Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 12, 1880, Image 2
Straps and Jacts.
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? Sixty one short-horn cattle vyere sold at
Winchester, Ky., last Thursday, at an average
price of $300 each, or $17,000 in round numbers.
On Friday fifty-five head were sold for
$13,317.50, an average price of $220 per head.
? Texas has an area enough for an empire.
Its 225 counties cover 274,000 square miles.
In 1870 it had a population of 818,579.
Returns of the present census indicate that it
has nearly doubled in inhabitants in ten years.
? The census office says that the total population
of the United States will be a little
over 49,000,000. The official count will be
needed to determine whether Ohio or Illinois
is the third State of the Union in population.
? It is claimed, and the experience of the
last two years bears it out, that the United
States can supply Europe with breadstuff's
and provisions cheaper than they can be pro
tfuced ttoere.
? A committee from the Tammany Hall
Democracy waited on the regular State Democratic
Executive Committee last Friday,
and it was finally resolved to heal all local
differences and unite in the coming campaign.
? Hon. George H. Pendleton thinks Ohio
will go Democratic in November. He formed
this judgment by extensive journeys over
the State, and an intelligent observation of
the temper of the people.
? The gain in Southern representation in
Congress by'enfranchising the negroes did not
amount to so much as is sometimes suggested.
At most, it is thought, only seven additional
members accrued to the South from the measure.
But were the negroes now to be disfranchised
we would lose very largely.
? A Montgomery, A'a., dispatch of the 7th
says recent rains have done much damage to
the cotton crop. Worms had commenced to
eat the cotton, and the rain prevented poisoning
as much as was desired. It is now thought
that on the prairies aud bottom lands not
more than half the cotton will be made that
was expected four weeks ago. Rust is injuring
the cotton crop.
? The total receipts of the Post Office Department,
as shown in the report of the Auditor
for the last quarter, amounted to 88,849,832,
and the total expenditures $9,186,385,
showing a deficit of $336,553. The report
also shows that the deficiency for the
first nine months of the last fiscal year was
82,199,642, making the deficit for the entire
year about $2,53* ,000.
? Senator Ben Hill.it is said, certified in
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aut of war damages, and a year or two afterwards,
going to inquire as to the condition
of the claim, he was shown appended to the
certificate he had given, another also in his
handwriting and with his signature, testifying
to the same man's loyalty to the Southern
Confederacy.
? "This is a nice time of night "or you to be
coming in,"said a mother to her daughter, who
returned from a walk at 10 o'clock. "When
. I was like you," continued she, "my mother
would not allow me out later than 7 o'clock."
"Oh, you had a nice sort of a mother," murmured
the girl. "I had, you young jade,"
said the mother, "a nicer, mother than ever
you had."
? The cheapest service in the world is that
rendered by the great railways of the United
States in transporting freight. During 1879
the average rate per ton per mile received
by thirteen trunk lines was only one cent
and two hundredths, while on several of.
these roads the average was below eighttenths
of a cent. Ever since 1873 the annual
average has been downward, and that
without compulsion by Legislatures.
? It is stated that Nast refuses to caricature
Hancock in Harper s Weekly, the alleged reason
being that Nast favors Hancock, and besides,
in March, 1873, he adorned Harper's
Weekly with a double page cartoon, in which
Garfield was a conspicuous figure, among
other Radical "statesmen," arranged under a
placard as follows: "Disgraced in the eye
of the public for owning Credit Mcbilier stock,
which was in fact and intent a fraud upon
the government. Also for deceit and evasion."
? The Republican National Executive
Committee met in New York last Friday.
The meeting was held with closet! doors, but
at its conclusion it was stated that a long discussion
was had over the question of sending
money and speakers to the Southern States.
Views were heard of the represenlatives from
Florida, North Carolina, Virginia and West
Virginia. ft was also stated tha^ a decision
was arrived at to send aid to Florida. No
conclusion, it was stated, was arrived at in
the cases of the other Southern States.
? The President has already begun preparations
for his exit from the While House.
For some time past large boxes marked to
his address at Fremont have from time to
time found their way to the railroad freighthouses,
and Mrs. Hayes' contemplated trip
to Fremont this fall will combine elements
other than those strictly of pleas are, for occasion
will then be taken for the shipment
of such household articles as can be easily
dispensed with during the remainder of their
residence in Washington. Webb Hayes, it
is said, intends to engage in business in Toledo
next spring.
? "Would you mind standing here till I
go in and get a cigar ?" he asked. "Of course
not," she replied ; "but don't you vhink, Hen
ry, thf.t smokiDg is offensive, and that it.will
be easier practicing economy after marriage
if it is practiced during courtship 1" "You're
right," he said ; "I shan't smoke any more,
sweet," and she looked unutterable love at
him as they resumed their stroll. Just then
they came to an ice cream Balcon, and he
said: "There, now, I meant to treat you to
ice cream, but, as you say, it is best to prac
tice economy during courtship. Ten cents
for a cigar, 30 cents for two ice creams?40
cents saved in a single night. Iiets go over
to the fountain and take a drink of water."
They went; but she was mad enough to bite
her own head off.
? Mnsnnitnps nan he entirelv cot rid of. it
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is declared in Harper's Bazar, by burning in
a room a teaspoonful of pyretbrum roseum
or Persian chamomile, an innocuous drug,
which can be purchased all ready for use of
any apothecary at seventy cents a pound.
The chamomile is said to be also an enemy to
the house fly. It is affirmed that if you put
the pyrethrura into a close, warm room, where
flies most love to swarm, just after dark, in
thirty minutes you will find them all dead or
dying. But the drug must be pure. The
tests of its purity are to have a bright buff"
color, be light, readily burned and give a
pleasant tea-like fragrance. One pinch should
kill at once a dozen flies confined in a bottle.
If these properties are lacking it is adulterated.
? The grain crop for 1880 is estimated at
ten per cent, more than that of last year,
running near 500,000,000 of bushels. Onehalf
of this, it is estimated, will be sent
abroad, the other half being consumed nt
home and used for seed. An important question
is the route this immense bulk of wheat
will take to reach the coast for shipment.
The freight from Chicago and St. Louis is
said to be about eighteeu cents a bushel; while j
by the canal the freightage is twelve cents, j
The New Orleans Democrat hopes for a con-!
siderable increase of shipment via the Missis-1
sippi River. The cost of transportation to ;
New Orleans is seven cents a bushel, and per- j
haps it may be still further reduced. If so,!
a large share of the crop will seek Europe}
through that city. This will give New Or-;
leans an increased importance both abroad
and at home.
? Illinois still leads all the other States in
the number of miles of its railroads. This
position Illinois has occupied since 1870, at
which time it passed Pennsylvania, which
previously had been the leading railroad State, j
The railway mileage of the former State is I
now 7,578 ; Pennsylvania comes second, with
6,068 miles; New York follows close behind, i
with 6,008 miles; Ohio is fourth, having
5,521 miles.; Iowa fifth, with 4,779 miles, and
Indiana sixth, with 4,836 miles; Missouri,
Michigan, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Texas, Georgia and California follow in the
order named. There is no State or Territory
which is totally devoid of railroads, though
Montana Territory can boast of but ten miles
of completed road. New Mexico, which
stands next lowest, and which two years ago
had not a mile, now has 118 miles and is adding
to it every week.
? On the 4th instant, Commissioner Raum,
of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, submitted
his report to the Secretary of the Treasury,
showing that during the past fiscal year
$125,981,916.10 of Internal Revenue taxes
had been collected and that the entire sura
had been paid into the Treasury. During the
past four fiscal years the total amount of taxes
received by the Internal Revenue Collectors,
was $467,080,885.10, and the entire sum
has been paid into the Treasury. The cost of
collection has been about 3 per cent. The
great bulk of taxes were paid promptly, with
few penalties and without litigation. Frauds !
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a minimum. During the past four years a
well sustained effort has been made to suppress
the illicit manufacture and sale of
whisky and tobacco in a number of districts
in the Southern States where, for many-years,
these practices had been rife. During that
period 3,874 illicit stills have been seized,
7,078 persons arrested for illicit distilling, 25
officers and employees have been killed and
55 wounded while enforcing the laws. Frauds
upon the revenue have been greatly reduced
and violent resistance to the law has practically
ceased in all of these districts, except
the Second District of Georgia.
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, YORKVILLE. S. cV:
THURSDAY MORNING. AUG. 12. 1880.
THE PRIMARY PLAN.
As will be seen from the result of the election
last Saturday, elsewhere announced, the
primary plan of making nominations has
been adopted by the Democracy of York
county. We would have been glad had there
been a larger vote, yet in comparison with
the norcrrecrRte vote cast, the maioritv is suf
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ficiently emphatic to place it beyond the shadow
of a doubt that the result is in accordance
with the sentiment of a majority of the Democratic
voters.
The plan of making nominations having
been decided upon, it only remains for the
details of conducting the primary election to
be arranged by the County Convention to assemble
on the 21st instant. In the adoption
of these rules, we apprehend but one serious
question will be presented, and that is as to
whether the plurality or majority rule shall
be adopted; and we throw out the hint in advance,
that the people may mature and discuss
the subject thoroughly, so they may be
enabled to instruct their delegates as to their
wishes. Both rule3 have been tried in some
of the counties which have adopted the primary
system ; but it has been found that the
plurality rule has given the most satisfaction,
and in some cases where the majority rule
has been adopted, it was afterwards discarded
for the plurality. By the plurality rule is
meant, simply that rule governing all popular
elections, that he who obtains the largest
vote shall be declared elected; and if it obtains
in the final decision, there is no just
reason why it should not be equally satisfac
tory in the selection of a candidate. Many
objections could be urged against the majority
plan, the most important of which is the uncertainty
of making a nomination at the first
election, while by the plurality plan the decision
can be made with equal fairness at one
balloting.
The executive committee, in session last
Tuesday, passed the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Convention to assemble
on the 21st of August, be requested to
consider and decide upon the following questions
rendered necessary by the primary
mode of making nominations:
1. Amendment of the county constitution
to conform to the primary plan of making
nominations. _
2. Whether appointment of representation
in county conventions shall be from precincts
or clubs, and the number of delegates to be
allowed to each.
3. The adoption of rules to govern primary
elections.
4. The obligation to be required of candidates
for office in the primary election.
5. Whether the plurality or majority rule
shall decide.
6. Time of holding the primary election.
In the meeting of the Executive Committee,
the probable date of holding the primary
election was only incidentally alluded to, it
being considered a subject properly for disposition
by the County Convention. It is not
likely, however, that it will be ordered before
the latter part of September or the first part
of October.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Spartanburg has fifty-two candidates in
the field.
? Hon. M. P. O'Connor has been unanimously
re-nominated as the Democratic candidate
for Congress from the First District.
? On Tuesday of last week, Miss Fannie,
youngest daughter of Judge W. H. Wallace,
was married to Mr. James H. Maxwell, of
Pendleton.
? Gen. R. R. Hemphill, editor of the Abbeville
Medium, has published a card declining
to allow the use of his name as a candidate
for re election to the Legislature.
? Township committees have been appointed
in Greenville county, to solicit subscriptions
in aid of the King's Mountain Centennial
celebration.
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the chair of Mineralogy and Botany, has refused
to accept that position in the faculty of
the State Agricultural College.
? Marlboro' is one of the most prosperous !
counties in the State. There has not been a 1
bar-room in Bennettsville, the county-seat, for 1
the last forty-five years.
? Charles P. Pressley, of Abbeville, son of,
Dr. Joseph L. Pressley, is the successful ap- j
plicant for the appointment as Cadet at West
Point from the Th id Congressional District. I
Mr. Pressley is a recent graduate of Erskine ;
College, having finished the course of study j
in that institution in June last.
? A large number of the students of Ers- j
kine College, Abbeville county, have sent a
petition to the Board of Trustees requesting}
the removal of Professors Lowry and Young,
on the ground that more competent instructors
are required in their departments. The
trustees are investigating the matter.
? The stockholders . of the Cheraw and 1
Chester Railroad have elected the following
officers: Directors?J. J. McClure, 0. Barber,
Joseph Wylie and W. H. Hardin for
Chester. Dr. J. JR. Foster, J. B. Erwin and 1
B. J. Witherspoon for Lancaster. W. A.
Evans, E. N. Redfearn and J. D. Harden
for Chesterfield. W.H.Hardin was unanimously
re-elected President for the ensuing
year. David Hemphill was re elected Secretary
and Treasurer.
? It is definitely ascertained that Chief
Justice Wjllard claims the office of Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of this State by
virtue of his election for the full term of six
years, -and that the case will be heard before
the Supreme Court of this State upon a statement
of facts already agreed "upon by Judge
Willard and Governor Simpson. In order
that the State may have the full benefit of
the services of Judge Willard iu the causes
which he, in conjunction with the Associate
Justices, has heard, Governor Simpson will
not qualify as Chief Justice until September.
The question is simply a legal one, and Judge
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WilJard will insist, upon nis rignt to ine omce
for the full term of six years.
? The third annual reunion of the survivors
of the Sixth Regiment of South Carolina
Volunteers, was held atBlackstock on Thursday
last. Arrangements had been made and
meats provided for a barbecue, but in consequence
of the heavy rains on Wednesday and
Thursday, this part of the programme was
abandoned. As a substitute, tables were erected
in a vacant building and an abundance of
eatables were supplied to the persons present.
The orator selected for the occasion?Rev.
W. E. Boggs?was present; but owing to the
shortness of the time between the passing of
the trains, the delivery of the address was
abandoned. The former officers of the Association
were re-elected, and the first Thursday
of August, 1881, was selected as the time for
holding the next aunual meeting, and Chester
as the place.
? The leading Radicals of Charleston have
commenced ordering meetings to be held at
different points in that county for the purpose
of organizing for the campaign. A Garfield
and Arthur ratification meeting is to be held
in Charleston on the 23rd instant. On the
31st iustant, a Convention is to be held in
Charleston, for the purpose of selecting delegates
to a State Convention, which is to meet
in Columbia, on the 2nd of September, to
nominate State Officers and Presidential Electors.
Ex-Judge Samuel W. Melton and J. C.
Winsmith, of 6pftrtanburg, have been spoken
of in connection with the Radical nomination
for Governor. A newspaper correspondent
has interviewed Ex-Judge Melton on the subject,
when he authorized the correspondent
to say "that he had never entertained any intention
of becoming a candidate for Governor
upon that or any other ticket, and that he
did not know of any intention to nominate
State officers upon a Republican ticket."
? A correspondent of the News and Courier
writing from Greeuville, in regard to the coming
elections in that county, says: "According
to the closest possible estimate, there are
the following candidates : For the State Senate,
2; representatives, 12 ; judge of probate,
2; clerk of court, 4; county commissioners,
12; sellool commissioner, 4; county auditor,
3; county treasurer, 3; sheriff, 3; and for
trial justices quite a number. The offices of
county treasurer, county auditor, and trial
justices are, of course, filled by executive appointment,
but by action of the Democratic
County Convention of 1878, and again in
1880, these officers are voted for at our primary
election, and the candidates receiving the
highest number of votes for either office is the
nominee whose name is urged upon the Gov
eruor for the office to which he has been nominated.
In 1878 these nominations were duly
respected by the Governor, who is, of course,
doing his duty in carrying out the will of the
people by appointing the men so nominated."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Since 1870 the population of Winston
has increased 3,039.
? A firm at Durham gives employment to
one hundred boys in the manufacture of cigarettes.
? Hon. A. M. Scales bas been nominated
for reelectiou to Congress in the Greensboro.
district. /
? Creditors of the Bank of Mecklenbujg
are officially notified by T. B. Keogh, Register
in Bankruptcy, that a meeting will be lipid
in Charlotte on the 25th instant for the purpose
of winding up the affairs of the bank.
? The Greensboro Patriot says: "Mr. C. I+*
Quate recently found an officer's sworn on
the old battle-field at Martinsville, near thiscity,
in a good state of preservation. I It is
not known whether the sword belongedjto unAmerican
or a British officer.
? The Greensboro North State says :| "Thespoke
and handle busiuess of this section of
the country i?now in a most healthy cbudh"
tion. Both the factories in Greensboro are
run to their utmost capacity, and their products
are mainly shipped to Europe. Car
loads repeatedly leave this point, for use eithsr
in various sections of our own country or
Europe."
? The Wilmington Star says : "Mr. A. G.
Hawkins, of this city, has a silver badge
which was evidently the property at one time
of a soldier in the Mexican war. It bears
the representation of a palmetto tree, with
the inscription, "To the Palmetto Regiment,"
and the names of certain battles, such as
"Vera Cruz, Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec,"
etc. It also bears the name of
"James Goff," on a scroll. The badge, which
is a little larger and heavier than the standard
silver dollar, was found by a colored
man in a load of coal."
MERE-MENTION.
The elections in Alabama and Kentucky
last week went overwhelmingly Democratic.
In Alabama the negroes generally voted with
the white Democrats. The trial of James
T. Dejaruette, for the murder of his sister in
Danville, Va., has been postponed until September
on account of witnesses from North
Carolina being absent. Pietro Balbo an
Italian, was hanged in New York last Friday
on conviction of having murdered his
wife. The story of the arrest of the j
Bender family, published on the first page of
this issue, is confirmed by later dispatches.
Bender and his wife have been separated, and
each has made a confession, the one corroba- I
rating the statement of the other. There!
are two hundred cases of yellow fever in Ha-1
vana at this date. Gen. Win. 0. Butler,1
a hero of the Mexican war, died at his home '
in Carrolton, Kentucky, last Friday, aged 80
years. August has five Sundays, five
Mondays and five Tuesdays. Two negroes?discharged
section hands?who attempted
to wreck a passenger train between
Danville and Greensboro, have been arrested, '
and they confess their guilt. Their motive
was revenge. The estate of Robert Mor- j
ris, the Revolutionary patriot, was settled the
other day, after seventy-four years of litigation.
The lawyers got millions out of it; the
heirs received 811,000. Paper making
pays, when well managed. Mr. Bloorafield
Moore, engaged in that business, recently died
at Philadelphia and left nearly $6,000,000
to his family. New cotton is being sold at'
Albany, Geo., quite freely.
X.OOAX. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. J. Smith A Co.?New Goods.
Dobson A Parish?Our Groceries.
Withers Adickes?Brass Kettles?Plows?TinWare?Flour?Molassas?Brooms.
Look Out for J. M. Adams.
Dr. John May, Agent?Pure Drugs and Medicines
at the Corner Drug Store.
John C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store FingerPosts.
Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Bargains, Bargains.
T. M. Dobson?Bargains, Bargains, at the New
York House.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion.
Dr. J. B. Patrick, Charleston, S. C.?Surgeon
Dentist. *
J. L. Jones, President?Columbia Female College.
A. R. Banks, A. M., Principal?Fort Mill Academy.
GREEN POND CAMP MEETING.
The annual camp meeting of the colored
people at Green Pond, near the line of the
railroad between Yorkville and Clover, begins
to-morrow.
CALL ACCEPTED.
We learn that Rev. A. J. McCoy has accepted
a call to the pastorate of Catawba
Baptist Church, near Rock Hill, which was
formerly supplied by the late Rev. J. C. Burge.
Elder McCoy will minister to the Catawba
congregation two Sundays each month.
SKETCH OF KING'S MOUNTAIN.
We have just issued, in pamphlet form, a
sketch of the Battle of King's Mountain, by
Rev. Robert Lathan, 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.
COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGE.
The advertisement of next session of the
above institution, appears in another column.
Many new features not employed in other
female schools have been adopted with the
most satisfactory results at this college, placing
it among the foremost institutions in the
land.
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.
FORT MILL.ACADEMY.
We would direct attention to the advertisement
of Fort Mill Academy, of which A. R.
Banks, A. M., is Principal, and T. H. DeGraffenreid,
B. S., is Associate Principal.
The school is in a flourishing condition, the
average attendance last year having been 80
pupils, which speaks well for the success of the
institution.
DAMAGE BY THE RAIN.
We learn that by the recent rains, Catawba
river nas oeen very mucn swollen, as aiso otner
I streams in the eastern part of the county.
Capt. S. E. White's mill dam, on Steel creek,
was washed away, and nearly all the corn on
the bottom lands of it, and also Sugar creek, is
ruined, several of the fields on these creeks
having been overflowed and the com submerged
for three days.
Gen. JOHN B. EKWIN.
This gentleman, a native of York, but
for some years past a citizen of Lancaster
county, is now here on a visit. We leam that
the name of Gen. Erwin will go before the
Congressional Convention as a candidate for
Congress from this district. He has many
warm friends in York and Lancaster, as well
as other i>ortions of the district, and enters
the race for the nomination with no mean
chances for success.
POPULATIO'N OK YORK.
The following is the population of York
county, by townships, according to the books
of the enumerators deposited in the office of
the Clerk of the Court:
Bethel, 2,519
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cemesuH, ?,wi
Broad River, 2,247
Bullock's Creek, 3,228
Catawba, 4,380
Cherokee, 2,442
Ebenezer, 1,695
Fort Mill 2,868
King's Mountain, 2,099
York 4,249
Total,. 30,011
According to the census of 1870, our populatipifwas
24,286, over which figures, during the
uhst decade, we haYe increased 6,353.
THE ELECTION LAST SATURDAY. \
The following are the official returns of the '
election held last Saturday on the question
of the Primary or the Convention plan of
making county nominations:
Primary. Convention.
Bethel 17 44
Blairsville, 53 16
Black's Station, 100 18
Bethany, 42 4
Clover, 42 20
Clay Hill, 19 18
"Coates'Tavern, 25 13
Ebenezer, 25 33 -?"
Fort Mill 91 43
Hickory Grove, 55 21
McConnellsville, 22 23
McElwee's Mill 4 2
Rock Hill 123 44
Yorkville,- 219 27
837 326 /
326
Majority for primary, 511
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Thos. Gilbert,
Pastor. Services at Philadelphia in the forenoon,
and at Yorkville in the evening.
Episcopal?Church of the Good Shepherd?
Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The Rector
will officiate in the Church of Our Saviour at
Rock Hill next Sunday. Services in the
Church at Yorkville every Wednesday evening
until further notice.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and
evening.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. The sacrament of the Lord's
Supper will be administered at this church
next Sunday, services commencing at 10 A.
M., Saturday. The pastor will be assisted by
Rev. W. M. Grier. D. D., who will preach
Saturday and Sunday.
CHESTER COUNTY FAIR.
We are indebted to the courtesy of Maj.
Julius Mills, Secretary of the Chester Agricultural
Association, for a copy of the premium
list of the second annual fair to be held
by the Association, in Chester, beginning on
the 19th of October and continuing four days.
The following is the programme:
Monday, October 18. Entries assigned to
positions.
Tuesday. Exhibition in the arena of cattle
and horses. From 3 to 5 P. M., horseback
riding and driving by ladies and gentlemen.
Wednesday. Examination by the committee
of all cattle. In the afternoon military "
displays and musical entertainments. During
the day the young men will vote for the most 1
beautiful lady.
Thursday. Display of horses and contests
in riding.
Friday. Auction sales. A fox chase, in
which hounds on exhibition will run. Award- 1
ing of premiums.
A full list of premiums is offered in all the
departments.
ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.
Last Sunday afternoon two colored lads,
Robert Wright and Edward Jones, aged about j
ten and eight years respectively, went to a!,
brook just west of town for the purpose of ,
bathing. The spot to which they went has! (
been during the summer a place of general ,
resort by the boys for bathing, being a "washout"
on the edee of an old field by which the j
stream runs. Usually it is not deep, but the 11
recent rains had washed it out until water ,
was in it to the depth of 5 or 6 feet, though ',
judging by the surface of the water with the
banks, it did not appear to be more than the J i
ordinary depth of three or four feet. The I
boys were evidently unprepared for this depth, 11
as the supposition is that they waded in from 1 I
a shallow point, and before they could be aware i
of their danger were completely submerged,
and being unable to swim, died under the
water from strangulation. They were accidentally
discovered by some boys about half
an hour after they were seen to pass a house
near the pool, but the means of resuscitation
adopted after taking them from the water
were unavailing. A coroner's inquest, conducted
by Trial Justice Lewis, resulted in a
verdict that they came to their death by accidental
drowning.
PERSONAL 'MENTION.
Mr. James Jefferys celebrated his eightieth
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uutii-uajr ioau riiurt).
Mr. Frank Gilbert has returned from Sumter.
Miss Mary Mobley, of Lancaster, is visiting
Miss Minnie Lowry.
Misses Kate Johnson and Mary Currell are
visiting at Rock Hill.
Miss Mary Witherspoon, of Sumter, is visiting
Miss Lessie Witherspoon.
Mr. Joseph Herndon, returned yesterday
morning from a trip to Virginia.
Miss Minnie Rawlinson has returned from
Cleveland Mineral Springs.
Miss JJzzie Hope is visiting friends in
Chester county.
Miss Maggie Jefferys is visiting relatives at
Henderson, N. C.
On Sunday hist the Methodist pulpit was
occupied by Rev. J. Walter Dixon, and the
Presbyterian by Rev. Thomas M. Lowry.
Miss Nannie Glenn, Miss Cora Kuykendal
and Miss Willie Cross, are visiting friends in
the country.
Miss Jessie 0'Byrne, recently employed in
the millinery establishment of Mrs. Dobson,
has returned to Baltimore, where she has accepted
a similar position.
Dr. J. Harvey Witherspoon and family .are
here 011 a visit. The Doctor has bought prop
erty near town, ttr wnicn lie will move 111 ,
the course of a few months.
LECTURE ON EDUCATION.
On Monday evening last, Hon. J. L. Jones,
President of the Columbia Female College,
delivered an address to a very respectable audience
in the Methodist church, on the subject
of education. While Mr. Jones is canvassing
the State in the interest of the school of which
he is the head, he announced in the outset
that his address would be in the interest of
education generally, and that he hoped what
he had to say would be of advantage to every
deserving institution of learning in the land.
He commenced with the proposition that
character, education and mind constitute the
great capital of any country, contrasting our
own with heathen lands, and illustrating the
triumphs of light, Christianity and intelligence
over darkness, paganism and ignorance.
As to the methods of imparting instruction,
he compared the present with the system of
only a few years ago, which latter method of
teaching, he argued, was only a smattering of
different subjects and branches, but imperfectly
taught and equally imperfectly learned.
He contended tnat in educating tne mmu,
equal attention should be given to developing
the body, inculcating morality and teaching
correct habits, not only in business affairs, but
in the most trivial affairs of every day life,
and especially in deportment. These divisions
of his subject were treated at length and
in masterly style. In the education of the
mind he advocated the eclectic system?a course
of instruction suited to the business to be followed.
He, however, advocated the study of
languages, because it is impossible to fully understand
the grammar of our own without a
knowledge of the grammar of others. He also
urged the importance of teaching originality.
Where the teacher asks one question from the
book, he should ask a dozen of a practical character,
bearing upon the same subject, from his
own mind. He said there is too much fiction
not only in our schools, but in politics, merchandising
and all the other ramifications of
society.
As to the cultivation of the body, he said it
is as impossible to have a properly developed
body without cultivation, as to expect a crop
of cotton without tilling the ground on which
it is planted. Motion is the law of health;
rest is the condition of death, and this apothegm
applies equally to mind, body and soul.
In this connection he advocated calisthenics
as now taught in most of the principal schools.
His remarks were directed mainly to female
education, and he took the high ground that in
common justice woman should have an equal
opportunity with man for obtaining an education
fitting her to take her place in the battle
of life. The times demand that she must
come to the front and take her place as the
equal of the opposite sex. lie impressed upon
his^hearers the importance of young women
properly learning the details of house-keeping
and Mastering domestic economy according to
the spirit and advancement of the times ; and
while lie advocated industry and economy, he
did not) mean that they should take the place
of our grandmothers and spin the thread and
weave the cloth for a dress pattern, when, in
this diy and time, the material could be obtained
at less trouble and expense. By actual
calculation, he had found that to spin enough
thr/qd for a dress pattern, a woman would
wjflk sixty miles. In this there is now no
economy. It is like a wagon attempting to
compete with a railroad.
In discussing the moral feature of his subject,
he said there is too much moral infidelity
taught in the present day. To the neglect of
the Bible, the works of Darwin, Huxley, etc.,
are read, by which means the young are too
often imbued with infidel ideas. Stigmatizing
the Darwinian school of philosophers, he said
if we repudiate science, we must repudiate
the Bible, and if we condemn the Bible because
we cannot understand all of it, we must also
condemn science.
The address, of which we have given only
the merest outline, occupied over two hours,
and was listened to with deep interest. '
HANCOCK'S LETTER TO SHERMAN.
The letter about which so much has been
said, written by Gen. Hancock to Gen. Sherman,
in December, 1876, is now given to the
public. Sherman wrote Hancock on the 5th,
and again on the 17th of December, 1876,
asking his views on the political complications,
and Hancock replied in a frank, outspoken
manner as an honorable and faithful
officer would write to a superior with whom
he ia on confidential terms. The main por
tion of his letter is devoted to a discussion of
the Presidential com plications of 1876, and
he takes the ground that in that question
there should be no military interference. After
making the point that the military should
be subordinate to civil authority, which subject
he treats at considerable length, he proceeds
to the condition of affairs at that time
existing in South Carolina, and says:
I was not in favor of the military action
in South Carolina recently, and if General
Ruger had telegraphed to me or asked for ,
advice, I would have advised him not, under ;
the circumstances, to allow himself or his
troops to determine who were the lawful
members of a State Legislature. 1 could not
have given him better advice than to refer <
him to the special message of the President
in the case of Louisiana, some time before.: <
But in South Carolina he had the question :
settled by a decision of the Supreme Court of!
the State, the highest tribunal wbich had i
acted on the question, so that his line of duty i
seemed even to be clearer than in the action i
in the Louisiana case. If a Federal court11
had interfered and overruled the decision of i
the State Court there must have been a doubt i
certainly, but the Federal Court only interfer-1'
cd to complicate, not to decide or over rule, i
Any how, it is no business of the army to en- i
ter upon such questions, and even if it might. 1
be so, in any event, if the civil authority is |
supreme, as the Constitution declares it to be,1 i
the South Carolina caso was one in which the 11
srmy had a plain duty. Had Gen. Ruger i
asked me for advice, and I had given it, I
should of course have notified you of my action
immediately, so that it could have been
promptly over ruled if it should have been
deemed advisable by you or others superior
in authority. Gen. Ruger had not asked my
advice, and I inferred from that and other
facts that he did not desire it, or that being
in direct communication with ray military superiors
at the seat of governraeut who were
nearer to hira in time and distance than I was,
be deemed it unnecessary. As Gen. Ruger i
had the responsibility of action, and had
really the greater dauger to confront in the
final action in the matter, I did not venture ;
to embarrass him by suggestions. He was a
department commander, and the lawful head
of the military administration within the
limits of the department. But besides I knew
tbat he had been callel to Washington lor ,
consultation before taking command, and was
probably aware of the views of the administration
as to affairs in his command. 1 kuew
that he was in direct communication with my
superiors in authority in reference to the deli
cate subjects presented for his consideration,
or had ideas of his own which he believed to
be sufficiently in accord with the views of our
common superiors to enable him to act intelligently,
according to his judgment, and
without suggestions from those not on the
spot, and not as fully acquainted with the
facts as he himself. He desired, too, to be
free to act, as he had the eventual greater responsibility.
And so the matter was governed
as between him and myself.
As I have been writing thus freely to you,
I may still further unbosom myself by stating
that I had not held it lawful or wise to
use Federal troops in such matters as have
transpired east of the Mississippi within the
last few months, save so far as they may be
brought into action under the article of the
Constitution which contemplates meeting :mcd
resistance or invasion of a State more
than the State authorities can subdue by ordinary
processes, and then only when requested
by the Legislature, or if it could not be
convened in session by the Governor. And
wheu the President of the United States intervenes
in that manner it is state of war, not
peace.
The array is laboring under disadvantages,
and has been used unlawfully at times in the
judgment of the people (certainly in mine)
and we have have lost a great deal of the
kindly feeling which the community at large,
felt for us. "It is time to stop and unload."
Officers in command of troops often find it
difficult to act wisely and safely when superiors
in authority have different views of law
from theirs, and when legislation has sanctioned
action seemingly in conflict with the fundamental
law, una they generally defer to
the known judgment of their superior officers.
They are so regarded in such great' crises,
and are held to such responsibility, especially
those at or near the head of it, that it is
necessary on such momentous occasions, to
dare to determine for themselves what is lawful
and what is not lawful, under our system,
if the military authorities should be invoked,
as might possibly be the case in such excep
tional times. Where there has existed such
divergent views to a correct remit, the army
will suffer from its past action, if it has acted
wrongfully. Our regular array has little
hold upon the affections of the people of today,
and its superior officers shoold certainly,
as far as lies in their power, legally and with
righteous intent, aim to defend the right,
which to us is law and the institutions which
they represent. It is a well meaning institution,
and it would be well if it should have
an opportunity to be recognized as a bulwark
in support of the rights of the people and of
the law. I am, truly yours,
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Important Railroad Decision.
The opinion of Chief Justice Waite
and Judge Bond, in the cause of Claflin and
others against the South Carolina Railroad
Company, was filed in theU. S. Circuit Court
at Charleston last Thursday. The opinion
holds that all hypothecated bonds are good,
that non-mortgage bonds are not entitled to
the benefit of the lien of second mortgage
and are an unsecured claim against the company.
That the first mortgage coupons held
by the syndicate were purchased by them,
not redeemed, and are entitled to the benefits
of mortgage. The injunction previously
granted shall continue in force until further
testimony as to the amounts of several liens
on the roads can be taken. In conclusion,
the opinion says that the complainants are
entitled to the sale of mortgaged property
subject to ascertained prior encumbrances,
but until such decree is prepared, the injunctions
heretofore issued shall remain in force.
The opinion, therefore, sustains the defendants
in the cause upon the points named,
excepting as to granting a sale and status of
non-mortgage bonds as unsecured debts, on
which two points views of plaintiffs prevail.
State Normal Institute.
. The State Normal Institute opened at
Spartanburg on the 3rd instant, with an attendance
of one hundred and twenty-two
teachers. By a letter from a young lady of
this place attending the school, we learn the
following facts regarding the manner in which
it will be conducted:
The teachers in attendance are divided into
three classes taught by Professors Louis Soldan,
of St. Louis, Mo., H. P. Archer, Charleston
; and E. W. Riemann, Lexington.
The studies last week were Grammar,
Reading, and Map drawing. Provisions have
been made for teaching music and mathematics,
and for lectures on Natural Science.
Teachers are all well pleased with the
Professors. Prof. Soldan has won the esteem
and confidence of the teachers. Every one
is well pleased with Superintendent Thompson's
choice of a leader.
Public lectures are to be delivered by Hon.
G. J. Orr, of Georgia; Hon. K. P. Battle,
of North Carolina; Prof. E. S. Joynes, of
Tennessee; and Drs. Riley, Grier, aud Carlisle,
of Adger, Erskine, and Wofford Colleges.
No work is required out of recitation rooms,
in which sessions are held from 91 to 121
o'clock daily.
Condition of Crops in the State.
The following account of the condition
of crops in South Carolina for the month of
July, has been summarized from reports received
by Hon. A. P. Butler, State Com
missioner of Agriculture:
The season in most of the counties was
favorable to late planted corn. In consequence
of the drought the early planted corn
was injured in some counties, and the average
in a number of the middle and Southern
counties was not so good as in June, while in
the northern part of the State the yield will
be better.
The highest estimate in the yield was rated
in Clarendon county at 75 per cent., and the
lowest in Fairfield couuty which only reached
35 per cent.
With favorable seasons the entire corn
crop of the State is rated at 75 per centum,
or an apportionment throughout the different
portions of the State as follows : The northern
counties 81 per centum, the middle at
70 per ceufum, and southern at 74 per centum.
In reference to the cotton crop for the
same month, the reports are more favorable
and partial. Rust had made its appearance
in some localities, but no material injury had j
been sustained at the time this report was
made to the department. The plant was represented
as strong, healthy, and well fruited.
The promise at this time was favorable to
a full crop. In a short time the damage
sustained by the rust and the caterpillar can
be ascertained.
An average crop of tobacco has been grown
in the northern and southern portions of the
State, and in the middle portion of the State
it is somewhat better.
An average crop of rice is reported from
the sectiou of country contiguous to the Corabahee
and Ashepoo rivers. In the geographical
sub divisions of the State the crops are
as follows: The northern portion of the State
75 per cent.; middle, 88; aud southern 82.
In some parts of the State the pea crop has
been retarded in growth b^ the drought. It is
as yet too early in the season to make an approximate
estimate of this crop.
The reports concerning the sorghum crops
are not so favorable as they were in the preceding
month.
The frnit crops all over the State are in
better condition than they have been for
years. In every variety and species there has
been a remnrkable improvement iu both
quality and quantity;
| Dr. Tanner's Remarkable Fast.
The remarkable fast of Dr. Tanner, in
New York city, euded at 1 iP. M., last Saturday,
at which hour terminated the fortieth
day since he undertook what was regarded
by many as a hazardous experiment. The
closing hours of his fast are thus reported by
the telegraph:
A o a/mn nci lit a Ii >ma **?%<? > m tL m J ..1. >
i\o okjkju m uic iline vrna u|j uic uruwu cneered
Tanner enthusiastically. About l,00l) persons
were in the hall and an immense crowd
on the sidewalk. He at once drank a glass
of milk and called for the watermelon which
had just been received from an enthusiastic
admirer of the Doctor in Georgia. This he
tapped, put his hand into it and eat freely.
Upon being remonstrated vrith, he asked to
be left'alone saying, "No my lord, I am running
this now.? When
he placed the glass of milk to his
mouth he remarked, "Gentlemen, yon don't '
believe that's good." The signal for the expiration
of the fast was a whistle from the
factory in the vicinity. When it blew, Tanner
had a peach in his hand, but before he
could put it into his mouth somebody snatched
it away from him. In response to the
plaudits of the .assemblage, (he was sitting
upon a chair placed on a table,) he raised
his handkerchief over his head. At a quarter
past twelve, Tanner got down from the
table and left the hall in a coach in charge
of Dr. Gunn, who took him to his own residence,
where he will undergo careful medical
treatment During the morning about 2,000
persons visited the hall. Just before noon
his temperature was found to be 99, pulse
92, and respiration 17.
Tanner's weight at the end of his fast was
1211 pounds, showing a loss of 36 pounds
during forty days.
On leaving the hall, Dr. Tanner walked,
unassisted, down stairs with a slice of melon
in his hand. He received an ovation from the
crowd in the street, shops and windows, and
exhibited much gratification at his hearty
reception. He ordered the cover of the carriage
thrown back and joked and talked with
the crowd that surrounded the vehicle. After
two or three dozen persons had grasped his
hand, two accompanying physicians had to
grasp hitn by the arm and hold him in his
seat to prevent him from tiring himself out,
as they feared a complete reaction from his
exertion. Ou reaching the residence of Dr.
Gunn, Dr. Tanner at once lay down in the
front parlor and endeavored to sleep. The
milk and watermelon had not disagreed with
him. Dr. Gunn himself is reported ill with
over-exertion.
At 2:30 he was resting quietly in good condition.
He had eaten of watermelon in small
quantities three or four times without deleterious
effects.
At 3:30 Dr. Tanner drank one ounce of
light Hungarian wine, after which he ate a
small slice of watermelon.
At 4:30 he was eating with great relish
a piece of beef steak. He did not swallow
the fibre, but only the juice of the meat.
He saw no visitors during the afternoon aud
it was reported that he was in excellent spirits.
A Somnambulistic Harder. J
The following singular case, probably
without a parallel, comes from Tyro, a little
village in Davidson county, N. C.:
At the above name village, Uriah Phelps
has a store. A few nights ago he had a difficulty
with some negroes whom he and his
brother attempted to eject from his house.
A nfiAinafinr* ftmtk ow ffnn Klo tvtili ftioro ' a
aUklVIIMIllUg 1UIU1CI MVUUIO null IrU^IMy llVi
secured the services of 0. W. Click, a young
man who lives io the neighborhood, and who
is in the habit of walking in his sleep. They
lay in the store and watched for half the
night, and finally fell asleep, having stretch*
ed themselves across the bed. It appears
from subsequent developments that Click,
the somnambulist, got up, and, seizing an
axe that had been placed near the bed to be
used in case of emergency, dealt his bed-fellow
t\yo blows across the ueck, nearly severing
his bead from the body. i
TKe case created considerable excitement
in the community, and over a hundred people
assembled at the coroner's inqueaf. and
preliminary trial. The body of Mr. Phelps
was found lying nearly across the, foot of the
bed, on the right side, bis head on his right
arm, with three cuts with an axe, two of . *
which, if not the third, were sufficient to cause
instant death?one high enough on the head
to reach the brain. The story of Mr. Click
was that he dreamed the negroes had entered
the store as anticipated by himself and Mr.
Phelps. There followed, according to his recollection,
a bloody and terrible fight When
he awoke, he was fleeing down the stairs, and
gradually recovering consciousness, he returned
to the. room where he and Phelps had been
sleeping, and realized at a glance the full hor- /
ror of his deed. He at once fled screaming to /
the house of Mr. Grub, near by, and was met
by that gentleman, who had been aroused by
his cries. Mr. Grub said his lamentations were
heart-rending and that he told him at once
that be had killed his best friend in his sleep.
The alarm soon became general and the neighbors
collected from all quarters. They /all
testified that Click exhibited in a most .violent
manner his regret, and finally became
so exhausted that he had to be carried home. *
In the preliminary trial it was proven by
both State and defendant's witnesses .that
Click was a somnambulist and had frequently
injured his own person by jumping from
the house window?sometimes through the
glass from the second story, cutting himself
considerably. He has also been known to
pet ud and choke some of the family, saving
that the bears in Texas were after him ; and
then rue a quarter or a half mile down near
the river, and wake to find himself alone.
When be went visiting he requested his neighbors
to tie him, which they did. Last week he <
went to sleep in the room where his dead
uncle lay a corpse He suddenly arose with
terrible expressions of fear and started to
seize his dead uncle. His sister and a gentleman
caught him, got him awake and he
went back to bed. Many other instances
were given. Mr. Clement, in behalf of the
defeudaut, addressed the cou't in an impressive
manner, setting forth the law in such
cases and showing conclusively that a somnambulist
was not account .ble for bis acts
while unconscious. He was followed by Mr.
H. Pinnix in a short and pointed speech.
The court being satisfied from the evidence
that the prisoner was not accountable for bis
actions while asleep, pronounced the evidence
insufficient; whereupon Mr. Click returned
to his home.
Reply of Col. Cash to Gen. Butler.
Under date of the 18th of July, Col.
Cash addressed the following open letter to
Senator Butler at Edgefield C. H. The letter
at first appeared in the Washington Republican,
and is in answer to Senator Butler's
letter which was published in the Enquirer
several weeks ago:
General : I hnve seen your letter of the
13th published in the New and Courier, and
I believe every friend you have must blush
for thame at your conduct. It is the first
time in the history of the State (and probably
the first in any civilized land), that one occupying
the exalted position in which the
people of South Carolina have (unfortunately)
placed you, has disgraced and degraded