Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps aud Jarts. ? Peaches are so abundant in Eastern Texas that they are selling at ten cents a bushel, and thousands of bushels will Ik* converted into brandy. ? The San Francisco Chronicle renews the old argument in favor of vegetable- diet, and adduces in support of its claims the Coolies, whose strength is equal to that of horses or oxen. ? The North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture estimates that the total cotton consumption in the mills of that State, for the year ending August 31,1S82, will approximate 20,000,000 pounds. This is a decided increase on any previous years1 consumption. ? The Utah commisioners arrived at Salt Iaike City last Saturday, preparatory to entering upon the duties assigned them by Congress. The Mormon press complains of the treatment of Utah by the United States (Jovernment, and compares the condition of Utah to that of mere satrapy, io mul-inr* o nrArrrocc ill TenfT ? XCill^ciouvc 10 iuurviiJ? (? pivf)?vww land which draws from the London Time# the astonished remark that "its rise and growth are like the.rise of a new religion. The duties it lays down are an addition to the accepted moral standard of the age. It is not long since good port wine and good church principles were thought to agree." ? The number of retail liquor licenses issued by the Federal Government for the year ending April, 1881, was 170,640. The greatest population to each license, says an exchange, was in South Carolina, it being 017 in that State. Then it decreases until Maine and Kansas and Iowa are reached, with a very much less number. In Montana there are only 51 residents for each retail place. ? A practical railroad man informs the NewYork Sun that before long every engine drawing a passenger train will have a pilot; his place will be forward of the engine or above the present cab?with which he will have a signal connection?and his business will simply be to watch everything on or near the track and quickly signal any danger to the engineer. ? A patent has lately been issued which will be of great advantage to those who are obliged to go through life on crutches. It consists of crutches set on rockers which are faced with a heavy rubber band. The user thus moves forward eight feet at a step, with a smooth, even motion, which does away with the jar experienced in the use of the ordinary crutch. ? The Lee Memorial Association, after many years' work, have at last made final arrangements for the completion of the mauOAln.im A# Oni, Pnliort- "F T JW it. T ,f?Y i 1 Krt.Oll OW1CUIU VI VA VII. 1?UWI w aj. >?v in Virginia, and the statue of Lee will be unveiled on Thursday, June 28, 1883. Soon afterwards, on a day yet to be appointed, the centenary of Washington and Lee University, of which Gen. I^ee was President when he died, will be celebrated. ? The first notice the newly appointed clerks in the i?ension office had of the success of their applications was a prompt assessment from the indefatigable Ilubbell! As these fellows are on probation anyway, they are pretty likely to pay two per cent, on salaries, never earned as yet, in the hoi>e of improving their chances. In the meantime. Hubbell is drumming up the delinquents with a second circular. ? A secret marriage at Atlantic City lias created some excitement recently. A young man has been a constant visitor at a cottage where resided a pleasing widow and her pretty daughter. He at first divided his attentions on both, l>ut of late the mother's jealousy was aroused by the daughter becoming the favorite, and he was forbidden the house. On Sunday evening he boldly visited t he house and the mother exercised her tongue very freely. He bore it very meekly until she had got through, and then calmly announced that she was already his mother-in-law. ? Mr. L. C. Thompson, a South Carolina delegate to the Georgia Agricultural Convention, informed the Atlanta Constitution that "we have fine farms in South Carolina, but you are ahead of us in diversified crops, and that is where the money comes in in fanning now. We are waking up on this line rapid ly, and we will try and overtake ana excel tne Georgia farmers if we can. We have found out this year where the money lies in farming. It is a simple proposition. Kaise our provisions and make cotton and rice our surplus crop." ? ft has been ascertained, says the Atlanta Constitution, that the South has this season paid the North $55,000,000 for wheat, $50,000,000 for corn, $72,000,000 for meats and about $25,000,000 for hay, butter, cheese, oats, apples, potatoes, etc. The North, in other words draws on us for about $200,000,000 a year to liquidate bills that should never have been made. This sura is far more than we can afford to i>ay for bread and meat, if we wholly j depend upon cotton. This drain has impover-1 ished us and from bitter experience we have ! at least learned to do better. The North will | not next season be able to take from us over I $100,000 on account of provisions and grain, j and a year later the South should be fully self sustaining. It must be done if there is to be ; any real independence in the South. ? Now before the cotton season opens, we J wish to impress upon our friends the advan-1 tages of having their cotton clean, well gin-! ned, and properly graded l>efore shipment, i The South loses many millions of dollars each ! season by mixing good cotton with an indif-j leeent article. It sells not according to the i best part of it, but according to the worst. Again, we lose heavily by not having the staple clean, free from dirt, mud and leaf. Slight specks detract from the value of the article, while sand and mud render it almost, unmerchantable. Cotton ought to be carefully handled through every operation. There are some manufacturers who make it a point to buy, at greatly depreciated prices, cotton of good staple that has been stained or is leafy. They get it at low prices, and then use it to advantage. A sandy cotton, as we under- j stand, no manufacturer wants. It lias to lie , cleaned before it can be worked. ? A telegram from Governor Roberts, of Texas, was received at the Treasury Depart-! ment in Washington last Saturday, stating! the suffering conditioif of those sick with yel-! low fever and of two thousand persons in Brownsville, Texas, out of employment on account of the quarantine and requesting aid. 1 Acting Secretary French replied that the De- : partment would take charge of the hospitals j and quarintine at suitable stations if the Gov-1 ( ernor desired it, but tliat the State of Texas ! . must support all persons not in hospital. If:' the Governor accedes to this view the Sur-! : geon General of the Marine Hospital service ! win hi once muster into ins service anu pay j guards at proper jKiints to prevent egress from Brownsville, and will, through one of his surgeons, take charge of all hospital arrangements. Surgeon General Hamilton has already made arrangements by which hospital tents have been sent to Memphis, Tenn., and instructions have been given to the surgeon of the service there to proceed at once 011 receiving orders to Brownsville and take charge of the yellow fever patients. ? On the 15th instant, in the Dublin Crimi-! nal Court, E. Dwyer Gray, a member of Par-! liament and proprietor of the Freeman's Journal, was sentenced to three months' imprison-' ment and to pay a fine of .4*500 for contempt of court in publishing a letter of O'Brien, editor of United Ireland, accusing the jury which convicted Francis Ilynes of the murder of .John Dolouthy of being drunk 011 the night | previous to the day their verdict was given, j and an article commenting thereon. O'Brien ; and Davitt were put out of court. Gray after being sentenced was handed over to the custodyof the city coroner. The latter evinced some reluctance to take charge of him, but i Judge Lawson called upon him to do his duty, j The coroner, Whose intervention was necessary because Gray is high sheriff of the city of , Dublin, then conveyed the prisoner to Richniond prison. Gray at the expiration of his term must find sureties himself for five thou- 1 sand pounds, and two others in the sum of 1 two thousand pounds each. The decision of \ the court has caused a great sensation in the < city. Gray was Lord St ay or of Dublin for ( 1880, and was nominated a second time for , 1881, but declined to serve. ? Mr. T. It. Wilkinson, residing in the village of Little Falls, Vt. recently devised a new and brilliantly successful method of .self tooth pulling. Having endured twenty-!1 four hours of i>ain in one of his largest teeth, ' 1 he provided himself with a fifty-six pound . weight and a yard of flexible copi>er wire, j One end of the latter he attached to the weight i and the other end to the tooth, with the de-! 1 sign of dropping the weight suddenly out of . 1 the second story window. This design he ac- : complished by placing the weight on the edge of the window-sill and toppling it over with a long stick, he having braced himself strongly against the table to avoid the possibility of being dragged out of the window. The tooth was firmly fixed in its socket, but the momentum of tiie falling weight was too great to l>e resisted. Not only the ingenious person's tootli, but a quarter section of his jaw fiew out of the window after the weight, which landed on the head of a leading citizen, whose skull is dangerously fractured. Mr. Wilkinson and the leading citizen, who are at present both in the hospital! are convinced that, 011 the whole, it is better for a man to employ a dentist than to pull his own teeth. They are unquestionably right, but such is the horror with which men regard the dentist that in all probability they will continue to devise methods of pulling their own teeth rather than to seat themselves in the dentist's chair. ?oi'htiUc inquirer. YORK VILLE, S. THURSDAY MORNING. AUG. 24, 1882 How to Order the Enquirer.?Writethe name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county ami State, in full, and send the amount 01 the subscription hy draft or post office month order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.--The ICNquutKR is delivered free ol postage to all subscribers residing in York county, wiio receive the paper at post-othces within the county; and to all othor subscribers the postage is paid l?3* the publisher. Our subscribers, n< matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?Thodateon the "address label" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date mn.it be fcejd hi advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash iu advance. THE CHESTER CONVENTION. We condense from the Chester Bulletin, a report of the proceedings of the Convention of this Congressional district, held in Chester on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. The proceedings show that there was an earnest contest as to who should be the honored man? every county or part of county comi>osing the district, except Kershaw and Union, having an aspirant whose interest was zealously watched by the delegation of his county. We need not conceal the fact that we had hoped for the success of the honored name put in nomination from York county. In this we were not selfish, but were actuated by motives as disinterested and patriotic as were the adherents of other nominees. But now that the nomination is made and the prize borne off by another, we cheerfully yield him our support, and congratulate the Democracy of the Fifth Congressional district 011 the choice of the Convention. Hon. John J. Hemphill, the nominee, is a gentleman of undoubted talent and ability. Young and emulous, he entered upon public life since the reconstruction era, and is fully abreast with the times and equal to the emergencies of the most hotly contested canvass. In 187b his voice ranglond and clear for the overthrow of-the corrupt horde then lording it over the honest tax-payers of South Carolina ; and as he then made more telling speeches and more fully comprehended the political situation than would have been expected for one of his years, so has he continued to rise, until he may now be reckoned one of the best stump speakers in the .State. 11 is ability is unquestioned ; his political record is without a blemish ; his private characteris unimpeachable ; and with the further accomplishment of being an able speaker and ready debater, lie will make a vigorous and successful canvass. Although, according to the record, York's delegates did not contribute to securing his can- I didacy, yet on the day of the election her Democratic voters will do their full duty in elect- : ing him to represent them in the House of *' Representatives of the United States. < THE STATE CANVASS. ' The State Democratic Executive Commit- . tee have arranged the plan of the caiivass of . the State, and appointed committees to'per- j feet and carry out the details. The campaign will open in Anderson 011 Thursday, the 31st | instant, and every county in the State will j be visited, closing at Charleston 011 the 2Sth | of October. Special mass meetings have also , been appointed at different places in the re- 1 snective Congressional districts ; that for the 1 Fifth to l>e held in Camden on the 4th of November. s The candidates on the State ticket will address the people of York county, at Yorkville, j 011 "Wednesday, the l.'Jth of September, com- j ing to this place from Spartanburg, where ^ they will speak on the preceding day, and go- j ing from here to Chester, where they will , speak 011 Thursday the 14th. From Chester j they go to Lancaster on the 15th. To induce a full attendance of the Democ- j racy of York 011 that day it is only necessary, . we opine, to inform them that their chosen standard bearers will then address them on ( the issues before the people. It is not con- , templated, we believe, nor even is it necessa- ^ ry or desirable, to have a red shirt display, as ] in the memorable days of '70, when the grand- | est effort ever put forth by the people of a f State for the supremacy of intelligence over ignorance?honesty over corruption, was crowned with success only after an unpre- t cedented struggle ; but yet it is imperatively necessary for the Democratic cohorts to keep c in line and be ready to rally to the bugle call ^ of their leaders. Old York has never failed (] in the performance of her duty in the past, s nor will she in the future. f Two years ago the State canvassers met , a rather small crowd at their appointment at j this place. It was justly attributed to various causes?not the least among them being c the fact that the appointment was 011 the eve u of the centennial celebration at King's Motintain, and in the midst of a busy season with |, the cotton planters. Our people knew the situation, and they knew more; they knew that 011 the day of the election every Democratic voter would patiiotically discharge his a -1l.lv liia <folo 0.1.1 fl.o "V....will,..;.. tAUfj IU 1114 emu tlic ^(UIUM, aiiu LI ICil position was readily understood by the speak- n ?rs, albeit the slim attendance may have some- v what dampened their ardor. On opening the meeting, the County Chairman explained all a to the satisfaction of every body, except one b newspaper correspondent, who evidently felt J aggrieved because he was not met by a cavalcade and brass band. lie refused to be com- S forted. He smote his beard and shed copi- 1 >us tears over what he supposed was a lost d opportunity, nor did he fully recover his equanimity until after all the returns were in. n We mention this circumstance only to re- t mind the people of York that they will never t again be bothered with a centennial celebra- j Lion at King's Mountain: their labors have I (, been blest with a plenteous harvest; the cot- j n ton fields can take care of tlremselves for one j n lay, and as this canvass is to be vigorously pros-1 a jcuted against the combined forces of Green- j backers, Republicans and Independents, we 11 would urge them to encourage the champions ; C jf the Democracy by their presence on the j i 13th of September. Not only come your-; n selves; but induce your Republican laborers j Lo come and hear State politics discussed from S i Democratic standpoint. If they could be i fi induced to hear Col. Thompson, his ringing d words of wisdom would remove the scales j v from their eyes and they would behold politi-1 b \1 questions in their true light. I POLITICAL BLACKMAILING. Notwithstanding the pretended legislatioi for the prevention of assessing governmen employes for political purposes, the work goe; 011 just, as it did in the profligate days of Grant ism. One II uhbell is at the head of this brand of the service, and it is said that a printinj press is kept constantly running issuing circu lars, which a large clerical force is employed ii mailing to all employes of the government from the scrub women in public buildings t( the most consequential clerk or head of de partnient at the capital, demanding "volunta ry contributions," to the Republican campaigi political fund. While, since Ilubbell's circu lar lias been' issued, it lias been seemingly au thoritatively stated that employes and official; who fail to comply with his demands will no be interfered with 011 that account, yet it i probable that most of them contribute, some what on the same principle they would yielt to the highwayman who demanded their moil ey or their life. By "voluntarily" complying with Ilubbell's "demand," they evidently fee more secure in their positions. On this black mailing process, a recent Washington lette: siys: Gentlemen who are in a position to know say that the "voluntary contributions" aske< for by the Union Republican Congressiopa Commitee, will amount to more, when the tota is rendied. ilinu has ever been raised before bi the same committee to carry on acongression al campaign. They say that the reason win it lias resulted so successfully isthat there wai an openness about it never before practiced that every thing has been above board, office holders understanding clearly that while the: will not offend any one by not sending in thei: assessments, they certainly will not if the: "step up to the captain's office and settle" si: requested, it goes without saying, also, tha those who have subscribed and paid up fee much more comfortable than those who fear like George William Curtis, that they may vi olate some law by furnishing their quota ti the campaign fund. One of the States tha1 the committee expect surely to redeem is Ne vada, which went wrong some time since ant elected Senator Fair and Representative Cas sidy, both Democrats. The committee hav< information, that by a liberal expenditure, Ne vada can be "put right," as far as its Repre sentative is concerned, this fall. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Vaucluse mills of the Granitevill Manufact uring Company are working on an or der from San Francisco for 300,000 yards o goods and 150,000 bags. ? Dr. Carlisle declines the presidency of tin South Carolina College. He says he feels i his duty to remain at Wofford, where he ha: served so long. ? The Supreme Court decides, in the case o: the State vs. Mancke, that the Liquor law o December 24, 1880, went into effect on its pas sage. ? It is stated from Washington that the na val station at Port Royal is to be abandonee in a few days, and that the only U. S. vesse there will be ordered to Annapolis, Md., fo use by the cadets. ? A car load of bird dogs was received ii Chester last week. They were shipped fron Philadelphia by Mr. J. II. Whait, and will bi put in training at Chester, for the field trials to come off around High Point in November ? The Columbia Register estimates that one half of the "80,000 white voters of this Stab take nr newspaper of any kind," and practi eallygo through the world blind, in utter igno ranee of what is going on in the great work they live in. ? The joint summer meeting of the Stab Grange and State Agricultural Society wai held in Anderson last week. Several essay: on agricultural topics were read, and intelli gent discussion elicited many new facts of im portance to the farming community. ? Ex-Lieutenant Governor and ex- Congress man A. J. Ransier, colored, died near Char leston Last Thursday night of "country fever.' Ransier was a native of this State, and wai probably the least objectionable ot the colorec men who attained high positions during tin Reconstruction era. Foi several years he has lived in abject poverty. ? Among the ''oldest inhabitants" of tin ^outli Carolina Penitentiary may be mention id the name of John llaskit, who was convict 3d of manslaughter and sentenced fftim Lau fens for 20 years ; lie has served 10 years. Age 15 years. The next oldest prisoner is Roberl Sams, convicted of the murder of his wife ind sentenced from Charleston county foi ife; he has served eleven years. Age, 59 years, ? Milton Douglas, an Edgefield negro, was narried while a slave in 1859 to a colored gir n that county. After three monthsof weddec ife he was sold and sent "West. His wife narried again, her second husband dying a 'ew months ago. Milton, who had not beer leard from since 1859, returned the other da) uul resumed connubial relations with his old spoiise without the formality of re-marriage, ? Cadet Whittaker is on a visit to his peo< >le, who live in Camden?his first visit to hit lome since his entrance at "West Point si> ,'ears ago. A representative of the Journal 'ound him very courteous and polite, and not roi-tr miinli Divititnnrufl nf flip 1? Pi n 11 il ifjlll DSir ;y, and his rude treatment. On the contrary le has a very kind feeling for the South, which le regards as his and the home of his race in his country. ? A material train on the S. C. R. It. was brown from the track by a cow 011 Thursday -f hist week. Win. Armstrong, the engineer, vas killed and live other persons injured. 3ut this is 110 argument in favor of the stock aw. The public are not informed as to the ate of the cow. If unfortunately it was killid by the train, the owner of the roaming inirnal ought to recover heavy damages from lie railroad company. ? Mr. Wm. Beattie, a prominent merchant if Greenville, and a delegate from that couny to the fourth Congressional Convention, lied suddenly at Union, Tuesday night, it is apposed of heart disease. He complained of eeling unwell, remained in his room and did lot attend the session of the Convention, dr. Beattie was a gallant Cofederate soldier aul lost an eye from a minnie ball which he arried in his head for years, but which eventlally dropped into his mouth one night when sleep. For business tact and energy, he was uglily esteemed by all who knew him. STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. ? The editors of both the Anderson papers re candidates for the Legislature. ? Honorable Samuel Dibble has been nomilated for Congress in the first District, and without a doubt will be elected. ? The Convention of the Third Congression1 district, com]>osed of the counties of Abeville, Oconee and Pickens, will meet in tnderson to-morrow. ? Nearly every Democratic paj>er in the tate, in mentioning the renomination of Mr. )ibble for Congress, congratulates the First istrict upon the fact. ? The Greenback State Convention will /ieet in Columbia the 5th of September, and he Republican State Convention will meet in he same city the 12th of September. ? The Democrats and the Republicans of feorgetown county have agreed on a comproliso ticket. The Democrats have made their ominations, and the ticket will be completed t an early day. ? The Darlington Southerner believes that lie nominat ion of Mr. George W. Dargan for Congress from the Sixth district wasasurprise i> most of his fellow-citizens, and probably as inch to Mr. Dargan as any one else. ? George W. Dargan, a young lawyer and olicitor of the Fourth Circuit, was nominated or Congress from the Sixth Congressional istrict, at Florence, on Wednesday of last reek. lie was chosen on the thirty-third allot. ? Says the Anderson Journal: "Col. F. 15. Cash disclaims being a member of the green\ back labor paaty, but gives it his hearty supt port since it opposes the Democratic party, s which insulted him by enacting the anti-duel- . . ling law." i ?The Carolina Spartan sounds the following ' t note of warning : The time has come to begin ' . sowing red rust-proof oats. The Democrat i who neglects this first duty to his party, and 5 lets the fall pass away without attending to ) this matter, is to be suspected. . ? Hon. James Campbell, of Charleston, says . that he has not authorized any publication to ' i be made to the effect that he will be an inde pendent candidate for Governor, and just at - this time he is not prepared to say that he s shall consent to such a proposition. lie says ' t when the proper time comes he will give his s views fully ; but at present he does not care - to say anything on the subject. i 1 ? The Spartanburg Herald states as a "re- 1 - markable fact that every man on the State ? ticket is an Episcopalian, except Captain 1 Lipscomb, and he is a half scholar, as it were, , - his wife being an Episcopalian, and he not a ( r member of any church. And it is another ( remarkble fact that every Democratic nomi- , , nee for Governor since the war has lieen an ( 1 r..idnnrin1iun O1!./. npaoiilant rtf tli(i f'itiwltil * i lij'inV'Uj'aiinii. x uu {'irojuuiit w?. VHV V? 1 Academy is an Episcopalian." I ? The Convention of the Fourth Congres[ sional district met in Union on the 15th in- ' f "stant, and organized with Col. Wm. Wallace 1 s as president. The first ballot resulted ; Perry ' ; 18, Evins 9, Hall 8, Youmans 9, McKissick 5. 1 ' After the seventeenth ballot the Convention < adjourned until Wednesday. On Wednesday ' l, morning, about thfc tffbhlieth ballot, Fairfield went for Youmans, and then then there ? was little change until the fifty-eighth ballot, j when Union went for Evins. On the fifty- \ ninth ballot Ball, of Laurens, was withdrawn, i 1 On the sixty-second ballot Evins received 27 i votes, Youmans 13 and Perry 8. On motion < ? of Colonel Rhett, of Columbia, the nomina- ] tion was made unanimous. The votes for j Colonel Evins were, from Spartanburg 8, Lau- ' rensS, Union 5, Oreenville.3, Fairfield2, Rich" land 1. ? The Democratic primary election in Abbeville county was held on the 12th instant. , The chief interest centered on the race for the Senatorship, between Dr. J. G'. Maxwell, the ! present incumbent, and (Jen. It. R. Hemphill, the editor of the Medium. The canvass was i e warmly conducted between these two aspi- ( - rants; and the fate of every candidate was f said to hang upon the question whether he was a "Maxwell man" or a "Hemphill man." B The main issue between these two gentlemen 1 fc seems to have been the State University?Dr. Maxwell favoring its maintenance and Gen3 eral Hemphill bitterly opjvosing it. The race was a very close one. Dr. Maxwell's majority f being only 179 in a total vote of 2500. Messrs. f McGee, Bradley, Widenian, Parker and Gary ( received a majority of the votes cast and were . nominated for the House of Representatives. 1 No other candidates received a majority of j the votes cast, and a second election will be 1 held for all the other ofticers. 1 t. CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION. The Democratic Convention for the Fifth . , Congressional district, assembled in Chester on ] ! Tuesday of hist week, loth instant, and was . B called to order at 4 o'clock P. M., by John M. ( McXeel, Esq., of Chester, Chairman of the Congressional Executive Committee. After _ addressing the Convention, outlining the busa iness which they had met to transact, he called . J. E. "Webster, Esq., of Gaffney City, to the ; . chair pro tern, II. W. Finlayson, of Cheraw, j was requested to act as temporary secretary. 1 A committee on credentials, consisting of one '< b from each county, including the parts of Union 1 s and Spartanburg as counties, reported the fol- 1 3 lowing delegations as entitled to seats : 1 Chester?It. S. Hope, W. G. Austin, II. C. . Brawley, J. E. Craig, G. W. Gage, J. L. Glenn, ' O. A. Wylie, W. A. Sanders.?8. York?8. A. McElwee, R. H. Glenn, D. C. " McKinney, Allen Jones, J. A. Latta, Andrew - Jackson, A. R. Banks, J. Lawrence Moore, 1 ' Robert Hayes, J. Leonjdap Moore.?10. < 3 Chesterfield?D. T. Redfearn, Edward Mc- i i Iver, W. J. Hanna, C. L. Evans, J. A. Mc- ( Millan, II. W. Finlayson.?6. ^ ? Kershaw?C. C. Haile, F. M. Stephenson, 1 A. II. Perry, E. Miller Boykin, E. E. Sill, B. I O. Kennedy, S. C. Clyburn, L. F. Peebles.?8. t i Lancaster?M. J. Ilough, B. F. Miller, J. i . F. Gregory, J. M. Caskey, J. R. Massey, A. < . W. Heath.?6. , Two townships in Spartanbury?J. E. Webster, M. S. Lynn.?2. ' Two townships in Union?John R. Jeffries ' John R. Jeffries alternate for F. M. Little , jolin.?2. r Total number 42; necessary to nominate 22. Upon the announcement that the convenj tion was ready for business, J. E. Webster and 1 II. W. Finlayson were respectively elected I permanent chairman and secretary. Mr. ? Webster accepted the chairmanship in a brief, i appropriate speech. J. Lyles Glenn, of Chesi ter, and G. W. 8. Hart, of Yorkville, were aj>r pointed tellers to assist the Secretary. The rules of the South Carolina House of Representatives were adopted as the rules to govern s the convention. 1). C. McKinney, of York county, moved that the convention proceed to nominate candi- i< dates with closed doors, and, with the excep- J tion of members of the press, that the specta- f tors be requested to retire. The motion was g adopted with a few dissenting votes. a , The chairman announced that nominations l j were in order. After a few moments' silence i ? -w- - i j i rr I Or. W. liage, J<Jsq., arose ana norninaieu nun. g i J. J. Hemphill. J. Lyles Glenn seconded the p nomination. t J. R. Jeffries, of Union, then nominated g Col. T. Stobo Farrow, of Gaffney City, and e the nomination was seconded by M. S. Lynn, i of Spartanburg. Judge llough, of Lancaster, nominated Gen. Jno. B. Erwin, of Lancaster, and the nomina- j? tion was seconded by J. M. Caskey of Lancas- . ter. ' A. It. Banks, of York, nominated Col. W. B. Wilson, of Yorkville, and the nomination a was seconded by R. H. Glenn, of York. c I). T. Redfearn, of Chesterfield, nominated * W. L. T. Prince of Cheraw, and Edward Mc- ^ Iver, of Cheraw, seconded the nomination. S t* Mr. Glenn, of York, then moved that norai- L <3 nations close, and the motion was adopted. kThe first ballot was-then taken with the fol- ^ lowing result : Hemphill, 8 ; Erwin, 1*2 ; Wilson, 12 ; Prince, G ; Farrow, 4. Six of the 3 Kershaw delegation voted for Erwin and two for Wilson. On the 11th ballot, one of the Kershaw dele- p, gates changed to Hemphill, giving him nine ^ votes which he held until the 10th ballot, ^ when the convention adjourned at 7 P. M. to ^ meet at 8.30 P. M. On reassembling at 8.30, q Hemphill again received nine votes, which he j g held up to the 30th ballot on which he dropped ^ kown to 4, five Chester delegates voting for q Farrow. On the 37th ballot he regained his g nine votes and kept up a loss and gain until^ the 44th ballot, when he got nineteen. On the j, 45th he received 19, on the 40th 20, on the j y 47th 20, on the 48th 19 and on the 49th 18, ! a when the convention adjourned about 12 to I meet at 9 on Wednesday morning. The convention met at 9 on Wednesday morning and took the 50th ballot, Hemphill ! receiving 12, Wilson 12, Erwin 18. Hemp-! I . .11. ^- j-i ..... 1 ??:,i?..,i I Pi I IUll'S VOie Mien wiivurcu uunaiuciauijr aiiu uu | ! the 66th ballot dropped down to 8. On the ; 0) ! G7th ballot he jumped to 21, and on the 68th j tl j received 26 from the following counties : j Chester, 8 ; Lancaster, 3 ; Chesterfield, 6 ; Un- i tl l ion, 2 ; Spartanburg, 2 ; Kershaw, 5. There-1 li suit was announced as follows, amid tremen- i al i dons applause : Hemphill, 26 ; Erwin, 2 ; i tc 1 Wilson, 4 ; Kennedy, 10. On motion of Mr. j tl I Mclver, the nomination was made unani- Si ! mo us. ti Messrs. J. R.Jeffries, of Union, G. W. Gage, gi of Chester, and E. Miller Boykin, of Kershaw, h: j were appointed a committee to inform Mr. sc Hemphill of his nomination and escort him to jx the court-house. On being introduced, Mr. j tl Hemphill accepted the nomination in a grace-1 jx fill speech, in which he intimated the subjects sn upon which he would hereafter address the ai people of the 5th District. Upon the conclu- j st ' sion of Mr. Hemphill's remarks, the conven-jcl tion adjourned. I si LOCAL AF7AZES. j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Tos. P. Wallace, Administrator? Estate of Mrs. Catherine Blair, deceased. J. A. McLean, J. P., Y. 0.?Estate Ponnis Crosby, deceased. r. M. Dobson?Emporium of Fashion. R. H. Glenn, County Chairman?Governor's Day. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?(train Drills?Gootis Recei ved?Wan te<l. Ernest Lowry?Agricultural Machinery. Hunter, Oates A Co.?Before Purchasing Elsewheie. W. C. Latimer?Off for the Northern Markets. The Pirates. Benjamin Sloan, Secretary of Faculty, Columbia, S. C.?South Carolina College. H. F. Adickes?Just Received. Withers Adickes?Our Stock. John R. Ashe?The New Store. GONE NORTH. If.. tir /-I T _ 1 ! ~L A ~ \Ta^L/v..? i?ir. >y. u-. jammer aiinieu tu wit; nuunnn markets yesterday to make his purchases for the fall trade. 8PRCIAL PRECINCT MEETINGS. By advertisement, it will be seen that the County Chairman directs that a special prelinct meeting be held at each precinct in the uounty on Saturday, September 9, at 4 P. M., to arrange for the meeting in Yorkville on rjovernor's day. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Attention is directed to the advertisement I if the South Carolina College, Columbia, the session of which will open on the .'5rd of October next. The courses of study include general science, mechanics and engineering, agriinlture, classical and Latin, with competent instructors in each. TO CANDIDATES. Legislative candidates may be interested in i communication in this paper under the heading of "A Practical and Pertinent Question," md signed "Many Voters." In this case 'Many Voters" is not a mythical character ; jut the same paper we print is in circulation md securing the signatures of all to whom it is presented. CHURCH *NOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor, rhere will be no services in this church next Sunday. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. P. Franks, Pastor. Services next Sunday, forenoon and svening, in the church at Yorkville. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular appointment at Tirzah next Sunday. Episcopal?Rev. A: Prentiss. Services at 101 A. M., and at 8 P. M. EGYPTIAN WHEAT. We have been furnished by Dr. T. .T. Walksr, of King's Mountain, N. C., with a small package, as a sample, of Egyptian wheat, grown by Mr. Antoine .hois, near urowuers Mountain, in Gaston county, N. C. Mr. Bois brought tiie seed from Germany, and after giving it a trial in this climate, lie says it matures much better here than in either Germany or France. The heads closely resemble the bearded wheat familiar to our people. They are well filled and the grain makes a fine quality of Hour. "THE PIRATES." Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta, "The Pirates of Penzance," was rendered in the Female College hall last Friday night by the i"orkville Philharmonic Society, before a large ?nd appreciative audience. As will be seen by idvertisement, it will be produced again tomorrow evening, the proceeds to be applied the same as the receipts for the first performance. The ladies and gentlemen connected with the play went to Rock Hill yesterday, where they produced it last night. TIIE COUNTY CANVASS. The State Executive Committee having aplointed "Wednesday, September 13, for the jaiulidates on the State ticket to address the seople of York, at Yorkville, the County Jhairman and Secretary whom the Executive Jommittee have vested with discretionary lower, have changed the appointments from ;he dates published last week, so that county meetings may not conflict with "Governor's lay" in York. The appointments as now arranged are published in our advertising colimns. BUllGI.ARY. Last Saturday night, the store of J. W. P. Elope, near the depot, was burglariously entersd, and a quantity of goods stolen therefrom. Hr. Hope misses from his stock a bolt, 40 or 50 rards, jeans; 2 bolts, 40 or 50 yards in each, Ylamance checks ; 1 bolt sheeting and a bolt )i arming, 4U or ou yarus in eacu j oo puunus ;obacco; several pairs of boots and shoes md a quantity of sugar and coffee. Mr. Ioi>e estimates his loss at about $75. Enhance was made by going under the house , md removing the hearth-stone. AN ENEMV OF CARP. On last Sunday morning, Mr. S. B. Carroll tilled a large water moccasin on the bank of ' dr. J. M. Brian's fish pond, about three miles rora town, on the King's Mountain road, and ifter killing the snake, observing that it was of 1 .11 unusual circumference for a reptile of its ength, he decided to open it ; when he found : t contained, besides ten of its young snakes, i carp measuring 8 inches long. The carp was 1 ilaced in the pond last winter. The supposiion is that the fish fall an easy prey to water 1 nakes, and owners of carp ponds are caution- 1 d against this enemy of the finny tribe. 1 SUPREME COURT DECISION. J. F. Wallace, Admr., vs. Mary Campbell nd others. This was a suit in the Probate 1 lourt of York county by the administrator of , ohn Campbell, deceased, against his heirs-at- 1 aw, to call in the creditors of said deceased, , ,nd to sell his lands to pay debts. All the J laims presented were security debts. The >robftte Court allowed the claim of Eli S. Jampbell and rejected all the others, on the 'round of laches, including the liability upon j he administration of Charles Mcllwaine, ( ir's., estate; and the decree has been affirmed, ] oth by the Circuit and Supreme Courts. ^ Witherspoon & Spencer for appellants ; Wil- | on & Wilson for respondent. ^ THE "PEA-BEAN." Mr. G. E. Mc Steele, of the Clay Hill neigh- ' orhood, has left with us a pea or bean hull 20 * aches in length, and containing 21 peas or 1 eans. It is of an unusual variety in this sec- * ion, and its name is unknown by Mr. Steele. 8 .'he hull resembles that of a pea, though the * eed is not unlike a bean, which fact caused Ir. Steele to give it the name of pea-bean. * 'lie vine is a fine runner, overloading the lar- s est corn stocks. Each vine produces about 1 fty pods, averaging from 20 to 30 inches 8 i length. Mr. Steele estimates that the 1 ield would not be less than 100 bushels per J ere. Who can give any information respec- 51 ing this vegetable production ? 1 ? \ A SAD TRAGEDY. A sad and heartrending occurrence took ' * - < ii i . -*T r\ ? S luce in lreaen county, jx. on iveuueau,iy I last week, which is described as follows by J le Statesville Landmark: * About 1 o'clock on the morning in question, 11 le wife of Mr. E. Clayton Stevenson, who a ves on Third Creek, in Shiloh township, t oout 7 miles from Statesville, aroused him : j; ) tell him of a noise among the chickens. As j le minks have been very destructive of Mr. j1 tevenson's poultry, he supposed they were! c espassing again, and arising and getting his j d un, he passed out of the front door, leaving . o is wife, as he supposed, in bed. Mrs. Steven- j n >n, however, got up, threw on a dark wrap- j r n-, and went out at the back door, and was at; \ le end of the smoke house when her husband p jered around the corner of the dwelling. He h iw the figure of a person and saw it move, | p id supposing that it was a human thief in-' v ead of a mink which had been among the tl lickens, he fired ujion the object and was o locked to hear his wife exclaim, "Oh ! Clayt,'d you have shot me !" Dropping his gun, Mr. Stevenson ran to her and she walked into the house where he put her to bed and left her alone while he hastened to a neighbor's to tell of the occurrence and to have a physician and the other relatives of his wife summoned. Dr. B. II. Yount was soon on hand, but it was evident at a glance that the unfortunate lady was beyond human aid. Thirty-Hive ' large squirrel or buck shot had penetrated the : < left abdominal region, and death resulted from internal hemorrhage about daybreak. Mrs. Stevenson remained conscious and talked ] rationally to the last. She exculpated her husband entirely, expressed great sorrow for !. him in his heart broken condition, and beg- j ged her sister, Miss Janie Ilenry, to comfort ( him all she could. The unfortunate victim of the occurrence? { nee Miss Margaret Henry?was a native of j York county, and daughter of the late Melanc- j thon Henry, who, until the time of his death, j IStrcwl Ir* flic* flints TTill QQ/*fini) TTia wirlnw ! 1 and her children subsequently moved to Iredell county, X. C. ( THE niUODEN PROPOSITION. There was a meeting of the stockholders of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad Company in Lincolnton, X. C., last Thursday night, to consider the proposition of Gen. Imboden to lease or purchase the unfinished portion of the road between the towns of Newton and Lenoir. The proposition of Gen. Imboden, who represents an unincorporated syndicate in the States of New York and Pennsylvania, has heretofore been published in the Enquikek. After a full conference, the proposition of Gen. Imboden ?s syndicate was rejected. A committee was appointed, however, to receive proposals from any parties who may desire to buy or lease; but any propositions that may be made will be submittted to a meeting of the stockholders, the time and place of which will be designated hereafter. wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm L Communicated ] A PRACTICAL AND PERTINENT QUESTION. We respectfully request that the Senator for York county, and the candidates for nomination to be voted for as members of the House of Representatives, declare definitely whether they are in favor of, or opposed to, the proposed Constitutional amendment adopted at the recent extra session of the Legislature, redu+l.r> nf nan- nminfina in SlmiMi ( Ulll^ 11IU l/I 14V. TV WUllViVk^ 1U K^vuvii VM*t/ Una to four hundred square miles. Replies to this interrogatory may be made at the public meetings to be held previous to the primary election, or in the county newspapers. Many Voters. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A lady correspondent of a London newspaper is summering at Asheville. ? Gen. W. W. Belknap, ex-secretary of war of the United States, is at Wrightsville Sound, near Wilmington. ? The Statesville American shows a specimen of Cranberry iron ore, which was taken "a half mile under the ground." It is of remarkable purity and density. ? A Charlottesville, Va., firm buys large quantities of grap.es in North Carolina through an agent in Charlotte, sometimes getting a carload from a single vineyard. ? Mr. John London, formerly of Wilmington, but now of Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory, where he fills the position of post trader under the United States Government, recently sold a copper mine for ?130,000 for which he originally paid only ?400. ? The Gastonia Gazelle says that the farmers within one mile of the depot at King's Mountain, made 1,435 bushels of wheat this year. Mr. F. Dilling, our informant, says five years ago not over 300 bushels was raised in that section. ? The Charlotte Observer announces the death, on Sunday of last week, of Mr. R. A. Walker, a good and respected citizen of Pineville. Mr. Walker was a worthy, member of the Knights of Honor and was in good standing with the lodge. lie leaves a wife and five children, all girls. His family will receive $2,000 from the order and its receipt will be a practical illustration of the benevolence of the institution of the Knights of Honor. ? A destructive landslide occurred near Le- i noir, Caldwell county, on Sunday of bust week. Many houses were swept away and several persons injured. A large number of people, wlm wpro nrmorrpfrntpcl in the house of Mr. .T. C. Powell, narrowly escaped death, as the : house was partially destroyed. Hundreds of ; tons of fearth slid down the mountain sides. 1 The occurrence is supposed to have been caused by a waterspout. GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES. ? The Vermont Greenbackers have nomina- < ted a State ticket. ? Judge Fowle, of North Carolina, publish- i es a card denying the rumor that he contemplates withdrawing from the Democratic party. ? The Greenbackers of Massachusetts have nominated Ben. Butler as their candidate for Governor. ? Ohio Democrats assert that they will carry ttyrteen Congressional districts in that State next October. The Indiana R'epublicans in their plat- j form dodge the liquor question, which is giv- i ing the politicians in that sovereignty so much i trouble. - 1 ? Gen. James AV. Singleton, who failed to J receive the Democratic nomination for Con- j ijress in the eleventh Illinois district after j some 1,500 ballots, will run as an Independ- < 3nt candidate on the condition that the Re- 1 publicans make no nomination. ? The Georgia Liberal and Geox-gia Green- ' back conventions have renominated Gen. Gar- ( trell for Governor, making four nominations ( L1? *- 11? 1 J f Kn tlltic Uie general IU13 ICUCIYCU, uwtu tut nutvu ind black factions of the Republican party having already signified their intention of sup- ( porting the "Independent Democrat." ^ ? The Republicans of Kansas are not behind ( in issues: Their platform declares that whis- c ky shall be no more; that railroads shall not ' iiscrirainate; that women shall have the J right to vote, and that Kansas railways shall c take out patents for lands granted them by [ die goverment. They also demand pro tec- i don for America's infant industries. 1 ? Col. Charles li. Jones, editor of tiie Char- ( otte Observer, and Independent candidate for t Jongress, formally opened the campaign on e die 12th, by addressing the people at Concord. \ len. Leach made a speech at the same time, C idvocating the Liberal platform. It is not J 'ully developed what Gen. Leach is up to. * rhey do tell a hard story on Col. Jones to j die effect that a few years ago he ran for r ichool committeeman without opposition, and r vas defeated. And the Democratic papers {) ire reminding Gen. Leach of the following 11 ltterance in his speeches two years ago: "An ? Ethiopian cannot change his color nor a leop- j ird his skin, but my God ! fellow citizens, t iow quick a white man becomes a nigger a vhen he joins the Radical party." ? tt A Dark Plot Discovered.?A highly I lensational story comes from Choctaw county, I " llabama, to the effect that on the 15th instant 11 lie accidental discovery was made of a well- {jj tintlirea pioc on me part 01 me negroes iu rise p md massacre all the white jieople of the coun- o y. The conspirators numbered about four e mndred. After consultation, seven of the " rincipal ringleaders were quietly arrested and ommitted to jail 011 the 17th. - On last Satur- y layabout seven hundred persons?amongthem ' tl ne hundred and fifty negroes, assembled in J d nass meeting at the Court House, and after a fi eading of the papers disclosing the plot, it hi ras decided that Jack Turner, one of the ei risoners, was a dangerous charaeter-*-a regu- i ai ir firebrand in the community, and that the j hi mblic demanded his immediate death. He yi ms accordingly hanged, about 1.15 P. M., in V he presence of an assembled multitude. The C ther prisoners are still in jail to await further ai evelopments. | ft THE MORMON QUESTION. INDIGNATION MEETING OF CITIZENS AT WBITAKER. fCorrcsponilmce of the Vorkville Enquirer.] An indignation meeting of the citizens of York county, S. C., and of Cleveland coupty, X. was held at Whitaker, in York county, an the 21st instant. The meeting was organized by calling B. F. Logan, of Cleveland county, to the chair, and requesting F. II. Dover to act as secretary. The following resolutions and address to the people were read and adopted : We the citizens of York county, S. C., and Cleveland county, X. C., protest against having our community disturbed by the missionaries from Utah now among us. That we are determined that good society and morals shall be protected. That these emisaries, styling themselves Elders in the Church of Latter Day Saints, are causing disturbance among the people where they are operating. That we earnestly call on them to depart in peace before the indignation of our people becomes uucontrolable and they do them bodily injury. Resolved, That the chairman appoint a committee of eight, as follows : B. J. Gold, E. Hardin, J. It. Dickson and F. II. Dover, from York county ; A. Bettis, A. J. Borders, W. C. Etters and B. F. Logan, of Cleveland county, to wait ujion them and present a copy of these resolutions, and urge upon them the importance of at once leaving the country. Rcsolveii, That these resolutions be published in the Yorkville Enquirer and the Shelby Aurora. address. It is with sorrow that we see our neighbors and friends being led astray by Mormon missionaries, styling themselves Elders in the Church of the Latter Day Saints. We call upon them to stop and reilect on the course they are taking. We ask them to turn back l>efore they ruin themselves and their families, by connecting themselves with a polygamous and adulterous people, accursed by God and denounced by all good people. We ask them to look at the history of this institution, founded in Manchester, N. Y., on the (5th of April, 1830, when the people looked upon them with indignation at their unparalelled impudence, and compelled them to leave. After various wanderings, they established themselves in Jackson county, Mo., where they remained four years, when their incensed and indignant neighbors compiled them to move again. Their leader, Joe Smith, then settled at a place in Illinois, which they called Nauvoo, or the New Jerusalem, the future home of the Saints. Here their practices provoked the indignation and hostility of the people, and then their leader, Joe Smith, and many of his associates were killed. Brigham Young, who succeeded Joe Smith, in 1847, led the community to the territory of Utah, where they settled in Salt Lake Valley, and since have been carrying on their polygamous practices undisturbed, as they had gotten beyond the pale of civilization. Recently, the government of the United States has commenced efforts to blot out this stain on civilization. "We earnestly call on our neighbors and friends to turn back from among them, and remember and think what they are doing. If you join them your neighbors and friends will not associate with you, and you will probably meet with persecution and trouble. Remember that the evil has become so great that the U. S. government has taken steps to suppress it. B. F. LOGAN, Chairman. F. II. Dover, Secretary. NOT IN SYMPATHY WITH THE MEETING. [Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.) "VViiitakeh, August 21.?'The citizensof the town of Whitaker did not take any part in the indignation meeting against the Mormons held here to-day, as they, our citizens, are not interested in the matter, and think all will work for good to those that trust in the Lord. A Lookek-On. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK'S STATION. Black's Station, S. C., August 21.?On Wednesday last, Landrum L. Hopper, who lived in North Carolina, near the State line, was killed by lightning, while plowing in his field in Spartanburg county. Thomas Wylie, an old citizen who lived near here, died on Wednesday last. There are jive new store buildings under way and will soon be completed at this place. Master Samuel Coykendall started, a few days ago, to St. Louis, Missouri, where he has received an appointment as a clerk in the general freight agent's office of the ChesanouL'o unrl Hhin [/ViiilW UliV4 v/lllv vimt There is much new county talk on this side. The question of the Constitutional amendment reducing the counties to 400 square miles, as the least number that a county can be made, was adopted as a party measure, to increase the number of Senators. It was done as a party policy and can't be gone back on, consistently, after its adoption. There is much to consider as to whether we will be willing to be reorganized into a new county. The first great consideration is the amount of tax we would be liable to. If we are to issue bonds on the new county to pay a heavy, burdensome taxation that would not be paid by the present generation, it will not be approved of, and will receive, on the York side, a unanimous opposition, as it will be viewed by us in a practical way, and we are not willing to pay more for the whistle than it is worth ; as it would have been much better if the counties of the State in the first instance had been less. There are some parts jf the State where new counties could be made if the increase of taxation was not too ?reat on these localities, with somewhat of an increase on the older counties, making them less able to meet their obligations. Some localities of these proposed new counties would not regard the high tax, as they would oe benefitted. Nevertheless, the real question is: Would not the re-arrangement of )ur territory increase our taxation greatly where we would not-be able to pay ? If all the lost is counted it is very expensive to organze new counties, and the cost of it is the luestion to be considered. All will admit the convenience and some advantages to be gainid by it. Ego. MEEE-MENTION. Immigrants brought ?60,000,000 with them ;o the United States during the last fiscal ear. There are forty-two counties in ieorgia in which prohibition is in practical iperation. Senator B. H. Hill died at his lome in Atlanta, Ga., 011 Wednesday morning if last week.*-' 'The Illinois August crop eport says that about 11,000,000 bushels out >f a total crop of 32,000,000 bushels of wheat s badly damaged. Corn is 17 per cent, lielow ts condition August 1 of last year. The Uhens, Ga., Banner-Watchman tells of a sollier who during the war lived for several days vitli a bullet embedded in his heart, and says he story is vouched for by credible witnessis. The whole British force in Egypt, vhen the troops from India, numbering 10,i0(), arrive, will amount to about 35,000 nen. Cleburne, Texas, has recently made wo shipments of 50,000 bushels of wheat each, ne to Liverpool, and the other to Florence taly. ? In Amite county, Miss., recently, 150 aen went to jail for not working on the oads, preferring imprisonment to paying the ue. The Chicago IVibune is of the opin3ii that the grain crop of the country this ear will exceed by 30,000,000 bushels that of ny previous year. The colored people of lewport are very angry because five white let'?? wrrwrx tlmv/s rinf 1 Ati/* CI V/UiUCIO V? fic llitio UVU lUJI^ go, and their race was ignored in the selficion. Tiiere are eleven hundred and sixy-five lawyers in Boston. The Western Jnion Telegraph Company is truly an enorious institution. Its capital is $80,000,000 ; ; has nearly 850,000 miles of wire; it sent last ear aboOt 80,000,000 messages, and its earnigs were not much short of $6,000,000 A 'ennsylvania convict says he was sent to prisn for being dishonest, and yet he is compelled very day to cut out pieces of pasteboard, rhieh are put between the soles of the cheap lioes made there, and palmed off on the innoent public for leather. "How old .are ou V" said an ancient dame to a grinning lit:e darkey. "Well, if I goes by what nmder says, I'se most ten, but if I goes by the in I'se had, I'se most a hundred." The ibor strikes in the North are virtually at an nd, although in a few localities the laborers re holding out. These strikes have cost the iborers about $4,000,000 in wages lost, and et they accomplished nothing.?The late ir'm. M. Wadley, president of the Georgia entral Railroad, started life as a blacksmith, rid hammered his way to fortune and to ime.