Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and |acts. ? - a ? Tammany Hall held a big ratifica- w tion meeting last Tuesday night. Mes- tl srs. Bryan, Sewal), Blackburn and d others were amoug the speakers, and s< the crowd in the hall and on the out- ti side, numbered fully 50,000 people. Tammany has had many big meetings \ but all the leaders say that this one it breaks the record. S ? Greenville Mountaineer: Gener- h al John M. Palmer, the nominee of cj the gold Democrats for president of S the United States, was the military ei satrap in charge of Kentucky during d the year 1865, and just before the elec- b tion in August of that year he sought ai to disfranchise ex-Confederate soldiers b: by issuing an order which requested t< them to abstain from all interference b* with elections by voting or appearing tl at the polls, as they would be arrested p and held for military trial. They will h doubtless abstain from voting for him r< in Kentucky this year, and there is no R necessity for an order to that effect. cl ? This is good. Even the wild In- . dians would doc nave aone sucu u thing. A special from Muskogee, I. T., says that a mass meetiDg of the _ Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw and Seminole Indians was held there Monday night and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "Resolved, j That we contemplate with deep regret | the recent insulting treatment of the j Hon. William J. Bryan by the students J of a college in the land of the boasted white man's civilization, and we admonish all Indians who think of send- ing their sons to Yale that association with such students could not but prove hurtful alike to their morals and their i progress toward the higher standard z of civilization." ? The entire Atlantic coast, from ni Florida to Maine, was swept by a p] West India hurricane last Tuesday. ^ The severest damage was Savaunah, Ga., which city was directly in the path of the storm. Many fine buildings were damaged, hundreds of trees ^ were torn up by the roots, and at last accounts the number of dead footed up 11 with more to hear from. Several P( large vessels and innumerable smaller ones were wrecked. The property loss is estimated at not less than $1,000,000. " The damage at Brunswick, Ga., was is great in proportion. Four lives were p lost. The South Carolina coast suf- T fered severely ; but little loss of life is p reported. Charleston escaped without serious injury. Richmond, Va., was badly shaken up, and the property . loss in Alexandria was up into hun dreds of thousands of dollars. A portion of the White House roof wa9 torn off and many public buildings in Washington were damaged. Although e: the loss of life was not so great, the " storm was one of the most severe that has been known for years. C ? Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, in his sermon at the First Presbyterian church, Washington, last Sunday, made the following allusion to the presidential campaign : "During the ^ last six presidential elections I have ^ been urged to enter the political arena, but I never have and never will turn the pulpit in which I preach into a g. political stump. Every minister must do as he feels called on to do, and I n will not criticise him for doing what he considers his duty; but all the po- R litical harangues from pulpits from te now until the 3d of November will tl not, in all the United States, change tt one vote, but will leave many ears gi stopped against anything that such j clergymen may utter the rest of their ., lives." This statement was followed by a reference to the depression now al prevailing throughout the country, and he said that never within his memory had "so many people meraiiy tf starved to death as in the past few -r months." He believed the dountry R was better off after every crisis, aud j1( that the Almighty would settle the controversy of the metals. te ? At Summerville Inn, Tennessee, te last Monday night, J. H. Winfrey, Jr., tl and Miss Sallie Weatherly were mar- qi ried, and within an hour thereafter K the groom was lodged in jail on the al charge of murder. It was an elope- R ment, and the crime was committed in ai furtherance of the young man's des- ? perate resolve to secure the girl agaiust si all rivals. The victim was an uncle 1)1 of the girl. Miss Weatherly and ^ Louis Burton were engaged to be mar- ^ ried on October 6, and last night Bur- ^ ton called upon his affianced bride. Later Winfrey, who was an old suitor, ^ also called, and soon thereafter Bur- oj ton left. Very soon after he had gone ^ the girl rushed iuto her mother's room })l with a hasty farewell, explaining that p, she and Winfrey were going to run off n and marry. The mother attempted to & restrain her, but in vain, and as the w girl fled the mother called to Peter 11 Crawford, the girl's uncle. Crawford was in the yard and interrupted the couple at the gate. A moment later Winfrey fired two shots from a pistol t] through Crawford's heart, and he and ' the girl jumped into a waiting buggy . 1 .U~ tl nuci uasueu awaj in iuc uhimivs). t The sherifl' and a posse took the train . at once, but failed to locate them until " after the marriage ceremony had beeu 0 performed. ? ? It is not often that our shrewd Yankee neighbors are overreached in j, business matters, but the mild and n gentlemanly Russian appears to have Q accomplished that feat very easily in a one instance. A dispatch from Pitts- t hurg, Pa., says : "Russian spies have t stolen America's armorplate secrets. v A year ago the Russian government j, decided to give Carnegie plates a test. The contract was for 1,107 tons. Con- * cessions were made, and one of the most important was a clause in the f contract specifying that the Russians c should have access to the plates at all s stages of their manufacture. A naval a officer was sent over, remaiuiug here c until the last pound of plate had been i sent east for transportation across the f Atlantic. No sooner was the Russian c officer in Pittsburg than he began to t make exhaustive examinations con- c erning the methods and secrets periining to the armorplate manufacture t Homestead. When the last plate 'as shipped the Russian left, and then ne company realized that it had been uped, and the order was only a jbeme to get some valuable informaon at a very low rate." ? Politics are pretty hot up in West rirginia as is attested by the followig from Wharn Cliffe, under date ol eptember 28. "Ten miles south ol ere, at Gray, Mingo county, a politiil discussion ended in a general row aturday night, in which John R. Robrts, a prosperous farmer, was shot to eath by Doc Estep. King Roberts, a rother of John, rushed into bis house, nd seizing a Winchester, fired three alls into Estep as he was attempting ) make his escape. The men bail all een good friends until the evening oi le trouble, but all had attended a olitical meeting during the day, and ad reached Roberts's home on their jturn, when the fight began. King oberts is yet at large, and his friends laim they will not permit his arrest." ?hc llorkitillc <S?qutrer. YORKVILLE, 8. O.: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1896. - A few weeks ago the big Republican ewspapers throughout the country were rinting everything that Mr. Bryan had ? say in his speeches. Now they have uit. Why ? -As one reason for breaking prece Bnts in making speeches over the couny, Mr. Bryan says it is better for the aople to find him out before the election ian afterwards. - "Almost as bad as a Bryan speech," the heading that the Charleston Post uts over its article descriptive of last uesday's storm. Being a Boltocrat, The ost is fully competent to realize just ow bad a Bryan speech is. It deals ith goldbug sophistries just about like lat storm dealt with cbatf. -Joe Blackburn knows what is "what, his fact is evidenced by the following (tract from his speech at the Tammany itification meeting last Tuesday night: This is not a politician's campaign, bicago's convention was not a politician's T* ..r?c n rvoAnlo'o nnn VflTl. ;u VtJLILlUIl. At new a poupiw o vvk t vu on?[applause]?and this is a people's impaigu. Politicians are not leading le people. I and all the balance of the oliticians are busily engaged today and might in double-quicking and striving i catch up with the people. [Applause.] -And now they have fished up a free lver record for old Simon Bolivar Bucker. At a Kentucky barbecue in 1887, e is said to have paid his respects to the .epublican party as follows: "It violad its duty to the people by abrogating le contract of the bondholder to receive leir pay in currency of the country and ive them gold, and it then demonetized lver in order to make gold more valuale and to further enrich the capitalists ; the expense of the people." MERE-MENTION. John Wannamaker has bought out Hil>n, Hughes A Co., of New York, buildig, stock, good will and all. E. G. oss, of the Leland Stanford university, as written a letter in which he charges mt the professors in all the big colleges sacli monometallism for the reason to ach bimetallism would mean the loss ol leir situations. The Cincinnati Enuirer claims that a thorough canvass oi Kentucky gives the state to Bryan by x>ut 20,000 majority. The New York epublicans are reported to have made i appeal to the Catholic clergy to use its ifiuenee with Tammany agaiust free lver. The New York Journal is ow claiming a circulation of over 400,000 r its morning edition. Secretary arlisle has accepted a challenge to diide time with Senator Blackburn in a iscussion of the silver question in Kenicky. W. F. Porter has accepted le Democratic nomination for governor r vn>.. v.-.>-l- !>?rt anvii he stands sauare f on the Chicago platform and will suport the Chicago nominees. It is rem-ted that the Democratic national coinititee is out of money. Chairman Jones lys the report is true; but it does not orry him. Being out of money is the ormnl condition of the committee. u He Tried Again. The State of Monday says: The me is now rapidly approaching for ae dispensary law of South Carolina ) be put on the judicial gridiron ol fie highest tribunal in the land?the 'nited States supreme court iu Washigton. On October 19, the several ases which bring up all the features f the law will be argued in full. Atorney General Barber will appear, ^presenting the state, and Mr. J. P, Kennedy Bryan of Charleston, will aake the leading argument on the t her side. The cases?most of them t least?have been pending a lonp irne and all parties concerned are glad hat a final adjudication of all the exed questions iuvolved is close at land. 'ell In the Wheat I'it. Earnest Hasseltine, aged IS, who has or sotne time been acting as assistant ashier of the Bank of Lancaster, is liort in his accounts to the amount 01 bout $3,500. The shortage was dis iovered last Saturday. The young nan had been speculating in wheat utures and lost. Upon the discovery ?f his shortage, he disappeared anc he bank is willing to pay $100 for his lapture. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss?Says that in quality and prices his stock of goods is unrivaled, and specially; mentions his clothing, corsets, hosiery and tneu's hats. , Yorkville Roller Mills?Manager Pelham Morrow tells of his readiness tc grind your wheat and corn and gin your cotton. George Schorb, the Music Man?Announces that he has removed the "Academy of Music" from the McClain building, to the building opposite Law Range and next to the Presbyterian church. Ganson Dry Goods Company?Talk about their great clothing sale, dress goods, and almost everything else in the dry i goods line that you are likely to want, together with shoes and hats. W. M. Kennedy?Is prepared to furnish all kinds of school books at the lowest prices and tsupply a suit of tailor-made clothes of any grade you may want. SALESDAY. Next Monday is salesday for October, and there are several reasons why there should be a large crowd of people in town from all parts of the county. There are a few auction sales aavertisea by the clerk. These.will be of interest to a great many. The county board of commissioners will hold its regular quarterly meeting? the last regular meeting for this year? and will have a considerable amount ol important business to dispose of. All the dry goods men have in big stocks of new goods, and now is a much better time to inspect their goods than later on. Then, of course, the horse-traders will be here in force, and as a pointer to those who wish to buy good fresh horses at reasonable prices, we call special attention to the notice that has already been published by Messrs. Whisonant A' Castles of Hickory Grove. These are only a few of the attractions for Monday. There are numerous othei reasons why large numbers of people will be in Yorkville that day, and the crowd is likely to be - one of the largest that hat been seen here since last spring. the will sustained. Probate Judge McCorkle rendered his decision last Wednesday in the Crawford will case, sustaining the will. The cast has excited a great deal of interest in Cherokee township. The facts are as follows: J. H. Crawford died on February 8, 1896, leaving a will that was made on Ffthruarv 28. 1895. and which was proba ted in solemn form on February 25, 1896. By the terms of the will, all of the testator's property was to go to his widow, Mrs. Nancy Crawford, during her lifetime, and at her death to be divided between nephews and nieces as follows: Five hundred dollars to Rachel Cobb; i $500 to Columbus C. Cobb; $500 to Alice Wylie, and the balance to be equally divided between Samson Crawford and Elizabeth Wells. The action to break the will was brought by Messrs. John C. Crawford and others, they alleging that undue influences had been brought to bear on the testator and also that he was of unsound mind. The petitioners?legatees under th? will?were represented by N. W. Hardk of Blacksburg, and G. W. S. Hart ol Yorkville, and the contestants by T. F, McDow, Esq., of Yorkville. Alter hearing all the testimony in the case with great patience, Judge McCorkle was convinced that the contestants were unable to establish their allegations and accordi ingly decided in favor of the petitioners. ADVERTISING THE CIRCUS. If the size of the advertising corps that is going ahead of it is any indication, Robinson ct Franklin Brothers' circus, which is to be here on the 16th instant, will be biggest thing of the kind that has ever been here. The advertising crowd alone include 50 men. After the first advance man, who was here last week, caine a force of carpenters. They arrived on Tuesday, and immediately set to work erecting big plank walls in different parts of town, on which to paste bills. Then on Friday, came the bill posters. In the first crowd there were 20 men, and in the second there are 16. These last have not yet finished tbeii task. But the billing of the town of York ville, it seems, is but a small part of the adver1 tising that is to be done on account of the performance here. Detachments of men ha>e been sent out to post bills for a distance of 15 or 20 miles on each of the public highways leading out of the town, and still other detachments have been senl 1 up and down the Chester & Lenoir and 1 O. It. tfc C. railroads. 1 Mr. W. R. Musgatofthe advertising 1 car, which arrived yesterday, says thai 1 oven after all the posters get through with their work, there comes still another force of programme men, and following them is a corps of inspectors to see thai all the work has been done according to instructions. The seating capacity of the big tent is 8,000 and it is evidently the purpose of the advertising corps to fill il full. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. L. K. Armstrong is seriously ill. Mrs. B. N. Moore is spending a few i days in Columbia. Miss Lillian May left last Tuesday for s visit to Atlanta. Mr. J. .D. Cornwell of Harmony, was | in town this week on business. Miss Kate Gordon returned last Tues; day from a two weeks' visit to friends in Chester. 1 Mrs. J. A. Darwin, and daughter 01 Charleston are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. t Miss Docia Long returned last Tuesday from an extended visit to friends and , relatives in Lancaster county. Mrs. B. D. Springs of Fort Mill is it: | Yorkville visiting relatives and friends, , the guest of her sister, M rs. T. F. McDow, Misses Mary Joe Witherspoou, Maude , Gardner and Elise Moore left this week I for Hock Hill to attend the Winthrop , Normal and Industrial school. Mrs. H. M. Gilbert and daughter Frankie, of Florence are visiting rela tivcs and friends in Yorkville the guests of Mr. F. A. Gilbert's family. . Professor A. II. Banks has moved hit family from the "Battle residence," or ! East Liberty street, to the graded school p building. Miss Daisy Hart returned bust Wednesday from an extended trip to New Or' leans whero she has been visiting hei ^ brothers, Messrs. Arthur, Ed and Frank r Hart. ' Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: Miss 3 Helen Tompkins has returned from f visit to Yorkville. Prof. Walter L. Hal spent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkville. Geo. W. Witherspoon, W. Hope Whyte and Jay Adams spent Friday in Yorkville. Colonel A. R. Banks, Miss Hattie Banks and Willie Nix of Yorkville, spent Saturday in Rock Hill. Miss Mag. gie Moore of Yorkville, was over yester> day to enter her sister at Wintkrop. Miss Laura Ruff"returned from a visit to Yorkville Monday, accompanied by her sister, I Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal. Misses Kittie and Ida Harshaw, who have been visiting Miss Effle Garrison on West Main street, returned to their home in York' ville Monday. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Sherer spent Thursday and Friday in Yorkville with Mrs. S. A. Carroll. i ' SERIOUSLY HURT. Mr. J. F. Hoffman, of Hickory Grove, came down yesterday on a visit to his son, Mr. J. F. Hoffman of this place, and brought news of a serious hunting ' accident that was sustained by Master Mason Wilkerson, second son of Mr. and W c WillraraAn nf Rinlrnrr ftpovfi. 1U115? " . VJ, II iineiovu| u. T on Tuesday. Mr. Hoffman is not certain that he has the exact facts in the case ; but according > to his information, it appears that on Tuesday, Mason and John Wilkerson were out rabbit bunting. John, the elder f brother had the gun, and Mason was behind. In some unaccountable manner i the gun was accidentally discharged and ' the load grazed the side of Mason's head, carrying away a portion of the scalp and laying bare the skull. The accident occurred about a mile from home. It was some time before John could get somebody to stay with his brother until he could go after help, and on account of high wa' ter, it was late in the evening before the wounded boy could be gotten home. At 1 last accounts, Master Mason was getting ' along as well as could be expected, and ' though his injury is quite serious, there is I good reason to hope for his recovery. > DOWN ON WHISKY. The First presbytery of the Associate ( Reformed church met at New Hope, Fairfield county, last week, says the ( Winnsboro News and Herald, and there was an interesting discussion on the temperance question, called forth by a reso' lution introduced by Rev. J. S. Moffatt as follows: ' Resolved : That this presbytery direct ' all the sessions under its call to proceed in ' a constitutional way against those who are at present connected with the dispensary of South Carolina, in its present form, whether they be connected with it ' as dispensers or clerks or renters of property for dispensaries or as bondsmen for dispensers or as members of the board of control, county or state, to the end that the church may be purged of this evil, i Associate Justice Jones made the prin. cipal argument against the resolution, and [ adduced almost every conceivable point on his side of the question. Finally, it is presumed, in the hope of deferring any action on the subject, be presented the I following as a substitute: Resolved 2d: That it is the duty of every session at once to proceed in a constitutional way to discipline every raem1 ber of its congregation who buys whisky i at a dispensary as a beverage, no matter f bow moderately he may mean to use it, and also to discipline every member who drinks intoxicating liquor as a beverage be it ever so moderately. 1 The presbytery, however, was not to be "bluffed." There was a motion to the effect that both resolutions be adopted, and the motion carried t>y a vote of 34 to 10. The negative votes, The News and Herald suggests, were probably because of the last resolution. LOCAL LACONICS. ' Until January 1897. ' The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will * be furnished from this date to January 1st, 1897, for 48 cents. Greatly Minned. 1 The drinking fountain for horses at the courthouse corner has been out of repair for 10 days or two weeks, and people have just learned what a great convenience it 1 was. | He Will Resign. I .? ""1 >T U J Hie HOCK rilll nuruiu uuuoisuhjuo viiuk in view of the dispensary resolutions recently adopted by the First Associate Reformed presbytery, Mr. T. M. Allen, who ' is an Associate Reformed elder, will resign his position on the state board of control. Died Suddenly. Mrs. Eliza Brown, who lived 9 miles I from Yorkville, on the Rock Hill road, t died suddenly last Wednesday of heart I disease, and was buried at Bethesda on Thursday. She was the widow of the late John A. Brown, who was for many ; years a citizen of Yorkville, and held the ' otBce of ordinary for one term, which [ corresponds to what is now judge ol probate. A Veteran In the Service. Dr. A. F. Anderson, of Lowrysville, celebrated his 78th birthday last Saturday. ( The old doctor hits been practicing medi, cine for 54 years and is still strong and " vigorous, nutwithstanding his advanced age. His rounds iuclude a large territory out from Lowrysville, and though a buggy would probably be more comfortable , for him, he sticks to the old fashioned ? J t 1. way anu riues uuraouuuiv niiuou ue l poos. Will Establish a Print Shop. i Charlotte Observer : Mr. J. W. Evans, late of The Observer printing house, and Mr. J. W. Hammond, late of the Southern Newspaper Union, of this city, have bought the Ilirst job printing oiltlit, on C East Trade street, and will move it at I once to Rock Hill, S. C., where they will establish the Rock Hill Printing company , and be ready for business by tho end of I this week. The Observer wishes them well. It is able to say for Mr. Evans, at , all events, that ho is a capital printer. An Even Dozen. The Ganson Dry Goods company is , expecting to do an unusually large busi ness this fall. The main store room is , packed with goods from end to end, lloor to ceiling, and in addition, several upstairs rooms have also been pressed into . service. Tho corps of salesmen and sales5 ladies numbers an even dozen as follows: M. F. Jones, manager; \V. M. Allison, , S. L. Latimer, J. R. Allison, Tom Blud, worth, W. B. Leech, Misses Maggie Mb[ Faddon, Kate Cody, Ella Cody, Maggie McCorkle, Mamie McConnell and Florence Cody. Mr. Jones says tho force will , bo increased as necessity requires. r Autl Ue Couldn't Get Across. ; Mr. W. O. Hobbs of the Fodder neighborhood, had a rather unpleasant exporij ence out at Buckhorn creek, on the Ruthi erford road, about five miles from York1 ville, last Tuesday. The creek was high out of its banks and Mr. Hobbs, who was in a buggy, attempted to cross. By the time the middle of the creek was reached the horse was swimming?could neither go forward or backward?and was washec by a current down against a raft. Th< only way out of the scrape was to cut the harness, which was quickly done, and af ter getting the horse to the bank, Mr Hobbs quietly waited nearby until the water subsided sufficiently to enable him to rescue the buggy. Death of Mrs. Miller. Mrs. Martha E. Miller died atherhom< in Yorkville last Tuesday evening at 6.3< o'clock, after a long illness, of disorder! brought on by paralysis. She was in the 70th year of her age. Mrs. Miller wai the widow of the late Jerome C. Miller who died in 1863, and leaves one daugh ter?Miss Fannie Miller of Yorkville The deceased was a member of the Pres byterian church, and was esteemed by al who kuew her as a thoroughgoing Chris tian. Her remains were interred in th< Yorkville cemetery on Wednesday. ? * ?! 9UCCVBB1UI V j/c i As was intimated in Wednesday's issu< of The Enquirer, it was necessary t< perform a surgical operation on Dr. W M. Walker for apendicitis. The opera tion was performed on Tuesday afteruoor by Dr. George Walker, assisted by Dr Miles Walker and other local physicians and notwithstanding the advanced age o the patient, was entirely successful. Dr Walker is getting along as well as couk be expected, and although on Tuesday his condition was little short of desperate there is good reasons to believe now tha he is in a fair way to recovery. Lost Horse and Buggy. Mr. J. B. Dickson, who lives abou three miles west of Yorkville, came uj last Wednesday from Florence county where be has been engaged in the bool business. He reports that he was caugh in the big hurricane that swept over por tions of the state on Tuesday and sough shelter at the residence of Mr. Charle A. Smith of Timmonsville, putting hi horse in Mr. Smith's stable and the bug gy under a shed at the barn. Shortly alter the barn was blown down and Mr Dickson's horse was killed along witl two others belonging to Mr. Smith. Mr Dickson's buggy was also smashed ink kindling wood. The Storm In Staunton. Miss Norma Strauss, who is now ii Staunton, Va., writes to her brother, Mr H. C. Strauss, about last Tuesday's storn as follows: "Staunton was swept by i flood last night. It was awful! We ar< safe, being upon a hill. The business part suffered the most. The livery sta bles, coal yards, gas ana eiecinu jigu works were all destroyed. The stree cars are not running. The railroad tracl was destroyed and the wires are down we are cut off. The market is closet and the streets are impassable. Brothe [Mr. Larmatine Strauss] was up nearly all night and saved his horse only swimming him nut of the stable. So fa four lives have been reported lost." ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. The Convenient Bicycle?Personal .Hen tlon?Communion Service?Returning ti Wlnthrop?"Miriam's Crime." Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, October 1.?The bieycl< seems about to supplant short di'stanc* trips on the railroad as well as the use o a horse and buggy "about home." A short time since Rev. Mr. Johnson pu his in service with a trip from Catawbi Junction to Lancaster, and last Friday Prof. Hall, of the graded school, rodi through the country from Yorkville t< King's Mountain, and back to Rock Hil on Sabbath afternoon. A trip he is ver] fond of making as his family still are a home. Some of the friends of Colonel A. R Banks were favored with a sight of bin on our streets last Saturday. He'isno Knf uh'II on fliror WAlf?nmi an uuii tAjuctib, uuc oini i?n vt uk v. visitor to bis old haunts. Unfortunately they are all flying trips. Mr. J. E. Holmes, grand director o the South Carolina jurisdiction of the K of H., paid us a short visit last week. H< is a very enthusiastic knight and thosi who met him were pleased with him. I is likely that he will visit this sectioi again in the near future. Mrs. Jones, from Atlanta Ga., has beei visiting her brother, Mr. E. W. Wood o this place. Mrs. Jones has been blessec with a beautiful voice and with, what ii still more beautiful in musicians, an accommodating disposition. While here she added much to the enjoyment of th< worshipers of the different churches by singing with the regular church choirs and also rendering a few select solos. Next Sabbath morning the comtnunior service will be held in the First Presby terian church. As usual, preparatory services will be held on Friday uigbt and Saturday morning. The pastor will b< assisted in these by the Rev. S. H. Hay of Clover. Miss Fannie Wilson and Misses Fannie and Sadie Friedheim, have gone to Converse college for the coining term. Miss Carrie Mobley has returned to her studies in Norfolk. Such departures as these are common at this season; and the tow i is stripped of its young people until th< Christmas holidays. During the summer months a visitor tc Winthrop college felt as if ho had found the abode of solitude itself. The rooms were empty, the balls quiet; all deserted, It's different now. On Tuesday the rusl: came. For a few days before, the teachers had been coming in singly and bj twos, but with the arrival of the 0. R. ?S C. on Tuesday, the scene changed. Each train since that one has brought in a fresh lot until now the college has its regular appearance. Considerably m j re than 300 are in attendance. Two hundred and forty can be accommodated in the dormitory. There will not be this many boarding outside, but there will be about 100 who have secured board in private families. With their new uniforms they make a ne appearance. The examinations have begun and in a few days all will be at regular work again. The town welcomes them one and all. I"*- w A Prnculnv wit si t lift hatlDV TO cipient of a surprise a few days since. Dr. Pressley was one of a large number who sent in essays on the question of "Germicides and Anti-septics in Dentistry." Prizes had been offered for the four best, and to our houor our citizen came out secoud, winning ?100. The winner of the first prize was also a South Carolinian, while the contest was open to the United States and Canada. This will show to the world that we have som e citizens who have Dot devoted themselves i to political discussions. , 1 T he congregation of the Baptist church here have decided to press Rock Hill as i the next place of meeting for the state 5 convention. This is a large body, but in ' i late yea rs Rock Hill has learned to handle such gatherings and it feels confident of . her ability to do so with this one. } The presentation of "Miriam's Crime" i this evening, was a success. The following was the cast of characters. The yting was unusually good, and the parts j showed careful, thorough study. Finan) cially, it was a success, as the bftuse was i crowded. By request, the play will be ^ ' j repeated to morrow night: i Huffln?A Peppery Old Lawyer?L. C. , Harrison. Bernard Reynolds?A Reckless Youth? . J. E. Reid. Biles?A Lawyer's Clerk, given to rath 1 1 - ??i* 1 1 er frequent use 01 me "uowiug wwi ? - J. E. Parker. 3 Scuruley?A Tough Villian?W. T. Williams. Daniel?A Servant?W. M. Dunlap. 3 Mrs. Raby?A Shrewd Landlady?Miss t Emma Roach. . Miriam-Mrs. W. T. Williams. G. 8. , - ?? LETTER FROM H00DT0WN. ??? . V f Damage by High Water?Earliest Corn ^ Harvest On Record?Brought Back a 1 Wife?Other Notes. 7 ^Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer, i Hoodtown, October 1.? The cold wave 1 which struck here last week culminated in a slight frost, noticeable only in some low places. We were proud to expet rience a change to more temperate weath? er; but the change was so sudden it was, , quite a shock to susceptible persons, con ? sequently colds are quite general. The ? t cold snap was of too short a duration ta - have any great influence towards bettert ing health conditions, and malaria still b claims a number of victims. s In consequence of Tuesday's heavy rains, Bullock's creek and the smaller 7 streams have been on a boom, and corn . on lowlands is probably damaged by the i overflow. Cotton was also considerably + '. damaged. i Although' picking had been pushed more than usual, there was still a considerable amount to pick owing to the very . ?o?l A vnanno.. In whinh It. had onsnwl 11 n. J lapiu uiauuv< iu (?m?vm . Corn gathering has commenced, some 1 persons being about done. A farmer of i considerable experience remarked to me 3 a few days ago tbat be had never before 9 gathered corn in September, and be did - not know how it would do. t Nearly everyone now has good stands t of turnips after sowing and resowinga i time or two. Although rather late, the , prospect for a more varied winter diet is 1 a little better. r Mr. E. Hamrick McSwain returned 7 home Tuesday, the 22d ult. from North 7 Carolina with a companion to share his r joys and tribulations. The bride was . MissMiDnie Price, from near Latimore, N. C., and the ceremony was performed ^ at Buffalo church that morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. J. Pinckney Hamrick. . He w as accompanied on the trip by his , brothers an sisters. 1 understand that they will make the "Tar Heel state" their future home. There are yet some sii,-vj of life and ' 3 progiess about Hoodtowu, Mr. John E. 3 Plexieo is having his residence painted. Also H. E. Hood & Brothe; s have made 1 considerable additions lo their stock of ^ goods, and will merchandise on a little 1 larger scale in the future. ' A communion service will be held at 3 Shady Grove church the third Sunday in 3 this month. Preachine at 11 a. m. Miss Lorena Black ol King's, Ga., and 7 Miss Vic Saunders of Guthriesville, are 1 visiting at Mr. R. B. Black's. Mr. J. Newman Smith is at home for a ' few days looking after gathering bis crop, 1 and recuperating from the effects of ma- i 1 laria contracted at Langley. B Mr. R. L. Hood is at Yorkville, enga7 ged at work on the new factory building. Voce. f , y FORT MILL MATTERS. 9 Missionary Day?Dr. Thorn well's Lecture? Personal ?ud Other Notes. *0 Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Fort Mill, October 1.?Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Parks left Monday for Statesville, ' v N. C., where they will reside. Their many friends are sorry to lose them. Misses Ejla McMurray, Mason Harris and Clara Sledge left on Tuesday for Rock Hill where they go to attend the Winthrop Normal and Industrial college. Missionary day was observed by the v Baptist Sunday school on Sunday, the 27th, which was very interesting. A very liberal contribution was made to foreign and home missions. Rev. J. H. Thoruwell, D. D.,gave a lecture in the town ball Friday night to quite a large audience, on his "Trip to Europe." It was greatly enjoyed by all present. ^ Mr. S. A. Hotehkiss, is spending a few days in New Haven, Conn., on bussines. Miss Maggie Downs is quite sick of malarial fever. Mrs. J. L. Massey and children left this morning for Chester, where she will spend a week visiting relatives. The young people of the Baptist church are hard at work practicing a drama en- . -, titled, "Out in the Streets." They hope to 1 be able to produce it by the loth instant. ! The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. ' Hoagland is very ill of pneumonia. Its ' condition is thought to be critical. Judging from appearances, we think the wedding bells will be ringing again * very soon, if not, appearances count for 1 nothing. ^ 1 Air. W. H. Parks and family have 1 moved from the Potts building, on Main street, and are now occupying the cottage erected by Captain A. E. White on 1 Clyburn street. Observer. Would He Bolt ??The idea of try> ing to make a thing worth $1 which is only worth 53 cents is absurd. It is 1 tryiug to do a thing which the Almighty canuot do. I say this with reverence.?Rev. Dr. Parkhurst. But suppose, for the sake of argument, that, notwithstanding Dr. Parkhurst, the Almighty should, by utilizing the mints of the United States, create a demand for silver that would ' make what is worth 53 cents worth ( $1. Would Dr. Parkhurst bolt ? We [ ask this with reverence.?New York , Journal.