Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 17, 1882, Image 2
Jfcftaps anil J[a(tsi.
? Mr. George Dexter, an olil resident of Albany,
who is now in his 84th year, is the sole
survivor of the fifty passengers on the first trip
of Fulton's steamboat?the Clemiont?from
Albany to New York. He was only eight
years old, and was in company with his father.
? Wendell Philips once satirized our love of
money by saying that if an American saw a
silver half dollar on the other side of the everlasting
pit he woidd jump for it and run the
risk of falling in. Beecher supplemented it
by saying that the Yankees were "The pickpockets
of creation."
? The endurance of the delegates to an Illinois
Congressional Convention, who held out
for opposing candidates through 1,304 ballots,
is praised by the umcago Times in view ui
the fact that "their labors. were prosecuted
amid the wild, weird accompaniment of the
newly organized brass band of the town."
? Metalic burial cases will lie sent to Russia
to receive the remains of Commander DeLong
and his unfortunate companions. The
frozen bodies will be wrapped in felt and
packed in cork-dust in the caskets, which will
lie permanently sealed. Tiie caskets will be
wrapped in felt and packed in cork-clust, in
boxes which will also be covered with felt.
?"Will S. Delaine, who was siezed by a mob
in Polk county, Iowa, some weeks since and
hung to a tree until he made a confession that
lie aided in the murder of the mayor of Polk
City, has brought suit against the members of
the mob for $25,000. Delaine was acquitted
of the charges made in accordance with his
confession.
. ? The Southern Railway and Steamship
Freight Commission, which was in session in
New York last week, adjourned on Saturday,
without, however, preparing a schedule of
rates. The tendency of the discussion was in
favor of higher rates. It was decided that
the carrying rate on cotton was at present
much too low and a higher rate was agreed
upon.
? There is trouble among the Knights of
Honor in New York State, where they number
13,000, some of the lodges declaring for a
Hivioirm nf nnwprs hetween the Supreme and
(Jrand Lodges, or in other words for States'
rights. Permission lias been refused for the
sending out of circulars advocating these
views to other lodges by the Grand Dictator,
and the subordinate lodges interested are protesting
vigorously.
? The right of a woman past the age of
twenty-one years to marry whom she pleases
has just been vindicated in Missouri. The
? father of Laura Robbs, aged twenty-seven
years, attempted to hold her to continued service
in the paternal home by locking her up
in a room when she had made a verbal contract
to become the wife of George W. Bishop.
A writ of habeas corjjiis unlocked the door,
and the marriage took place in spite of the
father's objections.
Ex Gen. Sullivan had at one time 20,000
acres of corn planted on his big farm in Illinois,
and employed 600 laborers. In 1870 he
was worth, it was computed, over 83,000,000.
He died insolvent, and a few days ago the final
payment of the last 80 acres of the
once princely estate was made by a Swede,
one of the colony of Swedes and Germans that
General Sullivan brought over to work on his
place on shares. The imjKirtations would no
sooner get their employer repaid than they
would leave him and set up for themselves.
? There is not much Republican simplicity
in the freaks of President Arthur. A new
flag has been designed, which is to lie used
whenever the President is taking a jaunt on
a United States vessel. It bears the "American
coat-of-arms," whatever that may l?e,
and is not the "Stars and stripes." The
people's flag is not good enough for the accidental
President. Then, instead of paying $7
out of his own pocket to go to New York by
rail, he will go in a Government steamer at a
cost of $600 to the people.
? An agreement has been reached between
the United States government and that of
Mexico by which the hostile Indians may be
pursued within certain limits across the boundary
of either country. This is a sensible
agreement, and is an evidence of the better
understanding now existing between
the two Republics:- There was no one profited
by the mutual jealousy with which the
artificial boundary line was regarded except
the savage Indians, who were enabled by
means of it to rob and murder on both sides
and go unpunished.
?Mayor John T. Ilarrold obtained a verdict
against a New York elevated railway
company for 830,000 for damage to two of
his ribs by being struck by a switching train.
The company apjiealed thecasefrom one Court
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lO HIIULIier, itIWiIVS yelling uratcn, uui ucmjing
the payment by new appeals, until the
plaintiff's lawyers have run up a bill of
000and attached the judgment to obtain their
costs. The Major will wonder what advantage
he is to gain by having his ribs smashed
if the lawyers are to get all the money. Such
proceedings are liable to create a prejudice
against lawyers among unreasonable people.
? A trial of considerable interest has just
ljeen concluded in the Criminal Court of Detroit,
Michigan. A colored man and a white
woman have been married for some time and
lived together as man and wife. Both are
eutirely respectable, worthy people. They
were complained of under the statute for lewd i
and lascivious cohabitation. An old State
law makes all marriages between white and
colored i>eople unlawful. Under the charge
of the Court the jury convicted. The case
will probably be taken to the Supreme Court.
The case affects probably a hundred or more
married couples in Detroit.
? Official reports of the reconnoisance in
Arabi's front on Saturday have been received.
The British lost four killed, including Lieut.
Vyse, and twenty wounded. The loss of
Arabi's force was estimated to be large, but no
figures were furnished. AVhen the withdrawal
of its advancing column began, the advance of
the Asiatics was checked by the English artillery,
which fully covered the receding lines.
The criticism that the advance was a bloody
sacrifice without adequate returns, seems to
have escai>ed the editorial eye of Admiral Seymour,
whose chief function now is to revise
the cablegrams from Alexandria.
? A Galveston, Texas, dispatch of Fridaysays
there seems to be a panic over yellow fever
at Matamoris. Forty deatlis .are rei?orted
to have occurred on the 9th. There were
twenty new cases at Brownsville on Friday,
all Mexicans. In regard to extending government
aid to the affected districts in the United
States, Secretary Folger has decided that
the SI00,000 appropriated by Congress for use
in suppressing threatened or actual epidemic
of yellow fever shall be expended under the direction
of the Marine Hospital service. No
action other than that of local customs officers
and surgeons of the service will be taken, ex
cept upon the request or the Governor ot a
State.
?With much show of of truth the New
York HemUl remarks: Congress has adjourned,
but according to dispatches from Washington
the government printing office is still
putting in type and in due time will publish
hundreds of speeches of ambitious Congressmen
which were never delivered. They will
all go into the Congressional Record and they
will be sent to the constituents of their authors
as specimens of their eloquence and oratory.
The whole thing is a fraud, a swindle
and an outrage on the taxpayers who have to
foot the bills. The Congressional Record as
it stands now is a Congressional lie. It is a
ltecord, not of what members said, but of
what they would have their constituents believe
they sail. Why impose upon the people
in this way V
? An exchange has taken the trouble to examine
carefully the figures of the late census
to ascertain how the 50,155,788 souls in the
United States are distributed, and how the
various States and sections compare with
each other in density population. It is shown
by these figures that this whole number of
people are distributed over 2,IKK),170 square
miles of land snrface, exclusive of water and
of sundry unorganized portions, including Indian
Territory therein, and consist of 0,945.5)10
families, occupying 8,955,812 dwellings. This
is 8.43 persons and 3.02 dwellings to the square
mile; it is also 5.04 persons to a family. 5.00 ,
persons to a dwelling, 37.01 acres to each per- ,
son, and 180.02 acres to a family. These fig- ;
ures show that, on an average-, each family has
more than one-fourth of a square mile to turn i
around in and 196 acres of land ; also that each .
person can swing his arms in 30 acres.
? Hostile Indians are on the war path in the i
far West, and threaten to give the settlers <
trouble. The Tucson, Arizona, Star publishes <
an interview with Judge Wood, who has just
arrived from the San Pedro Valley, and brings <
news that a noted Indian chief, Eskiminizen, <
is making preparations for war. lie has assembled
forty of fifty wariors, renegades from
San Carlos, all heavily armed, and who act in
a threatening manner. The settlers are much
alarmed, but have guarded against surprise.
Eskiminizen, has for several years been at
peace with the whites, but he was at one time
one of the most intractible Indians in the country.
Advices from Hermasillo, Sonora, under
date of the 8th instant, say that parties just
arrived from the Ures report Apache depredations
in that section as most fearful. Over
200 warriors are in the Mazatlan Mountains
near Ures and make daily raids on the valleys
in small bodies, burning crops and houses and
murdering the inhabitants. During the past
twelve days forty-five persons have been murdered
within a radius of twenty-live miles of
Ures. The Apaches are from the San Carlos
Agency, and are armed with Winchester rities
and use cartriges stamped United States.
The country is terrorized, business paralyzed
and settlers are lleeing from their ranches to
Ures. All available Mexican troops are being
concentrated to operate against tfie Indians.
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REPUBLICANS ORGANIZING.
There was a meeting of the Republican
State Executive Committee in Columbia last
Friday. According to the report furnished
the Xeics and Courier by its Columbia cor
respondent, the members of the Committee
were all present except two. The political
situation in South Carolina was fully and
earnestly discussed, but the conclusion reached
and the temper which characterized the
deliberations of the committee cannot be ascertained.
A resolution was adopted ordering
a State Convention of the party to b<
held in Columbia on September 12, and providing
that the basis of representation in this
Convention shall be one delegate for every
8,000 inhabitants and one delegate for every
additional fraction of 4,000. The basis of
representation in the Congressional Conventions
of the party will be one delegate for
every 5,000 inhabitants and one delegate for
every additional fraction of 2,500. This will
make the number of delegates to the State
Convention about the same as the representation
in the conventions of former years. The
representation in the Congressional Conventions
will be somewhat increased by the ac
tion of the committee. The delegates to the
conventions of the party will be selected by
conventions which will be held in the different
counties at the call of the couuty chairmen.
Among those in the meeting was Congressman
E. W. il. Mackey, who remarked to the
correspondent that "Thompson is to beaten,"
and intimated that the Republicans would
make a lively fight in the approaching canvass.
While it is not known that any definite line
of policy has been agreed upon, there is an
evident determination on the part of the
Republicans to attack the Democrats at every
weak point. It is probable that they will run
a candidate for Congress in all the districts
and trust to a partisan majority at Washington
to carry them through.
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CONGRESS ADJOURNED AT LAST.
Both houses of Congress have adjourned
sine die, after a session of eight months and
three days, having accomplished little or noth
ing of what the country most expected at its
hands?a reduction of the burden of taxation
under which the people unnecessarily labor.
The problem which the taxpayers proposed
last December to the Forty-seventh Congress
was this: Given a surplus revenue of St-K),
000,000, how to get rid of it by a wise scaling
down of the income derived from internal
and tariff taxes V Both houses, however, practically
confessed their inability to solve the
problem when they handed it over to a tariff
commission, but meanwhile adopted the easy
plan of getting rid of the embarrassing riches
of the Treasury by spending them with shameless
extravagance. The session did next to
nothing in the way of general legislation. II
passed a number of bills of a special character,
which are commendable in their purpose, but
too often faulty, crude and unstatesmanlike
in their details. It will probably be remembered,
however, as the academic sessions, the
issues presented to it for discussion by the
managers being general, and it became possible
for the first time in many years to invoke
principles. This was found not unprofitable.
The idea of the reformers of the civil service
got a hearing, correct notions jus to the
changes proi>er to make in our tariff and tax
laws were sprejul abroad, and the evils of partisan
administration were exploited in an
atmosphere compjiratively free from passion.
Only when the contested election cases came
up in the House, and the proposition to remove
the political disabilities of Confederate
oflicers was mooted in the Senate, was the
partisan war-whoop heard in its uhl vigor. It
was an extravagant Congress, but, unlike
some of its predecessors, had the merit of
refusing to set the country by the ears with
bitter sectional controversies. The lobbyist
flourished as never before for some six or
eight years past, but he plied his vocation
in peace paths. President Arthur's policy of
conciliation was adopted, as, indeed, was
necessary to secure to the dominant party the
votes of Senator Davis, (General Mahone and
others, but whether adopted from policy or
principle it is now too late to change it. The
bloody shirt, so long disused, cannot be well
brought out again, and the country is a gainer.
The Forty-seventh Congress in this its
first session may be said to have done something
in this negative way to further the fraternization
of the sections, not to mention
the generous appropriations for the improvement
of the low Mississippi, which cannot
fail to exert an influence in the same direction.?Baltimore
Sun.
Building up tiik South.?Dr. George j
Marsbend, corresponding secretary of the
American Bankers' Association, which will I
shortly meet in New York city, said recently, j
xi . _r i :
ill uiu course 01 an interview :
From the South the delegates report that a
great improvement has been growing up during
the last year. The crops of corn and cotton
promise well. Railroad building is attracting
capital and enriching sections of the !
country which have long been impoverished ;
and undeveloped. Old animosities are disap- '
pearing before the new era of economic reno-!
vation, which is just beginning. They also |
report a displacement of cotton culture in cer- <
tains sections in favor of cattle raising and
the growth of cereals and food products. Rich :
alluvial tracts heretofore valueless are being
drained and planted with cotton, and large <
amounts of capital are finding their way into
this new avenue of lucrative investment. ;
Other reports point to the condition of the lie- <
gro population, which is sharing the general j
improvement, though it is very unevenly dis-1
tributed. The great wants of the South for
diversified industrial development and for ju- ]
dicious emigration from Europe and from the :
Northern and Western States will form the ]
chief topic of discussion on the last day of the i
convention. j
THE STATE DEMOCRACY.
full text of tiik constitution as amend- j
ed, august 2, 1882.
The Constitution of the Democratic party j
of South Carolina as amended by the late j
Convention is as follows:
Article I. There shall be one or more j
Democratic Clubs organized in each election
precinct, each of which Clubs shall have a
distinct title, "The Democratic Club,"
and shall elect a President, one or more VicePresidents,
a Recording and a Corresponding
Secretary and a Treasurer, and shall have the
following Working Committees, of not less
than three members each, viz. : A Committee
on Registration, an Executive Committees as
to each Club may seem expedient.
Art. 11. The meetings of the Clubs should
be frequent after the opening of the canvass,
and some member of the Club or invited shaker
deliver an address at each meeting if practicable.
Art III. The President shall have power
to call an extra meeting of the Club, and
members of the Club shall constitute a quorum
for tbp transaction of business.
Aiit. IV. The Clubs in each county sluill
lx4 held together and opiate under the control
of County Executive Committee, which
shall consist of one member from each Club,
to be nominated by the respective Clubs and
elected by the County Convention and such
otl.er members as the Convention may add.
The Executive Committee, when elected,
shall appoint its own ollicers and lill all vacancies
which may arise when the Convention
is not in session. The tenure of otlice of the
Executive Committee shall be until the next
general campaign unless sooner removed or
suspended by County Convention.
The present County Executive Committees
shall continue in office until the first meeting
of the County Conventions under this organization.
Art. V. County Democratic Conventions
shall be composed of delegates elected by the
several Local Clubs?one delegate for every
Club, and an additional delegate for every
twenty-five (25) enrolled members?with the
right to each County Convention to enlarge or
diminish the representation according to circumstances.
This Convention shall be called
together by the Chairman of the Executive
Committee, under such rules as each county
may adopt, and when assembled shall be called
to order by the Chairman of the Executive
Committee, and proceed to elect from among
its members a President, one or more VicePresidents,
a Secretary and Treasurer. The
Convention shall proceed to business, and
when.the same is transacted it shall adjourn
sine die.
Art. VI. The mode and manner of nominatintr
candidates for county offices or for
the State, Judicial and Congressional Conventions
shall be regulated in each county by the
respective County Conventions.
Art. VII. The State Convention shall he
composed of delegates from each county in
the numerical proportion to which that coun ty
is entitled in both branches of the General
Assembly.
Art. VTH. The officers shall be a President,
one Vice-President from each Congressional
District, two Secretaries and a Treasurer.
Art. IX. The State Executive Committee
shall be composed of three from each Congressional
District. The delegates from the counties
comprising the Congressional District to
nominate the candidates from that district,
and the Convention shall then proceed to an
election. The member representing South
Carolina on the National Democratic Coininitte
shall be ex officio a member of the State
Democratic Committee.
Art. x. The Executive uommiuee snan
elect its own Chairman and other officers, and
shall meet at the call of the Chairman or any
five members at such times and places as he
may appoint.
Art. XI. The Executive Committee shall
have power, by the vote of a majority of the
whole Committee, to call a Convention of the
Democratic party of the State at such time
and place as it may designate; and is charged
with the execution and direction of the policy
of the party in the State, subject only to this
Constitution, the principles declared in the
platform, and such instructions, by resolutions
or otherwise, as the State Convention may
from time to time adopt; and shall continue
in office for two years from the time of election,
or until the assembling of the next State
Convention for the nomination of a State
ticket, unless superseded by the action of the
State Convention. And if any vacancy on
the State ticket be occasioned by death, removal,
or other cause, the Committee shall
have power to till the vacancy : Provided
this shall not apply to the oflice of Governor
when there shall be sufficient time to call a
State Convention.
Art. XII. When the State Democratic
Convention assembles, it shall be called to orler
by the Chairman of the State Executive
Committee, shall elect a temporary President,
and shall proceed immediately to the election
of permanent officers and the transaction of
business.
The Convention, when it has concluded its
business, shall adjourn sine (lie. And when a
Convention is called by the Executive uommittee,
sucli Convention shall be composed of
newly elected delegates.
Akt. XIII. Representation in Judicial and
Congressional Conventions shall be on the
same basis as in State Conventions. A majority
of delegates shall be present at a Convention
to constitute a quorum for nominating
a candidate either for Congress or Solicitor.
The delegation of each county in a Congressional
or Judicial Convention shall have
power to (ill any vacancy in the delegation.
And whenever any county is or shall be subdivided
among two or more Congressional Districts
the delegates to the Conventions of the
several Congressional Districts snail ne elected
by the County Democratic Convention, and
apportioned among the respective Congressional
subdivisions of the county in proportion
to population.
In every Convention to nominate a candidate
for Congress or for the otlice of Solicitor
a majority of the votes shall be necessary to a
choice, and the votes shall be taken rira voce
and recorded, unless there be but one candidate,
in which event the vote may be taken by <
acclamation. As soon as a Congressional or ,
Judicial Convention has nominated the party
candidate for Congress or Solicitor, it shall adjourn
sine <lie, and whenever a candidate to fill
an unexpired term of either office has to be 1
nominated, it shall be done by a new Conven- i
tion of delegates fresh from the people. The
Executive Committee of each Congressional
District or Judicial Circuit shall consist of the
several County Chairmen of the respective [
counties and parts of counties composing such 1
District or Circuit, which Committee shall
elect its own Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer,
who shall continue in office for two years <
in a District and for four years in a Circuit. |
respectively, or until their successors shall
have been elected. It shall require the con- ]
sent of a majority of the whole executive Committee
in any District or Circuit to call a Xom- 1
iuating Convention. 1
The Executive Committee of each District
or Circuit shall be specially charged in its dis- j
urcuuu, t'XCttpt as ueieni i>iuviutiu, auu auujcut
to the State platform, as well as under the su- 1
pervision of the State Executive Committee, 1
with the conduct of every election for Con- i
gressional Representatives or Solicitors in such
District or Circuit, and said Committee shall
meet at the call of the Chairman or of any ,
three members at such times and places as he '
or they may appoint.
Each Congressional Convention shall meet 1
within its Congressional District, and each <
Judicial Convention shall meet within its Cir- ]
cuit.
A nr. XIV. The Constitution shall not go :
into force until the State campaign of 1878.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM?18S2.
The Democratic party of South Carolina, in <
State Convention assembled reaffirming the ,
principles and declarations of the State plat- ]
forms of 1870 and 1878, and their continued ,
devotion to the principles of the National '
Democractic party, and pledging to that party 1
their earnest co-operation and support, de- 1
clare the following principles as formulating (
the policy of the South Carolina Democ- i
racy in State and Federal affairs, and invite f
the aid and support of all good citizens in i
carrying them into effect: i
1. Wise and just legislation, the impartial t
administration of equal laws, economy with ?
efficiency in every department of the State (
government. (
2. Popular education is the bulwark of free t
institutions. Liberal appropriations for the f
public schools for the whole people. j
3. The systematic efforts of the Republican c
party to obstruct reform and destroy good f
government in South Carolina by turning to t
partisan purposes the appointing power of the i
Federal government is a standing menace to j
the i>eople of this State and a growing danger I
to good citizens in every part, of the Union, j
The Federal offices in this State are made
political infirmaries and training schools for
the defeat of honest government in South !
Carolina.
4. Honest home rule. The Democracy of
South Carolina, representing the taxpayers of !
the State and a majority of the whole people, I
invite and have the right to expect the sympathy
and support of their fellow countrymen
in their strenuous efforts, to preserve an intelligent
and eqnal administration of the government.
5. The practice of packing juries in political
cases in the United States Court in this
State is a criminal violation of the inalienable
right of every citizen to a fair trial by a
jury of his peers.
<?. The extension of the franchise, as a political
result of the late war, has enlarged enormously
the number of present and prospective
voters requiring education in the public schools.
The burden was increased, while the ability
of the State to bear it was diminished. The
Federal government, by liberal appropriations
from the Treasury, on the basis of illiteracy,
ahAn1/l 41*/* C!>MifViAt>n ytntoo fn onro tVio
ninnuu iicij/ mc uwutiici u 'ucuvg v\r vutu mv
evil of non-intelligent suffrage. A national
danger calls for national action and national
aid.
7. Civil service reform, appointments to
minor otlices under tests that will indicate the
qualifications of the applicant, promotion by
merit, a fixed tenure of office, and 110 removals,
except for cause.
8. Blackmailing public servants, under the
guise of political assessments, converts the
public treasury, to the extent of the contributions
called for, into a campaign fund for the
advancement of a political party, thus taxing
the whole people foLp&rtisan purposes.
9. The . present protective tariff robs the
many for the benefit of the few. The duties
011 imports should be decreased, and-an early
repeal of the duty on cotton ties, on the machinery
used in the manufacture of cotton
and wool, and on tools and agricultural implements,
will stimulate manufactures and be
a welcome relief to the farmer and laborer.
10. It is most desirable that the internal
revenue taxation be abolished, so soon as this
can be accomplished without rendering permanent
the existing protective system. Rigid
economy in the conduct of the government
will hasten the day when the tariff shall be as
moderate as in the early days of the Republic
and the army of office holders employed under
the internal revenue laws be disbanded.
11. The public credit?national and Statemust
be religiously maintained.
12. In the conduct of affairs in this State
the Democracy have l>een actuated by but one
desire, and that is to promote the greatest
good of the State. Only within the Democratic
party and by party action can defective
legislation be remedied without imperiling the
safety and well-being of the State. Democratic
unity is public safety and private security.
13. In the State, justice and equality for all,
to insure harmony and good will between the
races ; in the Union, no sectionalism in policy
or feeling. An indissoluble Union of indestructible
States. One flag, one country, one
destiny.
MERE* MENTION.
From one railroad station in Bibb county,
Ga., ?10,000 worth of water melons have been
shipi>ed this year. Alaska remains with
no Territorial government and with really no
civil government at all. The two bills providing
for the government failed of passage,
and chaos must reign in the big Territory until
the next session of Congress. Mr.
Kelly, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House
connnitte on Ways and Means, thinks that
the revenue this year will amount to ?400,000,000,
and that there will be a surplus of $100,000,000.
It is calculated that the splendid
grain crops of the South will save this sec
tion $100,000,000 hitherto diverted Northward.
The Independent Congressional aspirants
in the State of Georgia claim to be
Democrats. There is drouth in New
England and farmers are alternately grumbling
and praying for rain." ? Five cars of new
corn, well mature#And in good condition,
shipped from Waco, Texas, was sold in St.
Louis last Saturday. 'The great iron strike
has lasted two months and the strikers have
lost about $1,000,000 in wages in the Pittsburg
district alone. About twenty establishments
whose workmen went into the strike have resumed
operations. Mr. W. M. Wadley,
the president of the Georgia Central Railroad,
dropped dead ;.n he streets of Saratoga last
Thursday. He was 78 years old. Col.
Victor C. Barringer, the Judge for the United
States of the International court at Alexandria,
Egypt, had his house and all it contained
burned by the mob. His loss is $10,000. He
was in Venice at the time his house was destroyed.
A German official newspaper
states that Germany will neither aid nor hinder
England in Egypt. The County Insane
Asylum in Lancaster, Pa., was destroyed
by fire last Sunday. Loss $70,000. The
inmates, 114 in numlier, were all saved after
great exertions. Twelve business houses
were destroyed by fire at Grant City, Missouri,
last Saturday night. Governor Colquitt
has appointed the fflst instant as a day <
of thanksgiving in Georgia. The Camplied
boys, a band of desperadoes, of Caldwell
county, Kentucky, were killed by a mob last
Saturday night. A fire saved the lives
of three men at Taylorsville, 111., who were ,
about to be lynched on Saturday. Most of
the crowd went to see a fire and the prisoners
were taken back to the jail. Gov. Crittendon,
of Missouri, has pardoned Wm. II. '
Heath who was sentenced about three years
ago to ten years in the penitentiary for embez- <
zling some $40,000 of public money while he
was city auditor of St. Louis. Statisticians
of Texas say the corn crop this year will
amount to 14,000,000 bushels. This is six
times greater than ever before, 'In the
election of President in 1884, there will be 411 J
electoral votes. Prepare your ground well ]
and sow plenty of turnips. The pension |
bureau has grown to be such a colossal insti- i
tution that it requires an addition of 800 <
clerks. The curious fact is recorded that
a Democratic Legislature first enacted Prohi- ]
bilion in Maine and in Vermont, and that a j
Democratic Supreme Court, Judge Taney pre- i
siding, declared su?fr'legislation constitu- ]
tional. Boston and Philadelphia have ^
passed laws prohibiting the sale of toy-pistols.
Their use on and about the Fourth of July (
killed by lockjaw or mutilated 200 American ;
boys. Besides ojiening many graves, eyes j
were blinded, fingers amputated and hands *
lamed for life. ? Harvesting in the West isal- j
ready well advanced, and everything points to
prosperity and abundance. But will the poor \
man's loaf be any cheajier for it V
... ;
The Match Monopoly.?Notice was is- 1
?ued Wednesday to every wholesale dealer in
Philadelphia of the advance in the price of
matches from 25 cents to ?1.50 i>er gross, according
to kind. This will necessitate a proportionate
rise on the part of the dealers and
jobbers in the trade. In consequence of the
inaction of Congress, the public have been
placed at the mercy of a company which can
put the price up as high as it pleases. About
if teen years ago the first effort at combination
)f match maufacturers was made by the Swift
fc Courtney and Beecher Company. The final
esult was a great stock company, comprising
ibout twenty manufactories and said to repesent
a capital of $5,000,000. The sulphur
matches, which originally were sold by the
combination at ?1.80, are now sold for ?2.80,
md parlor matches rose from $2 to $2.50. The
ttamp tax was imposed about twenty years
tgo, which drove out of the market all small
manufacturers. At first the government sold
.lie stamps at one cent each, ten per cent, off,
md compelled the match men to have their
>wn plates engraved, which was the condition 1
>n which the ten per cent, was taken off. The i
;en per cent, was not directly taken off at i
irst, but they were given ten per cent, more j
[tamps, which was equivalent to an allowance |
if but nine per cent. The combination has j
or some time been carrying on a suit with
he government to recover the additional one
>er cent. v
I SlJgllt UL'^RX Hi <v 1U I* Ui.)invu.)i>i Av<?t*u. ?... XI
the northern and eastern divisions of that c
state there has been an excess of rain, causing o
;oo vigorous growth of stalk, delaying the
ruiting and sometimes causing the shedding h
)f bolls. In the entire cotton belt there is re- n
jorted an excess of moisture, injurious in pro- \\
jortion to the retentiveness of the soil. This fi
jause accounts for the comparative low condi- c
lion in North Carolina, where it is now deem- t<
:d too late for recuperation. p
Rust begins to appear in districts where the ?
ains have been in excess, but without damage
is yet. Caterpillars have made their appearmce
in all the States of the Gulf coast, and ai
.hough no injury has resulted many apprehen- f(
lions of future loss are expressed^ The boll j t(
vorm is also mentioned in several States. A ! g<
arge number of returns are highly favorable, j li
>rophesying a crop as large as the land can | tl
>roduce, or better than for many years. j u
The wheat returns of August relate to the j hi
pring variety. Its condition is higher than j 13
or several years, It was 88 in 1880 and 81 in te
.879 and 1881. It is now 97 against 100 last tl
nonth. It is somewhat late, but was nearly ! s^
eady for harvest at the date of the returns, j aj
There are some indications of rust and blight i bi
n parts of Minnesota. In Northern Iowa the a<
irop is held to be the best since 1879. Returns j w
rom Dakota and Nebraska are extremely fa-! y<
rorable. The general averages of the princi-! tr
>al States are as follows : "Wisconsin 99, Min-1 ai
lesota 98, Iowa 93, Dakota 90, Nebraska 103,: B
Colorado 90. It is quite probable that the b<
iroduct of winter wheat and spring wheat d<
rithout loss by sprouting will slightly exceed ni
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. A McLean, Judge of Probate?Citatation-A. *
Springs Withers, Applicant?I)r. J. H.
Withers, deceased. f
H. A. D. Neely, County Treasurer?Tax Notice. 1
R. H. Glenn, County 'Chairman?Joint Demo t
cratic Meetings. % j
J. M. Adams?New Goods.
T. M. Dobson?I am going to the famous New s
York House.
M. Strauss? Great Reduction.
C. E. Spencer, Intendant?Street Tax.
5
PICNIC POSTPONED. (
We are requested by the committee of ar- ]
rangements to state that the joint picnic of 1
the Forest Hill and the Point Academy So- <
cieties has been postponed until the 31st instant,
on which day it will take place, near (
the residence of Mr. M. A. Bigger. A gen- i
eral invitation is extended to the families in t
the Clay Ilill and the Bethel communities.
CITADEL ACADEMY.
Superintendent of Education II. S. Thomp- i
son has appointed Col. A. Coward as chair- man
of the board of York to 'examine appli- (
cants from this county for beneficiary cadet- '
ships in the Citadel Academy. The examina- ,
tion of applicants will be held at the county- ]
seats of the various counties on the 29th in- i
tant. 1
TO THRESIIEKMEN. j
The threshing season being now about over,
we should esteem it as a favor if all the <
thresher men in the county would inform us '
as to the number of bushels of grain threshed '
by them since last harvest?giving wheat and
oats separately. We wish to aggregate the re- j
ports by which to ascertain the total amount
of small grain produced in the county. j
CHURCH NOTICES.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. i
Lathan, Pastor. Services at 101 A. M. Sun- 1
day-school at 9.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. ,
Services at the usual hours, morning and even- ]
ing.
Episcopal?Rev. A. Prentiss. Services in 1
the Church of Our Saviour, at Rock Hill, (
next Sunday. . J
THE COUNTY CANVASS.
The County Chairmau gives notice in an- '
other column of appointments made by him
and tiie Secretary, by virtue of such power
vested in them by by the Executive Committee,
of appointments of public meetings in i
this county, at which the candidates before 1
the primary will have the opportunity of ad- 1
dressing the i>eople. As will be seen, the canvass
will open at Hickory Grove on Thursday, ;
31st instant.
"THE PIRATES." ,
Do not forget the entertainment to be given <
by the Philharmonic Society at College Hall 1
to-morrow night. "The Pirates" is one of ;
the best compositions of Gilbert and Sullivan,
and has proven immensely popular wherever !
produced. It will be presented to-morrow i
night by the best musical talent of the town, ;
and cannot fail to please. The object, too, is 1
a deserving one, and the gentleman having
charge of the financial department will at '
once apply the proceeds as designed. By re- .
ference to the announcement, it will be seen 1
that the scale of prices has been reduced.
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMEN.
The following is a complete list of the Democratic
Chairmen for York county :
County Chairman, R. IL Glenn. :
PRECINCT CHAIRMEN.
Bethany?L. L. Smith, Chairman, ex officio; '
A. C. Jackson, First Vice-Chairman ; James 5
L. McGill, Second Vice-Chairman.'
Bethel?J. C. Patrick, Chairman, ex officio; !
W. E. Campbell, First Vice-Chairman; S. S. J
Smith, Second Vice-Chairman.
Black's?Ira Hardin, Chairman, ex officio;
C. M. Green, First Vice-Chairman; Joseph
Black, Second Vice-Chairman.
Blairsville?John L. Rainey, Chairman, ex c
officio; Allen B. Crosby, First Vice-Chairman ; f
R. T. Riggins, Second Vice-Chair man. 1
Buffalo?W. D. Camp, Chairman, ex officio; {
J. B. Mintz, First Vice-Chairman ; R. E. For- J
ter, Second Vice-Chairman.
Bullock's Creek?John D. Hamilton, Chair- J
man, ex officio ; W. 0. (ruy First Vice-Chair- 5
man ; J. M. Sims, Second Vice-Chairman.
Clark's Fork?W. Meek Faulkner, Chair- 1
man, ex officio; W. S. Plexico, First Vice- 1
Chairman; It. J. Love, Second Vice-Chair- 1
man. (
Clay Ilill?D. A. A. Watson, Chairman, ex )
officio ; J. C. II. Duff, First Vice-Chairman ; J
J. A. M. L. Stewart, Second Vice-Chairman. 5
Clover? W. Beatty Smith, Chairman, ex
officio; Dr. A. P. Campbell, First Vice-Chairman
: Andrew Jackson, Second Vice-Chairman.
(
Coatcs' Tavern.?David T. Lessley, Chair- c
man, ex officio; W. C. Abemathy, First Vice- ]
Chairman; T. M. Allen Second Vice-Chair- 1
man. 1
Fort Mill?Brevard D. Springs, Chairman, *
ex officio; J. W. Ardrey, First Vice-Chairman ; 1
Dr. J. E. >Iassey, Second Vice-Cliairman.
Hickory Urore?.J. u. unamuers, unairiuaii, ex
officio; R. G. Whitesides, First Vice-Chairman
; J. D. Jones, Second Vice-Chairman.
McConnellsville?Dr. W. G. Campbell, Chairman,
ex officio; W. 13. Love, First Vice-Chairman
; A. W. Gladden, Second Vice-Chairman.
McEhree's Mill?W. S. Adams, Chairman,
ex officio? James A. Erwin, First Vice-Chairman
; John J. Dunlap, Second Vice-Chairman.
Rock Hill?W. 13. Wilson, Jr., Chairman, ex
officio ; Col. Cad. Jones, First Vice-Chairman ;
John R. Allen, Second Vice-Chairman.
Yorkville?G. W. S. Hart, Chairman, exofficio;
Charles E. Spencer, First Vice-Chairman
; Wm. J. Stephenson, Second Vice-Chairman.
CROP PROSPECTS.
The August crop returns of the Department
of Agriculture, the work of about six thousand
correspondents, give estimates covering
the entire producing area of over one thousand
five hundred principal agricultural counties of
the United States upon the condition of most
of the crops now growing.
The condition of cotton has improved. During
the past month the general average has
advanced from 92 to 94. This is higher by J
points than in August, 1879, and lower by 8
than the August average of 1880. It is also 2
points lower than at this date in 1875 and 1
lower than 1878, but is higher than in live other
fears since 1872. The average condition of (
jach State is as follows : Virginia 84, North
Carolina 84, South Carolina 98, Georgia, 94,
Florida 87, Alabama 99, Mississippi 91, Louisana
93, Texas 100, Arkansas 90, Tennessee
?0. Only North Carolina, Florida and Louisiana
show a decline. Virginia has gained 4,
Jeorgia 2, Alabama 0, Mississippi 4, Texas 3,
Arkansas 0, Tennessee 8. South Carolina has
die same average .as in July.
There is no injury from drought except in
* Ahi u Cotif rliof l'inf C in TaVOQ Tn ??
>00,000,000 buslwls, but extravagant estimates
vhich assume 15 to 20 per cent, more are wild
tssumptions, needlessly tending to reduce the
mice of wheat in the hands of farmers.
The condition of the corn crop is represent(d
83 as against 77 last year. At this date in
ifiSl the effect of drought was seen in a reducion
of 13 points in the general condition doing
.July, followed by a greater deterioration
n August. At the present time circumitances
are favorable for further improvement
n most of the States. The averages of the
km them States are nearly all above 100. The
airplus producing States average as follows:
)hio 77, Michigan 78, Indiana 78, Illinois 50,
owa, 70, Missouri 01, Kansas 100, Nebraska
VI vr?... 7s2 in Vfo uco. I
O. 1>C>V UI^KUKI KUI^ro L1UI1I 1(1 Hi iUUiMUihusetts
to 96 in Connecticut, New York 85,
Pennsylvania 90, New .Jersey 93.
The general averages of the condition of
>ther crops are as follows : Oats 102, spring
ye 100, barley 95, buckwheat 97, potatoes lol,
obacco, 87.
CHOPS IX THE STATE.
The July report of the condition of thecrops
n South Carolina has been issued by the State
Agricultural Department. The estimates givm
are based upon 155 replies, covering every
lounty in the State.
One hundred and thirty-three corresponlents
report the weather for the month of July
favorable and twenty-two that it has been
mfavorable. Three correspondents in Darington
county report that the rains have l>een
(o frequent and heavy as to cause some slight
lamage to crops, and five correspondents in
Anderson, Chester, Laurens and Spartanburg
counties report that a drought prevailed for
(bout three weeks, somewhat reducing the
condition of all crops.
The condition of cotton is below an average,
>wing almost entirely to the cool Spring, which
injured the "stand," and from the effects of
which it has not recovered. The greatest injury
was sustained by the Northern counties.
The plant for the past month has been grow
mg finely and fruiting well, some apprenen3ion
is felt on account of continued rains, but
no damage of any consequence is yet reported
from this cause. Four correspondents in Darlington,
Colleton and Hampton counties note
the appearance of the worm, but in very small
numbers, and they have not yet injured the
plant, liust is reported by four correspondents
in Anderson, Spartanburg, Newberry
und Hampton counties, and nine correspondents
in Darlington, Fairfield, Berkeley,
Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton and Williamsburg
counties report that the plant is shedding
leaves and fruit, but no uneasiness is felt
from either rust or shedding unless the rains
during August are excessive. The plant is
generally small throughout the State, but well
fruited. The condition is reported in Northern
Carolina at 88, middle Carolina at 90 and
lower Carolina at 99?an average for the State
of 94, against 72 for the same time last year.
The seasons have been remarkably fine for
corn. In addition to favorable seasons better
land was devoted to this crop, cultivation has
been far better and a larger percentage of the
crop fertilized than formerly. All of these
causes have made the crop an unusually fine
one, and the present indications are that considerably
above an average crop will be harvested.
Early corn is made beyond all contingencies,
and the seasons have been very favorable
for the late planting. Much of the oat
stubble was planted in corn and peas, and the
prospects for full crops of both are very encouraging.
One correspondent in Colleton county reports
that a farmer in his vicinity harvested
forty bushels of oats per acre and will realize
in equal quantity of corn and peas.
The condition is reported in Northern Carolina
at 109, middle Carolina 105, and lower
Carolina 111?an average for the State of 105
igainst 55 for the same period last year.
The report concludes :
The agricultural outlook has not for many
fears been so encouraging. Tlie wheat crop
ivas fully up to an average. The yield of oats
ivas unprecedented. A full cotton crop will
ilmost certainly be realized. With the early
jorn crop assured beyond all doubt and the
ate crop very promising, the indications are
;h it our farmers will have ''corn to sell and
ceep." Peas will be fully up to an average if
;hey do not surpass it. The rice crop bids
'air to be better than usual. Sorghum, sugar
;ane, potatoes, turnips and all the smallerjrops
will yield bountifully. The farmers be*an
the new year almost dispirited from the
nisfortunes caused by the unprecedented
lrought of last year, but with the indomitable
jourage and energy which have ever charac;erized
the people of the State they commenced
-heir operations for the year. They have purmed
their avocation with a pluck and perseverance
worthy of their noble calling, and,
,vith the favorable seasons which have pre
,'ailed during the year, they have overcome ainost
insurmountable difficulties and at the
dose of the year they can look back upon their
vork with pride and satisfaction and will enoy
the fruits of their labors which they have
10 justly won.
THE SEW COUNTY BUSINESS.
We ask attention to a well considered artide
to Ire found in another column of the Press
mil Banner, which is taken from the Youkfille
Exquikek. While it is possible that
t would have been better to have laid out the
lifferent counties originally in smaller areas
ban they are at present, it is now certain that
10 advantage to the people is to be gained by
:utting off corners of the well-established lines
o make new counties for the accommodation
if the little towns that may have' been built
in the lines. Gaffney City, a pump station in
he woods 011 the Air Line Railroad, is no
urtlier from the Court House at Spartanburg
iow than it was years ago, and if the few per1011s
who have recently bought land tliereajouts,
or who now want to fill the ollices of
he proposed new county, can persuade the
icople to consent to the organization of a
:ounty government to be supported at their
xpense, the land within two miles of that
dace may be slightly enhanced in value and a
ew thriftless office-seekers may thereby be
irovided with fat ollices. The few persons
vho have settled at Gaffney knew perfectly
veil the distance it was to the Court House, .
inn if thpv w:inf-pd to nractice law. or to make
i business of attending court as bangers on, or
uryinen, or chronic witnesses, they should
lave settled at Spartanburg. It is not a libral
request for them to ask the people to es- 1
ablish a new county for their especial benefit.
Ve say their especial benefit, because a Court
louse at Gaffney cannot be of advantage to
,ny portion of the proposed new county, exept
those who live in the immediate neighborlood,
while the taxes on the people of the new '
ounty will be enormous for many years, the
ax on the old counties will necessarily be in- i
reased for all time to come. Are the tax
layers of York and Spartanburg ready to do so
oolish a thing as to entail an increased taxaion
upon themselves and their children, while
estroying the time-honored land-marks of 1
lorious old counties, with such proud histo- <
ies V As practical common sense should gov- (
rn us in all business transactions, we suggest
hat it would be cheaper for the people of York j
ml Spartanburg counties to authorize the
!ounty Commissioners to furnish the office- '
unters with profitable employment, and to f
ay to t he property owners the little advantage <
hey might hope to gain by taxing the farms
3 enormously to support a new government, (
i the destruction of the symmetry of the old .
ounties. This would be for the cheaper plan
f settling the matter. 1
We trust that the Executive Committee may t
ave the fairness to allow the opponents of
ew counties a fair chance to express their c
rishes. Heretofore it has been the rule to j
lrnish only such tickets as the Executive ,
ommittee wanted voted. Let those who wish 1
) vote "No" have an equal chance, so far as t
rinted tickets areconcerned.?Abbeville Press e
nil Banner, Aiujust 9. q
After Tex Years.?David Hall, who was
[ rested at Floyd Court House, Virginia, a c
;w days ago, l'or stealing a saddle, turns out
) be the murderer of Charles Bowyer of Mont- '
amery county, Virginia, who was killed in t
S72. Hall is the son of a wealthy citizen of ^
lat county, and the murder was committed .
nder the following circumstances : There *
ad been a protracted litigation between the '
owyers and Hall's father, by which the lat- o
sr managed to recover the entire property of t
le former. After the suit Thomas Hall f
vore out a warrant for assault and battery <]
jainst the Bowyers. They were arrested and
rought to Childress's store, and the trial was
ljourned to a place near by called Auburn, to v
hicli point all parties started. When Bow- p
?rs came within sight of the cabin where the v
ial was to take place, Dave Hall appeared, j
id, after some words, raised his gun to shoot,
owyer begged piteously for his life?he not
iing armed?but without avail ; he was shot
)wn like a dog, his dead body remaining where v
ordered until the following morning. h
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? South Carolina's first new hale was produced
near G'ampbellton, on the Port Royal
Railroad, and consigned to a Charleston
house last Thursday.
? A young girl named Watson, aged eleven
years, fell from the bridge over Coronaca, in
Abbeville county, one day last week when
the creek was swollen and was drowned.
? The Carolina Sun says that since 18M
thirty-one murder cases have been tried in
Chesterfield county and no one has been
hanged.
? The Trustees of the State University at
their meeting on Wednesday night unanimnnoltr
olnnto/1 Prof Tumna IT Popll'fllo nrP<4?
igwiioij v/i\<v/twi i. iui? uuxx x'?v.?
ident of the South Carolina College.
? The grain shipments from Greenwood to
date amount to 05,000 bushels, netting a cash
return of over $25,000. The bulk of the grain
was shipped over the Augusta and Knoxville
Railroad. s ?
The Spartanburg post-office has been raised
to a second class, and the postmaster's salary
is $2,000 a year, with fuel, light, &c., furnish- ^
elected superintendent of the track. Matthew
ed by the department.
?Nearly four thousand liens have been filed
in Spartanburg county, averaging about $00
each, since the 1st of January. This indebtedness
foots up nearly a quarter of a million
of dollars, or nearly six thousand bales of cotton.
? Cadet Whitaker lectured in the colored
Methodist Church, Columbia, last Monday
night on "The Color Line at West Point."
He says he is endeavoring by this means to
raise money with which to complete his education.
? A colored man named Daniel Blakely was
lynched near Lancaster Court House on the
8th instant for attempt at rape. He confessed
the crime. On the same day another colored
man was lodged in Lancaster jail, charged
with a similar offence?his victim being a mulatto
girl.
mi- ~ A tvV?.MU T7.. .7 7) .
? .Liie -iiuueviiie j rtsa u/ui, x>u/i/urr sajs .
"The corn crop will be enormous in this section,
unless cut off by some unexpected calamity.
We learn that in Anderson it is thought
that corn will not command more than forty
cents, while it is said that it will not be worth
more than from fifty to seventy-five cents in
Abbeville."
? Says the Edgefield Advertiser : Methodism
flourishes more and more in this Edgdefield
county. We have taken deep root and are
growing and bearing fruit to the glory of the
great Husbandman. Within a space of less
than thirty miles from Trenton to Gilbert
Hollow, extending not more than ten miles on
either side of the railroad, there have been ereced
twelve handsome and substantial Methodist
churches since the war.
? On Monday last the South Carolina Railway
Company discontinued the night express
between Charleston and Columbia, and substituted
for it a fast mail train which leaves
Charleston at 4 P. M. daily, and arrives at
Columbia at 1) P. M. A fast mail train leaves
Columbia at 8 A. M., and arrives at Charleston
at 1 P. M. The regular mail train that
leaves Charleston at 7 A. M. and returns the
same day, will be continued.
? Aiken county is threatened with a drought.
They have had but one raid of any consequence
since the 4th of July. Cotton is completely
parched, dropping all but the natural
fruit, and cracking that open prematurely.
Our cotton crop will be less this than last
year, although the yield was not more than
two-thirds of a crop then. The corn crop
was matured before the dry weather set in
and is fine.
? A meeting of the new board of directors ~
of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad was
held in Chester on the 8th instant. A resolution
was adopted combining the offices of secretary
and treasurer and the Chester agency,
with a salary of ?800. Mr. J. B. Lathan was
elected to the office. Mr. W. D. Ingram was
White, Esq., was elected a director in place
of Capt. W. T. D. Cousar, who declined to
rtA.ntA T4 ia w??A*\AAAA TV* n 1?A ?-? nvAO?Jin/? /*A?
acivc. it la [^lupuscu tu iimivc a ^10001115 wunecting
with the Chester and Lenoir Road, so
that trains may run through from Lincolnton
to Lancaster if desired.
? Says the Union Times of Friday : Last -
week we announced the death of Mr. James
Barnette, which occurred the Friday before,
and it is our sad province this week to state
that two of his sisters, Miss Mary, aged 21,
and Miss Josey, aged 16 years, have since been
laid beside him in the silent grave, while another
sister, Miss Louisa, is very sick and not
expected to live, all from typhoid fever. Miss
Mary died on Thursday last, the 3rd, and Miss
Josey on Tuesday, the 8th. Thus in ten days
lw?r? /I4-V* ?*?<-*?^/\/l t-k ?*?iJ/\n?in Vtsw-vtsv on/1 folron
LIOO UCUI/ll VI311CU a WUIUU O IIVIUC auu tuacn
from her three of her brightest jewels.
? Says the Anderson Intelliyencer: On the
5th of April last ten small carp about the
size of a man's little finger were put into Mr.
Jere. Brown's fish pond, ten miles south of
Auderson. On the 1st of August, four months
afterwards, the pond was drained and the
fish examined. They had all, except one,
grown immensely. The three largest weighed
eight pounds each, and were about the size of
shad. The increase in four months in flesh
has been about one thousand per cent, in the
largest fish. One of the ten, which had been
injured before it was putin the pond, had not
grown at all. This experience is similar to
that of other gentlemen engaged in carp culture,
and demonstrates the fact that the carp
ponds can be made the source of a great deal
of pleasure and no little profit in this country. ^
STATE POLITICAL ITEMS.
? Julius T. Edwards, a colored Democrat,
is a candidate for county commissioner for
Sumter county.
? In the Edgefield campaign there are Timmermans
and Zimmermans in the field, and
the voters are warned to be careful how they
make their T's and Z's.
? Judge Mackey will open his canvass as
independent candidate for Congress by adiressing
the independent voters of Chester
30unty at Kossville next Saturday.
? lion. Samuel Dibble, who was ousted from
!iis seat in Congress, was renominated by acclamation
by the Democracy of the First Congressional
district, at Orangeburg, last Thurs- w
lay.
? All doubt heretofore existing as to Gen.
Papers accepting the nomination for Superin:endent
of Education is now removed, he
laving, after a conference with the State Executive
Committee, consented to accept.
? Col. James F. Izlar, of Orangeburg, was
ihosen Chairman of the Democratic State
Executive Committee?a good selection not 011y
for the party, but a proper compliment to
he recipient. Colonel Izlar has always workid
hard for the party, and has shown all the
[ualities needed to make him a safe and sucessful
leader in the coming contest. He will
ontinue to make a most excellent officer.
? Says the Abbeville Press and Banner:
'We believe it is whispered around that the
lew counties are a necessity, in order to enaile
the up-country to control the Senate. If
he up-country tries .any such games it is quite
ikely that some of the pump-minders at some
if the various water tanks along the lines of
he railroads in the low-country may get up a
ew court houses for their own special benefit.
?he low-country people are not fools, neither
re they wanting in enterprise. As soon as
re begin to distribute new court houses to aplicants
as they may appear, the low-country
vill get her share of both Senators and Court
louses. The people who are compelled to
ome to court are badly treated because the
aw does not allow them pay. We say pay
witnesses and jurors an amount sufficient at
east to pay all the expenses of the trip."
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