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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The sales of guano in Greenville, for hie
season just closed, aggregate 56,380 sacks.
? The Seneca Journal, is the name of a new
paper published at Seneca City on the AirLine
Railroad, by Mr. W. M. Warlick, formerly
of the Yorhville News.
? A colored man in Orangeburg county
* recently attended the preaching of his wife's
funeral services in the morning, and got
married again in the afternoon.
? The next annual meeting of the International
Grand Lodge of Good Templars, recently
in session at Topeka, Kansas, will be
held in Charleston.
? From the 1st of September to May 25,
12,830 bales of cotton were shipped from
Union, and 1,550 tons of guano were received
from December 1st to April 1st.
? The first peaches of the season were sold
iu Charleston on Thursday last. They came
from Georgia, and are nearly a month earlier
than usual.
? The Governor has ordered an election to
be held in the First Congressional District
oa Thursday, the 9th of June, to fill the vacancy
in the United States House of Representatives
caused by the death of Hon. M.
P. O'Connor.
? A meeting of the stockholders of the
Fishing Creek Factory, in Chester county,
was held on Friday last. All the old officers
were reelected. It is proposed to have the
factory in operation within the next five or six
months.
? The Barnwell People says that Judges
Aldrich and Maher, of Barnwell ; Cols. J.
W. Moore, of Hampton; and William Elliott,
of Beaufort, will be candidates before
the next Legislature, for the office of judge
of the Fifth Circuit.
? The Review is informed that the negroes
in the section of Lancaster county known as
Tank, have formed a league, pledging themselves
that after a certain date they will not
hire to white persons as house servants or
field laborers. As a remedy for this state of
affairs, the Review suggests the repeal of the
lien law. If the lien law is repealed, a large
I - t* % . ?? t i
iiumuer 01 wnite men will De unaoie to get
any credit whatever.
? The Commissioner of Agriculture is sending
blanks for data in regard to sheep husbandry
in the State, and requests for specimens
of native wools to his correspondents,
the secretaries of granges, and to sheepgrowers
throughout the State, with the intention
of preparing a pamphlet on this industry
in South Carolina. The information
already received gives the assurance that it
will be complete and valuable. In the list
of products, of which specimens were request- I
ed by the commissioner for exhibition at i
Atlanta, wool was left out. It is intended to
make a specialty of it and contributions are
very much desired.
? The Claflin University at Orangburg, exclusively
for colored students, is reported to
be in a flourishing condition. It is entirely
supported bv the State and ennneetert or! rK I
it is a branch of the State Agricultural College
and a Mechanic's Institute, the whole being
directed by co operating boards of trustees.
The institution is under the administration of
Rev. Dr. Cooke, who has had much experience
as a teacher in New England and the
Northwest. He is assisted by a coi$s of
able teachers, the faculty iu the different departments
numbering nine including the President.
In the College classes during the year,
there were twenty students?juniors 2, sophomores
8, freshmen 10. In the Normal and
College Preparatory there were 126 students,
and in the Grammar school 242 pupils, making
a total of 388. The attendance varied
somewhat during the different terms, the average
number of pupils being 256.
? Representatives of the temperance societies
in this State, met in Columbia, Friday last
for the Dumose of Hpviainnr tlio Kocf nl = n fn?
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the harmonious^peration of the various temperance
organizations in promotiug Temperance
and advancing the cause of prohibition.
As a result of the meeting, a joint committee
was appointed to prepare the matter for publication
in the press, whose co-operation in the
work was promised, consisting of facts and figures
about the liquor traffic, tending to sustain
public interest in the cause of prohibition until
the meeting of the Legislature. A committee
was also appointed to induce the advocacy of
temperance from the pulpit. Another committee
was appointed to bring to the assistance
of the prohibition project, the co-operation
of the colored temperance societies and
individuals in the event of a popular vote on
the question ; another to circulate petitions
for prohibition and aid a similar committee
on the part of the State organizations. It is
intended to hold, during the summer, frequent
open mass meetings to arouse further public
interest in the question. Finally, the committee
recommended the appointment of subcommittees
to investigate infractions of the
Sunday liquor laws and selling liquOr to minors,
and to report to the joint committee, who
will take steps to enforce the laws by publication
or prosecution. This is the beginning
of an organized effort, which will be felt
throughout the State.
? The Columbia correspendent of the News
and Courier furnishes the following information
in regard to the State Lunatic Asylum : :
"Under the energetic management of Superin-;
tendent P. E. Griffin, the State Lunatic Asy-!
lum is rapidly becoming the equal of any i
like institution in the United States. The j
improvements in buildings and arrangements
are numerous and are going forward rapidly.!
The section of the north wing of the male I
asjiura, which ia being built at a cost of
828,000, will be completed about the first of
August, and will be occupied temporarily by
white female patients, although it is ultimately
intended for males. The building is very
handsome, constructed of brick with granite
copings and is arranged with special reference
to the comfort of the inmates. The remain-der
of the north wing has lately been put under
contract for 845,900, and is expected to
be completed in October, 1882. The Legislature
has already appropriated 825,000 toward
the amount. The central building,
which will unite the now disjointed wings,
will be built as soon thereafter as the State
can afford it, and will make the male asylum
at the head of Elmwood avenue a most imposing
building. As it is to be for general purposes,
while the wings are for the dormitories, &c.,
the latter have been pushed forward first on
account of the pressure for room. In addition
to these improvements, a wooden annex
to the female asylum, intended for the reception
of white female patients until August, will
be occnDied next week. It is spacious and
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well arranged and contains twenty-four rooms.
A similar annex for colored females, with a
capacity of thirty-five rooms, will be com- |
pleted in two weeks, and will relieve the pres- j
ent pressure upon these wards. Minor improvements
are numerous. All the clothing
used by the inmates is now made iu the Asylum,
effecting a great saving in expense.
Lengths of hose and a number of water hydrants
have been added and will permit the
extinguishment of a fire in any room in two
minutes after an alarm. The management
of the institution seems to be perfect. Ventilation,
light and air are the aims in building,
and recreation and as much liberty as
possible in the management of the patients.
A liberal contribution of books and pictures
has been made by a Northern gentleman recently,
and serves to point to the great need
of such contributions from our people. There
is a pressing demand for reading matter on
the part of many patients, which could easily
be supplied by donations, books and papers
which have been read and are of no value to
the owners."
RAILROAD FACTS AND RUMORS.
? There are now over 20,000 men and
100,000 horses and mules employed in railroad
building in Texas.
? For some time past Raleigh, N. C.# has
been communicating with points on the Carolina
Central road by way of Charlotte. The
change in the schedule gives the Raleigh and
Augusta Air-Line a connection at Hamlet,
and obviates the necessity of the mail coming
round by Charlotte.
? Both the Lancaster newspapers, and the
people of that county generally, favor the
lease of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad |
to the Richmond and Danville combination.
The Chester newspapers and the majority of
the people of that county, are opposed to the
proposed lease.
? The construction of a railroad from
Pensacola, Florida, east to Chattahoochie,
connecting with the Georgia and Florida
system, has been definitely decided upon and
work will soon be commenced. This road
will shorten the ti ne between Pensacola and
New Orleans at lenst twenty-four hours, and
between Pensacola and Eastern cities quite
asmuch.
? The Atlanta and Alabama Railroad Company
was organized in Atlanta last Saturday
by the election of A. C. Haskell, of Columbia,
S. C., President; G. J. Foreacre, of Attt:?
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mma, v ice-r"resilient; aim *?. i_i. ouunucu,
A. S. Buford, Jas. Bryan, and T. M. Talcott,
of Richmond ; L. J. Hall, S. M. Inman, and
A. Murphy, of Atlanta, Directors. This road
extends from Atlanta, Ga., to Birmingham,
Ala. It is claimed that the stoc^ has all
been taken and the road will be built.
? The Statesville Landmark learns that
the North State Mining Company have decided
to build their road from Jefferson, iu
Ashe county, to Statesville. The Company
that proposes to build the road has for a long
time worked the celebrated Copper Knob
Mine in Ashe, and is wealthy and able to
do the work. The new road will connect
with the Charlotte and Statesville Road at
Statesville, and will benefit, to some extent,
at least, Charlotte commerce as well as States'
ville.
? The South Carolina Railroad, with all
its property, franchises and privileges, will
I be sold at auction in Charleston on July 28,
subject only to the first mortgage, amounting
to 83,100,000. It is expected that the
road will be bough': by the Purchasing Committee
who represent virtually the whole of
the second mortgage, nearly the whole of the
non-mortgage bonds, and about six-sevenths
of the stock. Any corporation or individual
who can go beyond that will pay, to say the
least, a liberal price for the property.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A market has opened in Concord for
baled hay, and at 60 and 75 cents per hundred
pounds, the farmers say it is a more
profitable crop than cotton.
? The vote on establishing the new county
of Vance was takeu on the 24th ultimo, and
resulted in a majority of 431 for the county.
It is composed of slices from Granville, Warren
and Franklin counties.
? Dr. Grissora's medico-legal report of the
DeJamette trial at Danville, Va., will be
published in the N. C. Medical-Journal. Important
principles of the medical jurisprudence
of insanity are discussed.
? On the 13th instant, there will be a public
speaking in the Court House at Lincolnton
on the subject of prohibition. Some of
tbe best orators of the day are expected to
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Spelt K.
? Mr. Joshua Lindley, the pioneer nurseryman
of the South, died at his home near
Greensboro on Sunday of last week. He was
a member of the Friends or "Quaker" church,
in which he was raised. He was in his 78th
year, and through his long life was a good
citizen and a good man.
? The Goldsboro Star, the organ of the :
colored people of North Carolina, makes the ,
following complaint: "In this State we have |
96,500 colored, to 33,500 white Republican I
voters; but in the division of the offices of appointment,
19' out of every 20 are held by !
white men."
? Says the Charlotte Democrat: "Since the ! i
unfortunate shooting affair between Mr. Har- j i
per and Mr. John Farrington in this city,; '
several pieces of the broken jaw have been
taken from the wound Mr. Farrington received ,
on the occasion ; and the other day about one- j
third of the ball was taken out of the jaw, the j <
piece having been split off from the ball, it j
seems, while passing through at the time of
the firing." j
? The small pox excitement which prevail- i
ed at Concord for near two weeks, has entirely
abated. The woman, a German immigrant,
who had it, is recovering. Her two
children had measles instead of small pox, as
was reported. One died, the other is recovering.
The quarantine has been raised and the
isolated parties allowed to return to their
homes.
? A statement from Wastyngton, in regard
to the Indians living in the Western part of
North Carolina, says : "Arrangements have
been made at the Indian office to effect the removal
of about 70 of the North Carolina
Cherokee Indians to the Indian Territory.
This, it is thought at the Interior Department,
is the 6rst step toward the removal of
the entire tribe, numbering about two thousand,
to that Territory."
? Says the Charlotte Observer of Sunday:
"Mr. Kimbrell. of Fort Mill, S. C., was driving
along the road in front of Mr. Neil Baker's
house, about two miles and a half from
the city yesterday morning, when his horse
took fright and made a mad dash down the
road. Mr. Kimbrell was thrown from the
buggy and came in violent contact with the
ground. The back of his head struck against
some hard substance or other, rendering him
speechless. One leg also was caught in the
wheel of the buggy and he was dragged a
little distance. He was taken up by persons
who witnessed the runaway and carried to
Mr. Baker's house near by, where he now
lies iu a critical condition. It is understood
that the physician attending him was apprehensive
that lock-jaw might take place yesterday
afternoon."
? Prohibition went practically into effect in
Charlotte on yesterday, the 1st instant. The
liquor dealers of that city procured an order
frem Judge Sbipp requiring the Mayor to
appear before Judge Eure at Columbus,
Polk county, on the 24th ultimo, and show
cause why an injunction should not be issued
against enforcing the recent prohibition ordinances
adopted by the board of aldermen.
Mayor DeWolfe, and Col. H. C. Jones, as
attorney, went to Columbus on behalf of the
city, and \V. H. Bailey, Esq., on behalf of
the liquor dealers. Judge Eure refused to
grant the injunction, and, therefore, the ordinances
went into operation at the time contemplated.
The defeated parties have appealed
to the Supreme Court, but that does not
stay the effect of the ordinance. The Democrat,
from which we get the above information,
learns that the wholesale liquor dealers and
the wholesale lager beer dealers will now contest
the ordinances as regards their branch of
the business.
MERE-MENTION.
Several saloon keepers were arrested in
Macon, Ga., last week, for selling spirituous
liquors to minors and fined from 8125 to
8325 each. The National bank circulation,
one week ago last Saturday, reached
8362,900,000, being the highest amount ever
attained. Jefferson Davis will be seventythree
years old to-morrow. Gen. B. F.
Butler and Gen. Roger A. Pryor are about
to form a law partnership. Butler was a Fed
eral officer and Pryor a Confederate. A
steam-tug, drawing 10,000 tons of grain,
equal to 333,000 bushels of wheat, equal to
1,000 car loads, has just made the trip from
St. Louis to New Orleans in five and a half
days. ."The prohibitionists of Texas are
working vigorously. They have called a convention
at Dallas on the 8th instant. The
wheat harvest has begun in Texas, and the
quality is better than at any time during the
past twelve years. The yield will average
eighteen bushels to the acre. Mrs. Lincoln,
widow of ex-President Lincoln, is sick
at Springfield, 111., and it is thought cannot
live much longer. Since the death of her
husband, she has spent much of her time
in Europe. Fifty thousand Sunday
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ouuuui uuiiuicu paiaucu IU JJIUU^IJU uuo uoj
last week, being arrainged in seven grand divisions.
The building boom in New
York city is unexampled. The number of
new buildings which have been begun in that
city since the 1st of January last, is 1,145,
and their cost is to be $18,685,270. A
seat in the New York Cotton Exchange now
costs $4,600. Negotiations are on foot
for the union of the United Presbyterians of
the North and the Reformed Presbyterians
of the South. One John Griscora, of
New York, has commenced a fast of forty-five
days. William H. Salisbury, a nephew
of Beast Butler, has been sentenced to be
hanged at Colorado Springs, Colorado, for
murder. The New York banks now have
$14,722,900 in excess of legal requirement.
Postmaster-General James has reduced
the cost of the star route service about
$500,000 up to the present time.
"THERE'S MANY A SLIP."
Says tfie tfnion Times of the Virginia Midland
extension: f
The telegraphic reports sent to a number
of daily papers, purporting to give accounts
of meetings knd conferences with the President
and others interested in extending the
Virginia Midland route to Augusta, appeared
so conclusive that the route via Spartanburg
had been decided on, that we thought it almost
useless to take any further interest in
the matter. But recent developments have
given us reason to believe that all those telegrams
were written by one and the same
person, a citizen of Spartanburg, and, as we
further learu, were intended to so represent
the feeling and intention of those gentlemen,
who, by position, wealth and influence, really
control the matter, as to drive all opposition
to that route out of the competition.
A few days ago Mr. Yates, Chief Engineer
of the Virgiuia Midland Company, visited
our town on a prospecting tour previous to
commencing a survey of the route in this
direction, and a number of our leading citizens
had a very pleasant and encouraging conference
with him. In order to know from
headquarters how the matter really stood, a
telegram was sent to Hon. J. S. Barbour,
President of the V. M. Railroad, making the
necessary enquiries, so that our people may
act promptly and understandingly. To this
the following was received in reply, showing
conclusively, as was suspected here, that
there was no truth in the rej>ort that the Midland
Company had committed itself to the
Spartanburg route:
To Messrs D. Johnson, Jr., Esq., R. W.
Shand Esq., and others: Telegram*received.
Engineer Yates holds written intructions on
subject referred to. Present data too indefinite
to make committals in regard to location of line.
Should your route be not selected, we will divide
the risk and pay one-half cost of survey.
J. S. Barbour, President.
What more encouraging prospect could
the people of Union ask? We present a
route 15 miles shorter than via Spartanburg,
that can be built equally as cheap per mile,
running through the heart of the finest cotton
belt in this section of the State, from 15 to 20
miles below the Air-Line road, crossing all
the roads now controlled by the Richmond !
and Danville Company, at prominent points <
in this State, out of the probability that any !
competing road will ever interfere with its
business, and at last securing the same termi- i
nus, Augusta. What more advantageous j
line can the Virginia Midland adopt ? Draw- j,
ing a straight line from Yorkville, it will pass i
through the best cotton section. '.
LOCAL AFFAIKS. '
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ]
C. E. Spencer, Intendent.?Town Ordinances. ]
T. M. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion?The New
York House.
The Old Doctor?Baltimore, Md., 26th May, 1881.
Jos. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Notice.
M. Strauss?Dry, Dry, Dry. 51
J. M. Adams?Dealer in Tin-Ware? At and Be- c
low Cost? Repairing?500 Pounds of Bees- a
wax Wanted?Stove Fixtures. '
Dr. John May, ARent?The Corner Drugstore. *
Latta Brothers?Family Groceries and Plantation
Supplies. '
H. F. Aaickes, Jr.?The New Testament.
J. R. Lindsay,XJaptain?Jenkins Rifles.
Dobson & Parish?Is Still "In the Muster."
THE ROCK HILL FACTORY.
We stated last week that the consumption
of cotton by the Rock Hill factory would be
fifteen bales per week. This is correct as to j.
the present consumption; but when all the
spindles are in operation, which will be in
about thirty days from the present time, the
weekly consumption will be about thirty '
bales.
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STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING. t
The annual meeting of the stockholders of s
the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, will be ?
held in Lincolnton to day. Mr. Mason, the i
Superintendent of the road, informs us that,
as usual, stockholders and their families will >
be passed over the road to the meeting free of '
charge. The free list, however, will extend
no further than to stockholders and their
families. ?
JENKINS RIFLES. I
An important noticfe is published in our advertising
columns this week, relative to a pub- 1
lie meeting of the citizens, called at the Court y
House on Friday night, in the interest of (
maintaining a military company under per- (
raanent organization in our town. This is
the date of the fifth anniversary of the Jenkins
Rifie3, and on this occasion they desire a <
full meeting of the citizens. The meeting will \
be addressed by several prominent speakers, j
FORT MILL ITEMS. 1
In the municipal election at Fort Mill, on i
the 23rd ultimo, the prohibition ticket was
elected as follows : Intendant?Dr. J. E.
Massey; Wardens?S. E. White, A. A.
Young, Seth Hotchkiss and R. S. Wilson.
The Presbyterian' congregation have decided
to build a new church edifice. It will be
of brick, 70 by 40 feet.
The cotton crop in the vicinity of Fort Mill
is in fjood condition. Farmers are plowing it
the second time. Other crops are suffering
for want of rain.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows :
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10* A. M.
' Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and
evening.
Church of the Good Shepherd?Episcopal?
Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The rector
will officiate in the Church of Our Saviour at
Rock Hill, next Sunday.
Mpflinrlisf/Flniarnnnl?Rpv. Marion Diircan.
Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church iu
the forenoon ; at Yorkville in the evening.
RAIN?THE CROPS.
A slight shower fell here last Sunday af- '
ternoon, the first rain we have had in four
weeks, lacking two days. Of the cotton crop,
that which was early planted is looking well.
The second planting is not so promising, and
the third having suffered for want of rain, is
looking badly. Coift is more promising,
though complaint is made that the stalk in
bottom lands is being injured by the worm.
Oats sown in the fall are promising. The
fields sown in the early spring are only tolerably
promising, while the late-sown crop is a
failure. Wheat is more promising of a better
yield than it has been for several years, though
only a light crop was sown in this county.
ENTICING AWAY LABORERS.
Our Black's Station correspondent informs
us that on the 24th ultimo, before Trial Justice
W. D. Camp, in that town, Charles Kennedy,
colored, was convicted, under an act of
the last Legislature, of the offence of inducing
away from his employment a laborer in the
service of Daniel Dover. The sentence of
the Court was that the defendant snouia cp*
imprisoned for ten days in the county jail, or ,
pay a fine of $25.
We also learn that a case for violation of
contract came up before Trial Justice Fewell,
of Rock Hill, a few days ago, the defendant
being a colored laborer already under con- (
tract. He was fined $25. The case was appealed
to the Circuit Court. i
REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSION. 1
The commissioners appointed by the County
I Commissioners, to lay off a new road from
Rock Hill to a point intersecting the Landsford
road, have discharged that duty, and J
under date of the 26th ultimo report to the '
County Commissioners their action as follows: '
"In obedience to your directions, under 1
date May 16, 1881, we, the' undersigned com- 1
missioners to lay off road, hereby report that ,
we recommend a new road to begin near a
persimmon tree on the Landsford road, in .
front of S. M. Fewell's bouse, in Ebenezer 1
township, York county, S. C., running thence I
as per stakes, (which represent the centre of i
the proposed road) near a mud-hole in S. M. (
Fewell's field, and on through a pine grove
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to the incorporate limits or itocK mil. we
recommend further that the sum of two hun- 1
dred dollars be paid to said S. M. Fewell, in \
consideration of the damage flaioGoad will ?
work to his property. Respectfully submitted.
E. G. Byers, Chmn.,
A. H. Barnett, 1
J. F. Workman."
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SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION.
The services in the Methodist Episcopal 4
Church last Sunday were devoted entirely to r
the Sunday-school interest, closing with a ^
Sunday-school celebration in the evening. An *
able sermon, appropriate to the occasion, was ?
preached in the forenoon by Rev. W. W.
Duncan, Professor in Wofford College. In
the afternoon a mass-meeting of all the Sun- 8
day-schools in town was held in the church, ^
and addresses made by Hon. F. A. Connor, 0
of Rock Hill; Rev. W. G. White, Principal 1
of Yorkville Female College ; and Rev. W.
W. Duncan. A
Long before the hour appointed in the
evening, the church was crowded to its utmost
capacity by a large audience to witness c<
the celebration exercises, the programme of n
which was as follows : ^
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Voluntary by the choir.
Opening song?"Come Join Our Celebra- ,,
tion."
Prayer by Rev. W. G. White. r<
Song?"Sabbath Bells." n:
Salutatory?Master George Williams. ai
Song?"O Don't You Hear the Angels Com- oi
biff." ' ti
Dialogue on the Bible?Misses Ella JeiTerys,
Connie May and Lula Beard. ?
Song?"The Bible."
Dialogue on Exaggeration?Masters Bright p
Beard, Eddie McClain and Mason Ferguson, jr
Song?"Looking to Jesus." r
"A Tribute to Love the Genius of Our Sun- N
lay-School."?Loce?Miss Minnie May ; Virtue?Miss
Mollie Thomas ; Benevolence?Miss
Maggie Jefferys ; Faith?Miss Annie Smith ;
lope?Miss Katie Lewis ; Charity?Miss Jes- J i
ie Owen ; Humility?Miss Kate Russell; i j
fidelity?Miss Luella Owen ; Purity?Miss I}
211a Grist; Immortality? Miss Mary Ellen '.
^erguson.
Song?uIf the Cross We Meekly Bear.'" !
The Floral Cross. This piece was repre-! '
ented by three classes of little girls repeating j '
ippropriate passages of Scripture, at the con- j <
slusion of which each girl placed 011 the cross , |
i letter, all the letters forming the sentence, !,
'Jesus died for me." Each of the scholars
hen offered a floral tribute to the cross, 1
vreathing it with flowers.
Song?"The Golden Cross."
Valedictory?Master Asbury Darwin.
Long-metre Doxology. 1
Benediction by Prof. Duncan.
Mrs. Nail, of Chester, nee Miss Alice Owen,
?ho, until recently had long been the organ*
st of the church, presided at the instrument,
ler exquisite music adding much to the enoymeift
of the occasion.
The little children acquitted themselves
[uite creditably in the rendition of their re- ,
pective parts, as also did the older scholars,
effecting much credit upon the pastor of
he church and the superintendent of the
chool, and the occasion was one not only benificial
to the scholars, but likewise to all who
witnessed the interesting exercises.
The annual picnic of the Sunday-school
vas held in Maj. Hart's Grove, near town, on
[uesday.
PROCEEDINGS OF TOWN COUNCIL.
The Town Council met on the 25th ultimo,
tnd adjourned without transacting any busiiess,
subject to the call of the Intendant.
On the 30th they were called together and
leard complaint against S. B. Carroll, charged
with being intoxicated on the street. Mr.
Oarroll pleaded guilty and paid a fine of one
dollar.
Complaint was also made against Sophy
Wright and Eliza Wilson, colored, charged
with disorderly conduct They were returned
to the guard house until sundown, when Sophy
Wright was released upon payment of a
fine of one dollar, and Eliza Wilson upon the
payment of two dollars.
Council then adjourned to next evening.
At the meeting on the 31st, the Intendant
informed Council of the release ofWm. A,
Moore, (who lives near Clover) upon payment
by him of a fine of $2.50, he having been
charged with intoxication and indecent conduct
on the street.
Two dollars, deposited by Mat. Rose, colored,
as security for her appearance, under
charge of disorderly conduct on the street,
was estreated for failure of appearance.
Council then amended and passed the ordinances
published in another column.
Being assured that J. E. Thornburg, a distiller
near town, has discontinued retailing
spirituous liquors, proposed action in the
premises by Council was suspended.
Council then adjourned, subject to the call
of the Intendant.
THE PICNIC AND EXCURSION.
The picnic and excursion from Yorkville
to Lincolnton, last Friday, was in every respect
a grand success and an enjoyable occasion
to nil who narticioated in it. PromDtlv
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at 6.30 io the morning, the train, with a
joyous crowd of gallant youth and beaming
beauty started from the depot, and under the
guidance of the skillful engineer, Mr. T. P.
Beard, arrived safely and in due time at the
grounds selected at the South Fork of Catawba
river, in Lincoln county, N. C., the number
of excursionists having been considerably
increased in the meantime by accessions at
the different stations along the road.
In a shady retreat on the bank of the river,
a music and dancing stand had been previously
erected, and here, to the enlivening
strains of Dick Latta's fiddle, the devotees to
Terpsichore enjoyed themselves, while others
sought amusement by rowing, fishing or rambling
over the picturesque grounds. Near
by are the ruins of an old mill, and only a
short distance from the bridge is a gold mine,
which, however, has not been worked for
some years, owing to litigation over the property.
The party enjoyed themselves at the
river for about two hours, when the committee
of arrangements decided to change the original
programme by going on to Lincolnton
before partaking of dinner. Notice was issued
accordingly, and before the crowd had
left the music stand, Mr. C. G. Parish, who
is a reputed picnic orator, was called on for
a speech. He promptly responded, congratulating
all upon the pleasures of the day, and
extending the compliments of South Carolina
to the fair daughters and gallant sons of the
Old North State, who had honored the occasion
with thfir presence, assuring all of a
hearty and cordial welcome. The shrill whistle
of the locomotive drowned the speaker's
voice, and at the signal all were aboard,
fjound for Liucolnton. A pleasant ride of an
hour took the party to this delightful town,
where dinner was spread in a grove near the
iepot. This was the first visit of many of
the excursionists to Lincolnton, and their trip
was well repaid by a ramble over the town
ind a visit to the shops and other places of
interest. A hall was procured for the entertainment
of those who wished to dance, and
ill passed an enjoyable afternoon. At 4
j'clock the train moved away on the return
;o Yorkville. Arriving at Gastonia, an hour
vas spent in this pleasant, thriving town,
vhen the signal was sounded for "all aboard,"
^nd with no other delay than stopping at
itations to let off excursionist!, the train ar ived
in due time at Yorkville.
There were about six hundred persons on
joard the cars between the river and Lincolnnn
anil not Ipsa than five hundred left the
iver for Yorkville and intermediate points ;
ret notwithstanding this large crowd, every
hing passed off pleasantly. The committee
if arrangements, consisted of Messrs. C. G. 1
'arish, F. A. Gilbert, Sam M. Grist, Frank
D. Smith, John M. Hope, L. George Grist (
,nd H. H. Beard, and to their efficiency and i
iromptness, the excursionists are in a great <
leasure indebted for the enjoyment of the 1
rip.
"BARBER'S BRIDGE." I
N EXPLANATION BY THE COUNTY COMMIS- t
8IONERS.
Editor of the Enquirer .*-?-In reply to the
ommunication of Mr. N. G. Bradford, with
fference to the contract for re-building Bar- c
er's bridge, the county commissioners would s
jbrait the following statement: (
In soliciting bids for building the bridge, j
le commissioners advertised that they would
jserve the right to reject any bid. The eatilates
furnished the board by a disinterested '
nd experienced mechanic and builder, demastrated
that to comply with the specifica- ^
ous, it would require, furnished on the
round?
780 feet of lumber, worth $131 70 j
176 pounds of iron bolts at 10 cent per lb.. 37 00
raming four benches, 20 00 f
raining top of bridge and flooring, 20 00 3
aising the bridge, 20 00
ails, 5 00 f
H
Aggregating $234 30 a
It is true that Mr. Bradford's bid was t
S145.UU, and that the Commissioners awarded
;he contract to Messrs. L. N. & T. G. Gulp
it the bid of 8245.00, after conference with
the Lancaster Commissioners, which county
is to pay one-half the cost of erecting the
bridge. Mr. Bradford was not present, nor j
was he represented, nor did the Commission-'
3rs know whom he would offer as security for
the faithful performance of his contract; i
while, on the contrary, Mr. T. G. Gulp was j
present, with acceptable security.
The convenience of the community demanded
the earliest practicable completion of
the bridge, and the Commissioners of York |
and Lancaster were satisfied that the bill of
Messrs. Culp was reasonable ; that the bridge
would be built according to specifications, and
within the time required, and that the public
interest would be best promoted by awarding
the building of the bridge to them.
By order of the Board,
James B. Allison, Clerk.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Circnit Judges.
A Spartanburg correspondent of the
News and Courier has compiled the following
table from the recently published volume of
Supreme Court Reports, showing in how many
cases the various Circuit Judges have been
sustained and in how many overruled:
Cases Cases
Judges. Sustained. Overruled.
Aldrieh, 6 4
Fraser, 10 2
Hudson 5 4
Kershaw,. 2 3
Mackey, 1 5
Pressley, 7 1
Thomson, 3 3
Wallace, 8 4
The correspondent remarks in this connection,
that "in some instances, of course, the
judgment of the Court below was modihedby
the Appellate Court."
Legislative Commissions.
The Election Commission and the Constitutional
Commission, appointed at the last
session of the Legislature to consider and report
what changes are necessary in the ejection
laws and the Constitution, met in Columbia
last week. The Constitutional Commission
elected Senator Wvlie, of Lancaster,
as permanent chairman. Mr. C. P. Sanders,
of Spartanburg county, appeared before the
Constitutional Commission, his object being
to secure a change in the Constitution in
order that a new county could be made from
parts of Spartanburg, Union, and York
counties, with a Court House at Gaffney
City. Col. J. M. Ivy, of Rock Hill, and Mr.
W. R. Davie, of Chester county, appeared
before the commissioners for a similar purpose,
their ultimate desire being a new county
from eastern York, eastern Chester and northern
Lancaster, with the county seat at Rock
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nnj. me reusuus ui meat; gentlemen iur ue- .
siriog a change in the Constitution, is that no
new county can be formed with a less area
than 625 square miles, and no old county can
be reduced below thut area. Neither the Constitutional
or Election Commission reached
any definite conclusions, but adjourned to
meet at Greenville on the first Thursday in
August, when the various matters brought
before them will be iully digested and the
minds of the members fixed upon their line of
action.
Thinks the Old Bible is Good Enough.
The Charlotte Democrat thinks the old
Bible is good enough for those who really
want to learn the paths of righteousness. It
says:
"The introduction of the modern or "new
version" of the New Testament is a stab to
religion and an aid to those who have discredited
the Bible, that will take many, many
years to recover from. Keep your old family
Bibles carefully and preciously, and don't
replace them with the new concern, no matter
Who fixed it up for the trade. Curiosity
only makes the "new version" in demand.
"But what are the new-book-makers, the
revisers, &c., going to do about the anathemas
contained in the 18th and 19th verses of the
22nd chapter of Revelations:
".'For I testify unto every man that heareth
the words of the prophecy of this book,
If any man shall add unto these things, God
shall add unto him the plagues that are written
in this book : and if any man shall take
away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part out
of the book of life, and out of the Holy City,
and from the things which are written in this
book.'
"People who believe the above words to be
literally and practically true, maybe thought
unskilled in modern theology, and called ignorant,
but that will not satisfy the Devil
v? wen he gets hold of those who have emasculated
the Bible and ruined the faith of thousands
in its correctness, and who were taught
by sainted mothers, fathers and preachers, to
rely on it as a guide to all good."
The Situation at Albany.
The following Albany dispatch of last
Monday, gives the latest intelligence we have
in reference to the Senatorial election in New
York to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation
ofConkling and Piatt:
Suggestion is made in some quarters that
the Legislature take a recess until after the
November election, and then come together
again and vote for two Uuited States Senators.
It is said that then members can vote
more independently of the influences which
now govern them, for the reason that they
would know the disposition of their constituencies
toward them. If they were renominated
and reelected, they would understand
that their respective positions now
on the question were approved. If they
are not renominated, or not elected, they can
vote accordingly. This plan is attributed to
the stalwarts. Admininistrative supporters
lmitrh nt. fhiq nronnsition as entirely insuffi
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cieut. They say they do not want to consider
any plans just now. All they waut is a vote
in the joint session?no caucus, no plans, no
machine contrivances whatever. If Cockling
and Piatt cannot get the now requisite eighty
votes, they say they will accept their defeat.
They do not claim, as yet, that there will be
eighty votes against the resigning Senators.
The fact is, no one knows how the vote will
stand. The Administration section claim
every member who has requested that his
name be taken from the call for a caucus as
an opponent of Conkling. The stalwarts, at
the start, put down some ninety names of
members on their call for a caucus, and
these names crumbled away until the list
contained only a' minority, or some fifty names.
But those who withdrew their names, or most
all of them, never signed the paper ostracising
Conkling and Piatt. It is also claimed
that administration men were jubilant
cn Monday evening over fresh accessions to
to their ranks.
PROPOSED NEW COUNTIES.
The following is the argument presented i
cefore the joint committee of the Legislature, |
it Columbia last week, in favor of so amend- ^
ng the constitution of the State as to au- ,
horize a reduction of the required area of *
,'ouuties from the present minimum of 625 1
quare miles. The paper was presented by 1
Jol. J. M. Ivy, of Rock Hill, and Col. W. J
J. Davie, of Chester county : i
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Comnitlee:
First#allowing us to thank you for
he opportunity afforded us to come before
'our committee, we beg to call your atteu- f
ion to a few facts, which come immediately t
vithiu the scope of your jurisdiction, pertain- ]
ng to an amendment to the Constitution re- 1
lucing the required area of counties from the <
>resent minimum of 625 square miles to, say, 1
!50 square miles; or restoring the ancient i
lolicy of allowing the necessities aud conven- i
ence of the people to determine the number J
,nd size of the counties. It is unnecessary t
o tell you that previous to the adoption
s
of the present Constitution, which was forced
upon us iu 1868, there was no constitutional
or statutory provision to regulate this matter,
the time-honored and well established custom
aud principle, being that the counties were
established by legislative enactment, whenever
in the opinion of the inhabitants of a
certain area, and the Legislature, a proposed
new county had become a necessity. Under
this system, in strict accord with the rights of
local self government, the number of counties
(or districts as they were then called) was
increased from seven districts in 1785 to the
31 counties id 1868. In the very early settlement
of the State, when a small population,
holding but little property, or property of but (
little taxable or intrinsic value, was scattered
over vast acres, it was of course impracticable
to organize and supportsmall county or district
organizations. Thus we see that the entire
State was, in 1784, divided into only seven
"Election Districts," answering to our present
counties. With the influx of population
and increase of wealth, the northern portion of
the State very soon felt the necessity of smaller
and better defined subdivisions, and in the ?
year 17S5, the seven districts were subdivided
into 34 counties, one more than the present
number in theState. This division was strbse- ,
quently found, we suppose, to have been in
excess of the actual demand, and by 1848 the
number of districts had been again reduced
to 24 in all. From this date (1848) we will
take our data for such argument as we beg
to submit for the present necessity for a further
subdivision of the present counties. We
will assume first that a county is merely a
subdivision of the Silate, for the convenience
of people, for-the transaction of legal business,
the assessment and collection of taxes,
the conduct of elections and basis and limit
of representation.
These points conceded, the question of the
size of such sub divisions is one to be decided
almost solely by the ability of any given
area to support such organization, without
material distress in the way of taxation, or a
necessity to exceed tne constitutional or statutory
limits of taxation for that purpose, aa
it will at once be seen that the convenience of
the population is increased directly in proportion
to the reduction of the area of such subdivisions.
Given a population and wealth
sufficient to sustain a county organization
within an area of one hundred square miles,
no one will deny that such a county would,
for all purposes, be vastly more convenient,
compact, easily managed, and in every respect
greatly superior to an organization of the
same resources covering an area of one thousand
square miles. We do not think this po- u
sition can be successfully attacked.
We apprehend that the opposition to thi9
move will use the following arguments : First,
the increased expense for the public buildings,
Ac. ; the necessary increase of the number of
auditors and treasurers, of judges and solicitors,
and generally that the demand does not
exist; that the present counties have nearly
all been long established, have served the
people and the State and should not be disturbed.
In answer to the question of the additional
expense, we suggest that the old
counties will retain their county buildings " ~
Hud will not be called on to help pay for those
in the new ; that the increase in the value of
all property, real and personal, and the increased
facilties, for the assessment and collection
of taxes will more than counter-balance
the additional expense for auditors and
treasurers ; and that the better, more certain
and speedy punishment and repression of
crime will fully corifyensate for any increase
in the expense of the judiciary, while in an- ,
swer to the last, we suggest that those who use
such arguments have evidently not kept
abreast with the tide of progress, the enormous
increase of the material resources of the . '
State, even within the memory of each member
of this committee. Just in this connection
allow us to submit the following statistics,
taken from the reports of the Comptroller ?
General of the State for the years 1848 and
1880 respectively. We have taken the three #
counties of Chester, York and Lancaster as
a fair sample of the whole list, and more especially
because they have not, since 1785,
been changed from the original outlines. We
have also confined the comparison to land - ^
alone, because land is a fixture, and because
personal property is not so easily kept track
of and has materially changed its relations
and status in this interval. From the reports
for the years 1848 and 1880 we take as
follows:
CHESTER COUNTY. i
1848. 1880. ?
No. acres, 361,401. ' No. acres, 342,480.
Value $215,099. value $j,?w,y/u.
YORK COUNTY.
1848. 1880.
No. acres, 341,313. No. acres, 475,647.
Value $229,813. Value $-2,518,415.
LANCASTER COUNTY.
1848. 1880.
No. acres, 261,866, No. acres, 302,896.
Value $105,348. Value $857,232.
It will be seen that the increase in the val-" x
uation of lands alone, since 1848, in these
counties, is from 800 to more than 1000 per
cent. It is not necessary to comment upon
such facts; they speak for themselves, and
will address themselves with tremendous
force to any oue not irremediably married to
the dead past, or inexorably opposed to the
living, progressive present.
We believe that you will all agree that the
present limitations are not like the laws of
the Medes and Persians. They may, they
must, they will some day be changed. The
present county organizations cannot be maintained
forever, and the present stupid constitutional
limitations should not be allowed
longer to stand in the way of natural and nertooaowif
nliannoa irhipb frnm time tf) time Will
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suggest and force themselves upon the people
of various sections in the State. You will observe
that any action of the Legislature, upon
your recommendation either to reduce or
abolish these limitations, will be permissive,
and not mandatory. You will allow, not
compel, the subdivision of existing counties;
and the necessity of the people, in connection
with their ability to bear the necessary expense
of such new organizations, wjjl .regulate
the exteut to which they will avuriithemselves
of such permission. '' ? \
Finally we submit:?That the reduction
of the present size of the counties in this
State wiil vastly enhance the value of real
estate and of all taxable property in the ,
State; that it will greatly facilitate the as- <
sessment and collection of taxes ; that it will
not, cannot, increase the ratio of taxation,
but will by the future increase of the taxable
property, greatly decrease that ratio; that *
the establishment of the uecessary new county
sites will increase the white population of
the State, that the political and social and intellectual
influence of these new centres of intelligence,
of schools, churches and society
will be a most potent factor in the great
problem, political and social, we are now endeavoring
to solve ; that it will conduce to
the extension and perfection of our system of
internal improvement; will increase the demand
for and the carrying trade of trans- ,
portation companies, with increased advantages
of travel to the people; that it will fa
cilitate the effective expenditure of the school
fund in the diffusion of knowledge ; the improvement
of agriculture and the mechanic
arts. And finally, gentleraeu, allow us to assure
you that whatever may be our individual
interest, or that of the people of our section
in this question, this matter is one of
:oo great importance, of too general application,
not to receive your serious, and as
ve hope, favorable consideration.
GRATEFUL THANKS. g
The Thornwell Orphanage, Clinton,
3. C., May 21 1881.?May I acknowledge
;hrough your columns, 831.10 received from
Mr. A. J. Davinney, collected from friends in
forkville for the support of the Thornwell
Drphanage. This aid is timely and gratefuly
appreciated. There are now thirty one innates
of the Institution depending upon the
'riends of the orphan for daily maintenance.
May the {blessing of the Master rest upon
hose who care for these "fatherless."
Wm. P. Jacobs.