Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 07, 1879, Image 2
Straps and ^acts.
? Gen. Beauregard is spending several
days in Atlanta.
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? "-Business carnea on wnuoui puuuciiy
must be the motto of the man that doesn't
advertise.
? Mistakes will happen, it is said, in the
best regulated family. The town authorities
at Port Royal disinfected their town with
plaster of Paris.
? Dr. Glenn, the candidate of the AntiMonopolists
of California for Governor, owns
55,000 acres of laud in one county in that
State, and large tracts in Oregon and Nevada.
? The trouble at West Point is over. The
order summarily dismissing six cadets for
hazing had the effect of restoring good order,
so that extreme measure will not be necessary
towards six other cadets were accused of participating
in the hazing frolic.
? A delegation of the 110,000 people of
Massachusetts who supported Ben. Butler
1 A ? L. ? ? r,l? rtJ Uim 4-/-V wn n o or a i n QQVinor
11131 year uavc as&cu mm tu iuu ugt*.u, g,
they are of the same mind this year. He
answers that he, too, is of the same opinion,
and consents.
? The aged Dr. Lovick Pierce i3 lying at
the point of death at his home in Georgia.
He is in the 95th year. When in his prime
he was one of the great preachers of the world.
Dr. Deems says he has never heard a greater.
He is the father of the eloquent Bishop
George Pierce.
? A couple of hot weather stories: The heat
of the sun was so intense that a tray of corn,
set in Major Poole's yard at Tallahassee, Fla.,
to dry popped open as though 6re was under
Iti As a iVnoxviiiB, Tmm.y rtpuitv?--w?.? y?.n
sing by a grocery store he observed a slight
commotion in a basket of eggs, and suddeuly
one of the eggs burst and a vigorous little
chick popped out.
? The Hamilton county (Ohio) Republican
convention, on Monday, was something of a
novelty. It numbered one thousand members?one
for every twenty-five voters?and
met in the big music hall. Eighty-one candidates
were nominated for the lower house
of the Legislature, and it took four hours and
a-half for the first roll-call. Five hours were
required to elect the representatives, and two
hours to nominate Senators.
? The last Congress made considerable
headway upon a bill to grant annual pensions
to the veterans of the Mexican war. This
bill did not become a law. It will, however,
without a doubt, be passed at next session of
Congress. Both pension committees, a veiy
good majority of both Houses, and the Treasury
Department are favorable to doing this
much justice to the men who bore the heat
nf the buttle in the war with Mexico.
? At the recent French fair in London, a
solemn old man asked the pretty actress who
presided at one of the booths the price of tea.
"One shilling," she replied, and he put down
a shilling. Before handing him the cup, she
raised it to her lips, and observed that the
price was now a sovereign. The solemn gentleman
gravely replaced his shilling with a
sovereign, and said: "Be good enough to
give me a clean cup."
? The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
has decided that a bachelor cannot claim exemption
from the lien of judgment under the
homestead, the court unanimously holding
that in the phrase "householder or head of a
family," as used in our constitution, the alternative
branches of the phrases are meant to
be equivalents of each other, and "householder"
to be taken in the sense of "one who
has a household," and not in the other sense
of "one who holds a bouse."
? The colored brethren claim to hold the
balance of power in Ohirtfccommanding, as
they say, 20,000 votes, cut although they
have always voted with the Republican party
and pay taxes on 815,000,000 of property,
complaint is made that they get no offices.
Some of the colored leaders have improved
the pending campaign to call the attention
of the negro voters to this neglect, and they
suggest that now is a good time to make the
power of their ballots secure them their share
of standing room at the public crib.
? Aaron Smith led a mob that hanged Geo.
Moore, at Carlisle, Ind., and was praised by
comrades for his boldness in that outrage.
A few nights afterward, a party of fun-loving
young men dragged him out of his bed, put
a rope around his neck, and told him that his
death hour had come. They would have
been puzzled to answer if he had asked them
what he had done to displease them ; but to
their astonishment, he confessed numerous
thefts, and abjectly begged for mercy. He is
not the popular man that he was before this
trial of his qualities.
? It is stated that Gen. Ewing, in his Democratic
canvass for Governor of Ohio, is making
a strong point on the fact that his party,
since having a majority in the House of Representatives,
has effected great economies in
the administration of the government. The
notorious fact, Jiowever, is pointedly made
that, since the Democrats obtained the mastery
of the House, the lobby has utterly disappeared
from Washington, which is an argument
every farmer and mechanic in Ohio
can understand. It means that huge and
wasteful leaks in the treasury have been
stopped.
? Dispatches from different parts of the
State indicate a falling off of the Democratic
vote cast at Monday's election for State officers
and members of the Legislature of
Kentucky. The Democratic central committee
estimates the total vote gt not over 200,000?a
falling off of over 50,000 on the Tilden-Hayes
vote, and of over 15,000 on the
last gubernatorial vote. In Louisville alone
the vote falls off over 8,000. The Republicans
make slight gains in the Legislature and
defeat the Speaker of the last House, but the
Democratic majority is still overwhelming in
the General Assembly.
? Frederick Malcho, a murderer, ventured
from his hiding place in the woods to his
home at Willberton, 111. He feared the officers
of the law less than he did his neighbors,
who, a3 he knew, would like to lynch him.
Hungry and fatigued, however, he had resolved
to take the risk of his visit. It was
night, and, after eating a hearty meal, he lay
down on a bed to sleep, first placing a loaded
gun within reach, and stationing his wife at a
window to keep a lookout for lynchers. He
had not slept long before she awoke him to
say that mounted men were approaching. He
unhesitatingly shot himself through the heart.
? The New York Republicans hold their
State Convention at Saratoga on the third
of September. A number of candidates are
out, among them Cornell, of the Conkling
Republicans, and Sloan of the anti-Ring faction.
Some think that Hamilton Fish will
be the compromise candidate. The Demonrafs
have not swune into line vet. Dor
w- ^ a *
sheimer was the prominent Tammany candidate,
but he made a speech on the Fourth of
July, in which he delivered some anti-Democratic
sentiments, and the "boys" are preparing
to scalp him. Governor Robinson is also
mentioned by the Tilden wing for renomination.
Clarkson Potter is also a prorainet candidate.
? A young man, cle:*k in a grocery store
in Atlanta, the other day was very much excited
by receiving a visit from his lady love
at his place of business. The twain soon
were engaged in earnest conversation, and
she thoughtlessly placed her finger beneath
the instrument used for cutting off tobacco,
and known as the guillotine. About this
time he desired to give emphasis to a remark
he was making, and struck the tobacco cutter
a terrific blow, which had the effect of
severing the young lady's finger at the first
joint. The Dispatch says she did not yell
nor faint, but quietly remarked to the young
man that he had cut off her "sewing finger,"
thereby delicately hinting that he had deprived
her of her chief means of gaining a
subsistence.
? "The experience of the past year," says
the New Orleans Picayune, "has demonstrated
I what energy and enterprise can do in the cul
! tivation of rice in Louisiana. The stagi
of water in the Mississippi and tributarie
has been lower than for years past, and thi
: rainfall has been very small. Those who hat
; not previously supplied themselves witl
pumping facilities were compelled to do so o
lose their entire crop. The result has been i
vast addition to the irrigating works, and i
large proportion of the farmers are now inde
pendent of the seasons. By these prompt ex
ertions we shall have a rice crop only one
third short of last year, instead of less thai
a half a crop, which was threatened earlie
in the season. A gentleman of experience
who recently traveled through the upper ric
districts, stated to us that he had now mor
confidence in the future of rice culture ii
on hp pvpr hfld before. Th
UUUJC1UIJU VIIMU MW v.?
spirit displayed by the planters and the a*
tonishing results of their energy during
most unfavorable season, had convinced hir
that the future of industry was assured."
ihc fftrrMle (inquirer
YORKVILLE, S.C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 7, 187$
~PROGRESS"'UF THE FEV
Total number of deaths reported as haviu
occurred from yellow fever in Memphis, las
week, is 26, against 34 the week previous. I
view of this decrease, the board of healt
have decided not to declare the fever epiderr
ical.
Monday's dispatches report fifteen nei
cases to 11 o'clock P. M., that day, and tw
deaths.
The physicians are now sanguine that th
maximum death rate has been realized, an
that a decrease in the number of deaths ma
be expected.
Two cases were reported in New Orlean
on Monday.
Tuesday's dispatches report 18 cases a
Memphis on Monday, ten of which were col
ored. Five deaths occurred on that day. A
a meeting of the committee of safety Monda
afternoon it was resolved that rations an
medical attention be supplied to all camps am
societies alike, provided that all moneys or cor
tributions received by said camps or societie
be turned over to the safety committee. Th
city remains remarkably quiet and dull.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The Newberry Herald reports good rain
in that county last week.
? A spendid rain visited Laurens count
last Friday, wetting the ground thoroughl
the first time in more than three months.
? The wheat crop of Laurens county is es
timated at 24,000 bushels, and the oat cro
at 12,000 bushels.
? Governor Simpson has issued a prock
mation quarantining South Carolina port
against Memphis.
? New flour from North Carolina was haul
ed in wagons to Cheraw for sale a few day
ago.
? The first depot on the Cheraw and Salis
bury Railroad will be at Braswell's, fourteei
miles from Cheraw. There will be only thre
stations between Cheraw and Wadesboro.
? The Cheraw News says the prospect for
good cotton crop in that section is bette
than it has been for years. The yield of smal
grain was enormous.
? The Winnsboro News and Herald c
Saturday says the recent rains throughou
the county have had a most beneficial eflec
on the crops, and much more favorable re
ports are given.
? Tim Kelly, a prisoner iu Winnsbor
jail, made an attempt to escape on Thursda,
afternoon ; but hisplaDS were discovered am
he was put in safer custody than the debtor1
room, in which he was at first confined.
? At Camden last Friday, Judge Kershai
heard the application for bail in behalf of Pt
liceman Rose and Daniels, of Columbia
charged with murder. He granted bail t
Daniels but refused to bail Rose.
? The Colleton Democrat says that refresh
ing showers of rain Lave fallen in variou
parts of that county, distributed over th
space of eight er ten days, the effect of whicl
is working a raaniinfest improvement of th
crops.
? The Anderson Intelligencer of Frida;
says : A practical farmer who has been visit
ing different portions of the the county dur
ing the past ten days, gives it as his opinioi
that there will be a larger crop of cotton pre
duced in this county this year than there ha
been any year since the war.
? Captain F. W. Dawson, editor of th
Charleston News and Courier, sailed fron
New York on last Saturday for Liverpool
He will pass some mouths abroad durinj
which time he expects to make a tour througl
Europe, visiting as many places of interes
as his time will allow. We wish him a pleas
ant visit and a safe return.
? Says the Newberry Herald of the 30th ul
tirao: Mr. J. S. Bowers of Helena, Supervi
sor of the G. & C. R. R., got a painful woun<
I in his hand a few days ago. Two of the rail
i road hands at work fell out and one drew ou
"the nimble pistol" to shoot the other. Mr. ?
; seized the weapon just as it fired, and receiv
I ed the ball in his hand,
j ? The Marlboro Planter says : Strange V
i say, that notwithstanding the long drought
' the cotton crop is simply magnificent. Cori
! on the river is a complete failure. Sixt;
| bushels oats to the acre, and twenty-four o
wheat, is what one of our farmers says h
j garnered off'his farm, besides the pickings ii
other place. Another says he gathered four
teen wagon loads of oats from one acre.
? The Orangeburg Times says that Mr
Irvin A. Till, of that county, died on Satur
; day, of speticsemia, a disease of blood poison
! brought ou or aggravated by a hair fasteninj
; in his throat while trimming one of his hor
j ses. He was sick only a week, and was bu
| ried on Sunday morning with Masonic honors
; being a member of the order. He was abou
I 50 years of age when he died, and was an ac
i tive and useful citizen, highly respected in th
community.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
' ? The grape crop is unusually fine an<
abundant in Charlotte and vicinity.
J ? The North Carolina papers report goo<
, rains generally throughout the State.
? The Cagle gold mine, in Moore county
was sold last week to a New York party fo
8100,000.
? The Hon. David A. Jenkins, of Gastoi
county, who wa3 treasurer of North Carolim
eight years, is named in connection with thi
Republican nomination for Governor of tin
State.
j ? Says the Wilson Advance: Last Friday
1 morning about five o'clock, the boiler of Mr
j Ellis Levy's steam mill at Enfield, exploded
- killing Mr. Robert Partin instantly, and j
e scalding two negroes, which caused their death ;
s i within an hour. Mr. Partin leaves a wife and
j three children. He was a member of the
1 Knights of Honor and leaves for his family j
r a policy of 82,000.
a ' ? Thomas Bowman, taken from Rocking- j a
; ham to Guilford county, and convicted of
the murder of his wife, and afterwards grant-j j
ed a new trial and convicted in Randolph
1 ! county, after which his case again went to j j
r the Supreme Court on law points giving him j
a further lease of life, was sentenced on Mone
day, the second week of Randolph court, by
e Judge Avery. He will be hanged on the j
11 29th instant. <
e ?Gov. Jarvis has respited the prisoners,
^ Alex. M. Brad well, white, and Tom. Rose- 1
a boro, colored, who are under sentence of death
at Statesville, from the 8th of August, the
5 time at which they were sentenced to be .
hanged, until the 19th of September. These :
are the parties who were convicted at the re- .
i cent term of Iredell Superior Court of a bur- .
glary committed in May last upon the house ]
of Nicholas Stikeleather, an old man living ]
about six miles from Statesville. i
? The views of a Mecklenburg farmer are ]
thus reported by the Charlotte Observer:
One of the most intelligent and successful farmers
in this county says there has been more
r smoke than fire about this drought business.
He says it has undoubtedly cut off the corn
crop to some extent, but that the injury to !
cotton is nominal. He has had as little rain
as anybody in the county, and yet he i& not
cast down. August isllie month that decides i
S the fate of the cotton crop, and he maintains
!t that if August is favorable more cottou will
n be raised in Mecklenburg county this year
h than was last. * *
l" ?Col. Chapman, reveuue agent for the j
Charlotte district, informs the Charlotte Ob- .
iV server that the seizures in that district for the ,
0 fiscal year ending June 30th, foot up as fol- ^
lows; Number of illicit distilleries seized,
e 405; number of stills, 180; extra caps and ,
d worms, 22 ; beer tubs, 4.337 ; number of galy
Ions of beer, 354,450; gallons of singling,
4,016; number of gallons of whiskey, 2,793 ;
lS gallons of pomace, 2,500; bushels of meal
and malt, 456 ; number of wagons seized and
sold, 13; horses and mules seized and sold,
I" 22 ; number of pounds of tobacco, 18,393 all |
t of which has been sold, the proceeds going to
y government.
d ? The Charlotte Observer gives the follow- ?
d ing account of a general fight in Rutherford
'* county: Deputy Sheriff Wm. Suttle, of Ruth- :
:s erford county, summoned a posse of men last !
e Sunday night for the purpose of arresting
two negroes who had stolen some horses in
South Carolina, and who were at that time
hiding around the village of Burnt Chimney. '
While the officer and his men were attempting
to arrest the horse thieves, they com- |
nienced cutting and shooting. Mr. John But- (
J i 1? - C
ier, a very woriuy uiuzeu, >\ua auuu, nuiu mc
, effects of which he died very soon afterwards,
and some others of the party were slightly
wounded by the negroes. The officers rrturned
the fire and a general fight ensued,
which resulted iu one of the negroes receiving
several wounds before their capture. The
^ negroes are now in jail at Rutherfordton.
? A difficulty occurred on Saturday in ,
Flat Creek township, Buncombe county, which
( resulted in the shooting and killing of John
Henry Wild, by his brother, Joseph Wild.
It seems that John Henry and his wife were (
making a violeut, if not deadly, assault upon
a the mother of Wild, using shovel and axe.
rA little girl, daughter of old Mrs. Wild, seej
ing her mother so cruelly attacked, ran about
a quarter of a mile to her brother Joseph's <
and notified him of what was going on. He
t at once repaired to his mother's house, carry- i
,t ing his gun with him. Upon arriving at the
place he discovered that his mother had been
knocked down, and John Henry had the axe j
drawn over her. Upon seeing Joseph apy
proach, John Henry immediately made at
j him with the axe. Joseph retreated a short i
distance, notifying John not to approach on
him further, and the latter, still pursuing, was
fired upon and instantly killed. Ourinforra(
ant had not heard, Sunday, the extent of Mrs.
Wild's injuries. Joseph Wild surrendered
^ himself to Esquire Blackstock, and has been 1
bound over to court.
From tlie Uock Hill Herald. (
CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD.
President Hardin, in his report to the stock- (
holders of the Chester and Lenoir R. R. Com6
pany, states that the gross receipts for the past
fiscal year amounted to $32,797.39. The ex^
penses amounted to $20,720.20, leaving a net
'* income of $12,077.19. A large part of the '
outlay during the year, he states, was required
1 to correct the faulty construction of the road
" bed from Yorkville to Dallas. 20,000 pine
kJ liA wArvlnnnrl inif k nmu tioo
UI'USS ties liftU tu uc agj/mwu mvu *jwi? vivo.
While he reports the entire line in substan- i
e tial running order, he states that 5,000 addi- (
1 tional ties are required on the line above j
'* Yorkville, and 20,000 between Yorkville and
= Chester. He reports the trestles in fair order. '
1 He recommends filling the trestles over Alii
1 son's and Catawba creeks to the depth of six 1
feet. A3 the tax payers of this county are ' 1
greatly interested in this railroad, we lay be- j
fore them the concluding portion of Presi- (
dent Hardin's report: (
] There has been a general reduction of pay i
. of officers and employes during the year, and <
^ the road is now operated upou the most eco,
nomical scale we can safely reach. With
'* the road bed and machinery in good order,
the operating expenses ought not to exceed
j 816,000 per annum, and my experience con- j
0 ! vinces me it can safely be brought within this ^
; ! limit if handling no greater traffic than dur3'
| ing the past year. This would give us fifty !
j percent, of our earnings net. !
^,j The grading of the line of road between
* I Lenoir and Hickory, with the aid of convict J !
e i labor furnished by the State of North Caroli-1 !:i
j na, was undertaken by stockholders in Cald- j A
.; well county, and has steadily progressed to s
: completion between these points. I am there-1 1
fore, able to report the entire line between j(
' i Dallas and Lenoir ready for the masonry and A
" j superstructure, except a short gap of about i1
l>! one mile through the town of Lincolnton,! 1
1 \ and a section of miles between Newton 1
- aud Hickory. The convict labor under our , i
., control, must either be employed in the ma-1 1
, 1 soury and superstructure of this line, or be , i
' returned to the State of North Carolina.!
I This matter should receive your earnest and
early attention. ^
e ! The indebtedness of the company, and the ^
; tying up by litigation of assets pledged to | j
j meet a large part of tins indebtedness,. nas
practically prevented progress in laying iron j
J on any part of the line above Dallas. Every 1 J
j effort has been made by the attorney of the j
] company and his associates to have this litigation
speedily and favorably terminated. I *
I The last case has been finally submitted and !
' argued before the Supreme Court, and a de- (
r cision may be expected in the usual course of J
the law's delays. Upon this decision rests 1
11 the future welfare of the company; and until ' Sl
i known it becomes impossible for me to make ' t
Q any recommendations as to future progress. ' 1
j I call attention to accompanying reports ; a
. of treasurer, and of chief engineer Dwight1 c
for more specific details of matters here men- j i
f tioned. The energy and fidelity of these offi-; t
; cersis especially commended to your atten- j \
, j tion. I r
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
FEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
[. D. Witherspoon, Chairman?Nominating Convention.
R. G. Whitesides?Steam Saw Mill For Sale.
3. S. Wilson, County Auditor?Notice to Tax
Payers.
Andrew Jackson, Judge of Probate?Citation?
R. T. Gillespie, Applicant?I. A. Garrison,
Deceased.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Home, Sweet Home.
r. M. Dobson?The Only Cash House in Yorkville.
rT a T5?J r<nlrna Dti o t rtr Am
nemuon on uitun?urenu} vaaoo, x uuwi j , ma,
Kennedy Brothers <ft Barron?The New American
Sewing Machine.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
The County Board of Equalization was organized
on Monday last by the election of Mr.
[Jeo. L. Riddle, Chairman. In connection
with the duties of the Board, the County Au ditor
publishes a notice in the Enquirer tliin
week to tax-payers.
AID FOR MEMPHIS.
At a regular meeting of Home Relief Lodge
Nfo./3fi9, Knights of Honor, of this place, or.
Friday night last, it was unanimously decided
to respond to the call of the Supreme Dictator
for an assessment of 50 cents upon each member
of the order to create a fund for relief of
members of the order in Memphis, and to remove
helpless families of members from the
plague-stricken city.
SALES-DAY.
Last Monday was sales-day for August; but
110 property was placed under the hammer.
There was an unusually large attendance of
people, the occasion being the meeting of the
survivors of the Twelfth Regiment, and the
fact that it is now a leisure time with the
people. All with whom we conversed are in
fino spirits over the present prospect ot tne
crops, which previous to the recent rains, were
not at all promising.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
On Tuesday night last the following offlcers
of Eureka Lodge, Good Templars, were installed,
to ve for the ensuing quarter: Rev.
T. E. Gilbm, W. C. T.; Miss Mattie JefFerys,
\V. R. H. S.; Miss Cynthia Adams, W. L. H.
S. ; Miss A. D. Clark, W. V. T. ; A. W. Ingold,
W. S.; H. H. Beard, W. F. S.; Miss
Ilattie Lewis, W. T.; D. P. Owen, Chaplain;
J. M. Hope, W. 0. G.; Miss Annie Smith, W.
I. G. ; Jolin May, W. M.; Miss Lizzie Hope,
VV. D. M.; A. Springs Withers, P. W. C. T.
BANKRUPTCY SALE.
On Monday last, S. E. White, assignee in
bankruptcy of T. B. Withers, sold on the
premises, near Fort Mill, the following property
belonging to the bankrupt estate: one
tract of 225 acres of land, bought by J. H.
McAden, President of the Merchants' and
Farmers' National Bank, of Charlotte, for
$1,450. One tract of 41 acres, bought by same,
for $200; and reversionary interest of 34
acres in last-named tract, bought by same for
$105.
COUNTY CONVENTION.
There was a good meeting of the County
Democratic Executive Committee last" Monday,
and the utmost harmony prevailed. As
will be seen by notice of Hon. I. D. Witherspoon,
County Chairman, published in another
column, the county convention to nominate a
candidate to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Hon. C. M. Green, will meet
in the Court House at Yorkville on the 10th
instant. Democratic clubs are requested to
assemble at their various election precincts on
the lGth, for the purpose of electing delegates
to the Convention.
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate have
been recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
J. V. McFadden to Alexander Gill. Lot in
Itoek Hill. Consideration $250.
S. G. Hemphill to R. S. Hope and others.
Interest in 47$ acres in Bethesda township.
Consideration $700.
R. M. Burris to R. W. Burris. Interest in
238$ iicres in Bethesda township. Consideration
$750. "
M. C. Smarr sind R; CI Moss to William S.
Wilkerson. Tract of 559 acres in Broad River
township. Consideration $1,017.
Ann E. Wright, executrix, to Wm. S. Wilkerson.
Tract of 105 acres in Broad River
township. Consideration $367.50.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.
Services will l)e held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Associate Reformed?Rev. Robert Lathan
Pastor. The pastor of this church will be absent
from town next Sunday, to fill his appointment
at Tirzah, where he will preach in
the morning and afternoon.
Presbyterian Church?Rev. L. II. Wilson,
Pastor. Services at 10$ A. M., and 8 P. M.
Preaching may be expected next Sunday by
Rev. Wm. B. Corbett, of Pleasant Ridge, N. C.
Prayer meeeting, Wednesday evenings at
S o'clock. Sunday-school in the afternoon.
Church of the Good Shepherd.?Rev. R. P.
Johnson, Rector. Services at 10$ A. M., and
7$ o'clock P. M. Services at 5$ P. M., Wednesdays.
Sunday-school in the afternoon.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. T. E. Gilbert,
Pastor. Preaching in the morning at 10$
o'clock, and in the evening at 8 o'clock. At
Philadelphia at 3 o'clock, P. M. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
SURVIVORS OF THE 12th REGIMENT.
Mr. J. R. Boyles, Corresponding Secretary
of the Twelth Regiment Survivors' Reunion,
Companies C and F, publishes the following
notice, under date of the 1st instant, which
will l>e of interest to the survivors of the
Regiment in York county:
Comrades: We have organized a county
reunion of the two Fairfield companies in the
old 12th, and expect to hold an anniversary
meeting here on the 20th of August for the
[>urpose of organizing a regimental reunion.
We cordially invite you, one and all, to meet
ivith us on that occasion. We have the promise
of a speech from Colonel Cad. Jones, of
York. Expect to have something to eat on
;hat day for all the survivors of the 12th
ivho may lie with us. York and Lancaster
ire moving, and will be with us; also some
rom Pickens. Let Co. D also be represent*d,
and let us for once meet and have one so Si.i.in
mMtinff u'lmrp thpre is no whistling of
,liir^tiii^ ?n?v*v ?v? ? w
ninies nor shrieking of shells. Come one,
;ome all; we cordially invite you.
HYDROPHOBIA IN THE COUNTY.
Air. Samuel G. Brown, of the western part
>f the county, informs us that on the 3rd of
lime last, his neighbor, Mr. R. G. AVhitesides,
md a yearling which was bitten by a mad dog.
.hi the same day the same dog also bit a cow
in 1 a goat belonging to Mr. Brown, and later
11 the day bit a gentleman in the same neighlorhood,
making a slight incision in the foreirm.
The yearling of Mr. Whitesides showed
symptoms of hydrophobia in a month after it
,vas bitten, and lived only four days Jifter the
ymptoms first appeared. Mr. Brown's aniuals
also died of hydrophobia on the fourth
lay after it appeared. The gentleman who
vas bitten was protected, to some extent, by
lis clothing, though immediately after being
litten he resorted to the best known remedies,
t is to be hoped he will escape the dreadful
nalady. About thirty dogs in that neighbormod,
supposed to have been bitten by the one
n question, liave been killed.
RE-UNION *17th S. C. V.
York county furnished four companies to
lie iibove regiment, and the companies were
iequently termed by the men "the York
jattalion." Of these four companies 135 of
he men offered up their lives on the altar of
heir country, victims of the Lost Cjiusp.
Captains "VVitherspoon and Holly, and Lieuenants
Logan, Lowry and Pratt were amongst
his number.
There are probably as many survivors as
I*'"'1 4-lx^x ;%? VavI' PAIlllfv
iicu Hiding uic \>ui nun in i ??? vwu.iVi,,
These men owe it to themselves as well as to
he memory of their deceased comrades, to
itceml the re-union of the Regiment at Cheser
on the 13tli instant. Let no man who
lonors the history of our noble struggle be
ibsent on this interesting occasion. It will
lo them good once more to grasp the hands of
nen who stood shoulder to shoulder with
hem on many a battle-field. Let every surrivor
of the York Battalion be present at the
e-union.
DOES CHARITY BEGIN AT HOME?
The people of Yorkville are proverbial for the
readiness with which they respond to appeals
of charity, and they are ever ready to bestow
with liberal hand upon worthy objects, when
brought to their attention. We frequently
hear of cases away from home which awaken
our better feelings of human nature, and in
resi>onding to these calls, we too often neglect
those at our very doors. A case in point is
now in our mind. There is in this place a case
of destitution which appeals strongly to the
sympathies of our people, and we feel that it
is only necessary to call attention to the fact
in order to ensure a ready and cheerful resl>onse.
A pai>er setting forth the facts may
l>e found at the banking house of T. S. Jeffprvs.
and anv sums which mav be contributed
will be properly applied by Mr. Jefferys.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Attention is directed to the advertisement
of a steam engine and saw mill offered for
sale. A bargain will be given in this property.
Mention was made in our news columns,
some time ago of a tree, in Watauga county,
N. C., which bears leaves of almost a yellow
hue. Mr. G. W. Mize, of McConnellsville,
presented us, last Monday, a leaf from the
identical tree. It is a species of oak, and
probably acquires the quality for which it is
noted from some peculiarity of the soil in
which it stands.
Tuesday was the first bright, clear day we
have had in three weeks. "After so much rain
the sun shine was quite acceptable, even though
it was hot.
Our venerable townsman, James Jefferys,
Esq.?the oldest citizen of Yorkville?attained
his 79th birth-day yesterday, the 6tli instant.
May he be spared many more I
King's Mountain Military School opened on
the 1st instant; and on Monday, Mr. Glll>ert
resumed his academical school.
Visitors to Rock Ilill last week, on the occasion
of the District Conference, sj>eak in
glowing terms of the hospitality of our sister
town.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr. J. Wilson Marshall and family, of Fort
Mill, are visiting friends in Yorkville.
Mrs. Miller, of Raleigh, is visiting Col.
McCorkle's family.
Miss Willie McCorkle returned yesterday
morning from a visit to Greenville.
Mrs. H. F. Adickes, Jr., returned yesterday
J* - - i. i- - O
morning iruiu a vi?il to ophiuuunuji.
Misses Fannie Steele, Minnie Smith and Bessie
Gist are visitingRock Hill.
Mrs. Davis andijfcghter, of Union, formerly
of this place, are visiting Mrs. Dennis.
Mr. J. II. Carroll, of this county, one of the
penitentiary guard, is at home on a short leave
of absence.
Miss Annie Jefferys, Mrs. It. Frank Clark,
Mr. and Mrs. Dobson and Mr. J. M. Rawlinson
have returned from the springs.
Mr. and Mrs. James Jefferys, Robert Latta,
John Latta and Dr. L. Alexander are at
Cleveland Springs. Dr. Alexander is there as
resident physician.
Miss Sallie S. Edwards, and Master Joseph
Johnson, son of Rev. John Johnson, of Charleston,
are visiting Rev. R. P. Johnson, of this
place.
Mr. R. J. Ilemdon, who has been teaching
the Durham, N. C., Cornet Band for the past
month, returned home Saturday morning.
The Durham papers speak in glowing terms of
Mr. Ilerndon's proficiency as a teacher and
musician.
SURVIVORS' REUNION.
In pursuance to previous notice, 011 Monday
last, the survivors of companies A, B and H,
of the Twelfth South Carolina Regiment, met
in the Court House for the purpose of effecting
a permanent organization of the survivors, to
be known as the Survivors' Association.
Col. "W. H. McCorkle called the meeting to
order, and on his motion J. C. Chambers, Esq.,
was called to preside as temporary chairman,
and Mr. Jas. A. "Watson was requested to act
as temporary secretary.
On taking the chair, Mr. Chambers briefly
explained the object of the meeting, heartily
approving the object for which it was called,
and then declared the meeting organized and
ready for the transaction of business.
Mr. "YV. J. Kimbrell moved that a committee
of nine, consisting of three from each company,
be appointed for the purpose of reporting
a constitution for the permanent organization
of the Association.
The motion was carried, and the chairman
appointed tiie following committee:
Company A.?James A. Watson, S. M. Scott,
Daniel A. James.
Company B.? M. V. Darwin, R. W. Whitesides,
R. G. Whitesides.
Company H.?A. M. Black, W. J. Kimbrell,
W. J. Miller.
The committee then retired for the purpose
of preparing their report, and in their absence
Col. Cad. Jones stated that Maj. J. F. Hart,
who was present, had in his hands a memorial,
which he moved the Major be permitted to
read, the same being signed by many distinguished
ofllcers of the Confederate Army, asking
aid for the family of late Lieut.-General
R. II. Anderson, of this State, whose recent
death left his family in indigent circumstances
and with no dependence for support.
The motion of Col. Jones was carried, and
Major Hart proceeded to read the memorial,
after which he briefly spoke in eulogistic terms
of Gen. Anderson, referring to his brilliant
military record during the war, and the modest,
unassuming life he had led in his native
State since the war. Gen. Anderson, had not
been president of a life insurance or express
company at a large salary; but to the speaker's
knowledge he had for several years discharged
the duties of railroad agent at on a salary of
only four hundred dollars per annum, and he
felt that this memorial should appeal directly
to the sympathies of all who served in the war
with so distinguished a soldier.
At the conclusion of Major Hart's remarks.
Col. Cad Jones offered the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it is due to the eminent services
of Lieut.-General Anderson that his
comrades in arms should assist his widow and
daughters, who, we are informed, are without
means of support, and that a committee of
three l>e appointed by the chairman for the
purpose of receiving a contribution.
In conformity with the resolution, the
chairman appointed the following committee:
Col. Cad. Jones, Col. I. D. Withersi>oon and
Mr. R. G. Whitesides.
The committee on permanent organization
then, through their chairman, Mr. J. A. Watson,
made the following report:
Whereas, Companies A, B and II, l*2th
Regiment, S. C. V. have met for the purpose
of forming a Survivors' Association ; the object
of the Association being to prepare and
perj)etuate a record of said companies from
their organization to the close of the war, also
to ascertain the present residence of the surviving
members and endeavor, as far sis possible,
to keep up social intercourse and good
feeling amongst them ; for which purposes we
have resolved to be governed by the following !
articles as a constitution :
J. This organization shall be known as "The |
Survivors' Association of Companies A, B and j
IT, 12th Regiment, S. C. V.," dating from the j
mustering in of said Regiment in August, ;
1801, to the close of the war.
II. The oflicers of the Association shall con-1
sist of a president, three vice-presidents, re-1
cording secretary, treasurer and correspond- j
ing secretary. These officers shall serve for I
one year, or until their, successors are elected. [
III. There shall bean executive committee, j
consisting of three members, one from each
company, to be appointed by the president. !
IV. There shall be a committee on statistics
consisting of nine members, three from each j
company, to be appointed by the president. A j
majority of this committee shall constitute a ,
quorum for the transaction of business.
V. The president shall preside at all meet- ;
ings.
VI. In the absence of the president the se-'
nior vice-president shall preside, and in the
absence of all these officers, a chairman shall
be elected.
VII. The recording secretary shall keep a
full record of all papers, and of business trans-;
acted at all meetings. In his absence the,
president may request any member to act temporarily.
VIII. The corresponding secretary shall attend
to all correspondence required by the association.
IX. The treasurer shall keep and disburse
all funds, as ordered by the association, and
make a report of the same, with proper vouch-!
ers, at the annual meetings.
X. The executive committee shall have a
general supervision of the interests of the association.
XI. The committee on statistics shall prepare
a roll of the different companies from
their organization to the close of the war,
giving names, residence, if living, if dead, I
where they died, &c. Each memDer of the
organization should feel it to be his duty to
assist the committee in getting up a correct
history of the command.
XII. The association shall meet annually |
on the 1st Monday in August, or at the call j
of the president.
XIII. All members of this association are
earnestly requested to attend the annual meeting
of Companies C and F at Winnsboro on
the 20th instant, and to join with them in organizing
a Regimental Association; and are
hereby urged to give this movement their
hearty support.
XIV. All members of any companies connected
with the 12th Regiment, S. C. V., at
any time from the date it was called into service
to the close of the late war, together with
the field and staff, are cordially invited to
unite with this re-union.
After the reading of the report, on motion
of Col. "VV. II. McCorkle it was adopted as a
whole. *
Mr. J. A. Watson moved that a committee
of three?one from each company?be appointed
to nominate permanent officers for the Association.
The motion carried, and the chair appointed
the following committee: W. i. Kimbrell, R.
L. Simmons, R. M. Plexico.
The committee then retired, and in their ab
sence, on motion of Col. W. H. McCorkle, the
members present were requested to enroll their
names, which was done as follows:
Company A.
Col. W. II. McCorkle, J. W. Lawrence,
J. A. Watson, James Blair, ~
J. C. Chambers, J. H. Crawford,
S. M. Scott, P. E. Moore,
E. A. Black, J. M. Lindsay,
D. J. Jackson, J. L. Davis,
W. E. Jackson, M. B. Roach,
T. M. Gwin, W. A. Burns,
S. E. Jackson, W. P. Hobbs,
W. R. Conrad, S. W. Robinson,
Robert Conrad, J. G. Maloney,
J. G. Thomasson, R. M. Plexico.
Daniel A. James,
Company B.
R. M. Whitesides, T. J. Bell,
M. L. Wallace, W. T. Stewart,
A. S. Wallace, W. II. White,
W. C'. Childers, J. W. Templeton,
A. Doster, W. P. Wylie,
J. T. Bigham, W. A. Templeton,
R. J. Love, J. M. Whitesides,
J. B. Whitesides, M. R. Nichols,
J. B. Harmon, II. W. Westmoreland,
R. W. Smith, L. B. Sherrer,
J. D. Kell, R. G. Whitesides,
R. L. Simmons, M. V. Darwin,
W. W. White, John Dowdle.
Company H.
Col. Cad Jones, A. M. Black,
W. J. Miller, W. J. Kimbrell.
A. B. McLain,
[It is due to the members of Company H to
say that the failure of a large attendance at
vthe first meeting is not on account of apathy
to the cause, but for the reason that the larger
number of them live a considerable distance
from Yorkville, and it was inconvenient for
them to attend last Monday.]
After the enrollment of names the committee
on permanent officers of the Association
reported the following:
President.?Col. Cad Jones.
First Vice-President.?Col. W. H. McCorkle.
Second Vice-President.?J. A. "VVatson.
Third Vice-President.?R. L. Simmons.
Secretary.?J. C. Chambers.
Treasurer.?Capt. Lewis M. Grist.
Corresponding Secretary.?Capt. A. Jones.
The report of the committee, recommending
the above officers, was unanimously adopted;
when,
On motion, the temporary chairman and sec-^
retary vacated their seats for the permanent
officers.
On taking the chair, Col. Jones addressed
the Association briefly, expressing the honor
he felt on being selected to preside over any
portion of the illustrious Twelfth Regiment?
a regiment that had made itself famous?and
with which he was proud to say he had served.
In 1861, said he, we were the "Boys in Gray
to-day I address you as veterans of forty battles?soldiers
who have made a proud record
from Hilton Head, in the lower part of the State,
through North Carolina and Virginia, and even
into the confines of Pennsylvania, on the bloody
field of Gettysburg. I address men who composed
a regiment that has never been known
to turn its back upon an enemy?a regiment,
it is true, of which not much has been said in
history, but which has a bright record in the
Army of Northern Virginia. The President
then alluded to the battle-wom flag of the
regiment, which had been tattered in many
hard-fought battles. At Gettysburg it was
pierced by thirty balls ; four ensigns fell beneath
it; and at the bloody angle of Spottsylvania,
a massive oak cut down by rifle balls of
the enemy, fell upon the ensign. This flag,
after being riddled with bullets, was carefully
folded and sent to the Soldiers' Home in Richmond,
where it was burnt. But its representative,
which the regiment afterwards carried,
though not mentioned among the flags in the
procession at Columbia on the 13th of May,
was entitled to all the honors of the first.
He next alluded to the object of the meeting,
and the praiseworthy motives of the survivors
in organizing a permanent Association,
in which all the members should take active
part, and closed by urging upon all who could
do so to attend the re-union of the regiment
at Winnsboro on the 20th instant.
When the President concluded his address,
Mr. Chambers moved that all who could do so,
be requested to attend the re-union at Winnsboro.
The question was put, and all who proposed
to attend the re-union were requested to rise
to their feet, whereupon nearly all who were
present rose.
The President then, in accordance with the
I constitution, appointed the following executive
committee: Company A?I. D. Witherspoon
; Company B?J. B. Whitesides; Company
II?Amzi Steele.
On motion of W. J. Kimbrell, the chairman
was requested to make apj>ointment of a committee
011 statistics, to consist of three from
each company. The following were appointed:
Company A.?J. A. Watson, J. C. Chambers,
T. \'f Crist.
Company B.?M. V. Darwin, R. G. Whitesides,
W. W. White.
Company H.?W. G. Reid, A. K. Smith, A.
M. Black.
The President gave notice that the committee
on statistics were requested to meet in
Yorkville 011 Monday next, the 11th instant.
No other business being presented, the meeting
adjourned sine die.
MERE-MENTION.
George Washington Jurisprudence Bag- ,
well, colored, is stumping Lehigh county, Md., 1
in behalf of labor reform. The statue of
Gen. Custer, which is soon to be erected at
West Point in honor of that distinguished 1
officer, is completed, and the stone for the !
pedestal on the ground. The Republican
State Central Committee of Minnesota 1
has called a State Convention at St. Paul !
September 20th. The Massachusetts Re- j
publican State Central Committee has voted
to call a State Convention on September 16th, J
at Worcester. Lager beer is down to
three cents a glass in Springfield, Mass. A ,
cotton factory is soon to be built in Summit, (
Miss., which will be the tenth in that .
State. The telephone, after being in use 1
only two or three years, pays interest upon 1
an invested capital $5,000,000. Ala- '
baina and Georgia have each sold their first
bale of new crop of cotton. The town of I
Volcano, West Virginia, a place of near 2,- ?
00(1 inhabitants, was almost entirely destroyed <
by an incendiary fire last Monday morning. 1f
COLUMBIA DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
[Reported for the Enquirer]'
It is not often that the town of Rock Hill
is visited by such a body of men as assembled
there last week; and it is not often that
that body convenes in a place where it is
more handsomely entertained. Reference is
here had to the meeting of the District Conference
of the Columbia District of the Methodist
Church, which was held in Rock Hill,
commencing ou Wednesday night of last ^
week.
The Columbia district embraces portions
qf York, Chester, Fairfield, Richland, Lexington
and Edgefield counties, has 5,625
members of the Methodist Church within its
hrtiin/to anil la aarvoil hir Rov fir MAvnflrHi*
Presiding Elder, and twenty-two itinerant
ministers. It meets once every year, and is 9
an occasion of special inquiry into the condition
of the churches withiu the bounds of
ths district, and of the public worship of God.
The session just closed was as much, if not
more of a success as any previous meeting.
Thtf committee who had charge of providing
homes for the members of the Conference 1
were nobly supported by the citizens of the
town, of all Christian denominations, and I
yet have to see the man who says he was not
comfortably domiciled. Rock Hill has very ^
forcibly proven her ability to entertain a
District Conference, and the members will ^
feel no apprehension hereafter when told they
are to assemble in that place.
Business sessions of the Conference, presided
over by Bishop W. M. Wightman, and
in his absence by the Presiding Elder, were
held in the morning and afternoon of Thursday,
Friday and Saturday: at which the ministers
in charge of stations and circuits, ren
dered detailed reporta of their several charges
relative to the spiritual condition, missilery / , J
work, Sunday-schools, finances, education;
&c. These reports were encouraging, showing
that the several interests of the church
are improving. %
Public worship was engaged in at 11 a. m., *
and 8 p. m. The ministers who were appointed
to preach discharged their duty faithfully.
The religious services of Sunday were
especially interesting and profitable. A Lovefeast
was held at 9 o'clock, a. m.; Bishop
Wightmun preached to the edification and
profit of a large congregation in the Methodist
Church at 11 o'clock, and at the same $
hour Rev. Wra. Martin, by the kindness of
the Presbyterian denomination, in the Presbyterian
Church. Four o'clock was set apart j
for a mass meeting of the Sunday-school children
of the town. It was held in the Presbyterian
Church, which was crowded, and addresses
delivered to the children by the Bish- I
op and Col. F. A. Connor. At 8 o'clock, p.
m., Rev. A. H. Lester preached a solemn
sermon in the Methodist Church, which was
"packed." Members of the Conference filled
the pulpits of the several colored churches
on Sunday.
An educational meeting was held on Friday
morning, at which a very large congregation
was favored with a masterly address
on Christian education by Prof. W. W. Duncan,
of Woflbrd College. The interests of
kia nam and tko rVtlnmhia PVmnlA ("Villporp
were well represented by him. .JThe
great and now popular subject of
Woman'8 Missionary work was considered on
Saturday morning. A large congregation of
ladies assembled in the church and were entertained
with earnest, interesting remarks by
Rev. A. H. Lester and the Bishop. A very
gratifying report was read of the success of
the women of the Methodist Church in South
Carolina in this work.
In the midst of our spiritual and sociul en*
joyment with the good people of Rock Hili
one thought would find entrance into the
minds of the ministers of the district, and I
dare say many others, viz.: that Dr. Mey* \
nardie who has endeared himself to our hearts
so much, having served the District the maximum
limit?four years?could be our Presiding
Elder no longer after the close of the *
present year. We shall miss hiimbut others l
will gain by Our loss. -7 * *
We needed no further indicaiion of the
fact that the ministers and laymen bad been
the recipients of great kindness than the great
reluctancy in the matter of adjournment; nobody
seemed anxious to bring the delightful
season to a close. But the end has come, and
we are again at our respective fields of labor
speaking of Rock Hill hospitality, and endeavoring
to labor more earnestly than before.
The next session of the Conference will he
held in Yorkville, in 1880.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS. ^
A Raid on a Young "Rebel."
The Washington correspondent of the
News and Courier gives the following account
of the ineffectual efforts to prevent the promotion
of a young South Caroliuian in the
icguiai MI in j
Mr. Charles Thompson, a son of the Secretary
of the Navy, has created a little breeze
of excitement by his endeavors to stop the appointment
of Mr. Leighton Finley, of Aiken,
South Carolina, to one of the Second Lieutenantcies
in the army. Thoiupsou really has no
more influence than a strange cat in the department,
except where, for partisan purposes,
his imagination can be used against a South- ,
em man. It seems that when Thompson
heard that Mr. Finley was an applicant for
the position he swore a mighty oath that no
"damned rebel" should have one of the thirty-seven
vacancies, and repeated it so often
between drinks that Mr. Finley heard of it.
After receiving his notification to appear before
a board for examination, Mr. Finley was
met by Thompson, who asked him what his
chances were. He replied, "I have secured
the appointment, despite the fact that I am a
d?d rebel, as I hear some people are calling
me." Thompson forthwith distorted the remark
at the War Department so as to convey
the impression to the Secretary of War that >
Mr. Finley was an irreconcilable and an unrepentant
rebel; and unless the matter can
be explained satisfactorily Mr. Finley is in
danger of losing his position. Considering
that he was but seven years old when the war
ended, this seems to be a pretty hard case.
Postmaster Key in Vermont.
Postmaster General Key is visitingNeW~v
England. On Friday night last, in response
to a serenade tendered him, he spoke as follows
:
"My friends, on behalf of those with me,
and on my own behalf, I sincerely thank you. 4
I do not take this compliment to mean so
much a compliment to myself personally as
to the representatives of one of the great executive
departments of the government. I
also take it to mean to one coming to the
North from the far-off South that you wish to
extend fraternal friendship to the people of
.1 . ri _.i __ i i.1 i iL -
me oouin us long us mey respect me inaudates
of the constitution and obey the lawa
made under it. [Loud applause.] I ccme
as far north as this rarely ; this is the second
time I have had an opportunity to see something
of Vermont. Two years ago, attending
the centennial celebration of the battle of
Bennington, I visited some parts of your
State, but this is the first time I have ever
visited your beautiful city, which is a credit to
your State. It is not my purpose to make a 4
speech. I am only making a tour as a private
citizen rather than a public officer. I have
been willing to gratify what I conceive to be
a pardonable curiosity to see the Postmaster
General of the United States, and now, wishing
you all health prosperty and happiness, I
bid vnu pood niffht." f Anolause.1
j o o l?rr
Mrs. Dorsey's Bequest to Jeff Wms.
According to the following correspond
ience of the Louisville Journal, it would
seem that the will of Mrs. Doreey, bequeathing
a fortune to Jeff. Davis, will not be contested,
for want of funds to start the legal ,
mill going: A
The only trouble connected with the contest
of Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey's will, by which
Jefferson Davis conies into possession of a
quarter of a million dollars and Mrs. Doriey's
various relatives get nothing, is that