Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 07, 1875, Image 2
?and Jacts. I;
"Shingle weddings" are coming into 1
fashion. This novel wedding takes place when 1
the first born is old euough to spank.
, Mrs. Lincoln, who is staying with her ^
sister at Springfield, Illinois, accosts every 1
one with, "Now, you don't believe me insane, '
do you ?" I |
In one of the large London hotels they j
have introduced steam machinery for wash* j:
ing the dirty plates and dishes, and also for
cleaning boots and knives and forks. It is
said to answer well.
The Commissioners of the Fred man's
Savings and Trust Company will commence
paying a dividend of tweuty per cent, on all
audited claims on the 1st of November next,
at their office in Washington.
The Governor of Virginia has issued a
proclamation fixing the 28th of October as the
time for unveiling Foley's statue of Stonewall rj
Jackson, and inviting the people of the Commonwealth,
and all others who admire the character
of Jackson,, to atteud on the occa- 0
sion. c
The growth of Gainesville, Georgia in *
population and business, since the completion
* ? i i a A r I ^
or tne iucnmona ana .turnout .nr ume ivan-11
road, on which it is located, has, been quite i ?
remarkable. The road has been completed j,
only two years, and in that time the value of r
town property has increased from $86,000 to J
$880,000. 1
One of the remarkable men of the Ala- 1
ma Constitutional Convention is Col. Bethea. ?
Ho is a lawyer, but has had only one case in
his life. It was his first aud last. The ce.se 0
involved a large amount of property, and his _
fee was $60,000, and with this he gracefully
retired from the bar. A legal career so brief
and so brilliant has probably been the lot of
no other man since litigation began. ?i
It is a significant fact that the New c
York Times, a journal of considerable pol- c
itical sagacity, predicts the final defeat of v
hard money men, and thinks there is no room g
for doubt that, when it comes to the final con- ^
test, the force of numbers, as well as the boldness,
the earnestness and the hopefulness so D
necessary to success, are all with the green- P
back party. a
The agricultural report from the department
at Washington, says the tobacco r
crop has greatly fallen off since the last re- t,
port. From a condition of twenty per cent. n
" tknoranmoin Tlllw ntTur Qiinfomhpr thfl f
OUU*C bllC ovciag^ IU %J UIJ Ufvi ^
report indicates a deduction of ten per cent. ^
below the average. East of the Alleghany tj
Mountaius there has been on the whole an |(
improvement. The Virginia returns indicate a
a condition twelve per cent, above the aver- Q
age. Kentucky has fallen from 134 to 86. e
The greatest sale of prints ever made in n
America, was concluded at the establishment n
of H. C. Claflin <fe Co., in New York, on Fri- a
day. In connection with some sales which a
were made on the previous day, over seven p
thousand cases of the most celebrated brands
were disposed of at prices lower than ever t
before, ranging from five and a quarter to six c
and three-quarter cents, the terms being net ii
sixty days, or two per cent, off ten days. Ev- t
ery State in the South and Southwest was ii
represented at the sale. f
They have a fountain of death in Penn- t
sylvauia. It is on Nebow Ridge, near Read- s
ing. The water is cold, but bubbles and foams f
as if boiling. The bubbling is caused by a s
deadly gas. There is no animal life within t
a hundred yards of the fountain. Birds that v
fly over the spring and too near fall dead, a
Snakes have been thrown into the charmed e
circle of its influence and died in three min- t
utes. It is estimated that it will destroy hu- c
man life in twenty minutes, but the actual s
experiment has not been made. The State f
ought to doom a criminal to the fountain of \
death and see how long he could stand it. g
It is said that a venturesome fellow once a
stood over the pool five miuutes and found it i c
1-ai ? I* i t I ^
very uiinuuii iu getaway ui tuuc iu> uosiwji v.
respiration to resume. c
A remarkable instance of death bed re- s
peutance has just occurred in Butler county,
Kv. A man who was very ill, confident
that his last hour was fast approaching, seut
for a magistrate, and made a confession that
in the year 1870 he had murdered a man
named Charles Mitchell, on Green river,
llis story was that during the war he and
Mitchell had robbed a man named Davenport
in Warren county, and that in the division
of the spoils Mitchell had taken more
than his share. In revenge, the self-confessed
murderer watched his victim for ten years
with the purpose of killing him, and at last, ?
when a favorably opportunity presented itself,
he shot him through the heart. Mitchell,
when shot, was stauding on a barge, and his
body fell into the river. It wa3 never found,
and though suspicions of foul play were enter- i
tained, there was no proof even of his death.
The man who fired the fatal shot, having j
eased his conscience by confession, immedi- ^
ately began to get better, and now promises
to regain his health entirely. In the meantime
the officers of the law are preparing to 1
arrest and prosecute him whenever he has t
recovered sufficiently to be safely removed
from his bed. 1
The newspapers in the East, as well as 1
in the West, all agree that there has been a <
marked and healthy improvement in the various
branches of trade during the past two
weeks. The New York World, of Sunday, in (
noting this revival, says that "the average (
crops throughout the country exceed anything t
known during the last ten years," while "the t
receipts of all the shipping ports since September
1, 1875, have been larger than they (
were during the corresponding time last year."
The New York Herald of Monday says that .
"inquiries thus made within a few days show 1
an extremely satisfactory condition of trade. '
The fall business doing by the wholesale dry
goods merchants is unexpectedly large. Sev- <
eral of the leading houses express their sur- (
prise at its extent, and say that trade has not
been so good for five years past. There is a (
livelier demand, and buyers are more numerous."
A letter from St. Louis makes the ^
claim that most of the branches of trade are 1
better in that city than in any other city in
the country; and a dispatch from Chicago i
states that "the dry goods jobbers there report j
i 1 C ,L. * 1. *1 I'
Jarger Dusiuess iur me jmsi ween man uaa
ever before been transacted in that branch of!1
trade in the same length of time." The fall!'
trade is proving to be very heavy, the country : I
merchants throughout the Northwest buying
freely, and the outlook in business is very :
promising. Upon the whole it is most grati- |
lying for a healthy revival of trade through- i
out the country?not such forced activity as ]
would lead to wild speculation, over-trading }'
and extravagance?but a regular, steady, le- 1
gitimate and growing business. 11
Some one who has taken the trouble j?
to post himself on the laws governing rail-1
road passenger travel, says that extra charges |
for failure to buy tickets are universally bus- i
tained by the courts; but there must be a full i'
opportunity to buy afforded by the ticket- j1
seller. Passengers must show tickets wheu ,'
asked for. As to "stopping off," there is i
only one decision, which is that a passenger
caunot "stop of" and resume his journey without
the previous assent of the company. As j
to the obligation of the road to furnish a j (
seat to a passenger, a decision says: "A passenger
who exhibits his ticket need uotsurren-11
der it until he has been furnished with a seat, j
A railroad is not liable for things stolen out of
a passenger's seat, there beiug no previous delivery
to the company's servants; for the
same reason the compauy is not liable for baggage
in the passenger's own care. Passengers 1
who neglect to look after their own baggage,
on arrival at their destination, cannot recover
it if it is lost without fault of carrier.
Baggage left in station houses for the passenger's
convenience, after it has reached its
destination, come3 under a new class of rights
and duties, the baggage master assuming the i
position of "gratuitous bailee," who only becomes
liable in case of gross negligence. The
obligation of the railroad as carrier ceases
when it has delivered to its owner, at the
place of destination, or when he has had rea
ionable opportunity of receiving and removng
it. It will interest sportsmen to know
;hat they may recover for the valuable dogs
when they entrust them to baggage masters
for care, because of their exclusion from the
passenger cars.
IjorMIr (gfnquim.
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DOES MANUFACTURING PAY ?
The Columbus (Georgia) Times, published
u a city which in the Southern States, can
laim some prominence as a manufacturing
ity, advances the following arguments in faor
of the establishing of cotton mills in the
iouth. The facts presented are forcible, ami
rell worty of consideration as pointing unmistakably
to the course our people should
ursue in order to acquire prosperity and the
bility to depend upon our own resources :
Five hundred hands?able-bodied men?are
equired to make two thousand bales of cotmn
in one year. Four bales to the hand is
lore than the average amount produced.
)ne hundred women and children can spin
bis amount of cotton into yarns in the same
ime it takes five hundred hands to produce
t. It is a principle ot political economy inai
11 values added to the raw material add so
juch wealth to the section where it is bestowd.
Spun cotton is worth nearly double as
juch as the raw material. One hundred woien
and children can add as much wealth to
locality where they spin cotton into yarns,
3 five hundred able-bodied field hands who
iroduce the raw cotton thus manufactured.
Now, if these conclusions are correct, and
he calculation is made for the entire cotton
ropofthe South, it is evident that in buildtig-numerous
small manufactories we adopt
he speediest way to attain prosperity and an
ncrease of population There is not a small
actory in the State?limited to the manufacure
of yarns?that has not paid handsomely
ince the panic of 1873. Some have netted
orty per cent. In all parts of the State where
mall farms prevail, it is becoming customary
o send the cotton to a centrally located gin
vhich gins for the neighborhood, taking toll
s grist-mills do. Now, suppose a factory is
istablished on these centrally located plantaions,
to spin the cotton into yarns, and the
totton be pressed into bales of yarns and then
hipped, is it not self-evident that the enter>rise
would pay ? Of course, these factories
vill be few in number until the profit becomes
generally known, but we believe in the end,
~?t? -rti,Q nn nrnfita Klo nnmiiil
ID IJJCU UlVp V/Ul v/? uuv uu|/*vuvmw4v ^ v- . ^
if cultivating large plantations on borrowed
:apital, they will see that this idea is practi:al
and pregnant with great results. Intead
of one man being the owner of the "cusom"
gin house, a grange or co-operative so:iety
will build a factory like that of Mr.
Rhodes Browne, in Columbus, with tne "ddiion
of the Decessary gins. The yarns will be
hipped either to the North or to Europe, and
vill command a more ready sale than raw
:otton now does. The profit now paid to the
nanufacturer and middleman will be kept at
lome, and enrich the producer, who is now so
joorly paid for his toil. This is the mission
if the South in the near future, and it should
)e placed before every agricultural or Grange
ociety in the States. It will be more profita>le
than Grange warehouses.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Greenville is to have a $495 clock, with
i $250 bell.
? James T. Aldrich, Esq., a prominent
awyer of Barnwell, died at his residence in
;hat town on Sunday of last week.
? Maj. C. D. Melton, of Columbia, is still
ying very low, and but little hope is enter;ained
of his recovery.
? The population of Columbia is 14,549,
Whites, 5,151; colored 9,398. The total popuation
of Richland county is 84,245. Whites
),346; colored, 24,902.
? The ladies of Abbeville have a talking
;lub. Gossip and scandal is forbidden, the
? i? ? .c ? ?n j
)Uiy SUUJttUUJ Ui uuuvci'danuu onuwcu uunig
;hose bearing on domestic economy, religion
ind fashion.
? Mr. William Walker, of Spartanburg
;ounty, a student and teacberof sacred music,
ind author of "Southern Harmony" and sirnlar
works, died in Spartanburg on Friday of
:he week before the last, aged 60.
? The Memphis Appeal contains the details
)f the murder of John Greer, in Mississippi
:ounty, Arkansas, committed several weeks
igo. The murdered man is a native of South
Carolina, and was living by himself in a cabir
far from any other habitation. It is supposed
he was killed for his money.
? Judge Mackey has informed Mr. Johr
W. Walker, Sheriff elect of Chester county
that the Supreme Court has recently decided
that a Sheriff, elected at a special election
holds his office for four years. Mr. Walker's
term will, therefore, continue until August
1879.
? The Columbia correspondent of the New
2nd Courier mentions that Senator John J
Patterson has applied for the benefits of th<
homestead act, and that on Saturday last th<
sheriff of Richland county was engaged in set
ting aside the homestead under "Hones
John's" application.
? The gross receipts of the Charlotte, Colum
bia ami Augusta Road for the months of Au
gust and September, of this year, show an in
crease of 816,003.89 over the same months o
last year. The comparative expenses for tin
3auie period are 86,543.77 in favor of thi
year.
? J. H. Stuart, L. C. Scott and Kenuetl
Young, three colored students at the Soutl
Carolina College, while traveling to Columbii
on the Air Line road, refused to go into th<
car assigned them, and the two former were pu
off atGaffuey's station by the conductor, win
also forced Young to a take particular car
The students intend prosecuting the conduc
tor and his assistants in the ejectment.
? The Preston property in Columbia wa
sold by the sheriff of Richland county 01
Monday last as the property of Emma R. Mc
ses and ex-Governor F. J. Moses, and wa
purchased by the South Carolina Bauk am
Trust Company, per T. C. Dunn, receiver, fo
824,000, subject to mortgages amounting t
816,000.
? The returns of the census-taker of Uuio
t.
i county have been received at the secretary of1 la
State's office, and present the following fig- la
" ures: White males, 4,556; white females, in
r! 4,904; colored males, 6,147; colored females, A
J i 6,340. Total, 22,965. Total of acres un- j w
, der cultivation, 76,785 ; of this number 36,-1 hi
752 are planted in cotton, 32,554 in corn, and te
? 3,919 in wheat. The total amount offertili- cl
zere used is given at 809 tons. j th
? At Columbia last week, an application te
was made for a writ of mandamus in the case ;
of the State exrel. Henry C. Corwin, vs. Thos. 1
C. Dunn, Comptroller-General of South Carolina,
intended to compel the Comptroller- j 0C
General to issue his warrants for the payment.
J of a pay certificate held by Corwin and allow- j W(
ed by the commissioners under what is comraonly
known as the "Bonanza bill." The ^
certificate of indebtedness thus issued is signed . ?f
j by Gulick and Cavender, the commissioners | Cl1
j under the act. The matter will come up for j
I a hearing before the Supreme Court about j
i the end of this mouth. The question at issue j *a
j. is whether the bill became a law by the fail- ce
ure of the Governor to return it with his ap- 8tl
; proval or veto, within the time required by ac
the State Constitution. j m
? The Circuit Court for Laurens county ; Pr
1 met ou Monday of last week, Judge Mont-)"1
\ goraery Moses presiding. The Messrs. Shell,! ce
who were arrested and lodged in the jail ofjhs
| that county several weeks ago charged with ^
the killing of Joe Crews, were brought before ,
; Judge Moses on a writ of habeas corpus and 01
admitted to bail to appear for trial at the afc
term of Court theu iu sessiou. A correspou- br
dent of the News and Courier says: "The W1
substance of the argument on the part of the a
defense went to show by affidavits that Mr.
Washington Shell was seen at his residence ^
at about half-past 7 on the morning of the to
murder of Crews, and that the distance be- er
tween Shell's residence and the place of the ^
murder, seven miles, would not have allowed Cl1
him to be at home if he had been present at ta
the shooting, which took place some time after 80
sunrise. The counsel for the State claim that ex
they have a dozen affidavits to prove the guil t
of the Shells, and the counsel for the defense
on the other hand claim to be equally prepared
to prove beyond a doubt their innocence, p1
Public sentiment has already been formed in
favor of the innocence of the accused, and e'(
considerable doubt is entertained that the
cases will ever come to trial. No indictments ^
have as yet been hauded to the grand jury,
and, as the judge announced to-day that he
intended to discharge that body to-morrow, it
is extremely difficult to see how even a bill is ^
to be obtained at this term. Iu the matter of p
* J /"1--...... ??.1 TnU.i Ti.df irlin nro under
TVUilUi Vi ews UUU UUIIll uuiv, wi uv ? V
bonds to appear for trial at this term, charged j8
with being accessory to the murder of Dr. Tl
Shell, in 1868, the defendants are here, ready Y<
for trial; but the State, it seems, is not ready. ?h
No bills of indictment have been preferred
against them, the solicitor stating that there er
are no witnesses against them upon whose evidence
the State can come to trial. The only <^c
two witnesses in this case are Wright Sulli- cr
van and Albert Parks. The former is now in th
the Penitentiary for ten years, under sentence ev
for assault and battery with intent to kill, and
Parks is now in jail on a similar charge." f0
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ^
? The Presbyterian Church of Greensboro wj
has a new bell weighing 1,198 pounds, the gift th
C.G.Yates. x<
? A store and dwelling were burnt at Shoe
Heel, on the Carolina Central Railroad, on pt
Sunday morning of last week. The goods p8
and buildings were insured for their full itvalue.
w]
? The Ashevilie Expositor learns that the j8
work on the Spartanburg and Asheville Rail- co
road will soon be let to contract all the way be
from the South Carolina line to the town of jn
Asheville.
? The new jail for Mecklenburg county is co
finished, and the prisoners were transferred to ra
it from the old building last week. The new ou
structure is described as an admirable building
for the purpose, and cost nearly ?20,000. St
? Wm. Scoggius, of Rutherford county,
who gained considerable notoriety in 1871 as pt
a "ku-klux hunter," was sentenced at the recent
term of the court for that county, to six nc
months' imprisonment for shooting at E. D. 9U
Hawkins. ;0
; ? The Executive Committee of the State e|(
^ - ' T* 1 - . 1 \T
i Agricultural Society, says tne naieign news, co
have tendered an invitation to Jefferson ja
| Davis to deliver an address at the approach- hi
. ing fair, which will commence on the 12th bj
instant.
? A temperance convention, composed of a pS
. large-number of citizens, at which D. F. Cald- p(
i well, Esq., presided, was held in Greensboro Uj
last week. Resolutions were passed looking
; to the inauguration of a movement for the vc
> suppression, by legal means, of the traffic in th
; ardent spirits. c0
i ?John Lamb, the youthful parricide of qt
Columbus county, (charged with killing his p^
; father while he was sleeping and then burn- t;(
, ing the house to conceal the crime,) was found th
. guilty lust week in the Superior Court at
Luraberton. A movement is on foot to get
an appeal to the Supreme Court.
i ? The Shelby Aurora says at the recent aL
i term of Rutherford Superior Court, a true
> bill of indictment was found agaiust Thomas
i Mode, for the murder of his brother-in-law, a th
i man named Gamble. The murder was com- pi
I mitted at Mode's house on a Sabbath morn- .
six years ago, and the crime has been kept
i concealed in the family until quite recently,
, ?The Charlotte Observer says that the th
I Sheriff of Mecklenburg has been notified by m
, 1 Governor Brogden not to erect a gallows for at
3 the purpose of executing the death penalty on T)
, Ellwood, who was sentenced to be hanged to- *e
morrow. The Governor will commute the
3 sentence, but to what extent has not yet trans
. j pired. th
31 ?The Bank of Mecklenburg has been ad- iu
i I judged bankrupt by Judge Dick of the Uni- g<
-1 ted States District Court. The late Presideut j
11 of the Bank, Mr. Tate, interposed no objec- j
i tions to the proceedings, though by his attor- ai
-: ney he insisted that an incorruptible and fear-1 0f
-1 less man should be appointed assignee. No
-' assignee has yet been chosen in legal form,
f I but it is thought that Col. E. A. Osborne will!
3 be selected for the position. ! j0
s ? The existing revenue laws of the State ^
tax circus exhibitions 8100, to be paid in ad-! ^
i ! vauce, for each day's performance, and 10 (j
i per cent of the gross receipts. Notwithstaud- j
* ing the impost, there are now two circuses ad-1 ^
e vertised to be in the State at an early day, and 1 i
t j with their usual keen eye to busiuess, they
o i seem determined to overcome the taxes by
' liberal advertising in the newspapers, which, gj
! 'of course, will bring them patronage com|
mensurate with the extent of their advertise-;
s ments. s,
n, ?George Applewhite, the last surviving w
>- member of the Lowery gang of Robeson out- ! ai
s laws, who was recently recaptured in Golds- j tc
d 1 boro and returned to Columbus jail, from "
r which he escaped while uuder sentence of ?
o death, some three years ago, has yet a chance ' a]
for life. In the interval between his escape j ei
u from jail and his subsequent arrest, the Legis- ' E
ture passed an amnesty law, pardoning
rge class of offenders, but especially exerap
g from its provisions Henry Berry Lower
pplewhite was not included among those
bom amnesty was refused, and consequent
s counsel have asked for his discharge. A
r the motion was made, Judge McKoy d
iued to re-sentence the culprit, and will ho
e question over for consideration until ne;
rra of Columbus court, six months hence.
MEEE-MEJiTION.
The recent census of Louisiana, shows 2(
10 more colored residents than whites. T1
ank of California, which suspended seven
jeks ago, resumed business on Saturd*
st. The Rev. Dr. Hoge, of Richmond
a., will deliver the oration at the unveilic
Foley's statue of Stonewall Jackson in thi
Ly. Ex-President Johnson left an e
te valued at 8175,000. The Thii
venue Savings Bank of New York faile
st week. It will pay depositors about fifl
nts on the dollar. The long-continue
rike at Fall River, Mass, has virtually end&
id all the mills are in operation, though tl
ilitary are still on duty to prevent any a
eheuded outbreak. It is ascertaine
at at Indianola 174 lives were lost by the r
nt heavy storm and flood. Mr. Delat
is tendered bis resignation as Secretary i
e Interior. His successor has not yet bee
signaled. Mormon apostles to tl
imber of two hundred have a congregatic
Loudon, Ontario. Their last meeting wi
oken up by disorderlies. President Grai
is at Salt Lake City a few days ago. 1.
general meeting of railroad ticket agents i
iratoga last week, it was decided to redu<
e fare between New York and New Orleai
forty-two dollars and fifty ceuts, with a gei
al reduction of one dollar and fifty cents I
tlanta and points south of that place. Tl
ly of New York now pays 51 percent, of tl
x of that State. Thirty thousand pe
ns participated in the funeral obsequies <
-President Johnson at Nashville on Satu
,y last. What one vote may do wi
own in the recent election in Lassen count
il. There was a majority of one vote f<
Dvernor, the two candidates for the shrieva
r are tied, and the school superiuteudeut wi
;cted by one.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Southern Pacific Railroad.
The Washington Chronicle has at lea
kind word for the South in combatting tl
jectiou raised in New York to the buildir
a Southern Pacific Railroad. Says tl
\ronicle :
"A New York paper wants t,o know whi
the necessity for another Pacific railroad
le present one being in the interest of Ne
ork, and entirely uuder its control, wh
ould there be another, says the plethor
uthamite. We will state what we thiu
e necessity is. The tendeucy of the Soutl
n road, which will produce a developmei
Southern seaports, and give life to tl
lUthern country, must inevitably 4>e tl
eation of a better sentiment for the Unic
an now exists in the South. Therefor
en if New York must divide, poor thin
id let others live commercially, we are i
vor of a Southern trans-continental rai
ad, with its western terminus at San Dieg
id its eastern at Potomac City, Norfoll
larleston, Port Royal, Savannah, Brun
ick, or Fernandina?any of these, so th<
e South is helped."
>rtli Carolina Convention.
Au ordinance providing for separa
iblic schools for black and white pupils wi
Lssed.only three Republicans voting again
?viz.: two colored members and Thorn
bite, delegate from Warreu county. Thori
a carpet-bagger, and represented Warn
unty in the last Legislature, from whic
?dy he was expelled ou account of allege
fidelity.
The vexed question of the Robeson counl
ntested seats was recommitted to tbe cor
ittee, who are empowered to make a tho
igh examination into the matter.
An ordinance to reduce the number i
ate Senators in the Legislature from fifl
twenty-five, elicited a warm debate and o
isitiou by delegates of both parties.
An ordinance was adopted requiring thi
> convention shall hereafter be called unt
ch a call shall have been ratified by a m
rity of the voters of the State at a reguli
L'ction ; and that no amendments to tl
nstitution by the Legislature shall becon
ws until adopted by three-fifths of boi
)uses of the General Assembly, and ratifie
r a majority of the voters of State.
The Convention was occupied the great
irt of Monday in the consideration of tl
lblic debt question, the discussion occurrir
)on a motion which, should it prevail, wi
terly repudiate the special tax bonds.
?te was reached. The Raleigh News sa;
ere is great diversity of opinion in tl
.nventiou as to what shall be done with tl
lestion, and a number of members of bot
irties are for open repudiation of that po
)n of the State's indebtedness included
e above-named bonds,
assachusetts Republican Conrention.
The Republican State Couveution
assachusetts met in Worcester on the 29t
id adopted the following platform :
The Republicans of Massachusetts, in coi
sntion assembled, reaffirm their allegiance
e great purposes and principles of the R
iblican party.
They congratulate themselves that nothii
their record makes it necessary for them
ve pledges that they accept and will abi<
j the settlement of the war issues made
e thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amen
ents to the Constitution of the United State
id they congratulate the country that tl
emocratic party has at last formally pr
ssed to abandon its long, bitter and despe
e, but unavailing, struggle to prevent ar
terwards overthrow that settlement.
They declare against the third terra ; th:
e National Government is sacredly bout
the interest of the common welfare, :
>od faith and in the light of all experiem
id history to fulfill its promises by the spee
3t possible return to specie payments; ui
i irredeemable currency is a national evi
id when it continues beyond the necessii
' its creation, a national reproach.
On the third ballot Alexander H. Rice w
uniuated for Governor, when the rest of tl
cket was nominated by acclamation, as f(
ws: For Lieutenant-Governor, Horatio (
night; State Treasurer, Charles Eudicot
uditor, Julius L. Clark ; Attorney-Genert
harles R. Train ; Secretary of State, Hem
. Pierce. After the appoiutment of tl
Late committee the convention adjourned,
lie President Speaks.
President Grant, in response to a ca
ade a speech at Des Moines, Iowa, on tl
Dth ult., a synopsis of which is thus repoi
1:
Recalling the days when his hearers hi
lffered together to preserve a Governme
hich they believed to be worth fighting f
nd even dying for, he said, we will not dei
> those who fought against us any privile
nder the General Government which t
[aim for ourselves ; on the contrary, we w<
)me all such to help build the waste placi
nd to perpetuate our institution against i
nemies, as brothers in a common heritag
iut we are not prepnred to apologize for t
a past. To guard against the recurrence ofj
t- those days, we must begin by guarding against!
_ every euemy threatening the prosperity of j
' free republican institutions. Regarding pol- j
itics, he said that we are to have another con- ;
y test in the near future of our political exis- [
f~ I tence. I predict, he said, that the dividing
e-1 line will not be Mason & Dixon's, but as be- j
Id i tween patriotism and intelligence on the one :
side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance <
j on the other. Let us all labor for the securi- j
j ty of free thought, free speech, a free prees, i
j pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, ;
. ; and equal rights and privileges for all, irres
| pective of nationality, color or religion. Let j
ie us encourage free schools, resolved that the
il moneys appropriated for them shall not be
iy applied to the support of sectarian schools;
j resolved that neither State nor nation shall
1B i support any institution save those where eve*
I ry child may get a common school education,
j unmixed with atheistical, pagan or sectarian !
IS' j teaching. Leave religion to the family altar,
'd ; Keep Church aud State forever separate,
id With these safeguards, I believe that the bat'
tie which created the Army of Teunessee
!tj will not have oeeu rougni in vain.
I Sherman closed the speaking with a hu-1
' | morous, short speech, in which he said that
ie ( he wished that all the speeches made there
P* i could be printed in full, and scattered broadid
j cast throughout the South, to show the people
e- : there how the soldiers of the North all felt
10 j towards them.
I
0f i Treasurer Cardozo, Agaiu.
!n | Treasurer Cardozo replies through the
)e j Columbia Register to the insinuations made
)U ! by Hardy Solomon that he (Cardozo) had
18 | accepted a bribe, by explaining the transac3t
tion of the transfer of stock in the UnionLt
Herald Publishing Company from Solomon
to himself as follows:
3e "About the 30th of October, 1874, one day
18 before the fiscal year ended, I informed Dr.
Neagle, who was the Treasurer of this county,
that he would be required to pay the balance
^ due by him to the State, as reported by the
ie Comptroller General to me, or I should have
ie to refer his case to the Attorney General for
r- prosecution. Mr. Neagle came to me the next
3f day and paid his account by a check on the
r South Carolina Bank and Trust Company,
which was the sole bank of deposit for State
ia funds at that time. The check was sent to
y> the bank and placed to my credit officially,
)r as had been done with hundreds of checks be,1
fore, amounting to hundreds of thousands of
dollars, paid me by County Treasurers in
precisely the same way. Several days afterwards
Mr. Solomon informed me that he had
purchased some consolidation bonds from Dr.
Neagle, which was the first time that I had
t heard of the transaction. The price paid for
them was about their market value at that
ie time. Mr. Solomon offered to give me half
'g of the profits if I would pay half of the
ie money invested. I accepted his offer. Mr.
Solomon told me in January that he had sold
^ the bonds, and offered to give me one-bait ot
5> the profits. I did not accept them. It was
w distinctly understood by me at the time that
iy these bonds were purchased by Mr. Solomon
jc with his own private funds. If they were
k purchased with the funds of the bank, Mr.
h. Solomon had no right to the profits?they
at belonged to the bank. In the month of
ie April I saw Mr. Solomon, who, with myself
ie and three other gentlemen, owned equal
m shares in the Union-Herald. Mr. Solomon
e had often complained to me of the expense
gf of running the paper, and expressed a desire
;n to sell his share. I suggested to him that if
il_ he would transfer his share to me for the
0 83,000 he said he owed me, it would be per[j
fectly acceptable to me. He immediately
3. accepted the offer and transferred his share
at to me."
The Treasurer also contradicts other statements
made by Solomon, and in the same isle
sue of the Register addresses a letter to Atas
torney-General Melton, calling to the atten01
tion of that official, certain alleged discrepane>
cies in Receiver Dunn's exhibit of the condiie
tion of the suspended Bank,inorder that such
;n civil and criminal proceedings may be insti>h
tuted, as in the Attorney-General's judgment
id may be deemed necessary, to protect the interests
of the State.
ty Labor Alliances in the South.
a- "A Farmer," writing in the New York
r- Tribune from Pittsylvania county, Virginia,
speaks as follows of the relations of the
of Granges of that State to the colored labor:y
ers, and portrays some of the evils likely to
p- result from an organized movement on the
part of land-owners to "control" or "regulate"
at labor:
,il Those who live in a country where colored
a. people are numerous, are well aware that they
lT possess a knowledge of humau nature that is
rarely seen. They very quickly learn when
ie they have their employer in their power, and
16 noue know better than they how to use that
^h power for their advantage. Another charac:d
teristic is their power of imitation. They
have their church fairs, tableaux, benevolent
br societies, celebrations and processions, which
are in good taste and truly remarkable.
They have an unbounded passion for public
speaking, and in this, too, their power of iraitation
is seen. I mention these characterisfo
tics not in a disparaging sense, but to show
ps that they have natural abilities which with
ie training and culture can be turned to good
ie account. But the object of this letter is to
, show the relation of the colored people and
the Granges. The Grangers have multiplied
[r* rapidly in Virginia, and the colored people
have looked upon them with a suspicious eye.
A Granger remarked in my presence that his
Grange had appointed a certain day to dis
j. cuss the labor question, i. e. how better to
, control it and regulate the prices of it. I
' promptly replied that they were going to
discuss a dangerous subject and that they had
a- better drop it aud leave labor to regulate itto
self by the common law of trade?supply
e- aud demand. I don't know whether the
Grange ever discussed the question, and if so
ig what action was taken on it, but "straws tell
to which way the wind blows," and this shows
le what is in the minds of the Grangers. If
in they ever get strong enough, everything and
d- everybody must quail before them, even the
s; poor laborer who now only gets from 86 to
le 810 a month. But the colored people are
o- not slow to learn, and at the recent Convenr
tion of colored men in Richmond steps were
id taken to organize a labor union. I deeply
regret that it is necessary for one class to comat
I bine for security against another. The cultiid
j vation of my farm is dependent on this labor,
!_ 1 ?LIU T L?^a ma tit J11 aa mo fram thift I
ID UUU WU11C X UUjJC UW CVII TT 111 UVIUU t?vu.
2e movement, I tremble when I think of what
d- may be the consequences to the whole State,
at Heretofore the South has been free from lail,
bor unions and strikes. None of the violent
ty sceues that were enacted in Pennsylvania last
Spriug have ever been witnessed here. If a
^ strike should occur at a crtical time with the
tobacco or wheat crop, the loss would be in.
calculable. I do not say that sucb a thing
will occur; but as long as the farmers combine
J- and endeavor to regulate labor in their
t; granges, and the laborers combine for protecil,
tion. such a thing is likely to break out whenry
ever one party thinks it is aggrieved by the j
lie other*
] The Joe Crews Murder.
j A special correspondent of the News \
jj i and Courier, who attended Laurens Court last,
; week, writes an interesting letter from that
j place. Regarding the trial of the Messrs.
j Shell, charged with the assassination of Joe
iCj ! Crews, the correspondent says the case was
Dt; dropped because the parties making up these
or i cases against the Shells are by no means sat- j
jy j isfied with the strength of their case?the po6e
| sition of aflairs don't exactly suit them, and
*'e they propose to await a more opportune mo53"
raent. The case which has been worked up,
ijj however, has been well done, and would be a
,e. strong circumstantial case if the affidavits
he upon which it is based could be relied upon.
There are in existence some eleven or twelve j
of these affidavits, every one made by colored j
men and women. These charges, which are I
universally believed to be trumped-up and '
extorted from the negroes under threats, have i
not been published or allowed to be seen.
According to the correspondent's letter, j
both the accused are able to establish, beyond
doubt, an alibi on the affidavits of numerous |
persons of the highest respectability, showing
that both the Messrs. Shell were at least seven
miles and a half away from where the shooting
was done. The alleged dying declaration
of Joe Crews, to which much currency has j
been given, is thus contradicted by the correspondent:
"It has been stated that Joseph Crews, during
the interval between his wounding and
HpAth fWlftrw? that the Shells were his mur- i
derers. Parties who were with Mr. Crews, j
during nearly every hour of his illness, state i
that be made no such declaration; that he i
said distinctly that he had no idea of the
party or parties who did the deed. And
furthermore, in reference to the remark
claimed to have been made by Mr. Crews on
his death bed, that Gov. Chamberlain and >.
Judge Mackey knew that he was innocent of
the murder of Dr. Shell in 1868, parties who
were present at the time and heard the remark,
state that he said he was innocent of
the murder of Dr. Shell, but that he did not
mention the name of either Gov. Chamberlain
or Judge Mackey."
In the cases of Adam Crews and John
Eoltyobaeyod .with the ?? ?? />?? T)- Shall
in 1868, nothing has been done, or probably
ever will be done. The Messrs. Shell don't
seem inclined to urge the prosecution, and so
the matter will probably drop forever. As
to the guilt or innocence of the parties, little
can be said, as little is known.
A Major General's Poverty.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of recent date
contains a lengthy account of a tramp who
was committed to the station house in that
city, having all the marks of dissipation
about him?blood-shot eyes, inflamed skin
and bruised face?and was also Buffering with
a violent attack of delirium tremens. The
man claimed to be homeless, friendless and
moneyless, and to have walked all the way
from Indianapolis. He said he was Major
General William H. Wheeler of the late
Confederate Army, on bis way to his old
home and birth-place in Culpepper county,
Virginia, where he wanted to die. Regarding
the man and his story the Enquirer says:
"General Wheeler will be remembered as a
dashing officer who figured so brilliantly during
the war in the cavalry service. The
story of this poor tramp, claiming to be this
famous Geueral, is a sad one if true, and an
interesting one, any way. He says he is sixtytwo
years old, that he graduated at West
Point iu the class of '32; that while commanding
at the battle of Shiloh his son was
shot and killed; that in less than two weeks
after intelligence came of the death of his
wife; then the escape of all his slaves?numbering
nearly twenty?and lastly, his Virginia
farms that he had signed over to his
brother to escape confiscation, had been seized
or sold by that brother's creditors, leaving
him a pauper. At the close of the war he
alleges he drifted from one place to another,
finally bringing up in Mississippi, where, un* ''
? 4*' ?1 i Ho innr.
Ill a lew ween3 oiuce, lie una Iiivu, uv jv?.
neyed up the river to Evansville two weeks
ago, landed there and went to Terre Haute,
where he expected to hod a couple of nephews;
was disappointed; went to Indianapolis,
and from there he tramped to this city.
He claims that his mother was a sister of
Governor Trimble's wife ; that his only sister
is Mrs. Colonel Martin, of Hamilton, Ohio,
and that his only surviving child is a married
lady living in Baltimore. His whole story is
very straightforward, and in his conversation
he betrays an intelligence and familiarity
with public men and things which one would
scarcely look for in an ordinary tramp. Whisky
seems at last to have wrecked him, and
it will probably be his fate to spend his last
days in the Cincinnati Hospital, where he has
been taken."
. + ?
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
ADVISORY BOARD ORGANIZED.
A meeting of the Policy-Holders of the
Piedmont and Arlington Life Insurance Company,
of Richmond, Virginia, residing in this
county, was held at the office of Messrs.
White, Stewart & Co., at the instance of
Capt. B. Dawson, General Agent, and Dr.
Julian S. Woodruff, Medical Examiner, for
said Company.
The meeting was organized by Captain T.
B. Withers being called to the chair, and
Captain J. W. Ardrey requested to act as
Secretary.
Dr. Woodruff then explained the object of
the meeting?which was to form a Local Advisory
Insurance Board?for the purpose of
presenting to the public, the so'vency, safety
and advantages of this Company, and of affording
proper information with reference to
the conduct and management of the same, by
the election of the following officers, each one
of whom have a life insurance policy in this
Company:
President.?Col. John M. White.
Vice-Presidents.?Capt. Samuel E. White,
Capt. T. J. Cureton.
Secretary.?Capt. J. J. Drakeford.
Medical Examiner.?Dr. Samuel A. Kell.
Directors.?Capt. N. G. Bradford, Dr. T.
J. Haile, A. A. Bradford, Henry Massey,
Capt. J. W. Ardrey, James A. Withers, L.
N. Culp, S. J. Kimbrell, T. G. Culp, A. W.
Parka, R. S. Wilson, J. T. Garrison, Samuel
N. Merritt, William D. Hyatt.
Capt. Thomas B. Withers, Local Agent.
It was Resolved, That the object of the
Board is to give tone and character to the
Company; to present it in a new light to,
and to inspire confidence in, the minds of the
people; to transact all business counected
with life insurance, referred to them by
Capt. Thomas B. Withers, the Local Agent,
directly with the Home Office at Richmond,
Va.; and in the event of the death of any of
the assured, to see to the forwarding of the
death-proofs, and to receive and pay over to
the family of the deceased, the amount the
policy calls for, free of charge.
That the President, or either one of the
Vice-Presidents, and five Directors shall constitute
a quorum to transact business, and in
the absence of either one of these officers,
six Directors shall be a quorum, and have
power to elect a President pro tempore.
A committee of three, consistiug of Col.
John M. White, Capt. J. J. Drakeford and
Capt. J. W. Ardrey, was then appointed to
prepare and publish an address to the people
of Fort Mills and its vicinity, setting forth
the claims aud merits of this Company, and
calling upon them to give it their support and
patronage.
The meeting then adjourned to meet again
at the call of the President, with the request
that the proceedings herein be published in
the Yorkville Enquirer.
THOMAS B. WITHERS,
Chairman pro tem.
J. W. Ardrey, Sec'y pro tem.
t&r Miss Hulett practices law in Chicago,
aud keeps very far in advance of her indolent
sex. She refuses to take any divorce cases,
as she thinks "any woman who will marry a
man ought to be forced to live with him."
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?New Goods, New Goods.
I. L. GunhuiiseA Co.,Chester?Grand Opening of
Kail and WinterGood*.
Poole A Hunt?The James Leffell Turbine Water
Wheel. ? i * i t .( .V ? }
M. Strauss?Dress Goods?Ladies' Shawls?Cassimeres,
Jeans, Ac.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.?Sheriff's Sale?Judge of
Probate's Sale. ,
J. H. Clawson?Assignee's Sale?In BaitkritpU-y?
In the Matter ol'Steele A Jones, Bankrupts.
Thomson A JefTerrs?Assignees' Sales?In Bankruptcy
Jn the Matter of C. J. Pride, J- T.
Walker, B. A. C'ulp, Kerr A R<>aoh, Bankrupts.
Henrv keller?Boot and Shoe Making.
W. Pi Hobbs-Pay Up.
J. C. A E. Bailey, Proprietors, Greenville, S. 0.? ?^
The Teinperanee Observer.
Walsh A Wright, Proprietors, Augusta, GeorgiaChronicle
and Sentinei.
W. H. A J. P. Herndon?Buy 'Em, Try 'EmClover
Seed.
John C. KuykemhU?Money, Time, Labor.
H. F. Adickes?Dress Goods?Gent's Ties and
Cravats?Carpets?New Fall Goods?Gloves,
Hosiery, Ac.
J. S. Hemphill?Notiee to Trespassers.
Jelferys A Melts?Guanu?Cotton. . ,
FROST. '
There were slight frosts in this section on
Thursday, Friday and Sunday mornings, but
not sufficiently severe to damage vegetation.
LARGE RADISH.
Mr. James Gardner is entitled to the premium
in the line of raising large radishes.
He left one at our office a few days ago weighing
4} pounds and measuring 18 inches in
leugth aud 14 inches in circumference.
POSTPONEMENT OF COURT.
" Tn pursuance to lusuuciiuus lrum jutigeMackey,
who telegraphed to the Clerk on
Thursday last that "business of grave public
concern" compelled him "to have the York
Court adjourned one week over?until the
11th instantat 10 o'clock last Monday the
Sheriff announced the adjournment, accordingly.
On Monday next, jurors, suitors and
witnesses will be required to attend.
LECTURE POSTPONED.
The lecture by Major Hamilton?"The
Confederate Soldier: As dead, his claims to
be remembered ; as living, to be honored and
respected"?announced to be delivered at the
Court House this evening, has been postponed
until Tuesday night next, the 12th instant,
when it will be delivered. The subject of the
address, the object had in view, and the reputation
of the lecturer as an entertaining speaker,
all should combine to fill the house.
POOLE dt HUNT.
We would again call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of Messrs. Poole
& Hunt, bespeaking for these gentlemen the
favorable consideration of all who are in need
of any machinery included in their varied
list, as published in our columns. They have
ou hand a very large stock of miscellaneous
machinery patterns, and can promptly fill
orders for almost any character of work.
Where their machinery has been used it has
given entire satisfaction.
SALE8-DAY.
A goodly number of people were in attendance
last Monday, many of whom bad come
for the purpose of attending court, but only
to learn after their arrival that the Judge had
ordered a postponement of the term for one
week.
By order of the Judge of Probate the Sheriff
sold the following property:
Tract of 27h acres belonging to the estate
of David A. Adams ; bought by Col. W. H.
McCorkle, for $3.99 per acre.
Tract of 315 acres on King's creek, belonging
to the estate of J. G Mullinaz ; bought
by W. T. Beheler, at $1.40 per acre.
J. H. Clawson, Assignee, sold the homestead "
of J. D. Sraarr, bankrupt, embracing 375
acres, which was bought by Mr. Smarr, at
$1.80 per acre.
LOCAL DOT8.
Mr. T. M. Lobson has returned from the
Northern markets, and as may be seen by his
announcements in our advertising columns, is
prepared to offer a fine stock of goods to the
inspection of the public.
\V. H. & J. P. Herndon are receiving their
- * f* f i r
tali purchases or rarawy auu iaucy ^ruwncg.
M. Strauss and II. F. Adickes are filling
tbeir stores with dry goods, dress goods, &c.
Clark Brothers, who deal exclusively io
groceries and plantation supplies, have also a
large and complete stock.
Messrs. Kennedy, Latimer & Hemphill are
receiving accessions to their stock and are
well prepared for the fall trade.
Cal Parish is also lively at his house Dear
the depot, and while awaitiDg another order
from President Grant for a barrel of "that
fine molasses," is ready and willing to serve
customers of less distinction.
The auction sale of the personal property
of J. H. Adams, deceased, will take place
to-day, at his late residence.
Of the fifty lock-boxes recently fitted in
the post-office, more than four-fifths have been
taken up.
The cotton market has been quite brisk
since the season opened. For the week ending
Tuesday evening, 221 bales were sold.
AN INSURANCE BOMBSHELL.
A Convention of Insurance Commissioners
and Superintendents was held in New York
last week. We learn from the New York papers
that the harmony of the body was unpleasantly
disturbed by Commissioner John
A. Finch, of Indiana, who quietly dropped
the biggest kind of a bombshell plump into the
midst of the body. The order of the day was
the delivery of an address. When Mr. Finch's
turn came, be made a compact, logical argument,
intended to show his colleagues the errors
under which the whole system of life insurance
has been laboring for many years,
past. He contended that the contract for life
insurance is the most one-sided known in
business; that it binds the policy holder as
with a chain of riveted steel, and the company
as with a rope of sand; that the companies
have every advantage of the policy holder in
regard to payments of dividends, the satisfaction
of claims, the election of agents and solicitor
; that the responsibility for contracts is
shifted from solicitor to general agents, from
geneial agents to the companies, and from
the companies back again ; that the companies
"sit in a shadow of mystery and speak in
technical phrases," and that when a policy is
forfeited or lapses from any cause, "the holder
receives what the company graciously will
give."
This, remarks the Brooklyn Argu?, is a
stern indictment, striking at the root of the
present system of conducting the life insurance
business. By the way of remedy, Mr.
Finch proposes the passage of a new general
law, which shall make all life policies non-forfeitable
after the first payment; compel the
companies to be responsible for the acts of accredited
agents and solicitors ; permit no defense
at law for fraud in applications after the
lapse of five years, and make a contract between
company and holder as binding as any
other contract. This proposition is sufficiently
sweeping to stir the whole life insurance
interest to its foundations. It will please the
great mass of people who are policy-holders?
and it will displease a good many of the companies
who have figured conspicuously in the
law courts in contests over claims. But, considering
the fact that there are in the State of
New York alone more than 800,000 holders
of life policies in the different grades, and the
additional fact that this vast army of the
prudent are insured to the amount of $2,000,000,000,
the new departure suggested by the