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Scraps and Jacts. ? At the close of the Christian Alliance convention at Cleveland, Ohio, last Sunday, a collection for missions was taken up. Sleven thousand dollars was contributed in a few minutes, making $14,000 in all. Several ladies threw diamond rings into the collection boxes and many men did the same with their gold watches and jewelry. ? A dispatch of Monday to the Associated Press says : A syndicate of local capitalists headed by A. S. Emerson have chartered a steamship and will run her from Charleston to Klondike. She will sail from here February 15, going to St. Michael's by way of Cape Horn. Her passengers will be transferred to smaller boats and towed up the river to Dawson City. Each passenger will be allowed to carry 1,000 pounds of freight and tickets will cost $500. It is expected that the trip will require 70 days. ? Micbtel Angiolillo, the anarchist who recently assassinated Senor Conova3 del Castillo, the prime minister of Spain, was executed at San Sabastian last Friday on the garrote. As already stated, Angiolillo was tried and convicted by court martial. Wheu informed of the sentence of the i court, he expressed no regret or fear. Several priests tried to visit him iu prison ; but he would have nothing to do with them. To one of them he said : "Since you cannot get me out of prison, leave me peacefully to myself and with my God." He died without exhibiting any emotion whatever, saying only that he was glad he had been successful in bis attempt on the life of Castillo. i ? There was a tremendous flurry iu the wheat market last Friday in all i the leading exchanges of the world. ; Wheat had been unusually active for a good many weeks, and on Friday, under the stimulus of reports of shortage in the European and South Amer ican crops, the price went steady upward until before the close of the day, September futures were selling at $1 a bushel, the first time that figure had been reached since 1890. The market is still very active, aud the bulls are talking wildly, some of them 1 claiming that before the end is reached, < $2 wheat will be witnessed. It is stated , that by far the greater portion of the , crop of the country is still in the hands j of the northwestern farmers, and that believing prices will go still higher, ' they are not in a hurry to let go their holdings. ? The correspondent of the London i Daily Chronicle, in a letter from Cuba, tells of further cruelty aud distress in j the island. He says that the pacificos are dying by the hundreds, and that their bodies are tainting the air close ( to a Spanish fort. The Chronicle's , correspondent, continuing, remarks that a private letter has been received , at Havaua from Senor Sagasta, the Liberal leader in Spain, in which he ' says: "The atrocities are raising a ' thrill of horror in Europe, and I fear < it is impossible to make fresh loans, 1 without which we cannot retain Cuba." ] The correspondent further says: "German syndicates are buying the devastated estates at a nominal sum and in- ' tend to go extensively into coffee . planting, abandoning sugar. This will 1 directly concern the United States and ' French sugar trusts and will probably ( lead to extensive sugar growing in i Georgia and Florida." 1 ? It is not improbable, says a Wash- < ington dispatch, that official announce- ( meut will he made iu a few weeks of t a radical change in the present attitude of the pension bureau toward pension claimants who bad a Confederate war service. Under the present construction of the laws, any service in the Confederate cause, irrespective 1 of later service for the government, is a bar to pensions. Commissioner of l Pensions Evans believes that if a t claimant served in any capacity in the | Confederate service but later deserted or left the ranks, enlisted in the Union 4 army, served therein aud was honorably discharged, it would bean injustice * to refuse him a pension. He believes 1 that having performed houorable service in the Union army the past hostile ' service should be overlooked. Assis- < tant Secretary Webster Davis, whose j decisions have been in the Hue of lib- ( eral construction of the pensions laws, j is understood to have similar views, j The question has been referred to the president and Secretary Bliss for their approval. 1 ? The Denver, Colorado, trades and ' labor assembly, on last Sunday, adopt- ' ed sensational resolutions regarding the great coal strike. After caustic I reference to the growing tendency to- . ward "government injunction" and the "usurpation of the highways by , the hirelings of capital," the resolution says: Resolved, that we believe the time is near when peaceful methods on the part of outraged labor must ' give place to forcible resistance of armed capital even though badged with the venal corrupt authority of 1 plutocratic judges. Resolved, that i we hereby place ourselves on record , as being to the last extreme against , tolerating the present or any other attempt to abridge any of the rights, privileges and liberties of freemen. The resolution then pledges the as- 1 setnbly in advance to abide by the de- * cision of the St. Louis conference and i ealls for a mass meetiug to be held in Denver during the present week to < take action on the question of "gov- , erument by injunction." ? The latest information received | from British India is anything else but , reassuring from a British ntuudpoint, and even though Great Britaiu may ' succeed in effectually putting dowu the revolt which has broken out in ( that quarter, it is evideut that she will ' experieuce some difficulty in pacifying 1 her rebellious subjects. Of course this .> Indian outbreak is uot general as yet. ] At the present time it is largely con- i '* 1 * - -1- Knt onornnlv UUCU 10 nm UlOUlllilllJS , uu? dvuivvij ii <iay passes without adding to the area of discontent. For many years < past the Hindoos have been loyal to , British rule ; hut several things of late have had a tendency to alienate their ( aflectious from the crown. When the horrible bubonic plague broke out in the province several months ago, 1 closely followed by the scourage of 1 famine, the Hindoos naturally ex- I pected some assistance from Great < Britiau ; but instead of realizing this i hope, they were bitterly disappointed. This neglect has opened the eyes of the Hindoos, and unless Great Britian succeeds in restoring the confidence which her selfishness has impaired, she may yet lose the fair and fertile providence of India, or else be compelled to subdue it at a tremendous sacrifice of blood and treasure. <TIk \|orlniltf inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1897. ? The weather bureau says that the backbone of the summer is now broken, and that there will be no more hot weather except for short intervals. ? An anonymous correspondent of the Columbia Register, writing from Benuettsville, says that McLaurin will not Kia /vti-n nnnntv. If the ODinions U?II J UiO rf. of anonymous correspondents are to be relied upon, all of the candidates will be overwhelmingly defeated. ? The remaining meetings of the campaign are at Georgetown today, Williamsburg tomorrow, Manning on Friday, and at Florence on Saturday. Though feeling much better and anxious to speak at these meetings, or at least one of them, Senator McLaurin has been forbidden by his physician to make the attempt. ? Colonel Neal sends out from the McLaurin headquarters in Columbia, information of a pretty little scheme that friends of Evans and Irby have proposed to work on the day of the election, in order to kill oir a portion of the largo vote that they fully expect McLaurin to get. The scheme contemplates the circulation of a report throughout the state on election day to the effect that McLaurin has suddenly died, and thus induce the voter to change to Irby or Evans. This is about on a par with certain other stories that have been circulated to deceive the voters with regard to the senator, and had the matter not been exposed in time, it is very likely that it would have duly made oo olfifdinn Hur IUS ttppCHIVlW w? vivvwvM M.v . ? The Washington Post is of opinion that the steady decline in the price of silver, is due in a measure to the persistent croaking of Director of the Mint Preston. The Post does not consider that Preston knows what he is talking about, or that bis predictions of further declines are entitled to any special consideration ; but ay reasou of his high position, the pubic takes it that he knows what he is talKng about and the decline is the result. But what the country is to gain by furher decline is difficult to explain. Silver sa valuable commodity, a considerable aortion of the circulation of the country sonsists in and is based upon it, and if he decline continues much further, there ivill be reason to look for a general crash, rompared with which the long season of lepression from which the country is now hought to be recovering, will be mere :hild's play. DOINU HIS DUTY. Quite a number of newspapers are disaosed to bitterly criticise Governor Ellerje for bis persistence in continuing his light in behalf of the dispensary law; but such criticism appears to be at once un easonable and unjust. It will be remembered that when the state supreme court decided the dispensary law unconstitutional, Governor Tillman, according to his own explanation, 'took the law to the woods," waited un.il there was a chance in the composition jf the supreme court and brought it out igain. That this act, wrong and contrary to law, is self-evident; but when the supreme court subsequently declared the law constitutional, by that decision it was made, and of course Governor Tillman's action was at the same time duly endorsed by the court, which endorsement made it all right. But the present circumstances are entirely different. The recent decisions of Judge Simonton are not only based on United States statutes; but they are technical and confusing to an extent which make it doubtful as to whether the judge himself fully understands their meanings. Governor Ellerbe is sworn to enforce the laws of the state and of tho United States. In order to perform this duty ho must know what those laws are, and until this information is developed there is no other course for him to pursue than to continue to fight to the bitter end every iloubtful point. The incentive of those editors who are criticising Governor Ellerbe is easy to comprehend. They are anxious to witness the speedy overthrow of the dispensary law, and they know that if the governor would let up, they would at once jee tho accomplishment of their desire. [11 tliis desire they are not, of course, to bo blamed, because if they want to entertain it they certainly have a right to do jo ; but for them to blame Governor Kllerbe, as already stated, is unjust. Whether tho governor himself would be glad to see this law sustained or wiped out, so long as there is a vestige of it left on tiie statute books, it is his sworn duty to upbold it with all the resources at his command. ? The Greenville News is unalterably opposed to all three of the senatorial canJidates; but knowing that one of them will necessarily be elected, the only :>ne it lias tried to tight is McLaurin. Now why is this? The question cannot be answered with absolute eertainty ; but there is an explanation which appears wonderfully plausiblo. Tho editor i?f the Greenville News was a delegate to the gold standard convention in Indian apolis. He worked and voted for Palmer and Buckner as against the regular Democracy. The reason of this, of course, was because he could not stand the free silver and alleged Ocalaism of the regular Democracy. This was the objection of Messrs. Cleveland, Carlisle and others who helped work for McKinley and consequently the high protective tariff and contracted money system advocated by the Republican party. All three of the senatorial candidates stand on the Demo cratic platform, and lor inai reason me Greenville News* can support none of them. Close observers throughout the campaign, however, have noted that the choice of The News is Irby first, Evans second and McLaurin last. Now why is this ? The explanation is as plausible as that which has gone before. Being opposed to the Democratic platform, and realizing the impossibility of getting a senator in accord with its own views, The News would have South Carolina to send to Washington the weakest man of the three so as to guard against further strengthening the regular Democratic party. Everybody who is familiar with his past record, knows that Irby cannot add to his party's strength. Evans, though in most respects of superior ability to Irby, does not nearly come up to the average standard of statesmanship as it exists in the senate, while McLaurin is generally recognized not only at home, but throughout the country as a most able leader in the councils of his party and as a champion of Democracy in the legislative halls of the nation. Then this accounts for it. The . t ?,?1 until -.news i1hs uueil hclullg anu iuiiiih^ some of its friends have begun to fear that it is mad; but if so there is method in its madness. Knowing as it does full well that McLaurin is one of the most brilliant young statesmen of his day, it would weaken the party in which he will otherwise be a strong pillar by leaving him at home. AN IMPRACTICABLE FIGHT. Prohibition Executive Committee Is Waking Up Again. The following circular, signed by L. D. Childs, chairman, and Thos. J. LaMotte, secretary, is being sent to the various newspapers throughout the state: "The State Prohibition Executive committee have circulated blank forms of a petition to be signed by the voters who favor the legal prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, except for scientific, mechanical and medicinal purposes. "Their object is by this means to i obtain a general expression, to be presented to the legislature at its next session, as an indication to that body of the wish of the people in regard to i the liquor traffic. "We have no wish to conceal our purpose or plans with regard to this movement; but, on the contrary, desire the largest publicity given to j whatever we may deem necessary to do or say in its behalf. The question < as to what is best to be done may be freely, fully and dispassionately^discus- | sed, and some wt v of escape found | out of the preseut lawless condition i iKi.nninno tn turn hank tile tide WUIUU IUICUIVUO vv VU1M ??.w? of moral and material progress. j "In this effort we are relying upon < the co-operation of all the couserva- i tive agencies of society, the press, the pulpit, the influence of our noble women and the obligations of Christian citizenship. These combined can sure- , ly save us from the impending evils; but with these iufluences divided or inactive the course of the unbridled liquor traffic will inevitably be fastened upon us. "May we not venture to ask that, as a matter of supreme iuterest to the readers of your widely circulated paper, you will publish this statemeut with the enclosed form of petition, and i give it such notice as your judgment may approve ?" PETITION. The undersigned voters of South Carolina, believing that the continuance of the sale of alcoholic liquors as a beverage within this state, under 1 the sanction of its laws, is the source of most of the pauperism misery, and crime which exists, a positive hindrance to all material and industrial prosperity, and a foe to morality and religiou, would respectfully petition the general assembly at its next ses- ( sion to enact such legislation as will prohibit the manufacture and sale of . intoxicating liquors as a beverage. McLAURIN'S CONDITION. A Very Plain Stateineut as to His Recent 1 Illness The effort to make it appear that Mr. McLaurin did not faint at York- i ville, and also that he will be repudiated by the voters of his county, is met by a statement from his family physician ana irom prominent, ciuzeus of Marlboro. As to whether they will he able to overtake the canard completely, of course, is doubtful; but ( where it may be read their statement, , which is as follows, cannot fail to es- i tahlish the truth : I The statement that the Hon. John | L. McLaurin did not faint at York- I ville and has not been sick, is absolute- I ly false. He overworked himself in I Washington and during the senatorial campaign, the consequence being a ' physical collapse at York, after his 1 speech. According to the statement 1 of York physicians, had he forced him- ' self to speak a few minutes longer at York, the consequences would proha- j bly have been fatal. Since his return , to his home in Bennettsville, he has , been seriously ill. Under his physi- , cian's orders, he had to remain away ] from the campaign meetings, much as ] he wished to attend them and lace his ? opponents. < The statement that a majority of .? the voters of Marlboro, his native i county, will not vote for the Hon. Juo. i L. McLaurin, is simply absurd. Why, " even his opponents in his home county I admit that he will get over 80 percent, of its votes. We are confident he will 1 poll at least 80 per cent, of Marlboro's ' votes and will not be surprised if he git< even more. J. T. Jennings, M. D. Family Physician. Lindsay J. Breeden, T.'W. Bouchier, F. M. Emanuel, i C. M. Weatiierly. i LOCAL AFFAIRS. 11 si INIJEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I J. M. Starr it Co.?Can supply you with ice. Grove's chill tonic, turnip seed of a different varieties, stationery, soaps and fi patent medicines. d II. C. Strauss?Announces a cut of 80 per r( cent, in a certain line of good?$l's . worth for 20 cents. A number of. other ** articles are also marked down to the u lowest prices. He desires to make room cl for his new fall and winter stock. d Geo. T. Schorb? Let's you know that the White it Wilcox Organ company has " gotten upon their feet again, and that ' he is now prepared to fill orders for these tl celebrated organs, which he claims to be ci equal to the best, and which will be c sold at the lowest prices at which a good article can be obtained. Grist Cousins?Talk about agricultural w machinery and implements in general t< and mowinir machines esDecially: be- a sides they can supply you with a Bab- ? cock or Saver A Scovill buggy, either ? of which they claim to be equal to the best. a W. M. McGill, W. S. Wilkerson, W. J. b Moorbead, Trustees?Announce the e opening of the Hickory Grove High Q school on the lirst Monday of Septem- ? ber. h A GOOD THING TO KILL. c At a secret meeting of the town council, 1 last Friday night?we say secret for tho r< reason that nobody but the members were v allowed to know that the meeting was to be held?an ordinance was passed to submit to the people of Yorkville tho ques- T tion of surrendering their present charter and adopting the general incorporation t act. The election is to be held on Sep- ti tember 17. 8 The reasons for the proposed change, if any, are not stated. It is a fact, however, o that while the present charter only allows t< a levy of two mills for town purposes, the f< general incorporation act permits a levy d of 10 mills, and where the present charter I provides that members of the town council shall serve without compensation? v not even allowing water rent?the pro- h posed new charter is silent on this sub- s ject. The town has been run since about iv 1880 on two mills, and there are quite a number of citizens who cannot see how, ^ with proper management, that amount is ti not still sufficient. If however, any a member of the council can give a good si reason why the proposed cuatige soouiu n be made, the columns of The Enquirer r are hereby thrown open to him for the F purpose. C ABOUT PEOPLE. Rev. W. G. Neville is visiting in Wal- ^ halla. t) Mr. and Mrs. J. W. P. Hope are visit- a ing in Lowrysville. 0 Miss Hattie de Loach is critically ill, ^ and is expected to die at almost any hour. t( Mr. James Walker, of Union, was in v Yorkvillo on Monday. Miss Carrie Beard is in Charlotte visit- gj ing Mr. John Hyndman's family. Miss Daisy Gist returned home from a w trip to New York last Saturday. Misses Oba Xeely and Mattie Smith, of ol Did Point, are visiting Mr. N. A. Siinril's F] family, near Yorkville. _( Mr. P. G. McCorkle.of Lancaster, spent ? a few days in Yorkville last week with relatives and friends. Miss Margaret Roach, of Rock Hill, is r? visiting in Yorkville, the guest of the bi family of D. E. Finley, Esq. . , Mr. E. E. Withers, who has been in the telegraphic service in Waycross, Ga., for 81 sometime past, is visiting in Yorkville. ?] Mrs. T. M. Dobson, of "Dobson's Rack- E st," left last Monday night for Baltimore, New York and other northern cities. Rev. J. B. Swann, who, is visiting in " the mountains of North Carolina, expects ti lo arrive at Sharon on Friday, the 27th c< instant. rp Kershaw Era, 18th: Colonel J. R. ,, Ashe was in town this week and started hands to work in earnest for the erection tl if the two brick stores, ;10 x 100 feet each, ci immediately north of The Era office. 1 V THE O. R. & C. j, The Charleston correspondent of the g, Columbia State, is responsible for the fol- V) lowing: p Tho Ohio River and Charleston railway is beading this way, and the statement is C( made on the most reliable information, jt so there can be no doubt that within a a short time Charleston will have a new S( territory to draw from. The road will bo built from Blacksburg jj to Gafl'ney, thence to Clifton, Spartan- 8I burg, Glendale and on to Sumter, and p then make an air line to the city. The jr oftlcers of the system have recently made t( visits to Charleston, and the above decision is the result of their frequent conferences. H The line from the up-country to the sea coast will run through an undeveloped p section, though an unusually rich one, Z( and will be the means of bringing trade w to Charleston that for years has been going elsewhere. And then, too, the lino ft| will give this city a new outlet to the & west, for it is the intention of this com- tl pany to build connections between Ma- ^ Hon, N. C., and Johnson City, Tenn., and ^ eventually on to Cincinnati. C( Work between Gaffney and Clifton has ^ already been begun and is progressing j rapidly, nearly all of the heavy grading ^ being completed, and the trestle in place. N The line between Marion, N. C., and Camden is being put in splendid condiLion. All of the high trestles are giving j way to fdls. The road from Camden to Sumter and tj thence here, it is thought, can be easily f(; and quickly built, as very little grading and trestle work will be required. CHARLOTTE ROAD WORK. bl The subscribers on the Charlotte road u work have done tho biggest portion of w what they promised to do, and most of Ir them have knocked oil' for a few days, in ^rder to gather fodder, etc., after which T they will commence again and complete the job. But, already, everything is in r< food readiness for the chaingang, and there is abundant material on hand for w throe miles of tho best road that has ever " been built in York county. At this writing, tho subscribers have to aj jhow for their work, three great piles of 81 rock at intervals of a mile, and further on up the road, a fourth pile just eomnien- ^ ?ed. The first pile is a few hundred yards C1 beyond the corporate limits of tho town, ^ md consists of between 2,300 and 2,">00 Cf loads, principally of what is known as 11 "nigger head" rooks, genorally supposed ^ to be the best possible material for maca- cc lam. The next pile is a short distance C< iieyond Fishing creek, and includes about I,">00 loads of all kinds of rock, mostly is ]uart/.. Tho third pile is on the hill, near in I told Hill colored church, and numbers si some 1,700 loads of miscellaneous rocks, ot Including a large quantity of rotten gran- ja te, and the fourth pile, which was coin- la menced yesterday, is on tho old "Starnes A :>lace." w i- -.11 -l Kftnn tinuliAfl Of 1 110 WOTIv ill! UIOMg UO.-I wotiit (Mioi.u.. ? with interested enthusiasm. Fully I roc- p< >gnizing the significance of thoir under- tli taking, the subscribers liave been seeking fc .o do even more work iu the same time th :lian if they were working for themselves, M uul everybody has shown a disposition ai to do all in their power to help things di along. For instance, the most convenient A way of access to a largoqiiaulity of stone for one of the piles, lay across a big corn- fr lield belonging to Mr. J. \V. Lovo. Al- Si lough the corn was in the roasting ear tage and carrying a heavy yield, Mr. love did not hesitate a minute; but told le haulers to just cut out a road and go head. Mr. G. R. Wallace has a big peaeld in which there is a large quantity of esirable rock. The peas are so nearly 3ady to cut that Mr. Wallace did not care j lose them. He generously proposed, owever, that if Mr. Gordon, who is in harge of that section, would wait a few ays until he got the peas off, he would ive the rock and also throw in a day's muling for every day that was put in by tie hands. The offer, of course, was acepted. Other instances of like liberality ould be mentioned. amU ?? ?<-,f /inmmAnno/1 + bnro y\ iluli wui iv >vaa iiiob w;iiiiiioiiwu| vuviu ere many along the route who seemed ) have the idea that grading wa9 unnecssary, and that a narrow strip of thin nacadam would answer every purpose, 'his notion is no longer entertained. To man, the subscribers are now for "the est three or four miles of road that have ver been built in York county," and the utlook is that they are going to be satised with nothing else. Supervisor Culp has promised that the baingang will be on hand by September , and everybody is anxious to hear the aar of the crusher, which, it is expected, rill bo put to work on or about that day. LOCAL LACONICS, lie Enquirer Cntll lHt of January, 1808. The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will >e sent to any address, from this date unit the 1st of January, 1808, for 72 cents, trlcken With I'arnlyfll*. Dan Witherspoon, a well-known colred man of Yorkville, has sustained ivo strokes of paralysis within the past sw days, and is now in a critical conilion. ncreattlng the Capital. The Lockhart Cotton mills has filed rith the secretary of state, as required by iw, notice of an increase of their capital lock from $.'500,000 to $050,000. tarried While Out Driving. Rock Hill Herald: While out driving londay afternoon, Mr. John Power, a raveling salesman who claims Charlotte s headquarters, and Miss Kula Harris, ister of Rev. J. Rarr Harris, called at the nine of Rev. O. (?. Jones and were maried. Mr. Power is a son of Rev. W. C. 'ower, a presiding elder of the South 'aroTina conference. *f Vmtr Vfliufi on f!lnl? Roll Tomorrow?Thursday?is the fifth (lay efore the senatorial primary, which ikes place on next Tuesday, August 31, nd those who fail to have their names n the rolls of their respective precincts y tomorrow evening, will not be entitled ) vote. Those who were enrolled to ote in the last primary need not take the ouble to register again, as it is unnecesiry. 7111 Have That School. By reference to the advertisement in anther column, it will be noted that the lickory Grove people have succeeded in etting up that school mentioned in The Inquirkr some weeks ago. They have mployed high grade teachers, made armgeinents for the accommodation of oarders, and propose to run a school hich will be a credit to the town and irrounding country. The school will pen on the first Monday in September, lection TicketH. County Chairman Brice has received om the state executive committee, the ckets to be used by the voters of this lunty in the election of next Tuesday, he tickets are of the kind known as omnibus," containing the names of all le candidates to be voted for. Those mdidatesare McLaurin, Evans and Irby. he names of Mayfield, Duncan and /hitman do not appear. The voter is istructed to scratch the names of the mdidates for whom he does not wish to ote. al?l IIIh Fine. Mack C. Byers, who was sometime ago onvicted of violation of the dispensary iw and sentenced to pay a fine of $300 nd go to the chaingang for one year, has ^uared himself with the law. By petion to the governor, he succeeded in aving the imprisonment clause of his jntence cancelled, and last Saturday he aid over to the clerk of the court $.'100 l cash. Ho remarked that if the senmce had been $300, or twelve months on le chaingang, he would have served out is term. Illleil by a Tramp. Charlotte Observer, Saturday : Mr. W. Marshall, editor of the Uastonia Gastte, was over yesterday on buisness. He -as telling The Observer of a murder ear Gastonia, on Thursday, of a Negro ged about nine. He was found dead in pool of water at the Narrow Gauge estle, a mile and a half from town. The oy was carrying his uncle s dinner to im. HeinetaNegro tramp, who, ac-J jrding to the story, attacked him, taking is bucket and dinner, and then stripped im of his clothes and killed him, flinging is body into the water, ew Church Hulhling. The Herald, of last Saturday, says that le congregation of St. John's Methodist lurch, of Hock Hill, has succeeded in Btting an adjustment of the insuranco on 10 building, which was rendered unfit >r further use on account of a recent fire, he building, bell and furniture were isured for $2,500, and a compromise has 3en effected on a basis of $2,300. The nderstanding is that the congregation ill at once proceed to make arrangolents for the erection of a new building, ) cost something like $8,000. lie I'eiiHion Money. Clerk of the Court Wylio, on Monday, jceived from the comptroller general, io York county pension list, together ith a check for $4,124 j but on account of vexatious mistake, the money cannot 3 paid out yet. In apportioning the nount among the various classes of penoners, the comptroller cut off one of the asses with only $10 for each beneficiary, he mistake is of such a nature that it m only be corrected in Columbia. Mr. fylie wrote at once to have the matter irrected, and cannot pay out a cent unl ho gets it straight. Tlio blame for the day rests altogether iti the ofhce or tne unptroller general, nnmltted For Iiurglury. Jiin Garrison, colored, was before Magtrate Sauriifer for a preliminary oxaniiition on the charge of burglary. lie is ispeeted of having been the accomplice ' George West, the white man now iti il awaiting trial on the charge of burgrizing the residence of Mr. John R. she some weeks ago. Tho principal itnoss in tho case was Elijah Powell, dored, the same man who testified so )sitively as to the identity of West upon 10 preliminary examination of that dondant. Powell stated that Garrison is ie Negro whom he saw with West in r. Ashe's yard on tho night in question, id upon this testimony Magistrate Sanfer committed Garrison for trial. Prolific Cotton Stalk. lJy way of illustrating the rcmarkahlo uitfulness of cotton this year, Mr. L. L. nitli tells of an interesting fact that came under his observation during the tl present season. "Some weeks back, in p July, my attention was called to an un- tl usually healthy and vigorous stalk in my field. The top had been knocked off, or tl bitten off; but there were so many blooms v and squares on it, that I had them counted. The number was 112. A week later t' they were counted again, and the number e had increased to 180. At the end of an- c other week, there were 109, with some a squares lying on the ground. These, of fi course, were not counted. Another o count, two weeks later, and about a week fa ago, showed squares, blooms and bolls to 1 tho number 222." The cotton is of the v Pruit variety, which isclaimed to average a pound of lint to each 50 bolls; but this il claim, of course, Mr. Smith does not pre- v ' * i, iena to enaorse. ^ Meeting of the Veteran*. 'I A meeting of Camp Micah Jenkins was e held in the courthouse on Monday pur- o suant to call, for the purpose of making n arrangements for proper representation t at the annual convention of the state camps, to be held in Greenville today. S Major Jas. F. Hart, Colonel W. H. Mc- t Corklo and Mr. W. J. Waters, were elected delegates to Greenville, and Messrs. R. W. Whitesies, Jerry Walker and W. B. Williams were elected alternates. The nomination of Miss Mary Jo Witherspoon as sponsor for the camp, { was unanimously confirmed. A proposition for a big reunion of York county F veterans, to bo held in September, under f the auspices of Camp Micah Jenkins, 1 was postponed for further consideration c at a meeting to be held on salesday in 1 September. f The YorkvlUe Graded Schools. t Mr. W. E. Dendy, the recently elected u principal of the Yorkville Graded schools, 1; arrived in Yorkville last Saturday, and is F getting everything in readiness to open i the school next Monday. Mr. Dendy i informed us of a most acceptable change in the curriculum of the school which f will be inaugurated upon re-opening. I The change includes the addition of two ^ more grades, making nine in all. The t nnnila vi'ill rAo/1 or Vir- H gil, and study geometry, physics and po- t litical economy, etc. Graduates from the graded school will hereafter be fully pre- t pared to enter the sophomore class of i' any of the state colleges ; and all this will t be without extra charge. Mr. Dendy i and his assistant, Mr. Kennedy, are both J full of enthusiasm for their work ; they I are backed up by an intelligent and progressive board of trustees, and the outlook <3 for a school in which the town can take 1 unusual pride is very encouraging. c BLACKSBUKfl BUDGET. Reunion of the Veterans?Killed on the j Railroad?Other Notes. ^ Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ^ Blacksburg, August 24.?The vote- e rans' meeting here on Saturday was a decided success and much enjoyed by the t old soldiers. On account of the rain, a which began early in the morning and ^ continued nearly all day, the meeting was (| held in the old academy. About forty of ^ the veterans were present, besides others, j, and the building was nearly full. B. J. Gold, adjutant of Camp Hart, in the absence of Commander J. G. Black, pre- q sided over the meeting. The minutes of the last meeting were read. Also a trib- ^ ute to the memory of Comrade Jacob S. (| Earl, and a letter of regret from Major James F. Hart, of Yorkville, that he could not be with the old soldiers, who had honored him by naming their camp t for him. t Colonel McMaster, of Columbia, was then introduced and entertained the veterans for nearly an hour with a very interesting and instructive address, to which f they listened with the deepest attention. Colonel W. D. Camp, our new probate judge, of Cherokee county, also made a talk to his old soldier friends, which, though brief, was soldier-like, much to c the point, and was well received by his a hearers. Dinner was then announced. It was ! served in the building, in true camp fash- 1 a,,,] il'qu mnnlt fininvfid hv the men in whoso honor it was prepared. I have c never witnessed, at any re-union of Con- * federate veterans, a more genuine or ^ hearty sympathy of feeling with each * other, or such an entering into the details ^ of every individual experience of suffering or achievement, or endurance of hard- 11 ships, or exhibitions of valor, as was shown by the men who gathered here on a Saturday. Their love and reverence for c their old commander?Colonel McMas- ? ter?was touching, and his feelings for 1 the men who rallied to him in the days of danger and trial and whose hearts were c still loyal and sympathetic, can only be u felt or imagined, but not described. ^ William Tuck Lowry, an industrious, ^ respoctable and well-known colored man, was found dead near the O. R.AC. g railroad track on Sunday morning not 11 far this side of the bridge across Buffalo " croek. His body remained where it was ^ found until late Sunday afternoon, when a it was removed to his homo a mile or two v above where he was killled. An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner McCraw, " with Dr. Settlemeyer, of (Jaffney, as phy- ^ sician. The unfortunate man's neck was n fractured, as were also several of his ribs, a and there were other bruises which helped 11 to show that he was sitting on the end of a crosstie, when one of the trains of the M road came along, between Sand 10 o'clock Saturday night, and caused the fatal in- A jury. C The supposition is that he was asleep, u and probably in a drunken stupor, as he q was uufortuuately addicted to imbibing too much liquor occasionally. He was on bis way home, was overcome by the poison, sat dowu to sleep, and thus met with ^ his death. , Mr. and Mrs. Jas. W. Duff left yester- . day evening for a trip to northern cities. | Kev. Mr. Clifford, of Union, held a coin- a munion servico in the Presbyterian * church on Sunday, and preached morning and evening. \v. a. ^ CHAT FROM CHEROKEE. t< Troubled With Chills?New llout Landing ti ut Howell's?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 11 Etta Jank, August 23.?On last Saturday wo had a tine ruin and crops look 11 much revived. There are sonic chills alone Thickety II and (iilkoy's creeks. They are the remnant of those contracted last year. h Mr. T. J. Estes will take a load of r, wheat to tho Yorkville roller mill this w week, whore he expects to get a good |t turnout of Hour, both in quantity and u quality. ^ Sam Leo, the lorry man at Howell's ferry, bus made another landing for the Hut . 011 the York side of the river, about 75 yards below tho regular landing. Tho 11 accumulation of satul in the river has been Sl the means of almost entirely stopping travel across the river at that place. H There is a protracted meeting going on at Messopotumiu this week. ^ I learn that Mr. Jonathan liuice, of u: Hickory Grove, will return to this side of c< be river next year and settle on the same lace. We welcome all such men and beir families to our community. Our people are not running crazy over be senatorial race, which comes off one reek from tomorrow. Mr. Mike Sellers, of this county, has wo curiosities on his farm, not often, if ver, met with. One is a one-legged hicken, and the other is a rough black corpion whose tail lias been cut off, and rom one side of the stump has sprouted ut another tail. Mike "devours" that it j true, and that he will prove it by Mr. '. W. Littlejohn, who saw it. Others rill testify as to the same. I suppose it must be that the scorpion got A tail cut, and the wound has healed rith such an appearance as to lead one to elieve it is a sprout from the old stump. here is nothing wrong wnn me coickn, only it has only one leg, and that is n the right, and perfectly natural. The nissing leg isn't there and never has teen. It's a curiosity. The protracted meeting will begin at ialein on Wednesday, 1st day of Septemter, at 11 a. m. Sioma. REUNION OF THE BRANDONS. 'leasant Aflalr Which Took Place at Bowling Green La?t Friday. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Clover, August 20.?How many peode of this day can fully appreciate the uil meaning of the expression, "The family Reunion ?" Certainly the young annot; the middle aged only in part. ?hen it remains only for the old and inirm to fully appreciate its meaning. And o what extent the old can enjoy the reinioii we can only guess. We have read ately of several reunions in different daces; but it has never been our privilege to attend one until Friday, the 20th nstant. This was the reunion of the Brandon amily, at the home of the father, Mr. T. j. Brandon, at Bowling Green, S. C. >Ve have sometimes thought that the real, rue enjoyments of these gatherings ,re sometimes marred by over-doing the hing?too much of a crowd. . * The gathering at Mr. Brandon's was a ypical family gathering. Less than a lozen would sum up those present not in he connection. Mr. Brandon is now in lis 78th year. Mrs. Brandon, who was diss Louise R. Lewis, of Gaston county, P.. in now in her 77th vear. They were married in 1845. Mr. BranIon is a native of this county, and has ived nearly his whole life in his native ?unty. They have had 11 children, all if whom are living but 1. Of the 10 hiidren living, all were present but 1 -Win. Brandon?who lives nearTirzah n this county, and was sick when last leard from. This was all that marred he pleasure of the day. There were 22 irandchildren, 1 great-grandchild presnt, and 3 grandchildren absent. Dinner was set under the shade trees in be front yard, in regular picnic style, nd there was abundant of all that was ;ood, even to hot coffee for all that waned it. The day was a delightful summer lay, and the occasion, one that will long >e remembered by this family, and espeially by the aged parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Rutledge, artists ot lastonia, were present and took a picture f the entire family group. One strikrig feature of this picture, was the aged nother in a prominent place with the ne great-grandchild on her lap. Six of the ten children are still with their larents, and those of them who have left he parental home are all still living in heir native county. Josh. COLORED BARBECUE. tig Time Among the Negroes at Davlea'a Spring. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Carp, August 20.?The colored farmers if this vicinity, and the country for miles round, had a big picnic and barbecue, at he mineral spring on the John Davles, dace, eight miles northwest of Yorkville oday, and it was a very creditable affair. < AAmmiftaa nf o r-r-Q r\ rramoni U in IUO UWIIIIIIibVUU Ui UliHIigviiivuvu :harge consisted of E. D. Byars, John 3ham bers, John Byars and John Brown. Vylie Lee acted as grand marshal, and Jeorge Franklin served as cbairuian. "he Byars band, of Hickory Grove, and Jhambers band, of Sharon, furnished the nusic, which was excellent. The attendance nuinl>ered GOO or 700, nd the programme consisted of a proession, speeches in which politics were schewed, a big barbecue, and then, in he afternoon, general social enjoyment. The barbecue cousisted of two large fat ows and several sheep, paid for by volntary subscriptions. In addition to the larbecued meat, there were 40 or 50 galons of beef and vegatable soup, all nicey prepared, and a surprising quantity of ood things brought by the colored piclickers from their homes. Several white nen were present as guests of special ionor, and the colored folks showed their ppreciation by giving them the best that /as to be had. The day passed off pleasantly and was luch enjoyed by everybody. There was ut little liquor on the ground. It did ot make its appearance until late in the fternoon, and did not create any disurbance. s. IcLaurin Headquatters. Colonel VV. A. Neal has opened up IcLaurin headquarters in the Grand Jeutral hotel Columbia. The other andidates have not yet opened headuarters, and as to whether they will 0 so iu accord with the usual custom, as not developed. Colonel Neal, owever, says that on account of Mr. IcLaurin's illness and inability to give he matter his personal attention, iends of the senator have deemed it dvisable to take tbiugs in charge, 'hey will distribute literature, write jtters and watch the situation generlly as closely as possible. Colonel leal says that the campaign literature 1 be distributed will be confined to he public utterances of McLauriu ml his oppouents, and there will be o bushwhacking or other descent to i?e low plane common to most polical manipulators. angeri For tiape. Toiiey Lyles, a young Negro, was anged in Newberry last Friday for ipe. The crime was committed on a hite woman, ueur Whilmire, in March ist. The Negro was promptly tried nd convicted and sentenced by Judge uchanau to be hanged. Since his mivictiou, he has practically admitted . is guilt. It was the first legal execuon in this stale for a crime of the line nature since (he war, and the jcoud since 1825. Shortly after the rrest of the Negro, there was talk of niching him ; but the citizens of lewberry afterward made up their duds that the law should lake its surse with the result above slated.