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Straps and Jacts.
? In Minneapolis wheat is not ground, but
mashed into flour. Burr-stones will soon be
a thing of the past. Hungarian steel rollers
are used, and five sets are used to finish the
flour, each set running closer than the pre- .
ceding. It is bolted through coarse cloth. ;
? The government owns 1,062,231,727 acres
of unsurveyed lauds. About 15,000,000 acres |
were sold during the last fiscal year, and the
total lands surveyed fjora the commencement
of the survey is 752,557,195 acres.
The recipts for the last year were $2,290,172.
? Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts
has beeu suggested as orator and James
es Barron Hope.e ditor of the Norfolk (Va.)
Landmark, has been mentioned as poet, fothe
Yorktown centennial celebration next Oc.
tober. Both are good suggestions.
? The news from Ireland is becoming more
exciting every day. The Land Leaguers are
determined to have all existing land laws rerepealed
and the whole system remodeled,
while the British ministry is equally determined
to have its own chosen way of settling
matters.
? The erroneous statement has ot'ten been
made that the South gained thirty-five -Congressmen
by the enfranchisement of the negroes.
The fact is the South gained only
nine Congressmen by making the negroes
free, since when they were slaves, five negroes
were counted as three whites in ascertaining
our federal representation.
? Gen. Walker, superintendent, of the census,
is endeavering to have made a census
of all the Indians in the jurisdiction ot the
United States Government, but they are reluctant
to give the names of themselves or famlies,
and the census agents are experiencing
great trouble among them to get proper statistics.
? The year 1881 promises some points of interest
to astronomers. To say nothing of sun
dry comets, there will be two eclipses of the
sun and two of the moon during the year,
and on November 6th there wiil be a transit
of Mercury. The planet Saturn will also be
so improved in position that a fair study of
' the riugs can be made.
? At the last election in Kansas, the people
adopted an amendment to the constitution
forever prohibiting the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors in that State, except
for medicinal and scientific purposes. The
total vote was 165,911, and out of this number
91,784 votes were cast in favor of the
amendmeut, giving to the prohibitionists a
majority of 84,037.
? A sewing machine company in Philadelphia
has imprisoned a poor but respectable
woman, the mother of five small children, for
a debt of fifteen dollars. She was confined
in Movantensing prison among common felons.
Such an outrage is legalized in a Northern
State, but should anything approximating
this shameful act be perpetrated in the South,
i ill 1 l I I ? 1
we snoum De denounced as Daroarians, anu
we would deserve it.
? The Hon. George B. Robinson, Lieutenant
Governor elect of Colorado, was shot
and mortally wounded on the night of the
27th ult., by a party of miners eugaged at
work in a mine of which it seems that this
gentleman was the controlling manager. The
miners had made a demand which was not
complied with. The majority of them are
said to be from the coal districts of Pennsylvania,
and to belong to a secret organization
' similar to the Molly McGuires.
? At Farmland, Indiana, on Tuesday night
of last week, Wm. Barres, who had all day
been drinking and quarreling with every one
he met, especially with his family, took up a
double barreled shot gun, and while his wife
was sitting with her babe in her arms, shot
her through the head, killing her instantly.
He was arrested and takeu to Winchester.
He savs the shot was accidental. He came
near shooting her once before, when he was
drunk, with the same weapon.
? Isaae W. Sprague, "the living skeleton,"
is now thirty-nine years old. He was born in
Massachusetts, and was until twelve years
old a healthy boy. The disease of muscular
wasting then came on gradually, and after a
few years he was compelled to leave the shoemaker's
bench, where he was working with
his father, and seek another mode of earning
^ his living. He engaged himself with a showman.
When 26 years old he married, and has
now three fine healthy boys. His height is
five feet nine inches, and his weight forty-six
pounds.
? A certain Mrs. Reimenschueider, with
numerous aliases, of New York, has resorted
to a method of putting money iQ her purse
that has hitherto supposed to have been the
exclusive prerogative of the lords of creation.
Within a comparatively brief period, Mrs. R.
has united herself in the holy bonds of matrimony
no fewer than fourteen times, and it
is possible that the number of her spouses
may reach nineteen. In each instance the
victim was robbed of all his spare cash. The
enterprising polygamist has at last fallen into
the meshes of the law, and Jersey justice is to
be meted out to her at Newark.
? A curious phenomenon occurred at Nashville,
Tenn., one day last week. The temperature
rau up rapidly from freezing point to
forty-four degrees Fahrenheit. Black clouds
lowered until they seemed to evelopthe city,
when suddenly a ball of fire, which brightly
illuminated the city, seemed to pass over the
house tops, ending with an explosion. Another
explosion of lightning followed immediately
after' with the same effect. In both instances
the uufiuished spire of the new McKendree
Church was struck, filling it with so much
smoke as to cause the calling out of the fire
department.
? Geneial George B. Crittenden died in
Danville, Ky., Sunday, aged sixty-nine years.
He was the eldest son of John J. Crittenden.
He graduated at West Point and spent many
years in the United Siates army. While a
volunteer in the Texan war of independence,
he was taken prisoner at the battle of
Mier and marched on foot to the city of Mexico.
Through the exertions of Mr. Webster
and General Waddy Thompson, he was released.
He afterwards took part in the war
between the United States and Mexico, and
was with the army when it entered the capital
of the latter country. He served the
Confederate army as a brigade commander
throughout the war.
? The Southern papers are unable to ascertaiu
anything about the colored exodus
movemeut, which, it appears, was based on
information furnished by a Philadelphian,
who claimed to have just returned from Alabama
and Louisiana. The Alabama papers
do not seem to know anything of the kind going
on in that State, and the New Orleans
Democrat says: "If there is any basis for
the statement as far as it concerns Louisiana,
it is not visible to the* naked eye. The colored
people who went to Kansas eighteen
months ago, have reported their experiences to
their friends at home, and there is little like*
? -1 . / . I 1 1 !
Jinooa or another movemeut or tne kidu, even
if it was less pleasant and profitable to live
here than it is."
? A Richmond dispatch of Friday savs the ;
failure of the Piedmont and Arlington Life
Insurance Company, of Richmond, was announced
that morning. An assignment of
all its personal and real property has been
made to A ngus R. Blakey, trustee, for the benefit
of policy holders. The company has beeu
embara8sed for some time, but the immediate
cause of the suspension was the extraordinary |
mortality among its policy holders this year,
aird the pressure on the courts by holders of
these claims for judgment against the company.
No exact estimate of the liabilities
can be made until the actuary has examined !
each policy and reported. An estimate of assets
is now being made, but will notbecompleted
for several days. The trustee will issue in
a few days a circular to policy holders giving
them full and accurate information as to the
.condition of the company, and will soon
thereafter convene them to decide whether |
they wiil reorganize the company or take
steps to reinsure their risks out of the net assets,
which may be realized under the deed, j
egorfmUe (frnquim.
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YORKYILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, DEC. 9. 1880.
SOUTH C 4BOLINA NEWS,
? A. M. Boozer. Esq., has been re-appointed
clerk of the Su -reme Court.
? Col. J. C. Coit qualified as comptroller
general on Wednesday of last week.
? Col. Wade H. Manning has been appointed
private secretary to Governor Hagood.
? Capt. J. Duucan Allen, for many years a j
prominent citizen of Barnwell, died in that
county on the 26th ultimo.
? Messrs. Winthrop Williams and W. E.
Stoney, have been appointed clerks in the office
of the comptroller-general.
? The annual commuuication of the M. W.
Grand Lodge, A. F. M., of South Carolina,
will be held in Charleston, commencing on
Tuesday, the 14th instant.
? Isaac Keller, of Abbeville county, this
year made sixty bags of cotton and a thousand
bushels of corn with five horses. Twelve
bags of cotton and two hundred bushels of
corn to the horse is good farming.
? On Thursday last, the Legislature unanimously
reelected Hon. Joseph B. Kershaw
as Judge of the Fifth Circuit. The nominawas
made in joint session by Senator Wylie,
of Lancaster, and seconded by B. H. Massey,
Representative from York.
? Wilson Cook, colored, of Greenville, has
Kwn annointed bv the Bishops of the Method
?r g y
ist Episcopal Church, one of the delegates to
the Ecumenical Methodist Conference, to be
held in City Road Chapel, London, in the
mouth of September, 1881. He has accepted
the appointment.
? The AbbevilU Medium says that Peter
Paschal, colored, who resides at Due West, is
represented to be 120 years and to have been
a wagon driver during the Revolutionary war.
He is ac.tive and can easily "skin the cat" or
"jump up and crack his heels together twice
before he hits the ground."
? A number of divers and wreckers, while
operating in Town Creek, in the vicinity of
Charleston, recently brought to the surface
two cannon which had evidently been used
iu the Revolutionary war. They are 10 feet
in length and 6 inch bore, and have been
brought to the city and will probably be exhibited
at the Industrial Exhibition which
commences this week.
? The Register says that "Messrs. Sample
and Wetmore, of North Carolina, are in Columbia
for the purpose of perfecting arrange
ments made some time back with the board
of penitentiary directors, for the manufacture
of shoes in the penitentiary. These gentlemen
propose to enter largely into the business
of manufacturing shoes within the prison
walls with convict labor."
? The report of Dr. Griffin, the superintendent
of the Lunatic Asylum, shows that there
I a-oro nrpcpnf.in thp asvlum at the beginning
of the year 375 patients; 181 males and 184
females. Of these 252 were white, and 123
colored patieuts. During the year 166 were
admitted, making the whole number treated
541. Of this number 31 recovered, 3 escaped,
55 died and 31 were released, leaving the
number of patients in the Asylum 420?268
white aud 152 colored. Of this number 391
are State aud 29 pay patients.
? The Charleston News of Thursday says :
"A number of noted turfmen have reached
the city and are ready for the races. Among
the arrivals at the Charleston Hotel yesterday,
were James McCloud, Joseph Cotton, E. T.
Beaman, McClean Brothers, Dau. McClinch,
C. W. Medinger, Joseph Walters, Hughey
GafFuey, John Croker and Dan. Mace, of New
York ; H. Ball, of Kentucky, and Green
Morris, of St. Louis. Twenty five horses will
reach the city this morning, and it is estimated
that not less than twenty stables, containing
eighty horses, will be on hand at the
races, which will be the best ever given by
the Jockey Club."
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There are now 500 convicts working on
the Western N. C. Railroad.
? In twenty-five counties of North Carolina
there are two hundred and sixty seven tobacco
factories.
? The North Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, was in
session last week at Winston.
We regret to learn that Mr. David L.
Clark, portrait painter and photographer, of
High Point, sustained the loss by fire of his
studio and gallery on Thursday last.
? A fire occurred at Durham on Wednesday
of last week, destroying property to the
value of 8150,000; insurance about $50,000.
The fire was accidental, the result of a defective
flue.
? The last census returns show that there;
are 1100 Indians in the Western census district
of North Carolina. Nearly all of these i
live in Jackson, Swain, Graham, and Chero
I kee counties.
? Parker, the white man who was arrested
and committed to jail in Washington, charged
; with the murder of Gen. Bryan Grimes, has
confessed his guilt. W. B. Paramour, who
was suspected of having instigated the crime,
has fled to parts unknown.
? The next General Assembly of North
Carolina will be composed of seventy six
Democrats, forty-two Republicans and two
Independents in the House, and thirty-eight
Democrats and twelve Republicans in the
Senate.
? The Gastonia Gazette announces the
death of Dr. J. D. McLean, which occurred
at his home in South Point, Gaston county, on |
Saturday night, the 27th ultimo. The Gazette
says: He was born on Saturday October 4th,
1794, and commenced the practice of medi- 1
cine at an early age ; he had wonderful sue- .
cess throughout, and after having acquired a ,
good estate by his diiligeuce in practice, retir- |
ed about one year ago. He was highly respect- t
ed as a physician arid citizen and always en- i
joyed the confidence of his neighbors. He |
had been in very feeble health for some time, I
consequently his death was not unexpected, i
His remains were buried at Bethel church in i
York county, S. C., and funeral services were I
conducted by Rev. S. L. Watson. <
Xj OCAL A77AXES.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson?The Emporium of Fash- i
ion still Booming. i
Joseph A. McLean, Judge of Probate?Citation?
J. W. Brown, Applicant?John M. Howe,
deceased. | 1
Latimer <fe Hemphill?Wanted.
Dr. John May, Agent?Corner Drug Store. i
Col. A. Coward, Principal?King's Mountain Military
School. 1
B. T. Wheeler?Wagons. ; ' (
Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pls.-Clerk'.sSale.
J. N. Roberts?Fresh Meats. '
J. M. Adams?New Goods.
H. F. Johnson?Bargains, Bargains. I
Herndon Brothers?Why Delay ??So Nice.
Thos. O'Farrell, Jr.?GeeseandTurkeys Wanted.
M. Strauss?The Cheapest Store. I
T. M. Dobson?The New York Hon^e.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. C.-Sheritf's Sales.
A Plea for Catholic Communion.
MASONIC ELECTION.
At a meeting of Philanthropic Lodge, No.
7Q A f M hul.l nn Mnrwlav nicrht last, the
fu, XI . A . ill.) IIVIU VU j Q ? .
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
C. E. Spencer, IF. M.; H. W. Hope, S. W.;
J. R. Gardner, J. W.; W. T. Barron, Treas
urer ; H. C. Strauss, Secretary.
? ?
COTTON GIN ACCIDENTS.
On Wednesday, of last week, Mr. D. M.
Hall caught his left hand in his cotton gin,
badly cutting two fingers.
On Friday, a colored boy named Henry
Johnson, employed at Dr. Lindsay's gin in
town, had his left hand cut with the saws of
the gin.
On the same day, Mr. Joseph Nichols, son
of Mr. John Nichols, caught his left hand in
his gin, sustaining a serious injury, by which
he will lose one, if not two fingers.
COUNTV COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
The following note, addressed to W. W.
White, Esq., of the Board of county commissioners
of York county, by Iredell Jones,
Esq., member of the House committee on
ways and means, fully explains itself:
Ho. Reps., Columbia, Nov. 30, 1880.
W. W. White, Esq., Dear Sir: Your
report as Clerk pro tern, of the board of county
commissioners of York county, was read
in the committee of ways and means of the
House of Representatives to duy, and was
specially complimented as the best report
from any county in the State, on account of
its simplicity, uniform and detailed and clear
statement of all transactions of the board for
the past year. Yours very respectfuly,
Iredell Jones.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. TIiof. Gilbert,
Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning
and evening.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
There will be preaching in this church at the
usual evening hour on Friday and Saturday
evenings. Communion of the Lord's Supper
at the Sunday morning service. Installation
services Sunday night, to be conducted by
Rev. R. E. Cooper and Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular
appointment at Tirzah next Sunday.
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.
SALES-DAY.
On Monday last, sales day for December,
the following property was sold by the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas:
Iu the case of Watson vs. McCarter, for
foreclosure and sale?461 acres land on
Fishing creek. Bought by R. W. Shaw, at
$7.45 per acre.
C. P. Saudifer, surviving administrator,
re Vinlof T Mp TI wit in find others?199 acres.
mi the waters of Toole's Fork. Bought by
Mrs. Violet I. Mcllwaiu at 82.25 per acre.
C. P. Sandifer, surviving administators, vs.
William Adkins?sold under decree to pay
purchase money?103 acres on Toole's Fork.
Bid off by W. B. Wilson at 85.50 per acre.
John S. Miller vs. Elva E. Boyce and
John Boyce, under decree for sale and to call
in creditors?146 acres, bid off by S. B. Cunningham
at 813.50 per acre.
W. B. Wilson, Jr., vs. Susan#B. Ross and
Robert B. Shaw, decree in partition?1321
acres on Four mile creek. Bid off by Julius
Fried heim for 8605.
Minerva A. Henkle vs. Joseph H. Henkle
and others?under judgment and order for
sale, a tract of 1133 acres in Catawba township.
Bid off by J. M. Williford at 8927.
In the case of John Nichols vs. Wm. A.
Wilson, decree and order of sale under mortgage
; arrangements were made satisfactory
to the creditor without the sale of the laud.
By an order from Judge Mackey, the Sheriff
was enjoined from selling, by virtue of
writ of fi. fa., the lands of J. N. McElwee,
Jr., at the suit of J. N. McElwee, Sr.
RAILROAD PROSPECTS.
The Gastonia Gazette of Saturday has the
following paragraph relative to the completion
of the bridge of the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad across South Fork, and a recent
meeting of the President and Directors of the
road iu Dallas :
The President and Directors of the Chester
and Lenoir Railroad met in Dallas Thursday
evening. The object was to consider the ways
and means for extending the track to Newton.
Tl.ey have ample means and the work
will be pushed as fast as possible. They have
enough iron and cross ties already purchased
to lay the track within four and one half
miles of Lincolntou. At 10 o'clock, and after
adjournment, the President, Directors and
several of the Dallas citizens went out to the
river with one of the locomotives and a passenger
coach, and crossed over the bridge for
the first time. The citizens shouted when the
train halted on the opposite side. The bridge
is completed ; the Directors have received it j
aD(l are highly pleased with the work.
The Lincolnton Progress of Saturday has
the following further particulars of the Di- j
rectors' meeting: *
Our people will be gratified to know that j
the Directors, at their meeting in Dallas
Thursday night, passed the following resolutions
:
"Whkrkas, There have been many rumors
current that the Chester and Lenoir Narrow
Gauge Railroad Company would ask the next
General Assembly of North Carolina for a change
of the charter of said company, and by such !
chango it was expected to change the route of the j
road so as to avoid the town of Lincolnton : and |
whereas said rumors are unfounded, in fact, and 11
are calculated to injure the material interests of ; ?
the corporation ; it is therefore
Resolved, That it is the intention ot the said
railroad company to complete the said road ae- '
cording to the provisions of their present charter,
passing through the small towns nominated
therein, to the western terminus at Lenoir, in 1
Caldwell county. ; ]
Resolved further, That a copy of these resolu- ;
tions be furnished to the several Senators and
Representatives along the line of said road, as a
memorial against any such change as the one
above indicated" j
We are also delighted to know that the I
bridge over the South Fork has been cotnple- 1
ted and trains now pass over it. The condition
of the road financially is excellent and s
satisfactory to everybody interested in the f
road They have enough iron bought and <
paid for to reach within six miles of Lincoln- t
ton ; and there is enough money in the treas-; 1
ury to pay for the bridge and the new engine, i
tod then there remains enough unsold bonds \
to bring the road to this place. The trestles t
will doubtless be given to Mr. Geo. Detter, r
contractor, in a few days. The Carolina
Central has kindly consented to allow the
Narrow Gauge the privilege of running alongside
their track until the latter can make their
dwu road-bed.
Mr. Dwight, the Engineer of the road,
thinks he will, weather permitting, reach
Lincolnton in February next. The track will
be completed to the Lincoln county line, seven
miles from Lincolnton, by the 25th of December.
Bad' weather and other circumstances
have delayed the work, but now it
will be pushed with vigor. The men in charge
are practical and know their business well,
and what is more, they are zealous to complete
the whole enterprise.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
MEETING OF PHTSICIANS.
York villi:, S. C.t December 6, 1880.?At
a meeting of a number of regular practicing
physicians of this town and county, held this
day in the Court House, Dr. A. I. Barron, on
motion, was called to the chair, and Dr. Thomas
Crawford was requested to act as secretary.
The chairman explained the necessity of
such action on the part of the medical profession
at this time, its importance and practical
utility to them, as well as to our community
in general, and inviting all regular members
of the profession, especially the younger members?those
who have within the last few
years entered upon the duties of the profes
sion in our county?to unite with and aid us
in our honest, earnest efforts to accomplish
such a noble, useful work.
Ou motion of Dr. C. P. Saudifer, a committee
of four?one each from Yorkville and
Rock Hill, and two from the county?were
appointed to draft a^eonstitution, by laws,
code of ethics and fee bill, and present the
same to this body for tfieir consideration and
adoptiou at their next regular meeting in
this place, on the first Monday, (next salesday)
in January, 1881.
In accordance with this motion, the chairman
appointed the following physicians to
prepare the work as above, viz.: Dr. J. R.
Brattou, from Yorkville; Dr. Thomas Crawford,
from Rock Hill; Dr. G. W. Campbell,
from McConnellsville, and Dr. Charlie Adams,
from Bethel.
The meeting was then adjourned by the
chairman until the first Monday iu January,
1881, who impressed upon the minds of those
present the duty of calling upon' and inducing
their neighboring physicians to meet with
us at the above stated time.
A. I. Barron, Chairman.
Thos. Crawford, Secretary.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Monday, November 29.
In the Senate, the resolution asking that
a committee be appointed to investigate the
conduct of J. C. Coit in connection with the
funding of the bills of the Bank of the State,
was agreed to.
The bill to prevent the charging or receiv
ing of compensation for weighing cotton in
bales, except by a legally appointed weigher,
was killed.
A bill was introduced to repeal all Acts
allowing the directors of the Penitentiary to
farm out couvicts.
The concurrent resolution looking to re-districting
the State into Congressional districts,
was defeated.
The judiciary committee, to whom was re
ferred an investigation of the powers of clerks
of court to charter corporations, &c ", made a
report showing that all churches, companies
and societies could be chartered as well by
clerks of court as by the Generul Assembly,
and recommended that all biljs providing for
such charters be declined, thereby saving
money and time to the State.
The bill to increase the pay of witnesses in
State cases whs killed.
In the House, a resolution was adopted
instructing the judiciary committee to pre
pare a bill to carry into eff. ct the constitutional
amendment relating to the homestead, and
to consolidate in one Actall the statutory provisions
relating to the homestead.
A bill was introduced to amend the fence
law, so as to give trial justices jurisdiction in
prosecutions arising thereunder.
A bill was introduced to make it a misdemeanor
to entice or persuade a laborer to violate
his contract, or to employ a laborer under
contract with another.
A bill was introduced to prevent the sale of
liquor, by retail or otherwise, outside of incorporated
cities and towns.
Mr. Verner introduced a bill to reduce the
salary of school commissioner.
Mr. Hemphill introduced a bill to provide
for the registration of all the voters of the
State.
A bill was introduced to reduce the cost of
dieting prisoners in juils ; aud a bill to submit
to the qualified voters of Spartanburg county,
the question of license or no license.
A message was received from the Governor
stating that he had loaned a flag of the
State to the King's Mountain Centennial As
sociation at the request of the association, and
that the flag was borne in the procession at
the celebration and carried by the King's
Mountain Cadets. He recommended that, in
consideration of the eminent services of Col.
A. Coward in prepuring for and conducting
that celebration, the flag be presented to him
as a banner for the cadets of his institute.
On motion of Mr. Massey, the message was
received as information and referred to the
committee on the military.
The bill to require clerks of courts, sheriffs
and probate judges to keep.their offices open
during certain hours each day, was rejected.
The committee on incorporations submitted
a favorable report on the bill to incorporate
the Rock Hill Cotton Factory Company.
The judiciary committee reported favorably
on a bill to repeal so much of the charter
of the town of Chester as empowers the Town
Council to issue bonds.
Mr. Hemphill introduced a bill to provide
for the appointment of a commission to amend
and simplify the mode of assessing and collecting
the taxes in this State. This bill seeks
to raise a commission of five to consider the
present system of taxation and assessment,
and report to the General Assembly, at its.
next session, a simpler and less expensive
scheme, if practicable. "The bill offers no
suggestions us to what the plan should be.
Tuesday, November 30.
In the Senate, a joint resolution was introduced
to require the secretary of State to
cancel and return certaiu title deeds to J. M.
Lowry, of York county.
The bill to apportion taxes between vendor
and vendee on sales of real estate, passed its
second reading with an amendment.
The bill to provide for the revision and
codification of the Statute laws of the State
was opposed by Senator Callison, on the
ground that a new Constitution, which was
almost certain to be liarl, would cause the I
labor and money for the preparation of a !
Code to have been expended for nothing.
Senators Harllee, Miller, Izlar, Gaillard j
aud Wylie, spoke in favor of the bill, alleging '
the immediate necessity for such a work as ,
was contemplated, the laws of the State being
in a fearfully muddled condition. Miller j
said that it wasn't so certain that there would ;
be a new Constitution, and that the great i
present need was a book of laws that plain j
people could understand. Pending a vote, a
message from the House announced the ap
proach of the inaugural ceremonies, and the
senate proceeded in a body to the hall of;
Representatives.
In the House, a bill was introduced to j
prohibit persons from living together in adultery,
and to define the crimes of adultery and
fornication.
A bill was introduced to afford relief to in- j
solvent debtors. This bill seeks to allow per- j
tons who fail in business to give up such prop;rty
as they have, with the exception of cer-;
;ain articles named, and be allowed to start1
iusiuess anew.
The following bills were rejected on unfa-1
arable committee reports: Bill to regulate
lie salaries of school commissioners, county j
inditora, ifec.; bill to amend the school law 1
in relation to the making of contracts by
school trustees in excess of funds; bill to provide
for the annual assessment of real estate;
bill to utilize the labor of prisoners under sentence
in county jails.
The following were reported upon unfavorably
and placed on the calendar: Bill to reduce
the costs of dieting prisoners in county
jails; bill to repeal the .ien law ; bill to regulate
the costs aud fees of certaiu officers..
The committee of ways and means reported
a bill to extend the time for funding the
bills of the Bank of the State. This bill extends
the provisions of the Act of last session,
and allows bills of the Bank of the State to
be funded for consolidated bonds at fifty cents
on the dollar of their face value, until the 1st
of July next.
The bill ratifying the constitutional amendment
relative to the Homestead, passed its
third reading by a vote of 113 to 1. The following
is the amendment which was adopted
at the recent election, and which has now
been ratified by the House:'
The General Assembly shall enact such laws as
will exempt from attachment and sale under any
mesne or final process issued from any Court, to
the head of any family residing in this State, a
homestead in lands, whether held in foe or any
lesser estate, not to exceed in value one thousand
dollars, with the yearly products thereof; and
every head of a family residing in this State,
whether entitled to a homestead exemption in
lands or not, personal property not to exceed in
value the sum of tive hundred dollars: Provided,
That in case any woman having a separate
estate shall be married to the head of a family
who lias not of his own sufficient property to
constitute a homestead as hereinbefore provided,
said married woman shall be entitled to a like
exemption as provided for the head of a family :
Provided further, That there shall not be an
allowance of more than one thousand dollars'
worth of real estate and more than five hundred
dol.ars' worth of personal property to the husband
and wife jointly: Provided, That no property
shall he exempt" from attachment, levy or
sale for taxes or for payment of obligations contracted
for the purchase of said homestead or the
erection of improvements thereon; Provided
further, That the yearly products of said homestead
shall not be'exempt from attachment, levy
or sale for the payment of obligations contracted
in the production of the same. It shall he the
duty of the General Assembly at their tirst session
to enforce the provision of this section by
suitable legislation.
Wednk8day, December 1.
In the Senate, a bill was introduced to
abolish the office of Jury Cominisiouer.
A communication was received from the
House, announcing the concurrence of thai
body in the proposition to appoint a joint
committee to investigate the acts and doings
of Hon. J. C. Coit, special commhooper, in
connection with the funding of the bills of
the Bank of the State.
The bill to provide for the revision aud
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of South Carolina, came up for consideration;
the question pending thereun being the motion
of the Senator from Edgefield to strike out
the enacting clause. Senator VVylie took the
floor and spoke at length in favor of the
passage of the bill. He called attention to
the provisions of the Constitution on the
subject, and suid that it was the duty of the
Legislature to comply with the mandatory
requirements of the Constitution in reference
thereto. After further debate, participated in
by Senators Callison, Maxwell,. McQueen
and VVylie, the motion to strike out the enacting
clause was decided iu the negative.
The bill then, with various amendments, re
ceived its second reading and was ordered to
be engrossed for a third reading. Notices
were given of amendments on its third read
ing. The bill, as passed, provides for appointment,
by a convention of the Judges of the
Supreme and Circuit Courts, of three com
missioners to digest the laws, said commissioners
to be paid $2,000 each and have $500 for
clerical and other expenses.
In the House, a joint resolution was introduced
to provide for a commission to sug
gest amendments to the election law, so as to
prevent frauds and irregularities and to suggest
amendments to the Constitution.
Mr. John G. Bluck introduced a joint resolution
to direct the comptroller-general to
dispose of certain stock, and pay proceeds to
the treasurer of York county for school
purposes.
The following bills were reported upon
favorably : Bill to amend the fence law, so
as to give trial jusfices jurisdiction in prosecutions
thereunder ; bill to make it a misdemeanor
to entice or persuade laborers to violate
their contracts, or to employ a laborer
under contract with another; bill to amend
an Act to prohibit person from living together
iu adultery.
The following bills were rejected : Bill to
afford relief to insolvent debts; bill to ap
portion taxes to be paid as between vendor
and vendee.
The milifjirv committee recommended the
adoption of a concurrent resolution carrying
into effect the recommendation of the
Governor relative to presenting the King's
Mountain Military School with the flHg
used by the State at the King's Mountain
Centennial.
A bill was introduced to impose further
duties on county commissioneis as to repairing
roads and bridges. This bill seeks to divide
the roads and bridges of each couuty in
the State into three districts, each to be pre
sided over by one of the couuty commissioners.
It also provides for a board of surveyors
to supervise and inspect the work.
Thursday, December 2.
In the Senate, the judiciary committee
reported favorably on a concurrent resolution
appointing a commission to inquire into the
necessity of calling a Constitutional Convention,
and for other matters, and to report to
the next session of the General Af-sembly.
The resolution, with various amendments,
was agreed to and ordered to be sent to the
House of Representatives for its concurrence.
In the House, a bill was introduced to
authorize the Governor, comptroller general
and State treasurer, to borrow money to pay
interest on the public debt when necessary.
A bill in relation to dower was introduced.
This bill seeks to provide that the wife shall
not be entitled to dower on lands except such
as was owned by the husband at his death, or
which were sold during their marriage at
sheriff's sale.
A bill was introduced to require all persons
to obtain a marriage license from the
clerk of court before marrying, and to provide
for the recording of the same.
A bill, introduced by Dr. J. G. Black,
seeking to cut down the salary of the adjutant
and inspector-general to 8500 a year,
and to reduce the salaries of the clerks of
certain officers, was reported on unfavorably
by the ways and means committee, and placed
on the calendar.
The committee on education reported fa
vorably on a bill to reduce the salary of
school commissioner.
The judiciary committee reported favorably
on a bill to'amend the law so as to compel
executors to give bonds.
The bill to regulate the sale of intoxicating i
liquors, so as to prohibit their sale, outside of
cities and towns, was taken up for second
reading. After discussion, participated iu by
several members, the bill was recommitted to
the ways and means committee, for the rea-1
son that there was another bill before the
House having the same object in view.
The enacting clause was stricken out of the
bill to pay to persons wounded iu the late j
war and injured to an extent equivalent to 1
the loss of a leg or arm, the amouut of mon- 1
ey which is paid for a leg or arm.
The enacting clause was stricken out of the
bill to prevent the paying or receiving of any j
compensation for weighing cotton in bales ex-1
cept by a legally appointed weigher.
The bill to provide for a revision of the
statute laws received its third reading.
The bill to incorpprate the Rock Hill Cotton
Factory Company, and the bill to repeal,
the power of the Town Council of Chester to i
issue bonds, were read a second time.
The bill to prohibit the sale of seed cotton i
in quantities less than two hundred and fifty I
pounds, was rejected. ,1
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Friday, December 8. 11
In the Senate, the following bills were i
introduced : Bill, to declare what shall be
deemed nuisances injurious to health and <
to provide for the abatement of the same;
bill to establish a uniform system of registra- s
tion of deaths, marriages and births; bill to
regulate the time for holding the summer
term of the Court of General Sessions for the
Sixth Circuit.
The bill to define .the offence and fix the
punishment for duelling, passed a second
reading.
The bilL to.make pay. certificates of teach- .
ers of bublic schools receivable for county
taxes, was recommitted to the education committee.
The committee on the judiciary reported
favorably on the bill to provide for a public i
guardian of estates of minors, idiots and i
lunatics, and to define his powers and duties
and fix his liabilities. Also favorably on the
bill to ratify an amendment to the Consiitu- '
tion relating to the homestead law.
In the House, a joint resolution was intro
duced to provide for the completion of the
State House. It is estimated that 81,100,000
will be required.
A bill to authorize county commissioners J
to utilize the labor of convicts in the county j
jails by authority of the Court of General j
Sessions, was rejected.
The agricultural committee reported a bill I
to authorize boards of county commissioners !
to procure and establish in each county standard
scales for weighing cotton and all products
sold by weight.
A bill to abolish the costs of plaintiffs' and
defendants' attornej's in the Courts of Common
Pleas, and limiting those fees in the Supreme
Court to fifteen dollars for an appeal
add twenty-five dollars for an argument, was
rejected by a vote of 72 to 43.
A bill amending the game law, so as to fix
the dates of prohibition between the months
of April and November, instead of March and
October, passed its second reading.
A bill to reduce the cost of dieting prisoners
in the county jails of the State to twentyfive
cents per diem, was rejected.
A bill to repeal the agricultural lien law
was defeated by a vote of 76 to 29.
The concurrent resolution to present the
King's Mountain Military School with the
flag used by the State at the Centennial of
King's Mountain, was passed.
Saturday, December 4.
In the Senate, the committee reported a
substitute for the bill to abolish the office of
jury commissioner.
The House bill to ratify the amendment to
the constitution relating to homestead being
the special order, the yeas and nays were
taken on the question of passing the bill to a
third reading, resulting as follows: Yeas 26;
Nays 1?the dissenting vote being that of
Senator Izlar, of Orangeburg, who says that,
whilst he is not opposed to a constitutional
provision as to the homestead, he thinks the
proposed amendment is objectionable, both in
form and substance, and equally if not more
nhiaotinnnhla than the n resent constitutional
provision.
In the House, a concurrent resolution
was adopted to adjourn on the 23d instant.
A bill to regulate the granting of divorces
was introduced. This bill seeks to allow divorce
only on the ground of adultery.
A bill to define the crime of burglary was
introduced, which makes the entering of a
dwelling house, or any outhouse appurtenant
thereto and within two hundred yards of
the dwelling house, in the night time, with
intent to commit a misdemeanor as well as
to commit a felony, burglary.
The judiciary committee reported favorably
on a joint resolution to require the secretary
of State to cancel and return to J. M.
Lowry, certain deeds.
The same committee reported unfavorably
on the bill to amend the law in relation to
dower. The bill was placed on the calendar.
Joint resolution to appropriate 82,000 in
aid of the Cowpens centennial celebration was
taken up for a second rending.
Mr. J. G. Black said as this celebration
was not to be held on the battle ground, but
at Spartanburg Court House, and as Cpngress
has made an appropriation to erect the monument
there, and us we are not able to appropriate
money to get artificial limbs for sol
diera of the late Avar, 1 move to strike out the
enacting words of the resolution.
Mr. Blake spoke feelingly in favor of celebrating
the memories of our Revolutionary
heroes, and he said that this appropriation was
intended to enable the State to suitably entertain
the visitors who would come to the celebration.
This was probably the last Revolutionary
centennial that would be celebrated
in this State, and only two?King's Mountain
and Fort Moultrie?had preceded it, the first
of which wasin York, Mr. Bluck's county, to
both of which the State had appropriated
money.
Mr. Tolbert said there were now many
sufferers by the late war right at our doors,
and if we have any money to spare, we should
give it to them, and that we had better devote
this $2,000 to paying the debt of the
State than to send it to Cowpens.
Mr. Verner said he, perhaps, ought to
remain silent, as he felt a personal interest
in this matter, having had a great-grandfather,
a grandfather and three grand uncles in
the battle of Cowpens. But he could not
refrain from supporting the bill. How would
the State look to have this celebration on her
soil, with other States and Congress contributing
to <it, while she contributed not one
cent? York county had had its celebration,
and now the member from York is unwilling
to come to the aid of Spartanburg's celebration.
The men of York did not do that
way 100 years ago.
Messrs. Simons and Seegers also spoke in
favor of the joint resolution.
On the motion to strike out the enacting
words, Messrs. Tolbert and Simpson called
for the yeas and nays, which resulted as follows:
Yeas 19, nays 76.
Mr. Murray moved to strike out 82,000
and insert $1,000.
Mr. Seegers moved to lay the motion on
the table, but withdrew it to allow debate.
Mr. Simpson favored the amendment. He
said he was opposed to the whole bill, but if
it must pass, he favored the smaller amount.
Mr. Newton said that one of the chief
marks of civilization is the respect any people
pay to the honorable deeds of thqir forefathers.
He spoke very earnestly in favor of
passing the bill.
Mr. Newtoo, Mr. J. M. Johnson and Mr.
DrifHe (colored) spoke against the amendment.
On the motion to amend, the vote was 40 j
yens to 52 nays.
The joint resolution was then passed without
amendment.
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^ETTEIt FKOM BLACK'S STATION
Black's Station, S. C., December 6.?We
are now having heavy rains in this section. !
The streets of our town are almost impassa-1
ble on account of mud. For more than two |
weeks we have not had an entirely clear day.
Yesterday afternoon a heavy dark cloud
from the north west passed over us. The i
cloud hung so low as to veil the tops of
trees, and eveu touch the house tops, obscur-!
ing Whitaker's Mountain in its mask of;
blackness, while the rain poured in torrents, j
raising the water coursis to overflowing. The
earth everywhere is saturated with water!
to an extent not common here.
Our town is on the increase over any previous
year as to the amount of business doing, i
Improvements are also iu the course of progress.
Mechanics are in demand, and employment
could be given to quite a number
more than are here. P. S. Whisonant, a j i
house-builder and contractor here, is putting i
up machinery for sawing and dressing lumber. I
The town authorities, a few days ago, tried I
a white man for knocking down a negro on j '
the streets and fined the defendant 85. The ' 1
case was carried, by the prosecutor before the I
trial jurtice on motion for a new trial; but | that
official decided that the defendant had c
already been tried for the same offence and 11
fined in a sufficient sura, and he therefore
dismissed the case.
There have been several cases of typhoid j
fever within the town the present season. It j
has been a noticeable fact with several of the <
new towns built up on the Air-Line Railroad,
that this disease has been prevalent ip them,
and it is traceable to the reason tliat the
people keep their lots in which animals are
enclosed, in an uncleanly condition. In view
of this fact it is recommended- that the town
councU jJAactJstrja sanitary _rnlpa
the scourge upon us.
The citiMiB": pf this .Jownship will vote
upon the adoption of the stock law, ou Saturday,
the 18th iusrant. There is little or no
discussion on the question. The probability
is that the law will be adopted.! The objection
heretofore to the adoption of the law
was on accouut of the cost of building a township
fence. But as Broad River township
will adopt the law, and as King's Mountain
township has already done so, only a few
miles of fencing along the North Carolina
line will be necessary. The keeping up of
stock is a policy that is being adopted everywhere
in the State, as one of economy, and
the inevitable necessity forces itself upon all
the country alike as a matter not to be long
deferred.
Our people of this part of the county are
very much opposed to a call df a convention
to revise the State Constitution. Let our
representatives, who are directly responsible
to the people, offer the proposed amendments
and submit them to the people for ratification.
Rev. B. M. Boozer, pastor of the M. E.
Church here, has been prostrate with typhoid
fever for several weeks. He is new improving
slowly. VV.
J. Black, of Abbeville, is now spending
a few days on a visit to bis old home at this
place. *
Mr. Harry Coykeudal, principal of the
academy here, moved his family iuto town a
few days ago. The academy building has
been refitted and remodeled, and the school is
in a flourishing condition. Ego.
HAGOOD AND KENNEDY.
inauguration ceremonies at the capitol.
The Governor aud. Lieutenant-Governor elect
were inaugu rated on Tuesday last, 30th
ultimo, in the Hall of Representatives in
the presence of a large assemblage of citizens.
Long before the hour appointed, the gallery,
the lobby and floor of the Honse were fully
occupied by hundreds of fair ladies with their
escorts, who employed the spare time in listening
to the proceedings of the House.
Punctually at 1 o'clock, the Senate, headed
by Senator Withorspoon, the president pro
tera., with the officers of the Senate on his
right and left, appeared at the door of the
House and were ifceived by the members *
standing. The president ascended to the
Speaker's stand and was received by the
Speaker. The members of the Senate were
seated on the right and left of the Speaker's
stand' in chairs reserved for them. A mo
ment. later Jthe .Governor .And. - Lieutenant*
Governor elept, acting Governor Jeter, Chief
Justioe Simpson, Assodate Justices Aft Go wan
and Mclver, Judges Hugh L. Bond and
George S. Bryan of the Unite States Circuitd
Court, Judge Fratier, now presiding as Judge
of the Fifth Circuit, the State officers, incumbent:
jmd efect, and Mayor Coprtenay erf
Charleston, escorted by the joint committee
of arrangements, consisting of Senators Henderson
and Walker, and Representatives Si*
mouton, Hemphill and Tindal, were announced
at the door of the hall by the sergeant'at
arms, bearing the mace of State, who proclaimed
aloud : "His Excellency the Governor-elect
and his escort."
The joint Assembly, at thc.order of the
Speaker, rose and received them standing
until they were seated. The Governor and
Lieutenant Governor elect, together with
the Chief Justice attired in his official robes,
ascended the stand, the other guests accompanying
them beiug accorded seats ou the
right of the desk ou the floor of the House.
The Assembly having been called to order,
the Speaker announced that the Hoo.
Johnson Hagood, Governor elect, was present
and ready to qualify. The Governor elect
thereupon advanced to the desk ou the right
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ot tne speaker, ana mecmer justice proceeued
to administer the constitutional oath.
The oath was administered by the Chief
Justice, solemnly and impressively. After
subscribing to the oath. Governor Hagood V
advanced to the front and delivered his inaugural
address. At the close of the address,
a burst of applause shook the building, and
gave evidence of the feeling of deep thankf
fulness that pervaded the hearts of ull present
that for the next two years the interests
of South Carolina would be in the keeping
of one of Carolina's most prominent sons,
whose sole aim in the future would be, as it
had been in the past, to promote the peace,
the prosperity, and the general welfare of her
whole people.
The 8peaker then announced that the Hon.
John D. Kennedy., Lieut. Governor elect, was
present and ready to qualify. As in the case *
of the Governor, the constitutional oath was
administered by the Chief Justice.
The Senate then returned to the 8enate
chamber, escorting the Lieutenant Governor
to his seat as presiding officer of that body.
The large audience which bad witnessed
the ceremonies in the House had now filled
the galieries, and many ladies, with the members
of the House and prominent visitors,
shared the floor with the senators. After a
minute's intermission, employed by the Lieutenant
Governor in donning his purple robe
of office, he was escorted to the front of the
preident's desk by the president pro tern.,
?n?tnr T D W if hersnoon. who in a few
pleasant words introduced hira to the body
over which.he was thereafter to preside. The
Lieutenant Governor then addressed the Senate.
At the conclusion of the address, which
commanded great interest and attention, Senator
Witherspoon moved that the Senate
adjourn. The vote was taken and carried,
and as the new President announced the result,
his first official act, the Assembly, after
congratulations, dispersed.
The iuuugur&l ceremonies in bath houses .
were deeply impressive. Upon the table
directly in front of the Speaker's desk in the
House, were placed the old Bword and mace
of State handed down through over one
hundred years from the old Colonial days, t
and fim used in this ceremonial since the
war, upon the occasion of the inauguration
of Governor Hampton in 1878. These interesting
old relics, bearing tbe regal quarteriugs
of William and Mary, identified as
they are with the very childhood of the Province
of Carolina, appeared typical then, as
they do now, of the two great eras in the
history of this people, the era of their birth
and the era of their emancipation from the
opprobrium of Radical rule.
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MERE-MENTION.
Over 1,100,000 hogs were received at Chicago,
Illinois, during November?a larger
number than ever received in one month at
any market. The wheat crop of the year
is estimated at 480,000,000 bushels, against
449,000,000 bushels in 1879. The New
York Journal of Commerce thinks the advance
in some classes of Southern securities
is indicative of a more hopeful feeliug at the
North, touching the prospects of Southern
State debts. It will cost the Southern
cotton planters, at a close estimate, 84U,wu,000
to pick the crop this year, $25,000,000 of
which will go into the pockets of the colored
laborers, women and children. Hogs,
provision and grain are still advancing, while
farmers have plenty to sell and are still sell*
ing. Thore is much stuff in the country that
the railroad cannot move ; yet prices are still
booming and ocean steamers are loaded down
with our surplus, carrying it to welcome mar*
kets abroad. In twenty days of November,
1,500 New Yorkers had diphtheria and
130 died. The increase in the total vote
>f 1880 over that of 1876, as far as heard
from, was 778,838.