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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-07-11

OF the confederate generals who fought
at Gettysburg, Lee, EweH and Hill are
dead Longstreet is the only surviving
corps commander. On the Union side
Meade, Reynolds, Hancock, Sedgwick
and Sykes are dead. Sickles, Slocum,
Butterfeld Howard and Pleasanton sur
yiye and attended the reunion. Fast
are the old veterans passing away-both
officers and privates. LII few years the
reunions will turn into celebrations of
historical facts, without the presence Of
the mon who made the events celebrated,
a part of the country's history.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-07-11
THE BLUE AND GRAY.

Il !.
AT the reunion OF the blue and gray
at Gettysburg, on the Cd, 3D. and 18th OF
July, General Sickles, OF New York, pre-
sided. When he had been introduced he
spoke as follows:
"This assemblage marks an epoch.
You are survivors of two. great armies.
You and your comrades fought here the
decisive battle Of a long and terrible
civil war. Twenty five years have
passed, and now the combatants of 1868
come together again on your old field Of
battle to unite in pledges of love and de-
votion to one constitution, one union and
one flag. Today there are no victors, no
vanquished. As Americans. all claim a
common share in the glories of this bat
tie field, memorable for SO many brill
liant feats of arms. No stains rest on the
colors of any battalion, battery or troop,
that contended here for victory. Gal
liant Buford, who began the battle, and
brave Picketts, who closed thc struggle,
fifty represent the intrepid hosts that'for
days rivaled each other in titles to mar
tial renown. Among hundreds of me-
mortal structures on the field there is
not one bearing an. inscription that
wounds the s1lsceptibilities of an honora-
BILE and gallant foe. We all share in
the rich harvest reaped by the whole
country from the new America, learn on
this battlefield, when the republic conse-
Grated the institutions to liberty and
justice.
SIT is sometimes said that it is not
wise to perpetuate the memories of the
civil war. The conflict of 1S61-65 was
war of institutions and systems and
policies. The memories of such war
are as indestructible as our civilization.
The names of Lincoln and Lee and
Grant and jackson can never be effaced
from our annals. The valor and forti-
tude and achievements of both armies
demand record in American history.
The war of 1865 was our heroic age.
It demonstrates the vitality of repub-
ican institutions.
cit illustrated the mortal spirit and
sources of geniuses of the American SOL
dier and sailor. 1t was war in which
sentiments and ideas dominated inter
ests. We now see that the obstinancy
of the war on both sides compelled a set
Element of all the elements Of distinction
between the north and south an earlier
peace might have been mere truce. We
fought until the furnace Of war melted
all our discords and moulded. us into
one homogeneous nation"
General Gordon, Of Georgia, also de-
livered grand Grafton that thrilled the
crowds sof veterans present. Altogether
the reunion was the most successful of
any yet held! May they continue to
improve annually in peace and friendli-
ness.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-07-11

Territory of Dakota, County of Lawrence. 49,.
J. J. Dayenport cashier Of the above-naned
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. j. J. DAVENPORT, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th
day of July, 1883. MAX HoEHN,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
VIM. E. JONES,
CHARLES Francis, Directors.
HENRY u. BAILEY,
No. of bank, $3.50.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-07-11

Miss Belva Lockwood, the woman
suffragist candidate, is reported to have
said in a moment of enthusiasm: 'Let
us strip for.the fray. Well, now, Belva,
don't. All parties are considering that
this campaign is to be run on a respecta-
BILE basis, SO, for consistency's sake, don't
strip. Mankato MINI Register.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-07-11

REPORT or THE CONDITION
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF STURGIS. AT sTURGIS. IN THE TERRI
TORY OF DAKOTA, AT THE CLOSE OF
BUSINESS JUNE 80, 1888.
REQ0TTRfE2
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-07-11

The losses of the three days battle at
Gettysburg are officially stated as fol-
lows: Union, 3,O72 killed; 14,497
wounded; 5,434 missing; total, 23,003.
Confederate, 2,572 killed; 1900 wound
ed; $3.50 missing; total, 20, 451, making
grand total of 43,454 men blotted
almost out of the world. These figures
were brought to mind by the recent re-
union Of the blue and gray on that blood
hallowed field, last week.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-07-11

An enthusiastic Irish celebfator was
walking around on Fifteenth street, near
Douglas, Wednesday night, with a big
thirty-cent firecracker jammed down in
hip pocket, fuse out, when a bad man
happened along and touched the thing
off, When the mists had cleared away a
wild Irishman was seen flying down the
street with the seat of his trousers look
ing like the ragged end of steamboat
explosion or the remains of an old vol
cano. Omaha Republican.
The given names of the republican
candidates, Benjamin and Levi, both be-
ing those of tribes of Israel, are stimu-
lating some investigation as to what they
meant in the original Hebrew. The first
signifies s'the son OF the right hand" and
the second means "binding together"
The interest in this matter suggests the
observation of the Hoosier democrat at
st. Louis: cleveland and Thurman
we'll, their names will be the same next
November-it'n be Dennis r'-New
York Tribune. III
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10

about the sale of indulgences, was tabooed
by the school committee early in the sum-
mer, and a high school teacher, who had
commented on the subject in a manner
which wounded the feelings of his Catholic
pupils, was transferred to another post of
duty. The agitators, including some Of
the most prominent clergymen in the city,
seized upon this as an evidence of the
Jesuits' alleged determination to wreck
the American public school system, and a
campaign started which is resulting in this
rallying of the women in defence of what
they consider their imperilled liberties.
The watchwOrd, as given by one of the
speakers at the great Faneuil Hall meeting
in June, vas "NO more Catholics in the
school board, no more Catholic teachers in
the schools"
Meetings are held nightly all over the
city and in the suburbs, at which PrOtes-
tant women are urged to register and vote,
and the result is something wonderful.
Archbishop Williams, Editor O'Reilly,
of the Pilot, and Editor Mcguire, of the
Republic, look upon this crusade with
equanimity, confident that such intolerance
will only injure it's abettors. They are
OutspOken against retaliation and advise
the m of their church to abstain from
enrolling themselves, preferring to let the
storm blow itself out. Certain Democrat
ic politicians have, however, taken a differ
ent view of the situation, and within the
last few days Celtic and italian faces have
begun to appear in the throngs about the
assessors. Women of all classes appear for
registration, and it is thought the Protes-
tants are Outnumbered by the Catholics.
All are apparently in dead earnest, and
from the nature of the case it is fair to pre-
sumo that the vast majority of the Protes.
tant women will be able to meet all the
tests of the registrars, but the foreign born
women may find it difficult to satisfy the
naturalization laws.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
Correspondence Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
LETTER FROM ROCK HILL.

Rock HILL, October Son the after
noon of the 18th ultimo, the gin house OF
Mr.. John D. Cornwell, of this township,
was burned. The fire occurred about .
o'clock. At the time of the fire, Mr.. Corn
wall was feeding the gin, and discovered
the fire at his feet. 1t spread so rapidly
that he was compelled to leave the house.
There was about two bales of cotton burn
ed. The cause of the fire is supposed to be
from a spark from the engine. The loss to
Mr.. COrnwell was heavy, as he had no in
Surance.
Our town has been visited by a number
of strangers, most of them delegates to the
Chester Baptist Association, which con-
vened here on Wednesday last, and proved
to be quite q pleasant occasion, not only to
the church, but to the citizens of our town.
A number of interesting addresses on diff
ferent subjects to the interest of the church
and the good of the people in general were
delivered.
Rev. r. w. Sanders, of Chester, wa Sc
lected as moderator and Mr.. w. II. Ed
wards, of Rock Hill, secretary, and Mr..
II. S. Hardin, of Beaver Dam church,
Chester county, treasurer,
The attendance was large. The meeting
adjourned on Saturday night. A number
of delegates remained over until to-day.
The union protracted meeting of the
different churches of our town will begin
on Wednesday night. A very interesting
series of meetings is expected. HAL.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10

Mrs. E. F. Currey, wife of Mr.. S. A,
Currey, of Wildwood, Fla, who has been
on a visit of several weeks to friends and
relatives in this place and county, was
summoned home yesterday by telegraph
in consequence of severe illness of her hus'
band.
Mrs. G. NJ. Lowrance, of this place, re-
ceived notice yesterday of the death of hel
mother in Statesville, n. c., which occurred
on Monday night.
Mr.. G. Gibbons, of Corning, N. Y, son OF
Capt. w. G.. Gibbons the railroad contract.
or, arrived here on Monday. He will act
as clerk and book-keeper for his father.
&Capt. M. G. Lewis and Capt. A.. S. Smith,
railroad contractors, are OF a visit to their
homes, the former at Hamden, N. Y, and
the latter at Stroudsburg, Pa.
We learn by the Northampton, Mass,
Herald that MI. G. A. Sanderson has on
exhibition at the Northampton fair a fine
saddle of superior workmanship, made in
Florida, and exhibited in Yankee land
as a specimen at Southern skill. After il
goes the rounds of two or three other fairs,
the Herald says, "a South Carolina gentle
man, who is considerably over six feet and
weighs more than 300, will have it to keep
permanently" This meagre description
closely fits a Yorkville man
Rev. R. A. Webb, former pastor of Beth,
ell Presbyterian Church in this county, but
who has accepted a call to Westminster
Church, Charleston, preached his first SER
mon to his new congregation last Sunday
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
Correspondence Of the YOrkville Enquirer.
NOTES FROM HICKORY GROVE.

HICKORY GROVE, October 9.-The track
of the Three Cs Railroad reached this
place at about II o'clock to-day, and the
arrival of the 'iron gang"-a new and
novel sight to many-WaS witnessed by a
large number of all sexes, ages and condi-
tons.
The sound of the saw and hammer has
been ringing in our town for some time.
The firm of S. w. Whisonant e. Co., has
just completed and moved into their new
store building, a spacious room of % by 10
feet. The neat siX-room cottage of S. NJ.
Whisonant is nearing completion. Mr..
James w. Castles is building Il neat five
room cottage. a. b. Crosby, Of Blacks,
is building a business house at this place.
Messrs. Wylie d Whisonant are building a
livery stable.
The business men here have made ar
engagements to buy cotton and will COM
mence as o as the railroad gets in a con-
ditiOn to ship from this point, and freight
rates are established.
The thing 10Y most needed in our town
is a good boarding house, which we hope
some enterprising man will take hold of at
once.
The next thing to be looked after is a
good school, which will work wonders for
our town and the surrounding country.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
DEATH OF r. FRANK CLARK.

Mr.. R. Frank Clark died at his residence
in this place at s o'clock last Monday
morning, 9Th instant, in the 63rd year OF
his age. Mr.. Clark had long been identi.
fed with the interests of Yorkville, having
been a citizen of the town since 1855, when
he left his home in what was then Lincoln,
but is now a part Of CASTOR county, N. c.,
to cast his lot with our people. He enlisted
in the Confederate Army as a member OF
the Jasper Light Infantry, but before the
close of the war, on account of physical
disability, he was detailed for hospital
duty at Richmond and elsewhere. After
the close of the wal he engaged in mer-
chandising in Yorkville, which he pursued
until about 1882, when on account of fail
ing health he retired from business. His
disease was paralysis with which he was
first attacked in 1881. On Friday morning
he was attacked by the third stroke, from
which he rallied. His funeral,
which was largely attended, occurred yes
terday, from the Presbyterian church,
Rev. T. R. English conducting the services.
The obsequies were in charge of the Ma
sonic fraternity, of which he was a mem
Der, though the burial rites of that order
were not observed at the interment.
Mr.. Clark married Miss Jennie Riddle,
sister of Mr.. G. L. Riddle, who and a
daughter, survive him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
BOSTON WOMEN vs.. CATHOLICISM,

The women of Boston are being assessed,
as a prerequisite to voting, in such num-
bers as to utterly ovcrwhelm the clerical
force in the assessors Office. Nothing like
it has ever before been known, the num-
Der having reached over q 1900, while the
greatest previous number has been less than
1000. The CAUSE of the agitation is ex-
planned by the New York Herald to have
been stirred up over the alleged interfer-
ence by the Catholics with the public
school question. The law provides that
female citizens may vote for school COM
mitteemen in all town and city elections,
provided they are assessed, pay fifty cents
poll tax, and are registered. The city
elections in Massachusetts, all come in De-
cembcr, and it is against this day that all
the preparation is making. The Herald
thus explains the origin of the excitement:
Swinton's history, with its paragraph
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
PRESBYTERIAN MEETING.
Reported for the Yorkville Enquire

Reported for the Yorkville Enqulrer.]
The First Presbytery of the Associate
| Reformed Presbyterian Church met at
| New Sterling, near Statesville, n. c., on
the 1st of October, instant. About 10 min
| listers and elders wero present.
Large congregations were in attendance,
| especially on Sunday. The meeting was
most harmonious throughout.
The reports Of the congregations were
| very encouraging. The gain in member
ship for the year was very large, being
nearly double what it has been during any
year of its history; one of its churches
Bethany, York county-reporting Is &C
essions for the year.
A petition, signed by 30 members Of the
church ut Smyrna, for the organization OF
a church at Hickory Grove, was received
by Presbytory and the request granted.
The organization is to be effected o and
steps at once taken to build church edifice.
A petition was received from the church
in YOrkville, to the following effect:
Inasmuch as there is Il law in our book
of Discipline forbidding the use Of instru-
ments in divine service, and iEasmuch as
certain congregations are violating that
law, the undersigned members of the
church at Yorkville respectfully petition
Presbytery to memorabilia Synod, either
to enforce the aforesaid law, or to repeal
the same. P~resbytery forwarded the pc
titiOn.
Presbytery decided to revive and enforce
the old law requiring pastors to perform
pastoral visitation and c~atechetical instruc-
ton from house to house; to divide all
congregations into districts, assigning a
district to each elder and requesting him
to visit all the families in his quarter once
a year and give religious instruction, visit
ing the sick and reading and praying with
them.
Also, to petition Synod to take steps to
modify the law, refusing baptism to the
children of those parents, who habitually
neglect family worship.
Mr.. j. p. Knox, il student under care of
PreSbytcry, preached Il trial sermon on Sat
urday. He is an earnest and imprisoned
speaker, and his scrmon, in every way was
far above the average.
Presbytcry holds its next session in
Chester.
Rev. W.. y. Love, formerly of York
county, was elected and presided as mod
orator. G..
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lying on the road, he went up and found
the body of Lucy Smith.

lying on the road, he went up and found
the body Of Lucy Smith.
Mack Smith testified to being the hus-
band of the deceased, and that she and her
step-father, Sam Phifer, had frequent quar-
rels.
Mack Witherspoon testified to having
seen Sam Phifer in the door of Lucy's
house, early Monday morning.
Barbara Phifer, mother of the deceased,
testified that her husband, Sam Phifer, left
home that morning when the sun was
about half ans.hour high, and that Lucy
left her house to 60 to her home when the
sun was about an hour and half a high. Sam
used to whip Lucy when she staid at home.
Milton Jackson testified to having heard
two shots on that morning when the sun
was about an hour high, and that Sam
Phifer came to his house when the sun was
about two hours high.
The jury rendered the following verdict :
"That Lucy Smith came to her death from
two pistol shot wounds in the hands of
persons unknown to the jury"
Subsequently, circumstances pointing to
Sam Phifer as the author of the crime, on
the affidavit Of ]. R. Williams, Trial JUS
tice Bell issued a warrant for the arrest OF
Phifer and he was lodged in Jail on Monday
evening.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
INTERESTING LECTURE.

On Sunday evening last Rev. Neil E.
Pressly, in charge of the A. R. P. Mission
in Mexico, delivered a very interesting
lecture in the A. R. P. Church at this
place on the subject of his work and that
ofhis c%o-laborers of other denominations in
that country. A large audience heard the
discourse, the other churches in town inter-
uniting services IN their respective houses
of worship in order to give members of
their congregations an opportunity to at
tend. Mr.. Pressly speaks e~ncouragingly
and hopefully of the success of the cause
in which he is engaged. He will return to
his work, sailing from Philadelphia, the
latter part of this month.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
Correspondence Of the YorkYille Euqnirer.
MATTERS IN BULLOCK'S CREEK.

BULLOCK's CREEK, October S.-There
was a ripple of excitement among the col
0red people of this section on Friday last,
on account of the absence for two days and
nights of Abe Coed, an aged and intirm
negro, who has been in the habit of going
from house to house, he having no home.
He attempted to go from DIR. j. b. Goods
place to HoodtoWn by a path. Night
overlook him after he entered a wood near
w. r. PlexicO's, where he sat down to rest,
but being weak and intirm, he was unable
to proceed farther, and hence his enforced
absence and seclusion for two days and
nights. Mr.. PleXico caused search to be
made for him, and after he was found, with
assistance, he proceeded or his journey.
We are all well pleased with the new or
gan at this place. Our choir meets weekly
for practice. We have a splendid organist,
Rev. Mrs. Smith, whom the whole congre-
CATION is delighted with. / am glad to
note that much interest is manifested in
our meetings, and hence a great improve
ment in music and church attendance gen
orally.
We will have no preaching on next Sum
day, as u pastor will be absent attending
Synod; but Sunday-school will be conduct
ed as usual.
Our farmers are very busy now, gather
ing their crops and preparing them for
market. WARD.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
replaced by more substantial structures a

replaced by more substantial structures as
soon as circumstances warrant.
Tracklaying was completed yesterday to
Hickory Grove, thirteen miles west of
town. The force will now return and sur
face up between Yorkville and Hickory
Grove, to which place it is contemplated
to open the road for all regular trains on
the 22nd instant. 1t is not probable that
much ~tracklaying will be done this week
beyond Hickory Grove, but the assurance
is given that the roadbed will be ready,
and with fewer obstacles in the delivery of
materials than were presented east of York
vile, the remaining gap between Hickory
Grove and Blacks will be speedily filled
after tracklaying is resumed.
1t is contemplated to have a grand cele-
bration at Blacks after the road is finish
ed to that town, an important feature OF
which will be a display of minerals, iron
ores, gems, &C., gathered from York and
adjoining counties. Capitalists and man.
ufacturers will be invited to come and take
quainting them with the abundant miner
al and other natural resources of this Sec
ton of the country through which the road
runs.
Four new locomotives have recently
been received in Charleston for the Three
C's, and they are being put together for i'm,
mediate service. One of them is named
"Yorkville." One of these locomotives,
the Lancaster" a coal burner, brought a
train to Yorkville yesterday afternoon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-10
Here's Good Proof

The annexed testimonial from a well-known
citizen Of high character is the most convincing
argument that can be given as to the value and
merits of Calisaya Tonic, as the great Southern
Remedy:
Messrs. Westmoreland Bros, Gents.-I got
from you a b~ottle!!ofC alisaya Tonic for my little
daughter who had been Frustrated with fever,
and was very weak, and had no appetite: She
had not used more than half the bottle before
she had an excellent appetite, and regained her
strength with astonishing rapidity. l believe
it to be an excellent tonic.
Yours truly, CHARLIE F. HOKE.
Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic, the great
Southern Remedy, is now put up in square am
graphic label, and a red metal cap over the cork,
with the following imprint in top of cap
"Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic. Westmore.
land Bros Sole Proprietors, Greenville $. {. :
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CHURCH NOTICES.

Observation-Disclosures at $50 P. NJ.
Presbyterian-Rev. T. r. English, Pas
tor. Sunday-school at $50 P. NJ.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rev.
J.. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next
Sunday at Tirzah at II A. M. Services in
Yorkville at 7.3O P. NJ. Sunday-school at
$50 P. M.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. w. w. DAN
lei, Pastor. Services this evening at 7.3O
o'clock by Rev. A. M. Chreitzberg, P. E.
Services next Sunday at II A. M. and 7.3O
P. NJ. Sunday-school at $50 P. NJ.
Baptist-Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor.
Communion services next Sunday at II
A. M. Conservation services on Friday
and Saturday nights at 7.3O o'clock. Sun
day-school at 4 P. NJ. Prayer-meeting
Tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock.