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f ' ; $mf> mi '( '"= = i ? Within the past 10 days, the govern- j ments of Germany and France have express- . ed serious apprehensions on account of the j evils resulting from the demonetization of , silver, and intimated that another interna- , tional conference was a necessity. A resolution was to have been introduced in the British House of Commons yesterday asking 1 for an international conference. Although it is admitted that the sentiment in favor of free silver is growing rapidly in England,1 there is as yet but little reason to hope that the resolution will be passed for at least sometime yet. ? "There will be a new alignment of parties in the next presidential campaign," saysi Representative Bland, of Missouri. "The' silver men intend to get together and nomi- j nate a man who reflects their sentiments. If the next Democratic convention selects a presidential candidate who is opposed to the free coinage of silver, we won't support him. Neither will we have a half-way man. It must be free coinage or nothing. The fight should have been made on that issue two years ago, and it will -not be deferred any longer. If necessary, party lines will be entirely obliterated, and all who arc for free coinage will join hands on that issue. ? A recent letter to the Boston Globe from an eye-witness, gives full particulars of the recent massacre of Armenians by the Turks. The letter says that Mooshir Pasha, the military governor of the city of Erzeroum, started Into the Sassoun district last September, by order of the sultan, burned innumerable villages, and murdered 7,500 people. The writer goes iuto detail and proves conclusively that recent efforts to hush the whole matter up as an idle Armenian tale to | make prejudice agaiust the Turks, are nothing but Turkish inventions. There is no I longer any doubt of the fact that the villages were burned and that the inhabitants were | murdered. ? The trouble between the Southern railroad and its employe^is daily growing more acute, and an open rupture seems to be a probability of the near future. The employes claim ! that under Third Vice President Baldwiu's recent proposition, not only are many crews cut down ; but their work is laid on a fewer j number of men, and these men are asked to , do the work for less money. The men fur- , ther charge that at the beginning of the con- J ference, Mr. Baldwin pledged them to secrecy, yet he himself violated this obligation ' by giving his proposals to the public at the ! same time that he gave it to.them. The grand chiefs of the different brotherhoods , are now holding a conference at Washington, and the result of their deliberations? ( that is, strike or no strike?will be given to 1 the public within a few days. ' ? The present session of congress expires 1 on March 4, and whether or not there will < be an extra session depends on circum- ( stances. A majority of the members are , sick about that secret bond dicker recently , made by the president, and they are not ; inclined to allow its repetition. During tne ' past three days, three very important 1 amendments have been added to the sun- ! dry civil bill. One of thc3e amendments prohibits the secretary of the treasury from makiDg private bond deals, another takes ( away the right to issue bonds at all, and a ' third provides for the issuance of certificates on the same general plan as those recently ! issued by the cleariug houses. The presi- i dent is reported to be greatly displeased , with any of these arrangements, and it has , been given out that in case one of them , shall be annexed to the sundry civil bill, he will veto it. This, of course, will necessitate an extra session of congress, and as to ' whether, under the circumstances, congress < has the grit to do what it thinks right^is now i a serious question. ? The North Carolina legislature thinks that Fred Douglass was a greater man than either Washington or Lee. When the news i of Douglass' death reached Raleigh, itepre- , sentative Crews, a Negro from Granville, , arose and sent up the following resolution to ( the speaker of the house : "Whereas, That 1 the late Frederick Douglass departed this life on the 20th instant; and Whereas, We 1 greatly deplore the same, now, therefore be > it, Resolved, That when this house adjourns, j it adjourns in respect to the memory of the deceased." The resolution passed by a vote of 34 to 20, all the Democrats voting against 1 it. A resolution to adjourn on the 22nd, ' Washington's birthday, was voted down. A ] resolution to adjourn on January 19, the birthday of Lee, met with the same fate. , And this, notwithstanding the fact that the , birthdays of both Lee and Washington are : legal holidays in North Carolina. The ] North Carolina legislature evidently thinks ( that Douglass was a greater man than .1 either Washington or Lee. ( ? Frederick Douglass, probably the best < known Negro in America, died at his home | in Washington last Wednesday evening of heart disea^fe. He was 78 years of age. , Douglas was bom near Eastou, Md., in 1817. His father was a white man and his mother { was a Negro slave. At 10 years of age be < was sent to Baltimore and worked in a ship- 1 yard. There he taught himself to read and ' write. When he was 21, he ran away and went to New York, and thence to Bedford, Mass., where he was married to a Negro woman. In 1S41 he made a speech in an ' anti-slavery convention at Nantucket which < gave him such wide notoriety throughout < the North that he was employed by the | . Massachusetts Anti-Slavery society as a lec- ? turer. While lecturing in England in 1845, the people gave him a purse of $750 with 1 which to buy his freedom. He returned to 1 America in 1847 and established a weekly ' abolition newspaper. He was secretary of t the San Domiugo commission in 1872. Af- , terward he was a presidential elector, and President Harrison sent him as minister to Hayti. About seven years ago he married a white woman in one of the departments at * Washington. f ? The New York World of last Thursday 5 contains a startling story of the recent bond < deal. The story occupies about one-and-a- t half pages. Among others are the follow- ( ing statements: The bonds issued by the . government amounted to $82,315,000. For these the government received $104.49, or a total premium of $2,797,943. Within an ? hour after the syndicate got the bonds, it let 1 in a number of selected jobbers at 112}. t This raised the price of the loan to $G9,948,- i 587, and gave the syndicate a profit of , $7,833,587. The select jobbers were shortly afterward offered 117} ; hut they are hold- ' ing for 118. This will raise the price to' $73,531,700, or a total premium of $11,210,- j i UK. I Ills IS lilt* IUIU1 picuuuiu IUUL 13 HUH being paid by the final purchasers of the; i bonds. Of this the government has $2,707,- I 943,and the syndicate and jobbers $S,4 IS,7"?7. There is no argument or explanation ?>y _ v " which the people can be persuaded that the syndicate or jobbers contributed one dollar to the value of the bonds. Therefore, the government must have been swindled out of $8,418,757. The World charges that such a thing as this would have been absolutely impossi- , . ble without the previous knowledge of the president, and broadly hi tits that the president must have received a big slice of the profits as an inducement to allow the whole j1 scandalous deal to be consummated. ? It will be remembered that during the Fifty-second congress, the senate committee 1 on Agriculture ami Forestry, was authorized by the senate to make an inquiry upon ; the existing depression in the price of j farm products, and Senators George, Hate 1 and Proctor, were especially appointed as a i sub-committee to inquire into the depressed price of cotton. This sub-committee has | been engaged on the work almost ever since j its appointment, and last Saturday submitted a lengthy report. The committee finds two principal reasons why the cotton trade > is depressed. In the first place, it says that the exchanges of New York and New Or-j leans exert a most baneful influence. The New Orleans exchange plays second fiddle to that of New York ; but between the two ! the price is controlled almost absolutely. I The members of these exchanges have such wealth, the committee reports, that they are ; enabled to ^fix prices against any and all others, by flooding the market with oilers of an unlimited supply of futures, when at other places prices are, in their opinion, too high, and thus break the market; and on the other hand, when they deem prices too) low at other places, may immediately buy all the cotton that is offered. In this way these exchanges have control of the princi-1 pal product of at least 10 States of the Union. The committee denies emphatically j that over-production has anything to do with | present prices, and goes on to prove the; same with convincing arguments. Anotherj cause given for the depression, is the demonetization of silver, and the consequent increased purchasing power of money. As the result of its investigations, the committee recommends the abolition of dealing in future -contracts, and the remonetization of silver. It says that it would be better to have silver remonetized by international agreement; but, at the same time, says that if this cannot be accomplished, it will be to the advantage of the United States to act done/ She ffadmlle (SNquim'. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1895. ? The general public is more greatly interested in the trouble that is now brewing between the Southern railway and its employees than it seems to realize. As everybody knows, the Southern railway is capitalized at something like twice its actual value. In trying to make dividends on this capitalization, the managers seem to know no better way than to squeeze the employes for all they are wor.th. The more the employes are squeezed, the larger the per cent, of the earnings of the company that is kept out of the ordinary channels of trade. Therefore, it is not only a matter of right, but also a matter of interest, that the sympathy of the general public should, in this case, be with the employes rather than the company. ? Dr. Strait is said to be gaining great sympathy on account of the treatment of his wife and daughter at the recent White House reception. A White House reception consists mainly in a lot of people standing around in the parlors of the executive mansion awaiting their opportunity to shake hands with the presideut. There things go by political position, more than anything else. Foreign princes and ambassadors, with their wives and daughters, as a rule, come first; next comes the cabinet officers with their connections; next the senators; and next the congressmen. It is not a question of come first, serve first. On the contrary, each functionary is extremely jealous of his or her social or political standing, and to come in late and make the small fry stand aside, is a most delightful relish to their pompous pride. Dr. Strait's people may have been in line and rudely pushed aside by a White House lackey ; but we do not see that the incident is worth a second thought. Everybody knows the couditions that pre vail at the White House. There is no reason why Dr. Strait should want to shake the band of the president, and no reason why he should want his wife to do it. As the representative of the people of this section, the doctor should be above such flunkeyish homage-, and if he and his family had been at home instead of waiting on the president, there would have been no real or imaginary insult. Iieally, we are unable to see any occasion for either sympathy or commendation in the incident. MUCHLY MIXED. On the first page of this issue will be found the address of the Irby Executive committee, and on this page will be found an interview with Senator-elect Tillman and a letter from SenatorIrby. The Irby Executive committee calls mainly for a white man's primary, after a discussion of the issues on the stump. Tillman is in favor of dividing the delegfliiAyUii44ui constitutional convention, evenly among Conservatives and Reformers, and going into the convention without letting anybody know what is to be done, aud see to it that whatever may be the action of the convention, the people must submit to it uncomplainingly, whether they are pleased with it or not. Irby is opposed to any kind ol compromise, especially to that agreed upon by Tillman, Evans and Hemphill; hut wants i fight between Conservative and Reformers and the convention to be controlled by the faction that has the most votes. In his letter, Irby intimates <hat A. B. Williams, of the Greenville News, and N. G. [ionzales, of the Columbia State, are parlies to the Tillman-Evans-Hemphill deal; jut such is not the case. Gonzales and Williams are opposed to everything except \ fair and open fight on all lines. They lyant to let down the bars to tiie Negro vote :o both sides, and let the convention be con:rolled by the party that elects the most ielegates. The -Columbia Register was Irst on the side of the "Forty," then with rillman, and is now with Irby. Where it will finally land, would be danirerous to at :empt to predict. The "Forty" is still standing back as a reserve; but whethet bey intend to advance to the attack, 01 remain inactive, nobody knows but themsel ves. So it seems that tilings are decidedly mixid. With the leaders all at loggerheads, uid nobody knowing exactly what to do, the situation is indeed deplorable. Under sueli iircumstances, the whole people are always :he safest reliance of the State. We see but >ne way out of the difficulty. Let the leadirs agree that no man shall go to the contention who does not first pledge himself to submit his work hack to the people for ratiication. Then the full responsibility of the hing will rest upon the whole people, and villi such an understanding, it will really make but little difference what faction has ioutrol of the convention. TILL MAN'S INTERVIEW. In another column, as a part of current political literature, we publish a remarkable interview that has just been V.-.i '!'< ! ! ii ! > iiu- daily panel's. ' II will be remembered tli&Ton TuesdajToi last week, a conference was held in Columbia between Tillman, Kvans and other Reform leaders oil one side, and Kditor Hemphill, ol The News and Courier, Senator Ran:well, and other Anti-leaders on the other. What was done at the conference could not be learned at the time. It was given out that there would he an address later, and next the papers published a semi-official story to the effect that it has been agreed tc divide representation equally between the Reformers and Anlis in counties entitled tc an even number of delegates, and in conn ties where there is an odd number of delegate! the odd delegates will go to Reformers 01 Autis respectively, according to which has u majority of votes in the county. 'I'lio f-ir-t that Ivlitor Hemphill once said that he would rather vote for a Negro thai Governor Tillman, and the faet that Govern or Tillman once said that to him the suresl sign he was going astray would be to fini himself in the same boat with Kditor Hemp hill, made it an extremely embarrassing matter to place the agreement arrived at ii the convention before the people, in such i way that they would take hold of it. Tin problem has been solved, however, by tin novel expedient of having Governor Tilluiai tuke the whole matter on his own shoulders and give it out to the people in the form o an interview that is supposed to have erne nated entirely from himself, and with whirl Kditor Hemphill and the others are suppos ed to have had nothing whatever to do Mr. Hemphill, through his paper, is support ing. his side of the agreement, some ot th Reform papers are supporting Governo Tillman's side, and in this way, it is pre sumed, the whole thing will go with i whoop. Senator Tillman's interview is here ii I - full, and may be taken for what it is worth.! Though we confess that we do.not concur in all the conclusions arrived at, we shall contine our criticism to only two or three points. The senator's attitude toward those who wish the constitution referred hack to the ; people, and toward the "Forty," is, to say ; the least, interesting. The governor says that the main issue at 'stake is "white supremacy," and lie also. I says that no man should he elected who | i does not pledge himself to vote against "submitting the work of the convention hack to the people, for there would be precipitated the very tight it is desirable to avoid." Such talk as this coming from Senator Tillman is passing strange. As everybody | knows, a constitutional convention is a sov- j I ereign body. It "can do what it pleases. It can submit hack all or any part of its work j I f .:<! ?j ...... I iu? luuiicuiion, aim u can uiau shall and who shall not he allowed to vote! on that ratification. If the senator thinks that the franchise question is the main issue,! why does he notsuggest that the convention dispose of this matter as it may see fit, and submit back the balance of the constitution to be voted on by those who may still be eligible under the franchise section? We believe that it is more than possible that | there is something behind it all, and that the | franchise section is not the only one that makes the senator and others interested fearful of allowing the people of the State the privilege of passing on the fundamental law by which they are to be governed for the next generation. And another thing. We would like to know more about this basis of agreement with Editor Hemphill. Since 1798, Charleston county has had two senators. The other counties have one each. Charleston sets much store by that extra senator. Then, agaiu, nearly all of the lower counties of the State have black majorities. It is proposed to disfranchise enough blacks in these lower counties to make the majorities white. Is it a part of the agreement with Mr. Hemphill that the apportionment of representation in the legislature is to continue on the same basis as at present, even after these low country Negroes have been disfranchised ? Is one low country while man to be giv? ' ..n....... no tvhilf men in the CU UO UIU111 punt'l ivu up-country, or, in other words,? are the upcountry whites to be virtually governed by the low-country blacks? These all are pertinent questions, and we should like very well to have them answered before the delegates are elected to the convention. Indeed, we are anxious to know something more about this agreement with Mr. Hemphill. It is a notorious fact all over the State, that the very first practical move in the direction of white unity, after these four years' of strife, was made by the "Forty." The plan of campaign outlined by Senator Tillman, with one or two exceptions, is indentical with that suggested by the "Forty." Yet, when Senator Tillman is asked about the "Forty," although he has stepped into their shoes, by insinuation he charges that their efforts are "antagonistic to the action of the regular Democratic party, calculated to precipitate a conflict, and should be frowned down." Such a position, under the circumstances, is remarkably strange. An astute Reform politician, who does not live in Yorkville, and who would not like to see his name used in connection with what he said, on being asked recently what he thought of Senator Tillman's interview, remarked : "Apparently it reads soft and mild, and to many it looks like a powerful effort toward reconciliation ; but to me it is suggestive of the old man who went to the bottom of the hill and set the broom sage afire. When a good strong breeze came along, he ran to a place of safety, and shouted to his hands: i^tfttECttk^^^pitch in and put it out.' " THE NEW REGISTRATION LAW. This Is of Interest to All Who Wish to Vote ill the Coining; Election. Following are the sections of the law calling for a constitutional convention that ?lp: ply to registration : See. 4. Every male citizen of the United States and of this State of the age of twenty-one years, i not laboring under the disabilities named in the constitution of this State, and duly qualified to vote under the existing laws of the State and duly registered as now required by law, or who having been entitled to register as a voter at the time of the general registration of electors in this State, which took place in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eightytwo, or at any time subsequent thereto failed to . register at such time as required by law, or who has become a citizen of this State, and who shall register as hereinafter provided in such cases, | shall be entitled to vote for delegates to said convention. ' Sec. 5. Every person entitled to vote for delegales to said convention, shall be eligible to a seat therein. ! Sec. t?. That on the first Monday of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and ninety-live, the supervisor of regis' tration of each county shall, at the county seat i thereof, open his books of registration, and shall hold the same open for ten consecutive calendar days thereafter, except Sundays, between the ; hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 1 o'clock in the afternoon, except Charleston, Beaufort and ltichland counties, where the saiil books I shall be kept open from 10 o'clock in the fore, noon until G o'clock in the afternoon, during which time any elector then, or theretofore at any time entitled to register as a qualified voter, or who has become a citizen of this State, shall be, during the time herein fixed for such registration, and also on the days now lixed Inlaw for registration, entitled to register as such as hereinafter provided; and that any-elector , having been heretofore duly registered, or hav, ing since changed his residence, or having lost 1 his certificate, shall be entitled to have the same i transferred or renewed as now provided by law. Sec. 7. Any elector who shall have been cn' titled to register at the general registration in ; the year of our ^..ord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, or at any time subsequent thereto, and who tailed to register at such time as required by law, and who shall make application, under oath, in accordance with a printed form to be prepared by the attorney general, setting forth in each ease the fact, to-wit: The full name, age, occupation and residence of the applicant at the time of the general registration, or at anytime thereafter when the said appli. cant became entitled to register, and the place or places of his residence since the time when > lie became entitled to register, which affidavit shall be supported by the allidavits of two reputable citizens who were each of the ago of "21 years on the loth day of June, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-two, or at the lime said applicant became entitled thereafter to register ; or anv elector who has become a citizen of this State by moving into the same according Jtp'the constitution of the State, and who shall (HMAkc :q plii-.-li.il nude: o:ttli Mai inn ?_l i' linuiul j LbuAouuviiiK uiio tin* state and his place of rC.tl deneb since living in the State, which application shall be supported by the affidavits of two reputable citizens who were twenty-one years of age at the time the applicant became a resident of this State; such applicant shall be allow' cd to register as a voter, and to have issued to him a certificate as a duly qualified elector in j the manner and form now provided by law, and j be entitled to vote at said election for delegates to said convention. -- WAIFS FROM WAKKKN'S. ' Ha<l ltoa?l*?1Tough Story of tin- freeze Personal 1 and Oilier Notes. - Corres|ioiiileiico of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. i lt-.miL'vV Kohruarv lid.? l-'or the benefit of I tlif: public, wo would warn everybody t<> keep J out of the "Blackjacks" for the present. We ' have no contagious diseases, luit we have roads r that equal Banyan's "Slough of Despond." ; We have heard of some six or eight cows and | 1 j several hogs being frozen to death during the re- j I eont cold spell. I Although no one's diteks have frozen fast in a i ' j pool of water, we are sure we had as cold weatlil i er as t hey iiad at "l'ost < >ak." (>neof our neigh-1 I bors was so indiscreet as to carry a few frozen I ' i hunp lights in his pocket ami was severely t burned bv their thawing as the weather modern1 tC(*' - I 1 -Mr. W. I,. Jlinson, of King's Mountain, paid J - us a visit last week. | Mr. W. tl. Bunean lias been elected third ser? | geant of the York (juards. l j Yesterday was the most beautiful Sabbath we | have had for over two months. n. l! ? 81 MERE MENTION. "; I''. 1'. reck, a first lieutenant of the I'liited 1 ; States army, was instantly killed at Sandy , j Hook last week, by the bursting of a ilotchfjkiss gun. Japan lias given China to . | understand that no peace negotiations will lie | entered into except in Japan. St. Louis, ; Mo., is threatened with an epidemic of small " I Pox. Contracts were given out by the navy department last week, for the construe lion of three new seagoing torpedo boats, to e cost ?480,000. President Cleveland lias r appointed Senator M. W. Hansom, of North J Carolina, to be minister to Mexico. The : recent government loan lias been oversubscribed by more than seven times. Cp < to date, the total expenses of Japan for war a I purposes has been about SJoOJioo.noti. ( THAT COLIMMA PEACE CONKEKENCE. Its I'lmis I'iiIiUsIkmI to the World Through Governor Tilhiuiii. In last week's Enqtikkk was mentioned the fact that a conference of prominent Reformers and Conservatives?among them Senator Tillman and Editor Hemphill?had hcen held in Columbia. The idea of the conference, it was understood, was to come to some understanding in regard to the constitutional convention matter. It was expected thai the conferees would issue an address to the people of the State. They decided, however, to adopt another course. Governor Tillman would allow himself to he "interviewed," casually, on the subject, and in this way the matter would he given to the public. It was expected that what Tillman said would go with the Tillmanites, and Hemphill and others would take care to impress the wisdom of the senator's observations on all Conservatives. The governor was interviewed last Thursday. At any rate, the interview appeared in all the daily papers on Friday morning. It reads as follows: "I do not know why iny presence here should put so many tongues to wagging. Ordinarily my rule has hocn to pay no heed to such chatter, hut to leave people to lind out for thcinsclves about such things." TIIK KXIOKNCY OK THK SITUATION. When asked about the eonfereuce with the Conservative leaders, he said : "1 have no objection to letting it be known why I agreed to meet these gentlemen. 1 did so simply for the purpose of showing that I, as an individual citizen, and as a man occupying a responsible public position, am ready and anxious to do anything within reason that I can to bring about a better state of feeling. There is a hackneyed pliraso continually appearing in the bitter anti-papers, 'The Tillman-Irby-Kvans ring,' and the stock in trade of the recalcitrants who have fought 1110 personally and the Reform party from the very begining, is to charge all the animosity which exists to the machinations and influence of this 'ring.' Some of the loudest-mouthed and most blatant talk along this line has come from men who would certainly never have been heard of in the politics of the State but for the Reform movement. Now, fortunately, I occupy a position which in the minds of all fair persons should lift me above any charge of sinister or selfish motives in what I am trying to do. I realize with painful certainty, the seriousness of the crisis which is upon us in State affairs. The constitutional convention has been called in spite of the intense opposition of almost the entire anti-faction. There have been charges of fraud in regard to the vote on this question; but that is neither here nor there. Fraud or no fraud?and no one has produced any proofs of fraud?the convention is to be elected and will meet next September, and the question now agitating the mind of every thinking man in the State is as to how it will bo constituted, and what will it do when it assembles. The distrust and suspicion which have been industriously fomented in the minds of the factions toward each other, have brought us to this deplorable condition?that wc must either shortly enter upon a struggle for the mastery of the convention, which will leave wounds to rankle for a lifetime, or we must come together. The present unnatural and strained relations must cease or wo will commence a light which will leave one fad ion or the other complete masters,1 with ait intensified desire l'or revenge burning in the hearts of the victors. I wish to avert such a struggle if possible, and when T consented to meet those who have persecuted and opposed me with all the vigor and malignity of which they were capable, in an effort to devise ways and means for restoring harmony, I gave an earnest of my honesty of purpose that ought to save me from the charge of selfishness or fear, though I am satislicd it will not do so. Those breeders ol strife, who live by fanning the llumes, and those aspiring self-seekers, who, under guise of patriotic motives, whoulu l>etray the lloform movement, will try to make'the contrary appear. It does not matter. I can bear that with the same equanimity and indifference that I have borne their attacks in the past." WHAT WAS DONK AT TJIK CONFERENCK. "Senator, will you tell us what you did in the conference ? If you can, I want to know." "I was just coining to that; for to my friends I need make no explanation or concealment, and for my enemies I do not care. In the first place, it will he well to say that neither Governor Evans nor myself claim any right to speak or to act other than as an individual. The people are the masters in South Carolina, and we can only advise or give our opinions. The people who have honored us both so highly are naturally looking to us for guidance ; but they will judge for themselves and attach only such importance and yield such adhesion to our advice as they deem best. 'The Tillman-Irby-Evans ring' is of the people, and a very large one; and, wnuc we may tie the ends which bring the ring together, we understand our position too well to imagine for an instant that we can do more than advise. We must convince onr friends that what we advise is host before we can expect them to follow. "In a word, then, in that meeting we tried to arrive at an understanding which will unite thr people of the State once more, without any surrender of principle on the part of anybody, and prevent any struggle over the convention, and we realize very fully the delicacy and difliculty of the task. The more radical and unreasonable elements of both factions will necessarily be disgruntled and endeavor to antagonize the scheme, Hut we cannot give any serious consideration U the opposition of such inen as these. We inusl appeal to the patriotism and good sense of the large conservative mass of both factions to make Ihe concessions which are requisite to brinp them together. As the victors and the ruling majority, the concessions must necessarily conn from the Reform side, the conditions must he subscribed to by the other side." RKroit.M Kits MUST MAKK CONCUSSIONS. "Well, senator, what concessions do von allude to?" "To begin with, I would say that the one overpowering and essential idea which made the convention a necessity was the preservation ol white supremacy by such purification of the suffrage as will save us from Negro domination in future under any and all conditions. If this essential and fundamental requirement shall be subscribed to by all those seeking admission tc the convention, along with a very few other necessary changes in the present constitution, the other questions likely to arise in the discussions before the convention will inevitably be decided on their merits as general propositions in government, and cannot by any possibility excite any factional debate. It follows then that if the factions can unite in formulating these basic principles to be incorporated in the constitution by common consent, the question as to whether the convention shall be composed of a majority of Reformers or Conservatives is one of minoi consideration. Hut for the suspicion and distrust which exists as to the good faith and honesty ol each side towards the other, I have no earthly doubt that the Reformers would readily grant tc their opponents equal representation. It will depend entirely on the attitude and utterances of the leaders of the Conservative faction and the newspapers which represent them, whethei such an arrangement can be consummated. II the charges of fraud and ring rule and the bittei sneers which have become to be the daily theme of the newspaper reader and scheming officeseekers are continued, it is utterly hopeless t< ask the majority to trust those who show so mud distrust themselves, and who, while claiming tc be honest themselves, accuse all who oppose them of being dishonest. Confidence is the firs! requisite to compromise." Til.I.MAN l'AVolts A lt.YI.KAXI> IIAI.K CONVKN TION. "Senator, do I understand you to say that yon are willing for the Conservatives to have half 01 the delegates to the convention?" I asked him, on the strength of what he had just said. "Provided, weean he assured on certain points yes. I can conceive of no harm that could result and of great benefits that might accrue there from. To illustrate. A purely factional convention would he a misfortune, and if the delegates ti the convention are elected, as they should he, hecause of higher character, intelligence and liberality of thought, the attrition of such mind? against such minds in intellectual combat,' seeking alter truth and the best constitution possible would make the convention an ideal one. I the convention were composed of a faction 01 dominated absolutely by factional feeling, il would be far morgradical and likely to incorporate unreasonable ^avisions in the constitution and we must nevci forget that we are to live mi der the constitution to lie framed as well as otu opponents, and that' we would Inn-i i wn bmtty as wo would hurt them by makliif a bad constitution. A sense of fairness should compel us to give them a fair share of representation, or even more than a fair share if they wil let us/ A constitution is different front an act o the legislature in that il cannot be repealed bj the legislature, but controls the legislature, henci its importance. All classesand all interests of tin Stale should, therefore, have representatives ii the convention. 11 o W TO M AX.MH-: Til I-: KKCONlT I.I ATtoX. "How is it be brought about,senator, and hov would the Conservatives get their half?" 1 in liiireil. "There's the <|iicstion. I four people could, 1c common consent, forget the factional strife whirl has divided them, ami elect delegates without re gard to factional lines, it would be far better; bu that is a mere theory, and we are confronted In a condition. The factions are here, the bitter ncss is here, the distrust is here, and, last am most threatening, till the Negroes are here to create dread on the one side and to produce tempta tiou on the other. Ciiderstand me, if the tigh has to come, I have no fears of the result. Whiti supremacy and Anglo-Saxon civilization will in evitably triumph ; but it will be the saddest dat in the history of the Stale when it shall lie re corded that sensible, practical, patriotic met would not meet on sticb common ground as ex ists. and cease their strife for a time in the inter csts of tin1 State ami of posterity." CONDITIONS III' AN Kip" A I. DIVISION. "Vou have just, spoken of conditions to whirl I the Conservatives ioust subscribe. What an they ?" I "The main one I have already nieiitionedtlie preservation of white supremacy by a qtiali I lieation of the ballot. Another is that 110 dele gate shall lie elected who does not pledge him self to vote against subinission to the people o I the constitution adopted, for it goes witliou saying that the light which we are seeking t< avoid would be precipitated in such an event ! Next, that every delegate must subscribe to tie general proposition that no white man sliotih tie disfranchised, except for crime. Still another that the constitution shall deal only in genera principles of government, and leave the legis iature absolutely tiiitrammeled 011 the qucs tions of police regulations and free schools With all the delegates loyally supporting tliesi general ideas, together with the prcscrvatioi I of the homestead, it becomes a matter of iudilfcr j encc to the people whether the ('onservatives o Reformers are in the majority in the convention There are various other questions which wil j enter into the discussion wiiich will precede tin election of delegates; but they will settle tlieni selves, and the people can instruct as to Ihci wishes." "How will the division lie made?" was 111; next inquiry. I "That 1 cannot say; each county must setth II hat for itself. One other important matter i: tho reuniting I ho people in support of the pri-; j lnary for the election of delegates. (.Jive both i sides representation on the boards of.managers, i or if the delcgateslare chosen by a convention, ! let it be understood that all parties are commit- j I ted to the support of the nominees." i { A CAMI'AIHN Stlon.n NOT IlK NKCKSSAKY. "Would you be willing to take the stump in j advocacy of those general propositions?" was . asked him. "If it becomes necessary, yes; but I trust the ! matter can be adjusted by the good men in each | county getting together without any such ncees- j j j sity. The only trouble I see that may arise is ! that those who have sought to betray the people | under the guise of pacification, may endeavor to \ throw obstacles in the way. I would say fur- ! tber that these views are not new, and have not ' resulted from any recent developments. Last 1 tall, when 1 was straining every nerve to have the convention called, I expressed practically the same ideas. It will depend upon the spirit 1 in which the Conservatives meet our people. 'A soil answer turncth away wrath,' and if we begin a race to see which shall outdo the other i in obliterating the scars of our past battles, satisfactory results are bound to follow. The lteforniors can be persuaded if the right means aroused. They cannot be bullied or driven." now to sKctritK an Kqr.w. iuvision. "Suppose after the primaries were held, or the nominations made, it were found that the Con- < scrvatives had not secured half of the delegates?" was the next question. i "Well, as a matter of simple justice they could j not feel any great dissatisfaction if they received , two-fifths?theirstrength in the primary of lWti? but by proper conduct and advocacy of the de- j mauds of the people, they can obtain more than ? proportionate representation. oiioum iuc umscrvatives put forward men who Jiave not made < themselves specially obnoxious, and should that . faction show a willingness in Charleston, Sum- j ter and Richland to do by the Reformers what , they ask the Reformers to do by them, it would increase tho chances of the idea of an equal j division. At all events, it is worth while for us j to try, and we will succeed in electing a satis- | factory convention beyond doubt, and one that < will do nothing rash or unreasonable, and the , constitution which it frames will command tho | respect and support of all tho people just in pro- , Iiotion as it shall represent all the people. I , lave been accused of being an element of dis- , cord and strife.^ If I am allowed, I will endeavor j to merit the blessings promised the peacemakers, j and if I fail I will at least have a clear conscience." j WHAT WII.I, Til K FORTY HO? I "What do you think tho'Forty* will now do?" I suggested. < "I don't know. I was never taken into their ' confidence, and, therefore, am not aware of what < schemes they have in view. Rut it has seemed I to mo that any ellort antagonistic to the action ' of the regular Democratic party, or an attempt to ' nominate any set of delegates by caucus, such as I they have called, would precipitate the very I conflict they claim to wish to avoid. Our people < should frown down any ell'ort along this line." 1 "What do you think of the address of the sub- < committee of the executive committee of the Democratic party?" I asked. "I think it an able and timely presentation of i the case from a Democratic standpoint. It is especially timely and strong in recalling the scenes and incidents of the struggle of 187(5, and \ the evils suflercd at the hands of carpet-baggers and Negroes. If the memories of those days ( will not bring our people to their senses and j cause them to lorget and forgive the hard things said and done during the last four years, then nothing will. If both sides cultivate catholicity , of spirit and charity and muzzle the hot-heads, our people will come together. 1 MAD AS BLAZES. Irl?y Hrpmllatcs the Agreement Between Tillman and Hemphill. The following intensely interesting communication, telegraphed from Washington by Senator Irby, appeared in the Columbia Register of yesterday: Editor Register: I am receiving letters from all over the .State protesting against the consummation of a scheme or agreement between Senator-elect Tillman and Governor Evans on the one side, and John Calvin Hemphill and Joe Barnwell, of Charleston, on the other. My friends of the Reform movement seem to be anxious to know whether I am acting in collusion with Governor Evans against what they conceive to be a sacrifice and a surrender of principle and their rights in the election of delcI Jt.itn nnnvnnliniv t wish vnll WOllld l"J"J lu HIV IJlmv V.UII 1 VMViuiM ?- 1. ..... ^ .... - - ? favor 1110 with the publication of this letter, i which must necessarily ho brief, to say that I was not consulted by either side to this agreement, i and without my subsequent acquicscnce, cannot lie bound in any respect by what has been done. i In 1885, when Tillman commenced his most i remarkable career, I was among the first who echoed for him in Laurens county. Laurens i and two or three others endorsed his position ! in the election of members of the legislature, and we went to the legislature to be sneered at and almost spit upon by the ring or clan in the State that was controlled absolutely by the C'al Hemphill and Joe Barnwell class of politicians. . When we had reached the climax, the crisis, Tillman backed down and wrote a letter witlii drawing from politics or having anything to do ( with it. Men who were as much in sympathy with his ideas and opinions as he was, even in I an apparently ignominious minority, were unwilling to follow him and forsake tho people ' whom we had dared to lead, and they continued i the tight in the legislature. Ucwasticd hand and foot. Ho could not have gone before the people . of.South Carolina for any ollice after his letter ? of retirement, but lor tho death of Mr. Clem. son bequeathing that property to the State for * the benefit of the farmer boys. This gave him i a new opportunity, and at my suggestion he : came back into the political arena. We met at ,r Dan Tonipkin's house on the line of Kdgetield ' and Abbeville counties, in the springofl8S!i, and ' agreed upon a tight that wouldgive the people of the State control and dethrone the party led by C'al Hemphill and Joe Barnwell. Thceon, ditionand understanding was that Tillman was ' to lead and be the nominee of the farmers for (lovernor. This is where the March convention j scheme was agreed upon, and the work carried ; on by the preparation of a manifesto, which was ; published in January following that, calling the March convention which nominated Tillman ' for governor. , So far as I was concerned, results were all that T wanted. I did not expect any position, and J my promotion to the speakership and to the [ United States senatorship was as great a surprise ' to me as it was to my many friends. Since my election to the senate, I have tried in every respect to be true to the people who elected me, [ both in Washington and at home. | (>iie of the main principles that was advocated ; at the March convention and intended to be carried to success, wasjthc calling of a constitutional 1 convention; and I may say here that it was the hardest lii?1it that we ever had since IS) 10. We . had ('ail Hemphill, Joe Barnwell, tlie editor of The State and of the Hreenvillo News, opposed , to that call. I say it with proper respect and , friendship to our present governor, that when the crisis eamc and it looked sis if defeat would 1 follow the action of the State convention ovcr' whclmingly. lie tied the State and could not be ' found by telegram or letter. Senator Tillman ; stood tnie to me, as chairman of the party, and , did all he could. We did our best to make this , call, and are now being abused and villilied all over the United States on the charge of corruption and fraud. I had at least expected him to ' stand by the people whom he had led since 18!H>, and not go into any alliance or compromise (for compromise means a surrender of principle) , with such men as llarnwcll and Cal Hemphill. ; I know what it means after the most faithful 1 loyalty to Tillman since 1S8T> up to this time. I also know what it mcansaftor my throwing myself into the breach just one year ago to save Kvans from disgraceful defeat, to dare to oppose i any scheme that they may agree upon. If the I' terms of agreement between this crowd had been fair, and honorable to the people and to the Reform movement, I would not say a word ; but . it means the defeat of the object of the constitu- i , tutional convention, and the sooner the people of the State know it the better for them. I speak as an individual Reformer and not as ? State chairman, because as State chairman 1 have already acted and had hoped that the primary scheme would have saved the party J from a wreck. I want it understood now, and for all time, that I will not and do not agree to , any equal division of the delegates to the conI veiition. As for Laurens, we propose to stand r upon principle and to elect our delegates from t among men who can be trusted to take care of the rights of the poor men and genuine Deiim, erats of the country. Any agreement by Til 1 man or Kvans is gratuitous and cannot bind us. c ^.n equal division with u lot of sworn Conserva?iSirves and half of the Tillmanites who will prove C TjcihlfUhyUbt when "the crisis comes, means an 1 utter failure of this convention to take care of trie rights and the property of the people of the 1 State aiid white supremacy. f Before the election was held in November, l| ' intimated in an interview that a division of dele: gates according to the numerical strength of 3 each faction would possibly be fair, but knowi ing that we controlled three-tilths at least, I r would not have imposed the idea of an equal | division upon any sane man. When 1 was con- J tending before Cleveland, alter having sustain' ed him with a majority of .>0,000, Hemphill and Barnwell refused any proposition looking to an equitable distribution of the patronage, and I ' got no support from the newspapers opposed to 1 our faction ; but on, the contrary, they said thai " Reformers were not Democrats, and Were not , entitled to any showing. Vet these men, Barn-j ) well and Hemphill, a prominent cuckoo fori j Cleveland, invites Tillman, the leader of the opposition to Cleveland, and who has his pitch forks ready to stab into the bowels of the president, into a conference to settle the question as ' to what the different counties should do, and | M Tillman walks into the parlor of the spider.* .My election to the senate has not in any ' way changed toy feeling to the people of the " State. If we, the Reformers, stand linn, we _ *an win; but we had better be defeated >>v I Blowing Cal Hemphill and < ton/ales to go with j " the Negro, than to humbly surrender in a way like this. 1 humbly suggest that Tillman, the I agitato;*, now the pacificator, has been com-j i Inletely deceived ; and Kvans, if lie is sincere, i! jhas been bamboo/led ; as for myself, I think any 1 isane man will see that I have been betrayed"; I -Unit honorable defeat is iiiurli hot tor and prefer- i - iahlo to mo in tlio solootioii of delegates to this; - loon volition than ft ilishoiiorahlo oomproiniso. It - is well enough for tlio "Forty," the leaders of, f the Conservative!" and tlio paoilioators to lino up \ I and get ready for tlio tight, for I am satisfied j > that the true moil who wore in this movement i . from its ineipieiiey from principle, will not snh-1 e mil to any such agreement. The combination I will not do. A combination between a 'possum j , and a coon can't win, aV every Reformer knows, i i They cannot sleep in the same log long. I inn very busy here: but after the 1th of - March I will return home and take a hand in ,1 . this light. Sink or swim, live or die politically, ,1 [ T am ready to stand by the principles of the lirst | i March convention as against all comers and all j, - of its enemies. The main principle of that con- i' H volition was a constitutional convention to lie 1 .'controlled by men who were its friends and not j t l! its enemies. J! sj The pour white men of the Stale arc not safe i, - with any such 'possum and coon combination. |' rj Their rights under the homestead exemption j1 [and qualification clause are imperilled. Phoy I rj cannot all'ord to trust men like Cal Hemphill, | loo barn well, Con/ales, and A. It. Williams. | i! It would have been far better had this conven-l sjtion failed in November last than that the Re-1 I form, movement should bo defeated and the rights and liberties of the poor while men of the date imperilled by men like these. I believe that Tillman and Kvans were sincere; hut they were simply gulled into a com promise that means the destruction of the Reform movement mil protection for the poor white men of the State; but for whom, Tillman in the senate, and Kvans as governor would have been impossibilities. I do not mean to denounce Tillman or Kvans. I weep for them in being monkeyed with by my such crew. t'al Hemphill and Harnwell were original members of the "Forty." When the primary scheme was promulgated by the Democratic committee, they were whipped and rould not destroy the Reform movement. Then they proposed to muzzle ine as chairman of the party and the whole Democratic organization by going into an agreement with Tillman and Kvans, which, I respectfully submit, will not inly ruin the Democratic party, but the Reform movement of this State. Kespeetlullv, .1. K. M. I it nv. Washington, February li"?, ls!i.">. HOCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Itlir Time Auionir the I'ytlilaiiH?Damage at the College?Other Notes. .'orrospoinlcnce of the Yorkvillc Knqiiirer. Hock IFir.r., February 28.?Last Thursday night was ail occasion long to lie remembered liy the 1'vthians of Hock Ilill. It was the sceiiul anniversary of the institution of Oakland Lodge, No. -Li, and the nieiiihers of this nourishing lodge undertook a celebration that proved a meccss in every respect. To those who Imve heard Hov. I)r. Creasy, of Charlotte, X. speak on I'ythianism, the datement that he was selected to deliver a public address on this occasion, means that the success of that part of the programme was assured. ,\t 74 o'clock, the members of the lpcal lodge, logether with their visiting brethren, assembled in their elegantly furnished castle hall, whence ;hcy took up their lino of march, shortly afterwards, to the Methodist church, where the adlrcss was to be delivered, escorting their distinguished guest and brother, the orator of the livening. The church was being rapidly tilled up by the lady and gentlemen friends of the irder, and by time I)r. Creasy began his address, 1 large audience, representing the culture ami Intelligence of our city, was there to greet him. A. select choir rendered some choice music, both lie fore and after the address, and added no little !o the enjoyment of tlio occasion. Hev. H. 11. Ilrowne, a member of tho order, was master of ceremonies at the church, and introduced Dr. Creasy* in a few pleasant remarks. Of tho ailiress itself we can give no synopsis even, in this limited space; but must needs be content with saying that the eloquent speaker captured liis entire audience from the first, and carried then along with him, as though spell-bound, to his beautiful closing remarks; and we venture the assertion that all who listened to his soulstirring address, went away with greatly increased admiration and respect for an order whose lofty principles and noble work were so vividly brought before them bv this worthy representative of Pythian Knighthood. From the church, the knights and their guests went baek to the castle hall, thence, alter a short ilelay, to the Carolina hotel, where the genial host, Mr. Greene, had made such preparations lis guaranteed to all who know him, that this part of the programme would he but the crowning feature of the evening's success and enjoyment. The tables were beautifully decorated with palms, ferns, and other choice plants, festoons of ribbons here and there showing the colors of the order and heightening the beautiful ell'cct made by the tasteful decorations. Rev. Dr. Sweeney presided and did the honors of the occasion" in a very happy manner. When ample justice had been done to the elegant banquet, the toasts of t he evening were announced and responded to as follows: 1. "Oakland Lodge, No. 4.3." May it always truly exemplify the Pythian motto. Mr. W. J. Roildoy. 2. "Our Sister Lodges." As unity and fraternity characterize their intercourse, may they continue to advance in vigor and charity. Rev. II. 15. lirowne. . .1. "Our Guests." Whom we would be proud to hail as brethren. Rev. II. R. Moseley. 4. "Our Tarheel Neighbors." We greet them as brethren, tried and true. W. S. Creasy, I). D. 5. "The City of Rock Hill." llcr motto, The Three P's. Hon. W. 15. Wilson. (i. "God RlessOur Homes." Rev. A. Sprunt, I). I). 7. "The Grand Lodge." The authority in which we have full confidence and to which we render deserved allegiance. Rev. G. L. Sweeny, I). I). It was a disappointment to all that Mr. Thos. F. McDow, who was expected to bo present and talk to his Pythian friends at the banquet on the subject of "The Goat," found at tho last moment that lie could not come, and telegraphed to that effect. Dr. J. II. Thornwell was to have responded to the toast, "F. C'. 15.," and his absence was much regretted. Messrs. It. Lee Kerr, M. G. Rryant and W. A. Fewcll, the committee of arrangements, certainly deserve the thanks of their fellow-members and the congratulations of all, on the splendid manner in which everything connected with this most enjoyable occasion passed otf. During one of those.cold nights last week, a valve in one of the pipes leading from tho lar<*e tank in the tower of the Winthrop College building was, by some means or other, forced out, and several hundred gallons of water escaped, flooding the rooms near tho tower on one or two floors and causing some damage to Hie plastering. This damage, fortunately, is of a kind that can easily be repaired, and it seems nothing but right that the plumber should be held responsible for the damage which must certainly have resulted from careless work on his part, "i'is very fortunate that so little water was in the tank just at this time. The election of Prof. D. 15. Johnson to the presidency of the Normal and Industrial college is a source of much pleasure and satisfaction to the friends of the college here, ltoek 11 ill, ut all places, has most at stake in the success or failure of this institution, and those of 0111 n)le who know Prof. Johnson, realize that he ic very man for the place, having proved himself such an eminent success already in the very line of work he will now be called upon to do in organizing the Winthrop college for the great work it is intended to accomplish. It is generally thought that the aid extended to the suffering poor of our city during the pasl two weeks was timely and very judiciously administered ; though, of course, some were helped who should not have been?a thing unavoidable in suelrcases. LETTER FROM CLARK'S FORK. IIow the I'coplo Occupied Themselves During tin Colli Weather?Uncle ltohhi Love Leaves tin Community. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer. Clark's Fork, February 25.?The people of this section have been at ease during tlx inclement weather that we have had foi some time pust and have not been trying t( do anything except, cut wood, go to mil and hunt rabbits. There has been so little weather suitable for plowing this season, that there has beer but few spring oats sown as yet. Some think that the fall sowing has been badly injured ; but as to this I am unable to say. The public schools of this neighborhood have mostly closed, owing to the uncomforta ble condition of the school rooms. The young people of this section have had many parties of different kinds tendered by their friends. They are greatly enjoyed by all who attend, especially those who gel home by driving the "gray." Air. J. J.. Plaxico, of King's Creek, inn gone to Leesville to attend tlie commercia school at that place. Air. Robert Love lias removed to the homt of bis son-in-law, Air. James W. Love, whe lives three miles northeast of Yorkville, Air. Love is familiarly known as "Click Robin" and he is one of the patriarchs of tlx community. His father was born in Ireland in 17'JO, and "Cncle Robin" has always lived on the same platform on which his lathei settled when he first came to this country, lie is now 78 years of age. Cncle Robin i? well liked by all who know him, and bis removal from the community is the occasion for a great deal of regret. Pcer. HERE IS A PROPOSITION. llave u Convention Composed of Eight Delegatefrom Kaeli Township. Editor of 'flu- Yorkville Enquirer. While I am glad to see a conservative spirit among our people on the subject of a constitutional convention, it will not be amiss to oiler a suggestion to further promote that harmony so much desired by the best elements of both political factious. After consulting with representative men who endorse the idea fully, I make the following proposition: Let each township send eight delegates?four Antis and four Reformers?(conservative men in all instances) to nominate or select candidates tc the constitutional convention. I feel sure mm a delegation composed oi men iiKe sav L. Kiddle, \V. S. Wilkerson, Dr. T. W. Campbell, A. If. White and J. S. Brice, Ksq., would give entire satisfaction to the county at large. These men all have at heart the best interests of York county, anil none of them are ollice seekers. Let us hear more on this line. J. K. LoWUV. Yorkville, February 20, 1S'.?5. -?> K.uto and I-Vituks.?Mr. John T. Koddey, of New York, has sent Till-: KxqllUKIt the I'olloxying clipping from the New York World, without comment : To the Kditor: Will you kindly inform me why our city government will allow these future gambling exchanges, and not allow faro banks and public poker games? In a faro deal you can put $">0 on tlie turn of a card, and the percentage is only slightly against you : bnt the percentage on ?">0 put up on cotton, grain or coilec, is, at the start, about 15 per cent, to the ' kitty'' or broker, and this is before the professionals get in any of their tricks. The percentage of outsiders that lose must be greater than the percentage of those that lose at cards. I understand it has been figured out at over !)7 per cent., and then, too, in dealing cards, the professionals don't have to ruin the producers of the country if access try in order to lie winners. Jamks Inhkaiiam. local affairs. ip * I I, IXDK.Y TO NEW ADVKKTISKMENTS. 1'. It. Richards, Photographer-Among other 1 tilings, announces that in consequence of 0 his illness, bis arrival in Ynrkville has ? heen temporarily delayed. When lie docs conic, In; expects to set up his tent in the i court house yard. 11] John .1. Hunter?This week talks almnt shoes for ladies and gentlemen. si j H. C. Stnmss?Announces that in a short tiine!S( he will visit the Northern markets for the J" purpose of purchasing a stock of high j ' I grade spring goods. I s j James Mallard A Son?Tell you ahout the raw I meats with which he can supply you, and j ' .also lets you know that they will he seri ved cooked when desired. Inman llrothers?Claim to have the nobbiest line of men's clothing ever shown in Yorkville, and that London-Paris garments arc I are equal to anv made. They also ask tin inspection of their stock of shoes. 11 (Crist Cousins?Have something to say ahout ii saur kmut, white beans, canned goods, cook hooks, plow stocks, Lorillard'ssnnlf, and let you know that they want to buy H I liens. corn and errus. I Sain M. Crist?'Talks altout the benefits to be " derived from the use of the C'orbin disk s harrow, hydrnidie ranis nod piping, and . announees that he is the York county agent for the Southern saw works. James M. Starr?Lets you know that ho has , garden seeds, root-tea-na, and wants persons who need it to take Starr's sarsaparil- ^ la to purifv the blood. i | W\ tSist?Wants to buy fresh meal, butter, corn and peas. o 1 Louis Kotli?Don't want you to forget him next Salespay. AT A HIPK OLD AGK. \ Mr. James Blair died al his home in Bui- s 1 lock's Creek township last Saturday morn- e j ing at 2 o'clock, aged 91 years. t [ Mr. Blair was born in Londonderry county, Ireland, in 1804, and moved to America I : and settled with his family in Bullock's d Creek township in 1844. To himself and u j wife were born 11 children, of whom eight? \ l seven sons and one daughter?are now liv- ii I ing. From his first settlement in this county, j Mr. Blair bears the reputation of having t j been a most estimable citizen. He was op- \ posed to secession, as were many other good e men; but after the die was cast, he did his a full duty, furnishing six sons to the Confed- {] erate armies. For many years he has been a t sufferer from kidney disease; but the imme- l diate cause of his death is supposed to have been a fall sustained several months back. He goes to his grave at a ripe old age, respected by all who knew him. THE BOAUI) OF CONTROL. 1 The county board of control met in the c office of Supervisor Stephenson last Friday j and re-organized by the election of Super- c visor Stephenson as chairman, and Major T. \ Beckham as secretary. c Major Beckham read a letter to the board, t in which J. J. Hagins ?fc Cox, of Rock Hill, s claimed that a constable had damaged them i to the amount of 75 cents by breaking open s a barrel of apples that had been shipped to 1 their firm from Richmond, and they wanted 1 the money. The board discussed the matter in a general way; but took no decided t action. i The question of an increase of salary for I the dispensers at Blacksburgatid Tirzah was ( 1 discussed with favor, and there seems to*be t a probability that the salaries of both.dis- t pensers will be increased. No further busi- < t ness was brought before the meeting, and I the board adjourned to hold its next meeting i on the first Monday in March. I . I BY A CHESTER AUTHOR. The Enquirer has received, with the ( compliments of the author, a copy of a novelette entitled "Monsieur Jacques Bogue;" by Major S. P. Hamilton, of Chester, S. C. Tlfc story is of a thoroughly mean man, who came of a dishonest pedigree and inherited great wealth. The author makes the . fellow live for and of himself; but, at the same time, cleverly depicts the manner in which even such brutes as these are worshipped , and courted for their money. The main point j in the story seems to be that money will buy everything in sight, including social position for even those who are unfitted for it, endless | flattery, gratification of seltisli appetites, and all else save pure happiness. The story is very well written, especially considering the fact that this is the author's first attempt at a novel. The plot is good, and altogether it is well worth the lime of almost anybody to read the pamphlet. The I price is 25 cents. i [ BOA I) OVERSEERS. 1 lie ionowing auuiuoiuu iuuu ?*vi.wia } have been recommended to Supervisor Stephcnsoir for appointment since our last ! issue : Beth ki??D. G. Stanton's Division: J. IIopo Adams. Bruce Brown, R. J. Davis, It. L. Quinn, R. M. Burnett, J. A. Ratteree, T. J. Nichols, W. T. Nichols, Walter Bjirron, J. M. Miller, G. C. Orinand, S. T.Ferguson, R. A. Barnett. s Kino's Mountain.? D. M. Hall's Division; J. K. Whitesides, R. N. Plexico, Thomas Tornlin5 son, James Beamguard, R. B. Youngblood, J. i B. Woods, Kd Price, Calvin McKpight, W. I). ! Brown, E. M. Walker. I E. B. Faulkner's Division: W.J. Davis, J. A. 5! C. Love, D. M. Ford, Robert Dulin, Alec Wal> lace, W. B. Leslie, J. L. McCarter, Thad Da'. | vidson. Bkthksiu.?J. L. Moore's Division : John A. ' Ilarshaw, Win.Saunders, D.P.Curry, Robert 11 J. Morrow, J. W. Gladden, Jas. W. Moore, | Robert H. Neely, W. H. Adkins, Mansfield Gordon, S. E. McFadden, Sam C. Byers, R. : Moultrie Bratton, R. L. Strait, Walter II. i | Moore, J. Frank Moore. ? J Joseph N. Steele's Division: John Huey, , Tlios. Scoggins, Win. Sealy, T. J. Strait, Win. ! Darby, T. E. Strait, J. G. Pereival, M. V. Stur' gis, Cooper Workman, M. C. Parish, John 1 Kidd, George Pearson. -I J. Frank Ashe's Division: Amos Revls, J. ; C. Hudson, Win. Conrad, Sam II. Love, A. W. i Gladden, J. T. Crawford, J. B. Bratton, Win. I ! Garrison, J. C. Ashe, R. W. Burris, W. M. II Ashe, John Center, F. P. Love, George Foster, | Henry Kennedy, John Davidson, J. M. Moore, tj The names of the other overseers will be J published as soon as the appointments are ' made and the information can be procured. I _ ABOUT PEOPLE. ; Mr. J. S. Brice is at Ninety Six, S. C., visit-i ' I ing relatives and friends. J Mr. It. A. Parish, whose illnoss was men-1 J lioned last week, is thought to be improvl" j i"till Miss Lola Jaekins, of Blacksburg, is in ' Yorkville, visiting Misses Georgia and Iva1 I Withers. Major James F. Hart left last Friday afternoon to witness the Mardi Gras, in New Orleans. Misses Mary Clark and Edith Wallace are visiting friends in . Charleston, the guests of Mrs. W. F. Marshall. Miss Pink Carroll returned to her home near Sharon, on Monday afternoon, after a , pleasant visit to relatives in this place. l Miss Sadie Clarkson, of Charlotte, is in Yorkville visiting friends and relatives, the ' guest of her aunt, Mrs. Thos. F. McDow. Mr. Burritt \v. Aieus, 01 mis piuce, ieu last week for an extended visit to the family of Dr. T. S. Brat ton, at Fort Niobrara, Neb. i Miss Daisy Hart returned home last week i from a visit to Spartanburg and (Jnflney City, accompanied by Miss Fannie Jones. 'I Mrs. Sallie (iridith and daughter, Miss ' I Fay, of Charlotte, are in Yorkville, visiting 1 friends and relatives, the guests of Mr. J. M. I ! Bawlinson's family. j Mr. (!eo. \V. S. Hart and daughter, Missj | Jennie, left last week for Wadmalaw island, ' near Charleston, to be present at thecele-1 ! brat ion of the "golden wedding"' of Mr. j Mart's parents. Mr. 31. I*. Carroll for several years past the ! traveling representative of the Carolina | Buggy company, leaves tomorrow evening j to take a similar position with the Brown Carriage company, of Cincinnati. tiiio msri:xs.\ky <,>i iistiox. The proposition to call another election on the dispensary question has begun to ' make things warm in Yorkville. Intcndant O'Leary was presented with a petition last Saturday night, in accordance j 'with the law, asking for the calling of an-J other election, and he wqs requested to call a special meeting of the town council in order that the matter might be acted upon at once. Me refused to call a special meet- i I ing : but said that he would lay the matter j I before the council at its regular meeting on i j Friday night.1'pon the refusal of Intcndaijt O'Leary to; j call an extra meeting of the council, the elitioners informed him of their intention i apply to Supervisor Stephenson. \Y. W. ewis, Esq., went before Supervisor Stephnson 011 Monday and took the position that nder the law. the only authority to call an leetion on the dispensary question lies with lie town council. Supervisor Stephenson aid that he considered the matter one to he ettled by the people of Yorkville, and he id not intend to interfere with it in any lutpc or form. The matter now lies with lie town council. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Hev. ltohert A. Lee, minister, iay services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock ii the absence of the pastor. Sunday-school ii the afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Presbyterian?Itev. W. (?. Neville, pastor. >er vices on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock nd in the evening at 7.30o'clock. Sundaychool atd o'clock, p. m. Prayer-meeting omorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Jnion?Services on Sunday at 11 a. m. 'oukvillk?Sunday-school at 10 a. m. 'rayer-meeting tomorrow evcring at 7.30 'clock. Services on Sunday evening at 7.30 'clock Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Veber, pastor. Sunday-school at ft p. m. Services next Sunday morning at 11 and veiling at 7.30 o'clock. Prayer-meeting his evening at 7.30 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Joyce H. Grier, pastor. Yorkvii.i.k?Sunlay-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Prayeroeeting this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Serices on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and n the evening at 7.30 o'clock. York Circuit.?The following are the imes am! places at which Rev. \V. A. Pitts ; rill conduct services: King's Mountain chap1,1st Sunday at 11 o'clock, a. m. j 3rd Sunday it 3 o'clock p. m. St Paul's, 1st Sunday at ? o'clock p. m.; 3rd Sunday at 11 o'clock a. n. Philadelphia, 2nd and 4th Sundays at 1 o'clock a. m. HE WAS NO HERO. There was a big wreck on the Air Line ailroad at Thickety trestle, between Sparnnburg and GatTuey City, op Tuesday of ast week. The train consisted of 22 loaded :ars. (?"/ of the cars jumped the track ust betcfe the trestle was reached. The ithers followed, one after another, and all vere precipitated down the sides of a heavy imbankmcnt. The engine remained on the rack ; but the balance of the train was imashed into smithereens, with boxes, bar els and bales of all kinds of merchandise icattered about in promiscuous confusion. S'obody was hurt except one brakeman, and lis injuries were not serious. ? ? ?.1- HAd/1 QAtYlO JL lie W I Ct'K UlUt'NUUCU UJV i uuu ivi ovujv ime, nnd Major James F. Hart, ofYorkville, vho happened to be bn the next train, jound for home, was detained at the scene )f the disaster for some time. Speaking of he incident last Tuesday, he said that for a ime it seemed that a hero had been develop?d in the. fireman. "While the derailed train was bumping along the cross-ties toward the trestle," said Major Hart, "the engineer jumped oir his locomotive. The fireman shortly afterward seized the throttle, and stopped the engine after it had gotten well on to the trestle. The fireman was afterward commended for his bravery in not leaving I/is post. 'Couldn't,' was his frank explanation. 'I was shoveling in coal nnd didn't know there was anything the matter until after the engineer had done jumped. It was then about 50 or 60 feet to the ground, and I would have been killed. The only thing left was to stick to the engine and try to stop it.' " THAT INTERESTING JAP. The IcctUrt5* of Toji Takada, the Japanese ? theological student, were delivered in the Presbyterian church last Sunday according to appointment, and were listened to by a large and interested congregation. In the morning, the speaker described the manners, customs and religions of the Japanese. The city people, he said, especially in the leading treaty ports, have long since copied the dress of Europeans and Americans, while the dress of the peasantry and town people of the interior remains the same as it has been from ancient limes. Various kinds of religion, including Bud dhism, Brahminism, Confucianism, Idolatry and Christianity, are practiced. The people, he said, are especially eager to adopt Christianity, and at present there is nothing like as many missiqnaries in the country as the urgent needs of the people require. In the evening, Mr. Takada told of himself. He said that his father was the first Japanese to advocate the opening of all ports to foreigners, and was a man of advanced ideas geucrally. He participated in a number of progressive reforms, and in 1872 was killed in an insurrection of which he was one of the leaders. The speaker was born about this time, and his mother was beheaded a few days-' later. The speaker came to America about three years ago as an attache of the Japanese legation ; but shortly afterward decided to enter the Christian ministry, and is just now about completing his studies in ttye theological seminary in Columbia. THE ALLIANCE AND FERTILIZERS. A galled meeting of the State Alliance was held Columbia on Tuesday of last week to takeNjome action on the fertilizer question. President W. I). Evans was in the chair and there was a pretty full attendance from the various counties. York was represented by Messrs. W. N. Elder and J. F. The fertilizer question! was discussed from ^ various standpoints by (different participants in the meeting, and Dr. Stokes, J. L. Keitt, T. P. Mitchell, D. j!jfouncan and D. J. Brad ham were appointed a^immittee to prepare an address. The commiM^Lorked on the addressfor several hour^^|^^cde^M^a| its report at 1 o'clock on Wed*e^BTm ing. The paper was preseute<^^>wo tions; one being addressed to th|Kilroad.s7n the State, and the other 10 the farmers of South Carolina. The address to the railroads sets forth that on account of the monetary stringency, there is a great depression in all manner of busi- r V uess, and that the railroads are very mate* ^ rially interested in the use of commercial Jl fertilizers, not only on account of their revenue from hauling these fertilizers; but also on account of the increased revenue to be expected from an increased crop. It is further set forth that the manufacturers of fertilizers, have, from time to time, reduced their prices, and now it is proper that the railroads make a reduction in freight rati*- fhe railroads are, therefore, requested to waive the right of 30days' noticeand at <mce makca reduction of 20 per cent in freigh.' rates. 1 he > ?.u?? ,t,? wmicst he especial auuress provides ui.ii uiv ly called to the attention of the railroads by the railroad commission. The other address reads as follows: * To the Farmers of South Carolina: After full consideration of all the abnormal conditions stir- j|? roundiiijr our industries, the State Farmers'A I- & * lianee, in conjunction with nroiiiinent ugriciiltii- < rists from various parts of the State, have reach- I % cd the following; conclusions and have author- n ized a promulgation of these conclusions for the ^ JI consideration of all concerned. J I. In the first place, we consider it of pant- IV JB mount importance that the acreage in cotton the ?* B current year he materially reduced, livery farm- ? B er should seek to make the farm absolutely self- ? sustaining. That is to say, abundant acreage m should lirst he set aside for provisions, so as to m insure an ample supply of meat and breadstuff*; a ^B then the Imhuiee of the crop may he with safety ? ^B placed in cotton or other money crop. ? ^B -. We recommend that the use of fertilizers hoitf restricted to the lowest limit Practicable, and re-g| liancc Ik' placed rather upon homemade fertilize! ers ; that wherever pnicticalde, such orders ga are deetucil absolutely necessary should he coniZ|f billed and placcil through the State Karnicrj^? Kxehangc. , . , 9 :t. We recommend tnrtherthat all contracts fc?j fertilizers he based ttpon a cotton option as fa!.,' lows: For acid phosphates, per ton, f. n. w-j Charleston, 1" percent, to 12 percent. phospijjSJ ic acid, we oiler 17.? pounds of middling coUoa'J ^KSH f. o. h., or Sin in currency, pavable NnvcmberL 9^^H