Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-05
,nARLOTrE's CONTRIBUTION.
Great Excitement Across the Line
The SuBday-schooI Convention.

Special telegram to the Dispst;h.l
CHARLOTTE, y. G., April Our neigh
b0rs lust across !he south Carolina line,
in York county, are now IN the midst OF
a healed excitement, aud II reports to-day
can he relied on great trouble is likely to
break ont at any moment. Last February
". e. AUernethy. q quiet aud pracelble
merchant. was most brulal,y murdered IN
hls store by three negroes, who Afterwards
were captured by detectives. The murder
was committed with the view OF rnbbnR
the store. When the three nurderefs-
Cnsrles GcManus, John &. Feasier. and
Charles IastOn--were carried 90 JAIL al
Rock Hill they were NIT by a bowling
mob Of two hundred men w0o de.
manded the mucdoreis OF the officers
ana were ready to place ropes about their
necks Dut minister OF the Gospel appeared
and persuaded the mob 10 Gisperse. The
muFderers were then taken to The lorkYille
jail, but II was only few days after that
another attempt was made 10 lI1ch them.
and they only escaped TIE cope 10y being
carried out OF the county, but even inen
they were pursued by mob Tor several
miles. They were carried u Columbia io-
saie-keeping Their trial began In York
vile to-day, and Yesterday Governor Rich
ardson, fearing repetition OF The tragedy % Ia
lew ears ago when four men were taken ron
the iorEYlie jall on the nignt before thelr
trial was 10 commence and lynched, ordered
that military company, fully equppcu,
escort the prisoners 10 l0rkV!lr and remain
as guard during the ttiil. The prisoners
came In on the train with a military escort
Last night, and the company was stationed
about Tue jail Reports SAY there ale mote
than three hundred men organized, VINO
swear they viii lynch The prisoners, ana
bloody outbreak is feared al any moment.
Tie Sunday School Convention adlOurn-
ed tonight after three days session. Wit
miueton vas chosen as the place FOR the next
meeting. The following were elected as
delegates 10 represent the state at the
Worlds Convention which meets in London
next July: Colonel l.. J. Parrish, OF Dur
ham; Professor ". a. Blair, Of Winston;
Captain Yirginius Ballard, oi Durham;
Rev. A. ". Miller, y. d.. o. Charlotte;
George Chatham, Of Wilmington; Or. n,
G.. Ramsey. Of Salisbury; John {. Davis, Of
Wilmington, and Henry {. Wall, OF Rich'
mond county.
The following resolutions were uuani'
mousiv adopted this afternoon;
ResOiued by tie Sgndoy- school COnpe"-
ton OF North CdrOlihO, |, That We recoy-
nize the decoration Of the Sabbath as one Of
The most rcprebensble evils Of our age and
country. and one which threatens 10 Increase
by reason OF the influx u large numbers 81
immigrants into the United states from those
nations OF Europe where the sabbath * less
reyered than even among ourselves. and We
recommend to our co. Workers IL the Sabbath
schools toe faithful instruction OF those
under their charge in regard 10 the high inn
p0rtance and solemn duty. OF Remembering
the sabbath 10 keep II nOY.'
.. That we but state a truth which - be-
coming generally admitted by all thinking
men that intempeTance is one OF the most
destructive evils by which our country Is
afflicted: ruinOus 10 individuals; inimica to
the peace and happiness OF families and The
welfare ~ society; the destroyer OF man
hoods homes, the breaker OF wOmcn's hearts;
fruitful source Of orphsnage, poverty. and
crime: and we exhOrt all who are engaged
with us IN training the young TO instil into
their minds the proper views on THIS subject,
and 10 impress upon their hearts the lesson
that one OF the grandest and most essential
duties OF the present and rising generation IS
the total eradication Of this great EVIL from
our lind.
3. That we send greetings TO all every
where who are enlisted in tue glorious sab
hath.schoo cause, 30 iull OF promise and
hope for the future; and we especially urge
upon our brethren OF the various counties OF
North Carolina that they redouDle their zeal
and efforts to increase both the numbers and
efficiency Of the sabbath schools IN every
part OF the State.
One thousand dollars was subscribed az a
fund for the State Convention.
John Postou, a colored brakeman, was yes
terday knocked down from box-cr by a
bridge near Shelby and instantly Killed.
Tuesday night William L. Mills. young
man. went TO the home OF Miss Abbie Gibbs,
10 Polk county, and at midnight he placed a
ladder from the ground to her up-siairs-room
window, and while her parents sept tho
two FASTENED 10 a nearby magistrate aRd
were married