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audi .facts. ! ? A committee of New Orleans physicians, | recently appointed to investigate the merits i of anti-toxine, has made a highly favorable : report, and as the result, private citizens have ; subscribed over $5,000 for the purpose of! building a laboratory for tlife manufacture of this new remedy for diptlieria. ? Miss Mary C. Stevenson, oldest daugh- J ter of the vice-president of the United States, died at Battery Park hotel, Asheville, last Friday. Her father, mother, sisters and brothers, except Lewis Stevenson, were present at her bedside. Miss Stevenson, who was in her twenty-second year, was taken ill with a heavy cold at Bar! Harbor, Maine, last summer. The attack developed into pneumonia of a severe type, and last October she was taken to Asheville in hopes she would be benefitted by the climate. The remains were interred at "Rlrtomlnnrfr?n Tllinnis. Inst Mondav. ? A train of 21 cars left Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday night of last week, for the Nebraska sufferers. The train was loaded with meat, flour, corn, sugar, coal and clothing. It was decorated from end to end with bunting, and on each side of the cars were large banners announcing that they contained Georgia's gift to the needy Nebraskans. The movement that resulted in this splendid gift was started about two weeks ago by exGoveruor Northeu, who appealed to Georgia to help the Western sufferers. By common consent, the ex-governor was put in charge of the work of making collections, and the long train was gotten together in short order. The cars came from different parts of the State, aud the total value of the traiu was $15,000. ? A terrible catastrophe occurred at Butte, Mont., on Tuesday of last week. A big fire was in progress at the Montana Central railroad yards. Suddenly there was a terrific explosion. The shock was felt for miles, and acres were strewn with the debris. It soon developed that one of three car-loads of powder had exploded, and although it was kuown that a large number of people had been killed and wounded, uninjured citizens were afraid to go near on account of the danger from the other cars. Presently the remaining cars blew up also, and the people went in to see what the damage was. They found 60 dead bodies scattered over an area of many acres. As mauy as a hundred or more people were wounded, and almost every house within a quarter of a mile was demolished. The property loss amounted to several hundred thousand dollars. ? Atlanta, Ga., is about to have a Lexow investigation. Not long ago Chief Detective Wright preferred certain charges against City Court Clerk Amos Baker and demanded an investigation. The investigation was made by a committee of the general council, and it developed ?tbat the charges grew out of personal feelings. Baker then preferred charges against Detectives Wright, Looney and Cason, and submitted lots of testimony to prove what he charged. As the upshot of the whole matter, Baker was exhonerated and the detectives were suspended irora duty, pending a thorough investigation of the whole police force. The investigation is to commence shortly, and the probability is that Atlanta will soon furnish some big sensations similar to those recently developed in New York. ? Cassimer-Perier, who was about six moDths ago elected president of the French republic, resigned that high position on Tuesday of last week, and the people of France have siuce been in a high state of excitement. Just why the presideut resigned is not fully understood. In his letter to the senate, however, he gave as the reason, the fact that he was subject to constant abuse aud defamation from the socialists and radicals, and was without power to protect himself. In other words, he realized that the president of the republic was merely a figurehead without authority ; "but at the same time subject to the venom of political opponents and in danger of the daggers of assassins. He preferred life as a private citizen rather than take the chances of living as a president. His course is severely criticised by his fellow countrymen of all parties, and many of them deuounce him as a coward for deserting his post just at a time when his services are most needed. On Thursday,,! the natioual assembly elected as CassimerPerier's successor, Felix Faure, who was minister of marine in Periers cabinet. There is great uneasiness throughout France for the immediate future. It is believed to be possible that the days of the republic ure pretty nearly at an end, and whether the republic is to be succeeded by monarchy or anarchy, nobody seems to know. ? In accordance with a call issued some time ago, a representative body of farmers from different parts of the country, on hist Thursday, organized at Chicago "The National Farmers' Federation of the United States, says a Chicago dispatch. Its constitution, as adopted, aims to bring all farmers or or- { ganizations into active co-operation in pro-: moting their common good, to furnish a i f means of communication between organiza-1 tions and between isolated farmers ; to bring farmers into closer relations with the National and State departments of agriculture and the experiment stations; to provide for farmers a reading course of study ; to provide for the distribution of literature which will lend to a better citizenship; to a more pro- j found and practical knowledge of agricul- j ture, and a more thorough understanding of i the questions relating to good government and legislation, and to promote such other j objects as the federation may deem best accomplished by a general co-operative move-1 ment. The following officers were elected :! President, J. B. Furrow, Iowa: vice presi-j dent, F. H. Palmer, Illinois; secretary, Mil- j ton George, Chicago; treasurer, W. II. Hos- j tello, Illinois. The organization is to he \ non-political and non-secret. ? A dastardly robbery was committed in! Union county, N. C., on Monday night of last week. Mr. Fred Theatt, aged 75 years,. lives in the country with his wife. lie has! always heeu a hard worker and an economi- i cal liver, and of course accumulated some; money. He kept his money in the hank a"t Monroe until sometime during the recent li- j naucial panic, when he took it out and car- j ried it home, where lie locked it in an iron safe. About 7 o'clock on the night mention-; cd, the Theatts were summoned to the door of their home by a low knock on the outside.! As they opened the door, they were confront- j ed by a villainous looking scoundrel who covered them with a pistol. The robber, for such the man was, told the old people to make no noise and commanded them to open the safe on the pain of death. The : safe was opened, and the robber took out its; contents, amounting to about $3,000, of which about $*2,500 was in gold. After money, the t.>M the 1hUuu6use in less than 20 minutes, both would he murdered. They obeyed. Next morning, a search developed that there were two men and they came to and went from the house across a cotton field. Their tracks were plain enough; but that was the only clue. The old people are left almost penniless. ? New York Sun : A young woman from South Carolina has been paying a long holiday visit to New York, all the expenses of which have been defrayed from the outcome of a trifling incident which occurred to her two years ago. At that time her sister was at school in England, and, thinking that the absent sister might like to sec something of home, she sent a cardboard box containing a eounle of twius of half-opened cotton pods. These were seen by a London florist of ideas, who found out what they were and where they came from, and then commissioned the schoolgirl to wiite to her sister, making the offer of a very nice price for any number of such sprays delivered to him in good condition, to be used for decorative purposes. The proposition was accepted, and for two seasons now the young woman has sent over each year three big packing boxes of prime pods, bought cheap from her father's plantation. It. rather dashed her good spirits when she learned that the "decorative purposes'' for which the half-opened pods were to be used should really have read mortuary purposes, the shrewd florist having conceived the idea that tied up in white or pale mauve ribbon, they would form a very pretty emblem for departed buds and other young persons. But the draft that accompanied the revelation was so handsome that it considerably modified the shock, and, as has been said, one of the results has been a long pleasure visit to New York on the net profits from this odd transaction in South Carolina cotton pods. ? The burning issue in Delaware is the question of the new governor's illiteracy. A Wilmington special, Friday, says: "The house of representatives, at Dover, today, \ adopted the following; but it was tabled in the senate: 'Be it resolved by the senate and house, of representatives in general as- , sembly met, That both houses of the legislature condemn the article which appeared in a newspaper called the Philadelphia Record, dated January 10, 1895, reflecting upon the governor of the State of Delaware, i Resolved further, That a joint committee of j two members of the senate and three of the , house be appointed to investigate the author- j ship.' The statement objected to was that! Governor Marvil is unable to read or even ' write further than to trace the lines necessary to mechanically form his name. It was . declared today by men who know Mr. Marvil, that he can both read and write." The ! governor will probably run again foravindi-l cation. I ?lic ftotfewUe ^nquivtv. YORKVILLE, S. 0. : WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1895. ? We note with pleasure evidence of new life in our esteemed contemporary the Greenville News. For sometime past that paper has been getting its news from Atlanta in stereotype plates. The service, of course, was very good ; but it lacked the discrimination of Editor Williams's able judgment, aud contained a great deal of matter in which the readers of The News had no interest. Its principal recommendation was its remarkable cheapness. But recently, this plate service has been discarded, full telegraph reports secured, and at a largely increased expense the paper has again become The News of old. We congratulate both Editor Williams and his constituency on the change, aud hope the improvement will be fully maintained. ? News has reached the state department at Washington, to the effect that there was ..r,.;c;?nr ;n Wnwnii on Januarv 6. Udcnuus u^iioiug IM A.V .. ? w Ever since the government of which Dole is president was established, the adherents of the queen have been planning for its overthrow. It is only lately that they managed to accumulate sufficient arms and ammunition, and under the lead of some white adventurers, they attacked the government forces. The uprisers numbered about 300 men, and after a hot fight, they were defeated. About a dozen were killed, 50 were captured, and the balance escaped to the mountains. On receiving the news of the uprising, President Cleveland immediately dispatched the warship Philadelphia to Hawaii to protect American citizens. ? Iu another column we published a remarkable letter from Congressman McLaurin on the constitutional convention question. There is also published a letter from the colored ministers of the State, and in a few days is promised a weighty expression from the "Forty Reformers." The outlook is that there is to be a fight and a big one ; but we would suggest that our people keep quiet for the present. We have no hesitation in saying that in our opinion there is a critical crisis ahead, and its best solution requires calm, cool judgment rather than unreasonable excitement. Let our people read what is going on, carefully studying the situation as best thev can, and then make up their minds to vote and work for the best interests of the State. ???? first page of this issue, w^-p-ub^Iish the articles of agreement adopted by the American Cotton Growers' association at Jackson, Miss., recently. The probability is that the cotton growers of this section will be called upon to sign their names to; this agreement, and our idea of publishing it now is in order that they may have full time in which to think over the matter. It will be noticed that the agreement is not to be binding until signed by enough farmers to make it of practical elfect, and, therefore, every individual will be left to act iu the matter according to his own judgment. He will not have to wait until he sees what his neighbor is going to do. There is another thing. The agreement isj to last for only one year, and at the end of that lime it may be continued or not as may be deemed desirable. The whole idea is a very good one. It oilers probably the last opportunity for thorough organization of the farmers of the South on a basis on mutual benelit, and we think we see in it the final consummation of the Roddey plan for the protection of the price of cotton. We sincerely hope that the work of carrying out this plan will be pushed with earnest- j ness and vigor. We believe it will be to j the best interest of cotton growers everywhere. -O ? The Manufacturers' Record has compil-1 ed from the official reports of the United | States agricultural department, some statis-! tics that arc especially interesting to the j people of the South. They relate to the! production of corn, wheat and oats in the | Southern States during the year 181)4. Here- j tofore these products have been regarded as a side issue in the South, anil the main' interest of the people has been centered in i cotton. llut during 181)4 the situation \vasj different. The total production of grain, in bushels, in the South during the past year, aggregates (111,635,031, and its total value is placed at ?302,724,003. The total value of the Sou Ill's cotton crop for 1898-94 was ?294,49"),000, and thus it appears that grain has begun to take the lead in yielding a larger aggregate value than the cotton crop. Considered in the light of its full signilieance. this state. raska, South Dakota, KansasiH^MKt for the i year 1898, amounted to 509,000,0(%^iishels, , and this year it has been reduced to only 188,| 4S2,000 bushels, a decrease of 430,595,000 j bushels. While on account of the scarcity ! of money and general depression, the price! ! of corn may not show up any large increase it is worth while to remember that in the Northwest there is any amount of destitution and even starvation. There is neither I anything of that kind in this section, or any j immediate probability of it, and while our 1 people may be called upon to hear many ills,1 in this one particular they certainly have, good cause to be truly thankful. We are infinitely better off than our brethren in the! Northwest, and tenfold better oil' than if we had planted a big surplus of cotton in- 1 stead of corn. ^ ( ? Thk Yohkvilm-: Kshitukk regrets that' a recent statement made l?y The Herald should have been sprung just now. Will Thk Knot i it Kit answer this: Suppose, under the lead of Thomas I!. Ileal, the Republican party comes squarely out for silver; a most reasonable supposition. Then suppose, under the lead of (irover Cleveland, or some other gold advocate, j the Democratic party adopts the .John Sherman policy of finance, where will Thk Yokkvii.i.k Knotiuki: be??Spartanburg Herald. The Herald can hardly be serious, or it j would have given Thk Knquirkk a more! diflicult problem. Political parties are supposed to be based on principles rather than j men. Grover Cleveland is not the Democratic party, and neither is Thomas B. Heed the Republican party. Increase of circulation to keep pace with the growth of business ! and population, is a basic principle of Jef: fersonian Democracy which, under existing j circumstances, can only he realized through the free coinage of silver. (!rover Cleveland I might he able to carry men into the llepub lican party; but neither himself or any other j man can carry Democratic principles there j any more than they can mix oil and water. If under the leadership of Tom Reid, or any-; body else, the Republicans should come squarely out for the free coinage of silver, j they will at that moment, so far as that j particular principle is concerned, become Jeftersonian Democrats; and the only Republicans who will be left on the financial j question, will he those men who may follow Grover Cleveland after the'outrageously unjust vagaries of John Sherman. Aud j The Enquirer will be then just where it! is now; still advocating the Democratic prin-1 ciple of increasing the volume of circulation | to conform to the increase in business and j riA!\ii lot i/ttt ? That Senator Hill is a shrewd politican there can be no doubt; but it is not likely that he will ever be president of the United States. He does not command the confidence of the people, and on account of his past record he can never hope to do so. What he says about the Sherman law sounds very well; but it will be taken with a great deal of salt. No true friend of silver could have ever submitted to the unconditional repeal of that law. It is true that it was one of the most ruinous laws that has ever been on the statute books, and that is why it was of such great value to the friends of silver. They should have taken the position firmly that unless free coinage was agreed to as a substitute, the law should not be repealed, j That would have quickly brought the enemies j of silver to terms, free coinage would now be ] a part of our financial system, and the dreadful state of afFairs which now obtains would never have been known. No, Mr. Hill won't do. He is disposed to carry water on both shoulders. Though at one time it was in his power to force free coinage, he surrendered the cause of the vast majority of people to the goldbugs, and let the opportunity slide. The people of this country are not likely to let the same man fool them twice in the same way. ? Congressman Talbert created something of a sensation in the house of representatives last Friday evening. Mr. Cooper, of Indiana, introduced a bill to increase the pension of the widow of General Abncr I)oubleday. Such bills cau only go through with unanimous consent, under certain circumstances. Congressman Joues, of Virginia, objected, and Congressman Cooper grew angry, and said some very rough n j O rronflAmon'c InV klJMJ?3 UUUII1 lllC ? llftllliu ~ ?j alty to the flag. Jerry Simpson said that he was not only surprised; but ashamed that a man from the South should say, as Mr. Jones had said, that he still believed in 'The Lost Cause'?a cause founded on slavery. Congressman Talbert got up to answer Simpson, and although the chair endeavored to rap him to order, he paid uo attention. He ranged up and down the centre aisle, gesticulating wildly. lie deprecated, he said, the continual appeal to sec-1 tionul passious; but he noticed that they usually came from those invisible in war and invincible in peace. "As to the Lost Cause," he said, "it is the everlasting cause, j and cannot be lost, because it is the cause of liberty. Under the same circumstances," he continued, shaking his fist in a defiant manner at the Republican side, "and for the same reason, the men who fought then would again. You can like that or you can lump it. I love the cause today as much as I did when a boy I bared my bosom to your i battlefields of Virginia." MERE MENTION. Robert N. Ely, who was attorney general of Georgia under Governor Colquitt, died in the Atlanta almshouse, one day last week. ........vftfayor Strong, of New York, has decfinedto accept the resignation of Superintendent Byrnes from the police force. A Mormon church has been organized at Hinton, \V. Va., with 24 members. It now develops that the Florida orange trees were not killed by the recent freeze. The owners of the trees thought they were killed ; . . . ? :c .1.!. ? 'Ptm UUl 11 senilis lib ll liilb lb a inibiiiivc. i uv; dead leaves are now falling from the trees rapidly and new buds are taking their places. Thousands of bushels of oranges were lost; but the trees will he all right. One hundred and fifty surviving members of the famous command of Colonel J. S. Mosby | held a re-union at Alexandria, Yn., last Wednesday. Mosby was present and made a speech. < General James X. Bethune, well known as the original owner of "Blind Tom," the musical prodigy, is seriously ill in Washington. He is 92 years of age. The town of Warrenton, X. C., was almost entirely consumed by fire last Sunday. A big passenger steamer, called the State of Missouri, struck a rock near Alton, 111., last Sunday, and went to the bottom. She had on board 100 persons, of whom 37 were drowned. The body of Barrett Scratt, the defaulting treasurer of Holt county, Xeb., who was hauged by Yigilants on Xew Year's day, was found in the Niobrara river, near his home, last Saturday. Advance, Endeavor.?There is no religious organization in the United States more widely known, or its influence more felt for good, than the society of Christian i Endeavor. With its membership of over j two millions, it is training a host of earnest j young Christians, who will do active service in the cause of Christ in the next generation, j The society being under the strict control of the church in which it is organized, is thus] adapted to all denominations, as is proven by the fact thirty-two denominations have recognized the usefulness of the societies by j nprmittimr them to he. organized in their churches. Although the promoters of the, movement are proufl of this fact, yet its! chief mission is not forgotten, for they seek . in every way to inculcate the lesson of loyalty to Christ and to the churches in which the societies are organized. The State Christian Endeavor Union, realizing the good that has been accomplished ' wherever the society has been introduced and given a fair trial, especially in arousing i young Christians to greater activity in j Christs's service, has decided to ask every minister and Christian worker in the State I do co-operate with them in celebrating the | oy" * -5W*.:TTTT??. tii>t soc*i?*ty. t>y forming u-s ,.i i>v?'vy ?*Uurt*h in tin- Slat**, cither *00 the snd of I'Vhruary or during the following week. Christian worker, we need your assistance; kindly let us have your hearty co-operation, and help us to make the date mentioned memorable in the history of the Christian [ Endeavor movement in South Carolina, because of the great number of Christian Endeavor societies formed at that time. All societies are requested to report to the State | Christian Endeavor secretary immediately after organizing, because it is greatly desired that ho be able to report a great increase in the number of societies in I he State, at the next State Christian Endeavor convention, which will be held at Blaekville in April. For constitutions, or other information, write at once to the State secretary, Allan Nicholson, Union, S. C. Likki.y to contini'k.?The remarkable movement of cotton mills from New England to the South, which has recently attracted so much attention, continues, and is likely to continue until the cotton industries of the country centre, as they should do, in the sunny home of the cotton plant. . v.. .1... .10.1 :?.....i Ilf>i**ili] ri*uoi'l(*d ''II IIIU -.XI IlIM.iui, ?"V. , ? the decision of two of the strongest cotton mill companies of Massachusetts to build two large factories in the South, each costing half a million dollars or more. Last week, it was reported, three of the largest manufacturing corporations of Lowell, Mass., asked the Massachusetts legislature to so amend their charters that they may do business in the South. The superior facilities in ttie cotton States for manufacturing cotton cloths, sheeting, baggings, drillings and coarse ginghams, have become so apparent of late, that the Fall Liver and other Northern centres of cotton manufacture, are quite exorcised about the changed situation.?New York Herald. Senator Irliy Is 111. ? Senator Irby is very ill at his rooms in Washington. His brother, Dr. \V. ('. Irby, of Laurens, left last Thursday for Washington to be with him. HILL TO HOWELL. Tlie New York Senator Iiiih Come out Squarely ' for Free Coinage. A personal lelter wiitten by Senator Hill to Mr. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, has just been made public. The letter was written 011 July 13, 1893, just prior to the assembling of the extra session of the present congress, and although held to be confidential at the time, is now published with the consent of Senator Hill. It is in the nature of a political prophecy, and as such is very interesting. The first section of the letter is devoted to the extra session of Congress. Senator Hill said that he had advised the president to call the extra session in April instead of September. He thought that a correct policy in regard to the currency and the tariff, could be better carried out then than later, for the .i.? rt'USUIl 111 ii li ln?r JH1I i.jr muiiih i?c 1IIU1E nunvnj united, and the president could make a better use of the patronage, but little of which would have been distributed. The senator then went on to outline his views on the silver question as follows : "2. As to the repeal of the Sherman law, I favor the unconditional repeal of the law. I have always been opposed to it. It should be abandoned by general consent. My views were partially expressed in my receut Tammany letter, which you have undoubtedly seen. Personally, I should prefer not to repeal the law until an acceptable substitute was provided, in order to render more probable tbe adoption of sucb sustitute, and not because I approve at all of the Sherman silver law. But from a party point of view, the wisest course is unconditional repeal. The couutry expects it and the party will be found fairly well united in favor of it. Therefore, it is unwise, while agreeing upon the general proposition, to waste our time in agreeing upon a substitute pendiug the repeal. Let the repeal be made at once, and let us differ as to other financial matters afterwards. I am in favor of bimetalism as the issue of the future. We should seek to keep that issue to the front; we should not strive for temporary success or compromise. We should be for free coinage under an international agreement if it be possible to procure one?and for which every exertion should be made?and if not possible, then for independent bimetalism. This is a great goal for which we should strive. It cannot be done at once. Our friends must not be impatient. The people must be educated. The unexpected action of India and the general sentiment of the moneyed classes conspire agaiust us at this time. I do not believe in the Bland bill or any other measure which guarantees anything less than unrestricted coinage for gold and silver alike, as pledged in the democratic national platform. Let us prepare, not for present victory ; but for victory upon that issue iu 1806. The repeal of the Sherman law will not give the relief which is anticipated. It will aid business temporarily, but a year's ?;? >/? .fill i?q tmri Hin rimiinnd for ner 11IUV n III uv Iiutuj uuv* v.v l uiunent financial relief will be irresistible. We should continue to bold out free coinage as the goal which the country must ultimately reach. The triumph of the monometalists will be but temporary." On the State bank tax question, the scnaator was somewhat at sea. He believed that the tax, which was merely prohibitive and sought to raise no revenue, was wrong in principle and should be repealed ; but he was not ready to endorse the issue of State currency. This might be all right in New York and Georgia ; but in some of the States it was bound to be of a wildcat nature, and, and to a certain extent would discredit all paper currency. He thought that the country should hold rather to the more extended use of gold and silver and to paper currency based squarely on these metals. The letter has produced a profused sensation among the politicians everywhere. The silver men have begun to claim Hill as a valuable accession to their ranks; and the shrewd New Yorker is more than ever looming up as a possibility of lSOfi. ANOTHER BLAND BILL. Congressman IJryan Wants to Provide for the Treasury's Silver Ituilion. In the house, last Friday, Congressman Bryan, of Nebraska, introduced the following bill providing for the coinage of the silver bullion in the treasury and the punishment of individuals who conspire against the credit of the government: "Section 1. That the secretary of the treasury shall immediately issue silver certificates of the same denominations and monetary functions as is now provided by law for silver certificates, in the amount equal to the seignorage of the silver builion, purchased under the provisions of the act of July 14, 1S90, entitled 'An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue ol treasury notes thereupon, and for other purposes,' to wit: The sum of $55,150,GS1. That such silver certificates shall he immediately available for the payment of the current expenditures of the government; and all laws relating to silver certificates, as far as practicable, shall be applicable to the silver certificates herein authorized. That said seigniorage shall be coined as fast us possible into legal tender standard silver dollars and the coins held in the treasury for the redemption of the silver certificates. "Sec. 2. That all obligations heretofore or hereafter incurred by the government of the United Stares, whether such obligations bear interest or not, which, according to their terms, call for payment in coin, shall be payable in gold or silver coin of present weight and fineness, at the discretion of the secretary of the treasury, and the right of the holder of any such obligation to demand payment in a particular kind of coin, whether gold or silver, is hereby expressly denied. "It is declared to be the policy of the government to maintain the parity between gold and silver at the present legal ratio by receiving gold and silver coin, without discrimination against either metal, in payment of all taxes, customs and debts due, or to become due. to the United States, and by making such gold and silver coin a full legal tender for all private debts, and in no other way. It is expressly declared not to be the duty or the policy of the United States to redeem gold coins with silver, or to redeem silver coins with gold. "Sec. :>. That any person, who by nunsen or in conjunction with any other person or persons, either for his own benefit or as the agent of any other person or persons, shall hereafter present to the treasurer of the United States or to any sub-treasury thereof, any United States treasury note or notes, commonly known as greenbacks, or any treasury note or notes issued under the act of July M, 1S90, and demand the redemption of the same, either in gold or silver, fur the purpose of embarrassing the government of the United Stales, for the purpose .of injuring the credit of the United States, i or for the purpose of compelling or securing the issue of United States bonds, shall he j guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon eoni vietion, he punished by imprisonment for a period of not less than five years." TUB NBRROBSARB MOYlNb. 1 Colored Minister* Want all Colored Voters Keg(stored. A long address to the Negroes of the State ; has just been issued from Columbia. The address is signed by 12 Negro preachers, and its object is to stir up the Negroes of the : State to take an active interest in t he election | of delegates to the approaching constitutional convention. The paper, which is a very ' vigorous one from the Negro standpoint, is | rather too long fur publication in full ; hut : the following synopsis will give a correct : i<lca of its contents : r^At- the outset, the preachers say that the jcouvcnlion has been called by fraud and its ! object is to deprive the Negro race of the 1 right of franchise. They go on to recite the ! iniquities alleged to have been perpetrated by the Democratic party, refer to the "viola1 - -1 .1 i? i... | lion oi inn sugar-coaivw |iihi^w uhuiu ' Hampton," anil arrive at the conclusion that unless they now make one last, mighty j effort, all hopes of civil liberty in the future ] are gone. The address winds up as follows : I "Now we do not forget thai, in the midst of so much political dishonesty, there have always been a large and constantly increasing number of white men who are sutlicicntly conscientious and far seeing enough to understand that dishonest methods in affairs ol government must, in the very nature of things contain in themselves incipient germs of bickering discord, and a retarding, if not eom! plete destruction, of the commonwealth's | prosperity. Among the Reformers these men | are found. In the ranks of the Consernati ves | they are not absent. lOven in the Republican | party there are some broad-minded patriotic men. The emergency which confronts us, however, demands that we shall be tied to no parly or party leaders -that we shall stand I and contend on the broad plane of eternal J right rather than on the circumscribed plat-! form of a particular party. Men and ineas-! ures must he our aim. Moved by these considerations and views,1 we hereby call upon our fellow workers in the ministry in the State of South Carolina, to meet in a State convention at Columbia, Thursday, February 14, 1895, 11.80 a. in., in j the Calvary Baptist church, that we may dci liberately advise and wisely plan as to the | means we shall employ to secure for our State an honest government to the poorer whites and ignorant Negroes, the public schools more desirably equipped and of longer terras, and to at least, the intelligent citizens, I regardless of the color of the skin, the un| hampered rights of citizenship. Since the : conditions making one eligible to vote for electors to the constitutional convention are such that every nearly Negro having become of ace can comply, it is desired that we shall take counsel of each other to the end that a vigorous campaign by the ministry may be arranged for the purpose of getting the Negroes registered to a man and standing ready to vote for any set of men, regardless of their party name, who are in favor of an honestly managed government and opposed to radical, class or impracticable measures being encouehed in the new constitution. Asking your earnest prayers for this righteous undertaking, and begging you, at any reasonable sacrifice, to meet your fellowworkers in the above mentioned convention, we are Your brethren in Christ Jesus, / E. Wilson, J. C. Daniels,*-* E. If. CoiT, H. M. itaikord, R. E. Hart, J no. It. Wilson, W. I). Chappellk, A. P. Dunbar, J. II. Johnson, It. W. Baylor, C. P. Nelson, J. C'. Tobin. TROUBLE IN BROOKLYN. Street Cur Men Place the City on the Verge of Civil War. Brooklyn, N.Y., is in the throes of a monster strike of street car employees. The strike had been brewing for sometime, and was finally precipated on Monday of last week, when the street railway authorities refused to accede to a demand for 10, instead of 14 hours' work at the same wages. The total number of men who quit work is about 0,000. When the street car men struck, the companies managed to import new men for some of their lines; aud where they could not get new men, they allowed things to remain in statu quo. Being unfamiliar with the city, the new men were unequal to the task of running the cars at the customary high rate of speed, and of course the attempt to operate the Hues was at best a makeshift, the ridiculousness of which greatly pleased the strikers. Some of the lines, the companies at first made no eflbrt to operate, and citi zens brougnt manciamus proceedings 10 compel their operation. The judge refused to compel the mandamus proceedings to operate ; but at the same time guaranteed to the companies the full protection of the law, and said that if they continued to refuse to operate their lines, he would sign the writ of mandamus. Up to Saturday night, the strikers had things practically their own way. They bribed, bulldozed and intimidated all the new men who were put on the cars, to such an extent that the service was practically worthless. Their only opposition was the police, and the police were so few in number, comparatively, that they amounted to but little. On Saturday night, Mayor Schieren asked Governor Morton for troops. This was unknown to the strikers. On Sunday morning, about 5,000 militiamen were stationed along different car lines in the city, and a number of additional cars were put in operation. But still things did not progress smoothly. The strikers managed to cut the trolley wires in unguarded places, and'.the cars were stoned by mobs of men at almost every turn. To ride in the cars was made so dangerous that but few people were found with the hardihood to attempt it. On Sunday morning, the mayor sought to bring about an arbitration of the difficulty. The leaders of the strikers expressed their willinguess to arbitrate the matter, and said they would submit their grievance to a committee to be appointed by the mayor. The companies, however, refused to come to any such terms, and the proposition for arbitration came to nothing. The strikers held a mass meeting on Sunday night and drew up a statement of their version of the situation as follows : "Citizens: Seven days since, the employes of the Brooklyn trolley lines were driven from their posts by soulless corporations because they were human beings and unable to work another year under the terrible strain put upon mum ay uumj; tuui|ii:iicu m run trolley ears through crowded streets at a high rate of speed for 14 hours for a day's work, though they contracted for only 10 hours. "We offered to continue our contracts with our masters for another year at the same wages, if we were guaranteed against more than 10 hours' work. The companies refused. All our offers to arbitrate were cruelly rejected. Miserable creatures have have been recruited from the outcasts of other communities upon promise to pay them 50 per cent, more wages than we ever received. The cars are not yet running, in, spite of military and police?not because of our violence; but because the companies cannot get skilled labor to work for them upon their terms as to what shall constitute a day's work. The companies' officers do not want to operate the roads as long as they can hoodwink the mayor and the public. If they did, every wheel, without the help of police or military, would be running ! in one hour. The whole strike, heartless as | it is, is caused by those who wish to depre' - * - 1 *? ~4' AA?vinnntr hfiLl I\\r A111. | uuuu nif s*iuuit ui iiiu tuujpuij hviu wj vv?v sillers. In the spirit of peace ami brotherly love, J we appeal to the citizens ami taxpayers of j Brooklyn. We have bowed to the written i law and shall salute Oessler's hat until the ! great majority of suffering beings find out i what we, in bitterness have, learned?that the laws, the judges and the government are for the rich, the powerful and the grasping. Our servants they should be?our masters they are. Chosen by our suffrage, they betray us before the cock crows thrice. ' The rights and the affairs of the people are j in the hands of Iscariots. When, oh ! when, j will come the day when their vows shall be | spilled on the ground V" At a late hour Sunday night, the mayor | came to the conclusion that he could not I preserve order with the force at hand, and I he decided to ask for additional troops. The governor promptly granted his request, and j during Monday over 8,000 militiamen were 'stationed in tlie city. Though the strikers \7Vre "not disposed |<> resort to violence, at lajst accounts the companies were not mak,in|bni0.ch headway in the operation of their ! c;frs. Of all the cars in the city, only about one-eighth were running, and these were I being run by unskilled men. A woman was j run over and badly injured by an incontpe! tent motorman on Monday afternoon. The | mortorinan was locked up and will be held j for trial. Except for the presence of the j militia and the excitement of the strikers, ; the city is now reasonably quiet; but what is to be the final outcome of the affair is a ! subject of widespread apprehension. The : militiamen, S,0<)0 in number, are now cnj camped in the churches. ! ThhChanijksofThiutv Ykaks.?What a j contrast between this year ISil.j and the year j Thirty years ago an army of carpet! baggers, thieves and scalawags wsts flooding i the South, plundering States and robbing inIdividuals, blasting and blackening homes land communities, leaving ruin in its trail, making the people of the South hopeless. Today the great, strong, wealthy producing I mill-owners are arranging to move on the I South, to settle among us, to become it part | of us, to employ their great wealth t ight here, develop and enrich us and themselves, and the South extends the hand of greeting and welcome.?Greenville News. ? . ; llrotlicr of the Governor ; Nephew <>f Hit? Senator. ? Edgefield Chronicle, liilh : A very sci riotis ami much-to-be deplored shooting af! fray took place in our town on Monday afI ternoon last between Captain- James II. Tillman and Mr. Harnard H. Evans. The : aflray took place in the law ollice of Mr. S. ' McfJowan Simkins. So far as we can learn, ! and we believe it is generally so understood, j Mr. Evans fired the first shot. Several shots were fired. Captain Tillman's right ' hand was wounded and disabled, and be was also wounded in the chin. Mr. Evans was wounded, so far as we can learn, in arm, back and shoulder, all by the same ball. A ball also passed through his bat. None of these wounds are thought to be serious. Indeed, Captain Tillman was upon our streets yesterday -Tuesday. v LOCAL AFFAIRS. j INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. James M. Starr?The "whos" and "whys." S. M. MeXeel A Co.?Announce that they have ! commenced a general banking business in the old Exchange bank building. II. ('. Strauss?Tells you about the daily arrivals of new goods which were bought at prices that are for the benefit of buyers. Sam M. Grist?Suggests means whereby persons engaged in farming can stop leaks, j Louis Roth?Tells you that although oranges | have gone up in price, he has good ones for sale at old prices. He is ottering 21 ' pounds of granulated sugar for $1. Grist Cousins?Give some advice to husbands in connection with coffee, and talk about canned goods, oatmeal and prepared buckwheat, tobacco and hardware. \V. B. Moore A Co.?Announcement is made of! the association in business of \V. B. and B. j X. Moore?the former to look after goner- , al business, and B. X. Moore to attend to brokerage and cotton buying. The linn will also deal in cotl'ms, caskets and robes. Inman Brothers?Talk about clothing, Banister's shoes, underwear and hats. X. A. Simril, Administrator?Gives notice to i the debtors and creditors of \V. X. Simril, | deceased. i ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. W. G. Neville left on last Monday on a two weeks' visit to friends and relatives in Cokesbury and Greenville. Miss Minnie MeCull lias returned from a ! visit. to Clover ? . CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. Robert A. Lee, minister. ( Lay services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock | in the absence of the pastor. Sunday-school i in the afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. I Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. j ! Weber, pastor. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. j Services next Sunday morning at 11 and j . evening at 7.30 o'clock. Prayer-meeting i j this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. | Services on Sunday-morning at 11 o'clock, | j and in the evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday- j school at 3 o'clock, p. m. Prayer-meeting j tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor, i Yorkville?Sunday-school at 10 a. m. j Services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30. o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Boyce II. Grier, pastor. Yoiikville?Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Prayermeeting this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Tnt55ah?Services on Sunday morning at 11! o'clock. WANT A COTTON FACTORY. Another meeting was held in the court j house last Friday uight for the purpose ofi j hearing the report of the committee recently | appointed to draw up a working plan for aj | building and loan association. Major J. F. j Hart was called to the chair, and R. W. [ I Hutson, Esq., was elected secretary. The] committee reported conditional subscriptions for 94 shares of stock of the pur value of $100 each ; hut failed to report a plat) of organization. T. F. MeDow, Esq., moved that the building and loan idea be abandoned, .and that the meeting, instead, devote its| efforts in the direction of a cotton factory, j The motion was carried by an almost unaniI rnous vote, and after discussion, a committee ; I was appointed to draw up a plan of orguni-i zation and solicit subscriptions to the capital I stock of the proposed enterprise. It was! agreed that subscriptions should be solicited both o;i the cash and the installment plans, on an equitable basis, and as the result of a canvass of the meeting, the committee received promises of cash subscriptions to the amount of something over $7,000. The committee was authorized to continue its i work and report to another meeting to be called whenever the same shall be deemed I i necessary. IT IS MEETING WITH FAVOR. The Enquirer's proposition to have Prof. Von Shulz, of the Baptist High school, to deliver a lecture on the minerals of York, is I 1 meeting with favor, not only in Yorkville; but in different sections of the county. Within the past few days Prof. Yon Shulz has received several offers of practical assist ance from different individuals, more or less well informed on the subject under consideration, and also quite a number of specimens of different kinds of ores, and some valuable literature, including the now very j rare report of Prof. Tuomey. i All these things go to show that the proj posed lecture is meeting with a great deal of ! favor, and besides such assistance is thankj fully received ; but it should by no means j be understood that Prof. Von Shulz is de| pending entirely, or to any considerable i extent, on the labor of others. With hammer in hand he is putting in nearly all of his . spare time among the native rocks them| selves, and it may be depended upon that although some time off', when the lecture J does come, it will be new, original, well j worth listening to, and a valuable eontri| bution to the now small fund of existing in-, j formation about York county's minerals. "chick am aug a." Readers of The Enquirer during 1892 ! u:j, win rememner mat intensely imvicsuug serial, "Chattanooga." It told mainly of the adventures of a Federal spy, who was i assisted in his work by a shrewd mountain Igirl known as Souri Slack. The story was j full of startling situations, it was a perfect 1 picture of memorable scenes that transpired ; in Tennessee, and the interest of the reader : was never for an instant allowed to Hag. I The universal opinion was that "Chatta! noogu" was the best war story that had appeared for years. ' Now here comes the sequel, by the same writer, Captain F. A. Mitchell. It is to be called "Chiekamauga," and the first installment is to appear within a very short time. ! Among the characters are Mark Maynard, cunning Souri Slack, droll little Jakey, and Miss Laura Fain, with whom the readers of ' i ' "Chattanooga" are already acquainted. Be! sides these, there is another shrewd Southern j girl named Betsy Baggs, a Yankee-Irish corporal named Katigan, and other characters I j who all go to make up a story that is in every j respect the equal if not the superior of I ( 'hat lanooga." Along wit Ii'I i ink a manga," we propose to puhtish a full synopsis of j "Chattanooga," andnmose readers who may not be familiar with that story, will be placed in possession of the information necessary to ; the fullest enjoyment of the sequel. Lovers . of fiction should be sure to read the opening! | chapters. , ; THIi YOltlv COTTON GROWL I IS; j liat relation noes inc c oiion mowers | association of York countv, bear to the or* 7 ganization recently perfected in Jackson, Miss. ?" was the (]iieslion that a reporter i for Tin: Knqi'IUKU asked of Dr. J. F.' | Lindsay, president of the York Cotton Growers' association, last Monday. "As I understand it," replied President Lindsay, "the object of our organization was | to place ourselves in position to get in line I with the procession whenever it should com-: : mcncc to move. We hoped to have the governor call a State convention so we could be properly represented at Jackson. The con; ventioji was not called, and consequently we j ; were not represented; but the people of : Jackson managed to go ahead and perfect i jan organization on acceptable lines, and as I ! see it, the best thing we can do is to become : a part of that organization. We are already j organized in this county, and with the exeep' tion that we have not provided for the eomj mittee of seven called for by article 0 of the j Jackson agreement, and that we have elected j only two delegates instead of three to a .State convention, we are already about up 'to specifications. I would be glad to hear ! some expressions through the paper or otherwise, as to whether it is more desirable to go I on as we are, or to call the county conven- j tion provided for on (lie 1st Monday in March. If it should be deemed desirable to! call this convention, why, of course, 1 am willing, and then we will proceed regularly.; If it should not be considered necessary to I call this meeting, why then we may just n? 1 ^ on as we are. It strikes me, however, that j e now, since we have something definite to pull ' for, we had better call the meeting anil place ourselves regularly in line.'' s HOMICIIJKAT LKSSLIK. j, Major Manna, colored, was committed to jail last Wednesday to await trial at the 11 approaching term of the court of general ses-1? sions for the murder of Jim Wright, also colI] ored, at Leslie station, on Monday night of | ^ last week. The story of the killing, as so t far developed, is about as follows : , { ir ...:e. ?,l ,i:..:,lrt t,r?r I , Ililllllil M WIIC \V?19 I1I9|IUBV;U IU UIVIUV affections between himself and Wright. Phe ^ lived with Hanna awhile, then with Wright, ' then with Hanna, and then went back to i 1 Wright. Hanna grew tired of this arrange-1 ^ ment and decided to put an end to it. Short- i iv after dark on Monday, lie shouldered his l j double barreled shot gun and went to a cab- j c in in which he knew he would find his wife j ' and her paramour. He peeped through a crack and ascertained that they were there. Then he went around to the door and knocked \ for admittance. Fred Tidwell, the owner of 1 the cabin, asked "Who is there?" but there t was no answer. Jim Wright grabbed his revolver, rushed to the door, and with an oath, said he would see who it was and what they 8 wanted. He stood for a moment nourishing \ his revolver. Suddenly there was a loud ^ report from a shot gun and he fell in the f doorway, shot through the bowels. It was 1 Hanna who fired the shot; but he did not wait to see the result. As soon as he had discharged his weapon he took to his heels { and lied. Wright died shortly afterward, i and on Wednesday, Hanna gave himself up to Trial Justice Waters. , Hanna claims full justification for his deed. He says that Wright fired at him i five times one day last summer, and had f since sent him word that he intended to kill 1 him. COUNTY BOAltD ORGANIZES. i The county board of township commis- 1 sioners met in the office of the county supervisor on yesterday, and organized for business. The respective townships were represented by their chairmen as follows: Bethel, O. L. Riddle. I Bethcsda, J. Lon Moore. , Hrmul River W. S. Wilkerson. Bullock's Creek, T. A. Gwin. < Cherokee, Not Represented. < Catawba, A. II. White. Kbenezer, W. W. Miller. Fort Mill T. (I. Gulp. 1 King's Mountain I). M. Hall. : York, J. S. Bricc. ' The board was called to Older by Supervisor Stephenson, and on motion, J. S. Brice, i Esq. was elected secretary. Messrs. Wilk- . erson, Hall and Miller explained that they had not been elected as township chairmen ; -( but were merely serving for convenience, pending full meetings of their respective boards. On motion, it was decided that these ' gentlemen be recognized as temporary represenatives of their respective townships. i "Shall we continue the present system of < working the roads, or adopt the contract system?" was the first question presented for consideration. Mr. T. G. Culp moved for the continuance of the present system. Without discussion, the motion was put and carried, all voting in the affirmative except Mnj. A. H. White, who said that he was decidedly in favor of the contract system. "I move to re-consider that vote, in order ; that we may have more discussion," said Mr. Culp, and, upon a vote, the motion was unanimously reconsidered. Mr. White was then called upon for his views. Among other things lie said: 1 '"I am not prepared to make any long speech on the subject; but as you all know, we have been working under the old system for a very long time and found it un- , satisfactory. If we continue it, we can have but little hope of better roads. The contract system does not necessarily mean that the roads are to be given out at so many thousand dollars per mile. We have been doing a great deal of work on some of our blackjack roads, and we have not found the cost excessive. The improvement, however, is almost impossible to estimate. It is agreed that two mules can pull at least 100 per cent. ; more over these roads now than they could j over the old roads, and the wear and tear on stock and vehicles has been reduced to a minmum. I think we should strive for something like this all over the country, and I don't see how we are to do it unless we adopt the contract system."' In the discussion that followed Maj. White's remarks, nearly all the members of the board expressed themselves as in favor of the contract, rather than the present system ; but ut the same time it was agreed that for lack of funds, etc., it would be impracticable to adopt the contract system until next year. Taxes for working the roads are collectable only from November to | March, and as most of the taxes for this j year have already been collected, nothing j can be done for the present. The question ; was put again, and in view of the existing state of atfairs, the present system was again adopted with the quasi understanding that it should give place to the contract system as soon as practicable. Mr. Wilkerson suggested that, in the meanj time, pending the adoption of the contract ? ' it - 1 1 I system, all uie memoers 01 uie uoumgivci j the matter us much thought as possible and ; decide upon specifications under which the roads shall he worked by contract. The suggestion was unanimously endorsed as a : good one. I The next item of business was the election I of a member of the State Board Equalization. ! J. S. Brice, Esq., nominated Mr. G. L. Rid, die, and there being no other nominations, ' Mr. Riddle was unanimously elected by acclamation. ! Mr. J. 1). Gauldeti was unanimously re-j j electeil as superintendent of the county I home. The public advertising matter was next | brought up. Supervisor Stephenson informed the board that he had instructed the { various publishers in the county to submit bids for the advertising, on or before 12 o'clock, of Saturday, the 26th instant. He would rather, however, that the matter j should be attended to by the board, and, on ,' motion, it was decided to change the date ' on which bids should he submitted, to i Thursday, January 31, and a special meet- h ing of the board was called for that date. < The secretary was instructed to notify the I various publishers in the county of the: change. There were two applications for the posi- j ] tion of physician to poor house null ' They were made by i >f. J. F. Lindsay and Dr. J. it. Bratton. Dr.Mjindsay offered to , give his services to the poor house at $1.50 , a visit, and to $1.50 a visit; the county to JlirffTfUithe principal portion of -the medicines to be used. Dr. Bratton offered to give his services to both institutions at $2.00 a visit and prepare j and compound all necessary medicines, j except in extreme cases, where he would ' act only on the authority of the county supervisor. The board decided that the proposal of Dr. Lindsay was the most advantageous, and elected him to the position. The question of licensing hawkers and peddlers next came up, and led to a lengthy j discussion. Mr. Ilall, Mr. Wilkerson, and several other members of the board, were of the opinion that the license system was wrong, especially in so far as it applied to .......... ftu ! UCt'Ud^tU ^ ?l I I iuivr? Ul UUillllUill uo\. kiiv i people, ami Mr. Wflkerson asked the boardi to, as far as possible, exempt articles in leather. lie gave his reasons as follows: "There is but little leather made in this country now. The people of our section are i mostly dependent for their supplies on the i peddlers of North Carolina. These peddlers , also give us a market for our hides at a good ' price. They either pay the money or exchange leather, which is about the same thing. It is not to our advantage to drive this kind of peddlers out of the country, and I think it a good idea to reduce the license fee to be charged for dealers in harness, sad- i dies, collars and all leather articles to as I small an amount as possible." The board agreed with Mr. Wilkerson, , and after some further discussion, the sclied-i, ule of licenses for the ensuing year was . agreed upon as follows: I Peddlers of Per annum. ( Stoves, ranges, sewing machines, ete.,..$.W.W < Hocks 10.IK' | Pianos and organs, ij.no j I .eat her goods o.lto } All other wares and merchandise 10.00 l< Next, Treasurer Neelv submitted his semi- s monthly report and explained the financial j condition of the county. The report was i supplemented by further information iroinlt ir. Brice, clerk of the old board of county ommissioners, and the hoard was given a ull account of the county's financial a flairs, ather two long for publication at this time. On motion of Mr. T. (i. Gulp, the county upervisor was authorized to bind a certain tauper child from the poor house to Miss Catv Carroll, of York township. After a recess, Mr. J. L. Moore suggested hut as the board had elected a county phyician and a superintendent of the county :ome, it would probably be in order to elect in attorney for the board. Mr. W. W. Milcr put the suggestion in the form of a moion, and it was duly carried. Messrs. Hart t Hart and Fin ley & Bricc were put in lomination, and the vote, which was taken >y ballot, resulted as follows: Hart & lart, 2; Finley & Brice, (5. The election ook place during absence of Mr. Brice. On motion of Mr. Hall, it was resolved hat hereafter, instead of keeping up small midges at a cost of two or three dollars a 'car each, the board would adopt the policy if putting in tiling, and Secretary Brice was nstructed to find out what good tiling could >e bought for in carload lots. The following, by Mr. Culp, was adopted : Resolved, That the repairs on, and the luilding of, small bridges involving an outay not exceeding $10, be left to the respecive boards of township commissioners. Next followed a long discussion of the oad question. Mr. Wilkerson wanted the livision of roads and road hands to be left is at present until the contract system should >e adopted. He thought that otherwise there vould be a great deal of unnecessary collusion. Mr. Hall wanted each township o take care of itself, and that the respective oads to township lines he under the supervision of the various boards of township :onimissioners. The matter was settled by he following, offered by Mr. Miller, and idopted by the board : Resolved, That road hands be assigned to luty only in the various townships in which hey reside. On motion, a committee of three, consistng of Messrs. Hall, Culp and Miller, was ippointed to visit and report at the called neeting, on the necessities of the poor house "arm. There being no further business, the board, ifter a most harmonious session, adjourned :o meet again on Thursday, January 31. LOCAL LACONICS, fork ut South Carolina College. ? At the annual election of officers for :he Eupradian society of the South Carolina college, last Saturday night, Mr. L. R. Black, )f York, was cnosen as recoraer. Cotton Gin Accident. ? Mr. John F. Gordon, of tho Fodder tieighborhood, had his hand badly lacerated in a cotton gin on Monday of last week. Though the injury was very painful, it is not likely that he will lose any fingers. \ttention, Old Soldiers! We are requested to announce that the county examining board of Confederate pensioners, will hold a meeting in the office of Drs. Bratton & Bratton, iu Yorkville, on Monday, salesday for February, at 10 o'clock a. m. The object of the meeting will be to correct the present pension roll and pass upon new applications. After its Scalp. ? Mr. W. A. Burns reports that for several years past a large white hawk has, from time to time, been seen in the Carp neighborhood. The big bird lias made numerous forays on the barnyard fowls of the vicinity, and it has several times been shot at; but has, as yet, managed to escape. It is probable, however, that before much longer it will surely lose its scalp. Over a round a Day. ? Prof. J. A. Boyd, of Fort Mill, is entitled to the championship as a hog raiser. Under the date of last Wednesday, he writes Thk Enquirer as follows : "I killed a pig 011 last Saturday which I think ought to be placed near the top of the roll. It was 7 months and 20 days, or 240 actual days old, and weighed 250 pounds net. For the first four months of the pig's life, it was fed almost entirely on^buttermilk. And, by , the way, I have a cow that ought to occupy a position alongside with the pig. I have gotten from her seven gallons of milk and two pounds of butter a day. Cow is half Jersey. Pig is Jersey Red and Berkshire." Against tlie Plaintiff. ? The opinion of Judge Aldrich in the case of J. R. Barron vs. the Clover Manufacturing company, was filed in the oflice of the clerk of the court last Thursday. It will be remembered that Mr. Barron, through an injunction, sought to prevent the Clover Manufacturing company from eonducting a mercantile business. He claimed that under its charter, the company had no right to deal in merchandise. The case was tried at the recent term of court and consumed several days. The opinion of Judge Aldrich is a long one and covers 33 pages of legal cap. It upholds the right of the defendant company to conduct a mercantile business, and requires the plaintilf to pay costs. FlaintifF was represented by Messrs. McCaw and McDow, and the defendant by Messrs. Hart aud Finley. We are reliably informed that Mr. Barron will appeal to the supreme court. New Factories Exempted. ? Rock Hill Herald, Saturday : "W. J. Roddey and It. T. Fewell, a committee apnointed for the purpose by a meeting of the citizens held Thursday afternoon, waited upon the council and urged the wisdom and importance of the enactment of an ordinance exempting from the payment of city taxes, for a period of 10 years, all manufacturing enterprises having a capital stock of not less than *10,000, and that may be established here within three years from this time. After considerable discussion, the council voted to grant the prayer of the petitioners, and gave instructions that the city attorney at once draft an ordinaire allowing a rebate of city taxes on manufacturing enterprises contemplated by the resolution adopted as above, and the said ordinance be reported to the next meeting of council for enactment/' Suiuluy Itlot. ? A disgraceful riot took place at the old Narrow Gauge depot last Sunday afternoon at about 3 o'clock. The participants .were R, A. Thy,T. Grecti, wMfgTatfr ; \v. liutler Fortune, colored, on one siHe, and J. C. Gray, Prjess King and Lit Lofe, all colored, on the other. What the trouble-^ "V. was about we have been unable to gather, further than that the first named parties were considerably in liquor, and were the agressors. In the row that followed, the air for several hundred yards around was filled with sulphurous oaths, and the indignation of the whole neighborhood was thoroughly aroused. Nobody was seriously hurt at the time ; but on a hearing next morning, Intendant O'Leary made the various offenders pay for their eseapade at a pretty lively rate. The sentences were as follows: Day, $10 or 30 days; Green the same; Fortune the saiue; Gray, $5 or 15 days; King the same; and Love, $2.50 or five days. All managed to pay their fines. UK-lT.\I0X AT JONATHAN MOOHF/S. ^ i % Sixty-Seven Deaoeiuliuit* Celebrate the 01(1 ticntle- -gU itiHit'x Seventy-tlftli Hlrtlnlay. Correspondence of the York ville Kmiuirer. IUfkai.o, .January 21.?The cliildton, * grand children, and great grand children of Mr. Jonathan Moore?one of our oldest ??d M best citizens?and his wife, Mrs. Mclvina flj Moore, celebrated his 7~>th birthday Inst | Tuesday with a family jre-union and pie- HE nit at the old homestead. In all there I were (i!) present, besides If) absent members. JM Kaeh family contributed its share toward fl making the dinner, and everything was jM served from turkey and the finest ofcahes, gffl ilown to a cup of codec. It was altogether ' i most enjoyable affair to all. A few invited |m friends also partook of the bounteous feast. j H Vour correspondent's heart has been sad- fiS lened because his "strol" failed to reach M liim in time for him to feast his hungry ; stomaeh upon their luscious viands. May M jur aged friends and tlieir loved o?fs he spared to he reunited many times on this low ground of sorrow, and then may they all 8H igain be reunited in that beautiful home >ver there. W.r- flj