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f craps and ^arts. j!
? Au attorney, about to finish a bill of costs, j I
wa? requested by his client, a baker, "to make j j
it as light as he could." "Ah!" replied the i,
attorney, "that's what you may say to your]
foreman, but it's not the way I make my '
bread."
? A few weeks ago, the Boston Commercial j
Bulletin gave a full and complete list of the j
cotton factories in the South, showing the
total number of new spindles there in 1880-81
to be 361,000, representing, with 25 per cent,
for operating capital, a total investment of i
812,214,000.
? Late intelligence received from several
counties in Southern Virginia, represent that
considerable damage is being done to the
wheat and oats by small insects, known as ;
"white midgets." Previous to the appearance I
of these insects wheat and oats gave promise
of the largest yield ever known in years. ,
? The old brick building at the south-west
corner of Seventh and Market streets, Philadelphia,
in which it is claimed that Jefferson
wrote the Declaration of Independence, has
been purchased by the Pennsylvania National
Bank. The old building will be torn down,
and a bank structure erected on its site.
? The peculiar costume of the dwellers in
Arizona is thus graphically described by a
"tender foot:" "In ordinary weather he wears
a belt with pistols in it. When it grows chilly
he puts on another belt with pistols in it,
nknri if hannmoa roall v (fftld hp t.hrftWS a Win
cheater rifle over his shoulder."
? A case to test the validity and constitutionality
of the Virginia law governing sample
merchants, was brought before the United
States District Court, on Tuesday, at Norfolk,
Va., by a combination of Baltimore merchants.
The law imposes a tax of $250 and $300 penalty
on sample merchants. Virginia, North
Carolina and Texas are the only States imposing
such a tax.
? If Ex-Governor Frank Moses is wise he
will employ his leisure time during his imprisonment
on Blackwell's Island in getting
up evidence about the Congressional election
in South Carolina next November, so that in
case the house of the forty-eighth Congress
should be Republican he can get a seat. As
the Latin poet has beautifully observed, "In
the penitentiary prepare for Congress."
? A large company of well-to-do representative
negroes of Mississippi have recently left
that State, bound for Chihihuaha, Mexico.
They will prospect in the mining and agricultural
regions and if the country suits, and they
can secure the property cheap and the Mexican
Government ip friendly toward them, they
will settle there and be followed in the Fall
by 200 of the best colored families in Mississippi.
The plan is to establish a colony.
? The death of Garibaldi has brought trouble
to the newspapers in Austria and Italy. One
Treste journal, the Independent#, having put
on mourning for him has been confiscated by
the Austrian authorities, while a body of students
have wrecked the office of two Rome
journals, the Voce delta Veritu and Cassandria,
because the latter spoke disrpectfully of
of him. Thus the press is between opposing
fires on this subject.
? People who are in the habit of chipping.
punching and otherwise mutilating coin will
be interested to know that the penalty is the
severest sort. A grocer was last week tried
in the Courts of New York city on the charge
of mutilating coin and was sentenced by the
Judge to a term of one year and ten months'
imprisonment and to pay a fine of $1,000.
This punishment is indicted ander the provisions
of the bill General R. B. Vance had
pasaed-through Congress to punish mutilators
of coin,- and this man is about the first unfortunate
to fall under it.
? In a recent letter to some friends in Charleston,
S. C., General Fitz Lee amusingly writes:
"South Carolina has, for lo! these many years,
\ been camped in my affection. When a Cadet
at the United States Military Academy my
room mate was a South Carolinian. During
the war two gallant fellows, the one a native
and the other an adopted son of South Carolina,
served on my staff, while being a cavalryman
made it my duty to run in the some direction
for four years with your Hampton and your
Butler, whether they were marching after the
enemy or the enemy marching after them.
Oh, yes! some day I am coming to South
Carolina. I have never had the honor to cross
the boundaries of your State."
? The Columbia Register truthfully remarks :
A man who says he is not able to pay for a
paper ought to go at once to the County Court
and have a guardian appointed for him. Remember
that a newspaper is worth more to a
family than a three months' school. A family
that takes a paper lives as it were, in a house
set upon a hill, from whose windows one can
see all that is going on the world. Friend,
don't say you are not able to pay for your
paper. Say you don't like the paper, or say
you would rather live in ignorance ; or declare
that you do not want your children to learn
anything; but don't say you can't pay?because
to say you can't pay is to say you are
no man, have no backbone, and ought to be in
the poor house.
? The announcement is made that a new
telegraph company, with a capital of $21,000,
uuu lias Deen organized, an unicago, inai wum
has actually begun on its lines in the East,
and they are to be pushed rapidly West, connecting
all the principal cities. Elisha Gray,
electrician, gives the following facts in regard
to it. The principal stockholders are the Hon.
Geo. D. Roberts and S. B. White of New
York, the Hon. John B. Alley of Texas, Collector
Beard of Boston and Governor Foster
of Ohio, who with his friends holds large
blocks of the stock. The lines are to be operated
with Gray's patents. It is to be known
as the postal Telegraph Company. Materal
reductions in telegraph tolls are promised.
Seven hundred thousand dollars has already
been paid in for preliminaries.
? In reference to the proposed removal of
Jefferson's body, Jefferson M. Levy, of New
York, the owner of Monticello, recently said :
"The spot where Jefferson was buried was
selected by himself, and there are peculiar
reasons why his wishes should be respected.
When Jefferson and Dabney Carr were young
men they made an agreement that which ever
of them should die first should be buried by
the survivor under a certain oak tree at Monticello,
which was a favorite with them both.
Dabney Carr died in France in the time of
the Revolutionary War, and after the war
was over Jefferson, in accordance with his
agreement, had the body of Carr brought to
this country and buried under the oak. When
Jefferson died he expressed in his will a desire
to be buried in the same secluded spot beside
his friend. He also left directions as to the
monument to be erected over him. His wife
and children were buried in the same spot of
.1 mi.A lino nori/1 Jf .JO I
grOUUU. J. IIC nniiuuiini taiuiij iino u?u III no i
a burying ground ever since."
? Speaking of the dull times in New York,
and giving a reason therefor, a letter from
that city says : "The present extraordinary
rise in the price of meats and vegetables, and
indeed of almost all articles of food, to "the
rates of war time" has had the most depressing
effect upon other lines of trade in this city
and vicinity. This is especially true of such of
the clothing and dry goods houses as have
been largely dependent upon the mechanics
and skilled and unskilled laborers. As a prominent
clothier said this afternoon : "Trade is
dull with us. How can you expect it otherwise
when the great middle class and the
laborers have to spend all they can make to
provide food for their families, when the butcher
will hardly cut a piece of meat short of a
dollar? Our house depends in a great part
upon the patronage of these classes, and they
spend far more in proportion to their income
than do the rich, and the food question has
produced great dullness with us. Most of
1 ? ?? lfi n/lrn/1 1 i tiOQ Tlrtolm
lilt? Ut/UiC19 ill UU1 1U1C A11U iviliui^u iuico uitiivv
the same complaint."
?Gen. Howard says of the large number of
vacancies in the corps of cadets at West Point
that shortly after he entered the academy he
had correspondence with the Secretary of War
upon the subject, and had shown that for
the last five years there had really been an
increase in the number of each year's graduating
class?the average being fifty-four,
whereas previous to that it bad been fortysix.
Gen. Howard believes thd existing vacancies
are the fault of the people; that the
people should understand that a good academic
education is required for an applicant to pass
the West Point examination, and not an ordinary
education. The applicant might stand
the first year, but after that he will find the
examinations rigid and severe?in fact, so severe
that the ranks are rapidly cut down by
the findings. The General ridicules any idea
of making the West Point examinations easier,
claiming there is a necessity for a higher
class of military education, so as to keep the
Institution up to a high standard. He is also !
apposed to a five years' course of studies, as it j
had been tried once, and was found to be so 1
severe and exacting that the cadets could not;
stand it. The Board of Visitors will consider '
the matter in their report.
(The f orfeville ^nqitivrr.
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THE ELECTION.
An election having been ordered on the 20th
instant, to elect a Senator to represent York
county for the unexpired term of Judge Witherspoon?which
will be borne in mind is for
two years, and not merely for the special session,
as some persons seem to think?it is
highly important that every Democratic voter
do his duty on that day.
We have it from authority claiming to know,
that the Republicans will have a candidate in
the field. It is generally conceded that they
are fully organized, and the unanimity with
which they have registered, clearly demonstrates
that they are fully alive to the importance
of being ready to vote, and only the word
a _ J 4.1.
from their leaders is necessary 10 seuu un-m
to the polls en masse next Tuesday. True, but
little time has been given for this election, but
if the Democratic voters will but make the effort,
and each one feel that on him the result
depends, the victory can be gained.
Let it not be thought that because this election
is snapped upon the people at an unusual
time, that it is of no importance. The result
of next Tuesday's vote will decide who shall
be York county's Senator for the next two
years. If every Democrat will do his duty,
that Senator will be Major James F. Hart, the
chosen candidate of the Democratic party ;
but if lukewarmness and supiueness rule the
hour ; if the white people remain at home, the
day will be lost, and when it is too late the
white people will find the most important Legislative
representative of the county a man
not of their choosing.
THE PRIMARY ELECTIOJi.
The primary election, last Monday, to nominate
a Democratic candidate for State Senator,
to fill the two years' unexpired term of
Judge Witherspoon, resigned, was probably
the least exciting and most quiet nominating
election ever known in York county.
Coutrary to the wishes of a large majority
of the voters of the county, and iu direct opposition
to the action in the premises of the
county executive committee, but conveyed
perhaps too late, the State Democratic executive
committee recommended the election.
Several days after this action?at least a
week?the Lieutenant-Governor issued his
writ of election, directing it not only to the
wrong person, but mailing it to Rock Hill.
The delay thus occasioned in forwarding the
writ to the Courthouse?if Yorkville may be
dignified by the appellation of a Courthouse
town?limited still further the short time
given in which to put iu operation all the machinery
necessary to nominate a candidate, by
either the convention or primary system. It
was indeed fortunate, and is regarded as a
matter for congratulation, that the Lieutenant-Governor
did not direct his writ on further?say
to Pineville, N. C. It was received
here on Tuesday evening of last week, and
immediately after the fact became known
that the document was received, the resident
secretary of the committee went to work
to notify the Acting County Chairman. There
was not time to summon the various members
of the Committee. The Chairman lives at
Clover, ten miles distant, and, unfortunately,
was away from home, and did not receive the
notice until late Tuesday night. He started
for Yorkvilleat three o'clock Wednesday morning
in order that the determination might be
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of the county last week. Under all the provoking
circumstances the chairman acted with
commendable promptness, and for any cause
of dissatisfaction, if dissatisfaction exists, the
blame is not with the county chairman.
Only two candidates were placed in nomination
through the press, and the light vote cast
is attributed to the fact stated at the head of
this article, that the people regarded the election
at this particular time as inopportune and unnecessary?inopportune,
as being in the midst
of the busiest season of the year with the farmers
; and unnecessary, inasmuch as the Senator
could have been elected at the regular
election next fall, when the party would have
been thoroughly organized.
The white people of York are ever vigilant
to the true interests of the State ; but at the
same time they have other cares and responsibilities
besides keeping up political excitement
to the detriment of other material interests.
We publish in another column the result of
the primary election, by which it will be seen
that Major James F. Hart has received a majority
of the votes cast, and is, therefore, the
regular Democratic nominee. The nomination
having been made, it is now incumbent
upon the Democratic voters of the county to
poll their full strength and see to it that he is
duly elected.
JL'HE itOCK 11 ILL .FACTORY.?un Hie OUlll
ult., the stockholders of the Itock Hill Manufacturing
Company held their annual meeting
at this place. From the report of the president
of the company, A. E. Hutchison, we
learn that operations at the factory were commenced
on the 12th of May, 1881, with only a
few hundred spindles, and that the number
was gradually added to unt il by the 1st of September
following the mill had a total of 6,240
spindles in operation. Up to the date of the
report (May 1st) the company had purchased
and worked up 1,382 bales of cotton, averaging
449 pounds per bale, the total cost of which
was ?62,373.87. It has sold 1,495 bales, or
479,708 pounds, of No. 20 yarn. The total
cost of buildings and machinery on hand up
to May 1st, was $124,000. The company has
paid out in wages to hands and operatives
?13,462.40. The report shows nineteen tenement
houses for operatives, four of which have
six rooms each, four three rooms each, ten two
rooms each and one eight rooms.
At present the mill has 7,904 spindles?1,663
having been put in oi>eration since May 1st of
this year?and there is room to add 5,096.
Since the recent addition of spindles, there
has, of course, been a considerable increase of
yarn, and last week, as a result of the week's
work, the company shipped forty-four bales.
The results of the operations of the mill to
May 1st show a very satisfactory profit to the
stockholders, who believe that the second
year's operations will show a much larger i>er
cent., the machinery being in good working
order now and every thing moving on smoothly
and nicely.?llook Hill Herald.
GUITEAU. is
Guiteau received, with outward composure, tl
the announcement of the failure of the last ef
fort of his counsel to secure a rehearing of his is
case. He proceeded to denounce the Court in b:
banc as cowards and cranks, and said God had cj
revealed to him that he was to be taken care if
of. "God," he said, "works through human n
agencies, and President Arthur is to be the &
agent to save me if necessary." f<
Charles II. Reed, in company with a notary
public, visited the jail last Friday, to secure &
Guiteau's signature. After an attentive read- ^
ing of the i>etition Guiteau signed it, remark- fling
that it would be of no service as the case d
was closed in his opinion, and he added that c<
his only hope lay in the President's interces- ti
sion. Reed explained that it was necessary is
to first exhaust every legal resource. Guiteau *
has finally consented to see a clergyman, and tl
he was attended on Friday by Rev. Dr. Hicks, el
of Tabernacle Church of Washington. The ^
interview lasted one hour, and the prisoner i'
was much affected and earnestly joined in the t<
prayers offered by the minister in his behalf. t<
The assassin is reported as likely to break &
quite down before the day of execution. The
local papers are beginning to publish daily bulletins
of the assassin's physical condition. a
One of them says: ti
! "Jail officials say that the fact becomes more v
| apparent every day that Ouiteau is failing, t!
i mentally and physically. His condition yes- d
terday was startling in the extreme, and fore- j
bodes a total collapse l>efore the 30th of June, jj
A certain sign of physical and mental disintegration
is the failure of a person's appetite in 1
a case like this. Guiteau's appetite is failing.
He has become taciturn and uncommunicative e
since Lawyer Reed's visit yesterday, and spends \
the entire time between rising and retiring, in ^
lying stretched out on his cot, pondering, i>er- ,
hai?s, on the few intervening days between life
and death. He will surely fail before hanging P
day, in the opinion of those who see and know t
him, and the jail officials will have to carry a
him to the scaffold and prop him up until the t
fatal drop falls. Abject fear is taking posses- g
sion of him. The Guiteau library, collected
by theassassin since his incarceration, remains
untouched. He cannot read or write, now I
that death stares him in the face." 7
Warden Crocker, who has the immediate j,
charge of Guiteau in the Washington jail, ,
when asked what his demeanor would be on
the scaffold, said: "That depends upon cir- a
i. T? i.K? lw.ll TI
CUniSlilUCfS. li Ultrje niiilli uc ii inigo i>iunu present
it will nerve him to Spartan firmness, d
If, on the contrary, lie shall be executed in a
that corridor over yonder (pointing in the di- a
rection of the scaffold), with no spectators beyond
the prison authorities, he will die like a
craven and we will be compelled to drag him
from his cell." 1
The subject appointed for discussion by the i
Medico-Legal Society of New York, at its last t
meeting, was the report of the committee on
coroners, but the members overlooked that a
.topic and branched off into the legal and mor- c
al responsibility of Guiteau, the assassin. s
Mr. Clark Bell, the chairman, opened the dis- >
cussion by reading a paper on "The Duty of j
the President Toward the Murderer." Mr. ]
Bell declared that there was no human pun- ,
ishment sufficient for Guiteau, provided he <
was sane, and that no power can save him
from the gallows except the hand of President t
Arthur. The speaker held that 110 scientific
examination had really been made, as the experts
examined were in the pay of the Govern- (
ment, and that the question arose whether a |
board of experts ought not to examine the assassin
before his execution. (
"The verdict of the jury," said Mr. Bell,
"is of no account as to his mental state. The 1
jury believe Guiteau to be insane?a majority <
of the legal profession entertain the same view. {
Of course, any action of the President in this i
direction would meet with a storm of disap- 1
proval, but it seems just that the Chief Magis- <
trate should appoint a commission of experts <
to determine the assassin's mental state. Gui- f
teau fears solitary confinement worse than t
death. It is not the duty of this society to *
shrink from a public duty. If Guiteau is exe- i
cuted without examination by experts it will 1
be a cause for regret." !
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
?The Columbia Register says that Colonel
Butler is preparing to enforce the law against (
certain fertilizer companies who are selling ?
their guanos and manipulated fertilizers in the 1
O*-/.*-r\ ttfLIaL nva KolAiir fl?o ofunrlnivl mifirsm- t
HUHC VT 1IIV.I1 aic UCiUlT VIIV uvaaiumu m*>
teed by them.
? Says the Spartanburg Spartan: Several inquiries
have been made of i>erson8 living in
various parts of the county as to the intentions
of farmers in regard to sowing small grain
this fall, and they all reply that the people
have made up their minds to sow as much or
more than they did last year. This is encouraging.
Let every one sow a few acres of wheat
and oats. Encourage the tenants to do this.
You need not make any less cotton while you
raise an abundance of grain.
? The South Carolina Press Association, adjourned
after a pleasant business meeting at
Marion on Wednesday and Thursday of last i
week. Before adjournment, a committee was ?
appointed consisting of Messrs. McKerrall, C.
Irwin Walker, Bradley, Hoyt and McSweeney, .
to meet in Columbia during the session of the 1
State Democratic Convention, for the purpose j
of consultation with the Executive Committee (
with a view of preserving harmony of action i
between the press of the State and the Democratic
party.
? The State Supreme Court adjourned last (
Friday until the fourth Tuesday in November, (
unless sooner convened by the Chief Justices, t
The following is the order of the circuits at t
the November term, 1882, and the days as- J
signed to each : Fourth Circuit, Tuesday November
28, two days ; Fifth Circuit, Thursday c
November BO, four days; Sixth Circuit, Thurs- a
day, December 9, two days ; Seventh Circuit, t
Tuesday, December 12, eight days; Eighth Circuit,
Tuesday, January 9, 1883, four days; a
First Circuit, Tuesday, January 16, six days; c
Second Circuit, Thursday, January 25, two jj
days; Third Circuit, Tuesday, January 30,
two days. The special docket will be called on \
the following Mondays of the term, to wit: I"
I December 4, 11, 18, January 15, 22 and 29. \
? The Chester Reporter of the 8th gives the 1
following particulars of a horrible death :
Samuel Burris, a good man and a valuable cit- c
izen, met a sudden and horrible death on Mr. ?
Kobert S. Hope's place on Wednesday last. 1
He came from his work at dinner time riding t
sideways on his mule. Asking for the crib ?
keys, some one approached to hand them to
him, when the mule bolted and threw him. j,
His leg became fastened in the chains and
the mule dashed off at full speed, dragging
him several hundred yards. Life was ex- 1
tinct when he was reached. His arm was c
broken and every one of his ribs wrenched
from the spine. Burris was a member of Zion s
Presbyterian church, and has been for years t
the leader of the music therein. His loss will f
be severely felt by the church and community. F
He leaves a widow and several children. c
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POLITICAL NOTES.
? Since Mr. Stephens has declined to become b
the candidate of the Indej>endent party for v
Governor of Georgia, he is appropriately called 1
a reorganized Democrat. v
? Mr. Blaine has written a letter, declining j
to permit the use of his name as candidate b
for Congressman at Large from Maine, and a
expressing a desire to retire to private life. !>
? Lowe, of Alabama, who now occupies
General Wheeler's seat, has lost his voice and ?
is suffering from throat affection. Ilis health f
seems to be shattered ; and the predictions o
are that he is not long for this world. a
? The sub-committee on elections having in j1
charge of the South Carolina contested election 1
| case of Smalls against Tillman has decided
I that Mr. Tillman, sitting member, was not b
j elected. The status of Smalls' claim has not r
yet been fully determined. t
? The Bourbon editor of the New York (l
Tribune affects to see "something very much 8
like rebellion going on in South Carolina." e
This is true. It is a rebellion against the a
i enemies of the Constitution, and the North li
joining the South in the movement. Let
le Tribune enlarge its Held of view.
? Unless the most extraordinary diligence
practiced, in the House, the appropriation '
ills and other absolutely necessary business
mnot he disposed of liefore the 4th of July,
attention is given to nothing else between
ow and that time. The prospects for an 1
irly adjournment of Congress are not, there>re,
so promising.
? Gen. O'Neal, the Democratic candidate
)r Governor of Alabama, is a brother of the
ite Judge O'Neal, of South Carolina. He is
t years old. Ilis standing as a lawyer, solier,
politician and citizen seems to have been
mspicuously brilliant, and "in his nominaon,"
says the Montgomery Advertiser, "there
i no taint of sectionalism."
? Ohio Republicans are trying to trim on
le liquor question by taking it out of the
lection an submitting it in the form of a Contitutional
amendment. The Pond bill, which
nposed a specific tax upon all liquor dealers,
igether with an enactment requiring saloons
5 be closed on Sunday, has been killed by the
upreme Court.
? The election in Oregon last week went
Republican by an increased majority. The
verage Republican majority on the State
icket is 1,800. M. C. George for Congress
-'ill have nearly 3,000 in the State, which is
lie largest majority ever given to any candiate.
Moody, for Governor, will have about
,000 less than George. The Republicans
ave the Legislature by a certain majority of
0, which may be increased to 13.
? A Republican joqpaal virtually acknowldges
that there is no chance of splitting the
otes of the Solid South. They want to be on
he winning side once in a life time, and are
opeful that the hour of the Democracy is aproaching.
A gentleman who has traveled
hroughout the South for the past six months
nd mingled with all classes of jieople assures
he Republican journal that this is about the
ituation.
? The North Carolina Liberal and Anti'rohibition
Covention met in Raleigh on the
th instant. Col. Wm. Johnston, of Charotte
as chairman of the Anti-Prohibition
Commission, called the Convention to order,
,nd was made permanent President. The
legroes were awarded a share of Vice-Presilents
and Secretary, and of the committee
-ppointed on resolutions. The Convention
-dopted resolutions against the existing gov
rumen t ot tne Mate, ciemanning a rree uauui
tnd fair count; demanding the repeal of the
3rohibition act sumitted to the people last
August and rejected ; favoring a liberal sysem
of public instruction by the State and
National Governments, and urging an application
of the fund arising from the tax on
ipirits to common schools under the superrision
of the State. Oliver H. Dockery, liemblican,
was nominated for Congressman at
arge ; and for Supreme Court Judge, Geo. N.
Folk, heretofore, Democrat was nominated.
Superior Court Judges for the different disiricts
were also nominated.
Bad Cotton.?The Board of Managers of
;he New York Cotton Exchange takes time
>y the forelock, by addressing to the planters
)f the South the following circular:
"Whereas, numerous complaints have been
nade about the waste in the staple of American
cotton, more particularly of this year's
jrowth, which has led to the belief in many
nstances that it is caused by 'ginning' at a
ligli rate of speed and the cleaning seed too
closely ; thereby breaking the staple, and prolucing
an excess of 'fluffy,' or what is known
is reginned staple, thus lowering its chara;er
and value, this Exchange would most
earnestly call the attention of the planting
nterest to the evil, and ask that efforts be
nade to cure it. It is quite manifest that
owering the value of cotton by imperfect
landling, is injurious^ the interest of the
south. Some of the damage complained of is
raceable to the imperfect condition of the
fins, necessary repairs not being made when
;hey are required. Farmers should underitand
that it is the staple of American cotton
;hat enables it to be sold at a higher value
,han the product of India, and that so much
is the staple is deteriorated it will be surely
:elt in prices. Sand .and dust have been found
n our crop this year in larger proportion than
ever before; hence a great reduction in the
srice has been made for it. No doubt the
rery dry season had considerable to do with
/heir presence, ancl lias caused low prices to
le accepted for such, as sales, have been made
it 2 to 2jc. and even more below the value of
,he same grade of clean cotton. It is said
;hat cleaners were exhibited at the Atlanta
Exposition that would remedy the grievance,
ind if it be true their adoption should besome
general. In conclusion, the planter
ihould be reminded that more care should be
fiven to avoid mixing different qualities in
;he same bale, which is a source of great anloyance
at the mills and leads to reclaimations
igainst the sellers."
Tiik Democratic Protest.?The followng
is the full text of the protest of the I)emosratic
minority in the Mackey-O'Connor conest.
The document, signed by all the Demosratic
members of the House, was offered, but
lot received :
Whereas, The minority of this House have
leretofore, under the rules of the House, sucsessfully
resisted the efforts of the majority to
sonsider the case of Mackey vs. O'Connor, be:ause
a proper hearing has not been granted
;o the contestee by the Committee 011 Elecions
as to the allegations of forger}- and fraud
n the evidence submitted by the contestant ;
md,
Whereas, The minority have offered to proved
to the consideration of the case as soon
is said allegations have been duly investigaed
; and,
Whereas, The majority, in order to prevent <
md avoid such an investigation, have proeeded
to change the rules, in a manner not
>rovided for in the rules by which alone they '
an or ought to be changed ; and,
Whereas, The Si>eaker has made a riding
vhich justifies a proceeding unknown to the
irinciples of constitutional and parliamentary
aw and subversive of the rights of the minorty>
Therefore, The undersigned, representatives
if the people, hereby protest against the proeedings
of the majority and the ruling of the
Speaker, as unjustifiable, arbitrary, and revo
utionary, and expressly designed to deprive
he minority of that protection which has been
stablished as one of the great monuments of
he elective system, by the patient and patriae
labors of the advocates of parliamentary
irivilege and civil liberty.
A Fearful Scene in Reevesville.?
Che dwelling of .lames P. Walters, of Colleton
ounty was burglariously entered on Monday
f last week, and a quantity of household
oods was stolen. Certain suspicious circumtances
led to the arrest, on the following afernoon,
of Bill Williams, colored, who conessed
his participation in the crime, and in
irivate conversation with Mr. Walters impliated
two other negroes, named Joel Frederick
nd Moses Cane. Williams was taken to
ieevesville and lodged in the guard house, at
1 o'clock that night, to await an examination
efore Trial J ustice Appleby, next morning, at
irhich it was understood he promised to pubicly
reveal the names of his accomplices.
At 2 o'clock, A. M., the citizens of the town
yere aroused by the most agonizing cries of
listress, and soon discovered that the guard
louse was in llames. A large crowd collected
round the burning building, but the lire had
lreu/lv rrninerl nnph lionrlwiiv tlmt, sill efforts
o extinguish it proved ineffectual.
The unfortunate prisoner in the upper story,
saddened by the knowledge of his impending
ate, glared wildly between the iron bars of the
nly window to the room at the men below,
nd shouted piteously for assistance. He was,
lowever, beyond the reach of human aid, and
n a short time the building was entirely conumed.
This morning a heap of ashes, in which the
lurning coals still glistened, and the charred
emains of Bill Williams, told the tale of the
errible tragedy. The dispatch to the News
nd Courier, from which we gain these facts,
ays the fire was evidently of incendiary origin,
nd the opinion is freely expressed that Fredrick
and Cain, fearing the anticipated confesion
of Williams, decided to destroy the only
iving witness against them.
LOCAL AFFAIRS, j
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Colcock, Miller it Co.?Plantation Supplies.
T. M. Dobson?The Bon-Ton Millinery Storo. '
Wilson A Wilson, Plaintiffs Attorneys?Notice |
to John W. Simril, Defendant.
R. Lathan?Notice.
S. A. McElwee, Chairman Com. of Elections.?
Election for State Senator.
W. B. Smith, Acting County Chairman?Demo- !
cratic Primary Vote.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT.
Governor Hagood lias appointed Win. B.
McCaw, Esq., a Trial Justice for Yorkville,
vice W. P. Good, Esq., resigned.
A IIANDSOiME~PKESENT.
Mr. James Mason, Superintendent of the j
Chester and Lenoir Railroad, was the recipient,
last Saturday morning, of a pair of gold
spectacles?of the finest finish and best quality
that could he procured"?presented as a testimonial
by the employes of the road.
PLUME DRILLS.
There will be two competitive plume drills in
the hall of the Female College to-morrow
night?one by the members of the Jenkins
Rifles, and the other by the corps of cadets of
King's Mountain Military School. The hall
will be thrown open for the reception of the
public, and a general invitation is extended.
FAKDON REFUSED.
Governor Ilagood has declined to grant the
petition of C. P. Jackson, of this county, for
panion irom mip penitential^. uavnawu 10 <*
young white man, and was convicted 1 the
last term of the Sessions Court of stealing a
watch and sentenced by Judge Cothran to
the penitentiary for the term of two years.
REGISTRATION.
Voters who, from any cause, have not yet
registered, are reminded that the Registrar's
books will be opened at Yorkville during the
remainder of this month, thus affording all an
opportunity to qualify themselves for the
right of suffrage in the election next November.
The importance of registration is urged
upon the white voters of the county. As has
been truthfully said, the colored voters require
no persuasion. ?
COMPLIMENTARY.
We gracefully lift our hat, and had we a
dozen wives each and every one of them should
doff their bonnets to the following complimentary
notice copied from the Utonian, an exponent
of the Mormon faith, published at
Beaver City, Utah:
The Yorkville (S. C.) Enquirer appears
among our exchanges this week. The Enquirer
is a well edited, beautifully printed
independent newspaper, and withal a great
credit to the town it hails from.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. Services at 101 A. M. Sunday-school
at 0 A. M.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel
at 10.30 A. M., next Sunday; in the church at
Yorkville in the evening.
Baptist?Rev. W. L. Brown, Pastor. Services
at Union Church at 11 A. M., and at
Yorkville in the evening at 8.15 o'clock.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
In consequence of the absence of the pastor,
there will he no services in mis cuurcii hcai
Sunday.
A YOKKV1LLE MUSICIAN.
A Holly Springs, Miss., correspondent of
the Memphis Appeal pays the following high
compliment to the musical ability of our former
townsman and native of Yorkville, Mr.
Jos. A. McLean, dr., professor of music in the
Franklin Female College at Holly Springs :
On Tuesday evening of this week Prof. Jos.
A. McLean, assisted by Mrs. Jas. II. Watson,
gave a musical recital at Masonic Hall. Prof. I
McLean is at the head of the musical department
of the Franklin Female College, and is
a fine performer. The programme was strictly
classical throughout and was well rendered.
The admission was altogether by invitation,
and the audience which was quite large, was
the most select we have yet seen in this city.
Each selection was loudly applauded and the
entertainment passed off very pleasantly.
THE CROPS.
With the past few warm days, cotton is improving,
though thece is much complaint of
the poor stand and sickly plant. Corn is promising,
and in some portions of the county this
crop is "laid by."
The harvesting of the oat and wheat crops
continues with the most gratifying results to
the farmers, ltarely has the yield of these
small grain crops been equal, in this section,
to the harvest of 1882. With favorable seasons,
which must be taken into consideration
in the cultivation of any crop, the result of
last fall's seeding shows conclusively to the
farmers what can beiaccomplished in this country
; and it is gratifying to learn that some of
the most intelligent farmers have already expressed
the determination to hereafter plant
more grain to the exclusion of so much cotton.
THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
The following is the vote in the primary
election, last Monday, at the different precincts
in York county, for the purpose of nomina
ting a Democratic candidate for State Senator
to fill the unexpired term of Judge "VVitherspoon,
resigned :
Precinct*. Hart. Jones. Seat'rlng. Total.
Black's Station, *18 34 ... 82
Bethel,....! 59 00 ... .09
Bethany, 18 00 ... 18
Blairsville, 22 1 ... 23
Bnfi'alo 17 On ... 17
.Bullock's Cr'k Church 31 .0 ... 3d
Clay Hill 17 f> ... 22
Clover, .00 .0 2 57
jCoatea' Tavern, 00 23? ... 23
Clark's Fork, 3 ' .0 ? ... 8
Fort Mill, 20 51 ? ... 77
Hickory Grove, 40 5 ... 51
McElwee's Mill I 17 ? ... 18
McConnollsvillo, 22 2!) ? ... 51
Rock Hill, 15 270 '?... 291
Yorkville, 233 47 ... 280
Total, 008 503 2 1,113
TIIU- Mnunnv<
I UU iuua?i>av.?>T?
From what we arc able to learn, the Mormon
"elders" who are trampoosing in the upper
section of the county and the adjoining
counties in North Carolina, are not meeting
with much encouragement, though of course
they have hearers at their "preaching" places,
and have probably received some converts to
their peculiar faith, who, to their great edification,
no doubt, arc occasionally "blessed
by the laying on of hands."
Meetings have been appointed recently to be !
held at the house of one Emil Lougand, a j
Frenchman, living on the lands of Mrs. E. M. !
Farris, about three miles northeast of Bethany j
Church. Mrs. Farris claims the right to con-!
trol the premises occupied by Lougand, and j
some days ago she took legal steps to prevent |
the assemblage of persons on her property by
posting on the premises a notice to that effect;
on Saturday the 3rd instant., the day pieced-1
ing an appointment to "preach" there by "el-1
ders" Carpenter and Burton. It is charged j
that Lougand tore this notice down soon after j
it was posted. But she also gave the "elders" I
verbal notice. They passing by her house on [
Saturday afternoon she hailed them and made ,
known the action she had taken, and gave
them notice that it was contrary to her will
that they should hold any more meeuuga uu
her land. With the most affected sanctimo-'
niousness, one of them asked, "What ! do you
object to the word of God being preached on
your land ?" Contrary to woman's usual tactics
in such cases, Mrs. Farris declined to argue
the question, but peremptorily forbid the
meeting. The "elders" went on, however,
and on the following day held a meeting out
of doors, about 100 yards from Lougand's
house, but on Mrs. Farris'land. The meeting
was slimly attended, there being but about a
dozen present, some of whom were colored,
but the exclusiveness of the Mormon Church
prohibits social equality ; or in other words, j
''no colored sisters need apply."
The course adopted by Mrs. Farris is the
proper one, and should commend itself to the
jieople as the best mode of ridding the country
of these propagandists.
ADDRESS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC FX- |
ECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
To the Democratic Voters of York County:
Your Executive Committee adopt this method
of impressing upon you the importance of
casting a full vote on the 20th instant. Remember
that yours is a wily foe, and that '
his strength consists in your apathy. You 1
have only to recur to the days of 1870 to have
that fact to stand out in bold relief. We can
not say when you will find that foe again at4-rv
foo* ; + CJ lu/liiniiu lino/1 hnf tl??a u'D
icii1|h11i^ tW 1C(U I I/O iiiuuviiiJ uvuu^ uuv vium ?i v
know?it will be when you exhibit signs of being
lulled into sleep, and it will come without ;
warning. To you, then?to each one of you?
we appeal, and say, work, work! Let the
20th be one of the marked days on your
political calendar, and your nominee receive
that vote which shall preserve to you the hardfought
victory of 187G. Remember, too, his
contribution to that victory, and let 1882
compare well with 187G. It is meet that it
should do so. W. B. SMITH,
Acting County Chairman.
June 13, 1882.
For the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
McConnellsville, S. C., June 12.?Knowing
that education should be the most interesting
and important topic that could occupy
the minds of our people, I take pleasure in
giving you a short account of the examination
exercises of Mr. W. N. Elder's school at this
place, on Wednesday last, 7th instant. The
occasion was honored by a full attendance of
the good people of McConnellsville and vicinity.
The exercises of the day were commenced
by a thorough examination of the whole school,
from the A, B, C pupils to the classics. The
pupils acquitted themselves with credit, showing
the efficient manner in which they had
been drilled by their capable and worthy
teacher.
After the examination of the school, dinner
was announced. It is needless to say that the
community lost none of their prestige for hospitality
and knowing how to minister to the
comforts of the inner man, for which it has
been so long noted.
After about two hours devoted to dinner
and recreation, order was called, and the reading
of compositions and spelling were commenced.
The compositions were creditable to
those who wrote them, and in one or two instances
were very good.
The speeches were very well rendered, and
in some instances showed unmistakable evir\f
->nnui/-1<iv!>nio nrr?eni'if?!il nnvvni'S nil till1
part of those delivering thorn. Master Mannie
Moore delivered the valedictory address in
a manner that would do credit to older heads,
both in matter and manner.
The teacher, Mr. Elder, was introduced by
Master Mannie Moore, in a few well chosen
and appropriate words. Mr. Mr. Elder was
listened to with marked attention as he dwelled
upon the difficulties which surround the
teacher, parent and pupil. His remarks were
eminently practical, conveying much that was
important and instructive to his hearers.
Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson was called upon, who
responded in a very appropriate address, delivered
in his own happy and inimitable style,
and after his address the exercises of the day
were brought to a close. X.
Moses in Misery.?Franklin J. Moses, the
Republican ex-Governor of South Carolina,
who has been confined in the Tombs for the
past three months, awaiting trial for the charges
against him for obtaining money under
false pretences, was yesterday arraigned before
Judge Gildersleeve, in the court of General
Sessions. On February 17, last, Moses called
on Dr. Nathan Bozeman, at his residence, 29(>
Fifth avenue, and representing himself to be
Dr. L. F. Steiner, of Augusta, Ga., said that
he was 011 his way to Chicago, that he was a
son of Dr. H. II. Steiner, both of whom are
reputable and well known Georgia gentlemen.
Dr. Bozeman believing the story of Moses,
who said he desired to borrow only enough to
pay his hotel bill here and his railway fare to
Chicago, gave him a check 011 the Second National
Bank for $32. Soon afterward Dr.
Bozeman learned through Mrs. Roland Steiner
that there was 110 such person as Dr. F. L.
Steiner in Augusta, and no relative of that
name in the family. From a description given
by the Doctor's servant, Moses was arrested
and identified as the man who called on him
under the name of Dr. Steiner. He was committed
for trial in default of #500 bail. Indictments
were found against him for obtaining
money under false pretenses; for obtaining
#150 from Edgar W. Crowell, to whom he
represented himself to be Anthony White, a
merchant of Greenville, S. C., and on whom
he passed a worthless check on the Greenville
National Bank, and for swindling Wra. L.
Hall, of No. 4 East Tenth street, to whom he
pretended to give information that would lead
to the recovery of a quantity of diamonds alleged
to have been stolen by one Plin White.
When arraigned, on the Gth instant, before
Gildersleeve, Moses presented a very shabby
appearance. Since his incarceration a short,
scraggy, gray beard has grown and his appearance
was anything but healthy. When called
upon to answer to the three indictments he
pleaded guilty to the first, charging him with
defrauding Dr. Bozeman. He was immediately
sentenced to six months in the penitentiary
without remarks from counsel or judge, At
the end of the six months Moses will be taken
to Brooklyn, to answer charges against him
ior swindling in that city, where he reprented
himself to be a brother of Governor Colquitt,
of Georgia.
MERE-MENTION.
Among the West Point graduates this year
is Charles P. Elliott of South Carolina A
bill has been introduced in the Spanish Chamber
of Deputies providing for the immediate
abolition of slavery in Cuba, and granting
-1 -:..n Tlin nnms nf Cadets
aiuvca uivii xi^nto, -..w t
at West Point is 100; the full number should
be 325. The Nation needs more oilicers. ?To
say that 10per cent, of the capital invested in
Southern cotton manufactures came from the
North would be a large estimate. According
to the liaihcay Aye, 3,480 miles of railway
have been completed in the United States
since the 1st of January last. There are
100,000 men out of employment in consequence
of the labor strikes in the North On
March 1st there were 84,000,000 gallons of
whisky in bond, the tax on which would be
?75,000,000. Thirty-five deaths from yellow
fever occurred in Havana during the
week ending Saturday night. Surgeon
Woodward, one of the physicians who attended
the late President Garfield, is dangerously
ill at Nice, Italy. Out of 350 cases of
small-pox in the town of South Bethlehem, Pa.,
there were 110 deaths. Potatoes are quoted
at $0 a barrel in Louisville, Kv. Jefferson
Davis is expected to pass a part of July
at a North Carolina Summer resort. Another
operation was performed upon Senator
Hill's tongue a few days ago, but the can- <
cer that is eating away his life appears to .
have got beyond the reach of the surgeon's m
knife. A negro woman, near Lynchburg.-'"
Va., threw her child in a well because it had
small pox, and then ran off to the woods. The
child is dead and the woman has the terrible
disease. At Raleigh, N. C., on Saturday
Dempsey Bryant, Jr., and J. II. Bell were
found guilty in the Halifax election cases and ,
were each fined $500. The Enfield election J
cases were continued. A woman in
Chicago on Friday night poisoned herself and '
her four children, the eldest 12 years and the 1
youngest four months old. The Vicks- !
burg public schools are closed on account of I
scarlet fever. ?The appointment of Jews as
chief surgeons in the Russian army is forbid- ;
den. except on receipt of express instructions 1
from the commander-in-chief. The House 1
judiciary committee has authorized Iiepresen- <
tative Humphrey, of Wisconsin, to report to 1
the House a bill to establish a uniform system ;
of bankruptcy, and to have it made the special i
order for an early day in December. The I
genuine Colorado beetle has made its appear- i
aiiee in North Carolina, having been intro- s
dnced with Northern seed potatoes which were <
quite extensively planted last season.
DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.
A Heinous Crime Committed at Rock Hill.
ARREST OF THE FIEND.
rite Summary and Exemplary Work of Jtidge
Lynch.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
f CornwponiliMic'f of the Vorkville Enquirer.]
Rock IIill, S. C., June 12.?Last night
ivas one suited to deeds of darkness, retribution
and grim, stern duty. The elements
were at war, displacing all the powers given
to the artillery of heaven. While thus engaged,
another scene was being enacted?a tragedy
In runl life?terrible, startling and fearful in
its consequences.
On the bright June morning of yesterday
some innocent little girls and young ladies
belonging to the number of operatives of the
Rock Hill cotton mill, had strolled to an orchard
of wild plums, about a mile above town,
for the purpose of gathering the fruit and
otherwise amusing themselves.
Between 9 and 10 o'clock, their pleasures
were suddenly ended by the appearance among
them of a negro boy some 18 or 20 years of
age. It seems that the larger girls had become
separated from this group of little children
leaving but one of the older ones in their
midst, she being 15 years of age, rather tall,
slender and comely, Miss Alice McDowell by
name. The negro boy at once approached her
and laid his hand roughly on her shoulder.
The little ones tied, and screamed lustily, frightened
almost out of their wits, while in the
meantime the black brute accomplished his
fiendish and most hellish designs upon this
innocent maiden of fifteen summers.
The screams of the victim and the children
attracted the attention of the young ladies
and the gentlemen in company with them,
who were some distance off and out of sight.
The gentlemen ran to the assistance of the
poor girl, but reached her too late. The deed
was done, and the fiend having fled, his victim
was returned to her parents in Factory
Row.
The town was at once aroused as only such
a flppd pan arouse a neoole. Men on horse and
foot begun to searcli the surrounding country.
The spot was reached from which a trail was
struck by S. M. Fewell, Esq., and others, and
followed with such unerring precision that no
mistake was made .as to the correct course he
had taken, his tracks being easily distinguished
by a peculiarity of his shoes. At one place *
it was discovered that the fiend had taken otf
his shoes?probably to facilitate his flight.
John Johnson was his name?a negro who formerly
lived in Chester, but who now was making
his home in Rock Hill.
By a circuitous route he had made his way
back to town, but his trail was never lost.
He was found sitting at a street corner, appa- >
rently unconcerned. But upon being arrested - \
he displayed some fear and agitation.
He was taken by the officers before his victim,
and she was asked by the trial justice if
she knew that man. She replied, "/ do. I
can swear to him any where, at any time, to
be the man that committed the deed upon me."
Her parents were frantic witli grief and
rage. The crowd which by this time had %
gathered around the house, was excited and
clamoring for the life of the human fiend, who
had forfeited it to the great unwritten law,
the law of nature and the laws of the land. '.
Both the perpetrator and the victim were
subjected to medical investigation, conducted <* .
byl)rs. J. W. Fewell and T. A. Crawford. ?'yS
As the result of the investigation they pronoun- jjf .
ced the foul deed as having been fully accom- ? i
plished. Other testimony of the most convincing
character was obtained, which formed
an unbroken chain, and lastly came his full
confession. At this the people grew wild with ^
excitement. j.
Towards the close of the evening,- the shades
of night having enveloped the earth, and the ? '
darkness accompanied by a most terrific thunder
storm, the excitement seemed to subside,
and John Johnson was locked up in the guardhouse.
At about 9 o'clock, however, it was rumored
that a large crowd of colored men had gathered
at the guardhouse, as it was thought for the
purpose of releasing the prisoner, or at least to
prevent the white people from executing summary
punishment upon him. The excitement
of the afternoon was now intensinea. ? ne negroes
were somewhat loud in their threats of
protection. A guard was stationed at the
guardhouse by the policeman in charge, and
during their stay a further threatening demonstration
was made by the blacks, at which
time one Peter Eaves drew his pistol and said
he would go in. Major Beckham, then on
guard, said he should not; took Peter's pistol
and put him inside as a prisoner, charged with
carrying concealed weapons.
The blacks still lingered near the door in
crowds, talking and grumbling in their manner,
until the guard on post was relieved by a
detachment of the Catawba Rifles, when the
blacks commenced scattering, and after a "
while all had gone.
Quiet being restored, the detachment of RLfles
was relieved, and the former guard, consisting
of Major Beckham, Samuel Gordon and
policeman S. G. Keesler, took their places at
the door.
Rain was falling in torrents; the wind blew
fiercely ; but excepting the warring of the elements
not another sound was heard. All was
silent until the town clock struck the hour of
one, when suddenly, as if springing up out of ,
the earth, a large crowd of masked men rushed
upon the guard, disarmed and pinioned them,
obtained the key of the guardhouse, and after
extinguishing the light entered and secured
John Johnson, brought him out, and marched
him to an oak tree near the Robertson House,
on Main street, and there, from the limb of
that old oak tree they launched -into eternity
the aforesaid John Johnson, on whose breast
they had fixed a placard bearing the inscription?
: our women :
: shall re protected. !
This is the first and only summary execu- *
tion that has ever taken place in this vicinity ;
and it was done to the entire satisfaction of
all, except some of the colored i>eople, who do
not seem to appreciate the necessity of thus
bringing to justice an offender of the law?a
base wretch guilty of the most atrocious crime
known to tfie calendar.
A jury of inquest was impaneled this
morning by\s. M. Fewell, Trial Justice, acting
comnoiy oonnami-of the following genHumpn
/ X, M. Davis, foreman : J. F. 0'Xeal.\
WT*"h.1 Drennan, W. It. Templeton, A. II. j ' * ?
White, F. II. London, J. A. Williford, S. L. ! %
Reid, J. B. Wilson, W. F. Downing, R. T. |
Fewell, I). II. Stevenson.
The finding of the jury is as follows: The ;
said John Johnson came to his death by a
;ord or rope around the neck, which produced,
liis death by strangulation, by parties unknown,'
to the jury, 011 Main street, in Rock Hill,!
8. C., near Rotertson's Hotel, on the night of j
the 11th of June, 1882."
I would add, in justice to our ever-cautious \
md efficient trial justice, S. M. Fewell, that \
le had, unknown to but few, made arrange- \
.Dents with his constable to convey the scoun- \
Irel, John Johnson, to the jail in Yorkville \
ast night, when he supposed all would l>e !
isleep, thus preveuting any violence to him ;'
lor under such circumstances every one feels (
that such a crime should be punished by lynch- ; - .
nnr without imlrrp nr itirv. and hut rwentlv '
mcli a thing did" happen, under similar circumstances,
in the town of Winnsboro^^_/