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Scraps and |acts. ; ? i ? F. B. Lloyd, better known as "Ru- . fus Sanders," a noted dialect writer of 5 Alabama, and who has been on the i lecture platform pretty much all over i the south, was killed at Greenville, < Ala., last Wednesday, by John Gafford. 1 The account says he was brutally i assassinated, the weapon used being 11 a double-barrelled shotgun. Mr. Lloyd j1 was a member of the legislature and I had achieved considerable reputation ;< as a newspaper man. j i ? J. Pierpont Morgan of United 1 States bond fame during Cleveland's ' last administration, is reported by the 1 New York Journal to have made ' $700,000 on wheat during the receut advanoe in that product. Philip D. Armour, Chicago's multi-millionaire : 1 * - k...> mo/to packer, is aiso reporieu tu uavc umuc a barrel, and has also ex-Governor Rosewell P. Flower and John Cudaby. But wheat is going down now. After running it up as high as they dared and harvesting their enormous profits, they turned it loose. The decline since 1 the highest price was reached has been 8 cents a bushel, and the tendency is still downward. ? There is not much change in the coal strike situation north. The principal developments of interest is in the Pittsburg, Pa., district, and iu West Virginia. Most of the West Virginia miners have gone out, and in 1 the Pittsburg district the strikers are < doing all they can to harrass the men ( who are standing by the mine owners. 1 For the past few days the wives and j daughters of the strikers have been , marching the roads leading to the mines and taunting and jeering the ( non-strikers as they go to their work. The manner and nature of the ridicule 1 is such as to make many of the miners ' bang their heads in shame, and the women say they will continue to pursue the tactics they have inaugurated, i ? The publication of the mortuary ' statistics for the past month of a num- t ber of the leading towns of North Oar- ] olina reveals a remarkable death rate ( among Negroes, as compared with the j whites. In Raleigh, for instance, where there are 1,000 more whites than blacks, during the month of July there were two and a half times as many 1 deaths of Negroes as of whites. In 1 Wilmington, where theie is only a 1 small excess of black population, there < were 14 deaths of whites and of Ne- | groes 88, or nearly three to one.. In ] Winstou, where there are considera bly more whites than JNegroes, cne Negroes dying numbered more than ( two to one, the ratio according to race population being much greater. Oth- ' er towns show a like record. . The ' unusual mortality among Negroes 1s I not due to any epidemic disease, and : certainly is not due to exposure, or | lack of nourishment, as has in some ] few isolated instances been the case in winter. ? The steamer Portland is due to arrive from the mouth of the Yukon river tomorrow, and it is expected she will bring several tons of gold from tht Klondike gold fields, says an Associated Press dispatch of Wednesday, 1 from Port Townsend, Washington. Great excitement was caused last night by the receipt of a message from the , mouth of the strait that a vessel was passing in and it was believed to be the Portland. Three tugs left immediately down the straits to meet her. The Associated Press tug, after steaming 40 miles, spoke the steamship 1 Williamette from Skagua and Dyea, ' which was the vessel re{ orted. Tie tug will lie in the straits till the Portlaud is sighted. Special lookouts have , been placed at every telegraph station on either side of the straits and there is little probability that she can slip by without being sighted, although weather in the strait is thick, and is likely to remain so in this season of the year. While officials of the North American Transportation and Trading company look for the Portlaud tomorrow, they say it may be three days before she puts in an appearance. ? New discoveries of valuable deposits of pearls in lakes and rivers in ( Arkansas says a Little Rock dispatch of Tuesday, have added greatly to the excitement already exisuug over similar discoveries, aud today thousands of people are wading through the wa- ' ter in different parts of the itate search- 1 ing for the precious gems. The latest i and most sensational discoveries were made in the Arkansas river aud the i creeks, lakes and bayous near Little Rock, where pearls have been picked up raugiug in value from $800 to $1,000 each. Hundreds of people are working the Saline, White and other rivers and many valuable finds ' have been reported. Additional discoveries were made on the Fourche river yesterday and hundreds of people are swarming to that stream. A reporter of The Gazette, who spent much time investigating the matter, says there are 57 streams in the state , that are rich in pearls of large size. It lias now developed that in the 1 course of a survey of White river in 1805, $5,000 worth of pearls were collected by members of the survey in < the course of their duties. Pearls of i from 30 to 50 grains in weight are no | uncommon things to find in the pos- , session of country lads who fish for pearls for pasttime. The color of the pearls found is that of a saline rose and the texture is firstclass. ? Ala, South Dakota, dispatch to the ' Chicago Chronicle: L. M. Keenan 1 will send a consignment of marriage- ' able young women to Alaska in the < spring. He is in earnest. He intends ' spending the winter in scouring the matrimonial ranges in the states in j search of material for the venture. . The first steamboat up the Yukon in 1S9S will carry his stock to market. 1 Personable damsels?thus he reasons? are worth their weight in gold to the ' miners. Mr. Keenan is an old cattle ! man. For years he shipped stock i from the South Dakota '.nd Montana i ranges to the eastern markets. Last < spring the stories of gold strikes on < ;he Yukon lured him from his home a it Melville, Montana, to Fort Cudahy, Alaska. He soon reached the conclu- t sion that more money was to be made y n trade with the miners than by actjal work in the gold fields. But witb)ut the backiug of millions of capital c le saw it would he useless to enter c nto competition with the transports- 8 .ion companies already in business, t Women were scarce. Why notsupply e ;he miners with wives? By spring he i ;xpects to have 300 women ready to v nake the trip. He will pay their s "ares" to the Klondike. There the en . ire stock will be auctioned off to the niners. r ?hc \|oth'iUc (Enquirer. , YORKVILLE, S. <3.: SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1897. ? There are those who do not underitand the tariff; but there are few to ioubt McLaurin's ability or patriotism, md all can appreciate the significance of ivhat be meant at Yorkville when he laid* ais hand on his breast, and said with what came near being his dying breath: "The Great God that looks down from above knows that every heart;hrob here is for South Carolina *nd the principles of her people!" ? A correspondent of the Columbia Register signing himself "Old Foggy," and believed by those to whom he is known :o be even worse, charged that the Rock Hill Herald had printed and sent out for iistribution throughout the state, five hundred copies of an editorial that the paper's own subscribers were not allowed to see. The Herald refers to the matter in its issue of Wednesday, and makes a statement which leaves no reason for doubt that "Old Foggy" is guilty of ieliberate misrepresentation, a fact which, .mder the circumstances, furnishes but ittle ocoasiou for surprise. % ? ? ? A story that McLaurin voted for a 'nigger"?to give Murray a congressional > slection certificate over Moise?has been ' firculated extensively. This is alleged to 1 have occurred while, as'attorney general, ' NfcLaurin was a member of the state re- ' turning board. How the senator would ' have voted had he been there, it is im- ' possible to say, for he was under oath to ' do what was right; but as a matter of ' fact, he was not present when the vote was taken, having been kept away by ill- 1 ness in his family and did not vote at all. This fact, however, has in nowise dis- J couraged the spread of the story. ? The allegation that the suffix "ville" ( conveys an idea of "sinallness," is the ( principal reason we have heard for the 1 changing of the name of the town of 1 York ville. There is in the suggestion that which brings up an idea of suialluess ' somewhere; but the idea does not reflect < on the town, so much as upon the native i who proposes the change. Or was it pro- I posed by a native ? Anyhow, a dropping ' of the suffix, would not at once make us as I large as Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, ' Danville, Asheville, or even Greenville. ' Though the idea is fully as large as those who propose it, the people of Yorkyille I have too much honorable pride in the 1 place of their birth, to show much pa- 1 tienee toward such a contemptible sham. ( ? The article on the first page of this < issue, gives additional information about ' Dr. Strait and his Tomato-Fig Syrup ' fotnnmiv Tb? lntter from Lancaster outs ' the matter iu a rather harsh light, which 1 is softened somewhat by the information 1 from Washington. We are not inclined to think that Dr. Strait would be guilty of anything dishonorable; and in the story as it comes from Washington, nothing dishonorable is charged. At the same time, however, the Washington end of the story is not at all creditable. As is suggested, Dr. Strait is well-paid for all the service it is in his power to render to his constituents, and for him to attempt to give any of his time, under the circumstances, to the promotion of patent medicine enterprises for his own private gain, is hardly to be approved. PROPOSED SEW CHARTER. 1 In Thk Enquirer of Wednesday, ' there was an announcement of the fact that the town council of Yorkville had 1 decided to submit to the qualified voters, 1 the question of surrendering the present charter of the town, and taking incorporation under the general act. The infor- ( ination was not procured until an hour or t two before it was necessary for The En- t 2uirkr to go to press, aud, consequently, j :o go into details was impracticable. Af- j ier the statement was published, a ineni- ^ tier of the council informed the reporter ( ;hat there would also ho submitted to the j coters at the same time, a proposition to , change the name of the town from York- s rille to York. s If there are any reasons for the pro- i posed changes?that is any reasons wnicu t :he town council is willing to give to the c people?we are not advised of them. It ^ will be remembered that we proposed in c jur last issue to give space for sueh rea- t sons as the council, or any member of it, j might see tit to offer; but as yet there a seems to be no disposition to take ad- j vantage of the invitation, and it, there- j 'ore, becomes incumbent upon us to offer ] ome suggestions on our own account. It will no doubt be remembered tbat his question of changing the charter, etc., ^ vas up at the famous "sewing circle" neetiug of the council, held on the 18tb if June last, and in tbat meeting tbere leveloped certain circumstances wbicb ^ eems to throw light on the present situaion. For instance, it will be remember. . . _ 1 id that Warden Parish asked lntendant " jowry as to whether the new charter vould allow the intendant to receive a alary ; and the intendant said, "The act 3 silent on that subject." It will also be 1 emembered that Intendant Lowry asked Attorney Brice the very significant quesion as to whether, "under the present , harter, the council could not create the ofice of superintendent of the streets, and >ay hiin a salary." Mr. Brice said yes; but t will be remembered that he did not, at be same time, say that the office thus :reated could be held by a member of the own council. And then, along in this . ame discussion, will be remembered the r emark of Warden McElwee, to the ef- i ect that "a town which is not pretty < leavily taxed is not worth talking about." < In order to ensure a better understand- 1 ng of the circumstances here reviewed, j t is not out of place to recall the fact that, ] or sometime previous, Intendant Lowry ( lad been making sundry efforts to have < he town charter so amended as to allow ,he intendant to receive a salary. This j jffort failing, the next move was to create he office of superintendent of the streets. , Members of the council were sounded on ; ;he subject privately on the streets ; but I Messrs. Parish and Pegram objected, and ; he scheme was dropped ; not, however, without the creation of a little feeling. , It was in resurrection of this proposition , when Intendant Lowry asked Mr. Brice 1 is to whether it could be done, and War- 1 ien Parish sarcastically suggested the 1 creation of an office for each member of J -he council. The principal points of difference between the present charter and the general ncorporation act which it is proposed to idopt, have already been mentioned. By ] reason of its having been drawn to fit ( ill kinds of cases, the general incorpora- ] ion act necessarily gives the town coun- | :il a great deal of power?more even than i he present charter of Yorkville. For in- < stance, under the present charter, the 1 own council is not authorized to levy, ' for ordinary purposes, a tax of more than ( ?2 on the $1,000, while, under the general incorporation act as much as $10 on i he $1,000 may be levied. The thought- ! lessly uttered sentiment already quoted, ! o the effect that a town that is not "pret- 1 ;y heavily taxed is not worth talking J ibout," seems to be a very good earnest >f Avhat may be expected in the event of : :he surrender of our present charter. i It is true, that our present charter ex- 1 pires in 1900, and we will then be com- 1 pelled to go under the general incorpora- ( tiqn act; but as the said act confers no j benefit further than the privilege of in- i creased taxation and the right to give compensation for services that are of questionable value, it will be just as well to bear the ills we have, rather than lly to j those we know not of. Then this proposition to change the < name of the town is another thing that is ] leserving of more attention than would appear at first blush. The town has borne this name for more than 100 years. The | name figures in geographies, gazateers, histories and old manuscripts which will i someday furnish the material for history. So far as we know, tbere is connected with the name no taint of dishonor. We I know there are many who love the name snd the traditions connected therewith, i and we should greatly regret to see a < change without some good reason. ' Hut this is not all. Of course the town ' council is not aware of the fact. Some of its members are not aware that they are | under oath not to hold two offices, and neither do they seem to be aware that Lhey are at present under oath not to take ' compensation for their services. Therefore, they are not aware that the law t makes no provision for the proposed < change in the name of the town. The general incorporation makes provision For the naming, by ballot, of a town not I ilready named ; but where towns already lamed go under this act, the names can j inly be changed by the legislature, and, ) In our opinion, that body can only provide for such change under a general act, | illowing all other towns the same privi- t ege. j Enough for the present. There are at <take matters, the full importance of ] tvhich does not appear on their face. Hut S he people of Yorkville pretty well un- ^ Jerstand the situation, and if they will ' nuly give the whole subject the considerition to which it is entitled, there will r lot be much room for dissatisfaction at , heir tinal action. t ? The difference between tariff for rev- i Btuie only and protection is so fine, that ] 1.Q ui'nm iiwliuidiial inn ?r?nrr*fil v make he distinction. Protection incidentally I urnisbes revenue, and a revenue tariff * t ucidentally furnishes protection. Thereore, when two amateurs begin to argue j Lhis question, we are reminded of the two ( inights, who, having met at a gate, be- ' fan to dispute about the color of the 1 ihield overhead. One claimed that the ^ ihicld was red and the other that it was j )lue. After a fight, and when their posj- j, ions were transposed, the knights discov- ji ired that both were right. If the tariff t vere any longer an issue it might bo well ^ mough to argue it even with people who ' lo make a pretense of understanding it. t hit inasmuch as it has been settled as | ,u issue, at least for the next four years, t is hardly worth talking about at the t iresent time. i LOCAL AFFAIRS, INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. r. H. Kiddle?Announces that he has received a carload lot of the celebrated Milburn farm wagons of ditferent siaes, which are equal to the best. He also has bagging and ties, the best long-leaf heart-pine shingles, plastering hair, lime and cement, r. B. MeClain?Offers for rent the house and lot in Yorkville, known astheHappertield borne place. [. eroy Morrow?Announces the resignation of Mr. J. F. Hoffman as the miller at the Yorkville roller mill, and that the mill will continue in charge of Mr. Pelbam Morrow with necessary expert assistance. H. F. Adickes, Asbeville, N. C.?Offers two farms for rent for the year 1898 in the suburbs of Yorkville?the "Clawson Home Place" and the old "Kerr Place." Mrs. M. E. Davis?Gives notice that she has made a final settlement with the probate judge and that on the 17th of September she will apply for discharge as administratrix of tne estate of S. L. Davis, deceased. SAD DEATH. Miss Haitie E. de Loach, whose critical Uness was mentioned in the last issue of The Enquirer, died on Wednesday morning at about 8 o'clock and was buried in Thursday. The funeral service was conducted at the Episcopal church, of which congregation the deceased was a ievoted member, and was conducted by Rev. Tbeo. D. Bratton, assisted by Rev. R. W. Anderson. The service at the jhu rch was attended by a large concourse )f people, including an unusually large number uf young people, by whom the remains were also followed to the grave. The tribute of flowers so generously olferjd by numerous relatives and friends, was sspecially looked after by a delegation of poung ladies from the St. Agnes Guild, a benevolent society of the church in which LMiss de Loach, since her residence in Yorkville, had been a leading spirit. The ieceased was aged about 23 years. She ivas the second daughter of the late James 3e Loach, of Hampton, and Mrs. Elizabeth de Loach, now of Yorkville. An ideal picture of health, beauty and womanly grace three mouths ago, she was jtricken down with malaria] fever, which, developing other complications, slowly but surely brought on the end. BOUND TO BE COMPLETED. Mr. S. B. Lumpkin, general freight and passenger agent of the Charleston and Ohio River railroad, was in the city yesterday, says The News ahd Courier of Tuesday, and last evening, when accosted by a reporter for The News and Courier, talked most pleasantly and interestingly af the prospects of his road aud the fine crops and flourishing industries on its line. Mr. Lumpkin's special business in Charleston was in connection with anticipated traffic arrangements with the South Carolina and Georgia railroad, and he poke last night as if confident that most satisfactory conclusions would be reached. "The present indications are," he said, "that Charleston will soon have a through line to Cincinnati, and this will then be the shortest line in existence. In fact, it will be considerably shorter than any other route connecting these two points." He did not wish to enter into any extensive explanation of what the plans were, but said that he was sure that things were being arranged that would prove most pleasant and profitable for Charleston as a port and a market. "There is no doubt," said Mr. Lumpkin, "that the owners of the Charleston and Ohio River railroad contemplate finishing the line through from Marion, N. C., to Johnson City, Tenn., in the near future. When this is done I have no doubt but that the line will then be completed to Portsmouth. Here it will connect with the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia railroad, a line now owned by aur people, and the direct line will thus be established to Cincinnati." T? ?:~ /???Anu onrl hnuiiiMQ Ill SpUltKUJg U1 UJO viv;po ???v* wum...ww> along the line of the Charleston and Ohio River road, Mr. Lumpkin said that the crops were the finest that have ever been known since the road was built, both of cotton and grain. The people, he said, were well pleased with the prospects of a tine season, lie spoke also of the 14 cotton mills on the line of road, and said they were in a most flourishing condition. The road is now preparing to build 12 miles of track from Marion to the foot of the mountains, and this extension, Mr. Lumpkin said, would give them the business of four good counties that now have only wagon roads. This, he said, would largely increase the business of the road and prove a valuable and immediate feeder, besides being another step towards connecting up the through line. LOCAL LACONICS, lilcycle Races. The wheelmen of Clover have arranged for a series of bicycle races to be held on September 8. Die Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1898. The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will be sent to any address, from this date un,il the 1st of January, 1898, for 70 cents. Large Attendance Expected. The next session of Judson institute, Marion, Alabama, opens on September tl, and the president, Rev. Robert G. Patrick, D. D., writes us that he is exaecting a large attendance. Mecklenburg Commends. Charlotte Observer: Asaclipping from The Yorkvillk Enquirer in this paper shows, the people of York county are enhusiastic over the building of new roads. Their enthusiasm and effort iscommendible. Reasonable Tuition. Superintendent Dendy informs the re>orter that he was misunderstood in rejard to charging of tuition on account of he higher grades at the graded school. V reasonable tuition fee, he says, will :iave to be charged. The school will be >pened in the same building which has jeen used heretofore. Is Seen Abroad. Newberry Voice of the People: The letter road discussion in York county has jeen given a practical turn. Merchants ind farmers have joiued hands in raising i road fund, and road work will be stared inunediatety. That's business-like. Ve are confident that money put into letter roads will prove a paying investnont. Wo would like to see an effort of hat kind made in this county. 'uying Out the Money. In reply to his letter calling attention 0 tlie iaci iuhi mere mtu ueeri it uuswuei u the amount of the check sent to pay I York county pensioners, Clerk of the Court Wylie has received instructions to the eftect "that the matter could not be 1 corrected just at this time, and he should go ahead and pay out the money as far as it wjll go." This be is doing, and those ( entitled to it are now calling for their money at a rapid rate. c Outlook For Entklne. a Associate Reformed Presbyterian : The c prospects of Erskine for the next session 5 are most encouraging. The applicants a for the college home have tilled it up, and t we are now arranging to rent rooms and ii furnish them for the convenience ot those il who wish to board at the home. The n college agent worked busily during the s month of July, as instructed by the board. He reports a number of new students in n the sectiou worked in North and South c Carolina. The friends of the iustitution k have reasou to be thankful for the hope- r ful outlook of the college. t Camp K. H. Glenn. 8 Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: Mr. 1 W. H. Stewart, adjutant of the York 11 county regiment of United Confederate v veterans, organized a camp at Bethel, Saturday. Twenty names of properly a qualified veterans were duly enrolled. r D. J. Glenn, Jr., was elected commander; fl J. A. Campbell, lieutenant commander, 8 and Newton D. Glenn, adjutant. The 3 camp unanimously decided to adopt as its c name, "R. H. Glenn," in honor of the 1 late Captain R. H. Glenn, who served so 8 gallantly in the war and faithfully and p efficiently afterwards as sheriff and rep- * resentative to the legislature from York county. Before the Master. ] Spartanburg Herald, Wednesday: The { case of the Flint Hill Gold Mine was ( argued before Howard B. Carlisle, special ( master, yesterday. Major Hart and Mr. { Lewis, of Yorkville, and Bomar & Simp- j son represented the Love heirs, who are claiming the property. Judge Web- j ster, of Gaffney, and Judge Thomason | represented Cubb, Carpenter and Campbell, contestants. The testimony was tak- ] en and all the arguments concluded yes- , terday; but it will probably be a day or j two before the special master makes bis report. The general opinion, however, is that the property will be sold, probably on salesday in November. Cherokee Jurors. ( ' Gaffney Ledger: Following is the jury - - * * -+ - list for tne next terra 01 court, wuicu convenes on Monday, September 6: C. C. | Hughes, Jno. Cook, R. W. Davis, E. F. ; Lipscomb, Jesse Pinson, E. H. Bridges, O. E. Tate, R. C. Patrick, W. T. Horton, i G. W. Webster, D. L. Brown, James Ser- < vice, C. P. Huggins, L. T. Clary, C. P. ] Teal, Wm. Caldwell, R. F. Gibson, Simp- f son Blanton, R. E. L. Goforth, W. L. Massey, James McKeown, P. C. Garvin, ^ J. H. Burgess, J. R. Dixon, T. G. Mc- ] Craw, Josiab Blrinton, J. T. Moorhead, >, R. O. Littlejohn. B. F. White, J. C. < Pryor, X. Blanton, J. W. Nance, W. L. 1 J. McAbee, C. L. Hopper, J. D. Goude- ( lock, L. R. Ross. ] Election News. f The senatorial primary election will take place on uext Tuesday, the polls ] closing at 4 o'clock, p. m. It is the inten- i tion of The Enquirer to, as usual, give 1 a full detailed statement of the vote of 1 York county, as soon as possible after it , can collect and tabulate the result at the ] precincts. It will be impracticable, there- t fore, to mail the papers to subscribers 1 living along the O. R. & C. railroad west . of Yorkville, on Tuesday afternoon, as usual, and it will depeud upon very favor- < able circumstances as to whether we will 1 be able to catch the Carolina and North- ^ Western mail going south. But all the j same, we have made arrangements to get up the returns with the utmost dispatch, < aud will have the paper in the hands of ? subscribers without unnecessary delay. { Out of the Business. s Revenue officers visited the still house f of Mr. Tom Allen, near Bethany, on 1 Tuesday, seized the apparatus and two barrels of whisky?all that was on hand? , aud closed the concern. Mr. Allen states j that the only reason given by the officers i for the seizure was the claim that his ' "beer was too thick," something with l which he had nothing to do, and knew f nothing about, as the matter was altogether in charge of his storekeeper and dis- J tiller. He went on to say also, that he c sometime ago notified the proper Federal ^ authority that he was going out of the H business during this month, and when bis 1 distillery was seized, he was making up I the last load of meal with which he pro- c posed to have auything to do. As a rea- t( son for this, he stated that he bad beeu in a the business long enough, and he desired <3 to get his children away from such asso- a ciations. He will move, at an early day, ? to his plantation, about two miles east ot Clover, and in future will give his atten- i tion to farming. s ABOUT PEOPLE. [ Mrs. T. W. Speck, is visiting Mrs. R. S. a Withers at Blacksburg. 1 Mr. R. E. Withers, of Waycross, Ga., | is in Yorkville on a visit. I Mr. Douam Witherspoon, who has been ? visiting his father's family iu Yorkville ' for the past few days, returned to Colum- 1 bia on last Thursday. Mr. J. Tom Thomasson, of W. B. j Moore Co., is convalescing from an at- t tack of fever and is spending a few days ( with his aunt, Miss Mag Thomasson, near * Fodder. , Mr. P. W. Love, whose relapse was ] mentioned sometime back, is getting i along as well as could be expected, and 4 - * i-?_ J;_i. 2 is no louger tnougnt to oe in .lmmeuiaie H danger. p Mr. J. W. Brewer, for the past two * years employed in the trimming depart- * inent of tbe Carolina Buggy company, , left last Thursday for Kinston, N. C., c where he has secured a situation. 1 The sponsors for the York camps of ? Confederate veterans, at Greenville, last Wednesday, were Miss Mary Jo Wither- t spoon, Camp Micah Jenkins; Miss Susie t White, Fort Mill camp; Miss Louise ? Sherl'esee, Camp Cad'.'allador Jones, e' Rock Hill; Miss Lena ft'.. Henry, Cauip e Catawba, Rock Hill. p The Enquirer had a pleasant call on * Thursday from William C. Crosby, dean [ of the normal department, of the well- t known Claremont Female college, at t Hickory N. C. Mr. Crosby was in town JJ only a few hours, having stopped hero on his way to Chester. He will, however, as j. he announces in another column, be back h on next Tuesday, when he will bo pleas- >' ed to meet and confer with those in this ? immediate vicinity who may desire any special information as to curieulum, ox- a peuses, etc. ti BLACKSBIR6 BUDGET. >"lne Cotton Crop?Possible Discovery of Coal?Snnrlse From the Mountain Top ?Personal. Correspondence of the Torkrille Enquirer. Blaoksburo, August 27.?It is conceded by the most carefully observing nd calculating of our farmers, that the cotton crop is more heavily fruited this ear than last, or for a number of years, nd the plant, instead of going to weed, ms developed into bolls. The corn crop % also nearly all that could be wished for t; and as Buck White says, "with a nain 'crap of sweet taters,'" it does eem that we all should be satisfied. The Rev. Mr. Elam, an enthusiast in the nineral resources of this section, has reently discovered near the base of Whita:er mountain a substance which not only ' esembles anthracite coal in appearance, * * ?*1 ? U.?!r?/? on/? till 2II 118 Oiuer prupcriieoui uuming ouv> living heat. That .it is a form of carbon here is no doubt; but as to the exact qualty and quantity of the mineral later instigations will have to determine. Witnessing the grandeur and beauty of . sunrise from the summit of Whitaker's nountain, is no doubt often a dream and i pleasant anticipation in the romantic ,nd sentimental vagaries of some of our roung people ; but few of them have the ourage and self denial necessary to get ip before daylight, climb the mountain ind be on hand in time to behold the rrand display of nature's magnificence . ind beauty. This morning, however, the Rev. Mr. Gregg, Cadet Lieut. August SI. Deal, Miss Lizzie Brown, Miss MilIred Tillinghast, Miss Catherine and Master Frank Deal performed the feat ind were rewarded for their efforts by >ne of the finest and most extensive views >f landscape scenery that can be seen from my point this side of the Blueridge mounains. Mrs. B. J. Gold left on Tuesday mornng for a week's visit to friends and rela;ives near Mooresboro, N. C. Mrs. Wm. Anderson, with her children, Master Win. D. and Mary, and her mother, Mrs. L. Deal, left Thursday evening for a month's visit to her old home at Hollidaysburg, Pa. w. a. McLAURIN .SPEAKS AGAIN. rtiroagh the Press Sends a Letter to the People. The daily papers of yesterday contained :be following open letter from Senator McLaurin: Fellow Citizens: At Yorkville I was itricken with a sudden and severe attack )f illness. To my great disappointment, r ** 3 ???f moLro onofhor < L iounu nijaeii mwuic w ipeech during the present campaigu. My record is before you, and by it I am willing to stand or fall. During the canvass I felt that I preferred to succeed by relying upon this record, rather than by attacks upon the record or character, bowever vulnerable, of my opponents. The ittenipts to pervert my record and to .'barge me with being a Protectionist, because I demanded for the south equal ights and with other sections, is an intuit to the voters of South Carolina. On June 17th, in the senate, while discussing the Dingley bill, I said: "Mr. President, I am not a Protectionist, have never given a vote in support of that principle nor uttered a word in defense of that doctrine. I took upon the doctrine nf protection as a potent factor in building up and maintaining trusts and monopoies. Certain newspapers in the north, instead of answering my argument against protection, have been pleased to call me a Protectionist because I demanded equalty before the law." I stand squarely upon the tariff plank )f the Chicago platform, and my votes ivere given in defense of the people whom [ represent, and to compel the Republican party to place the south upon an equal fnotiug with the balance or the country. We were convened last March in extraorlinary session, and the Republicans presented us with the most unfair and secional tariff bill ever framed. It bad free rinding twine for the northern farmer, ind taxed cotton ties and jute bagging "or the southern planter. The northern rroducts, wheat, corn, barley and rye, were protected, and cotton left to shift for tself, a trust in northern railroad ties aud ivbite pine at me expense 01 souiuem >ine and tie timber. The classifications n the rice schedule were so arranged as 0 place high duties upon the rice used for 'ood, while the grade used in manufacturing beer were acquitted almost duty ree. In manufactured products, certain rrades manufactured in the south were liscriminated against in lavor of other grades in similar lines manufactured in he north. An analysis of the coal, iron ,nd other great industries would show iow eastern monopolists arranged their ntrieate schedule for the purpose of plunlering the south. 1 was on the ways and means commitee, and saw from the beginning the bold ittempt of the Republican party to liquilate its political obligations by means of , tariff bill which should levy tribute ipon the Democratic south for the beneit of the Republican north. Before the bill left our committee room t had degenerated into a contest over cbedules, while,by the time we were hrough hammering it in the senate, it epresented no fixed or particular econonic theory, but was a mixture of them ill, and only a Republican conference ommittee saved it from destruction. Every practical man realized from the beginning that sooner or later the Dingley till would become a law. It was simply i question of better or worse. Whatever night be one's opinion on the subject of >rotection, here we were in extra session lonsidering, not a Democratic revenue nil, but a Republican measure, whose ivowed object was protection. It seems o me under such circumstances the first luty of a representative is to oppose the )assage of such a bill, but in thecommitee and elsewhere, by offering amendments and otherwise, to secure as far as possible fair play and justice for the ndustries of the section which he represents. If he fails to do this, does not he ibandon to those believing in protection ill the benefits which arise from the im osition of tariff duties? Does he not ail to compensate neglected interests for lie burueu east upon mem oy me puucy ff protection ? With 8500,000,000 to raise mnually by custom duties, how can you lestroy protection except by equalizing: jurdens and benefits? It is idle to talk >f a direct tax ; such an idea lives only iu lie minds of cranks and socialists. The essence of protection lies in the ribute that one class is permitted to levy ipon another, and the moment that quality exists protection is gone. Senaors Cannon and Tillman advocated au xpert bounty on wheat and cotton to qualizethe burdens and benefits of the irotective system. I have no harsh criteism for my colleagues in the house or enate who differed with me. I acted afer careful thought according to the dicates of my judgment, and I give it as tiy deliberate opinion that haa all those iho were opposed to the Diugley bill ought it out as intelligently and as periisteutly on the lines indicated, instead of epeating the hackneyed old speeches that ave been made biennially for the last 50 ears, the Dingley bill would have been efeated or a full measure of justice sell red. Actuated by love for my section, with full knowledge of the struggles and rials since the war of the noble men and