Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 28, 1899, Image 2

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Scraps and |acts. ? A rebellion has broken out against the Chinese government in the northern portion of the empire. In two battles last, week the rebels defeated the government troops. It is believed that the arms that are being used by the rebels age being furuished by the Russiau government, and that the outbreak is in furtherance of the general designs of Russia iu securing control in China. ? According to a Brussels dispatch, Dr. Leyds, the diplomatic agent of the Transvaal iu Europe, has issued a statement that the Boers have now nearly 100,000 men in the field, made upas follows: Boer regulars, 35,000; artillery, 1,250; police, 1,750; Orange Free State Boers, including Outlanders, 35,000; Natal Boers,3,000; Bechuaualand and Rhodesian Boers, 8,000; foreign legion, 600; American, 4,000 ; Germans, 6,000; Dutch-Belgians, 2, 000; Irish, 1,000; Scandinavians, 600; French, Swiss and Italians, 200. ? Governor McLaurin, of Mississippi, has pardoned Charles Summers, an ex-Pinkerton detective, who voluntari , ly returned to prison some weeks ago 1 to serve out an unexpired term for robbing the Southern Express company of $5,000. It seems that after the robbery Summers was arrested and < sentenced to a long term of imprisonment. He made his escape and went | to the Knoldike where he struck it rich. Then he returned the $5,000 to the express company, and also returned the state $500 that had been spent ] in an effort to recapture him. He has returned to the Klondike. ? Cauada has made a final proposi- i tion for the settlement of the Alaska ( boundary dispute. She says she is , willing to concede that Skaguav and , Dvea are in American territory if the Uuited States will relinquish to Cana- ' harhnr The nronosition 1 UO 1 JtlHUliU MM* wv.. J 4 is ridiculous on its face. The United States claims the places in dispute by reason of their being clearly inside of ( Alaskan territory, while Pyramid harbor is undisputably in American territory. The dispute is based very clearly on the well established British poli cy of claiming much in the hope of getting little, even though there be no , just title to anything. ? During a discussiou of the Transvaal question in the British house of commons last Monday, Patrick O'Brien ] a member from Kilkenny, Ireland, , said among other things: "I hope the Boers will be victorious, I humbly ' apologize for the presence of Irish ' soldiers in an army fighting for such a cause, for I consider that the hands of | Secretary Chamberlain are as deeply | died iu blood as have been those of any murderer who ever ascended the scaffold." The speaker ordered O'Brien ' to withdraw his remarks; but the in- I dignant Irishman refused, and was suspeuded. As he started out of the ( house he let fly this parting shot: , "You need not bring an army corps to ^ remove me. You may want it elsewhere!" ^ ? The desperate nature of the fight- 1 ing at Elaudslaagte, last Saturday, is f illustrated in the fact that the "Gor- ' don Highlanders," the crack regiment of the whole British army, alone lost US men killed and wounded. The total casualties on the British side was . 257 men. The Gordon Highlanders t hfAllirh ^ are reporieu in utxvc v/uaig^u iuiuu^u and through the retreating Boers at nightfall; but that was after the Boers had determined on a temporary withdrawal. The Highlanders distinguished themselves a year ago by a most desperate charge against a hill tribe of Northwestern India on what is known as "Dargai Ridge." The Highlanders now say that the storming of Dargai Ridge was mere child's play as compared with their charge on the Boers at Elandslaagte. ? General Funstou has raised a storm by charging that the Romish church is the principal cause of the persisteut opposition of the Filipinos aud that this government ought to confiscate all the church property in the islauds. The church owns hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable lands and buildings valued at millions of dollars. Funston is quoted as saying that, "if congress would drive out the friars aud confiscate every inch of church property, the bottom would drop out of the insurrection within a week." f Archbishop Cliapelle, the apostolic del- i egate to the Philippines, has published f a statement in which he claims that J the church has been the greatest civil- t izing factor in the islands, and that 1 congress has no more right to take away its property thau it would have to take away the property of iudi- 1 vidu'als. t ? Samuel M. Jones, mayor of Toledo, and the "Golden Rule" candidate for governor of Ohio, is giving trouble to J both the l^publicau and Democratic ' nominees. Jones is a millionaire like 5 McLean, the Democratic candidate, < and although Nash, the Republican ( candidate, is not a millionaire, he is j backed by tbe millions of his party, which amounts to ttie same tding. 1 Jones charges that both the Democrats 1 and Republican are conspiriug aguinst t him, by having the papers ignore his meetings and advising their adhe- ? rents that if for any reason they cannot support the Democratic party, to support the Republican party, and ' vice versa ; but not to vote for Jones. ' Jones has no organization whatever I and claims that he wants noue. He ] says also that his campaign has not so ( far cost as much as $1,000. He denounces both the Republicans and the Democrats as belonging to the parties ' of the three "B's?boodle, booze and ' boss/' He claims to be advocating "the same principles with respect to our i social and political relations that Jesus, j the Xazariue carpenter, advocated." , His meetings are attended by great crowds of people and he sometimes 1 asks them, "Are you goiug to vote or 1 or be voted? Don't ask Hauna, don't ( ask3IcLean; be free men, own your- i selves, come up with me into liberty { and light; live free lives, love one an- t other, have les9 strife. Harmony is t heaven and the kick of harmony is hell." The probable vote that Joues will receive ie a sealed book to both *" parties. Each party professes to be- ' lieve that the bulk of it will come i from the other. It is generally con- s ceded that "the man without a party" | will poll a large number of votes. (The \(orkviUr (Enquirer, i ^ t YOItKVILLE, S. C.: t SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1899. J ? Daniel H. Chamberlain, former j governor of South Carolina, now a ^ resideut of West Brookfield, Mass., has r V been nominated by the Democrats of his district for members of the Massa- ^ chusetts house of representatives. j. For some time past Chamberlain has ( been an Independent in politics; but ^ leans toward the Democratic platform [ with the exception to the 16 to 1 . plank, which he rejects. ? The Paris Figaro says France and * Germany are too busy with their own ^ affairs to think of interfering with Great Britain and the Transvaal. If The Figaro had threatened iuterfer- 1 ence the situation would not be so 1 serious. Iu the meantime Great e Britain is preparing all her mighty 1 fleets to be ready for active sea duty e on 24 hours' uotice. This may be tak- t en as an indication that she is paying 1 no attention to what other people may ^ be saying; but she is arranging to be 1 prepared for anything that they might * do. ' . . c ? The distance from Birmingham, a England, to Durban, Natal, the nearest I landing place to the Transvaal, is about j 3,500 miles. The trip may be made either around the west coast of Africa, s pr through the Strait of Gibraltar, c Mediterranean Sea and Isthmus of c Suez, etc.; but the number of miles to a be covered is practically the same, and t under ordinary conditions ought to be f made in about 25 days. With good '} luck, Sir Redvers Buller, who left c England on October 15, ought to land ii un the coast of Africa sometime about t the 10th of November, and if the o Boers succeed in cleaning out the o British forces already in Africa before v that date, they will be in a position to v ?ive Sir Redvers a warm reception fi tvhen he arrives. t . , . t OUR TRADE IN THE EAST. Senator Tillman has replied to that etter of the Spartanburg mill men ^ A-hich ask9 the South Carolina delega- r ion in congress to use its efforts to se:ure the enforcement of treaty stipula- t-j ions that guarantee to American man- t, lfacturers the open door to Chinese ^ rade. His reply is as follows : I have your communication of Septem)er 25tb, addressed to the South Carolina u lelegation in the congress of the United Ji States. I have read it carefully and can M issure you that nothing will be left unione by me to have the United States joverninent protect American interest in si he East. I opposed the annexation of r< he Philippines ; but I am ready to vote noney and men to prevent the Asiatic . narket being closed to our manufactur- IS irs. Therein common sense and patriot- t< sm in one policy and there i3 danger and t| ibsolutely no necessity for the other. I . ill sot fnr vnnr nrivate information that n the debate on the Spanish treaty last ir vinter, it was made very evident that the ei notive which led to the purchase of the qPhilippines from Spain was clearly out- p ined to embrace the preservation of the u Chinese market to American manufac- hi ures, and that it was thought there was si idvantage in holding those islands with ? hat view. I thought we could get all the rade advantage without annexation by C{ (xercisitig protectorate, and not attempt- p ng to deal with the perplexing problem 3( if governing so many heterogeneous peo)les. The whole world is watching the levelopments in the East, and I think w here is no need of alarm lest America be si eft out. Yours respectfully, n B. K. Tillman. c< All tho traditions of this country p lave taught the avoidance of enangling complications with foreign u rntions. Our generally agreed upon h lolicy has been to attend to our owu xv lusiness and to leave foreigners alone, ;o long as they do not. interfere with >ur owu affairs or with the affairs of ither free people in the Western Hem- jt sphere. The acquirement of the Philip- ? lines is as far from our original ririnoi- C :>les as it is possible for one proposition j1 ;o be from another. c Although the developments of the o Spanish war have been allowed to w jnfold as if each one were a new and ? unlooked for couditiou, there is no j longer much reason to doubt that the whole thing had been planned f( from the first with the greatest tl wire, and that the architects of these d |)lans had in view as their principal P object the commercial expansion of the United States. ' t The letter of the Spartanburg mill p men shows very clearly that they see s iu the situation only that which afreets e their interests. They are men of too }' much sense not to realize that the j| policy of the United States as engineered by the ltepublican administration, c is now too well uuder way to be iu c ?reat danger of serious change ; hut at . he same time they are so fearful of he possibility of a slip that the real >bject of their letter is to induce the 1 south Carolina delegation to refrain 'rom throwing even the sligest obsta:les in the way. They are not as outspoken as broad, sincere men ought to >e ; but it is not difficult for any sen- ] ible man to understand their meaning. p Senator Tillman and Senator Mcliauriu both understand what the mill nen mean. Senator Mc-Lauriu says ; n effect: "Yes, I am for securiug for iiis country all the trade advantages , o which it is entitled iu the East; but vi cannot depend ou treaties. That is j hild's play. Treaties are only agreed o as matters of expediency, to be vio- j ated when one party or the other j in Is it practicable, advantageous and j xpedient. If we would preserve | rcaty rights we must be in a position j o enforce them. Russia, Germany and ireat Brituiu are already established t n the East. If we are to get advan- t ages iu the East, we must be establish- t :tl there also. The Philippine islands t ire the most advantageous key to the i jastern situatiou, therefore, we must j lold to the Philippines, where we will t >e in a position to compell an equitable f livide." Senator Tillman says in effect : "The government will leave j lothiug undone to protect American t nterests in the East, and if necessary t le is willing to vote men and money j o prevent the Asiatic market from t >eing closed to our manufactures." g One senator seems to have wander- j id as far from American principles and g cachings as the other; but reducing ? he matter down to the question of , tnforcing American rights, or rather of ^ ipholdiug American commercial inter- . - ? -* r ci sts in the .fcast, tne position 01 oena- t or McLaurin seems to be more prac- ^ icable. With the conquest of the t Philippines, America will be in a posi- g ion to bold her own ; but without the G 'hilippiues, and dependiug upon send- j ug "men and money" 10,000 miles to :ontend against established antagonists t ilmost as strong there as we are at ( lorae, is not, to say the least of it, a g ileasing prospect. ^ It would be pleasing indeed if the ^ enators, in discussing this matter, t :ould hold themselves down to the [uestion of right?whether we are ire warranted in taking away from he Filipinos liberty such as we com- c >elled Great Britain to concede to us. c Then both would have to get squarely ' m the same platform. But after all it 1 3 clear that this is not the question 1 hat is moving this great country of urs. The liberty of the Filipinos is 8 mly an incident that has but little c reight. The one great issue is that 3 rbieh troubles the Spartanburg manu- c acturers ? commercial profits ? and 1 bis is the consideration that is going fc o determine fiual results. t ?~ F Leitch and the Baptists.?The e Ireenville News of last Saturday, had q be following in its report of a talk by j tev. Thomas H. Leitch : "Referring to the entertainment for ' he readiug room in Furman Univorsi- o y, Mr. Leitch said : 'There are 70,000 a laptists in South Carolina, yet there is u little religion among them that they j ave to sell ice cream to get $10 for a uiversity. My, my, what religion 1 To wonder there are some pastors e ;ho can't come out and endorse this a jeeting. If they condemned hot 1 upper religion they'd soou have to t isign and leave.' " a The Greenville Mountaineer in its j sue of Wednesday, takes Mr. Leitch ) task. It says in the first place that 1 tere are 90,000 Baptists in the state y nd at least 89,000 of them knew noth- s lg whatever of that perfectly proper \ ntertainment. Then it goes on to re- c lurk : "Are the godly women of t| freenville to be held up to derision ecause they do not conform to the n andards of every strolling preacher ' ho chooses to pitch his tent inside the a arporate limits of our city? The ii astors are able to take care of them- ? ilves ; but the women of our city are c utitled to protection, and a man who ould villify their good works and c ander their honorable purposes not ii nly deserves the execratiou of the si jinrauuity; but is totally unfit to tl reach a gospel whose aims and objects a i all ages and countries, since Jesus c alked the earth, have been upheld w y self-sacrificing women, like those d ?... l ? - TT! _ C .1 ! _ I uo 'ministered unto mm 01 meir ibstauce.' " l?f;l.strate8' Cost. E In answer to a question on the subset, the attorney general has given ft ut the following opinion relating to osts by magistrates: "In your letter V f the 14th instant you ask if 'it is iwful for a magistrate to charge and fi ollect costs in criminal cases aud turn ver the same to the county treasurer u /hen the case is dismissed ou motion S f the state or the prosecuting witness.' beg to give as my opinion that it is h nvful to charge aud collect such costs v nd make such disposition of the same, ir the reason that in case where set- v lenient is within the jurisdiction or o iscretiou of a magistrate, it is ofteu roper to dismiss the case upon condi- ?S 1011 that the state shall be held omnis h s to all the expenses of the prosecuion, and in fact such a course is often C ursued. There is no reason why the g tatc should not he reimbursed whenvc Possible for the expenses of bring- v lg criminals, or supposed criminals, to o ustice. The costs and charges so col- Ii icted must be, as you recognize in our questiou, turned over to the v ounty treasurer for the benefit of the 11 ounty." 1< LOCAL AFFAIRS, v s INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sanson Dry Goods Company?Say that v they are not giving any presents to in- b duce their customers to buy their goods ; 'j but otter all necessary inducements in the prices and quality of their goods. v They quote prices on a number of articles to show that the giving of presents y is unnecessary. l. Landlord?Offers a one-horse farm for rent. 1 rhe York Drug Store?Calls attention to "i its stock of stationery, and announces that they will receive another shipment . of Downey's bon bons next week. " Mrs. Dobson?Notifies her customers that c she is working night and day to keep h up with her hat trade. e r. F. Currence, S. H. Hay and othersNotice to trespassers. 8 r; IV/n?O xr/M?vrr % rv D n*rr .ri?ll?l.n ^ [\liiu O U.IAJLUILiA 1IJW1/, o It seems that the idea that it would h )e well for the local chapter of D. A. '< R. to get possession of the title to the v King's Mountain battlefield property, ? ias already been favorably canvassed c >y members of the organization. p As yet no overtures have been made r .o the surviving members of the Centennial association ; but it is likely hat the D. A. R. will take steps to his end at their next regular meeting. . Although it is possible that the memiers of the Centennial association may ^ lot be willing for the change, it is lardly probable. ^ There is still another plan on foot a n case the matter of the title is sue- o :essfully arranged. That is to convert A he battleground into a national park. P t is true that., heretofore, congress has j! lot been giving much attention to outhern battlefields of the Revolution ; tt >ut the considerations in this case tl eem to be favorable for the securing >f a liberal appropriation. The na- c ional organization of the D. A. R. is ? >oth numerous and influential; it is u iretty generally admitted that had n here been no King's Mountain, there n vould have been no Yorktown, and t< inder these circumstances there is rea- ^ on to believe that with proper pres- * iure congress can be induced to do the air thing. dl Aside from sentimental considera- ti ions there are certain material advan- a ages to be derived from the conver- ^ ion of the battlefield into a national ^ )ark, and there is no reason why our j tome people should not be a unit on g he^ question. A q NEGRO RAPE FIEND. ? Charley Shields, a Negro, is iD jail ft :harged with having committed rape ei n Agnes Bolin, a young white girl, ast Sunday afternoon. He was sent j"( ip by Magistrate G. C. Leech, of . iickory Grove, on Wednesday. tj From the testimony as developed at a l preliminary examination on Tues- tl lay, it appears that the victim and a rouuger sister had been sent by their ^ oother to tie the cow in a fresh graz- ^ ng place. When they were out of t{ leariug of the house, Shields, who was ti laked, rushed toward them from a vv dace of concealment, and caught Ag- ? .qo k?> ?ko Ihp/iaf nhnkincr hp.r down. " IV"^ UJ tliV blllVUVj VU The younger sister ran away scream- ^ ug, and when the mother came to the p escue she found her unfortunate r, laughter lying on the ground and un- cl ble to stand. The Negro had gone. At the preliminary, the parents of 0 tgnes gave her age as 13 years, and he younger sister's age as 10. The Q lder sister, however, is fully grown ai nd apparently much older than 13. al ?be parents are ignorant people, and oi here is reason to suppose that they ^ re mistaken ou the question of age. ^ t was with the greatest difficulty that gj he magistrate could induce the elder ^ irl to tell her story ; but he dually ic ucceeded. She identified the Negro ^ ery positively. The younger girl orroborated her sister's story up to f5 be time of the appearance of the q, aked Negro, and her flight. fc At the preliminary, Shields assumed k demeanor characterized by stolid tk idifference, and when asked as to whether he had anything to say, delined to make a statement. 3t The usual remedy in such cases was at usually mentioned ; but from the best " lformation obtainable was not given srious consideration. It seems that P| be family of the victim is very poor, nd of indifferent reputation. Of the v om mission of the crime, however, dth all the violence that has been in- Tl icated, there appears to be no doubt. . M ABOUT PEOPLE. ti Mrs. M. W. White is visiting at a] llairsville. Ui Mr. John S. Bratton is clerking for Ir. Louis Both. Bev. S. H. Hay, of Clover, was in 'orkville on Wednesday. u' Miss Norma Strauss has returned o( om a visit to New York. 3* Mr. Bobert Steele, recently of Balti- L( tore, is now with Messrs. Jus. M. tarr & Co. fli Mr. Pelbam Morrow, of Uastouia, as been down for severul days tbis u ,'eek. Mr. S. I). Patrick, of McCounells- ai ille, was in Yorkville on Wednesday, Cti n business. Cashier W. P. Harrison, of the Loan ; Savings bank, has been coufined to is room for the past 10 days. * Mrs. K. P. Franks, of Morganton, N. 111 !., is visiting friends in Yorkville, the di uest of Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Walker, Ji Mrs. Sumter Lewis, of Chester, is M isitiug in Yorkville, and is the guest vj f Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis, on ^ last Liberty street. Uncle Robin Love, who has been R< isitiug bis daughter, Mrs. J. W. Love, ear Yorkville, for some time past, di ;ft last Tuesday for Clark's Fork, T, i-here he will remain a while with his on, Mr. R. J. Love. Dr. W. M. Walker is seriously ill rith a trouble of the stomach and owels. He had a sinking spell on ^hursday, and his condition yesterduj /as hardly more favorable. Mrs. W. B. Moore, Mrs. Sam M, IeNeel and Miss Huldah MeNeel ave returned from a trip to Washing on, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New rork and other points north. Captain W. B. Smith, of Clover, was l Yorkville last Wednesday. He was aptuin ot the original jaspers it win e remembered and was recently electd an honorary member of the re-or anized company. When measured K his uniform it developed that hi> word belt, if he wears one, will have tc e considerably more than 45 inches in ?ngth, to be comfortable. This fact >'ould preclude the captain's accept nee for service in the Philippines, but f course it in no wise impairs his effiiency in the relation that the Jas >er boys now wuut him to occupy witt egard to them. THANKSGIVING DAY. President McKiuley has designated 'hursday, Nnvemher 30, as the na iou's annual Thanksgiving Day. His roclamation, which was issued las! Wednesday, is as follows : "A national custom dear to the earts of the people calls for the setting part of one day in each year as ar ccasion of special thanksgiving tc Imiirhf.v Gnd fnr the blessings of the receding year. This honored observnee acquires with time a tenderer sigcance. It enriches domestic life. Ii nmmons under the family roof tht bsent children to a glad reunion with aose they love. "Seldom has this nation had greater ause for profound thanksgiving. Nc reat pestilence has invaded oui bores. Liberal employment waits pon labor. Abundant crops have awarded the efforts of the husband ian. Increased comforts have come a the home. The national finances avo been sustained and made firmer, d all branches of industry and trade bere has been an unequalled degree ol rosperity, while there has been a teady gain in the moral and educaonal growth of our national characcter. Churches and schools have ourished. American patriotism ha* een exalted. Those engaged in main lining the honor of the flag with such ignal success have been iu a large deree spared from disaster and disease. lO honorable peace has been ratified dth a foreign nation with which we rere at war, and we are now on iendlv relations with every power on arth. "The trust which we have assumed >r the benefit of the people of Cuba as been faithfully advanced. There i marked progress toward the restoraon of healthy industrial conditions, nd under wise sanitary regulations re island has enjoyed unusual exempous from the scourge of fever. The urricane which swept over our new ossessions of Puerto Rico destroyed re homes and property of the inhabiints, called forth the instant sympary of the people of the United States, rho w?re swift to respond with generus aid to the sufferers. While the rsurrection still continues in the island f Luzon, business is resuming its ctivity and confidence in the good urposes of the United States is being tpidly established throughout the arbi pel ago. "For these reason's and countless tbers, I, William McKinley, president f the United States, do hereby name hursday, the 30th day of November ext, as a day of general thanksgiving d prayer, to be observed as such by II our people on this continent and in ur newly acquired islands, as well as y those who may be at sea orsojournig in foreign lands; and I advise rat on this day religious exercises rail .be conducted in the churches or leeting places of all denominations, i order that in the social features of - *" m a it nnf ho 16 Utty lis m^uiuuauuo uiaj uvw w ?st sight of; but feverent prayers may 3 offered to the Most High for a connuance of the Divine guidance withJt which man's efforts are vain, and >r Divine consolation to those whose indred and friends have sacrificed leir lives for our country. "I recommend also that on this day, > far as may be found practical, labor tall cease from its accustomed toil, id charity abound toward the sick, le needy and the poor." LOCAL LACONICS, rice of Cotton. The best price paid for cotton on the orkville market yesterday was 7.20. lie State Fair. The State Fair opens in Columbia on louday, November 6. The indicaons are that it will be up to the usustandard. ntil January 1st, 189U. The Twice a-Week Enquirer, lied with the latest and most reliable i\vs, will be furnished from the date 'this issue until January 1, 1900, for j cents. >st Crop by Fire. Mr. W. J. Stewart, who lives a short stance from Fort Mill, bad some bad ick on Friday of last week. Just "ter bis corn crop bad been harvested id ground into a stover, the stover lught on fire and was destroyed. sderitl Juror*. The following citizens of York coun were drawn last Tuesday to serve at ie next term of the United States strict court in Greenville: Grand irors?J. T. Foster, Hock Hill; R. C. oore, Clover; J. A. Watson, Yorklie. l'etit Jurors?Monroe Oates, irzah ; Louis Roth, Yorkville. ?ck Hill Harrow Company. The secretary of state, on Wednesly, issued a commission to S. T. Frew, , O. Flowers, R. Lee Kerr, W. C. } Hutchison, James S. White and G. H. Greene of Rock Hill, as corporators, of j the Rock Hill Harrow Manufacturing company. The capital stock is to be * , $10,000 divided into shares at $100 each. , Tax Collection*. I Treasurer Neely came home from his tax collecting tour Thursday night and set out again yesterday morning ( for Cloyer where he remains today. , He says that collections, so far, have I been about the same as under similar conditions heretofore. ' Moderator of the Syuod. I The Presbyterian synod of South ' Carolina met in Newberry last Tuesday | night with 110 member present. Rev. A. A. James, of Pacolet, preached the . opening sermon and the body was ort ganized by the election of Rev. W. G. Neville, of Yorkville, as moderator and Rev. H. R. Murchison, of Edisto | ' Island, as assistant clerk. Stewart Not Guilty. The case of Jonathan Stewart, in1 dieted in the United States district . court for raising a government note i and trying to pass the same, was tried L in Greenville last Wednesday. Stewart denied having raised the note or > that he knew it had been raised, and it ! was not made sufficiently clear to the 1 jury that he really intended to per| petrateafraud. The verdict, therefore, was not guilty. . Discovered by The Presbyterian. Associate Reformed Presbyterian: "The incident in the life of Dr. Grier, i when a wounded prisoner, and Colonel Simonton's kind treatment as noticed iu a recent issue of The Presbyterian, . is going the rounds of the papers. The , clipping as originally sent us contain> ed errors. We struck out some of the sentences and corrected the errors. ' The papers quoting this change a word 1 or two of our introductory sentences and put in the piece as matter disf covered by them. You are welcome i to it, geutlemen, if you couldn't find it in your heart to tell where you got it. ' We would like for you to tell us in ! what Pennsylvania paper you discovered it?" In our defense, .we beg to , say that we overlooked the clipping as originally published in the Presbyterian, and took it from a daily exchange which we failed to credit for the reas1 on that we did not believe the daiiy was entitled to credit. Rev. Oliver Johnson In Washington. The Washington papers have extended notices of sermons that were preached by Rev. Oliver Johnson, pastor of Neely's Creek church, in Washington lust Sunday. The following is from the Washington Post of Monday: Rev. Oliver Johnson, of Leslie, S. C., preached yesterday both morning and evening at the Central Presbyterian church. "Christiau Help and Sympathy" was the theme of the morning sermon, founded on Christ's answer to the disciples, who asked, concerning the man blind from bis birth, whether be or bis parents had sinned that the man was afflicted with blindness." John ix, 3: "iseitner nam mis muu sinned, nor bis parents; but tbat tbe i works of God should be made manifest in him." Rev. Mr. Johnson said: 1 "Christ cured the blind man, who was enabled to go his way seeing. The help thus kindly extended to a blind beggar was 'the work of God made manifest' in this instance. Tbe trend of the discourse was that the calamities and misfortunes seen in the life should not be the occasion for curious questions and harsh criticism ; but opportunities for showing sympathy and the helping hand." The subject of the sermon in the evening was "Afterward," from the text, "Bread of deceit is sweet to a man ; but afterward, his mouth shall be filled with gravel." Tbe sermon set forth the certainty with which punishment followed indulgence in sin. Many pictures were taken in vivid colors from the Bible to illustrate the scenes of suffering tbat had follow ed tne bid. ror msiauce, unci mo adultery?David ; after the drunk? Belshazzar; after the dance?Herod ; after the godless life of pleasure and self-indulgence?the rich man in the parable." Marriage In Rock Hill. Rock Hill correspondence: The First Presbyterian church was fittiugly aud most elaborated decorated Wednesday evening for the marriage of two of our most popular youDg people, Miss Florence Lee Nance and Mr. Paul Workman. The pulpit was literally buried in beautiful potted plants, while overhead a canopy of goldenrod garlands shaded the platform. Where the participants stood a white carpet was laid and the block of reserved seats was cut off with goldenrod. A unique and very beautiful feature of the affair was the singing by the Cecilia chorus, of Winthrop college. Promptly at the hour appointed, 7.30 o'clock, the chorus girls, all dressed in white, entered from the rear of the pulpit and took stands upon the platform. Directed by Professor Strong, who stood in the gallery opposite, they sweetly sang the beautiful bridal chorus from Lohengrin as the bridal party entered the church from the front and slowly marched down the long aisles. Preceding the attendants were the ushers, Mr. T. Valdora McFadden and Mr. C. C. Little. They were followed