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Scraps aiul .facts. ? The Chinese troubles have not yet subsided. Information from Fouchow is to to the effect that the American mission at that place was attacked by the fanatical heathens last week and completely wrecked. The missionaries saved themselves by flight, aud the only persons injured were a few native Christians. The war cry of the fanatics is: "Down with the foreign devils," and in some localities it is not safe for a foreigner to show himself on the streets. The Chinese authorities have not yet taken any steps to protect the missionaries, ana oeiore anything can be accomplished by the slow process of diplomacy, it is possible that there may be something like a general massacre. ? The most magnificent corn crop ever seen in any country on earth is, from all accounts, soon to be gathered in this country. It is variously estimated at all the way from two to twoand-a-half billions of bushels, and the money value to the farmer is reckoned, including the fodder, at three fourths of a billion dollars ($750,000,000.) The statistician of the department at Washington, estimates the worth of the crop at $943,000,000; but much of this will go to the railroads and the middle men. The wheat crop, the oat crop, the fruit crop, the cotton crop, and the other crops, are either fair or better than fair. The wheat crop is estimated at 395.000,000 bushels, worth about $200,000,000. ? E. C. Benedict, of Wall street, and well known as a personal friend of Mr. Cleveland, is out with a statement: in which he announces that unless the Democratic party comes out squarely in favor of the retirement of greenback currency, he will vote against it and in favor of a Dartv which does. The greenback, he declares to be valueless in time of need as a circulating medium, and serves only as a pump to draw gold from the treasury. He said: ''Silver, worth only 62$ cents, is bad enough; but, bad as it is, it is worth more than the greenback, because it has some intrinsic value. To provide a better currency, it is necessary first to wipe out the worst forms in existence, and put almost anything in their places." ? The State, Saturday: Mr. Hector D. Lane, president of the American Cotton Growers' Protective association and commissioner of agriculture for Alabama, was in the city yesterday. He had just returned from a trip through Texas, in which State he made 32 speeches to the farmers. He reports that the acreage has been reduced at least 52 per cent., and he estimates that the next crop will not exceed Y,UUU,UUU oaies. ne says me crups are not good in the States of Louisiana, Alabama, Texas and Georgia. He advises the farmers most strongly to sell their crop gradually, and not to be in any rush to get it to market, for he believes that if it is marketed gradually the price will be maintained. He says he thinks farmers ought to get at least 8 cents for their cotton next fall. ? The treasurer of the United States is.now in communication with New York bankers for the purpose of arranging transfers of money in the subtreasury in New York to New Orleans, where it can be used in moving the cotton crop. The amount required to move the crop runs up into millions, and the New York bankers who advance the money ior this purpose, desire to avoid the time, expense and risk involved in sending large amounts needed to New Orleans. They, therefore, for some years, have arranged with the treasury to deposit their money in the sub-treasury in New York, and tho treasury department then places the amount of the deposit to their credit in the sub-treasury at New Orleans. It will be some days yet before the amount needed will be known. ? The gubernatorial campaign in Keutucky has already illustrated the tact tnat tne single goia sianaara democrats are not Democrats at all. Tbey are simply "gold bugs." How Carlisle weut down to Kentucky and tried to convert the Democrats of the State to the single goltfr staudard, is still fresh in the public mind. The State convention, held shortly afterward resulted in a reaffirmation of the currency plank of the national Democratic platform, and the nomination of General Wat Hardin, a pronounced free coinage man, as the standard bearer of the party. It is a notorious fact that Cleveland, without attempting to explain his authority, either twisted the currency plank of the national platform to mean gold monometallism, or deliberately advocated gold monometallism regardless of the national platform. General Hardin started out by proving that the national Democratic platform is an unequivocal declaration for the free coinage of silver. As the result, Henry Wattersou and other old time leaders of the Democraftv h?ve thu sulks and retired to their tent to give aid and solace to the Republicans. The outlook is that the goldbug alleged Democrats of Kentucky, are either going to stay away from the polls on election day, or vote the Republican ticket. Much depends on Kentucky just now. If she goes for the Republicans, the result will be to the great discouragement of the free silver sentiment in the other Southern States. ? The miuers of Cripple Creek, Colorado, have been enjoying the novelty of a genuine Mexicau hull fight. The affair had been extensively advertised, and the governor had announced his intention of preventing it from taking place. The Cripple Creek folks have a way of doing as they please. They did not like the idea of executive interference with their amusement, however unlawful, and gave it out that they were going to see either the bull fight or a fight with the authorities. Last Sunday was the day appointed for the show, and there were excursions to Cripple Creek from dif ferent parts of the State. The bull- c fighters postponed the entertainment t until all the excursions were in, and j then promptly commenced the show. ., As soon as the picadors began to pierce the bull with their darts, the deputies 11 stepped in and made several arrests, t The bull fighters immediately gave t bond and again started the show, c Upon the telephoned instruction of the c governor, the deputies went into the ring for the purpose of taking all the fighters in custody. Several of the 8 spectators, however, produced ugly v looking pistols, and the deputies de- t cided that it would be a good idea to ^ let the show continue. Two bulls were killed. The number of spectators is estimated at about 5,000. _ f ftht ^jorbtiUc (Enquint. ! YORKVILLE, S. C.: ( t WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1895. I ? Though we frequently hear ot gold- j bugs being converted to the advocacy | of free coinage, somehow or other we ? never hear of the conversion of a free t coinage advocate until after he has first been made a cabinet officer. ? Hector D. Lane, president of the 1 American Cotton Growers' Protective j association, certainly deserves credit ] for his most commendable zeal. Although he has failed to realize the 1 necessity of thorough organization on 1 the part of the farmers, he is doing all s he can to make them appreciate the J I fact that this vear's croD is comDara " * - * ti tively small, and that a little care and ( deliberation in putting th6 crop on 1 the market is likely to result in better a prices. f ? The New York World of a recent t date contained an editorial in which it v was argued that Washington refused a !" third term, not because he thought it would be a dangerous precedent to set ( to the country; but because he was c tired of public life and wanted to retire. The intent of the editorial was t evidently to persuade the people that t after all there was nothing especially ( objectionable to the third term, pro- * vided an incumbent, like Mr. Cleveland for instance, was willing to stand j for re-election. Notwithstanding The I World, we hold to the idea that it was t a spirit of the highest patriotism that ii induced Washington to decline a third ^ term. But this same reason need not . be forced on Mr. Cleveland. If he desires, he can very readily be excused from further service on the ground c that he has done enough for his s 1 country. >> ' , r a ? The Gaffney Ledger urges as one 11 of the reasons why the territory adja- ^ cent to the town in which the paper is ' printed should be incoporated into a h separate county, is the fact that it is cut J off from Spartanburg by streams that r impede progress to and from the court s house. That is really a good argument?an excellent argument. We Q note that as a portion of the proposed ^ new county, the Gaffney people intend i to ask for about half of Cherokee township, in York. At present, there r is no progress-impeding stream between e the people of Cherokee and their county F seat. If they should be transferred ? to the proposed new county, Broad j river would intervene. We sympa- a thize deeply with The Ledger on ac- p count of those troublesome streams c that intervene between it and its ? court house; but we are simply horrified at the unfeeling cruelty with which g it proposes to throw a broad river in a the way of those who are not now in- r convenienced by any such obstruction, a QUESTION AND ANSWER. s The last issue of the GafFney Ledger j contains a labored editorial in advocacy p of the proposition for the formation of s a new county with GafTney City for the s couuty seat, aud in justification of its a position it desperately asks the follow- s iug question : "If we are able to takecaroof ourselves, r and desire to be allowed to build homes of c our own, and rest under the shade of our ^ own vine and tig tree, why should the n present counties object ?" ^ The above question indicates that if The Ledger is not trying to deceive somebody, it is certainly very green on a plain proposition of political ecouo- t my. If it were so that the people who h desired the luxury of a new county 1 would have to pay all the expenses, e the people of York could urge no j objection on the score of cost; but, t unfortunately, such is not the case, g The circumstances are such that those >' people who can get no benefit from ^ the proposed new county, will have to foot a large proportion of the bills. j There may be some advantage in d smaller counties; but nobody has ever o told us where it is. It certainly does not show up in the tax levies. Spar- ? tanburg is one of the larger counties, and the tax levy over there is only 3 n mills on the dollar. York is smaller a than Spartanburg, and her levy is 3J d aills. Union is considerably smaller han York, and her levy is 5 mills, f the proposed new county is formed, ts tax levy can hardly be less than 6 aills. Perhaps The Ledger will tell is that this is none of our business; mt it is our business, for we are lirectly concerned. The chipping off if the proposed territory will increase he taxes of York county not less than i quarter of a mill, and the change vill be not only to the detriment of he people of Cherokee, but to all of fork county. The Ledger has also said something ibout the trouble and inconvenience of joing a long distance to the court louse. This sounds like an argument; >ut that is all. Only a small per cent. >f the whole number of citizens of auy :ounty have actual business at the :ourt house on an average of one day a rear, and if they lived 50, instead of 25 niles away, they could better afford lio n/ioooinnol trins t.hnt, mftV hfi flPPPS iary, than to pay the aunual expense )f having a court house at their front ioors. No, after considering the whole }uestion in all its aspects, we can see >ut one practical advantage in the iroposition for the formation of a new :ounty, and that advantage will go to ,he town of Gaffney. At a very large sxpense to the taxpayers of York, Jnion and Spartanburg, there will be in increase of about 10 per cent, in he value of Gaffney real estate. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Till Meet Today. The annual meeting of the State U liance is to be held in Columbia durng this week, commencing today. le Will Be a Preacher. The Laurens correspondent of The !^ews and Courier, says that it is the nteution of ex-Congressman Shell to it once enter the Baptist miuistry. rohn T. Sloan In Dead. Colonel John T. Sloan, a venerable ind highly respected citizen of South Carolina, died at his home in Columbia ast Thursday, in the 84th year of his tge. Colonel Sloan was an intimate riend of the late John C. Calhoun. Je was clerk of the secession conven ion ot tst>u, 01 tne constitutional contention of 1865, and of the house of epresentatives from 1876 up to 1890. le was closely identified with many if the more important events of South Carolina's history. lompoHition of the Convention. The Columbia State is authority for he statement that the convention is o be composed of 114 Reformers, 40 Conservatives, and 6 Republicans. Lmong the Republicans are two?W. . Whipper and Robert Smalls?who vere members of the 1868 convention. U1 of the Negroes are Republicans. Mve of them come from Beaufort-and he other from Georgetown. Accordng to Senator Tillman, the main quesions to be discussed are "suffrage, diorce, schools, formation of courts, and he manner of electing judges." mother Contempt Case. The recent raid on the Columbia lub by dispensury constables, has reulted in another case to go before udge Simonton. Among the packges of liquor seized were two belongng to A. E. and W. E. Gonzales. These were original packages, shipped rom another State, and marked "for personal use." The Messrs. Gonzales lave arranged to take the case before udge Simonton. That official has aleady granted a rule against Commisioner Mixon, three constables and two Columbia policemen, requiring them to how cause before him at Greenville, n September 9, why they should not ie attached for his order of May 8. rby oil the State Constitution. Senator Irby made a speech in Laueus county on Saturday before the lection, on the subject of the proposed new constitution. Among other hings, he said he was in favor of arrying out recent promises of the teform party to reduce the salaries of ,11 public officers to a basis of the prices the fanners receive for their rops. The salaries of judges he said, hould be reduced from $3,500 to $2, 00 a year, and the judges should be lected directly by the people. The South Carolina college and the Citadel .cademy should be abolished, and the aoney expended on their maintain,uce should go to the common schools, ie was in favor of the retention of the chool tax ; but wants each voter to say o what school his money should go. ie favored making a constitutional provision for the support of Confederate oldiers. Many of the old soldiers, he aid, are in the poor house, and this is , disgrace to the State. Lastly, he aid that ample provision should be aade for the protection of factory oper.tives in their political and natural ighis. In many instances, he said, orporations had endeavored to coerce he votes of their employes, and by jeans of the new constitution, he hopes hat this will become impossible. MERE MENTION. The sum of $77,000 was paid into he treasury under the income tax 1 aw. Up to date the applications for he refundment of the tax do not covrso much as one-third of the amount iaid iu Congressional Librarian A. t. Spofl'ord has deposited with the reasury the sum of $22,000 to make ' ood the shortage recently discovered i 3 his accounts. The amount has not i eeu accepted as settlement; but has een placed to Mr. SpotFord's credit. , Since the close of the Chinaapanese war, 16,000 Japauese have ied from cholera. The contractr and foreman of the big building < hat collapsed in New York recently, < illing a dozen or more people have < eeu held for manslaughter. The ( resident has signed an order extend- , ig the civil service rules to all printers ' nd pressmen in the various executive epartments. i LOCAL AFFAIRS. c t INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Yorkville Enquirer?Guarantees the quality of its iob printing and at prices t as low as good work will warrant. ; A. M. Grist?Gives some information with regard to kerosene oil heating stoves. > J. J. Hunter?Has received a lot of handsome kid gloves for ladies and gentlemen, aluminium hair ornaments. He also tells you about the Weylman shoes for ladies, and is prepared to sell you a c good dress pattern, suitable for fall and < winter wear, for GO cents. * W. B. Moore & Co.?Publish a statement t from Mr. Fred C. Black with regard to i the value of Rife's hydraulic water engine. They can also sell you a service- t able pump, a corn sheller, a sewing j machine, belting, engine littings, etc. James M. Starr?Gives some seasonable t information with regard to grass seeds . suitable for fall sowing. He has tall meadow oat grass, oronard grass, red clover, lucerne, and crimson clover. Grist Cousins?Offer to sell 35 pounds of sugar for 81 and give the conditions ( upon which they will make the sale. The Rock Hill Buggy Company?Publish a voluntary testimonial with regard to ( a phfeton recently sold at Blaeksburg. W. F. Marshall?Is offering at cost all 1 /tlAflnnflp hn hiiann hnnH. } H. C. Strauss?Says he "will trim anybody's prices on summer goods until September 1st." < Louis Roth?Wants you to call on him when you need bread and cakes. James H. Riddle?Tells about the big t stock of bagging and ties he has on hand. Ho also has lime and shingles, rubber and leather belting, and tlour I which he claims to be the best; and he don't want you to forget that he is still selling 20 pounds of granulated sugar i for $1. i W. J. Stephenson, Supervisor?Warns highway overseers that they must call s out all hands assigned to them and put c their sections in good traveling condi- * tion at once. ( Sam M. Grist?Offers the old Baptist church lot for sale. Andrew Goforth, Surviving ExecutorGives notice to the debtors and creditors of the estate of Marcus L. Ross, ( deceased. SEPTEMBER WEATHER. < Our Chester weather prophet has j eont. hia nrnrrnnsticationS for SeDtem- t wvuw t" ~n ber. They are as follows: ( "From 1 to 3, the weather will be j warm and cloudy. From 4 to 6, windy s and cooler. From 7 to 9, cool nights , and probably some showers. From 10 j to 11, changeable. From 12 to 14, ] wind and rain from the northeast. , From 15 to 18, fair, windy weather, f From 19 to 20, atmospheric distur- | bance with local showers. From 21 to t 23, windy with cool nights and warm t days. About this time?from 24 to ^ 26?you may look for eastern gales, ( and about 27 or 28 there will be a f storm of wind and rain from the north- f east. From 29 to 30 will be clear and t cool, and there will probably be some ( frost." < "Note?Frost may occur at any c time between 25 aud 30; but the signs f are not sufficiently strong to justify a t positive statement. If there is any ( frost at all, it will be light, even on s low lands." \ THE SCHOOL TRUSTEES. ( Pursuant to the recent call of School 1 Commissioner Shurley, 20 school trus- ^ tees, representing 15 out of 36 school districts in the county, met in the court house last Friday for the purpose of organizing a county association, which was effected by the election of j J. Lon Moore, of Bethesda, as chairman, and Wm. Ross, of Bullock's t Creek, as secretary. ^ As the result of an interesting dis- j cussion, the association declared its sense on various important subjects to c be as follows: 1. It is better to build J school houses with private subscrip- ? ratiioi- tVion with nublic funds, f 2. No teachers should be employed ex- f cept the holders of certificates, aud ?. the tendency of preference should be steadily in the direction of the first [ grade. 3. In the fixing of salaries, ? the capacity of a teacher should have r more weight than the grade of a cer- 1 tificate. I The association adjourned to hold t its next meeting on the call of the ^ school commissioner. I , ( RAILROAD RACKET. [ In order to keep up with its increas- i ing freight traffic, the O. R. & C. peopie have found it necessary to put on t an additional freight train. One train is ? now in charge of Conductor Phelps, j and the other is in charge of Conductor * Turner. The O. R. & C. is delivering a big contract of crossties to the Pennsylvania railroad. From six to eight car- t loads of ties have been passing through Yorkville nearly every day for a week 1 or 10 days. a Mr. S. L. Hobbs, the popular station I agent of the 0. R. & C., at Yorkville, c has returned to his post. General Passenger Agent Beard, of c the Narrow Guage, is still working up c passengers to Blowing Rock, and he is t turning lots of traffic in that direction. I Blowing Rock was not known much t down this way until Mr. Beard took I hold of the summer resort question. I The efficiency and economy of the r management of the Narrow Gauge is * the talk of railroad circles all over a this section. The only drawback the road has to contend with is its intima- c cy with the unpopular Southern. I The 0. R. & C. and the S. A. L. are c selling cheap tickets to Boston. I General Passenger Agents Beard and r Lumpkin have received low rate tickA? A AwtAaifiAn on/1 wtll T SIS LO bue Aiiuuia c.&puoibiisu, auu commence offering them for sale on k September 18. The rate will be one P cent a mile each way over either the t Southern or the S. A. L. b Superintendent Nichols, of the Nar- b row Gauge, was in Yorkville on Mod- p lay taking measurements preparatory o filling up the deep depression around be depot, sufficiently to allow wagons o approach the platform from all sides. The work will be quite expensive ; but t will be worth all it will cost. ADMITTED TO BAIL. Judge Witherspoou has signed an irder admitting to bail in the sum of ?3,000, J. Logan Gibson, charged with he murder of Rufus U. Hardin, at Slacksburg, recently. The application vas heard at chambers last Monday. Major J. F. Hart appeared for Gibson, md Mr. N. W. Hardin appeared for be State. The affidavits on both sides related naiuly to the immediate circumstances >f the killing, seeking to prove or lisprove the alleged improper relations )f Hardin with Gibson's wife, and the papers were quite voluminous. His louor listened patiently to the affidavits and also to the argument of jouusel, and then announced that he vould sign au order for bail in the ibove mentioned sum. The order equires au approved bond; signed by ;wo or more sureties. A o +r\ it?Viqt* AT r fiiKcnn Hqq Kppn AO IV/ TT U^lUVi A'Alt v^ivwwx UMW wvu ible to get up a bond, we have not earned ; but bis couusel, on Monday, seemed to think that the matter presented a question of but little or no iifficulty. DIED IN TEXAS. Mr. T. K. Sherer died at the resiJeuce of his brother-in-law, W. E. J. Hefner, in South Greenville, on Suniay afternoon, August 18, at 4 o'clock, lfter a short illuess, with congestion of ;he bowels. Mr. Sherer had been in jlreenville only a few months, but by lis gentlemanly deportment and consistent Christian living, had made nany warm friends among those who aad the pleasure of his acquaintance. He had made all necessary arrangenents to leave on Thursday, with his amily, for South Carolina, their old lome ; but was taken sick early that norning, and realizing from the start hat the seal of death was upon him, jave his wife full advice as to what to lo wheu he was gone. He was perfectly resigned to his fate, and spoke reely of his Christian faith and hope >f meeting loved ones who had pre :eded him to the better world. Mr. Sherer had life insurance to the amount >f ?1,000, besides some means saved rom his labor in Greenville, and with I -?r r.i Ml ? ills iurs. onerer win rciui u tu auuiu Carolina, with her three children, and iettle down by her mother.?Greennlle (Texas) Herald, August 19. Mr. Sherer was a native of York rounty, and formerly resided in Bulock's Creek towuship. He took his amily to Texas in the fall of 1894. WANTED?A NEW COUNTY. The last issue of the GafFuey Ledger :ontains a notice of application that vill be made at the next session of the egislature, for the formation of a new :ounty with, Gaffney City as the couny seat. The proposed boundaries, as lescribed in the application, are as folows: Beginning at the fork of Broad and Packet rivers, in Union county, and running ip Paeolet river to or near a point on said iver, formerly known as Brown's mill, ibout one and one-half miles above Paeolet nills, on said river; thence in a northvesterly direction, and east of the town >f C'owpens about one mile, a straight ine to tne North Carolina line, at or near itate Line postotlice; thence with the S'orth Carolina State line east to Broad iver, at or near Sarratt's ferry, as formery known; thence with said North Carolila line to railroad formerly called the fhree C's; thence in a southeasterly diection to the mouth of King's creek iu fork county; thence down Broad river to he beginning?the fork of Broad and 'acolet rivers; including the following and (imvdfivs ille, in Union county, the greater part of iVhite Plains township, nearly all of limestone township, and a small part of ;herokee township in Spartanburg couny, and the western part of Uhorokee ownship in York county, muking the niddle of said rivers the line where they ouch said new county; but failing in the ibove described proposed county line, hen we hereby give notice and apply for aid county to be incorporated out of all he territory above described except that >art lying in York county, thus making he middle of Broad river the eastern line if said proposed county. A PRIZE WINNER. There is a reasonable probability hat York county is going to win The Sews and Courier's $100 in gold for he largest hog raised in the State, ind if so, Mr. J. Morgan Leech, of iickory Grove, is likely to be the suc:essful man. ( Mr. G. C. Leech, father of the owner if the competing pig, was in Yorkville in Monday, and being asked about he matter, said that "If any man , >eats us, he will have a powerful line log." Iu answer to further questions, te said that the hog is of the Ohio , mproved Cheshire stock, and is now learly 5J months old. It was weighed veek before last, and sent up the beam bt 260 pounds, showing a net gain of 10 pounds during the preceding 30 lays, against 74 pounds for the month >revious. Mr. Leech says that he :ould have easily put on 75 or 80 ( >ounds last month ; but was afraid to isle it on account of the heat. I At 24 months old, hogs of the Ohio ; mproved Cheshire stock, have been | mown to weigh as much as 1,400 i lounds, and if Mr. Leech does not , lave any bad luck, he might make his j og go up to something like 800 or 900 j lefore the close of the present com- i letition. i IT WAS OFFICIAL. The report of the coustitut ional convention election, published in The i Enquirer of Friday was official. While tabulating the returns, last * Saturday, the commissioners of election made a comparison of The Enquirer's report, and with the exception of a single vote, at a single precinct, the figures were exactly correct. Our returns from Clark's Fork gave S. E. White 16 votes, Wilson 14 and A. H. White, Ashe and Brice 15 each. As we were only trying to get the total \ Democratic and Republican votes, and % not trying to give the vote in detail, -! we calculated that possibly there had been a mistake, and put 15 down as the total. Instead of 15 it should have been 16. \ The Republican vote at Rock Hill was thrown out. Each of the ballots? 100 in all?had written across their faces the words "For delegates to the constitutional convention." This made them illegal. "A !11 t 1 11 _ A mere were ou niegui uanuia ? Clover aud 3 at Coates's Tavern. The total vote iu the county, as declared by the commissioners, was as follows: Ashe, 1794; Brice, 1794 ; A. H. White, 1793 ; S. E. White, 1794 ; Wilson,1792. Exclusive of the votes thrown out, the Republican candidates received 342 votes each. It was the opinion of the commissioners that had it been desirable, all of the Republican votesconld have been legally thrown out on the ground that they were not printed on "plain white" paper. 1 LOCAL LACONICS. Our Thank*. Mr. C. A. Carroll favored this office last Saturday with a lot of exceptionally fine apples. <r Until January 1896. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will be furnished from this date until Jan uary 1, 1896, for 60 cents. The Schools. , The fall session of the Graded school and the Banks High school opened on yesterday. In the former school 139 pupils were present, and in the latter 35. Miss Sue Torrence, of Charlotte, who will have charge of the musical department of the Graded school, arrived on yesterday. Making Good Headway. Mr. Morrow's workmen are making good headway in erecting his ginnery, and the outlook is that they will have it ready in plenty of time to gin the first of the present crop. The lumber for the roller mill is now being gotten out, aud the mill will probably be in operation within about 60 or 90 days. An Indian Exhibit. We understand that arrangements are in progress for an exhibit at Atlanta, of the various wares manufact ured by the Catawba Indians of this county. The idea originated witn Mr. McDonald Furman, of Ramsey, Sumter county. We hope the plan will be carried to success; but really, won't it it be pretty hard on our people if the exhibit of the aborigines shall be the m ost complete from this section ? It is Plumb. Some timid folks in Yorkville have been giving themselves unnecessary alarm over a silly story to the effect that the Yorkville staudpipe is out of plumb. The standpipe was overflowed last Saturday and a number of citizens who happened to be standing ^ about, noticed that the water ran over the edges evenly all around. If it is true that water will seek its level, the pipe must be plumb and the origin of the silly story is directly traceable to Mr. Alec Smart. Scliol arships Go Begging. Last Friday was the day appointed ^ for the competitive examination for two scholarships at the South Carolina college, and one at Furman university, each of the nominal value of $50. Tbt only applicant for examination wa8 Mr. Brainard Dobson, of Yorkville, who submitted papers that were ^ highly creditable, and which would have probably gotten the plum, even had there been a score of competitors. He will take one of the scholarships offered by the South Carolina college ; but has not definitely decided as to whether or not he will make use of it. Overstocked Himself. Mr. J. H. Riddle has overstocked himself. He discovered that fact last Sunday. He had enough cottou ties to pretty uearly supply this and some of the adjoining markets, aud piled them up iu the back part of his store. The weight was so great that some- ~ time during Sunday, the floor gave way and let the ties fall to the ground. The broken floor has just passed through the hands of the carpenters, and it won't be many weeks until the big lot of ties is in the hands of the farmers. Though he may smash down his floors occasionally, Mr. Riddle rlnn't, penerallv overstock himself for long at a time. Gtold In Western York. That there ia quite a quantity of gold in Western York, there is little j?, reason to doubt. The precious metal has often been found in paying quantities over there, and also a great deal of money has been lost in search of it. Speaking of the matter the other day, in experienced miner said that there . ire several branches in Broad River md Bullock's Creek townships out of