Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 25, 1897, Image 2
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.