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f craps and Jacts.
? The New York Herald suggests that Congress
remain in session until something practical
is accomplished. A prompt adjournment
would strike the country just now as
the most practical thing that could be done.
? Fortress Monroe is the largest single fortification
in the world. It has already cost
over $3,000,000. The water battery is considered
to be one of the finest pieces of military
engineering in the world.
? The Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company is having all the scenery and structures
along its line photograhed. The artist
engaged in the work has a special train for
his use.
? A colored witness in Pittsburg said he
didnt't board with Mrs. Reynolds, he "batched"
there. Further investigation proved that
batching meant "I buys de wittles, Mrs. Rey
1. . T i. 1 ooll /Iof
IlUiUH COUK. tJUI, JL fitL lUCUi, <U1U UCjr unv
'batching.'" Of course he was a "bachelor."
? Lieutenant Flipper, the colored cavalry
officer who was court martialed and dismissed
from the service on charges of embezzlement
aad conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman,
has lost his last chance. The President
has approved the sentence, and he is
dismissed from the army.
? Reports from all parts of the country represent
business as in an unsatisfactory condition.
Trade has generally fallen off, and
the great strike of the iron workers is beginning
to have its effect. On the whole, the
crop reports are favorable, but the prospect
seems to be that business will be dull during
the Summer.
? The sub-committee of the House Committee
on Elections, in charge of the contested
election case of Smalls vs. Tillman from the
Fifth District of South Carolina have adopted
a resolution declaring that Smalls was duly
elected and is entitled to the seat, and reported
to this effect last Tuesday, despite the
fact that Tillman's majority was 8,038.
? Great Britaiu, in 1848 imported 37,000,000
jx>unds of coffee, and in 1881, with ten millions
more of population, got along with
3*2,000,000 pounds of coffee, adulteration
making up the defifcit in quantity, with a lamentable
falling off in quality. Not only
chicory, but turnips, carrots, and cabbage
stalks are known to be used as adulterants.
? The New Orleans Times is pleasant and
we trust prophetic when it says: "If the
weather is only warm enough during this mouth
and July, we can yet secure that G,000,000 bale
crop, which, with the promised magnificent
yield of grain, cattle, fruit and vegetables,
will leave the South much better off financial
]y than did our great cotton crop of 18vS0-81."
? Guiteau baa selected the Rev. W. Watkins
Hicks, a Washington clergyman, as his
spiritual adviser, and imposes upon him the
responsibility of preparing him for death.
Mr. Iiicks is considerable of a politician, formerly
residing in South Carolina and Florida,
and was chairman of the delegation from
that State in the Chicago Convention.
? A colored man of Cardington, Ohio, named
Archer, shot three persons the other night,
came very near being lynched, and while in
jail had his farm building and house burned
down by an excited mob. The whole difficulty
grew out of his anger at his fellow citizens
because they refused to call him Mr. Archer,
on which account he has been on bad terms
with his townsmen for many years.
? Lena Sherman, a reputable girl of Iowa,
had a lover who proved to be a horse thief,
and was sent to the penitentiary. To provide
the money necessary to procure her lover a
new trial, Lena stole a horse, sold it, and with
the money procured the liberation of hei
lover, but was herself sent to prison for the
theft. The romantic story ends with her
pardon by the governor.
? J. G. Bigelow, counsel for Sergeant Mason,
visited the White nouse last Friday and
snbmitted for the President's inspection a
review of the case of his client and his reasons
for believing that the sentence of the court
martial is void. Private Secretary Phillips
ln*t fKA m.iffor Kufnen fhfl
yji uiiiioru \aj inj hid uiauivx wiv* v wuv j. *vmi
dent at the earliest opportunity and assured
Mr. Bigelow that it would receive due consideration.
? Affairs in Egypt are moving forward rapidly.
It is now estimated that 250 Europeans
were massacred in Sunday's riot; the number
of rioters killed is said to be insignificant,
but that is probably an error. The Europeans
used their firearms freely, shooting from
the windows, and men in the streets who
were wounded were doubtless carried off by
friends who did not report their death. It
seems to us that prompt measures and a show
of great force can alone secure quiet.
? A fire with singular consequences occurred
at Boston Highlands last Saturday. The
burning building was a cotton waste mill in
which was packed a large amount of cotton
waste. The waste being thoroughly soaked
from water by the engines became so heavy
as to burst the walls, which fell upon several
fireman, who were considerably injured, one
of whom it is thought will not survive. The
building was of wood, forty by eighty feet,
and three stories high.
? The longest line of. fence in the world
will be the wire fence extending from the
Indian Territory West across the Texas Panhandle
and thirty-five miles into New Mexico.
Eighty-five miles of this fence is already under
contract. Its course will be in the line of the
Canadian River, and its purpose is to stop
the drift of the Northern cattle. It is a bold
and splendid enterprise and will pay a large
per centage on the investment. The fence
will be over 200 miles long.
? On Saturday morning sixteen business
houses were burned in Gadsden, Alabama,
involving a loss of 50,000; insurance 810,000.
B. B. Kyle loses six store houses worth 85,000,
on which there is no insurance. M. McCarty,
J. H. Kennebrew, H. J. Douthit, W. W.
Stevenson, N. W. Whisenot, W. P. Powers
arirl Tv W "Fulrrhiim are the ot.her nrinoinal
losers. Great exertions were required to prevent
the spread of the flames to the Baptist
and Methodist churches.
? In a New Orleans Court, last Friday,
Judge Billings rendered an important decision
in the cases of Alfred Slidell and others
against A. M. and J. M. Davidson and others,
putting an end at least to a dispute which
has existed in and out of Congress for the
last seventy-five years. This decision gives
to the State of Louisiana 123,000 acres of
swamp land which have been claimed by the
Slidell heirs and others for the last twenty
years. It also put at rest the rights of about
two hundred settlers who have been 011 the
lands during the last seventy-five years and
made valuable improvements.
? The revenue derived from the liquor
traffic, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881,
was 187,323,850, or nearly $7,000,000 in excess
of the previous year. The increase in the
sale of fermented liquors is enormous. In
1872 the number of gallons of beer manufactured
was 208,462,237. Last year, the breweries
of the United States turned out 14,311,028
barrels, or about 443,641,808 gallons?the
increase from the year previous was nearly
30,000,000 gallons. The amount of capital
invested in this business is estimated at $400,
000,000 and the number of breweries, according
to the latest statistics is 2,7(51.
? German undertakers do not exhibit their
wares, as is the custom in America. Coffins
are made by them to order when wanted.
This custom prevals throughout the European
Continent; it is only in the large cities
than any stock of the commodity is kept on
hand, and then in an unobtrusive fashion. A
few years ago an enterprising undertaker in
Basle, Switzerland, started business in the
American style and put a couple of small
coffins in his window. Crowds gathered
to stare at the unwonted sight, and before
the end of the week the police gave notice
to the shopkeeper "that the unseemly exhibition"
must cease.
? A North Carolina dentist has written to
the friends of Senator Ilill, of Georgia, the
theory that the mercury in the amalgam had
poisoned the nerves of the teeth, and finally
the bone, as Mr Hill had several amalgam filliugs
in the jaw that is affected. The dentist
wrote that he had many similar cases. This
is mere theory, but it has intelligent support
from the fact that the bone is now coming out
and the pieces that have come out will be submitted
to a careful examination. All that
can be done is to hope that the North Carolinian's
theory is true and that there is 110
cancer. Mr. Hill left the Springs because he
was not able to drink the water in sufficient
quantity to be benefitted and he wished to be
carried to his home.
? The following important railroad cases
have i^cently been decided in North Carolina :
The suit of Mrs. J. Whisnant vs. Air-Line
railroad company, which has been before the
I Mecklenburg Superior Court, has been'com- j
promised, the company paying Mrs. Whisnant;
| ?0,250, she to withdraw all claims. At the 1
time of the accident Mr. "Whisnant and others
were in the last car of the train, which in '
some manner became detached, and the rest j
of the train went on, leaving the car standing |
on the track. It was suggested by some;
of the employees of the road that they had i
beter get out as another train was soon ,
due. Not fearing any danger they all remained i
except one colored hand, when soon the j
train came thundering around a curve and '
rushed upon the car, crushing it, and kil-'
ling them instantly. The debris took tire j
directly and burned the bodies as to be nearly |
unrecognizable. Mrs. O'Donnell, widow of i
Mike O'Donnell, the engineer who was killed i
last January, near Lexington, by his engine i
running into a rock slide, sued the It. & D. It.
for ?25,000 damages. The case was tried at
Salisbury, last week, having been moved from j
Lexington, Judge Mills L. Eure on the bench. '
The jury gave a verdict in favor of the widow i
for ?12,000. The railroad company appealed j
from the verdict, and will take the case to h.
higher court. The company tried to coinpro- J
mise with the widow, offering to give her j
$100 per month, and pay all the expense of j
educating her children, as long as she remain-!
ed a widow. The most able and. brilliant j
legal talent of the State was employed, and j
each side of the case was argued in a style
and with the forensic knowledge th.nt characterized
the davs of gown and wig, with the
green baize
?lie ?arfevilTc (?n<jttiM'.
YORKVILLE. S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 22, 1882
KEMSTRICT1NG THE STATE.
As the time for the special session appvoach1
es, the question of redistricting the State so as
; to secure the greatest political advantages, or
, the surest safeguards against Republican dominion,
becomes the absorbing topic. "We
suppose that every member will have a scheme
of his own, in addition to the various plans
' already submitted in advance by different
J newspapers that have given the subject some
attention. Of course, gerrymandering will be
. resorted to, and as the New Englanders first
originated this plan, and as it is still the fai
vorite method of the Republicans in the North
and West to retain political control, we do not
1 see how the truly loyal who magnify every act
of the South Carolina Democracy into rebellious
and revolutionary conduct, can consis.
tently raise objection. It is a conceded fact
i that in redistricting the State it is not obligatory
to regard county lines. In forming Con1
gressioual districts, counties may be divided.
It is only necessary that the territory of the
Congressional district shall be contiguous or
| adjoining. Such is the practice irr the North,
, where it is rendered necessary to nullify Demoi
cratic majorities, and we see no reason why
the party in power in South Carolina may not
" oJmilot. nloti it! nr/lor tA milliftr Rlufl*
C% OlUilUH J'ACAAA AAA. VlUbi v\; Ar.t.vu
"Republican ascendancy. In support of tliis
theory the Charleston JVetos and Courier says :
In redisricting South Carolina in such man|
ner as conforms to the law and, at the same
! time, masses the heaviest negro vote in a sin;
gle district, the Legislature will simply follow
t Republican examples in the North and in this
. very State. And there is this paramount rea- j
son for such a policy in South Carolina : The
formation of a Black district lessens the power
of the negroes to elect thieves and demagogues
to misrepresent us in Washington.
To that extent, it is a victory of civilization
over political barbarism. It has been urged
that it is prudent to concede two districts to
the colored people. We do not think it necessary.
If it were necessary, the basis of the
second Black district would naturally be Fairfield,
Sumter, Newberry, Chester, Richland,
&c., where the colored population is heaviest,
after the exclusion of the seacoast counties.
But Sumter Orangeburg and Richland are relieved
in a large manner, of the colored vote
by the formation of the single Black district
we have outlined, and the other colored counj
* - * a. r\ A:^
lies can De annexed 10 ueuiocrauc cuuiium ou j
as to make them sufficiently safe. We are
averse to surrendering two Congressional districts,
and see no imperative need of it.
The JVetcs and Courier then gives a scheme
of the seven districts, all of which except one
it unhesitatingly says can he carried by the
Democracy. For the Fifth district, according
to this scheme, the following territory is proposed
: York, Chester, Lancaster, Chesterfield,
Kershaw and a part of Richland, including
Columbia.
THE UTAH COMMISSION.
An Act was passed by Congress a few weeks
ago empowering and requiring the President
to appoint a commission, on which both political
parties shall be represented, for the purpose
of investigating the Mormon question
and reporting to Congress the most practicable
plan for suppressing polygamy in Utah.
On Friday last the President nominated the
commission which is composed of three Republicans
and two Democrats?Messrs. Ramsey,
Paddock, Godfrey, Carleton and Pettigrew.
Ex-Senators Ramsey, of Minnesota,
and Paddock, of Nebraska, are well known to
the public by reason of the national positions
they have occupied. G. F. Godfrey, of Iowa
is a Republican and a lawyer. He entered the |
army as a lieutenant in the second regiment
of Iowa Infantry and rose to colonel of the
Eighth Iowa Cavalry. At the close of the
war he engaged in the practice of law at Des
Moines, Iowa, where for several years he held
a position as receiver of public moneys and
subsequently served several years as assistant
district attorney. He is about forty-two years
of age and is regarded as a man of marked
ability.
Ambrose B. Carleton, of Terre Haute, Ind.,
is a lawyer by profession and a Democrat in
politics. He was formerly the law partner
of Senator Voorhees, and at various times lias
been a member of the Indiana Legislature,
Circuit Judge and professor of law in the State
University. He is about 50 years old and is
said to enjoy a high reputation for legal ability
and literary attainments.
James It. Pettigrew, of Fayetteville, Ark.,
has been a member of the Legislature of that
State and is now journal clerk of the United
States Senate. His appointment to a place
on the commission has been strongly recommended
by Senator Garland and other Western
members of the Senate. He is a man of middle
age a lawyer and a Democrat.
The nominations were all referred to the
committe on the judiciary.
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LABOR TROUBLES.
Since the first week in May labor at the
North has been very much disorganized by
| reason of strikes, principally in the rolling
j mills and other iron interests. An estimate
i of the striking workmen at the different mills
I aggregates 45,.752. Trouble has been apprei
liotwloil lint ne vpt Tin uwrinna pnllieinn line nn. '
curred. At Cleveland, Ohio, troops, with ar- j
tillery are held in readiness, and the rolling
mills are fortilied. The families of striking
workmen occupying houses or tenements belonging
to the mining or mill property have been
notified that as soon as the time expires for
j which rent has been paid in advance they must
i vacate. It is thought, unless harmony is soon
j restored a general eviction will take place,
j There was a parade of the strikers at Pittsburg
on Saturday, which was the largest labor
demonstration ever made in this county, the j
immense column containing fully 25,000 men. |
The parade was orderly, and 110 disturbance 1
occurred.
SENATOR HAMPTON.
Senator Hampton lias addressed a letter to
the Neics and Courier in which he expresses
his anxiety to retire from public life ; depicts
our peril in the coming contest as great as in j
1870, and deprecates Independentism as worse
than Radicalism. His letter concludes as fol-:
lows :
If mistakes have been committed by the rep-!
resentatives of our party, the people hold in I
their own hands the absolute power to remedy i
whatever evil has been done. No error that j
has been committed by their party can justify ;
any man who has the interest of the State at j
heart in deserting its ranks, for all needful j
reform can be had within its organization, j
I regret therefore beyond expression to see
dissatisfaction in any quarter, because of opposition
to some of the measures adopted at
the last session of the Legislature. Without
roHoofinor in flm olifrlitocf /l/mnofi nnnn flip UMQ.
(lorn or patriotism of that body, I think their
action in repaid to the Registration and Stock
law was unfortunate, but my opposition to
these laws is no reason why I should desert the
only party that has given honest and good
government to the State since the war.
My conception of Democracy is that the majority
should rule, and those who oppose the
measures mentioned will have the opportunity
| of ascertaining at the next election on which
; side the majority stands. Should it be the
| popular will that these laws should be repealed
: or modified, the next Legislature can take ac|
tion in that direction. We may rest assured
! that no redress of any evil can be had by the
; restoration of Radical rule, and in the present
J condition of races and parties in the State, an
i Independent is, it' possible, worse than a Rad;
ical, for he is an enemy "who steals the livery
j of Heaven to serve the Devil in." In the great
j tight we are making to preserve the civiliza;
tion of our State, he who is not with us is
| against us, and no specious pretence of love
j for the "dear people" can hide the cloven foot.
I Let me, therefore, as one who has had every
; political aspiration more than gratified, and
who seeks nothing save the prosperity and welfare
of his State, urge our people most earnestly
to stand firm and to keep united. Let every
lover of his State register at once and be
! ready to vote. Let us nominate our best men
! for all the offices. Let us adopt and carry out
| in good frfith the principles which gave us suc!
cess in '76, and we shall again be successful,
j I venture to offer this advice to my fellow-citizens,
because of the trust and confidence with
! which they have honored me ; because of my
anxious solicitude for the preservation of good
government; because my public career is
drawing to a close, and above all, because I clb
not wish to see the great principles and the
I pnmu chuhe tor which hihvc men m>i ugfcicu au
j zealously, and devoted women prayed so ear|
nestly in '70 lost by apathy, indifference or
i treachery in '82?or ever.
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STOCK LAW IS WILLIAMSBURG.
The Williamsburg Democracy are greatly
harrassed by stock law dissensions, and have
in County Convention after a lengthy discussion
adopted by a vote of 24 yeas to 20 nays,
the following resolutions as the cure for them :
Whereas the law enacted at the last session
of the General Assembly of South Carolina
known as the "No-fence law" is manifestly
detrimental to the interest of a great number
of the citizens of Williamsburg county, and is
giving widespread dissatisfaction to a great
many of the people by its harsh and oppressive
measure. Therefore be it
Resolved 1. That it is the sense of this Conj
vention that the County of Williamsburg is
j not ready for the advantageous operations of
such a law, and that if some relief is not obi
tained it will operate very unjustly upon a
! great number of the citizens of the county in
! requiring the sacrificeof large stocks of cattle,
1 sheep, &c., it being well nigh impossible for
! the owners to prepare such extensive pastures,
| and they cannot be sold except at a great pecuniary
sacrifice.
2. That it is the further sense of this convention
that it would be advisable for the
! Democratic party of Williamsburg county to
[ nominate gentlemen to fill the offices of Senator
and representatives to the General Assembly
who are opposed to the "No fence law,"
and who will pledge themselves to do all in
their power to obtain the desired relief for the
people of the county.
3. That if such candidates are nominated
for said offices, every member of this convention
solemnly pledges himself to use his utmost
endeavor to procure their election.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Arrangements are being made for a harvest
thanksgiving at Ninety-Six on the Fourth
of July.
? Mr. J. C Kennard, of Ninety-Six, has
raised twelve thousand bushels of oats this
season,
? Mr. W. S. Allen, of Edgefield, is so well
pleased with the results of his grain ctop, that
he declares it his intention to increase it next
fall.
? D. J. Carter, Esq., editor of the Lancaster
Ledger, has accepted the nomination of the
Democratic party for Representative in the
Legislature to fill a vacancy.
? At the Greenback meeting at Richburg,
Chester county, last Friday, nothing was accomplished.
On Saturday at Rossville a club
of about fifty was formed ; nearly one half of
them colored.
? In the Abbeville Circuit Court, last week,
the jury in the case of the State against Chas.
Pepper, John Young and Joe Armstrong,
charged with the murder of William Maddox,
after two hours' deliberation brought in a
verdict of not guilty.
? Major Twiggs, to whom the contract for
grading the Savannah Valley Railroad was
* _ 1- ...uu ..
given, will commence worK tins weea wnn *
force of one hundred and fifty hands and work
in the direction of Anderson. He will push
work with vigor.
? Colonel I. G. McKissick and Captain John
R. Jefferies, two of tiie legislators of Union
county, are opposed to taking up any bills at
the extra session except tiio redisricting of
the State. It-is hoped that a majority of the
memliers will be of like mind.
? Col. John D. Wylie, raised on three-anda-half-acres,
near Lancaster, C. II., 548 bushels
of oats, or 15G 4-7 bushels to the acre. The
oats were heavy, overran the standard weight,
and amounted to G33 commercial bushels, or
181 bushels to the acre. The Beview vouches
for the correctness of this statement.
? The United States District Court for the
Western District, which meets in Greenville
on Monday, August 7th, will probably be in
session several weeks. It is stated that more
cases have been bound over to this term of
Court than for many years and the end is not
yet.
? The Circuit Court of Lexington county
was in session last week, Judge Witherspoon
presiding. Of his ability as the presiding
officer of the Court, the Dispatch says : "This
is the first visit of his Honor Judge Wither
spoon. lie presides with dignity and courtesy,
and lias made a most favorable impression
on our bar and citizens."
? Says the Newberry Hei'ahl: "When the
Legislature meets on the '27th it will find
itself confronted with two questions outside
of its regular business of redistricting the
State; one will be the formation of new counties,
the other the repeal of the registration
law. It should pay no attention to either one
of these questions, but should attend to the
special business for which it was called, and
then adjourn.
? The corps of civil engineers, under Col.
Fleming Gardner, are now occupied in making
a permanent location of the short line from
the Fee Dee Bridge in Marion county, to Fayetteville,
N. C. The work is being carefully
conducted, and it is believed that it will be the
preliminary to actual operations in the construction
of the road via Fayetteville to Wil-1
rm.urn,and VVolilnn l?;iilrnad !
aun, A UU "if llllllli^ivii Wiivi ?I V.
authorities are extremely reticent and make
no pledges, but the impression is gradually 1
deepening that they mean business.
? Col. John P. Thomas, of the Carolina -j
Military Institute at Charlotte, N. C., has '
l>een elected superintendent of the Citadel i
Academy at Charleston, which position he has (
-? : ~ # ,
accepted. The Columbia Register of Sunday
says: For some time past applications have
been coming in to the Governor for benficiary
cadetships in the Military Academy, and
since the meeting of the Hoard of Visitors on
"Wednesday last ten more have lieen filed.
The applications come from nearly every
county in the State, showing that already an ,
interest has been created in the success of the
institution.
? Heed, the colored aspirant for the ollice
of postmaster at Sumter, dislikes being called
the "Sumter crank," and says: "1 have
never borne that name till since I have asked
for the small position of postmaster at Sumter,
and I will state that I have done business
in the community merchandising for several
years to a large amount on Main street,
near the Court-house, and owing to the bad
crops last year It exhausted me in my business,
and now I ask for the position of postmaster
of Sumter, which every citizen has a right
to do, and if the President will give me the
appointment he will only be doing his duty
to a citizen of his country." This is a true
copy of a part of Reed's letter, and it ought
to satisfy the President of his duty, if he does
not know it already.
? At the earnest request of John B. Bacholder
of Boston, who has been commissioned by
Congress to compile an account of the battle
of Gettysburg, and of Congressman Aiken,
Col. Joseph X. Brown of Anderson has gone
to Gettysburg to give information to the
historian as to the position occupied by McGowan's
Brigade on the day of the memorable
battle at that poifit>during the late war.
Colonel Brown was the officer in command
during the greater part of the battle and can
give more and better information as to the
part this brigade played on that occasion
thon any other living man.
? A correspondent of the Columbia Register
writes as follows of a historic spot: The
old Star Fort, two miles south of Ninety-Six,
near the line of Abbeville and Edgefield counties,
and wjliere fifty years ago stood the then
important town of Cambridge with her 3,000
inhabitants is a scene of much interest to passing
travelers, and indeed its consequence in
the history of the Revolution, together with
the romance and wonderful traditions handed
down from settlers of the unobliterated landmarks
that are still to be seen in the vicinity,
combine to lend a consecrated charm to this
once home of our ancestors, around which
"roamed the untamed buffalo, horse and savages."
? In reference to redisricting the State the
Carolina Spartan makes the following suggestions
: "When the extra session meets in Columbia
there will be about a hundred plans
for redisricting the State. Now it would be
well if our legislators would consider the negro
majority and make their districts so as to
give them two Representatives. This can be
done by putting the counties with large numbers
of negroes together. That will leave five
districts which the Democrats can control,
provided they do not break into factions.
This will be better than cutting the State into
shoe strings. It may seem hard on the Democrats
in the black counties, but they cannot
expect any plan to be carried out which will
give all the districts to the Democrats. Let
us learn something from the mistakes of the
past.
? The State Sunday-School Convention of
South Carolina will meet in Camden on the
second Wednesday (12th) of July. The following
topics will be discussed : Benevolence
of the Sunday-school, objects, developments
; normal class, character, benefits ;
music, character, value; infant class, government,
instruction ; literature, papers, libraries
; increased attendance, plans, efforts;
conversions in the Suuday-school, special
measures; youths ignoraut of A B C, management,
instruction ; teachers' meetings, time,
method; county Sunday-school conventions,
practicability; reports of county Sundayschool
secretaries; special features of your
Sunday-school, promising, otherwise. Those
who expect to attend the convention are expected
to prepare to participate in the discussion
of the above topics. A full attendance
of delegates is expected as well as a large
number of others interested in the cause.
New Counties?More Offices.?A correspondent
of the News and Courier, writing
from Columbia last week, stated that at the
coming extra session of the Legislature there
would probably be an effort made to create a
few more new counties in the upper part of the
State. This is no time for any such useless
and expensive legislation. Nine-tenths of the
tax payers of the State will be found opposing
it, its a scheme calculated to increase taxes
and in various other ways complicate the
working machinery from which parts are to
be cut. It has been frequently charged that
the Democratic party of the State has from
the day it came into power, displayed a very
decided aptness for creating new official
places for ante helium soreheads and their
descendants, and as the people have already
shown a disgust for the system of creating
offices outright by legislative process, they are
not likely to lose sight of the fact that the
business can be successfully continued by the
new process. In summing up those who are
now anxious to see the white people once
more solidly arrayed against all the isms calculated
to break down the party, can very
well locate the point from which all loss of
activity has sprung. Representatives?sentinels
keeping watch over the liberties and
fortunes of our people, and who have the cause
of Democracy at heart, should not lose sight i
of this expected effort, but stand solidly to crush
everything tending to fall with addi- .
tional force on the shoulders of their people. ,
It has already been hinted that the county
of Barnwell would probably share the same 1
fate as some of the upper counties when the ]
new process was fairly under way. Can any
sane man see the necessity of such a thing in
the face of the strongest and most pronounced :
opposition to it, and when nothing can be
gained but a few new county offices, to be
sustained by taxing the people? We have ]
very little fear for Barnwell if such an effort <
should be made ; we know too well the senti- <
ment of the people; again the Democratic (
party has nothing to lose?such a thing would !
unquestionably smother hundreds of votes, j
The counties of South Carolina are small ;
enough now, so when the extra session con- j
venes, and is .announced ready for business, 1
we hope the members will find in the message
ot uov. iiagoou a clause suincieiiL ?j put a i
damper ou this improved system of new office |
creations?burdensome to the jieople and use- j
lesss politically.?Barnwell Sentinel.
Vitality and Vigoii in the Democua- j
cy.?Is tliere vitality and vigor enough left in .
the Democracy to recuj>erate under the slaiiders
and abuse heaped upon it by the myr- *
midons of power ? This is a pertinent inqni- 1
ryjust now. One of the subtle devices of the t
enemies of the Democracy is to say that the
Democratic party is dead, or it has not life and j
vigor sufficient to recover. And weak-kneed ;
and disaffected Democrats give ear to this 1
shallow artifice. It is true that the Democra- *
cy has been kept out of power a long time. <
But that has been by trick, stratagem, fraud, (
and usurpation by the party in power. But a u
good cause, involving the welfare and liberties
of the people, is never to be given up on
account of defeat. Summer soldiers and sun- '
shine patriots will falter and blunder, and de-1c
sert in an emergency. But the true patriot j 1
and philanthropist will die in the last ditch ; ]
before he will surrender to the enemies both of ! (
the people and their liberties. The progress (
and development of free institutions have had
trt noca nvor u lrmnr roinrh. and hlnndv rnad I '
V\J I'liou v. ??? ? -""01 ?-D"l J 7 ,
and against the opposition of ill-gotten power, , (
and the chicanery and fraud of unhallowed \
ambition, resisting it at every step. i f
The Democracy is the party of the people. ' -i
The term itself signifies a government of the ;
l>eople. Those who want the reign of one I
man, or of a few over the many, will of course 0
oppose it in every shape and form, and by ?
every device, fair or foul. But truth and c
right must finally prevail, and then the faith- <;
ful will have their reward, not only jn honors _
justly due them, but in the approval of a '
tjood conscience in a great cause, worth more r
than all the offices, honors, and emoluments, I
of the government.?American Kerjirter. ' 1
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. A. Glenn, D. S.?Will be in Yorkville during j
tbe Term of Court.
T. M. Dobson?The Bon-Ton Millinery Store? |
Bargains in the Dry Goods Department.
H. P. Adiekes?We are Ottering (Ireat Bargains j
in Laecs, Ac.
J. Bolton Smith?Jewelry, Clocks, Millinery, Ac. :
F. E. Smith?Yorkville Livery and Feed Stables. |
('lark Brothers?Headquarters.
J. M. Adams-Gray Enameled Ware.
Hunter, Gates A Co.?Wo have a Small Stock of
Millinery Goods, Ac.
W. C. Latimer?A Handsome Stock of Dry i
Goods?Special Bargains.
COTTON SHIPMENTS. j
The shipments of cotton from the depot in j
Yorkville, from the 1st of September last to J
date aggregate 7,'247 bales against 7,1)07 bales !
for the same period last year.
IN LUCK.
The friends of Mr. W. M. "Warlick, former
ly publisher of the Yorkville News, will be
pleased to lenrn that he is now the largest land
owner in Quitman county, Texas?what is
known as the Iloyle estate having come into
his possession.
UNITED STATES JURORS.
The following are among the grand and petit
jurors drawn on the 4th instant, at Charleston,
for the November term of the United States
Court :
Grand Jurors?Win. 15. Allison, York ; Purvis
Alexander, colored, W. I>. McKeown,
Chester.
Petit Jurors? Daniel Williams, Smith's T.
0., York ; .1. Madison Ross, Chester.
THE FIRST COTTON BLOOM.
The first cotton bloom of the season was received
at this office bust Monday morning, and
with it was also a cotton boll, both having
been plucked on Wednesday of last week, by
Mr. J.J. L. (till, who, however, lives at Crove,
Lamar county, Texas. He writes that the
cotton crop of that State is generally in good
condition, and that all other crops are better
than they have been for eight years.
WIND STORM.
A high wind, accompanied by some rain,
prevailed here about noon last Saturday. Several
trees in the northern and north-western
suDurDs were blown uown. j ne storm came
from a westerly direction, and, as we leant by
a letter from Black's Station, was quite severe
in that town, damaging more or less several
buildings, and completely demolishing one in
course of erection. There was also a heavy
rainfall at Black's Station.
CHURCI!*NOT!CR8. '
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Revv R.
Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular
appointment at Tirzah next Sunday.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks,
Pastor. Services in the Church at Yorkville,
at the usual hours, morning and evening.
Presbyterian?"Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and evening.
TURN IP CULTURE.
Sheriff Glenn exhibited a turnip the other
day, which from its fine appearance and unusual
size, attracted the attention of all who
saw it, and led us to enquire the mode of culture
by which it was produced. It was of
the Flat Dutch variety, weighed 4J pounds,
and measured 24J inches in circumference. It
was raised by Madison Simril, colored, near
Clay Hill, in this county. The ground in
which it grew is a sandy soil with clay bottom.
It was well manured with a compost made of
cooton seed, stable manure and pine leaves.
The ground was broken with a bull-tongue
in the latter part of February, and in the
early part of March the seeds were sown in
drills and the crop was cultivated with a hoe,
having been worked over several times, the
result of which was most satisiactory, as tue
sample exhibited clearly shows.
SAVE THE FRUIT.
This is a great fruit and berry year, and we
trust that the people of this section, where it
is for once so abundant, will devote attention
to the importance of dried fruit as a staple article.
It always finds a ready sale and has the
entire country for a market. Evaporators for
drying it artificially can be purchased by persons
owning orchards or who have facilities for
obtaining fruit, and hundreds of thousands of
pounds ought to be dried. Where evaporators
cannot be procured, much can be done by simply
sun-drying the fruit, as our mothers and
grand-mothers did. There never was in any
year so much fruit in York county, as the
present, and by only a little labor and expense
our county people can have dried fruit all the
year, for use or sale, as they may desire. The
people need all the money they can make, and
here a good plan to gain a little capital is offered
them. Blackberries ought to be so dried,
* * ? r-... ..n
as well as appies anu peauues, iui an ui ?juui
a ready sale can be found.
TIIE ELECTION.
The election hist Tuesday for Senator, to
fill the unexpired term of Judge Witherspoon,
passed off very quietly throughout the county.
Major James F. Ilart was the regular nominee
of the Democratic party, and Col. C. J.
Fade the Republican candidate. But little
excitement was manifested by either party,
and as will be seen by the returns, neither
voted its full strength. This, perhaps, is not
owing so much to apathy of either, as the limited
time?less than one week?in which the
canvass was conducted ; and the further fact
that with the farmers, botli land-owners and
tenants, this is an unusually busy season, preventing
many from turning out. The following
is the vote as returned by the managers
yesterday :
Prkcinct?. J.F.Hart. C. J. Pridr. Total.
Black's Station, 82 60 142
Bethel 124 35 159
Bethany, 50 8 58
Blairsville, 129 14 143
Buffalo 37 ... 37
Bullock's Creek Ch.,.. 82 ... 82
Clay Hill, 9t 104 288
clover, 114 37 151
Doates' Tavern 00 185 275
Mark's Fork 31 20 51
Fort Mill 108 43 241
Hickory drove, 86 2 88
MeElwee's Mill 37 80 117
McConnellsville, 87 25 112
Rock Hill 342 329 671
York ville, 421 208 629
Total, 2,004 1,240 3,244
llnrt's Majority, 764.
PRIZE DRILL.
The animal prize drill of the .JenKins itmes,
'or the honor of wearing the white plume for
:he ensuing year, took place in the Court
[louse last Friday night, and was witnessed
jy a large audience, in which the beauty of the
own was well represented.
The interest of the occasion was enhanced \
jy a similar contest entered into by a detachnent
of the corps of Cadets of King's Moun- J
;ain Military School. The referees in both j
:ontests were Col. A. Coward, Major J. It.
Gardner, Capt. J. It. Lindsay and Lieut. R. ;
1. Parish.
A mystic drill by a squad of the Jenkins ;
titles, who entered the contest for a silver j
:up, was had. The squad, under command of !
Aeut. J. G. Wardlaw, consisted of 1st Sergt. !
I. C. Strauss, 2nd Sergt. W. II. Ilerndon, !
Corporal S. L. Lowry, corporal Paul G. Mc- j
?orkle, Corporal J. M. Hope, J. II. Timmie, j
rValter B. Moore, Jackson Beard, Linwood i
)wen and S. B. Lathan. The manual of arms j
vas cleverly gone through with by signals ;
rom the drum, and the prize awarded to Mr. :
iValter B. Moore.
The detachment of cadets, under command (
if Lieut. J. M. Jenkins, of the faculty of the
ichool, then entered the contest. They *
onsisted of Sergt.-Major M. C. Willis, 1st (<
lovfrf Tiimna Allan Oml .Ssnrrrt- .1 "F. McGoW- !
n, Sergt. A. Willis, Sergt. II. 11. Cantey, Cor- ^
oral II. II. F. Chapman, A. G. Hart, Paul j
Iratton, W. D. Rutherford, R. C. Shands, W. '
C. Gonzales, and II. Y. Vance. After a spirit- (t
ed contest, ill which the cadets displayed considerable
proficiency, the prize, a white plume,
was awarded to .Sergt. M. C. Willis.
The next contest was by the squad of Rifles
for the white plume. The men displayed fine
proficiency in the drill, and the contest was
long and close, until narrowed down to Sorgts.
Herndon, W. 15. Moore and Corporal McCorkle,
with whom there were four trials before the
contest was finally decided,in favor of Sergt.
Herndon.
The prizes were delivered by Col. A. Coward,
whose remarks on the occasion were felicitous,
and were greeted with continuous ap
plause.
Miss Zoraida Ingold and Mr. John X.
O'Farrel were elected honorary mem Iters of
the company at its last regular meeting.
BnHBBnBOBBBJ
AGRICULTURE IX THE STATE.
Col. Butler, of the State Department of Agriculture,
has consolidated the reports 011 the
condition of the crops for the month ending
June 1, 1882. The result is gratifying, and
shows a most encouraging condition of the
farming interests of the State. The estimates
given are based upon 175 replies, covering every
county in the State. "With very few exceptions
the correspondents report that the weather
has been unfavorable for cotton and corn,
but favorable for other crops. The following
is the reported condition of the leading crops :
COTTON.
On the 1st of May the correspondents reported
that 47 per cent, of the crop was up.
The growth of the plant during the past month
has been greatly retarded by cool weather, and
in some sections it has been seriously injured
from the same cause, necessitating replanting.
The stands are therefore not good in any section
of the State. The plant is generally reported
as unhealthy, small and looking badly.
The condition compared to an average is reported
for the State at 87 against 92 for the
corresponding period nisi year.
CORN.
Corn lias also been affected by the unfavorable
seasons, the plant not being in as healthy
a condition nor the growth of the plant as
hard and vigorous as it would have been with
more propitious weather. .Some damage by
"bud" worms is reported, but no serious injury
has so far been sustained from this cause.
The present prospects indicate an average crop
at least, with favorable seasons. The condition
is reported at 9!) against 84 for the same
date last year.
WHEAT.
"Wheat was rapidly being harvested at the
date of the reports to the department of agriculture,
and the prospect was 8 per Cent,
above an average yield. This will give for
the State 1,743,090 bushels.
OATS.
The yield of oats will be almost unprecedented
in the history of the State. The acreage
was, perhaps, larger than for any previous
year, and 30 per cent, above an average yield
is anticipated. Based upon the estimates that
have been made the yield for the State will be
8,479,528 bushels.
RICE.
The rice crop has felt the effects of the cool
nights. In the low country the growth of the
plant has been severely checked, and it is looking
yellow and sickly. The birds have given
considerable trouble in some localities. The
condition of this crop for the State is reported
as 93 against 83 for the same period in 1881.
RYE AND BARLEY.
A 111 1. 1 : A 4-1
iVlUlUMgll UUl/ llUlf (11 Lt'll 11UII 11(1.-5 UCCII JJIVCJJ
to the cultivation of these crops, one per cent,
above an average yield of both crops is expected.
The condition of the sorghum crop is reported
at 90, and sugar cane at 100,
POTATOES.
The acreage in sweet potatoes has been increased
12 per cent, over 1881, the number of
acres devoted to this crop footing up 40,380.
The condition of the crop is 3 per cent, better
than an average. The acreage in Irish potatoes
has also been increased 124 per cent, over
last year ; and the number of acres planted in
this crop in the State is given as 3,610. The
condition of the crop is 13 per cent, above an
average.
ORCHARDS AND GARDENS.
The prospect for an average yield of the various
fruits is given as follows : Apples 02,
peaches 111, pears 02, grapes 103, berries 107.
The gardens are nourishing all over State, and
the condition is 10 percent, above an average.
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS.
Estimates based upon the reports of the correspondents
of the department published in
the March re]>ort, show that 75,452 tons of
fertililizers were purchased during the present
season. The respective amount of each grade
or brand of fertilizer is given as follows :
Tons.
Ammoniated 31,567
Acid phosphates 24.W0
Kainit 14,074
Chemicals 4,z7l
75,452
Of the total amount consumed 19,500 tons
were used for composting with home-made
manures, cotton seed, &c. The use of kainit
has been increased in 1882 2 per cent, over
1881. The number of tons used in 1881 was
12,204, and in 1882 14,074.
The Democratic Majority in the next
House.?Since the unseating of three Democratic
members of Congress by the Republican
majority, Southern Democrats have been
somewhat discouraged over the prospect, feeling
that if the next House should be Republipiin
the mninritv emboldened bv their sue
cpss this session, would unseat every Southern
Democrat against whom a contest would l)e
made. Consequently in a number of the Southern
districts there were small inducements for
Democrats to make the race for Congress unless
it could be shown that there were reasonable
prospects that in the next House the
Democrats would be in the majority. The
fact that this anxiety and discouragement existed
was made known to a number of Southern
Democratic members of Congress, and
these latter immediately went to work to allay
the apprehensions of their people. After consultation
it was determined to make a thorough
canvass in order to ascertain the prospects
for a Democratic majority in the next
House. This has been done by two prominent
members of the House and the result of their
canvass has been sent to the State Executive
Committees in several of the Southern States.
It figures out a Democratic majority of at
least fifteen over all in the Forty-eighth Congress,
and bases this majority on gains in
fifteen or twenty States, principally in Texas,
Missouri, Connecticut, South Carolina, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania,
California, Missississippiand New York.
While there are prospects of gains in such
States as Massachusetts, Maine, New Hami>shire
and Wisconsin, the gentlemen who made
the canvass preferred footing up the gains
without taking these States into consideration,
as they were desirous of counting gains
only where they were assured.?View York
World.
Radical Gekuymaxderixg.?The Xewberry
Herald publishes opportunely some extracts
from the proceedings of the Reconstruction
Convention in 18(58, concerning the ordinance
to divide the State into four Congressional
Districts. B. F. Randolph said : "It
would not be wise for me, nor do I think it
necessary, to give the reasons why the committee
arranged the districts as theyare. The
matter is known to you all." W. J. Whipper
said : "I was upon that committee. There is j
in the arrangement a majority of loyal voters j
in every Congressional District. If the change j
is made proposed by the amendment you give i
the Fourth Congressional District a disloyal i
majority of sixteen hundred. If that is the !
desire of this body, or those who favor the I
amendment, then make it ; but if you wish to '
preserve a loyal majority in each Congression- j
al District, adopt the Ordinance as it came j
from the committee." C. C. Bo wen said.:
"When it is evident by the proposed amend- j
ment to deliver into the hands of the opposite i
party one member of Congress, I must say I j
protest." A. Bryce : "Who is the opposite
party V" C. C. Bowen ; "I know of but two i
parties in South Carolina?the Republican and
the Democratic party. I think it is due to '
Mm nnnni? ni' tim state at larcre to adont the
sommittee's report. We have no business to j
jeopardize the interests of any class of loyal
voters in the territory over which we have ;
control."
This was the first gerrymandering in South ,
Carolina, and it should be borne in mind, with
the reasons given for it, by the State Legislature,
in redisricting the State this month.
The Legislature has no business to jeopardize
the interests of the white voters of the State.
THE LIQUOR QUESTION.
The Liquor Dealers' Protective Union recently
addressed the following card '*t<> the
public generally and the Legislature in partieI
ular :
In view of the fact that the Governor has
j called an extra session of the Legislature we
have concluded, in our own behalf, to present
a few facts to that body which we deem, as
| citizens, business men, taxpayers, and Demo!
crats, are worthy of their consideration.
In 1S70, when every man who loved the
1 State was appealed to. to do his whole duty in
| an effort which was by many of the wisest and
: truest men in the Democratic party deemed a
| useless tight, the men in the liquor business
! throughout the State did as much from first to
i last as any other class of business men in the
j State, and in numbers of instances they did a
; great deal more than some who have since
. profited by the victory won in the summer and
fall of that memorable year; and in every camI
naicrn of anv importance since that time we
I have been ardent workers in the in the interS
est of good government in the State, and we
j are, therefore, at a loss to see how and why it
! is that the last Democratic Legislature should
have seen proper to trample upon us and our
rights as business men in the manner which it
did, by injecting into the Statutes the objectionable
clauses which are direct flings at us
as men and at our business. Taking into consideration
the large amount of taxes which the
liquor men pay into the State treasury, (greater,
including licenses, than any other class of
business men in the State,) we cannot conceive
why it is that the men whom we have helped
into place and power should desire to thus discriminate
against us.
As the campaign of 1882 will shortly open
we deem it our right and privilege to request
all liquor dealers in every county of the State
to hold meetings, to be composed entirely of
men interested in the trade, and .discuss the
situation, and if found necessary to elect dele- *
gates to a convention to be held at the capital
of the State for the purpose of taking such
measures as will protect our interest, and to
demand that even-handed justice he meted out
to us as it is to all other kinds of business men
iii South Carolina. We claim that the time
lnis come when we as business men should
have such protection as is commensurate with
the taxes we pay into the State and corporation
coffers. The last two Legislatures of
South Carolina have tieen guilty of class-legislation
; they have been unjust to us in legislating
against us, and we believe their acts have
been unconstitutional. They have certainly
been unfair, unjust and offensive.
A respectful consideration of this matter by
the body which is to meet in Columbia this
month is requested. That body will be composed
of the men who perpetrated the wrong,
and it is only right and proper that they should
rectify that wrong and repeal the objectionable
legislation against us.
Liquor Dealers* Protfctive Untox.
Immediately after the appearance of the
above the Prohibitionists answered it with the
following :
"An honest tale speeds best, being plainly
told." Ours is a very honest tale, and we
will endeavor to tell it plainly, calling things
by their right name. We have carefully read
the remarkable Card published by the Liquor
Dealers' Union. We say remarkable, because
in many instances it is so, peculiarly so in the
presumption displayed. It claims to be from
the Liquor Dealers' Protective Union. The
very name is suflicient to offend the sight and
hearing of every lover of truth, morality, virtue
and uprightness. The presumption displayed
is really amazing. One would think
that whisky and its dealers had been alone instrumental
in ridding our State of Radical
rule, and that their efforts had been so potent
that they conceive it now to be their right to
dictate to the members of the Legislature
what they shall do, and to berate and abuse
them for what they have done. We vastly
mistake the character of the gentlemen composing
that most respectable body of men who
have met in that capacity for years, if they do
not resent this most unparalleled piece of effrontery
(we might almost say impudence) on
the^art of that association, and teach them
the full meaning of such terms as "unfair, unjust
and offensive" when applied to gentlemen
who represent a constituency, seven-eighths
of whom are radically and eternally opposed
to the run trallic with all its concomitant horviwo
Tf icj ltirrl-1 tlnm fr\r> fUfl flhrtQHnn vnfpi'Q
to let these men see that they represent a very
small part of the respectable vote of the State.
We suppose there is something of a threat
contained in the reference to the campaign
about to open, but that does not amount to
much. They want to be rewarded for having
simply done their duty in Seventy-six. Now,
if the citizens think that what they say is the
truth, and that they are entitled to reward,
let's get up a petition to the Legislature to
pension them off. We know many of the
members would prefer indemnifying them with
money than to do so by giving them permission
to poison their children indiscriminately.
A few items from the same issue of your paper
in which their card was published will perhaps
help to show how very important and respectable
the traflic in liquor is : uI)r. Norman Kerr
recently stated in Exeter Ilall, London, that
of the thirty-four million cases of disease every
year in the United Kingdom a large proportion
arose from indulgence in intoxicants ;
some seventy diseases are described as arising
directly from alcohol. The estimated annual
mortality caused directly and indirectly by
drinking was given at one hundred and twenty
thousand." Another: "A fine of two
thousand marks, confiscation of all his stock
of trade, and imprisonment for three years
and a half, were imposed lately on a wine mer- <
chant, in Neustadt, Germany, for manufacturing
ninety thousand liters of "wine" out
of water, glycerine, alcohol, gum arabic, almonds,
sugar, fruit, &c. The defendant's
counsel argued that the wine was intended
solely for distribution among the merchants'
laborers and the poor." May God deliver our
countiy from all such charitable ghouls. And
this is the traffic that these parties hold up
their hands in holy horror because the gentlemen
composing our Legislature tried to limit
it in its power to debauch and demoralize the
country V They claim to .pay a large amount J
I into the treasury in taxes and license fees. j
We claim that it would be the best financial
scheme the State ever entered into if it would
forever prohibit the manufacture, sale and
importation of all alcoholic or fermented
drinks. At present it costs the State ten dollars
to undo the work d< ?ue by liquor to one
received for the license or taxation of the
damning stuff. Come now, members of the.
Liquor Dealers' Protective Union, go slow,
and keep cool. You cannot bully this Legislature
or the respectable citizens of this State
into fearing your power, or believing that your
business is respectable.
Prohibitionists.
MERE-MENTION.
Mr. and Mrs. George Scoville have had a violent
quarrel in public, and Mrs. Scoville is
suing for a divorce. The New York Tribune
estimates the losses by strikers and employers
in the Northern States at 81,250,000,
and says that in wo weeks more the funds of
the strikers will be exhausted. Twentyseven
Democratic papers in Georgia oppose
| the nomination of Stephens for Governor, and
I about a hundred either favor or are non-com|
mittal. A convention of colored men in
! Kansas has nominated Alfred Fairfax a col[
ored man, who runs ayarm, as their candidate
[ for Congress. Augustus Belmont has sold
In'a vipiiinr hnrsp? nrnl dpphired his intention to
i retire from the turf. It is said that opium
kills annually 1(50,000 Chinese. Twelve
million bushels of corn were last year made
into glucose in the United States alone.' Brewers
were the largest consumers. A heavy
gale last Friday night did a great amount of
damage to roofs and chimneys in St. Louis, 4
and to shipping in the river. The wind attained
a velocity of (3(5 miles per hour. ?The
Supreme Court of Louisiana decides its law
taxing traveling salesmen or drummers unconstitutional.
Cash paid by mercantile houses
for license in that State bust year will be refunded.
Judge Lynch hangs more scoundrels
than all of the other Judges on the
bench. He swung three at one time last
week. Republicans in Indiana are trying
to profit by the the trouble of their Ohio
friends and Keep me liquor question out ot
the campaign. A A'ew York dispatch
of Monday says nearly all the freight handlers
in the railroad freight warehouses are on a I
strike for an advance in wages from 17 cents
to *20 cents per hour. Large accessions to the
ranks of the strikers were made and very
little freight is being moved. Ilenry
Huddleson, colored, was lynched at "Winchester,
Va., last Sunday night for outrageously
assaulting a widow named Vaughan.
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