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jFctapis aud grafts. ' ? A destructive cycloue passed through ! Georgia and Alabama last Monday. A Ne-1 gro convict named Abe Thompson was killed, in Bartow county. A large barn was blown away in the same county, and five mules were killed. In Blackston and Eufalu, Ala., there was much damage to property, but no loss of life. It is reported that along the j path of the cyclone, many people were: struck down and remained strangely para- j lyzed for hours. ? "Great quantities of cotton are being received here," says a Fall River Mass., dis- j patch of Saturday, "and the New York, ; New Haven and Hartford railway is being overwhelmed with cotton freights. There j are 185 carloads now in the local freight yards, and 500 car loads are side-tracked in this vicinity awaiting an opportunity to be unloaded. The boats of the Fall River line are bringing in the largest freights ever known here, the steamer city of Taunton discharging 2,648 bales of cotton aloue a few days ago. Most of the mills have pur chased a year's supply or tne raw material on account of low prices, and this fact explains the immense deliveries." ? The Lancaster Ledger says that Mr. J. Mac Price, Jr., of Wax haw, was arrested and taken to Monroe jail last Friday charged with attempting to burn his store on Thanksgiving night. Twice within the past two years the depot at that place has been burned ; and on Wednesday night some one applied chips, splinters, and kerosene to the stores of both Mr. Lum Estridge and Mr. Price. The attempt made on Mr. Price's place utterly failed ; but the fire started by the side of Mr. Estridge's store burned a little and was put out. Price was discovered, by some men who were watching him, coming out of his store just before the fire broke out. ? Congress has not yet gotten down to steady work. The Democrats seem to be more or less at sea. They fear that the Republicans intend to inaugurate a campaign of systematic fillibusteriug, and may give trouble. The Republicans, however, claim that they do not intend to do anything of the kind. On Monday, the house devoted itself to the consideration of matters relating to " the District of Columbia. In the senate, Mr. Call, of Florida, introduced a bill having for its object the interference of the various civilized governments in behalf of peace between China and Japan. The Nicaragua canal bill was then taken up and Senator Morgan, of Alabama, made a long speech in which he urged the senate to guarantee the bonds of the canal company. He said that j the work would not cost more than $70,000,000, and by all means it should be controlled by the people of theJUnited States. ? A foolhardy feat was witnessed at Jacksonville, Fla., last Monday. There was an animal show exhibiting in the city. Louis C. Sibler, a well known sport, made the assertion that there was no danger in entering a cago full of lions. A man named C. W. Richardson proposed to bet him $500 that he would not make such an attempt. Sibler accepted the wager, aud by the terms of the agreement, ne was 10 remain in a cage with three lions for two minutes. The owners of the animals agreed to the trial, and Sibler went into the cage. The lions glared and growled ominously: but made no effort to injure the foolhardy man. When the two minutes were up the keeper of the lions opened the door and Sibler quickly stepped out. Just as he was leaving, the lions made for him in a body ; but the door was shut before they could do any damage. Richardson paid the $500. ? Trouble is brewing between the whites of San Juan county, Utah, and the Vte Indians. Both the whites and Indians have been using the couutry for the purpose of pasturing cattle. The whites have become annoyed at the presence of the Indians, and desire to drive them out. The governor of Utah sympathizes with the whites, and is inclined to give them assistance. Last week he issued to them 100 rifles and 100 rounds of ammunition. The Indians claim that they have a right to the country, and that they are going to hold it at all hazards. Advices from Washington are to the effect that the : Indian^ have been instructed to occupy the ! country and that they will be protected. If! ibere~sbould be any trouble between the whites and Indians, the probability is that the Federal government will speedily send soldiers to the assistance of the Indians. Sensational and bloody developments are being watched for daily. ? Frank Grouard, chief of government scouts and an Indian fighter, underwent as difficult surgical operation at St. Joseph,Mo., in having removed from his right side an j Indian arrowhead, which has been embedded ! there nearly 20 years. Grouard could not j be induced to take an anesthetic. When the instruments were plased in position he calmly lighted a cigar aud stretched his powerful frame upon the operating table. | rwninA wan nnnlied looallv and the cutting I began. Grouard never twitched nor moved a muscle, but puffed away at bis cigar and chaffed the surgeon. The arrow lay directly beneath a large vein in the right groin, and an incision of the vein whould have meant almost certain death, so the operation was a very delicate one, and the surgeon was compelled to use his fiuger to break the tissues under the vein. Still Grouard smiled and talked, and when the doctor became ( provoked at his audacity, the scout signifi-' cantly remarked that it was nothing to a I man who had had burning splinters thrust into his flesh. Grouard refused to take a ] carriage to his house. He says he was shot by a Sioux Indian while fighting with (Jen-1 eral Crook. The arrowhead is of steel, two j inches long, and one inch wide. ? Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, of France, j and probably the most famous civil engin-1 eer in the word, died at his home near Paris ; last Friday, aged 89 years. Though he had greatly distinguished himself before, as a humanitarian, the first great work which 1 gave him world-wide renown was the con-! struction of a canal across the isthmus of Suez. He commenced the work in 1859, i and completed it 10 years later, in August 1SG9. The canal was formally opened to commerce in November of the same year, j His next great engeneering attempt was the cutting of a canal across the isthmus of! Panama. The work was commenced, but ( after the expenditure of over ?100,000,000,! there developed a tremendous scandal which ' convulsed the civilized world, and further i operations were suspended. It is not believed that de Lesseps himself was ever | mixed up in these scandals; but many j prominent Frenchmen, among them the i engineer's own son, were, and this is what made the enterprise a failure. After the j failure of the scheme, the old man began to break down, and although he was tried and convicted of complicity in the fraud and ; sentenced to five years' imprisonment, he, was not molested by the officers of the law,1 and we never knew of his disgrace. His J son served a sentence in prison on the same j charges; but of this de Lesseps was also kept' in ignorance. ? The civilized world is horror struck at, atrocities that have recently been committed j iu Armenia. Armenia is a Christian country under the dominion of the Turks. On ! account of their religion, the Armenians are j subject to constant indignities of the most re-; volting character. Though a courageous and high toned people, they are defenseless! ? - !o 1 mnctiiK ItiM'irwr Son a^Ulli.M ?/I UIM4 I1.UCVV4 tember, whole districts of Armenia were | overrun by plundering Turkish brigands, j Not long ago, the brigands beseiged the Ar-. menian town of Andaka. The town was de-1 fended by about 3,000 inhabitants, including more than a thousand women. Both the! men and the women fought desperately. At length the men deemed it necessary to withdraw from the town in order to get supplies, i of which the starving people stood in need, j The women were left to defend the town. This they did bravely for a period of 24 hours. The brigands finally affected an entrance, j The women saw that they could not fight their way through the ranks of their assailants, and their leader, Sehakhc, wife of the chief of the villiage, holding lier) child high in her arms, addressed them thus: "Sisters, you must choose between j two things; either fall into the hands of the j Turks and forget your husbands, homes and holy religion to adopt Islam and to be violated, or you must follow my example." j With tlrift she threw herself down a precipice and was killed. All the women, to the number of 700, followed her in the leap to death : but on account of the heaped up bodies of those who went first, many of those who came behind were not killed, and were taken prisoners. The horror of the whole thing has so struck various civilized governments that they have demanded that the Sultan! make an investigation and punish theperpe-j trators of the horrible crime. The Sultan professes the greatest concern ; but it is commonly believed that he is in full sympathy with the guilty fiends, and it is his purpose to either annihilate Armenia, or make that country embrace tbe faith of Mohain-j uied. President Cleveland is now in corres- i pondeuce with the Sultan of Turkey ; but, j of course, as to whether the correspondence j will amount to anything cannot be foretold. ' ?Jtc ^JotkriUr ^nqutvrv.j YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1894.1 ? There is a rapidly crystalizing impression that one of the main reasons for the recent Krtr>r1 Jociio vvnc f n furnish to Eastern million aires an investment by which they could escape the income tax. ? A bill has been introduced in the house! to prohibit anybody from bringing foxes into ^ South Carolina. In behalf of the few old ; fox hunters that are left in this section, we j rise to protest. This looks like carrying things just a little too far. ? Under the law", each member of con- j gress is allowed $125 for stationery, newspapers and such matters ; or, if he desires, he can draw the amount in cash. A dispatch from Washington is to the effect that most of the congressmen are not drawing any stationery just now. They are taking it out in the actual boodle, and instead of using it for the purchase of papers, pens, envelopes, and their home newspapers, etc., are putting it in their pockets. But even this is not quite so bad as a story that was published at the opeuing of the session. It is said that the sergeant-at-arms of the house received letters from 25 congressmen asking if; they would not be allowed to draw their mileage without going to Washington. Verily, in many cases, it seems that $5,000 a year and perquisites, are considered before the interests of constituents. ? On the first page of this issue we publish iu full the inaugural address of Governor Evans. In some few respects the paper is open to unfavorable criticism ; but taken alto<r<>nipr ir is worthv of a eovernor of all the - people. In our opinion now is a good time for those who have the interest of the State at heart to forget past differences and get. to- > gether. Governor Evans, we are sure, would rather have peace than constant bickering, and we have no doubt tlmt he will be willing to do the fair thing. Therefore, let all good people get together, hold up his hands and do what they can for the good of South Carolina. Such a course will be infinitely preferable to a continuance of the unreasonable strife of the past four years, and more conducive to the welfare of all, political and otherwise. FAIR PLAY. ? Is the constitutional convention measure to pass the senate without provision for a fair election for delegates? Are the "Reformers" in that body who signed the manifesto of the Forty unwilling to allow the "Conservatives" representation on the board of commissioners and managers? There can be no "unity and harmony" except on the basis of absolute fair play?and this is the time for the friends of fair play to speak and vote for it.?The State. There is a great- deal in this point that has been raised by the State. The manifesto of the party Reformers sounds all right; but whether or not it really means anything, depends upon developments. It should be remembered that such a thing as expecting one portion to submit unreservedly to the other is out of reason. The only practical way to settle existing differences, is by means of equitable compromise. If both sides have representation on the boards of election commissioners and managers, then both sides may enter the coming light; with all confidence of receiving fair treat- i ment. But so long as the control of the j election machiuery is a strictly one-sided af-1 f.n'r ir is onlv rational that the other side i should complain. No really honest man either wants any cheating or wants to be I guilty of the appearance of it. With both sides fully represented in the election machinery, there can be no opportunity for either side to cheat, eveu if it should so de sire, and it does not seem to us that such 1 an arrangement can meet with any valid objections from any quarter. ? Ben Perry attempted a scurvy trick on , ex-Governor Tillman last week, lie wrote a letter to Representative Josh Ashley, charging Tillman with all manner of fraud and ' dishonesty in the recent State bond deal and j the conduct of the State dispensary. lie i alleged that the governor had stolen many j thousands of dollars from the taxpayers of. the State, and suggested to Ashley to call upon the legislature to appoint a committee ! on investigation. Ashley failed to publish : the letter as Perry desired, and Perry bad J the letter printed and pkneed on the desks j of the members of the house himself. The letter was unusually vicious, and went into : alleged details. Among other things, it j charged, that since his election to the ollice ! of governor, Tillman has paid his brother ; George $14,000 borrowed money, invested 1 $0,000 in factory stock, and bought for cash ! a big plantation in Edgefield county. It is alleged that the governor was heavily in ; debt when he was elected, and as his salary i for four years has been only $14,000, Perry j wants Ashley to find out where he got all this money. Recognizing that the whole thing was merely a contemptible trick I sprung in the desperate hope of affecting 1 the result of the approaching election in the j interest of Senator Butler, ex-Governor Tillman's friends went to work to clear the matter up. Among other things they publish a statement from the clerk of Edgefield county, showing that all of ex-Governor Tillman's property there is under heavy mortgage, and there is a statement from President Clark, of the Carolina National bank, to the effect that the governor owes i that institution ?8,000. The Mill Creek distilling company shows conclusively that j the dispensary liquors were sold on a cash basis and without rebate ; and \V. (i. Childs makes it evident that there were no freight! rebates from the railroads. From all these ! statements it is pretty clear that all the charges against the ex-governor are just vicious buncombe trumped up by his cue-! mies to ruin his reputation with the people. We do not feel that it is our duty to make apologies for ex-Covernor Tillman : but such unsupported charges as have been made by Ferry, probably at the instance of others, are contemptible?despisable. If the exgovernor is guilty of any fraud, let them prove it. Let them "put up or shut up.'' MEUE MENTION. The (ierman government proposes to prohibit the importation of American beef into that country unless accompanied by a certificate from American ollicials to the effect > that it is free from disease. Mrs. .John Tyler Cooper, wife of an ex-mayor of Atlanta, committed suicide, one day last week by taking carbolic acid. She was a beautiful woman aged :>7. and there is no known reason for the deed. The relations between (Jennany and France, which for some time past have been quite friendly, are said to be becoming very much strained. Mr. Hartman, Republican representative from Montana, introduced in the house last week,} | a bill providing for the free coinage of silver J at the ratio of 11? to 1. It is understood that W. 1'. Breckinridge is to ho a candidate before the legislature for t ailed States senator to succeed Blackburn. ; Encampment No (' !). of the (J. A. K., has passed resolutions asking the postollice department not to change the name of "Appomattox" to "Surrender." THE (JKXKKAL ASSEMBLY. i Synopsis of I lie l'roeeeiliiufs of the House anil Senate. The general assemhly does not seem to he ; in a special hurry about wanning up to its | work. The fact is, according to present in-1| dications, it does not appear to have very 1 much to do anyway. The election of new I' judges, etc., is of more general interest than ! any other business transacted ; and it seems i that if there are to be any sensations during . the session, they must develop later. In n view of the fact that Christmas comes on i Tuesday this year, it has practically been de- j cided that both houses will adjourn sine die j on the Saturday night preceding, and in I order to permit this, night sessions were com- j menced on last Monday night. From now i on, both houses will he in almost continuous session. Otherwise, a vast amount of unfin- ( ished busiuess must he left on the calendars. ( The election of United States senator to sue- j cecd Senator Butler, will take place today. : Of course ex-Governor Tillman will be the man ; but in view of all that has been said ' 011 the subject, the coming election is still { possessed of a certain amount of interest. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, Ix tiik House.? After prayer, a large j number of new bills were introduced. Of ( these, some were important and will he ( heard from hereafter. At the opening of the j session, the calendar contained nine third reading bills, and 14 second reading bills. , With all this work on hand the day was a ( very busy one. * ( The first discussion of the session came j upon a bill to define the degrees of murder. ( As the law now stands, a homicide must either be murder or manslaughter. Murder is one thing and manslaughter is another. , Under some circumstances a jury might j deem it wise to bring in a verdict of murder r with recommendation to the mercy of the court. Even in such cusos the court has ( uo alternative but to sentence the convict { to death. The governor can, and generally j does, either pardon the convict or commute his sentence to a term in the penitentiary. s The object of this bill was to leave the ^ question of death or life imprisonment to ( the jury. The bill was discussed at length,! ] pro and con, and finally, by a vote of 49 to ;; 51, was re-committed. j; ^ * i !? 4 _ -i? i;-_i. i ^c ix the senate.?a 1)111 10 aoousu nays ui , grace, introduced by Mr. Buist, was discussed < at length and killed. Senator Harrison's!, bill to levy a tax of $200 on distillers met j with the same fate. Mr. Harrison claimed that most of the distillers did a "blind tiger" ( business. The opponents of the bill held t that its passage would put the distillers of i this State at a disadvantage, aud the dispell- ? sary would have to buy its stock of liquors \ elsewhere, for the reason that outside distil- ] lers would he able to sell them cheaper. I Senator Mayfield introduced a hill to en- , courage manufacturing enterprises of a eer- t tain character. It provides that all capital .. hereafter invested in the manufacture of c cotton, wool, paper, iron, or agricultural implements, should he exempt from taxation f for 10 years. The taxes, of course, will have , to be paid; but the bill provides that they t are to he refunded by State, county and municipal authorities. The taxes to tie re- , funded include everything except the two ? mill school tax. s Ix Joixt Sessiox.?The two houses of the general assembly met in joint session in }! the hull of the house of representatives at < five minutes after 1 o'clock, p. m. The oc- j fusion was the inauguration of Governor- r elect John Gary Evans. The galleries of ( the hall were crowned with school children, all the colleges of Columbia, and a large number of prominent politicians of all po- , litical faiths. The senate filed into the hall, . headed by the sergeaut-at-arms of the f house, bearing aloft the historical colonial [ mace. The same officer of t he senate fol- . lowed with the equally historical sword of . State. Then came Chief Justice Mclver j. and Associate Justice Tope, followed by Associate Justice Gary and Circuit Judge , Benet, wearing their official robes. Next , followed Judge Norton and Mr. Robertson, t of the committee. I)r. J. A. Rice, the oflici- t ating minister, on the arm of Senator Irby. Representative Weston and Dr. , Woodrow came next. Then Dr. Tim- t merman, on the arm of a committee- ( man, and Governor-elect Evans on the arm ( of Senator McCalla. The other State offi- , cers brought up the end of the procession. I. Dr. Rice, opened the exercises with prayer, 11 and the oath of oflice whs administered by . Chief Justice Mclver. To the oath Mr. ! j Evans responded "I do," in a ringing voice, j and he was then governor of South Carolina. lie at once proceeded to deliver his , inaugural address, which will be found pub- . lished in full on the first page of this issue.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5. L In tiik Hoc.sk.?A number of new bills, < of more or less importance, were introduced, i Mr. Carroll, of York, introduced a bill to t authorize school trustees to close schools and i r hold funds, subject to the order of such c trustees. A bill was introduced to regulate the term , i of imprisonment of convicts required to work ' t on chain gangs. Mr. Manning introduced a j \ bill providing for the Australian ballot sys-1 tern in elections. Mr. Stukie introduced a j i bill providing that dispensary liquors shall 11 not be sold at a profit exceeding 2") per. cent., except in cases where this amount is not sufficient to pay local expenses, and i then the local boards will be empowered to ! order such additional profit as may he necessary. j. Mr. Talum, of Orangeburg, introduced a bill to prohibit tlie sale of all kinds of drugs and patent medicines, except by licensed j( druggists. The bill, however, was killed in |1 committee. i' The bill to repeal the act requiring conn- ( ty treasurers to canvass their respective 1 counties for taxes, was passed to a third ' reading and will undoubtedly become a law. < In* thkSknatk.?Mr. Elird, of Lexington, introduced a bill providing for the calling of 1 a constitutional convention. By the terms ' of the bill, delegates equal in number to J both houses of the general assembly, are to 1 be elected on the l(?th of July next, and the 1 convention is to be held in Columbia on the 20th of August following. In the mean- ' time, there is to be a new registration of voters. Provision is made for the appoint-j( ment of the necessary election commission-1 ers, etc., by the governor, the per diem of:< members is fixed at " ' J a day, and the sum of ' $."0,000, or so much thereof as may be ncces- 1 sary, is provided to pay expenses. j! A number ot new mils were lnirouuceu,; and a large amount of routine business was!' transacted. ' In Joint Skssion.?The two houses en- ' tcred into an election for superintendent of 1 the penitentiary, penitentiary directors, and 1 judges of the Third and Eighth circuits, to | succeed Eraser and Norton. Colonel \V. A. 1 Neal, the present incumbent, was the only ! candidate for the position of superintendent 1 of the penitentiary, and was unanimously i elected. The candidates for the three vacancies on the board of penitentiary directors were six in number; and, on the second and decisive ballot, they received votes as follows: j J. ('. Ashe, of York, No; J. \V. Lylcs, of Fairlield, 1 OX ; T. J. Cunningham, of Chester, j1 1:50; J. M. Spratt, of Clarendon, SO: John! Staubs, of Aiken, .'.50; J. C. Alexander, of Oconee, 551. Messrs. Cunningham. Lylcs and ! .Spratt, were declared elected. Cunningham and Lyles, are present members of the board, j Attorney (Jeneral O. W. Buchanan and ' Judge Eraser, were the candidates forjudge 1 of the Third circuit. The vote was taken by secret ballot, and resulted in lit) votes for Eraser and 1 - "> for Buchanan. Forjudge of the Eighth circuit, the candidates were John I>. Bra/cale, Joseph II. Earle and Judge Norton. The. issue was decided on the second ballot, which resulted, Earle. loo : Brazealc, -lit: Norton, N. ' ' TIllBSliA V, I? EC'KM I'.Kti ii. In nil-: lIotsK.?Among the important new bills introduced, was one to provide against combinations on the part of lire insurance companies, by agreement, contract j or otherwise ; to declare such combinations 1 to be against public policy, and to provide'1 for their punishment. A bill to provide for the election of an oil inspector, which had been unfavorably re-j ported, came up for a second reading audi' was re-committed. A bill to punish intoxication and swearing ill public, was discussed at length, and i after amendment, finally passed a third rending as follows: Section 1. That any person or persons who shall bo found on any highway or at any public place or public gathering, under the inllnencc of liquor or in a grossly intoxicated or drunken condition, or any person or persons who shall use vulgar, obscene or profane language on any highway, at any public place or public gathering, accompanied by disordoly conduct, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction of any of said ollenses, shall be lined not less than live dollars nor more than &>0, or imprisoned not less than live days nor more than .to days; provided that no action shall ho instituted after 'Mt days from the commission of any of the offense's named in tiiis section. Section 2. That all lines collected for any and all of the offenses enumerated in section 1 of this act, shall lie paid to the county treasurer and become a part of the public school fund of such county. In the Senate.?The business of the day was generally of a routine nature, and of but little interest as to results. A hill introtlueed by Senator Fin ley to authorize York county to borrow $-1,000 is of local interest. In Joint Session.?The general assembly went into joint session to elect a successor to O. W. Buchanan, elected judge. (}. Duncan Bellinger, of Barnwell, and \V. A. Barber, of Chester, the present assistant at torney general, were the nominees. The vote resulted 98 for Barber and 5G for Bellinger. Messrs. M. B. McSweeney, Ira B. Jones, I). E. Fin ley and J. Win. Stokes, were nominated for three vacanies on the board of trustees of the South Carolina college. On the first ballot the vote resulted : McSweeney, 101; Jones, 13S; Stokes, 94; Fiuley, 9*4. Messrs. McSweeney and Jones were declared elected. On the second ballot, - the Orangeburg delegation withdrew the name >f I)r. Stokes, and on the roll call, Finley rejeived 78 votes and Stokes received 8. For the position of trustee of Clemson colegc, J. T. Duncan, of Newberry, and Exempt roller General Ellerbe were the canlidates. Ellerbe received 75 votes, and Duncan received 37. At a joint session of the judiciary comnittees of the house and senate, it was deeded to let all new county bills go over nitil the next session, as, in the meantime, lie question would be dealt with by the institutional convention. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7. In the House.?A bill was introduced to nake Ex-Governor Tillman a member of the >oard of trustees of the Winthrop Normal ind Industrial college. Mr. Carroll introduced a bill to regulate he rate of interest in the State ; also a bill o prevent fishing, except with a hook and ine, in Broad river, for two years. The fight of the day was on Mr. Towniend's bill to reduce the legal rate of interest o 7 per cent. The bill provoked a great deal if opposition, and there was lots of discussion, t was finally put to vote and killed, 54 to >5. Mr. Carroll voted against the bill, and Messrs. Dove and Elder voted for it. The ,'ote of Dr. Carothers is not recorded. In tiie Senate.?The proceedings were levoid of general interest. SATURDAY. DECEMBER N. In the House.?Josh Ashley arose to a juestion of personal privilege. He stated hat he had received the Ben Perry letter, ...? i?l ..?? If nv/innt in ? foil- nnrann Mil/ llllll liui nuvMv 11 iv vavvi/v vu ? .v.* j.w.w il friends. Senator liutler had asked if he md received it and if he was going to pubish it. He said that he would not publish it; >ut the letter afterward appeared on the lesks of the members. Josh was very mad, md claimed that Butler was trying to make t catspaw with which to pull chestnuts out >f the lire for him. A bill was introduced to abolish the C'italel academy as a State institution ; but it is lot thought that the bill will amount to anyliing. Another salary reduction hill was introluced. It provides for a general reduction, md seeks to give sheriffs only 25 cents, inlead of 30 cents, a day for dieting prisoners. In the Senate.?The joint resolutions luthoriziug the county commissioners of fork county to borrow $4,000 to pay past ndebtedness, passed its second reading, riicre was r.o other business of importance, xcept of a routine nature. MONDAY, DECKMBF.lt 10. In the Senate.?Senator Wilson introluced a bill providing for a metropolitan lolice system. Under the bill, when the governor shall deem it necessary to secure letter order in towns of more than 2,500 lopulation, he shall have authority to appoint a police commission and enable the Hate to assume control of the police force. There was another bill introduced to equire life, accident or casualty companies, loing business in this State, on the legal reserve plan, to invest such legal reserve in .his State. I?i the House.?A bill was introduced equiring the superintendent of the peniteniary to use convict labor in completing the Jirl's college at Rock Hill. The superiuendent is authorized to pay $20,000 for lecessary expert labor, and the amount is ippropriated for the purpose. In addition 0 thist the bill appropriates $35,000 to pay ircsent indebtedness, and $12,650 to buy urniture, etc. The bill, of course, is subect to many amendments. Mr. Brazeale introduced a hill to fix 21 md 50, as the ages between which citizens J ire liable to road duty. A bill was introduced to make seduction 1 criminal offense. The punishment is fixed it a fine of not less than $200, or imprisonneut for not less than 6 months in the penipiitinrv; either line or imprisonment for 7 ^ ^ , tny amount or any time, at the discretion j )(' the court trying the case. A bill to reduce the road tax provided for : n the new county government bill from $2 i o $1, in York and several other counties, I vi 11 probably become a law. The bill to allow country people to sell I neat in the towns without paying license, j vas passed and sent to the senate. NOW FOTPEACK. V Timt'ly Proposition Intended to Secure White Unity The following address, issued from Colum* )ia on last Wednesday night explains itself: J "To the Democratic Voters of South Car-1 diuo: In the progress of the Iteform move- j nent we have reached a critical period in the! listory of our State. All of the essential I lemands of that movement may properly be egarded as accomplished facts, and having >een accepted by the people should no long-1 m- be a cause of irritation and dissension. The constitutional convention alone remains j 0 be. acted upon by the people, and it is unfortunate that they are in such a state of J nind as to prevent many of them from seeng the situation from an impartial and non-j partisan standpoint. "As it is useless to discuss the cause or! muses which have led to this state of affairs,, tve will look only to the future and leave the \ lead past to bury its dead. "Every intelligent mind which is capable if realizing the good that can be accomplished and the great harm that may be done to jur State and people by a sovereign body like 1 constitutional convention ; every one who sees and feels the necessity and importance of securing liie unity of our people and white supremacy by a well-regulated suffrage, without disfranchising a white voter: every patriotic citizen who is aware the of ills and evils alllicting and threatening the body politic, whether of a social, political, financial or industrial character, will readily admit that something ought to be done to correct the evils briefly alluded to and to secure the good so easily within our reach. Therefore, we, the undersigned Reformers, having only these ends in view and desiring nothing but the unity and harmony of our people, the highest and best interests of our State, the progress and development of her social, industrial, educational and political interests, hereby call upon all of our Democratic citizens who sympathize with these views and are willing to abide the results of the Reform movement, to earnestly consider the importance of a non-partisan convention, composed of the wisest and best men of both factions, and to take such action as is decided best to secure it. Signed : .1. Towucs Robertson. A. C. Fuller, I), K. Norris, J. 10. I'eltigrew, Thomas J. Kirkland, T. 1\ Mitchell, J. 10. Tindall, L. M. Ragin, W. Davis, J. \V. Kennedy, T. S. Brice, John R. Harrison, S. F. Miller, T. 31. Hough, J. T. Douglass, (_'. R. D. Rurns, John T. Rramlett, J. K. Filerbe, John (i. Williams, J. 15. Sudduth, R. R. Waters. J. W. Ashley, J. 31. Whitmore, J. F. Lay, S. Y. Stribling, Zerah Hammett, t'. R. Wallace, 11. 1'. (loodwin, A. T. Newell, John R. Leverett, T. R. Stackhouse, W. R. Rove, (iodfrcy R. Fowler, J. T. Duncan, W. W. Smith, R. 31. Shuman, J. D. Sullivan, L. 31. Wilson, J. R. Harle, 1). 10. Finley, W. J. Talbert, John L. 3IcLaurin. New Seeretury. ? Senator Irby has appointed 3rr. R. J. Rantl, of Spartanburg, to succeed Mr. .Matthew F. Tighe as his private secretary. .Mr. Tighe will continue in the newspaper business in Washington. LOCAL AFFAIRS, ! in ? !<ii 1NDI0.V TO MOW A I) VKUTISIOM KXTS. j T. M. Dobson iV ('?>.?Announce lliat Santa j Clans has made "Dobsoti's Racket" headquarters for Christinas goods and that a ; in large supply has already arrived. j ,t, 11. C. Strauss?Is still offering bargains and j calls special attention to reductions in! el mohair mixture for ladies dresses and I (i jeans. I j Inman Brothers?Tell about their first quality ill "Monarch" shirts and Banister's Shoos, ail i all of which they claim to be good articles. { ? [Chicora Fertilizer Company of Charleston?: W (Jive notice that it has purchased the en-1 i tire plant of the Atlantic Phosphate coin-! puny. | e: Cicero Moore?Says that he does not claim that 1 he is the only man who can do good repair | work ; but claims that he does good work [ for a less price than you have been paying for it. | ol j John J. Hunter?Tells you that ho has been en- tc gaged in the mercantile business in Yorkville for 20 years, and during that time has sc not sold any shoddy goods. Now. how- tl ever, ho has some first quality goods that lie can offer to sell very nearly at the price C1 of shoddy goods. \\ H. C. and Norma M. 'Strauss?On the 17th of .. January, will apply for discharge as]11 executors of the estate of M. Strauss, do-] m (irist C'ousins-r-Publish n list of sonic of the Cl things they sell aiul {jive you the prices. e< T. 15. Met lain?lias an eight room house on t. Cleveland avenue which lie wants to rent for next year. sc 10. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?Advertises the York- r villo Zion church for sale under execution 10 at the suit ot Harry Ward. I m HE PAID THE BILL. j tj The Northern visitors at the Cherokee Inn C( are a jolly set. When the weather is good , they put in most of the time .shooting partridges in daylight, and in the eveniug they arc up to whatever promises to afford any amusement. Last Wednesday a number of gentlemen went out hunting as usual. One 111 of them, the grandpa of the party, fired at a covey of partridges just as the birds were sailing over a fence. That the old man . brought down a bird there was no doubt: n "Why of course I killed it," he said. "I saw it fall!" lie went up to the fence, Vl and there, lying stretched out at full length on the ground, was a 200-pound hog. It was J agreed among the other members of the par-1k' ty that the hog had been killed bv the charge * * sc fired at the partridges, and the exultation of | , the unfortunate sportsman as promptly Vl changed to distress. Wednesday night there appeared at the '1 Inn a man who represented himself as owner Ir of the hog, and who demanded pay for it, on threat of prosecution. Court was prompt- ll ly convened. Major Jones acted as judge, l? and others acted as attorneys, representing the sportsman and the owner of the hog. The decision of the court was to the effect * that the hog had been killed by the sportsman. 01 The value of the hog was $18, and the ver<liff una tlmf thp armitsnmn should nnv over to its owner that amount. The money was |M promptly planked down, and the distressed tj gunner gave a sigh of relief. C( Those who were in the joke, explained p( that the hog had been dead so long that it Cf had commenced to smell, and after they had had all the fun they wanted, the money ^ would he refunded. sc TWO ROWS?TWO MURDERS. There was a big row at a Negro frolic, U' two mites southwest of Yorkville, last tj, Thursday night. It was caused by liquor, o. women and pistols, and as the result, there nl were two murders. The facts are about gj as follows : Filled with liquor and thinking it lhnny, ^ Alphonso Moore chewed tip and ruined V( with his teeth, Jim Greene's new hat. Greene w became angry, refused to accept any apologies, said lie would only he satisfied with blood, and whipping out his revolver, commenced liriug. The first shot struck Moore in the shoulder, the next went through the ^ fiddler's sleeve, and the third, fired just as Greene was being put out of the door, struck Moore in the abdomen. Moore tried to defend himself during the scooting; hut for some reason his revolver would not act. D Greene made his escape. Moore was still alive at last advices; hut his death is quite probable its the result of his injuries. " While the Moore-Green row was going on in one side of the cabin, another not less n< serious, took place on the other side. A tc Negro woman from Rock Hill had knocked a Negro woman named Lowry down with (*( a fence rail. Jim Ross drew his pistol and ^ swore that he would have the Rock Hill woman's blood; hut, for some reason, did ^ not shoot. Ed Ross seized the pistol and l': declaring that he was not afraid, fired at a( the Rock Hill woman. The hall struck Amanda Monk, passed through her left hip, tr ranged upward through the intestines, and 1,1 l.nWd under the risrht'ninnle. The woman ct! ,wwO' 0 4 ? ? . (lied in less than 24 hours. An inquest was held over the dead body of the murdered woman on Saturday by Trial Justice Carroll, acting coroner. Drs. Walker & Walker performed t he post morterm examination, and found that the hall jn which did the killing was of 38 caliber, and |,. fitted the pistol used by Itoss. The jury In found that the deceased came to her death ni from a gunshot wound in the hands of Ed *'! Ross, and that Jim Ross was accessory. ai Roth of the Rosses were arrested and com- eI mittcd to jail. ai ^ ? pi lllRIU'llKSSUiLE LIQUOR. pi Yorkville is stirred up 011 the liquor ques- R tion again. It is an annual recurrence from st the same old causes. Ever since the legal sale of liquor was driven out of the town, ^ more than a dozen years ago, the element sj that fought for liquor then, has been trying to bring it back. Almost every year the peo- lo pie have sent to the legislature petitions and w counter petitions on the liquor question; J | but the general status has remained unchanged, except possibly to draw the lines y tighter and tighter against liquor. The last al time the question came up it was at the t! ballot box, and the issue was for or against m O the dispensary. Ry an overwhelming majority, the people, white and colored, dccided against liquor, even in this shape; butij,, still the friends of the red demon are not j C* satisfied. Last Friday, the prohibition ele-jle meat discovered that there was another pe-! n< i tition to the legislature in circulation, and j !l| upon investigation they discovered that it 1 was based 011 the following preamble and 1 (| resolutions, passed by the town council at a! is meeting held on December 7 : j w Whereas, the sale of alcoholic liquors is now" prohibited by law in the town of Yorkville, a and whereas whisky is sold in said town eon- i n< trarv to law, apparently in accordance with the I imperious demands of popular sentiment, inas-j much as all efforts for the past 12 years to sup-' t-'( press the illegal sale of whisky have failed; | iq Whereas, we believe that it is in the interest , {|, j of law, order and good government to control s the sale of whisky by and through the establish-1!li; J ed law of the land ; and whereas we believe that I cc ; if an election was ordered on the question of Lit j "dispensary or no dispensary," the dispensary y ; would be defeated by the Negro vote and life . "blind tiger" iulluencc in Yorkville; and J ?J Whereas, whisky,has been and will continue to j N be sold in Yorkville in spite of the town being J,. i dry, in spite of law and constables, and in spite of our etlbrts and the efforts of our successors in ! ollicc to suppress the same ; tnererore, ne it <" Unsolved, hy the iutendaut and wardens, the J "it town ennneil of Yorkville, that we petition the i general assembly of the State of South Carolina, ; 'now in session "in Columbia, S. (',, to amend nj ' forthwith section 444 of chapter xxvii of the X j criminal statutes of S. C., so as to permit the!]), I establishment of a dispensary within the incorporate limits of the town of Yorkville, S. C. | 2. That Walter 15. Moore, one of our ward- j [" ens, is hereby commissioned and appointed, to j go at once to < 'olnmbia and lay the matter before ' j the proper committee of the general assembly j I and urge the passage of said amendment. ; vv Though the above was signed hy (J. if.!''* O'Leary, as intemlant, there was a note at j ^ the bottom showing that it was passed only j j? ' by a vote of 51 to 2. Wardens S. A. McKI- j is wee, 11. H. Lowry and W. 15. Moore voting ! T yes; and Intendant O'Leary and Warden j ct Jcllerys voting no. A petition, based on the j,l paper, was put in circulation and bad forty ; or fifty signatures before the opposition' jf knew of its existence. As soon as the mat-j In ter become known, a counter-petition was i gf I drawn up and circulated for signatures. lU ? 'P Among other things, the counter petition j j i sets forth that while Yorkville is not as free | 'jfrom the litjuor traffic as the petitioners L], I would desire, it is the dry est town of its size | tli i t lie State, and this condition of a flairs i: no rather to the influence of the churcl L'ojdc?ladies and preachers?than to tin illiieuce of "blind liters" and Negroes. Tin iference in the retnarkalde declaration o le town council to the effect that ihorecen eel ion was carried by the votes of "blim gers" and Negroes is emphatically denied id the legislature is petitioned to neithei lace the dispensary on the town against tin ishesof the people by an arbitrary exercisi f its power, or to subject the town to tin (citing and demoralizing effects of anothe: eel ion. Warden \V. 15. Moore started to Columbia 1 Friday night with the commission of tin >wn council ; but on reaching Chester, foi nno reason, decided to come back. Hi ten turned the paper over to a privati tizen, and it was forwarded by mail. W J. Lewis, Esq., circulated the counter pe tion, and obtained a larger number o nines than were on the original paper, in uding a half dozen or more wiio bad sign 1 the first, paper under a misapprehension c also secured power of attorney to tnk< line of the names oil* the lirst petition, am awarded the papers to Columbia by mail What the York delegation?most of th< lembers of which thoroughly underslaw le whole situation?will do under the eir imstnnces, remains to he seen. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Lee is visiting her sister, Mrs. B. If rier. Mr. John It. Ashe, of Kershaw, S. ('., i i Yorkville. Hon. I. 1). Witherspoon returned home ot jstcrday from Barnwell, S. ('. Mr. Chns. P. Ford, of Charlotte, N. ('., i; i Yorkville visiting relatives and friends. Mr. T. M. Whitaker returned to York lie on Friday last from Fast St. Louis, 111 Mr. Frank Carson, of Guthriesville, ha jen employed as a clerk by Mr. IT. C trauss. Misses Mamie Love and Anne William m, of Gastonia, X. C., arc in Yorkville isiting Miss Grace McElwee. Miss Annie Law returned home on Mon ly last, after an extended visit to friend i Spartanburg and Anderson, S. C. Colonel Flemming Gardner, of the Atlan c Coast Line engineering corps, is visiting datives and friends in Yorkville. Mr. W. It. Carroll left last Monday even g for Charleston, to represent the Yorkvill 'asons in the Grand Lodge, which met then i yesterday. YORK IS ORGANIZED. The cotton growers of York county meat isiness. That fact is fully evidenced lr le proceedings of the convention in tin >urt house last Saturday. It is their pur jse to put the ball in motion, and if thej in, get the co-operation of other counties ic State and the South, to perfect an or mi/.ation tlrat will enable them to linalb :curc control of their products and a say-s< > to prices. And about this purpose, they ipear to be in dead earnest. The convention assembled pursuant t< ic call of the mass meeting of Xovetnbe: 1, and was composed of representative far ers and others elected at the various town lip meetings, held on Saturday, December 1 he call of the mass meetings asked for tw< ilegates from each township. In the con mtion, as assembled, the various township: ere represented as follows : Bethel?H. E. Johnston. Bethesda?J. L. Moore, A. W. Gladden. *? * f ^ XT X r T.M T 1 T C? liioiui ittver?1\. i>. -.ucrawec, a. ji. r>uyv Bullock's Creek?J. L. Raincy, T. A win. Catawba?Dr. J. F. Strait. Cherokee?\V. F. Dye. Ebenczer? W. .T. Miller, II. G. Garrison. Fort Mill?S. H. Epps, C. T. Crook. King's Mountain?D. M. Hall, \V. J avis. York?B. N. Moore, J. E. Dowry. The convention was called to order bj r. J. F. Lindsay, and after lite preparatioi 'the roll of delegates as above, a perma jnt organization of the "York County Cot it Growers' association" was effected bj ie election of Dr. J. F. Lindsay as presi jnt, W. J. Aliller as vice president, and W . Grist as secretary. Upon motion, Mr. John T. Roddey, o ew York, who was present, was invited t< ie privileges of the tloor and requested tc Idress the convention in explanation o s now widely published plan for the con ol of cotton. Mr. Roddey accepted tin vitation and responded at length in at truest and comprehensive talk, covering ie whole subject. A pretty full outline o sremarks will be found in the following: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Yorfc Dunty Cotton Growers association : I an ctremely grateful to you for the kind re 'ption that you have given me this morn g. Though for the past month or more 1 ive been subjected to all manner of abusi f New York cotton men, and even b\ any of our Southern newspapers, in tin ght of this reception I count their slur.' id slanders us nothing. Did I not so fully understand the influ ices that are at work ruining the liomei id wrecking the lives of our Southern peo ie, I would have never raised my pen it rotest, nor would T be before you today ut having seen and learned what I have, ant ilieving so firmly that I not only under U1K1 me irouoie, oui cuu suggest iu yuu iu ficient remedy, I cannot rest quietly undei ic burden until I have at least made tlx tuntiou plain to you as I see it. Do you know the cause of the extremely iff price of cotton ? There are those \vh< ill tell you that there is no demand for it tell you this is not true. It is due t( i the influence of the professional "hear aerators on the metropolitan hoards of trade hese men have so depressed the price o 1 kinds of agricultural products as to leavi ic producers without means to create a de and for anything. I know of one Xev cleans "hear" who has taken out of thi: ?ar's cotton crop $1,000,000 for himself id I could point you to half a dozen "bears' New York, and half a dozen more ir hicago, who cost the South and West 110 ss $1.".0,000,000 a year. These men product jthing, they build up nothing; yet they most absolutely control prices, realize al ost all the profits there are in all our crops id are literally crushing the producers o ic South and West to serfdom. And then no demand ? How can there be a deniani lien the producer is scarcely allowed 1 ring? When cotton was 10 cents a pound man could have three shirts where he i; iw hardly able to own one. The laws of supply and demand do 110 mtrol the price of cotton. The laws of im pnary supply and demand may; but no ic laws of actual supply and demand. (?i ik your cotton buyer what is the price o itton, and will lie figure on the supply am unand ? No; he will tell you that Xev oi k futures are off i'") points, and that mean: lat your cotton is oil' 2o points. On tin ew York Cotton Exchange, they sell 1,001 lies of futures to every single bale of spo .lion ; and in this case the imaginary fixes ic price of the real. If New York sell: ),()()() bales of futures at :5 cents, that mean.' 111 r cotton is ;5 cents. Though this is a fae id we see it, at present we are helpless ew York knows that by a certain time w< i\e got to dispose of so much cotton, n< alter what l lie price, ami sot hey fix tin ice themselves. Ami the mills are not going to help yon saw the other day where a Russian mil as manufacturing American cotton am lying its stockholders a dividend of 2o pei nt. It is the same way with the mills o ie North. They are fattening off of low iced cotton. The future contract systen the greatest thing in the world for them hey do not have to lock their money up ii itton. They find it more profitable to put uj margin on futures. If cotton goes up, the} akc money by the speculation, just tlit .me as if they had the cotton on hand ; and it goes down, they let their margins go and ly their cotton from you. You have noi itthe sympathy or support of these mills id you are not on an equality with them hey are backed by plenty of money and art ile protect themselves against speculators he speculators know it, and let their promts alone. What they sell is governed by ie laws of supply and demand of tlieii i j goods ; hut not of your cotton. The price o 11 your cotton is governed only by the manipu lations of the professional speculators. Now what are you going to do about it' In the late war you fought because yoi thought the North was trying to rob you u 1 your property. Then it was fair and opei 1 war on both sides; but now it is dillerent t Ten years ago you put an 8 or 10 per cent ,. mortgage on your lauds to be paid in 11 I cents cotton. You find the mortgage jus the same, except now you have it to pa; ; for with live cents cotton. Look aroum - j yon and you will see that you are hemmei r in hy cliques on every side. There an i trusts on everything you buy and com hi tin ' tions against everything you sell. Why, oiu ! man worth $'20,000 can sell before its plant 5 |edf every bale of cotton to be produced ii r i York county next year; and this is a fai j | sample of the estimates they put on the la i j bor of our people. A New York financial paper says the farm i ers of the South received less for their pro J duce in proportion to its value, than an; i other people on earth. This is universall; " I acknowledged, and I have been told that i should be so: that they are ignorant?tha . i the history of the world shows that serf > I have always worked for their masters. Ah j ! there is something in this, heartless as it is i Where are our splendid old ante-belluu I mansions? All gone! Ruined and impov 1 crishcd by the war, many of our peoph 1 were turned over to ignorance; but, m; . God, when will it be better! Systemati i cally robbed as we are of practically all wi make, !iow can we educate our children o hope to escape the condition of the serf . The other day I saw in a comic paper a car toon of a farmer leaving Nebraska. On tin side of his big wagon was painted : j Nebraska for starvation, Colorado for irrigation, i I Kansas for eastigation, i Hell and damnation ; ( am going East! Rut we can't go Kast. We've got to stai right here ; and unless we do something pret ty soon, it will mean starvation. You sat " it cost seven cents a pound to raise cotton . At 10 cents a pound, your lands are wortl s $25 an acre, and at five cents a pound the* are not worth the taxes. And you can't di anything? Eminent authorites are agree< that owing to the peculiar conditions, cot ton producers could be more easily organize! ) for the control of the crop than any othe elassof farmers on earth. The reason is he - cause this country always has had, and al s ways will have, a practical monopoly on cot ton. We can produce any and everything we need. We can get along independent o the rest of the world ; but under no circum ' stances can tbe rest of the world get alonj without our cotton. Let me give you a historical illustration e In 18(52, on account of the late war, the ex portalion of cotton was almost entirely stopped. As a result, nearly 500,000 Eng lish cotton operatives were thrown out o employment and speedily reduced almost t< the point of starvation. The distress, com 1 mercial and otherwise, became so grea f throughoht Europe, in England especially e that that country seriously considered tin . idea of lending the South a helping hand . And it was not because England had sympa thy for our cause ; but for no other purposi ' than to break the blockade of Southern port: in order that she might get her supplies o f cotton. Such a condition having beet -? ln-.Miirlit ulimit. iii liinfi nf wiir t.hrniifldi forc< J UlUllgllV """"" " ) r>" r of necessity, it seems to me that the uecessi ty again being almost, if not quite as great 5 we can produce the same results by bringing about the same conditions in time of peace. Mr. Iloddey then went on to explain hou the "bear" operators on the New York Ex - change bad every advantage over the bull: . as to time of delivery, freights, borrowinj 3 money, etc., and illustrated the downwan tendency of the market with the statemen that on 100 bales of futures sold on the Nev " York Exchange every year from 1871 to tin present, would net the seller at this tim< $275,000 ; and in conclusion, be said : I don't want any credit for this thing. do not want any money out of it. I hav< property in the South, my relatives and friends have property here. Your interest: are my interests. I think some kind of or gauization is necessary. My plan is not neces sarily the only one calculated to aceomplisl the purpose, and I do not want to see mj plan adopted to the exclusion of a bette: one. Bijt let the South agree on some plan and I promise to do all in my power t< ; make it a success. But I'll tell you this i with all confidence, that if our people wil raise at home all necessary supplies, and pu themselves in a position to hold their cottoi absolutely out of the hands of the specula ' lators, and say, with a unanimous voice, tha it is worth S or 10 cents a pound, that i: . what it will bring. Throughout his remarks, Mr. ltoddev wu: f listened to with the closest interest by tin ) members ot the convention and other hear ) ers, and when he sat down he was accorde< f a hearty round of applause. By request the secretary read the "Itodde; 5 Plan" as already published, and Mr. Rodde; i suggested to the members'of the conventioi j that he would be pleased to explain an; f point about which they had any doubts. Mr. \V. J. Miller asked: Suppose I ha< : ten bales of cotton in a warehouse, and want i ed to sell two ; how would I manage it ? Mr. Iloddey?That would be easy enough " You would just give up your warehouse [ receipts for those two bales, and get a eh eel for your money, less a small per cent fo . storage and expenses. And just here, I wil i say a word about this item of expense. A: it is now, we pay the expenses of dozens o ' cotton buyers in this county, and if we liavi 5 the matter systematized down to the num j ber that would be absolutely necessary, thi expense of selling would be very much les 1 than it now is. Mr. J. E. Lowry?Are you meeting will 1 any encouragement in the carrying out o [ your plan ? Mr. Roddey?I have a whole trunk full o j letters from individuals in all parts of tin ^ Smith, tellinir me that they arc with u whenever we get ready. I have informa ] tion to the effect that portions of Georgii and Texas are organizing now, and a lelte j- received front Mr. II. S. Lipscomb, of Spar j tanlnirg, this morning, tells me that thing! . are getting in good shape in that county ; Considering the time that we have been a s work, the progress is very gratifying indeed j The convention seemed to he all one wa; ! from the start, and after the remarks of Mr J Roddey, there was but little left to be settle* ;Jby further discussion. The following roso nlutions introduced by Mr. J. L. Moore, wen seconded by Mr. W. J. Miller, and adoptei > unanimously : f! i Resolved, 1. That we believe that on aeeouu 21 of the baleful influence exercised on the cottoi 1 J market by professional speculators, the price o t! cotton is now less than the cost of production ! and is no longer controlled by the laws of sup > j ply and demand. ' j Resolved, :i. That under present circum stances, we deem it to be a wise policy on tin ?! part of our farmers, to raise at home all neces : sary supplies, and to raise cotton only as a stir ' plus. \\ e believe that the pursuance of thii t policy will at least enable us to exist regardles >. of the price of cotton. ? Resolved, 3. That we recommended a re j duction of the cotton acreage to eight acres t< 1 the plow; and, further, that we recommeiH i that all farmer in the county be requested t< s bind themselves not to plant any more cottoi 1 j than is here provided. 21 Resolved,4. That we believe that the interest o j the cotton producers of the South will be materi t J ally advanced by means of organization, and thai . i we hereby endorse, as the best basis of organi ' \ zatioii, the plan now known as the "Roddej 4 Plan." We believe firmly that if this plan k s j carried into execution, it will restore the operat i tion of the laws of supply and demand, climiiiaU ; unnecessary middle men, and put cotton pro j dueers in ii position to absolutely control tin i j price of cotton, not only to their individual ad) i vantage, but to the advantage of the cottoi ,: producers of the whole South. On motion of Mr. \V. ,J. Davis, the con i vention extended its thanks to Mr. Kodde\ I for his able and comprehensive address. 1 The following preamble and resolution .: introduced at the instance of Mr. J. L. Moore j- received the endorsement of the convention j Whereas, we believe that the price of cottoi has been reduced below the cost of productioi j through the machinations of unscrupulous spec. | ulators who have succeeded in suspending tin i 1 laws of legitimate supply and demand, in si , | far as they apply to our main money crop; am j Whereas, wo are firmly of opinion that our con' | dition is steadily growing more and moredesper i j ate instead of showing signs of improvement | 'and that it is vitally important that we begin t< consider our future welfare while we arestil ! able, in a measure, to help ourselves, and t I Whereas, we consider the most plausible am' , ' practical step to this end is a thorough organize ! tion of the cotton producers of the South bj 11 States and counties ; therefore, be it ! I Resolved, That we, the Cotton (Jrower': , Association of York county, do hereby reques . his excellency, (Jovernor Kvans, to call i . I convention of the cotton growers of Soutl I Carolina, to be composed of two delegate: * I from each county, to meet in Columbia tin f! ring the month of January, on some day t<? l?e designated hv the governor, for the purpose of taking steps looking to the perfeetion of an organization of the cotton growers of our State, i and pushing the organization into other States, i on the general basis of the plan known as the I "Koddey plan," or some other plan ealetilaled to accomplish the same purpose. 1 rpon motion, Messrs, \V. J. Waters and ' i W. I). Grist were requested to take charge of ) the above preamble and resolution, and see t j to it that they are properly presented to the >' ! governor. ' j Messrs. J. 10. Lowry and W. 1). Grist were elected delegates to represent York county _: in the proposed State convention, when the ^, same shall he called. -j The following was introduced and ttuanii mously adopted: '' | Resolved, That the various township cnmmit ; tees of 10, appointed on Saturday, November | 24, 1N04, to see that their townships were repre; seated in this convention, are hereby appointed j permanent executive committees, with authority * to till vacancies caused l?y rel'usals to serve, and ;' and requested to take upon themselves the . | thorough organization of tlicir respective town! siiips. 11 The various committies appointed under I the above resolution are as follows : Bethel?(J. L. Riddle, .J. A. Campbell, B. J. I tilenn, Jr., L. H.Brown, Dr. T. W. Campbell, ' J. K. Cook, W. K. Adams, 11. K. Johnson, J. i A. Flannagan. .! Hethosda?J. L. Moore, John llafl'ner, Rohu j ert I). Scaly, It. K.Steele, It. M. Hratton, II. J. j Harshaw, J. F. Ashe, C. S. Wilson, Robert y j Witherspoon, Jonas Iluey. Broad Itiver?It. X. McKlwec, Kufus M. Allie I son, Win. M. McGill, John McGill, J. M. Melt Jill, John Bycrs, W. S. Wilkerson, Thomas 1 | Smith, J. X. McDill, Robert K. Seaborn. ? i Bullock's Creek? Klias Ionian, W. R. Hays, - Win. Ross, J. C. Blair, J. K. Bankhead, John ? L. Raincy, T. A. Gwin, Dr. J. II. Saye, II. K. ! Shcrrer, John K. Plexico. Catawba?A. If. White, F. B. Thomasson, J. Wylie Roddey, T. M. Allen, W. P. Crook,.!. A. Westbrook, W. J. Poag, Nathan Williams, It. II. Corn well, J. F. Taylor. Cherokee?Dr. W. Anderson, Ira Hardin, Dr. . J. (J. Black, K. R. Sapoch, It. E. Porter, W. D. j Camp, F. II. Dover, Albert Bettis, D. D. Gas" | ton, Clyde Hardin. f, Ebenezer?F. If. Brown, John Barry, T. A. Barron, W. J. Miller, S. A. Fewell, Jesse Faris, ', Monroe Gates, John Miller, John McKlwee, J. A.Sturgis. f i Fort XIill?C. T. Crook, S. E. White, T. <1. i> Culp, B. M. Faris, C. P. Blakenship, S. II. ] Epps, John Jones, II. W. Hutl'man, B. F. M assey. " King's Mountain?D. M. Hall, J. M. Thoniasi son, W. Meek Faulkner, L. A. McGill, W. S. j- Love, J. B. Robinson, W. A. Burns, W. J. Davis, W. I). Losslie, A.J. Parrot. York?B. X. Moore, J. W. Xeil, L. It. Wil" liains, J. W. Y. Dickson, Jos. A. Smith, Win. - J. Jones, W. J. Stephenson, T. X. Thomasson, r T. L. Carroll, James L. Moss. ( After the appointment of above the coin. mitlees, the convention entered upon a brief r discussion of the fertilizer question. The following resolution, introduced by Mr. H. * E. Johnson and seconded by Mr. John L. Rainey, was unanimously adopted : ' Resolved, That we hereby call a mass meet' ing of the farmers of York county, and others f interested, to be hold in the court house, on 3 Monday, salesday for January, at 12 o'clock in., for the purpose of considering all matters relat" ing to the purchase and use of commercial fer* tilizcrs for the season of l.Sil.). > There being no otlier business, the R convention adjourned. The proceedings ] throughout were notable for the marked ine terest and earnestness of all the delegates, s and there is every indication to show that in f this matter York county certainly means 1 business. 5 1 - j CHURCH NOTICES. ,! Episcopal?Rev. Robert A. Lee, minister. ' Lay services on Sunday morning next at 11 o'clock, in the absence of the minister. Sun* ^ day-school in the afternoon at 3.25 o'clock. s Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. r Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this even1 ing at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. 1 Services next Sunday morning at 11 and ' evening at 7 o'clock. * Presbyterian?Rev. W. O. Neville, pastor. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. in. Services I on Sunday-morning at 11 o'clock, and in ' the evening at 7 o'clock. Prayer-meeting ' tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. s Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Boyce H. drier, pastor. Yorkville?Sunj day-school at 3.30 o'clock p. in. Services on r Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and evening r' at 7. Prayer-meeting this afternoon at 3.30 ? o'clock. J Baptist?Rev. \V. J. Laugston, pastor, j Unio.v.?Services next Sunday morning at t 11. Yorkville?Sunday-school at 10 a. m. i Services on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. * Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7 1 j o'clock. 3 I , LOCAL LACONICS. s j To Succeed I)r. IIosm. 21 ? Rev. \V. A. M. Plaxico has accepted a . call to the pastorate of Sharon A. R. P. 1 church. j This Whh a Good One. j j ? Mr. Henry Watson, who lives near I j Zadok, sends us word that he has recently ! slaughtered a hog that weighed 423 pounds. When "Uncle" Henry starts with a pig he ! usually gets there. ] : This Wan a Good One. I ?Mr. J. R. Williams, who lives about ! four miles North of Yorkville, reports having recently slaughtered a nine months old , shout thai weighed 270 pounds. The shout . was u mixture of Berkshire and Poland,. Chi mo | | Officers Elected. 31 ? At the annual meeting of the stockfj holders of the Caloric Reduction company, - i held at Blaeksburtr recently. Major John F. B | - ... Jones was re-elected president, and Mr. M. Q M. Freeman was elected secretary and . treasurer. To Organize a Telephone Company. j ? Rock Hill Herald : Messrs J. G. Anf derson and A. E. Smith have secured from the secetary of state a commission for the f organization of the Rock Hill Telephone e | company. The capital stock of the company s"{ is to be $5,000 to be divided into 50 shares . 1 of $100 each. ^ The Twins Will Dissolve. rj ?On the 1st of January, Mallard Rros., . the twiu marketmen, will dissolve partner3: ship. Mr. John Mallard will return to Rock Hill and resume business at that place, and t|Mr. Jim will remain in Yorkville. Since . I they came to this place, the twins have i | made a great many friends who will be sorry : | to see them dissolve. ] | Orange liaising at Clover. ? The first orange ever raised at Clover, p ' was divided among a dozen people last Sat1 urday and each got a taste. The orange ; was slightly smaller than the average Florit dy sweet, but of delightful flavor nndsweet'' ness. The tree on which it was matured t belongs to Mrs. J. ]). Gwin, and still eon tains a few more. . Shooting Nriir Clover. ?A rumor was current in Yorkville on . Monday to the effect that two Negroes, a < man and woman, were killed near Clover on j Saturday. Investigation develops the fact that there is but .little foundation for the I story. At a festival on the plantation of \V. 1! 1). Moore, about a mile-and-a-balf south of i Clover, on Saturday night, the revelers fell II out and a shooting scrape took place between i! Will Royee and Dave C'urrence. IJoyce shot ('urrence, through the fleshy part of the 4|arin. The wound is not at all serious. No | arrests. No (ilM)ll. jj ?Tlic resolutions recently passed by the "'town council of Vorkville, asking for the | estahlishment of a dispensary in this town - by legislative enactment, has fallen to the ' j ground. The original resolution was signed ! by only three out of the five members of the ' council. Warden Lowry has signed the ! ; counter petition, and authorized W. W. i Lewis, Fs.p, to remove his name from the 1 i resolutions. The resolutions will now he ? 1 backed by only two out of the five members, j and will be null and void. . It Was Thrilling. ? Charlotte Observer, 4th : Mr. W. F. j Iloagland, of Fort Mill, S. was up yester' day, and telling of a remarkable and thrill1 ing occurrence which took place Friday * afternoon. Mr. M. Gilbert was out driving. When he came near the railroad cut, the * horse got frightened. Mr. Gilbert, fearing ! he would go down the embankment, jumped 1 out ; but still kept hold of the lines. The - horse kept backing, and despite all of Mr.