Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 17, 1880, Image 2
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YORKVILLE. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 17. 1880.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Id the Senate on the 7th, the SpoffordKellogg
resolutions were discussed.
In the House, the Senate bill ratifying the
Ute Indian agreement with the amendments
of the House committee thereto, was taken up
and passed.
In the Senate on the 8th, the bill removing
the political disabilities of Clement C.
Clay, of Alabama, was reported favorably.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was taken
up, and before the Senate adjourned, a numof
amendments were adopted.
In the House a number of bills were passed,
among them one creating a new collection
district in North Carolina.
In the Senate on the 9th, the bill removing
the political disabilities of Clement C. Clay
of Alabama, was passed. The sundry civil
appropriations bill was then considered until
the hour of adjournment. The House concurrent
resolution, providing for adjournment on
the 10th of June, was amended by substituJune
15th at 12 o'clock, and as amended was
unanimously agreed to.
In the House, the conference report on the
river and harbor appropriation bill was
submitted, and the report was agreed to. It
appropriates for river and harbor improvements
$8,929,500. The Senate amendment
to House bill, fixing June 15th as day of
final adjournment was agreed to.
Iu the Senate on the 10th, a bill was passed
admitting salt free of duty. Thesundry civil
appropriation bill was taken up and amendments
adopted in committee were coucurred
in. Mr. Hampton then offered an amendment
appropriating $2,500 for repairs to and
furniture for the United States Court House
at Charleston, and it was adopted. The bill
was then passed.
In the House, Mr. Tucker of Virginia, in;
troduced a bill, which was referred to the
committee on ways and means, directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to cause to be
levied a duty of 35 per cent, ad valorem on
cotton ties which shall be shown to have been
ordered under bona fide and absolute contracts
entered into prior to the 27th of May,
1880, and which shall be imported prior to
January 1st, 1881, and authorizing the refunding
of the amount of duties in excess
of 35 per cent, ad valorem collected since the
27th of May, 1880, on such articles. A bill
to remove the political disabilities of C. C.
Clay was introduced and passed.
In the Senate on the lltb, the SpoflordKellogg
resolutions were discussed. A spirited
colloquy occurred between Senators Hill
Butler and Hampton in reference to the position
of the two latter gentlemen on the
Spofford-Kellogg controversy. They defended
their position on this question, also repelling
certain charges made by the Senator
from Georgia, and during the debate several
keen thrusts were made by the gentlemen
respectively. The bill to pension the soldiers
of the Mexican aud Indian wars was taken up
and peuding conclusion of the debate thereon,
the Senate adjourned.
In the House, the Senate bill regulating
the appointment and pay of deputy marshals
was considered and passed by a party vote?
yeas, 110 ; nays, 85.
In the Senate on the 12th, consideration of
the bill granting a pension to certain soldiers
nnH sailors of the Mexican and other wars.
was resumed as in committee of the whole.
Mr. Ingalls moved to iuclude all men who
served thirty days in the war of the rebellion.
An extended debate ensued, participated in
by Senators Voorhees, Brown, Blaine, Maxey,
Coukling and others. Pending further debate,
the Senate went into executive session,
and when the doors were opened, adjourned.
In the House, Mr. Scales, of North Carolina,
submitted the conference report on the
Ute agreement bill. He said the bill as
agreed to provides that if there should be
sufficient available land in Colorado, the Indians
should be settled in that State, but if
not then that they should be settled in Utah
and New Mexico. The report was agreed to.
The House then resumed consideration of the
Senate resolutions proposing a joint rule for
counting the electoral vote, and was addressed
by Van Voorhees, of New York, in opposition
to the measure. After some further
discussion, the Republicans resorted to filibustering,
and, by refusing to vote, left the
House without a quorum. Finally, on motion
of Mr. Bicknell, the House, at 5 o'clock,
took a recess until 9:30 Monday morning.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Spartanburg couDty bas a boy 17 years
old who measures 6 feet 8 inches in height.
? Abbeville county is said to be in a more
flourishing condition, both politically and
financially, than at any time since the war.
? Union county has adopted the primary
system of making nominations for county officers.
? John Agnew, of Columbia, it is said, is a
candidate for the United States Marshalship
in this State.
? Col. James N. Lipscomb has been appointed
auditor of Newberry county, vice
Falk, deceased.
? The negroes of Columbia are very bitter
against Elliott for having persistently voted
for Sherman in the Chicago Convention, when
he had been instructed to vote for Grant.
? Hampton county claims to have the largest
tree in the State. It is a cypress, growing
in Whippy Swamp, and measures forty one
feet in circumference.
? The Etiwan Fertilizer works, situated j
about four miles from Charleston, were!
damaged by fire on Saturday last to the ex- ;
tent of twenty thousand dollars.
? The Darlington Knights of Honor have
contracted for the building of a hall in that:
town in which to hold their meetiugs. It,
will be built of wood, 100 x 35 feet, two sto- j
ries high with tin roof, aud is to cost 84,030.
? Ellison Hampton, the negro in Sumter ;
county, who recently whipped his son to death,
was tried at Sumter last week before Judge !
Aldrich, convicted and sentenced to be hanged
on the 2nd day of July next.
' ? The Savannah News of Tuesday says:
"It is understood that the Savannah aud ;
Charleston Railroad, purchased recently by
Mr. H. C. Plant and others, will be put in
thorough order, steel rails will be laid, and
the running time shortened to three and half1
hours.
? Senator Butler's bill, which authorizes
the secretary of war to adjust the accouut for
arms between the State of South Carolina
and the General Government, and balance
the same by reducing the overcharge made
against the State in 1869, so that the amounts
due the State for the last ten years may be
taken as full satisfaction, has passed the Senate.
? During the progress of a trial in the sessions
Court at Sumter, on Tuesday of last
week, Col J. J. Dargan and Col. Jos. H.
Earle had a personal difficulty in the Court
room, in which tliey resorted to blows. Under
a rule for contempt, the presiding Judge,
Aldrich, fined each of them $50, and suspended
them from practice until the 1st day
of January next
? Governor Simpson has respited Neil W.
Blair, colored, who was to have been hanged
in Camden on Friday last, until the 8th of
October. Blair was convicted of the murder
of Wm. Adamson at Camden on the 9th of
August, 1879, was tried at the September term
of the court, and was sentenced by Judge
Mackey to be executed on the 17th of Octo
ber. Before the date of sentence he was respited
until January 16, and subsequently to
March 12, and again until Junq^ll. The
murder, like most other affairs of the kind,
was due entirely to whisky, and was committed
in a barroom.
? A number of the citizens of Camden have
formed an anti-dueling association, of which
Judge Kershaw was elected president. The
objects of the association are to train, educate
and organize the public opinion and moral
sense of the people to a true perception of the
criminality and wickedness of dueling ; to use
and enforce all legal means to prevent persons
from engaging in a duel; and to enforce the
laws against dueling in every case of their
violation hereafter occurring within the County
of Kershaw, vrhether the same shall consist
of sending, accepting, or bearing a challenge,
or the fighting of a duel, or the counselling,
aiding or abetting any of these offences.
Thirty-nine gentlemen have already J
connected themselves with the association. 1
? At the recent term of the circuit court
for Sumter county, Judge Aldrich, in his'
charge to the grand jury, said : "Since the 3d
Monday in February, in nine counties I have |
tried ten cases of murder; five have been
found guilty, the other five were properly acquitted
Why this is appalling ! It is a blot j
upon our civilization and a reproach to our
people, l nave Deen seriously examining w
fiud a cause for this ruffian disregard of hu-1
man life. My reflections have led me to the
conviction that it is the free use of mean
whisky and the carrying of concealed weap
ons. The large majority of our young men
go armed, to the church, the court-house, the
dance, with a pistol, or a dirk, or a razor, concealed
on the person, and if they get under
the influence of this fiery poison that distracts
the brain and inflames the blood, on the first
cause of offence, either real or imagined, the
weapon is drawn and a fellow-being lies weltering
in his blood. Even the boys are carrying
their concealed weapons. It is appalling,
and there is no way to stop it but by firmly
administering the law. Let the juries of
the country, remembering the high obligations
which they have taken before God and
their assembled countrymen, be true to their
God, their State and themselves, and this
reckless disregard of human life will no longer
impede the administration of the civil business
of the courts and be a blot on the character
of the State."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Last week, in the N. C. Supreme Court,
forty young meu were licensed to practice law,
among them one negro.
? David A. Jenkins, Esq., of Gaston counL
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ly, nas neeu suggesieu uy iwjjuuuunua ao a
suitable candidate of that party for Governor.
? The Stowesville cotton factory, in Gaston
county, was sold on Monday of last week
under foreclosure of mortgage, and purchased
by Thomas H. Gaither, the mortgagee.
? In the Wilmington Congressional district,
John W. Shackelford is the Democratic nominee
for Congress. Major Clement Dowd, of
Charlotte, has been nominated for Congress
by the Democrats of that district.
? Mr. T. B. McDowell has retired from the
Charlotte Southern Home, which he has conducted
for the past three years, and is succeeded
by D. H. Hill, Jr., son of Gen. Hill,
the founder of the paper.
? Says the Charlotte Democrat: "It is announced
that Gen. Gordon (recently resigned
from the U. S. Senate) has been elected President
or Agent of a Northern Fertilizing Company,
with headquarters at Atlauta. Hope
he may succeed better iu the manure business
than he did in the defunct Southern Life Insurance
concern, or the Southern School
Book enterprise."
' GARFIELD'S RECORD.
On the first page of this issue, we print a
sketch of James A. Garfield, the Republican
frll- Pvociaont TX-rif full fivim a R^
publican standpoint, and giving, perhaps, all
that can be said in his favor. Ilis opponents
are busily engaged in unearthing many of his
acts during his career as a member of Congress,
thus supplying the omissions in his biography
from Republican sources.
It is claimed that Garfield's weakness will
be in his Congressional record. The De Golyer
contract investigation is in print against him,
and the record shows that as a member he received
a fee of $10,000 as counsel, and when
asked what service he rendered he replied, ;'I
saw the chairman of the committee of the appropriations."
A brief history of this contract is as follows:
One De Golyer had made a contract with the
Shepherd Ring in Washington, to put down a
quantity of patent pavement. Gen. Garfield
was Chairman of the Committee 011 Appropriations
in the House of Representatives. In
order to pay for this patent pavement an appropriation
was needed from Congress. The
sum of five thousand dollars was paid to Gen.
Garfield 011 behalf of De Golyer, and appropriations
to the amount of millions of dollars
xi -rx? x^ xi.rv
were uiereaiiei t^iautcu iu tuc naouiii^tuu
Ring, the appropriation for the DeGolyer pavement
being included therein.
The New York Star, in an editorial particularizing
these charges against the Republican
nominee, says:
Most Americans are in some degree familiar
with the history of the colossal frauds by which
the city of Washington, in a few years, was
loaded with a debt of ?25,000,000?equal to
$106 for every man, woman and child of the i
population, or 27 i>er cent, of the city's taxable
valuation. These frauds were conceived in j
the fertile brain of Boss Shepherd, but could j
never have been executed without the corrupt I
aid and connivance of Garfield.
In 1872 Garfield was Chairman of the House I
Committee on Appropriations, and began tore-'
port favorably such bills as Shepherd commend-'
ed to him. l)e Golyer & MeClellan, a Chicago I
firm, were anxious to pave several miles of j
Washington with worthless wooden pavement j
at an exorbitant price. Congress turned a 1
deaf ear to the appeal of their lobbyists, and
at length, "a decayed parson," named Brown, I
was engaged to "see" Mr. Garfield. Brown
did^"see" him, mused to divide a fee with
him and retired. That night the lobbyist
wrote to his principals as follows:
"To-day's and to-night's work has secured
the assistance of Gen. Garfield. You cannot
overrate the importance of this accession. lie
is Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations,
and holds the purse-strings of the National
Treasury. Through him must come every
dollar of appropriations. I need not say
that I now feel certain of success."
He was not mistaken. Garfield reported the
appropriations desired, spoke for them, urged
Republican members to vote for them, and received
a ?5,000 check to Jiis credit "for professional
services,"
No doubt be felt keenly the disgrace of his
position, but he dared not break with his copartners.
At one time it was rumored that he
was disposed to abandon the plundering Ring,
whereupon Shepherd significantly remarked:
"I have papers in my desk that will keep Garfield
straight!" And Garfield wilted.
The hands of the Republican nominee were
also soiled by the Credit Mobilier iniquity,
which, a few years ago, was a familiar topic in
the papers. This was a joint stock company
organized for no other purpose than to swindle
the Government on a colossal scale. It had
its origin in the following manner: In 1852 a
joint-stock company was founded in Paris, under
the lead of the brothers Emile and Isaac
Pereire, and on the principle of limited liability
for the transaction of a general banking business,
to facilitate the construction of public
works and to develop national industry. On
the model of this company the title of "Credit
Mobilier of America" was adopted by a
ioint-stock company organized in May, 1803,
with a capital of $2,500,000. In January, 1867,
the charter having been purchased by a company
organized for the construction of the Union
Pacitic Railroad, the stock was increased to
$3,275,000, and afterward rose to great value,
paying enormous dividends. In 1872, in the
course of legal proceedings in Pennsylvania,
respecting the ownership of stock, it appeared
that several members of Congress, including
James A. Garfield, as well as Vice-President
Colfax, were unavowed stockholders. This
caused a great political scandal, as it had often
been held to be highly improper for a member
of Congress to be pecuniarily interested in a
corporation the profits of which might be
largely and directly affected by his vote on
bills concerning it.
Of his connection with the Credit Mobilier
swindle, the New York Sua says:
I "When, in 1872, the Credit Mobilier bribery
and corruption among members of Congress
were first exposed, Gen. Garfield was one
among those accused. He immediately published
a letter expressly and i>ositively denying
that he had any share in it. Next, on
January 14,1873, he appeared before the committee
of the House of Representatives, and
under oath declared; "I never owned, received
or agreed to receive any stock of the Credit
Mobilier, or of the Union Pacific Railroad,
nor any dividend or profits arising from either
of them.'1''
But on January 26th next following, the
Hon. Oakes Ames was examined before the
same committee, and proved by record evidence,
partly in Gen. Garfield's own handwriting,
that Gen. Garfield had had stock in
the Credit Mobilier, and that he had received
dividends thereupon. Mr. Ames also testified
that Gen. Garfield had visited him subsequent
to the commencement of the investigation
by the House, and had endeavored to infn
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money thus paid him as dividends had been
delivered to him as a loan; and yet, at the
very same time he had endeavored to procure
this false testimony from Mr. Ames, Gen.
Garlield had called upon Ames to pay him an
additional sum of money on account of the
Credit Mobilier, claiming that the dividends
he had already received had not been as large
as they should have been.
These are the most salient points of his official
career, and it may be said of him in
brief that he was prominently connected with
the most notorious scandals that marked the
Grant administration.
WHO IS CHESTER* A. ARTHUR?
This is a question asked by a great majority
of readers, on learning whom the Republicans
nominated as their candidate for VicePresident.
An exchange answers the question
as follows:
"Chester A. Arthur is a New York man,
about fifty years of age, genial and popular
in manners, and possessed of a personal magnetism
which makes him a favorite in both
social and public lite. He is by no means a
pauper in this world's goods, and is not illiberai
in the use of his means when he has perol
Q.wla tr, uttoin Aa a nnlitieinn he is ft
thorough votary of the machine. Under the
patronage and tutelage of Conklingand other
eminent Republicans of New York, he has
coine to be recognized as one of the best of
bulldozers and most methodical of organizers.
It is said that he knows the political complexion
of every school district in New York
State. He was collector of the port of New
York, by the grace of Conkling, but Hayes
discharged him and Cornell both from their
positions. Arthur goes upon the ticket as
Conk Hug's contribution, after Grant's defeat,
to the Republican campaign."
His fitness for the position for which he
has been nominated, can be readily determined
after reading the following testimonials
:
"You have made the custom house a centre
of partisan political management."?R.
B. Hayes to Collector Arthur, January 31,
1879.
' "With a deep sense of ray obligations under
the Constitution, I regard it as my plaiD
duty to suspend you in order that the office
may be honestly, administered."?R. B. Hayes
to Collector Arthur, January 31, 1879.
"Gross abuses of administration have continued
and increased during your incumbency."?John
Sherman to Collector Arthur, January
31, 1879.
"Persons have been regularly paid by you
who have rendered little or no service; the
expenses of your office have increased while
its receipts have diminished. Bribes, or gratuities
in the shape of bribes, have been received
by your subordinates in several branches
of the custom house, and you have in no
case supported the effort to correct these
abuses."?Secretary Sherman to Collector Arthur,
January 31, 1879.
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Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
Chester, June 13?For several weeks past
we have had dry weather, which has enabled
the farmers to get their crops pretty well
clear of grass and harvest the small grain.
From different parts of the county reports
come that cotton looks well. Corn is not so
promising. The worm is damageing it.
Wheat has not turned out as well as was
expected, but the oat crop is fine. Mr. P.
Nail raised 359 bushels of the red rust-proof
variety, on 11 acres near the railroad depot.
Mr. W. H. Weir, of Halselville brought to
town on Saturday two cotton stalks about
17 inches high. They were well limbed and
full of forms. He says they are an average
sample of his crop.
The Lee Light Infantry festival, last Wednesday
night, was a success. The net proceeds
amounted to about $70. A pleasant
evening was spent, and the festivities closed
with a hop at Brandt's hall.
Judge Kershaw is in town to-day on his
way to Lancaster, as presiding Judge of the
Circuit Court to be held there this week.
The terra here will probably be short. There
is but one prisoner in jail for trial.
Since the passage of the ordinance against
carrying concealed weapons, several arrests
have been made by the police, though persons
are becoming more careful in their observance
of the law.
Mr. Charlie Cobb, of Rock Hill, was welcomed
in Chester last Saturday by a host of
friends. He is becoming a little gray, though
he has lost none of the wit and humor for
which he is famous.
Mr. H. M. Ross is remodeling and improveing
his store room on Depot street.
On Friday last there was a colored Sunday
School excursion from Yorkville to this
place, and on the following day there was an
excursion of white people from Dallas, N. C.
.The day was exceedingly warm, and the party
kept well in doors.
President W. H. Hardin, of the Cheraw
and Chester Railroad, has a quantity of iron
for laying the track on the Lancaster side
of Catawba river, but he is unable to procure
hands. He will have a force of convicts in a
few weeks, however, and then the work will
be pushed forward. A new locomotive for
that end of the road is expected next month, j
A boat will be placed on the river for the
transporting of cars across, and work on the
piers of the bridge to be built will commence
soon, Chester.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dr. J. B. Patrick -Dental Notice.
Latimer 4 Hemphill?Millinery?Dry Goods.
S. L. Miller 4 Co.?Dried Beef?Ice.
J. C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store Paragraphs.
Hart & Hart, Attorneys?To Mill Owners.
H. C. Strauss, Secretary?Masonic Meeting.
S. Mc. Poston, Proprietor?Cleveland Mineral j
Springs.
H. F. Adickes, Jr.?Rare Bargains.
Clark Brothers?Wagons.
Herndon Brothers?Fruit Jars.
Hunter 4 Oates?Corsets?Dress Goods, 4c.
T. M. Dobsou?Grand Closing Out Sale.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion.
R. Lathan, School Commissioner?School Notice.
S. C. HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
At the meeting of the South Carolina Historical
Society in Charleston, on Friday last,
twenty-nine new members were elected, among
them Rev. Robert Lathan, of Yorkville.
CHURCH DEDICATION.
Tirzah M. E. Church, on the Rock Hill
circuit, of which Rev. J. M. Boyd is pastor,
will be dedicated bv Rev. A. M. Chrietzberg,
Presiding Elder of the District, on Sunday
next.
FINE FLOUK.
Mr. J. II. Hoffman, proprietor of Rough
and Ready Mills, on Crowder's creek, presented
us on Tuesday last with a sack of superior
flour made at his mills from new wheat of the
red May variety.
CLEVELAND MINERAL SPRINGS.
The attention of invalids and pleasure-seekers
is directed to the advertisement of the
above popular watering place. There have
been seventy-three arrivals there up to date,
which sjieaks well for the celebrity this watering
place has acquired?"
DEATH OF*MR8. HART.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, mother of Maj. James
F. Hart, died at his residence in this place, 011
Saturday morning last, 12th instant, in the
80th year of her age. Mrs. Hart was a consistent
member of the Baptist Churcn. She was
a native of Union county, which washer home
until within bhe past few years, during which
time she has resided with her sor., Major Hart.
EPISCOPAL FEMALE INSTITUTE.
With "complimentsof the Yorkville Girls,"
we have received a card of invitation to attend
the commencement exercises of the Episcopal
Female Institute, Winchester, Va., on Wednesday,
June 10. On the programme accompanying
the invitation, we find the names of
Miss Kate B. Johnson, Miss Currell and Miss
Coward, young ladies of Yorkville. Miss
Johnson graduates at this Commencement.
OLD STATE BANK BILLS.
Holders of the bills of the Bank of the State
are reminded that the time expires, July 1,
1880, for presenting said bills to Hon. James
C. Onit Commissioner of Claims. Columbia.
S. C., for examination, and receiving in lieu
thereof fifty per cent, in State bonds or stocks.
After the 1st of July, 1880, the bills which
have not been presented will be worthless,
unless the Legislature hereafter further extends
the time in which to exchange them,
which is not probable.
CHURCHE8 NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gill>ert,
Pastor. Services at 8.15 P. M. Sunday-school
in the afternoon.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Latlian, Pastor. Services at 10.30 A. M.
Sunday-school at 4 P. M.
Presbyterian?Services at the usual hours,
morning and evening, by Rev. T. R. English.
Sunday-school in the afternoon.
Episcopal?Church of the Good ShepherdRev.
R. P. Johnson, Rector. The Rector will
officiate in the Church of Our Saviour at Reck
Hill, next Sunday.
CHURCHES LAST SUNDAY.
On Sundav last the pulpits of the different
churches in town were filled as follows: Episcopal,
by the Rector, Rev. R. P. Johnson, morning
and afternoon service. In the other churches
morning service was conducted by members
of the District Conference, viz.: Baptist?Rev,
\V. W. Williams; Presbyterian?Rev. J. L.
Stokes; Methodist?Bishop Wigh man; Associate
Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. A. M.
Pooser; and evening worship in the Methodist
church was conducted by Rev. Thomas J.
Clyde.
At 4.30 P. M., a Sunday-school mass meeting,
composed of the different Sunday-Schools
in town, was held in the Presbyterian church,
;uid addressed by Bishop Wiglitman, Mr. F.
A. Connor and Rev. J. L. Stokes.
JF.NKINS RIFLES.
The Jenkins Rifles were on dress parade last
Friday afternoon, and the remark was general
that they presented a most creditable appearance.
The ranks were full, and they displayed
a commendable proficiency in the drill.
At the election of non-commissioned officers,
on the same evening, the following were
elected:
Sergeant*?First, II. C. Strauss; Second, W.
II. Herndon ; Third, R. J. Herndon; Fourth,
James II. Timme.
Corporals?First, James Snider ; Second,
Kirk Lowry; Third, C. G. Parish; Fourth,
Jackson Beard.
A. W. Ingold was elected Secretary and
Treasurer, vice H. C. Strauss, resigned.
A sliooting contest for the black plume,
oi>en to all the members of the company, will,
take place to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
AGRICULTURAL NOTE8.
Mr. J. R. Falls, of Pleasant Ridge, N. C.,
has sent us a bunch of oats containing 47
stocks, the product of one grain. A head
from one of the stocks contained 94 grains.
This prolific oats is of the red rust-proof variety.
Mr. Richard Sadler, who lives near Rock
Ilill, sent us on Saturday last a cotton stalk
19 inches high and containing 14 forms, taken
from one of his fields.
Mr. A. Williford, of Winnsboro, sends us a
cotton bloom plucked from one of his fields in
Fairfield county last Saturday. He writes
that there has been no rain in that section
since the 5th of May,, yet the cotton crop is
looking well.
We regret that a typographical error crept
into our paragraph last week on the subject
of what can be accomplished on a small farm.
Instead of 30 acres, as printed, we should
liave written that 20 acres were cultivated in
cotton. The whole amount of land under cultivation
was 41 acres.
MASONIC?KING'S MOUNTAIN.
At a meeting of Philanthhropic Lodge last
Monday evening, called to make suitable preparations
to participate in laying the comer
stone of the monument at King's Mountain, on
the 23r?l instant, the following resolutions
were adopted:
1. Resolved, That Philanthropic Lodge, No.
78, A. F. M., invite the Most Worshipful
Grand Master and the other oflieers of the
Grand Lodge to come by way of Yorkville,
and be the guests of said lodge on the occasion j
of the laying of the said comer stone at King's
Mountain; and that the Secretary be instruct-1
ed to extend this invitation to the Grand j
officers by forwarding a copy of these resolutions
to the M. W. Grand Master and the R.
W. Grand Secretary, forthwith.
2. Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed
to receive the Grand officers on their
arrival, and arrange for their entertainment
here and at the battle ground.
3. Resolved, That a committee be appointed
' i 1 ,v4-K I
to procure such new regawi, oanneia aim uui-1
er outfit as may be necessary for the use of the
Lodge, on the occasion of the laying of the corner
stone on the 2:ird instant.
4. Resolved, That the Secretary have printed
100 copies of the odes for the use of the lodge
in the ceremony at King's Mountain.
In accordance with these several resolutions,
the Worshipful Master appointed the following
committees:
On receiving and entertaining the Grand
officers?John C. Kuykendal, Chairman; Jos.
F Wallace, J. R. Gardner, II. W. IIoih?, J. R.
Bratton.
On procuring regalia?F. Happerfield, Chairman,
J. Ed. Jeffervs, A Cody.
The lodge will meet this (Thursday) even
ing at 8 o'clock, to receive the reports of the
committees, and the answer of the Grand officers
to the letter of invitation. We are requested
by the Secretary to say that a full
attendance of the brethren is desired to-night.
RAILROAD PROSPECTS.
The prospect of an early completion of the
I Chester and Lenoir Railroad from Dallas to ;
Lincolnton, is promising. The work of level- j
ing and repairing the grading has already been j
commenced under the supervision of roadmaster
Waddell; arrangements are in progress
for procuring cross-ties, an abundance of
which will be furnished by responsible parties
at reasonable rates. One hundred tons
of iron has already been delivered at Gastonia,
and another shipment of one hundred tons
has been nuule from the rolling mills, and is
oyvuip+oH tn avrivo i 11 o foiu duva At !i mppt
va|a,vvvu vu IliiilV Ilk u it uwj u< aav i* amvvv
ing of the directors in Chester, last Friday,
thebuilding of the bridge across the South Fork
of Catawba, three miles above Dallas, was let
out to responsible parties, the contractors for
the masonry being George A. Denning & Co.,
of Augusta, Ga.; .and for the superstructure,
Williams, Post & Co., of Atlanta, Ga. The
superstructure will be a combination of wood
and iron, and the whole work is to be completed
by the 15th of September next. The bridge
completed will cost about S9,000. After the
completion of the bridge there will probably be
no hindrance to the speedy completion of the
road to Lincolnton.
MONUMENTS AND MASONRY.
A correspondent?whose letter we deem it
unnecessary to publish?writes in rather a
complaining mood because the Masonic fraternity
has been invited to take the initiatory
proceedings in the ceremonies of laying the
comer stone of the King's Mountain monument
011 the 23rd instant. The writer urges
no objection to Masonry, but he seems to
think it out of character for that order to
take a prominent part in an occasion of this
kind.
In taking this notice of his communication,
we would remark that from the emblems of
Masonry, which are symbolized by the square,
the compass, the level, the plumb and line,
&c., and from the peculiar working of the
craft, it has been the custom almost from
time immemorial, for representatives of this
ancient and honorable order to lead in the
ceremonies of laying the corner stones for
monuments or public buildings. The practice
is as old as Masonry itself, and its appropriateness
has been recognized in all countries and
by all peoples.
When the monument is completed and unveiled
on the 7th of October, as we hoi>e
will be (lone, then, in accordance with the
views of our correspondent, the military will
be given a prominent and conspicious place in
the picture, and properly, too, have precedence
in the ceremonies of the day.
personal'mentiox.
We were pleased to receive calls hist week
from Rev. S. A. Weber, editor of the Southern
Christian Advocate, published at Charleston,
and Capt. R. D. Senn, of Columbia, who were
here in attendance upon the District Conference.
We also received a call from Dr. J. T. Parker,
who resides at Buena Vista, Chickasaw
Co., Miss., where he is practicing his profession,
and enjoying a lucrative practice. Dr.
Parker was a delegate from his Presbytery to
the Presbyterian General Assembly, recently
in session in Charleston.
While here as President of the District Conference,
Bishop Wightman was the guest of
Mr. T. S. Jefferys. lie left on Monday after
+ /> nrtrl f lm nAm
noun lUi OpdiLtilllUlll^j lu AlbCUU Vile wur
mencement exercises at Wofford College. As
a fact not known by some, we would state that
Bishop Wightman is a native of Charleston, in
which city his home now is.
A. E. Hutchison, Esq., chairman of the
committee on monument of the King's Moun*
tain Centennial Association, remained in town
Tuesday night on his way to the battle-ground
to look after the progress of the work, and to
make such preparations as may be necessary
on his behalf for the approaching ceremonies
of laying the corner-stone.
Miss Willie A. McCorkle left on Tuesday
afternoon for .Chapel Hill, X. C., tc ittend
the University Normal School.
Miss Belle McCaw returned home last week
from school in Virginia.
Master Harry McCaw has also returned from
school in Abbeville.
J. Stanyarne Wilson, Esq., and Dr. L. Alexander
have gone to Cleveland Mineral
Springs. Dr. Alexander goes as resident physician
during the season.
POLITICAL NEWS.
? The Oregon elections give the Democrats
a majority of 8 in the Senate and the Republicans
a majority of 14 in the lower House.
? Indiana has instructed her delegates to
the National Democratic Convention to vote
for Hendricks. The Delaware delegates have
been instructed to vote for Thomas F. Bayard,
? The Greenbackere held a National Convention
in Chicago last week, and nominated
James B. Weaver, of Iowa, as a candidate
for President of the United States, and
E. K. Chambers, of Texas, for Vice-President.
Seven hundred and eighteen votes were cast
for Weaver on the last ballot
? The National Democratic Convention
will meet in Cincinnati on Tuesday next,
22nd instant. Horatio Seymour, of New
York; Judge Field, of California; Thomas
F. Bayard, of Delaware; Thomas A. Hendricks,
of Indiana; S. J. Tilden, of New
York ; Jewett, of Ohio, President of the Erie
Railroad; Gen. W. S. Hancock, of Pennsyl
vauia ; Samuel Randall, of Pennsylvania;
are prominently mentioned as candidates for
the Presidential nomination. It is generally
understood that the South Carolina delegates
will vote for Bayard.
For the Yorkvlllc Enquirer.
FORMATION OF A DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
Tirzah, June 10.?A goodly number of
citizens of York, Bethesda and Ebenezer .
townships, of the community of Massey's
Store met at that place last Monday at two
o'clock P. M.. for the purpose of organizing a
Democratic Club. Massey's store is nearly,
1 if not exactly, in the centre of the surround
ing voting preciucts, being on an average
of seven miles distant respectively from
Yorkville, McConnellsville, McElwee's Mill,
Rock Hill and Clay Hill. In 1878, during
the contest for the Flag at Yorkville,
this community is said to have had the largest
single club present on that occasion. The
people of this community have heretofore
been, and are yet, ever ready, ever willing,
and ever active to take part in and do everything
in their power to obtain, ensure and
support good honest government and home
rule. It is our desire to have a Democratic
Club established at this place, with the recognition
of the County Democratic Executive
Committee, and with the privilege and power
to elect delegates to our County Convention,
&c., to represent Ebenezer township. It is
nothing but right that we should ask for a
voice in the nomination of our county officers,
and we hope that when the executive committee
meets again it will give us a hearing;
for we feel satisfied that there will not be a
more ardent, active and working club in the
whole county, than this one. The meeting
last Monday resulted in the election of the
following officers : Presideut?F. H. Brown,
Esq.; 1st Vice-President?Dr. C. P. Sandi- !
fer; 2nd Vice-President?W. S. Creighton ; I (
Secretary?W. T. Massey ; Corresponding]
Secretary?D. H. Stephenson ; Treasurer?
J. E. Thomas.
Our roll now numbers near fifty names,
and is daily increasing. We look forward 1
with great anticipation as being "victorious" |
standard-L .rs in the cause of Democracy j
in the campaign of 1880. Citizen. !<
COLUMBIA DISTRICT CONFERENCE.
FIRST DAY?MORNING SESSION.
Thursday, June 10.?The Columbia Dis- j
trie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Chu. ch South, convened in the M. E. Church
of Yorkville, the above day, at 9 A. M.
The introductory sermon was preached on the
preceding evening by Kev. Samuel Leard, of ;
Edgefield circuit, from a part of the 12th verse
of the 19th chapter of the book of Kings: :
"And after the fire, a still small voice."
Bishop Wightman. was the presiding officer (
of the Conference, who, previous to taking the
chair on Thursday morning, conducted religious
exercises, after which, Rev. J. L. Stokes
was elected secretaiy, and Mr. P. L. Wright,
assistant secretaiy.
This District includes Chester and York,
and portions of Edgefield, Lexington, Fairfield
and Lancaster counties, embracing nineteen
charges, with a membership of about 6,000,
and the District Conference is entitled to a lay
representation of eighty members. The ministerial
attendance upon the present Conference
included nearly all the ministers laboring in
the District, though the attendance of lay delegates
was not so large as usual.
The roll was made up with the following
members present:
Rev. A. M. Chrietzberg, P. E.
Washington Street Church, Columbia?Dr.
W. T Capers.
Marion Street Church, Columbia?Rev. J. L.
Stokes, J. A. Moody;
Ridgeway circuits-Rev. M. H. Pooser, E.
B. Pooser, Thos. N. Price, Jr., James T. Gettys.
Fairfield circuit?Rev. A. J. Cauthen.
Chester station?J. W. Parker, J. A. Owen.
Chester circuit?Rev. L. A. Johnson.
Rock Hill circuit?W. S. Creighton.
Fort Mill circuit?Rev. W. W. Williams.
Yorkville?Rev. Thos. E. Gilbert, Dr. W. M.
Walker.
York circuit?Rev. A. Ervine.
Edgefield circuit?Rev. S. Leard, Abram
Jones.
Johnston circuit?Rev. W. A. Rogers, II.
T. Wright, P. L. Wright.
Ward circuit?Rev. A. C. Walker, C. C.
Wise.
Gilbert Hollow circuit?Rev. J. J. Workman,
D. T. Barr, Jr.,
The hours of meeting were fixed at 9 A. M.,
and 4. JO P. M. Adjournment for public worship
at 11 A. M., and 5.30 P. M.
Rev. Robert Lathan, of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church, Rev. T. R. English,
psistor of the Presbyterian Church of
Yorkville, and Rev. Mr. Starke, of the Arkansas
Conference, were introduced to the Conference.
The Presiding Elder, the pastor of Yorkville
M. E. Church, and Dr. W. M. Walker
were apj>ointed a committee of arrangement
for public worship.
Rev. Thos. E. Gilbert, pastor of Yorkville
M. E. Church, welcomed the conference to
Yorkville in a few well-chosen remarks, to
which the President responded in a most touching
manner, expressing the earnest wish that
the meeting of Conference here may prove a
blessing both to the members and the commu
nity.
The fraternal greetings of Rev. David Derrick,
superanuate. were presented to the Conference
by Rev. J. L. Stokes, and on motion
of the Presiding Elder, the secretary was instructed
to return by letter to Rev. Mr. Derrick,
the sincere approbation by the Conference of
his message.
The various charges were then called in the
following order, the pastors reporting generally
a very satisfactory condition of the churches
to which they respectively administer:
Washington Street Church, Columbia?Rev.
W. T. Capers.
Marion Street Church, Columbia?Rev. J. L.
Stokes.
Columbia City Mission?Report made by
Presiding Elder, the pastor being absent.
Columbia circuit?Report read by Presiding
Elder, the pastor, Rev. J. Walter Dickson,
being unavoidably absent.
Ridgaway circuit?Rev. W. H. Pooser.
After the reading of this report, at 10.45,
Conferonce adjourned for public worship,
which was conducted by Rev. J. L. Stokes,
who preached from Hebrews, 11th chaper, 10th
verse: "For he looked for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker is
God."
AFTERNOON SESSON.
The session was opened with reading the
121st Psalm and prayer by Rev. S. Leard.
The following ministers and laymen were
reported present, having arrived since the
morning roll call: Rev. W. Martin, Rev. T.
J. Clyde, Rev. J. M. Friday, and Messrs. W.
H. Padgett, C. T. Kee, R. D. Senn, and R. E.
Guthrie.
The unfinished business of the morning session
was resumed, and reports were heard
from the following charges:
Faii-field circuit?Rev. A. J. Cauthen.
Chester circuit-^Rev. L. A. Johnson.
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jliisli vjiltsltr uuuult^ivcvi .a.* u? xsijuvi
Fort Mill-Rev. W. W. Williams.
Edgefield circuit?Rev. S. Leard.
At the conclusion of Mr. Leard's report, the
hour for adjournment having arrived, Conference
adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning,
with doxology and benediction by the
President.
Services were conducted in the evening by
Rev. W. T. Capers, D. D.. who preached from
12th verse, 14th chapter or St. John: "Verily,
verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me,
the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go
unto my father."
SECOND DAY?MORNING SESSION.
Friday, June 11.?Conference convened at
the hour to which it adjourned yesterday, the
Fresident in the chair, and was opened with
reading the 67th Psalm and prayer by Rev. W.
W. Williams.
The name of Mr. William Roberts, a lay
delegate? was announced as having arrived
since adjournment yesterday.
The hearing of reports from the various
charges not having been concluded yesterday,
that business was resumed as the first order of
the day, and reports were made from the following
charges:
Winnsboro?Rev. G. Walter Whitman. Report
made by letter.
Lexington Fork circuit?Rev. W. W. Jones.
Yorkville station, including Philadelphia
Church?Rev. Thos. E. Gilbert.
York circuit?Rev. A. Ervine.
Lexington circuit?Rev. Lewis Rast. The
pastor being detained at his home by sickness,
a report of the condition of this circuit was
made by the Presiding Elder.
Johnston's circuit?Rev. W. A. Rogers.
At the conclusion of Mr. Rogers' report, he
having made reference to a lack of interest in
class-meetings on his charge?a complaint
made by the pastors generally in their reports?
The President remarked that the time was
opportune for him to address a few words to
Conference on the subject of class-meetings,
lie deprecated the lack of interest manifested
1 whinh avu?pntlv
uymemuers ui me luiui/h, ??n<v? ??v
exliibited a want of Christian and brotherly
communion. He feared there was but little
of that feeling in the church, taking one circuit
with another, perhaps this condition
may be attributed to a practical discontinuance
of class-meetings as compared with the
manner in which they were conducted twenty
or thirty years ago. He must confess that he
had never been in a class-meeting in which he
was not spiritually profited. He attributed
the present decadence to a want of fitness on
the part of class-leaders. A man, to be a ,
good class-leader, must be zealous, a lover of
the cause of Christ, and well read in works
on Christianity?ever ready to present some- <
thing new and fresh, calculated to awaken <
and interest the minds of his class. *le had ]
known instances where class-leading had drop- .
ped into a mere routine system, and he didn't <
wonder that sensible people?as Methodists ]
usually are?became discouraged and failed to
take proper interest in this important work. ^
Another reason why class-leading had deteri- <
orated was, that a few years ago, when a member
of the church showed a peculiar fitness
for this labor, he was invariably met by his
friends on all sides with the remark: "Why,
brother, you really ought to be a preacher; you ;
are too smart a man to be here amongst us !
as a class-leader?you ought to preach." The '
consequence was, under the system then in
practice, the good brother would apply to Con- ,
ference for license to preach, and by this ^
means many good class-leaders were spoiled, i
In conclusion, he hoped to see. the old status
set up once more. The cause is worth the labor;
and a religion, if worth anything, should J
be worth everything to the soul. ,
Mr. II. T. Wright, a layman from Johnston's <
circuit, was here called upon by fhe pastor of <
the circuit to give his views on the condition 1
of that circuit, which lie briefly did, his re- j
marks coinciding with the report of the pastor.
Rev. Mr. Leard desired to be heard 011 the
subject of class-meetings. He said he was in t
full accord with the President in his remarks 1
011 that subject. He then reviewed his early *
ministerial labors, several years ago, when he f
regularly conducted class meetings on twentytwo
appointments which he filled in twenty- j
sight consecutive days. But now the condi- s
tion of things is changed. There are now difficulties
in the way of such meetings that
did not then exist. Among these he mentioned
the difficulty of holding servies on secular
days. Except it may be on special occasions
on Saturdays, services now, as a general rule,
can be held only on Sundays, and the preacher
has no time to conduct these meetings, when,
as is often the case, he is required to preach
twice on Sunday, and frequently at two different
places, i>erhaps miles apart.
The President?But the preacher is not expected
to be a class-leader.
Mr. Leard?Well, I am now coming to that
point. I cannot get my brethren to consent
to be class-leaders, and this brings me to the
question on which I would like to have your
opinion, and that is, Would it be better to
have less preaching and more class-leading?
The President?I hardly think, in the present
condition of things, when you do not
preach regularly, that the public would be satisfied
with a diminution of preaching. My remarks
were not directed to ministers, but to
the duties of laymen in conducting class-meetings.
I doubt the expediency of diminishing
preaching to substitute any tiling else for it.
What we do want, however, is to get good and
true hi.vmen. who eniov relierion. to become in
terested in this work. If"you cannot get a
man, i?et a suitable woman to take charge of
a female class. I hope something will be done
in this direction, and I feel that there is already
some advancement this way in the Methodist
Episcopal Church South.
The hearing of reports from the various
charges was then resumed and concluded as
follows:
Ward's circuit?Rev. A. C. Walker.
Gilbert Hollow circuit?Rev. J. J. Workman.
Rock Hill circuit?In the absence of Rev.
J. M. Boyd, senior supply, who was detained
at his home by illness, the report from this
circuit was made by Rev. J. M. Friday, assistant
supply.
Chester station?The pastor, Rev A. H. Lester,
was detained at his home by sickness in
his family, and the report from this charge
was made by the Presiding Elder.
Rev. S. A. Weber, editor of the Southern
Christian Advocate, was introduced to the /
Conference.
Rev. Abraham Jones, Rev. Samuel Leard.
and Rev. W. T. Capers asked and obtained
leave of absence from attendance upon Conference
from and after to-day.
Conference then adjourned for religious exercises,
which were conducted by the President,
Bishop Wightman, who preached from Paul's
Epistle to the Collosians, chapter 1,10th to 12th
verses: "That ye might walk worthy of the
Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every
good work, and increasing in the knowledge
of God; strengthened with all might, accor- ?
ding to his glorious power, unto all patience
and long suffering with joyfulness; giving
thanks unto the Father, which hath made us
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the
saints in light."
AFTERNOON 8ESSION.
Conference came to order, the Presiding Elder
in the chair.
Religious exercises were conducted by Rev.
W. A. Rogers, who read the 12th chapter of
Isaiah and offered prayer.
_ Rev. A. B. Brown, of East Chester circuit,
Rev. A. ?i. lister, 01 unester station, jar.
Roberts and Mr. F. A. Connor, members of
the Conference, who had not yet taken their
seats, were announced as having arrived.
The order of the day being to elect four lay
delegates to the Annual Conference, the Presiding
Elder ordered that the election proceed,
and appointed as tellers, Messrs. R. D. $enn
and P. L. Wright.
No nominations were made, the delegates
voting for men of their choice, and on. the
first ballot the following were declared elected
: P. L. Wright, Abram Jones.
On the second ballot Dr. W. M. Walker
was elected.
Third and fourth ballots no election.
On the fifth ballot, Rev. A. B. Brown,
(local minister) was elected.
It was then moved that of the others voted
for, the four receiving the largest vote should
be declared alternates.
The motion carried, and the alternates were
read from the tellers' list of ballots as fol- *
lows : Messrs. B. R. Turnipseed, R. H. Jennings,
R. D. Senn, W. T. D. Cousar.
It was moved and adopted that the next
meeting of the Conference be held at John- ,
ston's.
Rev. M. II. Pooser moved that the Presiding
Elder appoint a committee to draft resolutions - .
expressive of the sense of this Conference in i|
reference to the two great evils of the day, f
the use and traffic in ardent spirits, and the 1
carrying of concealed deadly weapons. Tj
The motion carried, and the Presiding Elder
appointed as the committee, Rev. Mr. Pooser
and Dr. W. M. Walker.
Messrs. W. H. Padget, J. W. Robinson and
II. T. Wright iisked and obtained leave of.
absence from and after to-day.
Conference then adjourned until 0 o'clock
to-morrow morning?benediction by Rev. W.
Martin.
Services were conducted at night by Rev. '
A. II. Lester, who preached from John 15,
2nd and 3rd verses : "Every branch in me that
beareth not fruit lie taketh away; and every
branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that
it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are
clean through the word which I have spoken
to you."
THIRD DAY.
Saturday, June 12.?Conference opened
at 9. A. M., with reading the 23rd Psalm and
prayer by Rev. M. H. Pooser?Bishop'Wightman
in the chair.
The committee appointed yesterday to draft ,.
resolutions expressive of the sense of this .
Conference in reference to the traffic in ardent A
spirits and the p."actice of carrying concealed J
weapons, reported, through Mr. Pooser, a
number of resolutions, of widely after amendment,
and a discussion of questions which the
subject involved, the following two were
adopted:
1. That we bail with delight the recent movement
throughout the State against the traffic in
ardent spirits, and the dangerous practice of carrying
concealed weapons.
2. That we will, heartily co-operate in every
proper effort to put down these great evils, both
.... . fAnfcMnno or,a QQ Inrlivid IIals.
?o a vuiiiciviiw w...v>
The President introduced Rev. S. A. "Weber,
Editor of the Southern Christian Advocate,
who addressed Conference on the importance
of sustaining the organ of the S. C. Conference,
and was happy to be able to represent the Advocate
as being in a prosperous condition. A
At the conclusion of Mr. Weber's remarks,
Mr. Rogers offered the following, which was
adopted:
Resolved, That we have been pleased to have
with us, in this session of our Conference, Rev.
S. A. Weber, Editor of the Southern Christian
Advocate, and that be will always find among us
a warm welcome as a brother beloved. ?
Resolved, That we pledge our hearty co-operation
and support to our Conference organ, and
that we will do all. in our power to swell the subscription
list and bring the influence of the paper
to bear upon the families in our charges.
Rev. W. W. Williams offered the following
resolutions, which were unanimously adopted
by a rising vote:
Resolved, That the thanks of this District Conference
are eminently due and are hereby tender- 46
ed to the citizens of Yorkvllle for the bountiful
hospitality with which they have received and
entertained the members of this Conference.
Resolved, That we appreciate the courtesies of
the various railroad lines which have reaucea
their rates to the members of this Conference.
Resolved, That we cordially thank the churches
of Yorkville for the offered use of their pulpits.
Rev. William Martin, financial agent of
Washington Street Church in Columbia, addressed
Conference on the subject of the indebtedness
of that church and solicited aid
for the extinguishment of that indebtedness.
A collection was then taken up, and the sum
af $7 was contributed to the fund for the payment
of interest on the debt.
No other business being presented, Confermce
adjourned, to meet at Johnston's, in accordance
with resolution previously adopted.
MISSIONARY MEETING.
After adjournment of Conference, at the
mggestion of Bishop Wightman, the members
ind others present resolved themselves into
i missionary meeting, with Presiding Elder
Chrietzberg in the chair.
The report of the Woman's Auxiliary MisJionary
Society of the M. E. Church of Yorkville,
was then called for, and read as follows,
ay Rev. Thos. Gilbert:
Yorkville, S. C., June 12,1880.? To the Bishyp
and Members of the Columbia District Conferrace:
The Woman's Auxiliary Missionary Society
greets you with great pleasure on this oc?
5asion. This is a glad hour for us, when you
ake from the active business of Conference a
aortion of your time and devote it to an effort to
levelop within our hearts a deeper interest in
he great matter of the spread of the gospel of
Tesus Christ in distant lands.
The interest which has been awakened among
be women of our land in behalf of this great
vork, as it has developed so rapidly, has found
i lodgment in the hearts of some of the ladies of
>ur church in Yorkville, resulting in the organzation
of a Woman's Auxiliary Society.
From its birth, we have reason to believe that
t has had a gradual growth. Our membership
it prrsent numbers twenty-one. We have paid