gold received for the bonds was soon drawn out of the treasury again, and its present owners stand ready to repeat the * trick by paying it over the counter once ( more for the new issue of government bonds. ! iven a continuance of existing conditions jg nd this same $00,000,000 gold could be t sed as often as Davy Crockett's peltry, and ! _ Iter the government had issued $1,000,000,- j j 00 of bonds, the treasury would have liothlg but the same old gold reserve with j1 inch it started." Ihc ffotlwittc jj YORKVILLE, S. C.: ? WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1894. J ? Free coinage of silver and State banks b ith circulating notes, backed by ample t| ;curity, are what the country needs. ? The race in the fifth district for the arious congressional candidates was as >llows: Strait; 6,141; Alexander, 1,545; tavie, 1,163; Chalk, 179. Strait carried j( very township in the district. ^ ? The general assembly of South Carolina ^ rill convene in Columbia on next Tuesday. t >uring the contiuuance of its work, The ...:n r? 1. ? ? Will glVCj Ji UUl V>CCtv iu >?ccn j a ^ omprehensive synopsis of its proceedings. ' ? If you attempt to reform the financial t; ^stem of the country without taking silver P lto consideration, Mr. Cleveland, you will ^ urely strike a snag. The people want to o the fair thing by the national banks; but ley also want to do the fair thing by them- ? elves. tl ? It has been suggested that if the govern- ^ r of North Carolina will call an extra ses- it on of the legislature, the Democrats can e lect both United States senators. Such a t! g ling may be possible; but it would be crim- p lal. The people have said what they want, b nd they should have it. * 1 v ? The Republican congressional committee t Washington has been advised of the in- v rntion of defeated candidates to institute o ontests iu 26 districts, the contestee in h very case but one, being a Democrat. The v rounds of contest include every kind of v aud that may be perpetrated at an election. t? ? JN'ew York Has a Jaw wmcn requires > andidates to file a statement of their cam- d aign expenses after the election. Accordig to the statements recently filed, Levi P. sj lorton spent $19,500, aud Senator Hill spent u 3,153. Richard C. Shannon, the Republi- ? an wild defeated Amos J. Cummings, spent f< 8,937, while the total expenses of Cum- t] liugs amounted to $4,700. Hugh J. Grant, b be Tammany candidate, who was defeated o >r mayor, spent $17,115. The statement f Strong, the successful candidate, has not et been filed. ? At their meeting last week, the election ominissioners of Greenville county decided 5 throw out the vote of Greenville city preinct No. 1. This precinct gave G91 votes >r Pope, 69 for Evans, 728 for No, and 30 r >r Yes. The pretext for throwing out the C ote was alleged irregularities. Of the tl lerits of the case we kuow absolutely noth- 1< ig ; but we would certainly be delighted if V his conscientious board of Greenville comlissioners should be turned loose in the h lack counties of the low country for a v liort spell. We arc satisfied that a thorough n lvestigation of irregularities would in no V rise reduce the "No" vote of that section. e ? Secretary Carlisle has called for bids for ]< nother issue of $50,000,000 of government t< onds for the purpose of "replenishing the C nld reserve in the treasurv." The bonds are C d be issued iu denominations of $50 and up- t! ('ards, and are to be paid for in gold and gold a ertificates. The treasurer now holds about si 60,000,000 in gold. Outstanding, in circu- n ation, are several hundred millions of dol- p ars worth of legal tender notes. These n sgal tender notes are redeemable at the a reasury, in gold, in amouuts of $50 and a ipward. As the result of Mr. Carlisle's v proposition, $50,000,000 worth of gold will e e drawn out of the treasury with $50,000,- ]< 00 worth of legal tender notes, and the p old will then go back to the treasury after tl 50,000,000 worth of bonds. The only ii hange that will be effected by the operation, h rill be that hereafter the government will r ave to pay $2,500,000 additional interest e nnually, and the moneyed men of the a Northeast will receive for their holdings 5 e er cent, instead of about 2i per cent, as ow. This maybe business; but it is cer- h ainly not business in the interest of the w "ederal government. tl ? It is currently reported that Mr. Clcveand intends to devote the whole of his next tl lessage to congress to the financial (luestion. 0 ust how true the report is, of course we p annot say ; but it sounds plausible, and un- a il facts develop to the contrary, we are v ucliued to believe it. There is no doubt i tl bout the fact that the financial system of|k he United States is iu a bad way. There is ; tl eally a serious question as to whether we i v ave any financial system at all. In this {c latter we seem to be under the control of |c Ireat Britain and other foreign countries.: <; 'he result is a great hardship to the masses 1 o f our own people. For years the people of! < he South and West have been crying aloud I p 3r relief. All this while Mr. Cleveland p as been apparently deaf to the cry. He t< as not only neglected to try to do anything p o help the situation ; but has apparently p ecu playing into the hand of the opposition. notwithstanding this, it is said that he has p 11 the while cherished in his mind a great u lan for financial reform. As to the scope u f the plan, no intimation has yet been giv- tl n to the public, and no intimation probably rill be given until the appearance of the next p nessage. We hope this news is true. We & re satisfied that Mr. Cleveland can do s omething if he will: and if he will just give c o the country a just and equitable plan of t inancial reform, we are satisfied that the \ >eople of the country will at once forgive all t f his sins of omission, and take him to a t dace in their hearts dearer than that ever c ccupied by any other president since the v lays of Washington. a ? Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, chairman of; t he board of trustees of the l'cabody fund, t md for whom the Girls' Industrial college at t tock Hill was named, died at his home in f ioston, Mass., last Friday night. Mr. Win- j| hrop was born in Roston, Mass., on May 12, ] .809, and at the time of his death was. i herefore, in his Sfith year. He was a de-| . .. ... .. i . cenuani in me sixm generation, 01 me la- ( nous John Winthrop. who was one of the c :olonial governors of Massachusetts. He v vas graduated from Harvard college in 1S2S, s tudied law under Daniel Webster, and was > idrnitted to the bar in 1831. He abandoned i | aw shortly afterward for politics, and was ' r everal times elected as a member of the; | Massachusetts legislature. He next went to ! \ :ongress and served in that body 10 years,' f he last two as speaker of the house. In (! ISoO he was appointed United States genu- I or to till out the unexpired term of Daniel | iVebster. The next year he was a candi-j1 late before the Massachusetts legislature t 'or the full term in the senate ; but was de- s eated. Some years afterward lie became t >ne of the trustees of the I'eabody fund,i>s md since he has been engaged in the work 'j >f furthering education, especially in the t <outh. Mr. Winthrop was great in intellect, i ;reat in philanthrophy and great in charac-1 er. His long and useful life was a model of j ropriety, and he will certainly he rcmem-j ered by future generations as a benefactor; o his race. [ ' * ! ? There is no doubt about it. The honor, j afety and future welfare of South Carolina1 lemands a rigid investigation of the contact of the recent State election. Many of he election managers are confronted with rave charges of fraud?including illegal hrowing out of votes, perjury and falsifying he returns. It is due to these managers, s well as to the whole people of the State, hat these charges be investigated to the cry bottom. So long as these charges relain uninvestigated, the result of the elecion cannot command the respect of the peole. The constitutional convention, if calld, under the circumstances, will be produc- . ivc only of more strife. During the con- , inuance of his term, Governor Evans will j e an object of contempt, and in future elec- ( ions, the will of the people will be set aside , nd corruption and fraud will reign supreme. ] 'rom these gloomy prospects there is only { ne avenue of escape. That lies in an lion- j st investigation of the conduct of the recent j lections, the elimination of all taint of per- ] try and fraud, and the establishment of an ouest expression of the will of a majority f the people. It is possible that there has een no fraud at all. We hope that such is j he case. But in view of the general and ] pecific charges that have been made, and ( he strong circumstantial evidence that has < ome to the surface, in the absence of a j horough investigation the right thinking < eople of the State, whether Reformers or } Conservatives, can never be satisfied. } ABOUT BONDS AND THINGS. Tiik Yorkvii.lb Enquirer is opposed to a ew bond issue by the government, and says 1 lint it is "the result of Mr. Cleveland's present 5 old policy;" and that "if the treasury should i efuse to pay out gold and otl'er only silver, as ( has a right to do, the bankers would be at the j nd of their row, and the scheme to blackmail lie treasury would not only fall flat to the ' round; but the immense sums of money now 1 >*ing idle in New York and other cities would ] e forced into the famishing arteries of trade." (ut our contemporary is in error. The bankers ill take care of themselves; but what about 5 lie people whose only safety is in a sound and ] table currency? What about the clerks who ork for a salary, and the laborer wjio lives n his wages, and the creditor who has loaned is honest money out at a fair rate of interestre do not mean the usurers, for whom we have 0 sympathy; what about our neighbor himself ,-ho has been sending liis excellent newspaper > some of its subscribers on a credit with the xpectation of receiving a hundred cents in alucfora paper that is worth at least a hunred or two hundred cents in gold, whatever its ubscription price may be ? "If the treasury hould refuse to pay out gold and otter only ilver"?which it has absolutely no right to do ndcr the present Administration, because of the oleum pledge of the National Democratic plat>rm that the equal purchasing power of all the loney of the government shall be maintained? iie country would be reduced to the silver asis. Mr. Cleveland is simply trying to carry ut the pledges of the Democratic party to mainnil the credit of the government.?News and lourier, Monday. ^ ^ Hamlet?Do you see yonder cloud that Is almost 1 the shape of a camel\y Polonius?By the mam and 'tis like a camel indeed. Hamlet?Methlnks it is like a weasel. Polonlus?It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet?Or like a whale? Polonius?Very like a whale. The above is from Shakespeare. We seldom ead a financial article in The News and !ourier without being forcibly reminded of his little dialogue. >Ir. Cleveland is Ham}t. The News and Courier is Polonius. Whatever Hamlet says, Polonius swears to. It was Mr. Cleveland who said that "the lboring man is the first and most defenseless ictim of a debased currency." Until he lade use of that expression we admired him. Ve do not mean to say that it was this one xpression that lowered him in our estima- | ion. It was the whole of the memorable Jtter in which he sought to justify his de- < ?rmination to dodge the promises of the 1 Ihicago platform. We know, The News and j Courier knows, and Mr. Cleveland knows, , hat the laboring man, as a rule, is only i llowed a bare living, and under no circum- 1 tances can he be allowed any less. He is a ' ecessity?more necessary, even than the , resident?and however much the currency i lay be "debased," he must still be allowed i i?-i_;_ L:? I>... ( ilVlUg H)T Hid Illl'tf. X>UI uui/unj uuo Livi I skcd for a "debased" currency ; and until' re see evidence to the contrary, \vc shall ver believe that when Mr. Cleveland, in his :tter, written in the interest of the money ower of the Northeast, made reference to he "first and most defenseless victim, etc.," . i was only a heartless, demagogic appeal to iboring men to keep quiet while they were j obbed of what little they had left. It is ither this, or Mr. Cleveand's ideas of finance re closely contracted to his Northeastern nvironments. , For "the creditor who has loaned his onest money out at a fair rate of interest," 1 re want nothing but justice ; but we want he same thing for the debtor who has bor- \ awed that money.- The business and j renlth of this country are constantly on ( he increase. The only means we now have J f adding to the volume of circulation are ] roducing gold at home or earning it abroad, i nd the limited issue of National banks, < ,'hich are of questionable value. All of j hese means together are not sufficient to ^ eep the circulation growing in proportion to t he increase in business, population and 1 ,'eallh. As these last three elements in- 1 rease out of proportion to the volume of j irculation, money becomes dearer, and the , reditor who has loaned his "honest money ut at a fair rate of interest" is enabled to i ollect more than the debtor contracted to I ay. In other words, when the purchasing j ower of a dollar is doubled, 4 per cent, insrest remains nominally the same; but to ay it requires just twice as much labor or roduce, and while the debtor is supposed j o be paying only four dollars, he is really aying eight dollars on the hundred. Let s give the creditor full value for his honest loney ; but, at the same time, let us give lie debtor full value for his honest labor.! We are not sending our "excellent newsaper to some of our subscribers on a credit," |1 o that question requires no answer ; but the ! tatement that the present administration an't pay out silver because it would violate he Chicago platform, strikes us as amusing. Ve are not inclined to accuse the adininisration of having any particular regard for lie Chicago platform. That platform delares for the coinage of both gold and silver rithout charge for mintage or discrimination gainst either metal; and if the present ad-11 (linistration has done anything looking to; he carrying out of this promise, we confess j hat it has escaped our notice. In that case | he administration ignored the Chicago plat-1 orm, and in refusing to pay out silver, as it j las a right to do, it is now ignoring the law.! teally it seems as if the administration isj lound by nothing whatever. Hut does the editor of The News and | 'ourier think that if the treasury should j Her only silver, me coumry woiuu no eally reduced to a silver basis ? We are j lire that he knows more than that. In the 1 Northeast there are thousands of men who lave lonj^ since become millionaires and j etired from active business. Hut they still I, lave a greed for "more." Not satisfied : villi a fair rate of interest on their "honest" i lobars, they have succeeded in reducing the j urrency to a contracted gold standard, and j J >y appreciating the value of the dollar, , mve increased the value of their incomes. J i 5y making money scarce for other people, i hey have made it more plentiful for them-! elves. The only nightmare that now dis- 1 urbs their dreams is the ?1.10,000,000 of j ilver bullion that is lying in the treasury, j, fhey know that the administration can j j brow this silver into circulation whenever t sees tit, and they know also that the day I this is done, their incomes will drop hack 11 to their just and honest values. They are M not very much afraid just now, because the ' present administration has given them to tin-" Jerstand that it will hold off the dogs. But , they know that it will not always he thus, i, and for their future safety they would be glad i ;f that $lf)0,000,000 worth of silver bullion were dumped into the sea. Desirable, how- 1 ever as the coinage of this bullion may be, J there is no danger of a return to a silver ( basis at present. Those very sharks who i ire now taking up the present bond issue, j ire really the best protectors of the gold * standard. In the first place, they did not ' larc to attempt to force the issue until they made sure that Mr. Cleveland would allow it to come ; and in the second place, if even , now, one of them should he given silver at ! the treasury when he asked for gold, the I proposed issue would slop short with a uiHdon ink that would be surnrisinir. The bankers, "who know how to take care of ( themselves" would, if necessary to keep ] the currency on its present contracted basis, literally till the treasury with their gold, and ' so long as they were threatened with a J lood of silver, the government would never ' lave occasion to borrow another cent to | <eep up the reserve. I ? - - - - | "WE TOLD YOU SO." It is generally conceded that "hindsight." s better than "foresight." A geat many lewspnpers throughout the country are still mgagcd in giving reasons for the recent jvcrwhelming defeat of the Democratic party. The views of most of the papers seemed to be biased by party prejudices, and, j is the result, arc not especially clear. Even it this late day, some of them persist that lie people have been misled?that they did lot know what they were doing. These papers are still in very much the same po- ( sition as the man who was knocked down ind did not know what hit him. The En- j iUlREU is in no such position. It has not jeen looking at the situation through partylolored spectacles; but all the while it has leen prepared for just such an upheaval as las taken place. To prove what we say, >ve herewith reproduce from back numbers, some prophesies that seem be clearly to the point. The following editorial note appeared in Dtir issue of August 23,1S93: When a representative government gets to hat point where the representatives of the people roiuse U) (lO U1C peopiU s oiuuiiik, IIW imjrcaviiative government is in very serious danger. Whether right or wrong, a majority of the peopeople of this country have unequivocally instructed their representatives in favor of the free coinage of gold and silver, and if those representatives fail to carry out their trust, it certainly seems that the result will be a far more serious "lack of confidence" than anything that has yet resulted. Congress should remember that its uithority is not inherent'; but only vested. Comment on the above is unnecessary. By reference to the returns from the recent jlection, it will he noted that the people tiave voted the threatened lack of confidence. On November 15 following, The Enquirer commented on the same line as follows: When Cleveland was elected last year, Chauncey M. Depew predicted that the Democrats would not dare attempt to carry out a single plank of their platform. As the result of the Dhio election, the Republicans are trying to bluff the Democrats into believing that the country is protesting against tariff revision. Now, what will the Democrats do ? Have they ;he courage to carry out their promise to the letter, or will they verify Depew's prophecy and lo nothing? The party so far, has done but little ipon which their adherents can base their faith, md there is nothing leil but await developments. If it should fail to carry out its promises, it will certainly be ruined, and if it stands by its pledges, it can be visited with 110 worse fate. Kvcn fools know that honesty is the best policy, indifthc Democratic leaders fail to be honest, :hcy will exhibit less sense than fools. In the same issue with the above was also the following: The Democratic leaders at Washington and elsewhere, are puzzling their brains for the most plausible explanation of the great political landdide of November 7th [1803]. More than a 100 lill'erent reasons have been given; but 110 considerable number of leaders or newspapers igreo in any of them. In our opinion, if party promises count for anything with the people, liere is the explanation of the upheaval. The Democratic party has promised the people many desirable reforms. It may honestly mean :o carry out every one of them ; but if such is its purpose, it failed to show a single indication if it during the recent extra session of congress, und the neonle are not inclined to put up with my such proceedings. If the party will go ihead now and carry out its promises, it will it least preserve its integrity. Ii' it fails to carry iut its promises, it will speedily lose everything. The result indicated here has been realized in full. But this is not all. The most significant prediction of the whole lot is to be found in the issue of Thk Enquirer pf June 13, 1894. On that datc%the general situation was summed up this way : "What Congress Has Done," is the title of a neatly bound booklet received by The Enquirer the other day. Upon opening the pages the editor found that they were blank. The book was from a paper house and intended to show samples. The unique idea of the title grew out if the assumption that congress has done nothing, and therefore its action could be easily recorded without interfering with the samples of paper that the advertiser seeks to exhibit. But diis record of the proceedings of congress is hardly correct. Congress has done a great deal more than the booklet takes into account. It has failed to carry out the pledges of the Democratic platform as to silver; the repeal of the tax on the issues of State banks; and, so far,| even the pledges of tariff reform. That is something, and to make the record of the book more correct, we believe that the leaves should be black?a solid inky black?for it is not unlikely that when the results of the present session begin to crystal i/.e, it will develop that one of them is the breaking of the solid South. Now, then, one more observation. The [{uestion with the people is not one of party ; but of measures. Commercially, industrially and financially, thegreat masses of people in this country arc in a bad way. They need relief, especially through a readjustment of the iiuaucial system. The most plausible methods of relief that have been suggested are the free coinage of silver and the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on the issues of State banks. A majority of the people of the United States desire that both of these expedients be given a fair and impartial trial. They are determined that this trial shall be had; and take our word for it, that if the setting up of one party above the other does not accomplish the desired result, it will not he many years until more drastic measures are adopted. FINANCE ITS TOPIC. Reported Tliut the President Will Recommend a Radical Revision. From Tin* New York Herald. The leading features of President Cleveland's forthcoming message to congress will be devoted to the financial system of the ? *? ? i - country, unci ne win recommend u iiuucui | revision of tlie entire system. The present system is regarded as a miser-1 able makeshift of shreds and patches of such 1 legislation as could begot through congress from time to time to further this or that | scheme of finance. It does not represent the best ideas of leading statesmen and finan- j eiers of the country, and it has frequently been said that only a country blessed with unusual natural resources and free from the danger of foreign wars, could get along at all under such an imperfect monetary system. The president believes one of the worst | defects of the present system to be the dual character of the treasury, which is at once a treasury and a great banking institution. I To believes that the government ought to get out of the banking business altogether, and leave that for private citizens to engage in. As The Herald has stated, the administration will probably recommend the gradual retirement and cancellation of all outstanding government notes of all varieties, and the substitution for them of bank notes issued in general accordance with the plan formulated at the bankers' conference in Baltimore, Md., and known as the "Baltimore plan." This plan will not be recommended by the president without some modifications, however. One of the most important of these will be the insertion of the provision that the banks issuing notes shall lie required to redeem them in coin over their own counter 3D demand. The administration believe: [his provision to be absolutely essential to i <ound bank currency. In the event of tlx failure of any bank to meet its notes on de inand, the holders would be secured by tlx central reserve fund provided for as part o [he proposed system. In order to increase the supply of gold ii the treasury, the administration has unde consideration the question of reeommendinj that It certain proportion of the custom: duties of the country be paid in gold but i the treasury should be divorced altogethe: from the banking business, this would not hi 50 necessary, because in that event the treas urer would not be called upon to meet de mands for gold for export. That dematu would fall upon the banks, which wouh probably protect individual institutions fron disastrous demands by a clearing housi system that would apportion the amount o gold to be supplied among the differen banks. In view of the president's wen-Knowi and firm belief that it is not in the powe: of the United States or any other nation t< maintain a large volume of silver coin a par with gold, it is not probable he wil recommend any legislation in the interest of silver; but will maintain that the Unite< States can do nothing more than stand ready to participate in any movement intended t< bring about the reuionetization of silver by the united action of all the principal com mercial nations of the world. CANVASSING TIIK VOTE. The State Hoard ft* Now at Work Canting Up tin lteturiiH. The State board of canvassers, consistinj of Secretary of State Tindal, Treasure Bates, Comptroller Ellerbe, General Farley and Sir. C. L. Blease, met in Columbia las Thursday for the purpose of canvassing tin results of the recent State and Federal elec tions. Treasurer Bates was elected chair man of the board, and after preliminary matters were disposed of, Mr. N. W. Brook er, the clerk, was directed to tabulate th( returns from each county. lie is now en gaged in the work and has completed thi tabulation of the returns of the vote for gov ernor and on the question of calling a con stitutional convention exoept in the countie of Greenville and Darlington. The vote, a tabulated, shows a total of 29,444 for conven tion, and 27,9G2 against. The figures, how ever, are not final. As the result now stands the total vote for Pope is 17,085, and fo Evans 36,052. All of the defeated Republican candidate for congress were represented either in per son or by attorneys. The board decide< not to take any action until Secretar; T*--~ 4 It a ti'Ai*lr nf (aKnlatini diuukci UUUJjiicica ?un\ w* , the votes. Upon the eomi)letion of thi work, it will first take up and dispose of thi cases in which there are no contests, an* afterwards appoint days for the hearing o the contests in other cases. Dr. Tope went to Aiken on Thursday fo the purpose of investigating the allege* frauds in that county, and returned to Colum bia 011 Sunday. An interview he gave ou to the papers on Sunday afternoon make interesting reading. Among other thing he said : "The return of the managers at Aikei precinct shows that Evans received 30 votes, while I received only 70. It is the gen eral belief among the best citizens of Aikei that the vote for Evans was 109 and th vote for myself was 270. "I have here th affidavits of 150 men, most of whom cai read and write, and those who could not d< so cast u Pope vote in each of the boxes, s they would he certain to strike the right one It was noted on the day of the election also that there were but a very few men to eonr in from the country to vote, as compare* with the number who usually came. I hav here the affidavits of 137 men who swea that they attended the election and vote* at the Aiken city precinct for me an* against the constitutional convention, an* who swear that they can read, and knov that they deposited their ballots in the prope box. Then I have here, too, the affidavit of 11 men who swear that they voted a Pop ticket in every box on the counter. Tbes 11 men could not read and did not vote a all on the constitutional convention question Again I have here also affidavits from eigh men who voted along with others, win could read and write and were instructe* how to vote. They voted for me and agains the convention. And hereagain is anaffida vit of a man who voted for Mose Game for governor and for "no" convention, have secured besides all these, affidavits o six men who voien ior jonn nary avuus iu governor; but also for "uo" convention Here also are 41 affidavits from men wh swear that they voted for no one for gover nor; but voted against the convention. Th managers gave the vote for "ho" conventioi as 134 and mine as 7G. The figures I hav there show that 204 men, less 11, voted fo "no" convention. The managers reportei tho vote for the convention as 294." Continuing, Dr. Pope said he had affidn vits showing fraud at various precincts ii Aiken county. At Sally's, he says, 40 Pop votes were taken out of the box by th managers and destroyed. He also claim that his votes were thrown out at two boxe in Laurens, and expresses the opinion tha there was rascality and fraud in every coun ty in the State, save Anderson, Oeonef Pickens, Spartanburg, Horry, Charlesto: and York. "I am convinced," says Di Pope, "that with a fair election I wouli have beaten Evans by from 10,000 to 20,00 votes. Thousands of voters were drivei away from the polls on all kinds of pretexts and thousands of Evans votes were substi tuted for mine. It was the most fraudulen election ever held in South Carolina, no excepting those from 18G8 to 187G." Dr. Pope says that according to a decisio of the supreme court, the State board c canvassers has.nothing to do with the worl of casting up the returns; that this is matter for the legislature. He said that h was going from Columbia to Newberry fo the purpose of hunting up more fraud. Uc fore he left, on Monday, however, he wen before the State board and protested agains further tabulation of the returns. He als asked to be allowed to be present as a pri vate citizen, during the count of the vote fo and against a constitutional convention. H claims that the convention was carried b, fraud, and that he has the evidence wit which to prove his assertion. The board ha not yet announced its decision either as t the doctor's request or protest. The Populist Programme.?Mario Butler, the Populist leader who will go ti congress from North Carolina, was intei viewed last week by the Raleigh News an Observer. The interview was as follows "What do you all want to do, Mr. Butlei when you get to congress ?" "Well we waut to remedy financial legisla tion." "Silver, 1G to 1 ?" "Yes." "Will you throw overboard the sub-treus ury plan and the government ownership c railroads and telegraphs?" 'No, no; when you have got the Hank c t?c enemy exposeu 10 yuu, u is wen iu ui tack that point, and silver was the weal point of the present legislation, and we pu our whole fire on that Hank ; we will attein to the other parts of the lines later." "Why do you believe in the warehous system, Mr. Butler? I)o you not think tha while farmers are spending their wnre-hous receipts, the wheat may he weevil eaten o get tough, or something?" "No, expert elevator men say that wliea will keep -JO years." "Do yon think the principle of govern mcnt ownership, Democratic?" "I do; I believe that Thomas Jellersoi would have favored it. Great interests mus he controlled either by the government o by corporations, and where the corporation are monopolies per sc, they should be put ii the hands of the government." "What do you mean by perse Mr. Butler? "I mean a monopoly in itself, and of itself as a railroad or telegraph company has bj virtue of its franchises and its rights of emi nent domain. Why, give me the franchis over all the roads of this country and wouldn't want anything better, and wouh have them all macadamized at that. Yes Jefferson would have favored it." "Yes; I think the Democrats want to di what is right, and we will make them a prop position, which they will no doubt accept.' "Suppose neither party will join you ?' "We will go to the country again." Killed l?y a Street Cur. ? Miss Dora McLain, a young lady win was attending the Winthrop training schoo in Columbia from Kershaw, was run ovc and killed in Columbia last Saturday even ing by an electric street car. 3 LOCAL AFFAIRS, ji i INDIA TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. |( 3 Lowry A Starr?Small grain, t'ure for chills, | lamps and school crayon. P. A. Abernathy?Talks about cooking and heat; ing stoves, stamped and homemade tinf ware. Grist Cousins?10vaporated apples and peaches, | cream sugar corn, apple and peach butter, cow butter, hardware, six pounds of cotl'ee for 81, family medicines. I Inmaii Brothers?Talk about Schloss Brothers' s London-Paris clothing and let you know ( c that they sell new clothing and ask that 1 you inspect their stock, r Cicero Moore?Wants you to give him a trial in 3 the repairing of vehicles and the shoeing i of horses. |, 11. C. Strauss?Continues his cut-rate salo ofi goods, and amongst other things, offers 1 H.OOO yards of Alamance at cents a yard, j John J. Hunter?Kor the next JO days, proposes 1 to run a clearance out sale, and for that length of time, good goods will be of5 fered nt a sacrifice. f T. M. Dobson it Co.?Say that the "Old Chap" i t is still kicking and making new customers, and wants you to call and see what they 1 have and price their goods. i 1 Sam M. Grist?Tells you something about the r Ohio Feed Cutter, windmills, iron piping, 3 belting and engine supplies, etc. | THE ALLIANCE ON COTTON. 3 At the called meeting of the York County 1 Alliance, held in Yorkville last Friday for / the purpose of taking steps in reference to > the proposed organization for the protection ? of the price of cotton, the following resolutions were adopted : Whereas, there is a great depression in the cotton market and the great vital interest of the farmers is involvedResolved, 1. That the York County Alliance, in meeting assembled, do hereby endorse the aes tion of the mass meeting held in York court house on November 10,1K04, and hereby pledge y our hearty support to further any plan that may 5 1)0 adopted by our brother farmers and sympar thizcrs of any calling or profession, looking to 7 f lin r?/l r**\f /-* * f hn n??w?n nf mil' tunn. t oy crop. I' , Resolved, 2. That wo elect a delegate to at" tend the meeting called in Atlanta, on Novem' her 21, and that the expense of said delegate be i - paid out of the treasury of the County Alliance, r Mr. W. J. Miller acted as chairman of the - meeting. Mr. J. C. Wilborn was elected as 5 the delegate to Atlanta. B THE VOTE FOR COUNTY OFFICER*. On account of the press of other mats ters and lack of space, The Enquirer last s week failed to publish the official returu of the votes received hy the various county " officers in the recent general election. In ' addition to whatever interest there may be in this vote, although there was no opposis tion, it is a proper subject for record, and - we herewith publish the official figures, which 3 are as follows: y R. M. Carroll, T. It. Carothers, W. N. = Elder and W. B. Love, for house of repre3 senatives, received 1,320 votes each. B 3 \V. J. Stephenson, for county supervisor, f received 1,353 votes. John A. Shurley, for school commissioner, r received 1,348 votes. 3 W. H. McCorkle, for probate judge, received 1,355 votes. I ' ABOUT PEOPLE. s . Mrs. S. A. Weber is visiting friends in n Charleston. 9 Rev. B. H. Crier and family, are visiting " relatives at Sardis, N. C. II Miss Etta Steele, of Rock Hill, is visiting ? the family of Mr. J. A. Watson, in this place. n Rev. Dr. MePhecters, of the Columbia o Theological seminary, will preach at the o Presbyterian church on Sunday next. Rev. R. P. Franks and wife, of Lowndes'? ville, spent several days with the family of !j Dr. W. M. Walker, in this place, this week. e Rev. W. G. Neville, of Yorkville, will conr duct services in connection with the dedica3 tion of the New Lebanon church, in Fair | field county, next Sunday. Rev. W. 0. Petty, of Hartsville, Darlingr ton county, has been iu Yorkville since Sats urday afternoon, the guest of Rev. W. J. e Langston. Mr. Petty came to our town with e the view purchasing real estate and locating. He was attracted here by our superior ed'* ucational advantages, fine climate and good 0 water. It is quite probable that he and his } most excellent family will move to Yorkville t at an early day. r NEXT SATURDAY'S MEETING. \ Pursuant to the adjournment of Novem' ber 10th, another meeting of the York coun( ty convention, in the interest of cotton, is to 0 be held in the court house, on next Saturday, - November 24th. The object of the meeting e is to hear the report of the delegate to the 1 convention to be held in Atlanta today, and 6 to take such action as may, in the premises, j be deemed advisable. It is unnecessary to say that the mutter under consideration is one of the greatest n importance. It concerns all our people of e whatever calling, and in the search for a soe lution of the question, all should work as a ? unit. Whatever may he the plans promull gated from Atlanta for the whole South, their i- success must necessarily depend upon the >, efficiency of local organizations. In the n meeting next Saturday, among other things, it is probable that a general plan of action q will be adopted, officers will be chosen, and a tJ permanent organization effected. All this, if accomplished in the hest manner possible, i- will require the hearty co-operation of the 1 foremost farmers and business men of the county, and, therefore, it becomes incumbent n upon each township to send to the convention a full delegation of its most representak tive citizens. So far as this county is cona cerned, the success of the proposed organie zation is likely to stand or fall by the pror cecdings of next Saturday's meeting. local laconics. more fine turnipn. 0 ?Mr. J.J. Howe, of Bethany, has sent r The Enquirer some fine specimens of ture nips of his raising. They weigh from three y to four pounds each, h the tree is dead. s ?Our attention lias been called to the 0 fact that the big oak tree, near the O. & L. depot, on which Jeff Crawford, the murderer of I). P. Blackburn, was hanged by lynchers 3 on June 1, last, is dead. . Humed at u Cotton Glu. J ? Wade Ashly, a Negro, was badly burn: ed at Burris Bros, gin, about three miles from *i McConnellsville, one day recently. He was engaged in passing cotton from the conden-; L" ser to the press. A spark of fire fell in the i loose flint. There was not much cotton! ahout, and thinking it a great joke, he fell >- on it to extinguish it with his body. In less ?f than a dozen seconds, he was completely envelopcd in flames, and before he had time to size up the situation, he was so badly burned ; ^ that he bus been unable to do any work since. t, "The Unknown." j ? At the request of a number of older readers of ThkEnquiukr, some time during e next year, we will republish the serial, ^ "The Unknown," a prize story that appeare ed in these columns in 1871. The scene of r the story, which is founded on fact, is laid t in York and Chester counties, and many | of the descendants of some of the characters! i- are still living in this section. We are satisfied that the announcement that this story | is to be republished, will be received with r pleasure by numerous subscribers in all sec- , s lions of the country. n | GONi: TO CONFERENCE. '' Rev. I)r. S. A. Weber, who for the past > two years has been pastor of Trinity M. E. ^ church, in Yorkvilie, left last Monday to at e j tend the annual meeting of the South Caro j i na conference which convenes today in Lau-, 1 rcns. Before leaving, I)r. Weber kindly gave ! Thk Enqi'IRKU the following information j about tbe conference: 0 "Bishop John C. Keener, of New Orleans, u presides. He is the oldest of the ten bishops 1 of our church, and is a man of large in for- : mat ion and a preacher of great power. He i has frequently presided at the South Oaroli- : na conference. i ^ "The conference consists of 22f> clerical r and 40 lay members. Its territory is divid- i . cd into ten districts, each of which is represented by four delegates. The lay delegates from Chester district, within the bounds o which Yorkville is located, are: J. Lyle Glenn, of Chester; H. C. S.truuss, of York ville ; J. M. Kiddle, of Lancaster; and Georg Beach, of Rock Hill. "Statistics of the lust conference showed i total church membership of nearly 72,000 Of these, near)} (5,">00 are within the Clies ter district, consisting mainly of the couutie: of Chester, York and Lancaster. "Four years is the utmost limit of a pas toral term. At the approaching sessioi only five pastorates expire by limitation The quadrennial terms of six of the presid ing elders also expire. These changes wil necessitate many others, so we may look fo the usual number of moves." Our statement last week to the effect tha the ladies of the Presbyterian church intend ed to netition conference for the return c of Dr. Weber to Yorkville was incorreel Tlie idea ofthc petition originated with th Methodist congregation, and it was intcnde to be signed generally. There seems to b no doubt of the fact that Dr. Weber will b returned, however, according to the desir of our whole people. The appointments c the preachers for the ensuing year will prol: ably be announced by the bishop on nex Sunday, and if so, they will be published i the next issue of Thk Exquirhii. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. Robert A. Lee, ministei Lay services on Sunday morning next at 1 o'clock, in the absence of the minister. Sui day-school in the afternoon at 3.25 o'clock Presbyterian?Rev. W. (J. Neville, pastoi Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. in. Prayei meeting tomorrow evening at 4 o'clock Services on Sunday-morning at 11 o'clock and in the evening at 7 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langs ton, pastoi Yorkvillk?Sunday-school at 10 o'clock t m. Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev Boycc Ii. Gricr, pastor. Yorkville? Sui day-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. TirzaiiScviccs next Sunday at 11 n. in. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. J Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this ever ing at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 p. n ROLL OF HONOR. The following is the roll of honor of th Yorkville gruded school (white) for th month ending November 10,1894: First Grade? lied ford Moore, 98; Glenn A lison, 97; George Cartwright, 97; Josie Carrol fX?; Mamie Leo Grist, 9(5; Mary Dobson, 9(; Marcus Dickson,, 9(5; Arthur Summit, fXi; I)( Leon Walker, 95; Willie Hope, !>5; Mary Kay: soux,92: Emma Williams, 92; Craton Moore, 9 Second Grade?Philip Hunter, 991: Keene I)ol son, 991; Kate Hunter, 99; Raymond McClaii 99; Gerald Lowry, 99; Josie Gates, 99; Hess Gilbert, 98; Grace Langston, 98; Elise Latime 98; Lilla Ilerndon, 97; Ada Barnes, 97: Kunit Grist, 9(3; Frankie Clawson, 9(5; Harry Clawsoi (Ml; John Dobson, 9(5; Carrie Beard, 9(5 ;Roe Wi lis,95; Willie Waters. 9;j; Mary Lee Alcxande 95; C'littton Quinn,95; Bessie Summit, 94; Id Quinn, 93; John Wallace, 91. Third tirade?Julia St. John, 97; Joe Alexai der, 95; Hamlet Carroll, 95; Hazel Grist, 9; Anna Spann, 94; Ethel Hope, 94; Lucy Ma lard, 92: Annie Hyndinan, 90. Fourth Grade?Lura Langston, 9(5; Josie Cam] Wi; Nannie Grist, 95; John Gates, !(4; Milto Tiddy, 94 ; Bertie Smith, 94; Louella Smith, 9>: Willie Camp, 94; Sadie Waters, 94; Robert Jet kins. 91; Mabel Berry, 550; Wela Parish, 90; Jc Walker, JK); Watson Hyndman 90. Fifth Grade?Barron Kennedy, !K3 5-7; Hall Withers, 95 5-7; Gladys Withers, 93 5-7; Li/./. Hunter, 92 0-7; Louise Lowry, 92 4-7; Leo! Quinn, 92 3-7; Josie Hickson, 92 2-7; Maud Parish, 92. Sixth Grade?Ethel Latimer, 95 1-7; John S John, 95; Tcharner DeGrattenreid, 94 5-7; Mar Barron, 93 0-7; T. C. Dunlan, 93 (5-7; Mott'a Kennedy, 93 1-7; Virginia Watson, 92 4-7; L< Hart, 92 3-7; Ruby Hickson, 91 5-7; Hari Spann, 90 0-7. SUBSCRIBE NOW. The Yorkville Enquirer should be weekly visitor to every home in York count; It is confessedly one of the best county weet lies in the South, and in the course of ayeai it is worth many linies its subscription pric to any York county subscriber. Othei have found this to be true, and we believ it will hold good during the next year, it does not hold good, it will be through n fault of ours. We are putting forth ever effort to make the paper belter than eve It is true that in these hard times $1.75 is sum that is not to be depised. It is also tru< however, that with the limited number < subscribers it is possible to secure within th bounds of the territory in which Tub Enqu RKtt circulates, that the price is extrcmel low for such a paper. The amount of 11101 ey and labor expended on The Enquire from week to week, is about double tli amount expended on any otber countr weekly paper in the State, and the wonder < those who know, is not that The Enquire costs so much ; but how it is possible to fu nish such a paper for so little. We are not among those who believe thi the times will always be hard. We hoj for better things in the future, and in time like these, believe in the policy of redoublin our efforts in the hopes of. hastening the r turn of times that will be better. That i the course that The Enquirer will purse during the coming year, and for that rensoi if no other, it will be of greater value to i readers than ever. The paper is offered to new subscribe] from this date to the 1st of January, 1896, f< only the price of a subscription for one year$1.75. Read carefully our prospectus, pul lished in another column, and if you do ut decide to make a club yourself, hand yoi name and cash to your nearest clubmake and be assured that during next year yo will be favored by the weekly visits of or of the best country weeklies in the South. CIRCUIT COURT. When The Enquirer went to press la.' week, the court was engaged in the trial < T. Baxter McCluin, plaintiff, against Amai da J. Dunlnp, defendant. The suit wi brought by defendant to compel plaintiff t pay $220 in compliance with au alleged coi tract for the erection of a mouument ov< the grave of her deceased husband. I)< fendunt denied contract and claimed that tli monument was erected without authorit; The jury found for defendant. The di fendunt was represenated by T. F. McDov Esq., and the plaintiff by G. W.S. Hurt, Est The case of Augustus W. Smith, plaintil against the Spratt Machine company, wi next taken up. The Spratt Machine con pany gave the Tugaloo Iron works an ord< for certain columns and other iron to be use in the construction of the court hous Augustus W. Smith advanced to theTugalc Iron works supplies to the amount of $8( upon orders, accepted by the Spratt Machit com nan v. and conditional unon the fait! I 11 A ful performance of the contract by the Tuj aloo Iron works. The Spratt Machine con puny claimed that the Tugaloo Iron worl failed to come lip to specifications, either r to time or workmanship, and refused to pa the orders when presented. Augustus V Smith brought suit. The trial of the ca< was very tedious, lasted two days, and d< veloped considerable complication. Th jury found for the Spratt Machine compan; W. B. McCaw Esq., represented the plaintif and Finley & IJrice represented the defei dants. The last jury case was that of Amanda . Dunlap against Thomas J. Dunlap. Consen verdict for plaintiff in the stun of $4,841.51 Finley & lirice for plaintitf. \V. B. dcLoac for defendant. Upon motion of plaintiff's counsel, tli court granted a new trial in the case of Ell J. Starues against York county. Saturday and Monday were devoted to th hearing of the case of J. B. Barron, plaintifl against the Clover Manufacturing companj defendant. This was an action by the plain! iff to prevent defendant from conducting general mercantile business in connectio with the manufacture of yarns, warps, cloths etc. Plaintiff claimed that the mercantil business was not within the scope of the dc fondant's original charter, and that the eluu f ter, as amended, was null and void. Testis I mony was taken in open court and judgment -! reserved. McCaw and AIcDow for plaintill". e Hurt and Finley for defendant. The court of common pleas was adjourned 1 I sine die on yesterday. ' K4ICK HILL HAPPENINGS. s Mr. William Dillingham Dead?Possible Farewell ' of Mr. Meadows?Itode the Horse to Tir/.ah Maybe?The Wintlirop Trustees. '1 ('orrespondence of The Yorkvilte Enoulrer. Kock Hill, November 1!).?On last Wed nesday morning, Mr. William Dillingham ] ; died at his residence in Oakland, having been .. stricken with paralysis in the muscles of the j I throut about two weeks previous. Mr. DilI lingham was a native of Albany, X. Y.,but, 1 ! having come to Kock Hill 24 years ago, and -1 living here ever since, with the exception of if | a few months when he was in charge of the telegraph oHice in Laurens, S. C'., his interests e have become so closely identified with those . of his adopted home, that he was regarded I as a native by all around him. He was dce voted to his chosen calling?telegraphy?and c was highly esteemed by his fellow operators, e As a citizen and a man, Mr. Dillingham's ,f life was such as to merit the esteem and confidenee of all with whom he came in contact, and in the closer circle of intimate associates and family, his every word and act proII claimed the loyal friend, the loving husband, the tender parent. The funeral services were conducted at the Kpiscopal church, of which he had been a vestryman for a numi*. ber of years, and the body was then interred 1 at Laurel wood cemetery with Masonic honj ors, delegations from the Knights of Honor ! and the Legion of Honor?to both of which " orders the deceased belonged?escorting the r- body to its last resting place. The sympathies of the whole community go out to the ;. widow and three fatherless children. Yesterday was the last .Sabbath of the I present conference year, and large congregations gathered at the Methodist church, both ' night and morning, to listen to what may ' prove the lust sermons here of the present pastor. Mr. Meudows has labored faithfully 7 and acceptably here during the past year, and ~ it is earnestly hoped that he may be returned r to this charge. He leaves today for Laurens to attend the annual conference, and we have heard that the idea of inviting conference to ~ hold its next meeting here, has met with great favor in ltoek Hill. l. The recital given by the music pupils of i- Miss Gertrude Williamson, last Friday evenj ing, at the residence of Mr. W. H. Stewart, was thoroughly enjoyed by the select company who had been honored by an invitation to attend the same. Some of the numbers on the programme, both vocal and instrumental, ie were charmingly rendered, and all showed the critical taste and skillful training of an 1- accomplished teacher. QuiteaniimberofpremiumsattheStatefuir jl were awarded to our citizens, among which s- were several to Kimball & Heath, on horses h exhibited by them ; also premiums to Major J" A. H. White on stock and poultry, ie A horse belonging to Mr. W. B. Dunlup r, was taken from his stable, near his residence 'e in Oakland, lust Wednesday night, and no clue could be found leading either to the r, recovery of the horse or capture of the thief until Friday evening, when intelligence was received that a horse, answering to the description of the missing animal, was at the 1- house of a colored man who lives about a mile beyond Ebenezer church. Acting on [jj this information, Mr. Herbert Dunlap went I; there at once, and found the horse, the Negroes claiming that they had taken him up ,e Wednesday night, as he was coming along ie the road loose, in the direction of Rock ie Hill. Tliey reported that a bridle had been ja found on ; him hut no truce of the saddle, 0 which was taken also, has yet been found, t. A very important meeting of theWinthrop y college trustees was held here lust week, all ^ the members of the board except two being y present. Besides transacting routine business, the board prepared their report to be submitted to the legislature; also a full estimate of the'equipment needed in the line of a room furniture, school furniture, kitchen and ^ laundry apparatus, and everything, in short, .J requisite for putting the college in perfect ~ running order. :e HLACKSBURG'S BUDGET. :s e Cherokee Factory to l>e Rebuilt?Large Turnips? [f Mr. W. D. Johnson Dead?Farmers In Good 0 Condition?Other Matter* of Interest. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksburg, November liu.?-A called ' meeting of the stockholders of the Cherokee a Falls Manufacturing company was held at the residence of Mr. R. P. Roberts, the sec- x )f retary and treasurer, on Friday, the 9th e instant. A majority of the stock was reprex_ sen ted. The only object of the meeting being the question of re-building the mill, ^ which was burned on the 17th of September, l" it was unanimously ordered, after a full disR cussiou on the question, that the direcic tors proceed at once to erect a building, y and to place in it such machinery as, in their judgment, will best serve the interests of the company. The meeting was entirely harmonious, and all present '* hopeful of good results in the future. The new mill will be larger than the old one, it and the machinery, which will consist of ,e about 6,GOO spindles and 1G0 looms, will ig manufacture a finer quality of goods than the old machinery turned off. It is thought ^ that if the weather is at all favorable, L1" everything will be ready for beginning work is again in six to eight months. ie The ladies of the Methodist church at this n place gave an oyster supper at the Iron City ts! hotel on Thursday evening, the Sth instant, for the benefit of their church. The affair was a very pleasant one and in every way :s entirely successful. >r Mr. D. L. Briggs has recently taken charge - of the Iron City, and is making quite a success in the hotel business. )t A few days ago, Mr. George Martin, a most worthy citizen and a good farmer, who lives ir near here, in the Holly Grove neighborhood, r> sent me three large turnips that he raised, >u and which weighed 14^ pounds, the largest ie one weighing 5 pounds. One is of the White Globe variety, the others of the Purple Top. The late Mr. W. D. Johnston, whose sad and rather sudden death of meningitis oc3t currcd near Thermal City, N. C., on the 16th of October, was a native of this county, having been born in 1853 at the home of his ~ grandfather, Rev. W. B. Davies, in Broad River township, ite raarriea i>uss rannie 0 Black, of Washington, Ark., and for a numl ber of years was a resident of Blacksburg, >r where he occupied positions of trust and cone. fidence, serving for some time on our town council both as warden and clerk. He is kindly remembered by our people as a good V' citizen and a prominent and worthy member c* of the Presbyterian church. To his bereaved v, I family we extend our sincere sympathy in [j. their loss. j Notwithstanding the fact that the recent ' election* resulted in such an overwhelming and universal defeat of the Democratic para" ty, and cotton is only five cents a pound, -r and does uot advance in price upon the sueid cess of the Republican hosts, our farmers, in e. most respects, are in as good shape finnan other year as they usually arc at this season. Very few of them are in debt to any great extent. The majority of ie them have raised good crops of evcryh-1 thing they need to eat, a great many 5- having enough meat for another year; and i- J as Buck White expresses it, "A main crap of cs; sweet taters besides." They have learned 1 a lesson too that will always he of great vali ue to them, and that is, "Cotton is uot ^ King," and they must cease to depend on it, ^ I for either money or supplies. The whole ?e South will not plant so much another year, a- j Our farmers will not go so recklessly in debt c for fertilizers. They will raise their home I necessities at home, and it is probable that ' I next October they will get 10 cents a pound > 1 for what cotton thov do raise. Then, what J* appears now to be a curse, may, by a proper I use of the experience gained, prove to be a J. j great blessing. ^1 Miss Catherine Jones, youngest daughter -j of Major Jno. F. Jones, after an absence of * j over a year, which she spent in visiting relaj lives and friends in New England, returned ; to her home at Cherokee Inn, last week, e I Mrs. AI011/.0 Trip]), who has been spending a I the summer in Maine and Central Pennsylvania, also returned to her home at the Inn ! last week. j Miss Ilia Petsoh resigned her position in > j our graded school last week, and left today '?I for her home at Port lioyal. She has been ! teaching here for over two years, and has a discharged her duties as teacher so faithful? ly and efficiently, and her relations to our i people have been so pleasant, that it is with ' genuine regret they sec her leave. She is 0 induced to go by the oiler of an equally . !* remunerative position at her own home. Lesslie, the sixteen year old son of Mr. I