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Scraps and partis. ? The white voters in Georgia have a majority of about 35,000 over the colored voters. The white Republicans do not number more than 5,000. Forty of the 137 counties, however, have colored majorites. ? The passage by the New York Senate of a concurrent resolution allowing women the right to vote, will cause the people at large to open their eyes to the strength of the woman's rights movement. It is hardly probable, however, that the bill will become a law in that State, for many years to come at least. ? The owner of the Gettysburg battlefield has filed a claim before the Congressional committee for the rent of the ground while the battle was fought. But the nation can put iu as offset a claim for a per centage of the profits on the relics sold there, the most of which were manufactured in Pittsburg. T1 T>: . D^.i il..% 4 tkn ? x ue x: uisuurg x oat states liiul nnum uic last ten days twenty furnaces that sell iron in Pittsburg have gone out of blast. It is also estimated that there is enough finished iron in stock to last till fall, and there is not likely to beany life in the pig-iron trade till that stock is exhausted. Among the late arrivals at the Bridgeport, Connecticut, cutlery shop, are three Swedish women who work in the blacksmith shop. They wear short dresses, stout boots and do the regular blacksmith work, having been trained to that occupation in their native country. ? A candidate for the office of Recorder of Jasper county, Ohio, solicited votes on the ground that, if elected, he would return half his salary to the public treasury. He was elected, but the Supreme Court has declared the election void, because the inducement that he offered to voters was in the nature of a bribe. ? The Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railroad, extending from Alexandria to Danville, with its various branches, was sold at auction on Thursday last, for $4,500,000 to R. T. Baldwin, Wilcox Brown and Robert Garrett, trustees for the associated bondholders and creditors. ? One day last week, at Augusta, Ga., a man was severely bitten by a large dog, which of its own accord has been guarding the Confederate monument in that city for the past two weeks, preventing any one from approach- J ing it. The man went to put out a lamp at the corner of the monument when the dog fought him savagely, inflicting painful wounds. ? A Washington dispatch of the 12th says : The Senate in executive session to-day resumed consideration of the nomination of t* i a a xtr n n !_x L A/% itonert ivi. waiiace lor re uppoiuimeiib United States marshal for South Carolina. His confirmation was earnestly opposed by the South Carolina Seuatots, and after a long discussion the nomination was rejected by a strict party vote. ? The representaves of the various branches of the Methodist Church have decided on holding and Ecumenical Council of Methodism at City Road Chapel, Loudon, in August, 1881. The executive committee has determined to have four hundred delegates, two hundred from the United States and two hundred from Great Britain and other places. Bishop Simpson was selected as chairman of the Western section, and Bishop McTyeire of the M. E. Church, as vice-chairman. ? The sub committee of the U. S. Senate .1 <-~. ? k.-ii on Kit; jjosiuuiue upprupi muuii um u?.?t imported the original bill with a number of important amendments. The committee strike out the whole of the House requirement for reletting the expedited Star service contracts, and also the clause authorizing the postmaster-general to remit in favor of the colonies of Zealand and New South Wales so much of the charges for overland transportation of Australian mails as he may deem jost. The committee add the following amounts to the House items for the purposes named : $350,000 for railroad mail service, $25,000 for paj' of mail messengers and $75,000 to pro vide new mail locks. ? The Chadd's Ford, Pa., Club, wishing to encourage the young folks to a study of the best methods of farming, &c., has offered a handsome lot of prizes to Chester and Delaware county boys of seventeen years and uuder, who shall raise the largest number of bushels of corn on one-eighth of an acre * of land in the year 1880. The contestants are to be allowed to do as they please about manuring, hoeing &., but are to keep a record of what they do and the cost, aod report at the end of the season. Similar prizes are to be offered to the girls of the two counties who shall make the best butter. The butter and the corn are to be exhibited together. Such trials of skill are calculated to do a great deal of good by directing the attention of the young folk8 to a study of the conditions necessary to the achievement of the best results. ? The Iowa Constitutional amendment has passed both Houses of the legislature in the following shape: "No person shall manufacture for sale or sell or keep for sale as a beverage, any intoxicating liquors whatever including ale, wine and beer. The General Assemblv shall bv law Drovide regulations V V * t *-? t tor the enforcement of prohibitions herein contained, and shall thereby provide suitable penalties for the violations of the provisions hereof." It is safe to say to say that there is a deep rooted sentiment in South Carolina for the enactment of a similar law in addition to one prohibiting the carrying of concealed, deadly weapons. The people are beginning to see that they can easily trace to these two causes nearly all the horrible crimes and i outrages upon civilization that are so frequently chronicled in our country. ? A corps'of eftgineers from the Texas and Pacific and New Orleans Pacific Railroads, has just reported the result of a thorough inspection recently made of the Eads jetties at the mouth of the Mississippi River. This report states that the South Pass, which five years ago was not navigable for vessels drawing over six feet, is now a magnificent stream one thousand feet in width, with a central channel varying from two hundred and fifty to five hundred feet in width, where twenty six feet is the least depth on the outer edges, and where thirty-five feet i3 the aver- j age prevailing depth of the middle. This j channel, also, has projected itself beyond the j jetties, for a distance of five hundred feet. Outside the sea wall there" is a well-defined j channel one thousand feet in width, with a depth of twenty-six feet on the edges and of thirty two and thirty-seven feet in the centre. ? Prof. Wickersheimer, the celebrated taxidermist attached to the Anatomical Muse- i um of Berlin, has just discovered a liquid, | which injected into the veins of dead meat,, not only preserves it ior severm wee*e> huiu decay, but keeps it perfectly fresh and in possession of its natural flavor. Having treated a slaughtered calf with his new preparation, and subsequently caused it to be exposed for a fortnight to the air and weather changes, hanging in the open front of a butcher's shop, he invited a select party of scientific celebrities to partake of the meat thus tested, providing for them, however, other viands in case the prepared veal should fail to suit their palates. The professor's t guests, however, found his piece de resistance so toothsome and delicate that they confiued their attentions to it exclusively, neglecting all the other solid items in his menu. ? Mr. John F. Quarles, colored, who has recently returned from Malaga, Spain, where he was United States consul for three years, was, as has been briefly stated, admitted to the bar by the general term of the Supreme Court of New York city, Thursday last. The . notion for his admission was made by the Hon. Algernon S. Sullivan, a leading lawyer and prominent Democratic politician. After stating the facts upon which his motion was bused, Mr. Sullivan said : "Although , such motions are usually pro forma, for special reasons I depart a little from that custom. Mr. Quarles is a colored man, and I the first of his race who, within my knowl- j I edge, will have become a member of the bar ! j in the city of New York. On behalf of that j bar, distinguished for character, learning | and liberal accomplishments, I welcome Mr. | | Quarles in advance to his full equality in | j the franchise of the profession, and I assure him that his entrance to its ranks is observed j I by the bar with cordial and respectful inter- i ' est, and most graceful good wishes." ?he ?0rMk inquirer, j YORKVlLliE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 20. 1880. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is delivered free ot postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the dale must be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 10th, there was a lengthy debate on the petition of a number of New England manufacturers to appoint a tariff comraraission; but without definite action the subject was deferred, and the House joint resolution relative to extending the National survey into the States was dis cussed. The report of the conference committee on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was presented and adopted. In the House, a number of bills?none of general importance?were introduced. A bill was passed dividing Louisiana into two judicial districts. A resolution was adopted providing for the coinage of 300 each of the specimen Stella goioia aonar aiui ine intuusilver dollar, the same to be furnished to Senators on the payment of the value of the metal. In the Senate on the 11th, the House resolution authorizing the President to call an international sanitary convention was concurred in. The SpofFord-Kellogg resolutions were called up, and Mr. Hill, of Georgia, spoke in opposition to seating Kellogg, but before concluding the Senate adjourned. In the House the committee on ways and means reported a number of bills to regulate the customs duty on various articles. The Curtis Yocum election, case from Pennsylvania, whs decided in favor of the sitting member, Yocum,, a Greenbacker. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was discussed without action. In the Senate on the 12th, Mr. Hill con eluded his speech on the Spofford-Kellogg resolutions, after which Mr. Hampton obtained the floor, but said he would prefer not to begin his argument until next day, and the Senate thereupon adjourned. In the House a number of bills were reported, among them one by the committee on public buildings for the erection of a building at Charlotte, N. C. The legislative appropriation bill was considered and the House adjourned. In the Senate on the 13th, after the expiration of the morning hour, the Spoff'ordKellogg resolutions were called up, and Mr. Hampton having the floor, addressed the Senate in favor of seating Kellogg. In the House the legislative appropriation bill was discussed. In the Senate on the 14th, the committee on finance reported favorably on the House bill amending the laws relating to the internal revenue. The select committee on counting the electoral vote reported adversely on the Senate bill to fix a day for the meeting ' * - n r* 1 , J TT? n ; I or tne electors ior rresiaent ana vice-r resident, to provide for counting the electoral votes and for a decision of questions arising therefrom. Th. same committee also reported a concurrent resolution adopting a joint rule for counting the votes of electors for President and Vice-President. The Spofford-Kellogg resolutions were then called up, and Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, spoke in favor of seating Spofford, after which the Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was considered in committee of the whole, and after sundry amendments the bill was adopted. Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, then rose amid some confusion, to call up the adjournment resolution. ; Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, raised the question of consideration stating that he desired to move that the House go into committee for the consideration of tariff bills. The House, , by a vote of 133 to 75, decided to consider , the adjournment resolution. Mr. Gibson demanded the previous question, pending which Mr. Mills moved to recommit the resolution to the committee on ways and means, with instructions to report a bill providing for the free importation of salt and printing , paper before it reports a resolution for final I, adjournment. After some discussion Mr. Mills' motion wa3 defeated?yeas 90 ; nays, < 116. | In the House on the 15th, a concurrent , resolution for adjournment on the 31st instant i was agreed to by yeas 121, nays 90. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Rev. R. W. Sanders has been elected pastor of the baptist Church of Anderson. I ? The Democracy of Laurens and Lexiug- j ton counties has adopted the primary plan , of making nominations for county offices. ' ? Rock Hill claims to have been the first town in the State that passed an ordinance ; prohibiting the carrying of concealed weap-' ons. ] ? Col. G. W. H. Legg, a prominent citizen . of Spartanburg, died in that town on Satur- j ' day last, from a malignant disease of the throat. 1 ? The Ledger says that Rev. John S. Croxtou is quite ill of typhoid fever, at his home I in Lancaster county, and but little hope is en- 1 tertained of his recovery. i ? The City Council of Columbia has passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of intoxica- < ting liquors in that city on Sunday. It is the I intention of the Council to rigidly enforce the I ordinance. < ? The sentence of Fletcher Maddox, one of I the five negro men condemned to die for burning the Greenville Opera House, has i been commuted to ten yearn' imprisonment t in the Penitentiary. Maddox turned State's I evidence. i ? Lancaster has closed up the barrooms, ; i and now the Ledger exhorts the town author-1 < ities to follow this up by prohibiting, under a severe penalty, the carrying of concealed weapons. ? On Tuesday of last week, J. Wistar Simpson, Esq., a brother of Governor Simpson, was stricken with paralysis at his home at Glenn Springs. This is the second stroke Mr. Simpson has had, aud the chances are very much against his recovery. ? Mr. A. B. .Williams, who for several years has been a correspondent of the News and Courier, and is well known in consequence of his trip to Liberia in the Azor, and his re port of the incidents of the voyage, will hereafter be the editor of the Greenville Daily News. ? Rev. J. L. Girardeau, D. D., has tendered his resignation as Professor of Didactic and Polemic Theology in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Columbia. The Board requested him to withdraw his resignation, but he insisted upon it, and they reluctantly accepted it. In consequence of this resignation the exercises of the institution are suspended until the Board can fill that chair. ? Several towns in the State have passed ordinances against carrying concealed weapons, and the Legislature doubtless will be called upon to act this winter. The Herald says VVinnsboro has decided to enforce the ordinance aguinst the sale of liquor on Sundays, and an ordinance against concealed weapons has been adopted. If the sale of liquor to minors be also prevented, a good work will have been done. ? At a meeting of the board of trustees of the South Carolina University, held in Columbia on Wednesday of last week, the following gentlemen were elected as the faculty of the Agricultural College: William Porcher Miles, of Virginia, president and professor of English Literature, salary 82,500. Dr. Joseph LeConte, of the University of California, professor of geology, mineralogy and botany, salary 82,500. Col. Benjamin Sloan, of Adger College, Walhalla, professor of mathematics and natural philosophy, salary 82,000. Dr. Wm. Buruey, of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, professor of chemistry, salary 82,000. Jesse Jones, of Charleston, foreman of the mechanical department, salary 8750. The election of a foreman of the farm was postponed until the regular meeting in August next. ? The News and Courier says that of the fifteen counties of the State which have elected delegates to the Democratic State Convention, six are opposed to nominating State officers in June, and eight leave this matter to their delegates or express no opinion. The delegates so far elected from the counties of Abbeville, Chester, Chesterfield, Edgefield, Georgetown, Greenville, Hampton, Horry, Lancaster, Laurens, Marlboro', Orangeburg, Sumter, Williamsburg, York, are grouped as follows, with reference to their choice of a Gubernatorial candidate; 1. The delegates who prefer Gen. Gary to any other candidate named or unnamed. 2. The Hagood delegates who, in like manner, prefer Gen. Hagood. 3. The delegates who are opposed to the nomination of Gen. Gary, but have not announced themselves as supporters of Gen. Hagood, some in this group preferring a third candidate. The fifteen counties alluded to are entitled to 64 delegates, which are distributed as follows : Gary, 9; Hagood, 34; anti-Gary, 18. The News and Courier in this connection says: "The friends of Gen. Gary expect to carry Beaufort and Spartanburg counties with 12 votes; and the friends of Gen. Hagood will carry Aiken and Barnwell with 11 votes, and expect to carry nearly every other county in the State." ? Thomas White, who was convicted of the murder of Pet Hawkins, colored, at the last term of Spartanburg court, was hanged in that town on Friday last. White has all along manifested a stolid indifference to his fate. He was calm and collected to the last, mounting the scaffold with a firm tread, without betraying the slightest fear. After prayer and the administration of the sacrament by the Rev. Milnor Jones, the rope was placed around his neck, when he complained of its being too tight. It was adjusted, and he expressed himself as being prepared to die. He asked once or twice for an absent brother and sister. He maintained to the lust the profession of a total ignorance of the deed for which he died, but alleged that Byrd, the barkeeper, put a pistol in his hand remarking that he (Byrd) intended to kill a negro before morning. White's last words xoere that he wanted everybody to know to what end whisky and bad company would bring a man. Had it not been for these, he said, he would not have died upon the gibbet. He dropped four feet eight inches, at eight minutes past 12 o'clock, made three slight struggles, and all was over. The pulse ceased to beat in eight minutes. White was about 28 years old, and is another sad victim of pistols and whisky. May his fate prove a solemn warning to the youth of our State. The following are the circumstances of the crime: "White was a resident of Spartanburg County and lived near Glenn Springs. He had all his life borne the reputation of being a dissipated character and was a hard drinker. On the day of the murder White came to Spartanburg Courthouse from Cowpens Station, on the Air Line Railroad, and had been driukiug all day with boon companions. During the afternoon, while White was in a barroom with Dr. Lee Smith, a negro boy came to tbe door of the saloon and asked Dr. Smith to come out for a moment as he desired to speak with him. Dr. Smith did not go, and White stepped to the door and found two colored boys, one of whom was Pet Hawkins, the deceased. White asked Hawkins if he was the rascal who had called Dr. Smith out. Hawkins had a.bundle in his hand which he put down and appeared as if he expected an attack. Without waiting for an answer, White then drew his pistol and shot Hawkins, killing him almost immediately. Hawkius was a young colored boy, about 18 or 20 years of age, and appears to nave given no i provocation for the assault upon him." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The wheat crop in Surry county will be ' larger than in any previous year. ? The post-office at Newton was robbed last j iveek of 840 in money, and 810 in stamps. j ? The wheat and oat crops of Cabarrus are ! badly injured by rust. ? Senator Pomeroy, of Kansas, who was in i Lhe United States Senate for four years, is ' iow living in Nash county, where he is working a gold mine. ? A tire occurred at High Shoals, Gaston jounty, on Saturday of last week, by which Five buildings were destroyed. The property i belonged to the High Shoals Manufacturing Company, and the loss amounts to several thousand dollars. ? Two or three weeks ago the Court House tnd county records of Kinston, Lenoir county, were destroyed by fire, and also another building in which county records were deposited. The Clerk of the county has been ar- j rested and held to bail for trial, on the charge )f being the incendiary. I POLITICAL NEWS. ? The Republican State Convention of Nevada instructed its delegates to Chicago to vote for Blaine. ? The West Virginia State Republican Convention instructed its delegates to Chica-1 go to vote for Blaine. ? If there be one doubter as to Gen. Grant's desire to be President, let him come forward and hear that the distinguished traveler deliberately kissed a boy baby at Springfield last week. By common consent this is a crucial test of candidacy. ? The New York Tribune has a pledge signed by two thousand Republicans of that city, that they will not vote for a third-term candidate if he is nominated. Similar papers, with large numbers of signatures to them, are extant in Cincinnati and Chicago. ? The Michigan State Republican Conventinn wikj in apscinn ol Ttolmif. nn fViP 1 It is understood that a majority of the delegates to the Chicago Convention are for Blaine, but several who will vote for Blaine at first, will abandon him if the prospect of his nomination should not be good after two or three ballots. ? J. Milton Turner, who may be regarded as the most prominent colored man in the West, was interviewed by the Washington Post on Monday. He told the Post that the colored voters want either Senator Bruce or Fred. Douglass to be the Republican VicePresidential candidate. He says that the colored people will cast 600,000 Republican votes at the coining election?that is, if they shall be treated with proper respect. ? Up to the present time, according to the best informed estimate, Grant has 270 delegates, Blaine 198, Sherman 76, Edmunds 40 and Washburne 18. The Republican convention will be composed, we believe, of 756. About 600 delegates have been selected, and Grant has not secured a majority of th.ein, still less of the entire convention. He will have to get at least 100 out of the J 56 still to be chosen. ? The New York Tribune says a conversa tion took place Friday last between Hon. Satnuel J. Tilden and a well-known lawyer, whose relations with Mr. Tilden are most confidential. Mr. Tilden is asserted to have said that he would be a candidate before the Democratic Convention, no matter who might be named at Chicago by the Republican party; that while he had not formerly intended to be a candidate, except in case of the nomination of Gen. Grant at Chicago, he had now resolved to be one in any event, and that Mr. Payne, of Ohio, would he his choice for Vice President. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston. Memorial Day at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, was observed on the 10th, in the quiet, formal manner which for several years past has characterized the annual ceremonies in remembrance of the men who have been slumbering in quiet graves for fifteeu years. After a brief address by Mr. James G. Holmes, chairman of the committee of arrangements, the following memorial ode, by Mrs. Clara Dargan McLean, was sung to the air of "My Maryland,'1 the young ladies of the Confederate Home lending : Ye are not dead, ye glorious souls ! Who fought and fell for Freedom's sako; And though our hearts with anguish break, Regret her solemn silence holds. For here beneath this fragrant bloom, The weary warrior rests his head? But Love beholds the faithful dead, Transfigured over every toinb. Rest, honored heroes! calmly sleep, The end is gained, your work is done; We restless toil till set of sunBe our repose as soft and deep. Well won the rest! well won the lame ! Let this reflection hush our moan, For on imperishable stone, Honor shall carve each sacred name! An appropriate prayer was then offered by Rev. G. R. Brackett, a concluding ode was sung, and the benediction pronounced by Rev. W. B. Yates, after which the motionless crowd became suddenly animated with life, and scattered silently through the grounds laden with the fragrant and beautiful assurances that the occupant of no humble grave was forgotten, or the life he gave for his country unappreciated by his countrymen and countrywomen. When every soldier's grave had been decorated, the party dispersed about the cemetery, many availing themselves of the opportunity to place flowers above the resting places of loved ones outside of the soldiers' lot. The day was observed generally throughout the South. The Canvass for Governor. TT J 0_J r T T Ulliier time ui wie oiu iiisinui, o. aj. Brown, President of the Carolina Democratic Cluh of Newberry county, addressed a note to Gen. Johnson Hagood, enclosing the following resolutions, adopted by the club: Resolved, That we request Gen. Johnson Hagood to name some day within the uext two weeks, when it will be convenient for him to attend and address a mass meeting to be assembled under the auspices of the Carolina Democratic Club. Resolved, That Gen. Johnson Hagood be the guest of this club during his stay in Newberry. To the note and the tenor of the resolutions, Gen. Hagood replied as follows: Columbia, May 6, 1880. J. E. Brown, Esq., President of Carolina Democratic Club, Newberry, S. C.: Dear Sir?Your communication of 3d instant is received, forwarding to me the invitation of your club to address a mass meeting to be assembled under its auspices. I beg very sincerely to acknowledge the gratihcation afforded me by this evidence of appreciation on the part of my fellow-citizens of Newberry, and my sense of the kind terms in which you have been pleased to convey it. The issues of the approaching political campaign are to us of the gravest consequence. They involve the maintenance for the next two years of the honest and economical administration of State affairs which wa3 inaugurated in 1876 by exertions previously unparalleled in our political history, aud which it will be difficult to repeat. They involve i also that which alone can place us beyond the danger of relapse and Radical rule, aud i at the same time give us release from the political strain under which we now labor. The i Democracy have got the State Government, and they are going to keep it, but from the i peculiar position of South Carolina she is li- i able to be a battle-field between the two National parties in every Presidential elec- I tion so long as the Republicans are in power ] in Washington. We need repose and rest, i Four years, if no more, of National Democratic rule will give us this and afford our 1 people time to become thoroughly harmonized ! and solidified under the broad banner of I equal rights for all and good government i for the whole. Politics will not then be, as < it is now with us, a matter of State life, and i our people can, in a greater degree, turn their energies to material progress, while popula- i tion and capital from abroad will, in confi- i dence, seek to share in developing the abounding resources of our favored clime. In view of the magnitude of the interests i at stake, I feel that no risk should be run 1 which prudence can avoid, and that if ever i there was a time when personal aspirations should be subordinated to the general good, 1 it is pre-eminently so with us now. The ] united energies and harmonious action of all 1 the good men of South Carolina are needed i for success in our local struggle, and for worthily bearing our part in the great effort for national regeneration. Among the causes, in my apprehension, tending to impair this harmony would be a personal canvass before the people by those whose names have been mentioned by partial friends for nomination upon the State ticket. The heat of mere personal partisanship likely to be engendered, would be au element of discord before the nomination and a drawback to harmony afterwards, which we cannot encounter. The friends of every man who is put forward at such a time as this for prominent place should be assured that his record is sufficiently pronounced tnd known to enable the people to pass upon his merits without commentary from himself. They should be passed upon by the people after the fullest and freest discussion in the press or other wise, but a discussion originating with and among the people themselves, and the decission be reached upon considerations of known principles, character and qualification. The unbiased verdict of his fellow-citizens thus rendered should, as I am sure it will, be accepted by all who have been honored by mention in this ccunection. And whether it assigns one to the baton of leadership or places him in the ranks, his energies should, and no doubt will, be cheerfully and freely given to the general welfare. Impressed with these views I have declined from other sections of the State invitations similar to that which your club has honored me. In this, as in every other act of my public life, my course is submitted to the verdict of those whose interests are at stake; it is based upon convictions of what is best for the welfare of my State and people, and, I trust, is not devoid of the modesty which should characterize one in the presence of high responsibilities?responsibities which, once conferred, cannot with honor be laid down short of success?if success he not iippossible. Renewing the expression of the pleasure given by your invitation, and assuring my friends of Newberry in whatever capacity I may be called to serve of the certainty of its acceptance at a later period of the campaign, I am, very truly and sincerely, Johnson Hagood. MERE-MENTION. There wcru ice and snow in Central New York on Saturday last, 15th iustunt. The crops in Ireland are reported as quite promising. At a recent revival meeting in Alabama, a negro woman shouted herself to death. "A, B, C," is the name of a new postoffice in Sumner County, Tenn. One million six hundred and fifty-one thousand pounds of hay have been shipped from Salisbury, N. C.. during the past year. On Friday last a fire broke out in the car-works at Milton, Pa., and before it was checked six hundred and sixty six, buildings were burned. A number of persons lost their lives, and two hundred and fifty families were rendered homeless. At an amateur performance in Atlanta on the evening of the 12th, four lady performers were badly burned, by the clothing e ne of them igniting from a gas jet, and the flames communicating to the iUitAn TK maa /\P tKo m K ii tra oinoo UtIICI tlllCCt 1 III co kji iih ti; oiu\ v died. Col. Cox, the murderer of Col. Alston, has been assigned to the coal mines in Dade county, Ga., where he will commence the terra of his servitude. It is estimated that the cotton crop of the United States for 1880 will approximate 8,000,000 bales. An increase of 2,000,000 bales over 1879. 11 is said that the volume of emigration from Europe during the month of May will exceed that of April. Charles H. Phinizy has been elected President of the Georgia Railroad, in place of Gen. E. P. Alexander, resigned. Ex-Governor Henry S. Foote, superintendent of the United States Mint at New Orleans, is reported lying at the point of death at his residence five miles from Nashville. Mr. H. \V. Grady, a wellknown Georgia journalist, has recently purchased a one-fourth interest in the Atlanta Constitution, for which he paid twenty thousand dollars in cash. Hold on to your character, for it is, and will be, your best wealth. The value of the crops of the United States in 1879 is estimated by the Agricultural department at $1,904,480,000, against $480-570,000 in 1878. Passenger fare on the Cincinnati Southern Railway has been reduced to two cents per mile. A destructive hailstorm passed over the counties of Dinwiddie, Chesterfield and Amelia, Va., ou Friday night last, and did an immense amount of damage to tobacco plants, wheat and other vegetation. It has been unusually cold along the Hudson river, N. Y_. f^r Rfvpral davs nast. On Saturdav nicht ~ '? ? J " I ~ 7 ? - # . V - o ice formed, and snow is agaiu visible on the Catakill mountains. Recent forest fires have been very destructive to property in New Jersey. In Atlantic county alone vineyards were damaged to the extent of $200,000. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, S. C., May 18. ?We are suffering here somewhat now for want of rain. Gardens especially, are showing the effects of the dry spell, and soon field crops wiH begin to need refreshing showers. Cotton is starting finely, and I hear of several fields in which the crop is so forward as to require plowing. Wheat in this county, is generally injured by the rust, though the oat crop is promising. Mr. W. T. Ford, who has been street overseer for several years, has been promoted to be chief of police. He is succeeded as street overseer by Mr. S. A. Murphy. The Fishing Creek Manufacturing Company will meet next Friday for the purpose of organizing and electing officers. Chester now has au archery club, composed of a number of ladies and gentlemen. . The Lee Light Infantry are making arrangements for an excursion to Augusta Ga., soon. Last Suuday evening a difficulty occurred near the depot, in which a number of persons, white and colored, were engaged. Policeman Ford, while chasing one of them to effect his arrest, ran against a wire fence, and cut bis face severely. Those engaged in the disturbance were promptly brought before the Council yesterday morning and fined $10 each. Mrs. Cicily Atkinson, aged 85 years, living five miles east of Chester, fell from the steps of her residence and broke her arm. Major Joe Means has a lot of half an acre planted in oats, the stalks of which will average 5 feet in height. Several members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Chester, went to Winnsboro yesterday, for the purpose of assisting in instituting a lodge in that town. By a recent change of schedule on the C., C. and A. Railroad, the mail trains now meet at this place about 1 P. M. Wylie & Agurs have recently improved the front of their store with a fresh coat of paint. I. L. Gunhouse & Co., are also painting the front of their store. Revs. R. W. Sanders and J. D. Mahon, of the Baptist church, have returned from the Baptist Convention recently held at Lexington, Ky. Rev. A. P. Pugh, of the same denomination, well known in York and Chester counties, has entered upon the mission work in Newberry county. Capt. R. T. Mockbee, recently elected a member of the Democratic Executive Committee of this county, has resigned. The negro who a few months ago shot Mr. Jesse Simpson and made his escape, has been irrested in NViunsboro. Deputy Sheriff Walker left last night for the purpose of returning him to this county for commitment. Mr. E. C. Stahn left yesterday for a three j months' tour in Europe. Besides vieiting his ! -elatives in Berlin, whom he has not seen for j :eu years, he will also visit most of the promnent cities on the Continent. Chester. i 4 XiOCAZi AFFAIRS. HEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. R. Scborb, Treasurer?Report. Ann Minter?Fair Warning. Dobson A Parish?Plantation Supplies. J. C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Summer Clothing, Ac. Withers Adickes?Graia Cradles?Oils. Dr. J. B. Patrick, Jr.?Dental Notice. S. L. Miller A Co.?Flour?Molasses?Canned Goods?Bacon?Crockery and Glassware. M. Strauss?I Buy My Goods. Latimer A Hemphill?Millinery?Dress Goods? Ready-Made Clothing?Shoes?Hats?Groceries. T. S. Jefl'erys?Something Desirable for Sale. J. C. Chambers, Plaintiff's Attorney?Notice to Defendants. T. M. Dobson--New York House. Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion. J. J. Smith A Co.?Bargains. Qi?fuial/] Qn noi?! nf an/lunf.. Pho rloufiin Pltv Railway Co. Entertainment. FROST. We learn that on the plantation of Major Briggs, a few miles north of town, there was frost last Saturday morning. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. We are requested by the County Commissioners to announce that the board will next be in session on Friday and Saturday, the 28th and 29th instant, instead of the first Monday in June. DAVIDSON* COLLEGE. We have received from Messrs. J. A. McLean, Jr., and John E. Mason an invitation to the Commencement exercises of Davidson College to begin on the 16th of June next. The annual oration will be delivered by Rev. W. E. Boggs, D. D., of Atlanta, Ga. ENTERTAINMENT*FR1DAY EVENING. See notice in another column of the entertainment to be given by the young ladies, in the Court House, to-morrow evening, for the benefit of the cemetery fund. A pleasant entertainment is promised, and the young ladies should be encouraged with a full house. THE PICNIC. The excursion and picnic from this place to Gastonia hist Saturday was a very pleasant affair. A considerable number from town and along the line of the railroad went up, and all express themselves as highly pleased with the trip and their visit to our neighboring town. SKETCH OF KING'S MOUNTAIN. We have just issued, in pamphlet form, a sketch of the Battle of King's Mountain, by Rev. Robert Lathau, and will fill orders for the same at the following rates: Single copy, 15 cents; per dozen, $1.50; per hundred, 9.00. Orders by mail will be promptly filled at the above prices. OUR CLUBBING RATES. To clubs of two or more names, entered on our books and paid for at the same time, the Enquirer will be furnished one year for $2 to each subscriber. Single subscriptions, $2.50 per annum in advance. All persons who subscribe for one year, between this date and the first of October next, will be entitled to a chance in our prize drawing. PERSON AL*MENTION. We were pleased to receive a call Monday afternoon from Mr. II. T. Dickson, son of the late Rev. Henry R. Dickson, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church in this place, but who died in Brooklyn, N. Y., a few years ago. Since the death of his father, young Dickson has remained in Brooklyn, and he is now connected with the wholesale house of Lewis Bros., New York. RETURNED FROM HOSPITAL. Mr. W. M. Corkill returned last Saturday from Charleston, where he had been under treatment for a gunshot wound received during the war, notice of which we made three weeks ago. The surgeons failed to extract the ball, but it is hoped he will*"be greatly benefitted by the removal of the dead bone which was taken out. He is yet weak from the effects of the operation and is confined to his house. ADMITTED TO THE IIAR. In the Supreme Court on the 12th instant, Messrs. Attorney-General Youmans, R. W. Shand and Joseph H. Earle, the committee appointed to examine applicants for admission to practice, examined in open court twenty young gentlemen who were admitted, sworn and enrolled as attorneys at law. Among those admitted, was Mr. J. Stanyarne Wilson, of this place, who, we learn, passed a very creditable examination. 8HOT AN EAGLE. On Monday of last week, Mr. J. A. Ilogue shot and killed a bird supposed to be a gray eagle, which was hovering over his mill pond about three miles east of town. At the time lie shot the bird, it was attempting to seize a gander which was on the water near the edge of the pond. The top of the bird's head was white, the sides of the throat striped, the wings of ash color, and the breast ash and white speckled. It measured from tip to tip of wings 5 feet 7 inches C11URCHE8 NEXT SUNDAY. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Tlios. Gilbert, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. Sunday-school in the afternoon. Associate.Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Latlian, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular apjiointment at Tirzah next Sunday. Sunday-school in the Church at Yorkville at 4 o'clock, P. M. Presbyterian?Services at 10$ A. M., and 8 P. M., by Rev. T. R. English. . Sunday-school in the afternoon. Episcopal?Church of the Good Shepherd? Rev. It. P. Johnson, Rector. Services at the usual hours, morning and afternoon.'' Sunday-school at 4 P. M. GOLD MINING. We received a call one day last week from Capt. J. W. Seacrest, Superintendent of the Magnolia Gold Mining Company, of New York, wlw has returned to this county, after an alisence of ten years, to engage in mining for gold. The company he represents own the Broad River and McSwain mines, situated in Broad River and Bullock's Creek townships in this county, and arrangements are in progress to thoroughly develop these mines. The company regard these mines as the future bonanza of the South, and are confident, from the amount of ore already raised and in sight, of the most favorable results. We earnestly hope that their most sanguine anticipations may be realized. CENSUS ENUMERATORS. Mr. C. J. Bride, Census Supervisor of this district, has made the following appointments by townships of enumerators for York county, which have been approved by Gen. Walker, Suderintendent of the census bureau : BethelA-Capt. Ed. R. Mills; Bethesda?C. K. Williams; Bullock's Creek?W. B. Wil- <' liams; Broad River?E. F. Bell; Catawba? (north-west) T. C. Beckham; Catawba? (south-east) John S. Pride; Cherokee?J. A. i Deal; Ebenezer?W. S. May; Fort Mill?W. < II. Stewart; King's Mountain?Dr. A. P. i Campbell; York?Col. W. H. McCorkle. , The work of enumerating is to commence on the the 7th of June, and the law requires j that it shall be completed by the last day of the month. { For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. { COUNTY NOMINATIONS. Mr. Editor: I did not begin a controversy ] through your columns for the mere sake of ( an argument; nor am I in the least preju- ( diced against anything connected with the $ primary system of nominating our county J officers. In ray last to you, I tried to express myself t in as few words as possible, in order to save , space, &c., and perhaps did not make things as clear as I should have done. While then ? I did not advocate the convention strong, a nor denounce the primary bitterly, at this writing I am more in favor of the "convention < plan" of nominating officers at the next election. In advocating the convention for the ensuiug election, I do it directly for the interest and sake of the Democracy of our county. If the primary system should be adopted, it would be necessary for us to first fight among ourselves and then our foe. Our county would be filled to overflowing with candidates, each of whom would be bringing up faults and past derds of their opponent's life, which would have a tendency to weaken the successful caudidate, and at the same time be giving the enemy ground and material to work upon in the general election. The evils it would produce would be great. Many public and private calamities would naturally result from it. Jealousy, discontent, contemptuousness, contention and envy would be its genuine offspring, causing a split in our ranks, which we must avoid. It is not at all probable, Mr. Editor, that ^ we would all be pleased with the uominations made by the convention; but it is my opinion that a still greater number would be dis- . , satisfied with the result of the primary elec- 1 tion. I do not, by any means, insinuate (nor would I have them to think such) that the present advocates of Primary through your columns are office seekers; but you can sound any man whom you know to be such, ask his opinion as to Primary vs. Convention, n nJ Ua m? 1 I on ** nm tma mtt ai*/vj<?v i m a fI'La ouu uc YTiii oaj piuuaijr cvci y time. J. lie primary system is simply opening the way and clearing the track for candidates. If we must have two elections, let us hol(^^|B|H an election at our different voting precincts for delegates to the convention. Let all the legal Democratic voters cast their votes for * their favorite delegates to the convention. Would that not be satisfactory to all? If not, it would cause a, split in our clubs. (Sing- ' ly and not combined!) and not throughout the county. If the convention plan be adhered to, we must send our beat men, and men who have nonspiration for office themselves, to the convention. Let them nominate men, whom they know to be competent to fill their respective offices. Then let the people do away with all personal prejudice against the nominees, and come together, as true hearted Democrats, and support the nominees to the best of their ability, and if any man from prejudice of the nominees, or convention plan or for desire of office, come before the people as an independent candidate (as "Red Shirt" seems to think would be ishe case) let us turn our backs upon hira, and let our Democracy countenance him not, for he is a "wolf in sheep's clothing he is an enemy battling against the true Democracy of his country; he is a deserter of the Democratic ranks and one of our bitterest enemies; and will do us more harm than a gennine Radical. Let us have but one aim, one ticket and but one party. Let > us put our combined strength together and work exclusively for the success of that tick-. et and directly and bitterly against all other tickets or parties of whatever nature they may be. I think the blame is laid on the convention, and not the convention plan. Our people have become prejudiced agniist the past actions uf the convention. If that is not the case, why do we not disagree or become dissatis6ed with the actions of our 6tate and National Conventions ? We send delegates to those conventions and trust them to nominate officers; and we have hitherto supported them without any dissatisfaction. It is this, Mr. Editor: in our couuty, we have too many S men who ought to havean office; too many looked upoo as capable of filling an office ; and when so many names are put before the convention, and they beiug privileged to liomi- a nate so few of the number, the friends of the non nominees become highly displeased and I think the delegates did not do tlu-ir duty. I fl hope all such feelings will be abandoned entirely, and that wc may meet in full force with our clubs, and select good men to the convention, and then heartily support their A action. VV. T. SUPREME LODGE ^KNIGHTS OP HONOR. ifl The seventh annual session of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Honor, assembled in Charleston, on the 11th instant, with officers V and representatives from thirty-two States of 9 the Union. The Lodge was in session during I last week, and until 8 o'clock Monday even ing of this week, when it adjourned, to meet fl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the second * Tuesday in May, 1881. ^ The report of the Supreme Dictator was read on Tuesday. The report shows the receipts of the general fund during the fiscal -7 year to have been $53,667.52, and the total disbursements ?39,266.15, leaving a balance of $14,401.37, with an aggregate of $6,785 85 -M due the fund from different Grand Lodges on account of supplies. The widows' and orphans' benefit fund account shows for the fiscal year ending May 1, 556 benefits paid, amountiug to $1,101,000, produced by 14 assessments. Tweuty-niue of the deaths were from yellow fever. The following table of the operations of the Order 4 in this department since its organization is M given in the report: TOTAL NUMBER AND AMOUNT OF BENEFITS V PAID IN THE YEAR ENDING AAY 1. ^ No. Deaths. Amount Paid. No. Assessments. 1875 2 $1,093 05 2 1870 20 40,000 00 11 ^ 1877. .... 72 143,000 00 10 ; , 187 8 150 300,000 00 11 187 9 403 922,000 00 19 1880 556 1,107,000 00 14 Total..!,263 $2,507,09s 65 67 Death benefits were paid in thirty-one States during last year, Tennessee having the largest a number, 86, and Minnesota the lowest, one. 9 Since the last report the Order has been in- * troduced into Montana, and a Grand Lodge instituted iu California, and the membership has increased in numbers about 25,000 during the time. An assessment made last January showed the number of beneficiary members to be $76,581, the total amount realized from it being $86,072.62, the average amount contributed by each member having been $1.24}. A special call for the relief of Memphis, ^ where the Order is very strong, during the yellow fever epidemic, produced $21,743.60, from which was expended the amount required for the protection of members of the Order in that city, assisting their removal, &c. The Supreme Reporter's report shows an increase of 610 subordinate lodges and one grand lodge since the last report. The Supreme Treasurer's report shows total receipts for last year $1,141,424.57 ; disbursements, $1,080,000; balance in treasury $61,424.57; less thirty $2,000 orders drawn and unpaid, $60,000 ; leaving an actual cash balance of $1,425.57. The following officere were elected to serve for the ensuing year: r Supreme Dictator, W. B. Hoke, Kentucky ; Supreme Vice-Dictator, R. H. Cochran, West Virginia; Supreme Assistant Dictator, 3. H. Boynton, Maine; Supreme Reporter, J. C, Plumer, Ohio ; Supreme Treasurer, R. A., Osmer, New York; Supreme Chaplaiu, Rev. F. Lobdell, New York; Supreme 3uide, F. P. Ireland, Nebpska; Supreme Guardian, W. Sykes, Mississippi; Supreme Sentinel, H. P. Upraan, Minnesota. Trus,ees, J. M. McLaia, Arkansas ; C. S. Dubose, jeorgia; L. W. Perrin, South Carolina. The delegates are loud in the expression of heir delight at the hospitable treatment they eceived in Charleston. A French philanthropist who had given >ver $200,000 to the poor died in a garret ind alone the other day, and not one mournsr followed his body to the grave. Where :harity ends gratitude leave off. f V