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Straps and .facts. ? Perrin Gower, one of the wealthiest farmers in this region, committed suicide on Tuesday, by drinking an ounce of laudanum, says a Raleigh dispatch. Gower was a Confederate soldier, and until the last campaign a strong intolerent Democrat. He became a Populist last fall and voted a ticket composed of Populists and Republicans, including a Negro candidate for the legislature. Afterward Gower brooded over having voted for the Negro, and his mind became unbalanced. ? It is stated upon high authority, says a dispatch from Richmond, Va., that Geueral Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, is to retain bis place as commissioner of railroads, to which he was appointed by Cleveland. Gen eral Hampton's intimate friends here say that Secretary of State Sherman, a few days ago, sent General Hampton word that he need give himself no trouble, that he would certainly be retained by the new administration. Sherman and Hampton have not been on good terms for many years past; This, however, did not prevent the ex-senator from Ohio from using his good offices in the interest of tbe distinguished South Carolinian. ? A distressing accident is reported to have occurred on the swollen Mississippi, a few miles from Helena, Arkansas, last Wednesday. Sylvester Sanders, a Negro tenant, had been waterbound in his house for several days with his family of five, and at last decided to try to reach higher ground. He loaded his wife and five children and household goods, and also a fine bull of which he was very proud, on a flat, and set out. As the flat passed under the overhanging limbs, tbe half famished bull tried to get something to eat, and in the effort overturned the boat. The entire family was drowned. Some Negroes saw the accident from a distance, but were unable to render assistance. ? The American warship Philadeli_r? o? T?> nn jpUlfct} itJit oau r x autiow suuuvuij vu the 14th instant, and it is reported that her mission may develop into rather serious business. The story is that for months past, the Japanese have been settling in Hawaii in such large numbers as to arrouse a suspicion in the minds of American residents, that they are planning an uprising by which they intend to take possession of the government. It was at the request of the Americans that the Philadelphia was sent out to Hawaii, and the report is that the commander of the ship has been instructed to prevent the threatened uprising if possible ; but if trouble should occur whether or no, to see to it that American citizens are protected. ? Congressman Shattuc, of Ohio, on Wednesday, nominated D. J. Bundy,a Negro boy of Cincinnati, to a cadetship at AnDapolis, says a Washington dispatch. He has been urged to withdraw the name ; but says be will stand by the appointment. There have been some murmurs of disapproval from the naval academy and the cadets and students threaten to resign. "The boy earned the appointment fairly," said General Shattuc today. "There was a competitive examination, and two colored lads, one of them Bundy, outstripped their Caucasian competitors. One of them, however, proved to be over 20, and was, therefore, disbarred. I had told them that the competition was open to every eligible boy in my district. Bundy, who won, is one of the handsomest boys I ever saw. Yesterday I sent his name to the secretary of the navy and he will be atmointed. I have received no communications from the students at Annapolis on the subject; but several congressmen have told me that it was an unwritten law not to allow a colored boy at Annapolis. They told me if I persisted it would break up the school. That other students would resign. 'Let them resign and be dammed,' I said. 'I shall keep his appointment and see that he goes to Annapolis.' " General Shattuc says he has 7,500 Negroes in bis district. ? Hon. Wm. J. Bryan was asked in Washington on Wednesday as to the truth of rumors to the effect that he was to become the purchaser of the home of Thomas Jefferson. "I have felt for some years," he replied, fttbat Monticello, the home of Jefferson, should be made a national park in order that all his followers might feel free to visit the place and gather inspiration from its sacred memories. Having this thought in mind, I wrote to Jefferson Levy, the present owner, asking whether he would sell it on condition that it be conveyed to the national government or to the state of Virginia, or to some association similar to the Mt. Vernon or Hermitage associations formed to care for it. 1 have just received a letter from Mr. Levy in which he expresses a desire to retain the ownership of it, and assuring me that a welcome will at all times be extended to visitors. I appreciate Mr. Levy's desire .to retain possession of the property which has been in his family for years. He has kept Monticello up at his own expense and feels a just pride in the possession of so historic a place. His refusal to part with it, of course, puts an end to any plan for raising by subscription a sufficient fund to purchase it, and I only mention the matter now because the correspondence has become known and I have received many inquiries regarding the matter. ? Although as yet there has been no declaration of war between Greece and Turkey, the actual fighting is now on in dead earnest, and there is no probability that there will be much cessation of hostilities until one or the nf tLd is irhinnofl rPVl?? flUCI VI IUV J/V ?? VI o AO *? Mlj'I'VVl* * MV frontier of Macedonia ia the principal scene of the most active operations. On one side of the line the Turks have an army of about 80,000 men, and the Greeks have an army of about the same size on the other. Owing to the threat of the powers that the aggressor shall not derive any advantage from whatever victory might be won. both sides are still slow to declare war. Dispatches of Thursday, however, say that during the past week numerous bandsGreek irregulars have stolen through the Turkish lines and taken several Macedonian towns. The Turks are represented as very impatient to cross into Greece. The Greek and Turkish diplomatic corps are still at their posts; but arrangements have been made for their withdrawal at a moment's notice. News i Ot a Dig oaiue may ue CApeuwju nawu the next few day. $Uc ^(orbitlc (inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. O.: SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1897. ? The senate is consuming a great deal of time in the Tnrrey bankrupt bill; but the prospects that the bill will eventually become a law, seem to be decidedly slim. ? Tbe large sales of western corn at the stores seem to indicate that our people _ are dropping back into old ruts. The warning is timely, and those who allow it to go unheeded will do so at their own expense. ? "Think," remarks The News and Courier, "of paying a 82,000 fine for scratching a dollar, worth only 49 cents." Well, really, the proposition is so absurd that it is not to be thought of. But if The News and Courier has a surplus of 49 cent dollars, we'll be liberal enough, to take them off its hands at 50 cents each. ? The fact that Mr. Bryan is to be invited to York county this summer, has already been published in almost every newspaper in the state. From the interest aroused by the mere suggestion, people ought to be able to arrive at some idea of what would be the result if Mr. Bryan should actually come. ? Those of our farmers who are calculating that tbe situation in the Mississippi valley warrants the planting of a big cotton crop here, should also take into consideration not only the fact that the sea son here is as late, in comparison, as it will be in the Mississippi valley; but also the fact that the valley people will be as short on corn as on cotton. We could elaborate somewhat on the significance of these facts; but it is hardly necessary. ? Our Etta Jane correspondent asks for a reproduction of Judge Belton O'Neall's sentence of James and Newton Vickers for the murder of Dobson, in 1854. Although we remember distinctly that the sentence was published in full, having been written out for the Yorkville Miscellany by the judge himself, we are sorry to say that we have not a copy at haud. The files of The Miscellany, together with the files of other Yorkville papers previous to 1856, were burned in the fire of 1890. If any of our readers can furnish us with a copy of this sentence, we will reproduce it with pleasure. ? The always wide awake Mr. McLaurin has just come to the front with another evidence of his indomitable energy. Although the house is not especially busy just now, the Congressional Record is still doing business at the old stand, and Mr. McLaurin makes use of the issue of the 12th instant in which to publish a carefully prepared address on the progress and resources of the soHth, and especially of South Carolina. The address is compiled from indisputable facts and statistics, which piake a highly creditable showing for this section, and which is no doubt calculated to be productive of material benefit. MolflYliKY PROSPERITY. The most surprising thing about the northern protectionists, is the laet that they are unable to realize that they can no longer suck the lifeblood out of the south by means of tariff laws. For the first 20 years after the war, during which time this section bought its corn and meat from the northwest, and paid a heavy tariff tax on all the manufactured articles it had occasion to use, the big sum of from ?200,000,000 to ?300,000,000 it annually received for its cotton crop, was fat picking especially for the northeast. But close students of political economy will fiud that with the levy of the extra heavy pension burdens somo half-dozen years back, conditions began to change. In self-defense the south began to take fewer northern manufactures and less of northwestern corn and meat, and the hard times throughout the sections mentioned dates from the inauguration of this enforced policy. The truth about the matter is, that the south has been supporting almost tho entire country ever since the war. She has just begun to realize that she does not have to continue to carry this load unless she so desires, and sho is about to shake it off. The mistake that President McKinley and those who think with him are making, is a failure to realize changing conditions. They go on the theory that because the north has rode the south like an old man of the sea in the past, by means of the same laws it can continue to do so in the future. Conditions in the south are not exactly as we would like them. Free coinage of silver, or some other currency legislation of the same effect, would afford material help ; but McKinley and his crowd, to the contrary notwithstanding, we have no cause for uneasiness. The south still has in its immense cotton crop, the basis of two-thirds of the entire business of the country, and learning each year to make for itself the utmost of this advantage, holds the key to the situation. The pursuance of the McKinley policy i- ? >?1 ~-.1 ??:n IS CttlUlUttieU IU vmj ona IU11UOI itgKHtvate the perplexing problems which now confront the northwest, while, in our opinion, economic conditions in the south were never so favorable as now for the opening of an era of genuine prosperity for which we will owe no thanks to McKinley and his crowd, and which this crowd, even if it desires, will find it impossible to check. BRYAN ON JEFFERSON. Eloquent Democratic Speech Made In Washington Last Tuesday. The 154 anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson was celebrated in VVasbingtou last Tuesday, and the principal speaker of the occasion was Hon. Wm. J. Bryan. He spoke in part as follows: "The Democratic party is strong just in proportion as it proves true to the teachings of its great founder. It is the mission of the Democratic party to crystallize into legislation the principles which he taught. The party applies Democratic principles to tue issues which arise from time to time. "For many years the tariff question was the paramount issue, and the party took a more advanced position each year until 1892, when it declared itself in favor of a policy which meant substantially a tariff for revenue only, but the president elected at that time, instead of proceeding to carry out that portion of the platform, forced upon public attention an issue which bad up to that time been considered secondary. "Mr. Cleveland, more than any other one person in this nation, is responsible for the prominent position which the money question now occupies. It was his determination to complete the demonetization of silver and make the gold standard perpetual that aroused the masses of the United States to active resistance. "The struggle for supremacy between the gold standard and bimetallism was recognized as a contest between the money power and the common people. The explicit declaration in favor of free and unlimited coinage at 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation, was made necessary by the attempt of certain public men to evade preceding platforms. "The party struggle which culminates) in fha Phinunrrt f>nnTOntinn nf Uat^U IU VUV VUlVMgV VWW ? VMW.WM w necessity alienated a portion of the party. The party was placed in the position where it was compelled to endorse the financial policy of the president or adhere to the doctrines and traditions of the party. "The position taken by the Democratic party in 1896 will not be surrendered. If you doubt the permanency of the Chicago platform as a party creed, go among the rank and file of the party and measure the zeal and euthusiasm which that platform has aroused, and you will realize the impossibility of taking a backward step. "True, the present administration is attempting to turn public attentiop to the tariff question, but if our reasoning is well founded an increase of taxes cannot restore prosperity to the producers of wealth. "If the Dingley bill brings general and permanent prosperity the Democratic party will not be in a position to win a contest by opposing it. If, on the other hand, the Dingley bill proves a disappointment to those who advocate it, our position of 1896 will be strengthened, and public attention will be riveted upon the fact that the cause of financial depression is to be found in our monetary system. "There is much in recent events to encourage the followers of Thomas Jefferson. The spring elections indicate a growing sentiment along the lines of the Chicago platform. In fact, the elections which have taken place show so great a gain that the Republican party may now be considered a minority party. "It has but oue hope of escape from the wrath to come, and that is to secure bimetallism by international agreement before the people of the nation have another opportunity to speak at the polls. "While we who believe in independent bimetallism generally regard an international agreement as neither necessary nor possible, we may well hone for success to au v who may make the attempt to secure foreign assistance. "If our opponents succeed in opening the mints of other nations as well as their own mints, we shall rejoice, because the condition of the people will be improved and they will be able to proceed with other remedial legislation. "If, however, the Republican party, after pledging itself to secure international bimetallism, finds it impossible to fulfil that pledge, its expressed preference for a double standard will rise up to condemn it if it attempts to continue longer the evils of the gold standard." Was a Prominent Republican. Ex-Judge-Thompson H. Cooke died at his home in Greenville last Wednesday, aged GG years. He was a native of Fairfield county. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEHEMTS. Grist Cousins?Let you know they keep ^.iii store quite a stock of proprietary and family medicines and quote prices at which they will sell them. If you wish to buy a Monarch bicycle, or a Sayer & Scoville buggy, they can supply you with one. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Talks to you about her stock of millinery, dress goods, gloves, hosiery, ladies' fine shoes at half the former price, nice slippers for 25 cents, jeans, undershirts, etc. T. B. McClain?'Tells yon about the merits of the Masury's railroad paints, and as an evidence of his faith in it, says that during the coming summer, he expects to use a ton of it on bis own buildings. He says that now is a favorable time to paint, and being an expert, knows what he is talking about. The price is $1.25 per gallon. The Gatmon Dry Goods Company?Make another announcement with regard to their special sale which is now in progress, and quote prices on many articles. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. A. A. Gibson, of Texas, is visiting the family of Mr. S. R. Moore. Miss Minnie Henderson, of Begonia, N. C., is visiting the family of Mr. James McFarland, near Yorkville. Mr. R. Latta Parish is home from Bethany, where he has been teaching school for sometime. Mrs. T. F. McDow, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Charlotte for several days, has returned home. Miss Sallie McDonald, who has been a member of the household of her uncle, Mr. C. E. Spencer, for the past two years, left for her home at Maguolia, S. 0., yesterday morning. Mr. Pelham Morrow, who has been confined to his room for some days past on account of a surgical operation?the removal of a tumor?was out for the first time on Thursday. He has bad a tedious time of it. A DESPERATE FORGER. The Gastonia Gazette of Thursday gives the following account of the capture of a York county Negro in Gastonia, on the charge of forgery, on the 9th instant: There was a lively scuffle last Friday night at Messrs. Edgar Love & Co.'s store between Sam Pegram, a desperate South Carolina Negro, and the store force, as sisted by Mr. Tom Craig. The Negro had been getting money on orders forged by himself on Mr. Jeff Rhyne. The clerks had all been notified to keep a look out. Friday night Sam come in with another order. Mr. Flem Johnson took the tall fellow by the arm, saying, "You are the man we want; we've been laying for you." There was a lunge or two to get away, and the next moment Mr. Johnson was looking down a pistol barrel. He knocked it np just as Mr. Craig joined the mixup. The weapon was then thrust in Mr. Craig's face. It was knocked up again. In another moment the desperado was across the counter with his wind Bhut off. A few blows in the face with the butt of the pistol subdued him. In his pocket was found a memorandum book from which the orders had been torn, the paper being the same and ruled both ways like the orders. He was sent to jail Saturday on charges of forgery, assault with intent to kill, and carrying concealed weapons. He has since been released on bond, his father, Milton Pegram, becoming surety. TIRED OF LIVING. John Hart, the Negro prisoner who was convicted at the recent term of the court of general sessions of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and resisting arrest, is in the dumps. For several days past he has been taking things rather gloomily, aud a few days ago he asked for some laudanum. ?16 Ciainieu tuai UO wameu wc mupj n> take for colic, or some other disorder; but the sheriff was somewhat suspicious and the request was refused. On Tuesday last, a Negro employe about the jail was in the prison with a bottle of spirits of turpentine. Hart asked for the bottle, saying that he was in need of a few drops. Suspecting nothing, the employe handed over the bottle, and Iiart drained it of its contents at a swallow. It is said that he took at least a gill of the fiery liquid. When Sheriff Logan learned about the matter; he was very much concerned lest the Negro might die, and made inquiry of physicians as to the probable effects of such a dose as Hart was supposed to have taken. The physicians gave it as their opinion that while the dose was a rather dangerous one, it would not necessarily prove fatal. Hart has been growing worse since Tuesday, probably as the effects of the turpentine, and yesterday morning he had considerable fever. Dr. Says came frotn Sharon in answer to a telephone message from the sheriff, and found Hart suffering considerably. 'You might have killed yourself, with that stuff," remarked the doctor. "That's just what I wanted," said Hart. "Well, you idiot you, why did you not send for me at first, and let me give you something that would take you off without so much pain ?" "Can't you give it to me now doctor?" "Will you take it?" "Yes," replied Hart. Realizing that Hart was really in earnest, Dr. Saye did not pursue the subject further; but proceeded to write a prescription for the alleviation of the poor fellow's pain. Dr. Saye does not think that Hart is in any immediate danger except possibly from some further attempt at suicide. A CURSE TO THE COUNTRY. Rev. B. H. Grier, pastor of the Associate Reformed churches of Yorkville and Tirzah, though not at all surprised, is very much disappointed at the failure of his efforts to secure the abolition of the Tirzah dispensary. "I did not undertake the work on my own motion," said Mr. Grier to the reporter on Thursday; "but rather at the instance of good people of the neighborhood, who wero anxious to see the dispensary removed. "I have had poople, good, substantial citizens, to come to me and frankly say that they wanted the dispensary removed on their own account. They wanted to get rid of tho temptation. Loft to themselves, they are not inclined to use intoxicating liquors to excess; but living there close to the dispensary, they are often thrown in contact with friends who insist that they drink, and in this way thoy use more liquor than they would otherwise. Thoy say that the situation is such that it is almost impossible to withstand the temptation, and they are doubly anxious to get rid of the dispensary for that reason. "Besides this," says Mr. Grier, "the dispensary is having a bad effect on the boys and young men growing up in the neighborhood. They are subjected to all kinds of temptations, and it is on their account and on account of their mothers and fathers, that something ought to be done." Mr. Grier says that he once thought the dispensary was an improvement on the barroom system, in that its influence for evil was less; but now he is doubtful. The dispensary is bettor in some respects; but in others it is a great deal worse. In the case of the saloon, most of the liquor who nnld hr the drink. and the iniurv was only to frequenters of saloons. But every man who buys from the dispensary is required to buy more than is necessary for the quenching of bis immediate thirst, and he uses the surplus as a temptation to others who would have otherwise been iu no danger. LOCAL LACONICS. What Does This Meau? Several Yorkville supply men report that they have sold as much corn since January 1, last, as they sold all last year. Another Smnshup. Dr. Miles Walker bad his buggy smashed up last Tuesday afternoon, as the result of a runaway scrape. This is the second accident of the kind that the doctor has had. The Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1808. The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will be sent to any address, from this date until the 1st of January, 1898, for $1.38. Tnrned Up Its Toes. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: The Daily Sun failed to make its appearance Sunday morning, and we understand that its publication will not be resumed. DiHpensury News. Rev. B. H. Grier has received a notice from Clerk Scruggs to the effect that the state board of control has declined to abolish the dispensary at Tirzah. This being the only dispensary in the county, the board evidently desires to keep it for seed. Examination of Teachers. The court bouse was tilled yesterday with candidates to teach in the public schools. The number of applicants is larger than for several years, there being 115 in all?47 white and 68 colored. There is only one set of questions this year, and the papers will be graded 1st, 2nd, etc., in accordance lyitb their merit. The examination will continue today. > Newspaper Company. Columbia State, Thursday: The secretary of state yesterday issued a commission to J. S. and E. M. Drakeford as corporators of the Drakeford Newspaper company of Yorkville. The company proposes to conduct a general printing, binding and publishing business. The capital stock is to be $5,000, divided into shares at $100 each. For the Fall Campaign. Messrs. J. W. H. Good and Andrew Feemster, of Hoodtown, have closed a contract with Messrs. Grist Cousins, of Yorkville, for a Munger-Pratt ginning outfit, an extra large grist mill, and a 30-horse power engine. These gentlemen are evidently making arrangements to make things hum during the next cotton ginning season, and the corn grinding business thereafter. Scarcity of Bricks. Fearing that they might have difficulty in securing the bricks necessary to complete the work they have in hand, Messrs. Evans & Moxon have ordered 10 car loads from Gastonia, N. C. Messrs. T. B. McClain and W. N. Ashe both contemplate the making of several hundred thousand brick this season; but have been delayed in their operations up to the present time by the unfavorable i wtJtuuei. Road Meeting Next Tuesday* The principle object of the meeting of the county board of commissioners next Tuesday, is to discuss the disposition of the cbaingaug when it gets through with its present undertaking on the road between Ebenezer and Tirzah. There will probably be before the board at l9ast two or more delegations in the interest of as many roads; but, as yet, the board has ; given no intimation of a probable basis of action. Mean* Business. Mr. W. N. Elder, president of the York County Alliance, was in Yorkville on Wednesday. He says that the proposition to secure the attendance of Mr. Bryan at Tirzah is in dead earnest, and that Joseph Sibley, of Pennsylvania, and J. Mann Page, of Virginia, are also expected to be present. The matter has been left to a large extent with the South Carolina delegation in Washington, and it is expected that the delegation will attend to details. Their Turnout Stolen. Rock Hill Herald : Messrs. John Holler and Marshall Steele had a sad experience Sunday night. They were visiting friends in Santuc, about 8 miles southeast of the city, and when ready to leave they were forced to accept the painful alternative of walking, for the horse and buggy were gone. At first they thought it was a joke ; but the affair has assumed a very serious aspect, as neither horse nor buggy has since been seen, although diligent search has been made everywhere by the good people of that community. Cherokee's Commissioners. Gaffney Ledger, inureaay: oiers 01 Court Jefferies, last Monday, received notice from Governor Ellerbe, that the following gentlemen had been appointed township commissioners for Cherokee county: Draytonville?M. M. Tate, C. A. Spencer and J. D. Jefferies, Jr. Gowdeysville?T. M. Littlejohn, W. L. Goudelock and P. S. Webber. White Plains?J. B. Brown, M. C. Lipscomb and Samuel Whelchell. Limestone?James H. Turner, J. L. Clary and James Ruppe. Chorokee?R. E. Porter, Elijah Hardin and R. P. Roberts. Major Jones In Charleston. Charleston Correspondence Columbia State, Tuesday: The United States circuit court was convened here today to adjourn again without conducting any business. Major John F. Jones, of Blacksburg, and Mr. Sanders, of Spartanburg, visited the courthouse today to obtain from Judge Simontou an order for the disposition of funds resulting from the recent sale of the Carolina Sulphuric Acid Mining Manufacturing company's plant. Major Jones, who was a candidate for Congressman Strait's place last fall, has recently returned from Washington, where he conferred with the powers that ^ be relative to his contest for Strait's seat. Major Jones is confident that he will be seated. To Extend the Narrow Gauge. Captain C. S. Dwight went to North Carolina a few days since, says the Winnsboro correspondent of the ColumbiaState, < to survey and build the connecting line of the Carolina and North-Western railway between Newton and Hickory and certain extensions. The Carolina and North-Western is the Chester and Lenoir, recently reorganized. Cherokee Court. < Gaffney Correspondence of Columbia State: The city hall, which will cost Gaffney $12,000, is receiving the finishing touches and will be ready in ample time for Cherokee's first term of court, which convenes here the fourth Monday in May. J The term will not be a tame affair by any means. Five persons will be tried for murder: Same Cole, a white man, who bad a mistrial at Spartanburg for killing Ed Huskey: Edwards, a Negro who killed Will Ardry, also a Negro, at this place over a year ago and recently caught at Yorkville; and Ben Jeffries, Esther and Wheeler Thompson, Negroes, charged with killing Giles Thompson, also a Negro, over a year ago. The last three come up from the Union cutoff". There will ^ also be a number of minor state cases of little importance and such civil cases as have been transferred from the Spartanburg, Union and York dockets to the Cherokee docket. The Cherokee Muddle. The State : Cherokee county is to have some taxes notwithstanding the omission of anv levy for her in the supply bill passed at the recent session of the general J assembly. Comptroller Norton has been worrying over the matter not a little since the discovery that nowhere in the supply act or the act creating the new county was a levy provided for. He had a consultation with the assistant attorney general yesterday, and acting in accord with the advice given him from that department of the state government he has announced that he will instruct the audi- ' tors of the counties of Spartanburg, York and Union to make up special duplicates with the assessments as required by law jf in their several counties, with special ref- * erence to township and school special , taxes, of all the property which will be in the new county. It is thus seen that in the three portions of the new counties the taxes will be different this year, and the auditor of the. new county will be re- ^ quired to make up duplicates for the treasurer of that county of tbe duplicates thus furnished him. Mr. Norton says that this construction of tbe provisions of tbe act establishing the new county is about as near tbe law as they could, come. He thinks that this settles the trouble and will put Cherokee all right. CHAT FROM CHEROKEE.. Mr. Butler Is All Right-National Parks of the Battlegrounds?The Sentence of Johnson. Correspondence of tbe Yorkrllle Enquirer. Etta Jane, April 13.?A report reached here yesterday morning to .the effect * that Colonel T. B. Butler,' of Gaflhey, was drowned at Cherokee Falls on Saturday evening last, while attempting to cross tbe river in a bateau. It is unnecessary for me to say that his many friends in this section are glad to know that it is false, and that at the time of tbe.alleged accident, he was in Greenville, S. C., well and hearty. It is truly said that if the roosters of the present day would follow the example of their illustrious ancestor, who reminded Peter of his falsehood by crowing everjtime one was told, they .t would make such a fuss we couldn't hear the hens cackle. There is a great improvement going on among the farms just now. The ground * is in good fix and farmers are making use of it. There is a move on foot to have the Cowpens battle grounds converted into a ?, national park. The same should be done [ with King's Mountain. Nothing would please us better than to see these sacred grounds marked by some substantial evidences of the part they played in the i struggle for American independence. It will not be another half century before these grounds will be practically forgotten. Miss Lottie Inman is visiting Miss Jessie Strain. ^ Horticulturalists are afraid to wait until Good Friday to do their planting. The weather is too uncertain for that. The publication of the sentence of Phineas H. Johnson in The Enquirer last week was an interesting reminiscence. Many of the old men (Johnson's associates) in this county, who were familiar with the facts of the case,- shed tears while they read the eloquent appeal of the honored judge to a young man in w the bloom of life and health to make the necessary preparations to meet God in peace. That appeal shows, in a large measure, the character of the men who adorned the bench in this state in antibellum times. Can't The Enquirer reproduce a similar one from the same judge, who passed the sentence of death upon James and Newton Vickers in " Yorkville in October, 1854, for the killing of Dobson at Rock Hill the 27th of July of that year? Sioma. omn?? nfiiriirnu sn^nuii anATinao. Marriage of Mlas Crosby to Mr. John B. Rosa?Personal Mention. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enauirer. Sharon, April 15.?Miss Ella Crosby * and Mr. John B. Ross, two of our popular young people, were married in Sharou A. R. church, by Rev. J. S. Grier, on yesterday, as previously announced in your columns. The church was beautifully and tastily decorated with evergreens and flowers by friends and rela-* tives of the contracting parties. The pulpit was banked with cedar and dogwood blossoms completely hiding the rostrum. Extending across the front of the rostrum, was an arch of evergreens, and suspended from the center of the aroh by means of a lover's knot, was the letter "R" formed of ivy and cedar. The building was darkeued for the occasion. Promptly at the appointed time, Mrs. Allie Osborne, of Blacksburg, sister of the bride, rendering the weddiug march, the bridal party came up the aisles of the church and took their places under the arch in the following order: Miss Luna Healau, of Blacksburg, with Mr. W. C. Gist, of Yorkville; Miss Ella Whitesidee, of Hickory Grove, with Mr. T. P. Mc