Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 29, 1884, Image 2
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- *
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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
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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 .
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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,
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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
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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. |
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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.
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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. ,
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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