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Scraps and Jacts. ? The Mormons have established headquarters in Chattanooga, and will soon have conferences in numbers of the Southern States. The lecherous sect is growing much more rapidly than many suppose. Combatting Mormonism with "moral suasion" methods is one of the dreariest of hypocritical farces. , ? An interesting case has just been concluded in Russell county, Va. Mrs. Caro- .1 line Halley was indicted for poisoning her < husband. She was tried and convicted and < sentenced to the State prison for five years. < The poisoned man was in Court. He was a pitiable spectacle, having entirely lost the use of his limbs. ? An illustration of the power of dynamite was given at Ithica, N. Y., on Tuesday. Five and a half pounds of it was exploded under a brick smoke stack weighing 100 tons. The mass of masonry was 1 lifted bodily in the air ana a stone weigning 50 pounds was hurled against a maple 100 yards away, shattering the trunk. ? The business failures for the week ending last Friday throughout the country reported to R. G. Dun & Co. number for the United States 212 and for Canada 20; total 232, against 209 the preceding week?an increase of 23 failures. The increase is pretty evenly distributed among the Middle, Western and Pacific States, out there is considerable decrease to note in Canada and in New York city. ? The test case of J. H. Simmons, vs. the United States was decided in the Court of Claims in Washington last Monday in favor of the claimant. This was a suit for interest on direct taxes in Charleston, S. C. The court held that the interest was erroneously collected, and that the statute of limitation does not affect the provisions of the act of February, 1867, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to correct errors, and to return the money collected through mistake under ] the direct tax laws. ] ? In the Criminal Court of Cincinnati, . last Saturday, Benjamin Johnson, who with Allen Ingalls was indicted for the mur- ] der of the Taylor family at Avondale, was 1 found guilty of murder in the first degree, 1 the jury having deliberated but little over an hour. This was the case where the raur- 1 dered bodies were delivered on the same 1 evening of the killing to the Ohio medical 1 college and fifteen dollars apiece paid for ' them to Ingalls and Johnson, the murderers. Ingalls hanged himself in jail a short , time ago. ; ? President Arthur having been selected to make the opening, and Secretary of War Lincoln the closing speech at the New Orleans Exposition, the managers have deter- ! mined to have an intermediate address de- 1 livered by some prominent Democrat, not yet named. During the course of the exposition it will be arranged that ex-Senator ' Bruce, Register of the Treasury, shall deliv- J er an oration, as the representative of the , colored people, who are expected to be present in large numbers throughout the entire period of the great festival. j ?The gamblers' panic continues; but its . continuance only multiplies testimony to j the general soundness of all the channels of legitimate industry and trade. The gamb- , ling speculators are still preying upon each I other, and they affect weak stocks very , largely and naturally affect thoroughly , sound securities by the sympathy that 1 reaches through all stocks and bonds sold 1 in a panic-stricken market; out tne minn- , sic value of securities and bonds on the ! market not involved in bankruptcy is just j the same to-day that it was three or six 1 months ago. ? The Augusta Chronicle says that it is \ well known that the Richmond and Dan- \ ville Railroad combination are seeking a ( Western connection with Augusta; that j they are steadily building down through Knoxville and Rabun Gap to the junction with the Air-Line; that the road from ] Toccoa and Elberton is graded for a broad ] gauge, and that the track can be widened in i a few days, and that the Augusta and Elber- j ton link is in the proposed route from the < West to that city. It is firmly believed j that with an amount?say $200,000?guaran- ( teed by Augusta and the people along the j line, the Richmond and Danville system j will take hold of the road and make it an j assured route. ? At Waycross, Ware county, Georgia. ] last Friday, John McKithern, colored, agect 1 21, was hanged in the presence of two thou- < sand persons. He was hanged for killing i a negro on the 5th of last January. Lloyd < S. Majors was hanged at Oakland, Califor- < nia. for participation in a murder committed J on the 11th of March, 1883. Charles B. i Clark was hanged at Little Valley, N. Y., 1 for the murder of his wife last December, i Laban Stevens, the third man convicted of the murder of Anderson Sackley, near Jack- < son, Ohio, was hanged at Waverly, Ohio, i Leondas Johnson, colored, was hanged at 1 MV?r>ftnnueh. Ga.. in the presence of ten < thousand persons, for criminal assault upon s Mrs. Cooke, a farmer's wife. He confessed I his guilt. ? Senator Hill has prepared a report upon * the postal telegraph schemes before the Sen- < ate committee. It has not been acted upon by a full committee, but is given out for ] publication now as the expression of the 1 views of the majority of the committee upon 1 the subjects treated. It is a wholesale con- 1 demnation of the existing methods of con- < ducting the telegraph business of the coun- | try, especially the telegraphic news service, all of which he proposes to reform. It makes a strong point of the necessity of 1 protecting the public against sinister possi- ( bilities in the control of the news by the As- 1 sociated Press, which it puts in the same ( category with telegraph companies as monopolists and oppressors of struggling jour- 1 nals and confiding readers. 1 ? A meeting in behalf of the effort to es- j tablish a home in Richmond, Va., for dis- ! abled and destitute Confederate soldiers was . held at Ford's Opera House, Baltimore, last Saturday night. Governor McLane pre- c sided, and speeches were made by Speaker Carlisle, of the house of Representatives, , Senator Colquitt of Georgia, Representa- 1 tives Calkins "of Indiana, GofF of West ( Virginia, Herbert of Alabama, Curtin of Pennsylvania, Skinner of New York, Mc- j Ginnis of Montana, and Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee. A letter of regret was received from j Gen. Rosecrans stating that circumstances i beyond his control prevented him from being present. Senator Gorman and Hon. j J. V. L. Findlay, of Maryland, were also . present. ? The African M. E. Delegates went over < to Washington from Baltimore on Wednes- i day, and paid their respects to President j Arthur. They were introduced by Rev. 1 Dr. B. W. Arnett, after which Bishop Way- < man addressed the President as follows: j "Mr. President?We come notas politicians, i but as humble ministers representing over < ' A- 4.~ i-U ~ , 4W,UUU people, TO pay our respects t,u uie r chief magistrate of the Nation. I hope f your administration in the future will be as satisfactory as it has been in the past, and your last days in the office the best." Bish- 1 op Turner thanked the President in behalf ' of the colored race for his efforts to have < the Civil Rights bill re-enacted. The Pres- * ident replied: "I am glad to meet so many 1 representatives of the religious body of 1 which you are members, and I thank you ' very much for your kind words and good < wishes." < ? The Greely squadron are at last all off \ on their errand of mercy. The Bear, the first to start, must now be well up to the Greenland coast. The Thetis has been reported at St. John's taking in supplies, and , the Alert sailed from New York a week or ' so ago. The three vessels will meet at Upernavik, and the northward voyage will . bejgin about the first of June, heading for Greely's station on Lady Franklin Bay. The squadron is com posed of staunch vessels, , plentifully supplied with every appliance ; which will be needed, and manned with , officers and crews particularly fitted and : disciplined for their work. Besides this official search, the bountiful Government : reward has already started quite a fleet of J whalers into that inhospitable region, so that we may expect to hear tidings of the , gallant Greely and his party possibly before another winter sets in. That the search will be successful will be every one's wish ; at the same time it is to be hoped it will never be necessary to institute another search for any one in that region. ? Ferdinand Ward, of Grant & Ward, was arrested in New York on Wednesday of j last week at the suit of Nelson H. Tappan,1 City Chamberlain of New York. He went with a Deputy Sheriff to the Sinclair Hotel where they registered under assumed names. Ward made unsuccessful attempts to secure the required bail of $300,000, and was taken to jail on Thursday. Nobody can i tell how far the trouble will reach. Ward's ' testimony before the receiver was obviously ] intended to shield Jas. D. Fish, of the Ma- i rine Bank, and the Grants, and every time he was driven in a corner he fell back on "I < do not remember." Both he and Mr. Fish j were before the Grand Jury on Wednesday, I being summoned to testify about the action < of City Chamberlain Tappan, but they them- j 3elves will probably be proceeded against < criminally. Ward's books in several places bore the initials "C. A. A." as one of the < recipients of profits on the mythical con- r tracts. Ward stated that the initials were i put there to make investors believe that i President Arthur was interested in the al- ( leged contracts, but that he really never did s business with the firm at all. None of the 1 Grants have been arrested, and probably no ( complaints will be entered against them. 1 ?he fotfeviUe inquirer, j YORKVII<YjE, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1884. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 19th, a number of ' petitions were presented, among them one f by Butler, to authorize the Secretary of c War to lend fifty Springfield rifles to the * Palmetto Guards, of Charleston. The bill k - t . < f For the creation of a bureau 01 laoor sums tics was taken up and debated until adjourn- . ment. 1 In the House, on the call of States for ? bills, a number were presented, after which 1 the House proceeded to the consideration of f the appropriation bills, and passed the con- ' 5ular and diplomatic and the army and the J District of Columbia appropriation bills. In the Senate on the 20th, after transact- ; ing routine morning business, a resolution was adopted relating to the land grant of ' the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company. The agricultural 1 appropriation bill was taken up and pro- j seeded with by sections, and the bill passed 1 without division. The session of the House was occupied in 1 debating the contested election case of Eng- 1 lish vs. Reele, from Indiana. In the Senate on the 21st, a number of pe- 1 titions were presented and appropriately . referred protesting against any governmen- j al assumption of telegraph service or in- * rtA *? +V>r\ K/\>? fiAxrai*niYiQnf nm. ^ L'lCKSr 111 UIC ilUiliuui. VI WTViuuivuv VIM | ployees and the destruction of private interests which such assumption would in- j volve. The petitioners say that free com- ? petition is the best for that as for other bus- 1 mess. Harrison presented a counter peti- ( tion setting forth that the Western Union j Company's employees are engaged in get- 1 ting signatures to petitions in opposition to 1 the postal telegrapn and insisting that such . petitions are not in the interest of the peo- ' pie. A number of bills providing for the 1 erection of public buildings were read the ' third time and passed. \ In the House the session was consumed in 1 the consideration of the English-Peele con- ? tested election case, which was finally deci- ' led in favor of Peele, Republican. *Pend- 1 ing a motion to reconsider the question, the * House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 22nd, the bill to pro- * hibit the mailing of newspapers and other publications containing lottery advertise- j ments was taken up. After reading the re- ' port of the majority of the committee in c support of the bill and that of the minority ] in opposition, Vest objected to the consid- ! oration of the bill. Wilson then moved to x proceed with itsconsideration notwithstand- * ing the objection. On this motion the ayes 1 ind noes were called and the Senate by a ( yote of 22 ayes to 59 nays decided not to j proceed with the bill at present. It there- 1 lore goes to the foot of the calendar. The c iiscussion of the labor bureau bill occupied ? die remainder of the day's session. With- J lut reaching a vote upon any of the numer- { jus amendments proposed, Aldrich and ! ciiKmi+tarl in ntvlpr tliflf. t.hpv ' Liai IIOUU OUVlimi^Uj iu VI v?v& vuuv v..^j night be printed, brief substitutes for the J jills covering substantially the same provis- 1 ions. Pending debate the Senate adjourned. 1 In the House the English-Peele contested 1election case was taken up on a motion to J reconsider the vote by which Peele, llepub- \ lican, was seated. The motion to reconsider carried and the question recurring on the j idoption of committee reports in the case, the majority report, favoring the seating of ! English, was adopted, and he then appeared ' it the bar of the House and took the oath of jffice. ? In the Senate, on the 23rd, the Utah bill t was formally placed before the Senate, but c it gave way to the Mexican soldiers' pension i t>ill, which was also continued in favor of i the bureau labor bill, which was passed un- f :ler the title of "A bill to establish a bureau * jf labor," when the Senate adjourned until a Monday. a The session of the House was devoted to the consideration of bills on the private calendar. The bill providing for the retire- i nent of Colonel Henry J. Hunt as Mgjor 3eneral gave rise to a good deal of discussion. In opposing the measure Springer r :ook occasion to speak in strong condemna- r don of the bill to retire General Grant and r *ive him a pension of $10,125 a year sim- r * ' - _ ? _ * 1 t r?i. ^ nr^ii } piy oecause ne nuu ueeu uiuunuiiine iu >> an v Street. It was said that Geueral Grant had g lot been aware of the dealings of his part- g lers, but the fact remained that he hau associated himself with speculators who were f involved in the most disreputable practices t which had ever been heard of in this coun- i try and were only paralleled in other coun- ] tries by the South Sea bubble and John t Law's Mississippi scheme. This was not the time nor were the circumstances such t is called upon Congress to go to Grant's re- g lief. The bill was finally laid aside with favorable recommendation. On motion of c McMillan of Tennessee, the bill reported ^ from the Committee on War Claims for the t payments of quarter-master's claims known f is the "Fourth of July Claims" was taken up x jut of its regular order, considered and laid t iside with a favorable recommendation. It r appropriates ?300,000, about one-half of c which goes to citizens of Tennessee. Sev- ( sral other private measures were considered ( md at 4.20 P. M., the committee rose and c reported their action. The "Fourth of July a Claims" bill was passed. An evening ses- t >ion was held for the consideration of pen- r sion bills. t The Bureau of Labor Bill.?The fol- ! lowing is the text of the bill passed by the c senate last Friday, establishing a Bureau ^ )f Labor: Be it enacted, etc., that there shall be established in the Department of . i . r? a? T"> r T 11 > tne interior 11 jDureau ui .Liiiuux, \wuv;ii ontin ie under charge of a Commissioner of Lajor, who shall be appointed by the Presiient, by and with the advice and consent if the Senate. The Commissioner of Labor shall hold his office for four years and until (lis successor shall be appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed, and shall receive a salary of $3,000 a year. The Commissioner shall collect information upon the subject of labor, its relation to capital, the course of labor and the earnings of laboring men and women and the means of promoting their material, social and moral prosperity. The Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a Chief Clerk, who shall receive a salary of $2,000 per annum and such other expenses as may be necessary for said Bureau : Provided, That the total expenses shall not exceed $25,000 per annum. During the necessary absence of the Commissioner, or when the office shall become vacant, the Chief Clerk shall perform the duties of Commissioner. The Commissioner shall annually make a report in writing to the Secretary of the Interior of the information collected and collated by him and containing such recommendations as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the Bureau. ? The Greenbackers of Missouri have proposed the name of Speaker Carlisle as the candidate of that party for the Presidency. THE YORK DEMOCRACY. ARTICLES GOVERNING THE PARTY. The Democrats of York county, through their delegates assembled in Convention at Yorkville, S. C., July 20,1882, adopt the following articles for the future government of the party in said county, to-wit: First.?Nominations for all the county offices and for Representatives to the General Assembly, (Senate and House,) shall be dy a primary election, at which a plurality if the votes cast shall be sufficient to determine the persons selected as the candiiates of the party. Second.?Conventions shall be held whenever the welfare of the party demands it. The Convention shall elect the county Chairman?by ballot, when more than one nomnee is presented?a majority of the votes jast being necessary to an election. It shall choose the delegates (and their alterlates) to the State, Congressional and Julicial Conventions. It shall elect, by balot or otherwise, one person from each toting precinct in the county, who shall constitute the County Executive Committee, )f which body the County Chairman shall ie, ex-officio, a member and Chairman, rhe County Chairman and members of the Executive Committee, shall hold office for ;wo years and until their successors shall be ilected. The Chairman shall call the Exeeltive Committee together upon the request >f any three members thereof, or whenever le shall deem it necessary; and, the major;y of the Committee so voting, the Comnittee shall call a Convention. The Execltive Committee shall fill all vacancies oc:urring when the Convention is not in session, and the persons elected shall hold )ffice until the next session of the Contention. Third.?Each member of the Executive Committee shall be, ex-officio Chairman of he "precinct meetings" to be he held at lis precinct. He shall also appoint a First md Second Vice Chairman for his pre inct?to preside according to rank in his ibsence?and furnish their names to the Jecretarv of the County Executive Com nittee. " Fourth.?"Precinct meetings" shall be leld at the several precincts as often, and it such times, as the County Executive Comnittee may appoint; and in the case of emergency at such time as the County Chairnan may appoint. At such meetings all Democrats present, who vote at such pre;inct at the general election, shall he en;itled to vote and otherwise participate. Working committees shall be appointed at ;hese meetings. Fifth? Each Convention and "Precinct neeting" being called to order by the Chairnan, shall elect a Secretary from the members present. Sixth.?A majority of the Executive Comnittee shall constitute a quorum. Each nember must attend the meetings called, or send some person authorized, in writing, to epresent him. Seventh.?This affirmation, to be adminisered to each and every voter at primary elec;ions and elections of delegates, is prescribed, to-wit: "You affirm, upon your lonor, that you are in sympathy with the Democratic party of York county ; that you ire entitled to vote, and have not hitherto /oted at this election." All other rules lor conducting primary elections shall be prescribed by the County Executive Commit:ee, which shall also fix the time for holdng elections. Eighth.?The County Convention shall lereafter be composed of. delegates, of vhom twenty, not including members of he Executive Committee, shall constitute i quorum. Each member of the Executive Committee shall be entitled to a seat and ill other privileges except a vote, in the Convention. The County Chairman shall 5reside in all Conventions, but shall only be jntitled to a casting vote when there is a tie. Delegates to County Conventions shall be 'lected by ballot, on a day and between the lours fixed by the Executive Committee. Each member of the Executive Committee, or the First or Second Vice-Chairman, according to rank, in his absence,) shall ap xnnt, in writing, tnree managers 01 election 'or his precinct; and the appointment, with ;he certificate of the managers as to the persons elected, shall beforwarded to theSecreary of the Executive Committee after the ilection. The requisite number of persons eceiving the highest number of votes, shall )e the delegates; and the same number reviving the next highest number of votes, shall be the alternates. In the event of a ie, the managers shall hold a second elecion two days thereafter, between the same lours, and a vote be had to determine be;ween such persons, without counting any /ote cast for any other person than those be;ween whom there was a tie. The alternates shall be assigned to the several delerates immediately after the election, by a Board to consist of the member of the Exncutive Committee (or the First or Second. Vice-Chairman, as the case may be,) the nanagers of election and the delegates-elect hat may be present?regard being to locality and convenience of communication beAveen delegate and alternate. Resolved, That the Executive Committee, as loon as the registration is complete, re-apportion he membership for future County Conventions, or York county, among the several voting prelincts, 011 tbis'basis : For the first thirty (30) egistered white voters, one delegate; for the lext forty (40), another delegate ; for the next ifty (50), another delegate; and so on, in an aslending scale of ten (10) : Provided, That should here be a final fraction of forty (40) or more for iny precinct, such precinct shall be entitled to m additional delegate. Adopted, July 20, 1882. 1ULES FOR CONDUCTING PRIMARY ELECTIONS. 1. Each member of the Executive Comnittee, (or his First or Second Vice-Chair- 5 nan, in his absence,) shall appoint three nanagers for the primary election at his irecinct, and deliver to one of them, as Chairman, a certificate, in ivriting, of th i ippointment. Any two of the manager.'! hall constitute a quorum. 2. The managers at each precinct shall urnish the ballot-box. At the opening of he polls the box shall be emptied, and ex united thus empty to any person present. shall then be closed, and so remain until he close of the polls, 3. The managers shall keep a poll-list and ally list, and for this purpose may appoint i clerk. 4. The ballots used may be either printed >r written, or partly printed and partly vritten. Each ballot must have thereori he names (and offices) of all the candidates or whom the voter intends to vote. Each roter who desires to vote for members of he Legislature and County Commissioners, nust vote for the full number to be elected ; >therwise, so much of his ballot as relates 0 those offices will not be counted. The bounty Chairman and Secretary of the Exscutive Committee shall cause to be printed 1 sufficient number of tickets, containing he names of all the candidates who file the equired pledge within the time prescribed >y the Committee, and who (at the same ime) pay to the Secretary one dollar each o defray the expense of printing the tickets.. Said tickets shall have, at the top, instructions to voters to erase the names of those; candidates for whom they do not desire to rote. 5. All persons known to be in full sympahy with the Democratic party, who will >e qualified to vote at the ensuing general (lection, shall be entitled to vote at the prinary election. The managers, or any bylonflni shnll ho ont.itloH tn rhnllpnp-p nnv mter, and put any relevant questions to lim as to his right to vote, and the managers shall determine his right to vote, and nay accept or reject the vote thus offered. 6. At the close of the polls, the managers ihall immediately count the votes, and then nake out a return, in duplicate, and endorse >n each their certificate in writing, signed by hem, that the return is correct. The return ihall show the whole number of votes cast, ind the number received by each candidate. Jne shall be retained by the chairman of ;he managers, and by him preserved for hirty (30) days. The managers shall place ;he other, with the certificate of their appointment, the poll-list, tally-list and balots, in the ballot-box, and shall close the pox and securely seal the same, and writs heir names over the seal. The box shall :hen be delivered to the member of the Executive Committee for the precinct (or the First or Second Vice-Chairman, as the case nay be.) 7. The Executive Committee shall meet, pn a day fixed at the time the primary elec:ion is ordered, to canvass the returns and leclare the result. Having canvassed the returns, they shall admit any or all the candidates before the committee, and shall proceed to hear and determine all contests and protests, if any, and to declare the election or order such further election as may be made necessary by a tie or the result of any contest or protest. 8. This pledge is required of each candidate : "I am in full sympathy and affiliation with the Democratic party, and being now a candidate for nomination by that party, make this pledge : I will give to its nominees, when chosen, my best efforts and most earnest support to secure their election in the ensuing general election." The Executive Committee shall publish the list of candidates who file the pledge within the time prescribed by the Committee, and only such may be voted for in the primary election. 9. The State law governing general elections shall furnish the rules in all matters not covered by the foregoing Rules, or by the Articles adopted by the Convention, T--1? nA -v- M..knr>/X VAOAlllf? Ana J Uiy ZU, IOO-, 111" uy Miuac^ucuu itomuuuuo of the Executive Committee. Adopted, August 7, 1882. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqnirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, May, 27, 1884,?Considerable difference of opinion exisits in this county in regard to the Blair bill. Some condemn Butler for opposing it, while others give his course in the matter their warmest approval. A prominentcitizen ofourcounty, a member of the last Legislature and who aspires to be a member of the next Legislature, informed me on yesterday that he proposed to take the stump in support of Butler's objection to the bill, he saia, because of its unconstitutionality, and because of the incompetency of the negro to receive an education. The provisions of the Blair bill, in his opinion, conflicted with the reserved rights of the States. It gave to the General Government powers that might be used to the injury and oppression of the States. His principal objection to the bill, however, was the giving of aid to the negro when mental faculties were such as to render him incapable of receiving an education. He said he had watched the results of the efforts on the part of the State to educate the colored race since the war, and was unable to see any good that had been accomplished. With very few exceptions, those who had been favored with educational advantages had not been profited thereby. While he was opposed to any action having for its object the rep&il of that clause of the State constitution imposing a tax of two mills for educational purposes, he was decidedly opposed to any action on the part of Congress granting Federal aid to the States for the same purposes. Our friend said he had many neighbors whose opinions in regard to the Blair bill were similar to his. He also intimated that as another candidate for the Legislature from this county warmly favored the Blair bill, and with some degree of warmth disapproved of Butler's opposition '* +4*^ /lionMoniAn KnftirnAn nn IKo LU It) tuc Ul^UOOlUU U&l/UCUil tiiV/iii v/iA Uiiv stump would be quite lively. I do not know how public sentiment in this county in regard to the Blair bill would be affected by an animated discussion on its merits or demerits before the people, but I believe that at the present time a great majority of the people of this county would favor it. They regard it as the part of wisdom to get all the money possible from the General Government in behalf of education. In their opinion, money spent in this way is money well spent. They are disposed to risk the evil consequences predicted by those who oppose Federal aid in behalf of education. Our friend, besides expressing his sentiments in regard to the Blair measure, also gave expression to his views in reference to the nomination of the State ticket in June by the Democratic State Convention, lie opposed this course on the part of the Convention, believing it to be both unwise and unnecessary. He believed that the agricultural interests of our county and State would be subserved by postponing the opening of the campaign until September. He favored instructing delegates from this county to vote in opposition to June nominations. Major J. W. Wilkes, one of the largest planters in this county, has recently obtained a patent for an engine on the rotary principle. In this engine the steam acts direct on the surface of the wheel, dispensing with a piston, connecting rod and cylinder used by ordinary engines. Steam goes from the boiler to the governor, rhence direct to the periphery of the wheel. Dispensing as it aoes witn so mucn machinery, it is contended that the cost of this enjine, in comparison with other engines, will be reduced two thirds. If the engine of our friend, when constructed, does all he claims for it, his fortune will be made. He will doubtless find in it more money than planting cotton, though he is now making three hundred bales yearly. I recently had a very agreeable visit to Lewis' Turn Out. I called on Mr. Ryan, who is in charge of Mr Bedsell's store. While he was not crowded with customers, there were evidences of success in his business which I was glad to see. Moreover, he was making improvements on a lot of his near the Turn Out, which had the appearance of his contemplating an important step in life. He informed me that the wheat crop was excellent; the oat crop, he said, was not so good on account of the wet weather. A meeting of the Lee Light Infantry will be held next week in order to re-organize the company. To all intents and purposes it has been virtually in a disbanded condition for some time. At the meeting next week new members will be invited to join, the present officers will resign, and the necessary steps taken to place the company on a firm and substantial basis. The military spirit is on the decay here and in the South generally at the present time. The desire for the "almighty dollar" is so soul-absorbing as to preclude all thoughts for anything else. The Democratic Executive Committee of this county met last Saturday, the following gentleman being present and forming a quorum : J. M. McNeel, Esq., Chairman, Dr. E. M. Atkinson, and Messrs. W. R. Davie, W. H. Edwards, J. H. Neely, H. C. Brawley, Banks Robertson and ?Passdale. The Committee appointed Saturday, June 21st, as the day for the meeting of the County Convention. The Democrat Clubs were ordered to meet, re-organize, and elect delegates to the County Convention on Saturday, June 14th. A very heavy rain fell here on Saturday afternoon. Vivid lightning and violent winds prevailed at the same time. The parapet wall of the store of Messrs Wylie & Agurs was struck by lightning, doing, however, no material damage. On Sunday afternoon there was a heavy fall of rain in different Darts of the county. In some places it was accompanied with destructive lightning and hail. On Mr. John Grant's plantation, about eight miles from town a man and woman, both colored, were struck by lightning and instantly killed. Three other colored persons in the house were badly shocked, and were insensible for an hour. In the neighborhood of Corn well's Turn Outhail fell so thick and fast as to cause great destruction. Many fields of wheat and oats, cotton and corn were utterly ruined. Miss Catherine Kimbal, after a brief illness, died on last Sunday night and was buried next day at Purity Church graveyard. Mrs. Watson, the mother of one of our esteemed physicians, Dr. John H. Watson, is lying at the point of death. There is little hope of her recovery. m. ? On Saturday last, Judge Kershaw heard in Chambers at Columbia, twoappeals by the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta ltailroad. One case involving the right of the road to exact "penalty rates" from passengers unprovided with tickets when facilities for buying tickets have been afforded, such penalty rates being in excess of the rates es taonsnea Dy ivct 01 juegisiumie, anu mo other case involving the right of the road to charge more for its freight service on the North Carolina division than on the South Carolina part of the lino, against the terms of the act prescribing that the charges shall be uniform for the same freight hauled equal distances on any part of the line. Attorney-General Miles represented the State and Col. J. H. Ition the railroad company. The main points urged by counsel for the road were the unconstitutionality of the railroad Act and the privileges allowed the road by its charter. The arguments, which were very able, lasted over four hours. The Judge has not yet filed his decision. LOCAL AFFAIRS. | _ J NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. F. Adiekes?We are Offering. .T. M. Adams?Attention Housekeepers. 1 Parish, McKnight it Co.?Important informa- i tion. f T. B. MeClain & Co.?Grain Cradles. I Dr. J. B. Patrick, Jr.?Surgeon Dentist. T. M. Dobson?Why do they read the Old Chap's ' Advertisement ? " '' R. II. Glenn, County Chairman?County Con- 1 vention. < R. Lathan?To the people of York county. I T. S. Jefferys?Agricultural Hall. Riddle <fc Pegram?Grain Cradles. C. it L. Railroad?Change of Schedule. { UNTIL JANUAHV 1, 1885. We will furnish the Enquiren from this date j until January 1st, 1885, for $1.55, the cash in all < eases, to accompany the subscription. , SAW MILL ACCIDENT. 1 On last Tuesday morning at Goforth's saw mill, ] 2J miles west of town, Hugh Jackson, colored, while engaged in moving logs, had one to roll on 1 his right leg, breaking the bone below the knee. 1 The broken bone was set by Dr. White. SIXTH REGIMENT SURVIVORS. Major E. C. McLure, of Chester has been selected as the orator of the next reunion of the survivors of the Sixth South Carolina Regiment ' which will take place in Winnsboro noxt August. The Major has announced his subject, "The Old Sixth in Virginia," and an able and ; interesting address may be expected. DAVIDSON COLLEGE. ] We have received the Catalogue of the officers and students of the above institution of learning 1 for the 47th collegiate year ending Juno 19, 1884. With a full and able faculty Davidson is one of the leading colleges of the Southern States and j has a reputation coextensive with the Union. In the list of students wo notice the names of quite a number from South Carolina. Attention is ' directed to advertisement in another column. . i CHESTER AND LENOIR RAILROAD. The Railroad is now completed to Lenoir, its I northern terminus, and passenger trains will i commence running regularly to and from that point on Monday next, when there will be a < slight change in the schedule time of south- . bound trains. The train will leave Lenoir at G < A. M., and arrive at Yorkvillo at 12.47 P. M., 1 instead of 1.15, as at present. There is no change in the schedule of the north-bound train. ' CELEBRATION BALL. , We acknowledge the receipt of an invitation to < attend a celebration ball to bo given at the Jones i House, Lonoir, N. C., Thursday evening, June ] 5th, in honor to the completion of the Chester i and Lenoir Railroad to that place. The Floor Managers are?H. M. Kent, Lonoir; W. W. Scott, Lenoir; J. E. Mason, Yorkville, S. 0.; Will C. Newland, Lenoir; Dr. J. B. Council, ( Boone; F. Lee Cline, Hickory. < COUNTY TAXES. ! County Treasurer Xeely has made the rounds of his appointments in the county, and until and ( including Saturday next will be in his office in the Court House for the purpose of collecting the May installment of State and county taxes. His i collections up to the closing of business Tuesday : evening are as follows : ; State 83,080 00 4 County, 1,848 22 0 Railroad, 1,047 22 2 School, 1,232 03 9 Poll, 121 00 0 Total, 87,328 48 5 The County Auditor, who accompanied the Treasurer, has also returned to his office, where ? he will receive returns of taxable property until the 20th of Jnnc. CHURCH NOTICES. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and 8 P. M., by Mr. S. R. Hope, a student of the Theological Seminary. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. The pastor will preach at Shady Grove at 11 A. M. next Sunday. Services in the church at York ville next Sunday, at the usual hours, morning and evening, by Rev. L. A. Johnson. Sundayschool at 3 P. M. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- 1 vices at Union next Sunday at 11 A. M. Services in the church at Yorkville at 8 P. M. Sunday-school in the afternoon at 4 o'clock. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Democratic Executive Committee of York county met in the Sheriffs office in tho Court j House last Monday. The following were present : R. H. Glenn, Chairman, L. L. Smith, J. C. Patrick, Win, S. Adams, J. D. Hamilton, W. M. Faulkner, J. C. Chambers, W. B. Wilson, Jr., D. A. A. Watson, R. T. Riggins as representative of J. L. Rainey and W. B. McCaw, Secretary. It was decided to call a County Convention to ( meet in Yorkville on Saturday the 21st of June, the official notice of which is pnblished in our advertising columns, as also other information necessary to carrying out the action of the meet- i ing. For the information of the voters of the . county, we publish in full, this week, the constitution governing the Democratic party of J York, and also the rules for conducting primary elections. , .X ? YORK CIRCUIT COUKT. A letter received on Monday last by Maj. J James F. Hart, of the Yorkville bar, from ' Judge B. C. Pressly conveys the information , that the Judge will not be able to hold any Courts this summer, and on account of his enfeebled , health Chief-Justice Simpson has given him per- mission to leave the State until the fall. Hois now making preparations to go to the mountains so , soon as he gains sufficient strength to walk. , Judge Pressly was assigned to the Summer term j of the Courts of this circuit, and in consequence , of his inability to preside, there will probably be { no June term of the Court for York. Mr. Wallace, j Clerk of the Court, is now in correspondence with Chief Justice Simpson upon the subject, ' and whatever conclusion maybe reached will be given to the public in due time. \ At a meeting of the members of the Chester j Bar, it was decided to ask Chief Justice Simpson ( to appoint Judge Witherspoon to hold the June ( term for Chester county. This action was in { view of the fact that there was no Court held in i Chester last March, and a number of prisoners { are in jail whose cases should be disposed of. i Rev. Dr. LATHAN. Rev. Robert Lathan, I). D., of this place, who was appointed a delegate of the Associate Re- ( formed Synod of the South to the Pan-Presby- l terian Council, which moots at Belfast, Ire- 1 land, on the 24th of June, left Yorkville on t Monday last for New York, whence ho will 1 sail on next Saturday in the steamship Aus- 1 tral, for Queenstown, Ireland, expecting to | reach that port about the 7th of June. He K will not reach Belfast until the 23rd of June, 1 hut will spend the time between his arrival I and the meeting of the Council in visiting * points of interest in Ireland. He will also visit England, Scotland and Wales. He will | probably not roturn home before August. We c are pleased to announce that we have engaged ^ Dr. Lathan to write letters regularly to the ^ Enquirer during his absence, and we can t assure our readers that he will give them some ( interesting and instructive sketches of his ob- j servations on the British Isles. ] A YORKVILLE MUSICIAN. J The cornet solo contest was participated in by ( Schloss, of Wilmington, Herndon of Charlotte. , Herndon won the victory and was awarded the 1 850 cash prize. * Horndon, who won tne soio prize yesterday, is a member of the McSmith band, and the boys feel proud of his victory. He is a splendid cornetist, and carrying the weight of but a few years upon his shoulders, there is vet a fine future before him. The Judges declared him a second Levy. The childlike simplicity by which the truth is attempted to be concealed in the first sentence above quoted from the Charlotte Observer of Thursday, and the entire misstatement of fact in the third sentence, as to the gentleman's collection with the McSmith Band, render the Observer's intended compliment decidedly ridiculous to those acquainted with the facts. "Schloss, of Wilmington, Herndon, of Charlotte." An ingenious expression, truly! How uufortunate that the Obsciver could not dosignato thoso artists at loast by the initials of their names, so that the public could know which one of the Schloss family came up from Wilmington, and which of the Charlotte Herndons it was who entered the musical contest! The facts, as we understand them, are that Mr. S. Schloss. of Wilmington, and Mr. Robert J. Herndon, a native and citizen of York ville, South Carolina, were the contestants. Mr. Herndon is not a citizen of Charlotte, and never claimed to bo. Nor is he, or was ho ever a member of tho McSmith Band. For about two months previous to the 20th of May lie was engaged as teacher of the band, and ;hnt is the only relation he sustained to it. Hia mgagement being ended with the celebration, tie left Charlotte on the 22nd to fill an engagement as teacher of the Abbeville band, in this *>tate. Charlotte has many fine things of which to boast?its Mecklenburg Declaration not imong the least?but it cannot with impunity lppropriate Yorkville's favorite eornetist. His victory in the solo contest is a small matter as compared with the fact that he was employed to instruct and brace up the Charlote band for the occasion of the 20th of May celebration, 2ven though the Charlotte press may not be disposed to yield the fact. Mr. Herndon has the congratulations of his friends on his success, which is greater than would appear at the mere announcement that inly "Schloss, of Wilmington, Herndon, of Charlotte," played. Our young Yorkville musician thoughtlessly played a solo on Monday night before the contest, which was heard by several musicians, and his performance caused at least five to conclude that it would be useless for them to attempt to compete with him. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? A Presbyterian Church called Beulah has been organized in the Waxhaws, Lancaster county. ? Emma Brown, colored, has been committed to jail in Greenville, charged with the murder her husband, in December, 1880. ? In Georgetown, last Saturday, John Ford, a negro, was shot and instantly killed by Deputy Sheriff It. C. Davis, while resisting arrest on a bench warrant issued from Charleston. ? A disastrous fire occurred in Charleston last Monday night, destroying $100,000 worth of property, including the steamer Pilot Boy, Goldsmith's building on Vendue Range and two wharves. ? The Governor has commuted to imprisonment for life the sentence of Richard Jeffcoat, who was convicted at the Orangeburg Court of murder, and sentenced to be hanged on the Gth of June. ? Mr. Jacob Ouzts of Sleepy Creek section, of Edgefield county, died Saturday night. He was fifth son of Mr. Peter Ouzts, who over a century and a half ago immigrated to this country from Germany, and was ur/Mn-wWl in tho "Rpvnlntinnnrv war fifhtinp* H V/UUUW4 *U vuv X?v f J o O for his country. ? Before the convening of Chesterfield court, last Monday, Sheriff Spofford handed Solicitor Newton his resignation, in consequence of which the grand jury will make no presentment against him for failure to properly perform the duties of his office. His resignation is based upon the ground of failing health. ? The town of Chappels, in Newberry county, which was destroyed by the recent cyclone, is to be rebuilt again. On Thursday of last week a large number of lots were sold there and many of them were bought by Edgefield men. The sale of lots amounted to about $8,000, the price of a single lot ranging from $65 to $400. ? Chesterfield Court is in session this week. Col. Cash has made his preparations for trial as accessory to the murder of Marshal Richards, having caused 57 witnesses to be summoned in his behalf. Ball & Pope appear as his counsel. Solictor Newton decided, however, not to hand out an indictment against him at the present term. Col. Cash will remain under the same bond. ? The News and Courier prints a full rennrf nf r>nn vipfinnq in the State for the SDrinST terms of is83 and 1884. The total convictions in 1883 were 307 ; in 1884, 315. No Courts were held this spring in Edgefield or Chester on account of the sickness of the Judge, and the spring court of Horry has not yet been held. ? Columbia Register, Sunday : Lewis R. Redmond, the famous moonshiner, received his pardon and was discharged from the penitentiary on yesterday, in time to take the train for his home in Pickens. He was the recipient of a check for $00, a contribution of ?10 in silver, a trunk of clothing and other gifts, the result of the solicitations made by several ladies of this city. ? The Carolina Spartan says : "J. U. Addenbrook, wife and eight children, and H. M. Scott, wife and three children, were registered at the Central Hotel last Friday. They were from Warwickshire, England, having left there on the 4th and reached here on the 16th. They went to Hendersonville, where they expect to settle if they like the country. They are sturdy, intelligent people, and we are glad to see such settlers coming to this section." POLITICAL NOTES. ? The Democratic State Convention of Nebraska declared in favor of Tilden and fnr TienririnL-s nnd plpcted delegates at larere who are all Tilden men. All of the district delegates are Tilden and Hendricks men without any second choice. ? The Democratic State Convention of New Hampshire met in Concord on the 21st. The unanimous sentiment of the Convention was in favor of Tilden and Hendricks for President and Vice-President, though no instructions were given the delegates. ? Tilden and the old ticket received a tremendous boom at the meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee of Ohio, in Columbus, last week. It is claimed that the Standard Oil Company have changed their dictum from "Payne for President" to 'Tilden and reform," and a sanguine committeeman of the First district thinks that Tilden and Hendricks can carry Ohio by 15,000. ? The State Prohibition Convention of Tennessee met in Nashville on Friday. It was the largest ever held in the State. Over four hundred delegates were present. It was decided not to nominate a ticket, but to support only candidates that would submit :he prohibition amendment to the people. A.t the mass meeting on Friday night $1,200 was raised to push the work. ? Mr. Chairman Barnum, who standsnear :o Mr. Tilden, thinks Flower, of New York, is the man. He says that Flower would carry New York by 60,000 majority, and he can carry New Jersey, Indiana, Connecticut ind probably Ohio, besides the Pacific States md the solid South. "Flower," said he "is i man in the full vigor of life and manhood, i man of ability and ample fortune. He would make a James K. Polk kind of a President. He is honest and competent." ? Tammany Hall, New York, was crowd }d last Friday nteht on the occasion of a nass meeting of the New York Democrats, ,vhich was denominated "the first gun for ;he Presidential canvass." The enthusiasm ivas great, Mr. Tilden's name evoking loud, ong continued cheers whenever itwas mentioned. Congressman Dorsheimerpresided. speaking of the conspiracy of 1S7G Congressnan Blackburn said he had used all the xnvers he was capable of in preventing it, ind he was loudly applauded on saying it. Fie denounced the fraud in earnest terms, tnd referred to the Republican party as one 'drunk with spoils and demented and iniane with power." Congressman Hurd also spoke. The meeting was enthusiastic upon general principles, but was particularly denonstrative at the mention of the old tickit, Tilden and Hendricks. A long letter of egret was read from Speaker Carlisle, the keynote of which was a statement that the lecessity for the reduction of tariff taxation md consequent decrease of the cost of proluction was never more urgent than at the present day. . MERE-MENTION. It is thought and earnestly hoped that Congress will adjourn by the loth of next A wninnn tnnk laughing gas 1JV/I1V1I* -fc*. IT Q ^ w n Philadelphia, had sixteen teeth extracted md then died. A man would have died ibout the time he had four pulled. Jas. D. Fish, President of the Marine Bank, the ailure of which was precipitated by the ailure of Grant & Ward, has been arrested 'or fraud and admitted to bail in a bond of >30,000. A Millican, Texas, dispatch of Monday says: The reportsfrom Brazos river ire distressing. There is not alone the destruction of cottou and other crops along she river, but the taking off of fences and sweeping away of everything within reach )f the flood. The Presbyterian Generil Assembly at Vicksburg adjourned sine lie last Monday. Among its last actions ,vas framing a fraternal letter to be sent to he Northern Assembly teeming with the rindliest sentiments, but expressing a firm letermination to adhere to the position aken at the last Assembly with regard to he mode of correspondence. A letter of he same purport was also sent to the General Synod. POLITICS IN THE STATE. ? The Democratic County Convention for Fairfield county will meet at Winnsboro June 21. ? Fred Nix, Jr., of Barnwell county, has j issued a proclamation to the faithful, urging I t-hem to get ready for the next election. | ? The Edgefield Democratic clubs are 1 practically unanimous against a proposed change from primary elections to the convention plan. ? The Barnwell Pcqpfethinks that the race for Congressman from that district will lie between Mr. Tillman, of Edgefield, and Col. George W. Croft, of Aiken. ? At the recent re-organization of the Beldoc Democratic Club in Barnwell county, it was determined that all colored men of good report would be received as members or the Club, and that an affiliated club would not be organized and attached as heretofore. ? There is a queer question in Barmvell where some voters want to participate in the Democratic primary elections, binding themselves to support the State and county tickets, but remaining free to vote for what Federal officers they choose. The Executive Committee will decide the question. ? The Spartanburg Herald says: "Spartanburg county has adopted the primary election system. This has its advantages and its evils. Probably its greatest evil is that the electors are called upon to vote for men concerning whom most of them have nn nnsit.ivfi knowledge." ? The Democratic County Convention of Chesterfield met last Monday in the temporary courthouse, sixty seven delegates being present. The convention plan was adopted ed for the nomination of county officers. They also adopted a resolution favoring the nomination of State officers by the Democratic Convention in June, and deplore the defeat of the Morrison tariff bill. Jfnraittiitl aitb (Commercial. Yorkville Market. HE PORTED BY RIDDLE & PE3RAM. YORKVILLE, S. C., May 28.?The following are the quotations of Cotton in this market: Good Middling 11 @ Middling 103 @ Strict Low Middling lOi (a) Low Middling 10i (a) Stains 9 J @ 101 CHARLOTTE, May 27.?Cotton, 113-16 to 111. CHARLESTON, May 26.?Cotton nominal ; ( middling, 111. LIVERPOOL, May 26.?Cotton steady ; uplands, 6Jd. NEW YORK, May 26.?Cotton firm; uplands, 113. Futures closed firm, with sales of 67,000 bales, as follows: May 11.62 to 11.64; June 11.64; July 11.&3 to 11.84; August 11.95; September 11.74 to 11.75; October 11.24 to 11.25 ; November and December 11.02 to 11.03; January 11.07 to 11.11; February 11.20 to 11.22. SgrriaJ fWitts. Communion Service. There will bo communion service at Beersheba Church on the second Sabbath of June. Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick will conduct the services. Preaching will convene on Saturday at 11 A. M. , moimtemenfs for ?ffite. For Solicitor, Sixth District. We are authorized to announce W. B. WILSON, Jit., of York, as a candidate for the office of Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, subject to the decision of the Judicial Nominating Convention. May 29 22 tf For Solicitor, Sixth Circuit. I hereby announce myself to the citizens of my native county, as a candidate for the Office of Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, subject, of course, to the decision of the Democratic party. JOHN M. McNEEL. Chester, S. C., May 19,1884. 21 tf OBITUARY. Died.?Near Beersheba Church, York county, S. C., May 25th 1884, Mrs. JANE A. JOHNSTON, in the 57th year of her age. In York county, May 17th, 1884, of consumption, Mrs. ISABELLA SMITH, wife of Dr. S. A. Smith, aged 39 years and 22 days. In Spartanburg,"S. C., on Thursday, May 22, 1884, at the hour of midnight, "COLN" PAUL VIRGINIUS, infant son of Ellis and Virginia Cannon, aged 15 months and 9 days. AGRICULTURAL HALL, Near Coruer of Cougress and East Liberty Streets. IS now supplied with Farm Machinery, consisting of Buck Eye Self Binder, Buck Eye Table Rake Reapers, and Single Wheel Light Canton Reapers. The Single wheel Reaper is very light and durable and are sold at very low prices. JUMBO has arrived in the shape of a 6 horse power Tanner Engine on wheels, with many improvements and conveniences not found on other make of Engines. When you call ask for Jumbo, it certainly will please your eyes. Also just received an 8 Horse power Tanner Engine on skids and don't forget to inspect. The Wheeler <fc Melick, light separator. For compactness, light weight and ease of running cannot be surpassed. Although it has a 20 inch cylinder, yet its entire weight on wheels is only 1,800 pounds. It is operated by two small belts: not a cog wheel used on the machine. It is an overshot and double Vibrator requiring much less power to run it, and is sold at prices as low as common machines. I also represent the Geiser and Sweepstake separators. I have in stock Randall Harrows, Plow Sulkies, Corn Shelters, Hay Cutters. T. S. JEFFERYS. COUNTY CONVENTION. ON Saturday, June 21st, 1884, at 12 o'clock M., a Democratic County Convention will be held at Yorkville, S. C., for the purpose of electing Delegates to the State Convention, and for such other business as may come before the Convention. Each member of the Executive Committee, or the First or Second Vice-Chairman, in his absence, shall appoint, in writing, three managers of election for the management of the election for the election of delegates to the said Conven- 1 tion, to bo holden at all the County Precints between the hours of 12 M., and 4 P. M., Saturday, June 14th, 1884. The following is the representation to which each precinct is entitled in the Convention: Black's Station, 5 Bethany, 3 Buffalo", 1 Bethel, 5 Blairsville, 3 Bullock's Creek, 3 Clay Hill, o Clover, 3 C'oates' Tavern, Clark's Fork, 1 Fort Mill, <> Hickory Grove, 4 McElwee's Mill, 2 McConnellsville, 4 | Rock Hill, 7 Yorkville, 8 Total, GO By order of the Executive Committee, Section 8 of the Constitution adopted by the Convention of 1882, is herewith published for the information of voters: Eighth.?The County Convention shall hereafter be composed of 60 delegates, of whom twenty, not including members of the Executive Committee, shall constitute a quorum. Each member of the Executive Committee shall be entitled to a seat and all other privileges except a vote, in the Convention. The Countv Chairman shall preside in all Conventions, but shall only be entitled to a casting vote when there is a tie. Delegates to County Conventions shall be elected by ballot, on a dav and between the hours fixed by the Executive Committee. Each member of the Executive Committee, (or the First or Second Vice-Chairman, according to rank, in his absence,) shall appoint, in writing, three managers of election for his precinct; and the appointment, with the certificate of the managers as to the persons elected, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Executive Committee after the election/ The requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of votes, shall be the delegates; and the same number receiving the next highest number of votes, shall be tho alternates. In the event of a tie, the managers shall hold a second election two uavs thereafter, between the same hours, and a vote be had to dertermine between such persons, without counting any vote cast for any other person than those betweot whom there was a tie. The alternates shall be assigned to the several delegates immediately after the election, by a Board to consist of the member of the Executive Committee (or the First or Second Vice-Chairman, as the case may be.) the managers of election and the delegates-elect that may bo present?regard being had to locality and convenience of communication between delegate and alternate. By order: R. H. GLENN, County Chairman. W. B. McCaw, Secretarv. May 29 22 It