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She $?rfcriHe (Jrnqww. I YORKVILLL, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 13,1884. THE LATEST. Notwithstanding the fact that the election of Cleveland is conceded by fair-mind ea persons 01 ail parties at tne JNorin, tne Republican party dies hard, and in its throes grasps at every glimmering ray of hope. The bullying tactics at first resorted to having utterly failed, and the misleading dispatches of Tuesday and Wednesday, with which the Western Union lines were bur- 1 dened, having failed to accomplish the object desired, the next and the last resort is , to "doctor" the returns before the county < canvassers in the State of New York. The county canvassing of the vote in that State was begun last Tuesday; but as there is a committee of Democratic lawyers organized throughout the State to keep a sharp lookout on Republican knavery, we entertain the belief that those who would steal the vote of New York will be foiled in this their last and most desperate attempt to retain their hold upon the government. The fol- ( lowing special dispatch received by the Enquirer at 8 o'clock on Tuesday night^-the hour at which oifr forms were closed?and for which we are indebted to the courtesy of the Charleston News and Courier. erives the situation in the State of New York on Tuesday evening: Charleston, November 11, 8 P. M. L. M. Grist: Fears are still expressed that the Blaineites will endeavor to Mexicanize New York by bringing returns of Democratic counties before Republican Judges for correction, and there is some excitement in consequence thereof. The Democrats, however, are confident of their ability to foil the conspirators, and the people will not stand it. The county canvass in the State of New York, which began to-day, will occupy two or three days at least. The News and Courier. A BETTER BAY DAWNING. After several days of suspense and anxiety, darkness is dispelled by the assuring words that Grover Cleveland is elected President of the United States. The success of the National Demecratic ticket is now an assured fact, and the auspicious event marks a new era in the history of the Union. The result is a matter of concern to the people of the whole United States. To them it means a return to the old ways of constitutional government^to the government in its purity as planned by our fathers. The elec- ( tion of Cleveland means the perpetuation ' of the freedom of the people and that the drift to centralization, so long feared and apprehended by our wisest statesmen, has been stayed. And while the glad tidings is the harbinger of joy to all patriotic citizens North, South, East and West, it is to the people oi tne soutn especially an event 01 deep significance. The inauguration of Cleveland will usher in a Democratic administration and put the Federal government in full sympathy with the patriotic people of the South. The Southern States will now be sisters in the Union, and no ( longer hewers of wood and drawers of ( water?a section set apart for the prey of , political adventurers and alien office-holders. Sectionalism is buried, and all por- i *tionsof the Union?all true xVmerican citi- ; zens having the peace, welfare and prosperity of the nation at heart?can rejoice as they have never rejoiced before. TWO RICH MEN'S VIEWS. After Jay Gould found that he could no < longer manipulate the election returns in 1 New York so as to show a preponderance in Blaine's favor, or pave the way for stealing the vote from the Democrats, he sent the following dispatch to Governor Cleveland on i Friday last: "I heartily congratulate you on your election. All concede' that your administration as Governor has been wise and conservative, and in the larger field as President, I feel that you will do . still better, and that the vast business" interests of ( the country will be entirely safe in your hands. Jay Gould." On the same day the following congratulatory letter was sent to Governor Cleve- , land by Mr. Vanderbilt. The great railroad king writes in a spirit of candor and : sincerity. | New York, November 7, 18S4. ( To the Hox. Grovkii Cleveland?Sfy Dear Sir: I congratulate you and the people of the whole country upon" your election to the Presi- < dency of the' United" States. You owe your election, in niv ouinion. to the fact that the people believed you to be an honest man and ; not to any particular efforts made bv any faction of either the Democratic or Republican par- 1 ties. The Independent men, who care more for good government than for parties or individuals, have made you their choice because they were convinced' that your administration would not be for the benefit of any political organization or favored persons, but for the interest of the whole < people. This is just the result which is most desired. We have reached the time when party amounts , to little. The country is above all and wants an j honest government, by honest men. The belief J that we will find it in you has led to your 1 election. Yours, very truly W. *H. Vaxdkrbilt. I Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. < LETTER FROM CHESTER. J Chester, November 11.?When I closed t my last letter, the election was progressing. 1 That important event passed off quietly at ' thisplace, and throughout our entire county. 1 Peace prevailed at every precinct. It has I been generally reiparked that a more quiet < and orderly election was never held in this i county. There were rumors during the day i of disturbances at some county precincts, i but all these proved fallacious. The whites t voted their full strength at this box, and In the county, while the negroes polled a small < vote, and a considerable number of these : votes were cast for the Democratic ticket. < Jonas McCullough, colored, was appointed i a deputy marshal for this box, but he was ] told that as Chester did not have twenty j thousand inhabitants, he could not serve i in that capacity. He quietly submitted < without making any effort to discharge the duties of deputy marshal. C. C. Macoy, Republican candidate for Congress, made hisappearanee at the polls about 11 o'clock. His followers, who had before shown their i timidity, crowded around him. He proceeded to {five the supervisors some instructions as to their duties, but the Democratic supervisors would not listen to him, and | told him to move on as he was interfering with the election. The Democracy carried our town and county by a large majority, j i The vote for Hemphill at this box was 414, j! Macoy 10; Aurora?Hemphill 159, Macoy h 14 ; Carniel Hill?Hemphill 117, Macoy, 50; I: Fishing Greek?Hemphill 78, Macoy 58 ; h Wylie's Store?Hemphill 110, Macoy 54; M Richburg, Hemphill, 242, Macoy 17; Low- 1 rysville?Hemphill 162, Macoy 33; Ross-, j ville?Hemphill 1$>, Macoy 15; Simpson's? Hemphill 66, Macoy23; Landsford?Hemphill 136, Macoy 71; Nunnery's Hemphill ] 81, Macoy 11. "Hemphill's majority in the i county, 1448. The majority in the county 11 for Democratic electors is 1390. The Demo- j i cratic State and county ticket had no oppo-1 i sition whatever. < The ]>emocracy of Chester not only re- < joiced in their own victory, but in theglo- \ rious triumph won by the Democracy of | ] our State and nation. Joy filled their; hearts over the happy news of Cleveland's 1 election. For some time they were in a 1 state of suspense, and were moved bv con- i dieting emotions of hope and fear, but on Saturday they cast their doubts to the winds, and that night celebrated the great and glorious event of Cleveland's election by the roar of artillery, blazing of bonfires, display of fireworks, 'blowing of trumpets, and delivery of stirring addresses. In obedience to the call of J. M. McNeel, Esq., our able County Chairman, a large crowd assembled on Main street, and were entertained with capital speeches by Senator Patterson, Congressman Hemphill and Maj. E. C. McLure. Allusions to the election of i Grover Cleveland and to the glorious benefits j to result therefrom to the whole country and j the South in particular, elicited great applause. The declaration by the latter speaker that South Carolina would do her part in helping to inaugurate Cleveland if the emergency arises, was enthusiastically received. He told the colored people present that they would also derive great benefit* * 1 ?1!? irom a Democratic aamimsirauuu ui me general government. Senator Patterson and Congressman Hemphill portrayed in appropriate terms the glorious benefits that will follow from the election of Cleveland. Mr. James McNinch, of our town, died on yesterday. He has been in a state of decline for several months. The little infant of Mrs. Mary Hafner is also dead. The mother died several days ago. The friends of the bereaved family deeply sympathize with them. Captain W. T. D. Cousar, of our town, is very ill. m. THE ELECTORAL TOTE. The New York Herald maks up the following tables of the popular and tne electoral vote of the various States of the Union in the recent Presidential election. The majorities of the popular vote are given in round numbers and are only approximately correct. It will be seen, however, that Cleveland's majority in the Electoral College will be 37: DEMOCRATIC STATES. States. Plurality. Electors. Alabama 30,000 10 Arkansas 28,000 7 Connecticut 1,200 G Delaware 3,000 3 Florida 4,000 4 Georgia 45,000 12 T O AAA 1 rx Indiana vw Kentucky 45,000 13 Louisiana 20,000 8 Maryland 16,000 8 Mississippi 20,000 9 Missouri 20,000 16 New Jersey 2,519 9 New York 2,339 36 North Carolina 9,000 11 South Carolina 43,000 9 Tennessee 20,000 12 Texas 98,500 13 Virginia 14,000 12 West Virginia 4,000 6 Total 219 REPUBLICAN STATES. States. Plurality. Electors. California 500 8 Colorado 8,500 3 Illinois 15,000 22 Iowa 43,000 13 Kansas 47,000 9 Maine 20,000 6 Massachusetts 10,000 14 Michigan 4,000 13 Minnesota 32,000 7 Nebraska 20,000 5 Nevada 1,000 3 New Hampshire 4,000 4 Ohio 11,000 23 Oregon 1,500 3 Pennsylvania 28,000 30 Rhode Island 7,000 4 Vermont 25,000 4 Wisconsin 9,000 11 Total 182 RECAPITULATION. Democratic 219 Republican 182 Cleveland's majority 37 HOW THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED. Technically speaking, the President is not elected by the people, and the people do not vote directly for any Presidential candidate. They cast their ballots for electors, and these electors choose a President and Vice President. In each Shite the number of electors is equal to the number of Senators and Representatives which the ate has in Congress. In New York there are thirty-six electors. Each party has an electoral ticket with the names of these thirty-six electors printed on it. The electoral ticket which receives the greatest number of popular ballots in the State will be chosen by the people, and the electors named on it will be entitled to give their votes for the candidates whom they represent. The electors who are chosen will meet in each State on the first Wednesday in December and cast tneir votes ior a rresident and Vice-President. As a matter of law they can then vote for whom they please. They are not legally bound to vote for Cleveland or Blaine, or any other person who was a candidate before the people. As a matter of usage and public trust they are expected to vote for the candidate whom they are pledged to support. Certificates of the votes cast by the electors in each State are then made out and sent to Washington. These certificates will be opened in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives and counted on the second Wednesday in February. The total number of electoral votes is 401. The candidate for President receiving the majority of these?that is, 201?will be declared President. If no person has such majority, then the election goes into the House of Representatives, which is required to choose a President from the persons?not exceeding three?who have received the most electoral votes for President. In the House the vote is by States, each Shite having one vote.?New York Herald. Senator Bayard's Wise Words.?To an interviewer who called upon Senator Bayard, at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, last Thursday, the distinguished statesman said : "The thing that I really feel the most at this time is the capacity :>f our republican form of government j to right itself in the presence of great Jangers. Being firmly convinced as I am that this election was a crisis for the Ameri- i can people and their government, I am i ileeply impressed with the strength of the j moral forces that have vindicated them- i selves and prevailed. It is a time, therefore, of congratulation, not only to those whose votes have prevailed, but to that large minority who have been overcome, because the victory has been gained with- i r..i4- / !??->.\tAvinanl nf n cintrlp fnrpp iihhnr JUI/ t Ui|y?V/J MiVUV VI * V *V?VV V?-ViiV/> rent to the true principles of good govern- i inent, and really in opposition to those forces that have insidiously grown to i strength in an era of war and excitement. ; "Independent of the individual agencies 1 employed in the contest, the new majority ire logically bound to walk in the pathway i of reform. Economies must be instituted, !; a purer and better political morality must be I< practiced and the great popular powers of j i uovernment be exercised in a broader spirit | ] and less under the control and domination ! i of selfish individual and class interests. "In short, I think our countrymen of all ; j parties, all classes and races, may congratu- j < late themselves that the ship of state has ;: righted herself in the midst of a heavy sea, 11 and that what has been accomplished by :: that is not to be narrowed to individual or i party benefit, but will be found to be salu- j tary and beneficial to the public health and !: general welfare." i Evolution in Mississippi.?In the Mis- i sippi Synod, held last week at Crystal i Spring, the question of Evolution coming up, the Rev. J. D. West spoke for an hour in favor of Dr. Woodrow and his theory as to the origin of man. But little was said on | j a>o nthar cirlu members havinc made un ! i their minds that such discussions do no j i*ood. j] After Mr. West had spoken, Dr. B. M. 1 j Palmer, of New Orleans, stated that he had ' no desire to prevent any one from study-! i ing and favoring Evolution, but objected ; to having it taught in the theological sem- j inaries and in churches. As for the man- i ner in which Adam was created, Dr Palm- j ?r said: Man knows nothing about God's creative power beyond what the Bible fur-' lishes us, and never can know such things. < It is beyond the reach of men of science. < The final vote on the resolution offered in s the morning by Dr. Palmer relative to evo- i ution and condemning the teaching of it < n seminaries stood 12 ayes to S noes. I PRi C jg PRECINCTS. {' O u V > o ?-> O Black's Station, 1 Bethel, 1 Bethany, Blairsville, 1 Buffalo, Bullock's Creek, 1 Clay Hi 11, Clover 1 Coates' Tavern, Clark's Fork, Fort Mill 2 Hickory Grove, , 1 McElwee's Mill, McConnellsville, 1 Rock Hill, 4 Yorkville, 3 Tota Is, _ 24 solicitor. J. E. McDonald 2,404 lieutenant-governor. J. C. Sheppard 2,419 THANKSGIVING TO GOD. Opportune Proclamation by the President of the United States. Washington, Nov. 7.?By the President of the United States of America: A proclamation: The season is nigh when it is yearly the wont of this people to observe a day appointed for that purpose by the President as an especial occasion for thanksgiving unto Goa. Now, therefore, in recognition of this hallowed custom, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby designate as such day of general thanksgiving, Thursday, the 27th day of this present November; and I do recommend that throughout the land the people, ceasing from their accustomed occupations, do then keep holiday at their several homes and their several places of worship, and, with heart and voice, pay reverent ac knowledgraents to the Giver of all Good for the countless blessings wherewith He hath visited this nation. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four and the independence of the United States the one hundred and ninth. (Signed) Chester A. Arthur. By the President: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. (From the New York Herald, Nov. 6. J Honesty and common decency have triumphed. Governor Cleveland is chosen the next President of the United States. In is a great, a very great gain to the country, and to the cause of free government everywhere. The candidacy of a man like Mr. Blaine, with his surroundings, was a humiliating disgrace to the country. His electioft would have been the national justification of public dishonesty and trickery of every kind. It would have whitewashed every jobber in the country, and would have been, as the Republican ex-Senator Wadleigh said in one of the most powerful speeches of the canvass, an invitation to all young men in places of trust to abuse those trusts. President Cleveland has shown himself, as Mayor and as Governor, an incorruptibly honest man, a man of brains and of undoubted courage, the enemy of jobs and jobbers, the faithful servant of the people. Every word he has uttered during the canvass, as every message and other public utterance of his as Mayor and as Governor, marks him as a clear headed, sagacious man, entirely capable of that great work which the people have intrusted him to do at Washington. At last the country has that change of parties for which it has been ready eight years, and which the selfish, corrupt political managers who havegained control of the Repubnortx* hurl primp to hpllPVP thPV fVMllrl prevent so easily that they dared to nominate one of the worst men in their party. Governor Cleveland himself stated the case clearly when he said: There should be no mistake at this time concerning the maintainingof the contest. The struggle is to break down the barriers between the plain people of the nation and the administration of their government. The question to be determined is whether the people mav change their public servants, or whether, while they fondly hope they have a representative government, they are bound and held captive by those who mako politics an occupation and hold place as a profitable business. This government was made for the people ; but if they must select the agents who shall have its administration in charge from a self dedicated and self-constituted class, and if a party once in power can perpetuate its hold on office for all time, it is a mockery to call this a government by the people. On the 4th of next March the Democrats will, therefore, come into power. We wish them well. They have succeeded by naming a first rate ticket on an unexceptionable platform. They are committed on thorough reform. They will give the people that "look at the books" to which they have a right. The Herald wishes President Cleveland well. It hopes from him a conservative, rigidly honest, economical and wise administration of the country. Washington city needs a man of the sturdy honesty and strict devotion to duty which the President elect has shown in all his public life. Let him not fear to do right, for it is to do right fearlessly that the people have made him the Chief Executive of the nation. The New Congress.?The returns from the various portions of the country are not yet full enough for it to be possible to determine with absolute precision the composition of either House of the Forty-ninth Congress. There is, however, no question that the Senate will be Republican and the House Democratic. The present Senate has a Republican majority of four. The Successor to Senator Slater, Democrat, of Oregon, will be a Republican, and in the other States there seems to have been no change. In the new House of Representatives,whose term does not begin until next March, the Democratic majority will approximate forty. The Democratic majority in the present House is sixty-seven. In the fall of 1882 a great Democratic tidal wave swept over the country, submerging for the time being a number of districts which under ordinary circumstances are reliably Republican. The tide has notaltogether subsided. Throughout the canvass just ended there were not wanting signs that the corruption iind inefficiency of the Congress run by Keifer and Robeson had left a deep impression upon the public mind, an impression, too, which the course of the Republican party managers in the campaign did much to deepen. Under such circumstances nothing short of a stampede to Blaine would have wrested the House from Democratic control. In grave crises of a people's history, when one of two courses must be chosen, and when to do nothing is to imperil the nation's safety, a divided Congress might be anything but a public blessing. But when the matters with which the Federal legislature is to deal are primarily questions of financial and administrative detail, the necessity of mutual compromise and concession may result in procuring from Congress much wiser and fairer legislation than either party would be likely to enact if it followed merely the dictates of its own wishes and oreiudices. During the cam paign a great deal has been said as to th<? clanger to which all business interests would be subjected by a sudden and complete revo- J lution in our tariff system, which, however, has not been contemplated by either party, j The most nervous of capitalists should now i feel reassured that through a Democratic House and a Republican Senate nothing | more formidable than a very moderate j measure of tariff reform can by any possi- ' bility pass. Tiie Memphis Cottox Report.?The cotton crop report for the Memphis district, 3mbracing West Tennessee, North Missis-, dppi, North Arkansas and North Alabama, ! issued last Saturday, says: The weather during October has been favorable, and picking, which had become general through STATEMENT OF ELECTION IN Y< aiDENT. CONGRESS." ~ REP'f O C "o o l c! ? O tfl b 5 a > & 3 3 L, g C5 _a . *3 o S ^ 23 en ?' ? c ? ? 0 ? w a o O 32 - # S ? .? ?H -"a g S ? ui V ? . ?~ 3! H ^ & 5 go <s ? ^ CO ^ ^ * r * 'c* 'TT^ ^ "H C O 5 fcfl J-, I?I 5 o 3 G _ J2_ ^ d a 23 43 13 145 13 156 145 143 143 60 22 162: 20 221 158 159 160 87 24 88! 24 111 93 89 93 51 77 1 36 69 228 145 150 1 39 25 00 20 00 20 20 zo Zi) 60 32 135 63 192 105 105 103 00 00 00 (K) 00 99 99 99 11 93 112 94 204 114 114 114 97 55 100 73 165 95 95 95 27 11 27 11 38 28 26 27 !30 93 230 88 323 226 223 234 77 57 179 63 279 137 132 137 81 14 82 13 95 82 82 81 65 16 165 16 310 159 158 158 87 107 456 105 638 408 398 407 198 218 393 223 616 400 355 378 99_ _832 _ 2435) 875 3601 2419 2351 23931 SECRETARY OP STATE. Jas. N. Lipscomb 2,406 ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Charles It. Miles 2,406 ! out the district September 20, lias been continued almost without interruption. In j many localities the condition of the crop 1 was improved by favorable weather which | prevailed, and the average of decrease in j yield as compared1 wffW last year, which last j month was placed at 171 per cent., has been I reduced and is now given as 14 per cent, less j than last year. The frost which fell on the night of uctoner aril, was general tnrougnout the district and considerable injury therefrom is reported by correspondents. The greatest damage was sustained in the States of Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. The backwardness of the planting season naturally made the crop late, and in . many localities the damage from frost is ! reported as ranging from 10 to 25 per cent, j About two-thirds of the yield has been I gathered and no complaint is made of lack ' of labor in any locality which was feared, ! owing to the national election excitement which generally attends such events. A ! continuance of the present favorable weath| er will enable planters to have their crops all picked by December 1st, and there is 1 general indication that the cotton will be j marketed with mere than usual rapidity. The final report of the National Cotton ! Exchange of New Orleans, issued last Mon1 day, estimates the cotton crop of the United I States for the current yearat 5,7:45,000 bales, ' or a trifle larger than last year. Should the prospects of the top crop in certain sections be realized some 75,000 bales may yet be ! added. In Texas there was a large decrease, and in the Mississippi Valley the crop is not quite up to the last season; but the i Atlantic States and Alabama show gains sufficient to offset these deficiencies. s The Issues.?The South could have been solid in no nobler cause than that identified with Cleveland's candidacy. The South was practically solid for pur? and economic administration of the Government; for a return to constitutional methods; and for a general overhauling of all departments where investigation was needed after so j many years of temptation and license. The soutn was sonci against tne auvancernent 01 a man who had no moral claim to sit in the chair of state once occupied by Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Jackson and Lincoln. The South was solid against sectional hatreds and race issues engendered by Republican officials. It was solid against monopoly and "eras of good stealing." It was solid for all that was best in the Republican party and cleanest in the Democratic party. It was solid for a Union in fact and not merely in name. It was solid for the taxpaver and laborer alike. It was solid for a redeemed country in harmony with all its j parts, and compelling the respect as well as the admiration of the world. The South was solid for its own preservation as well as the common welfare of the Union. Good and true men respect these potent reasons for the solidarity of this section, and we have no call to blush for such a cause and such an unbroken front.?Augusta Chronicle. Thousands of Congratulations.?An Albany dispatch of Saturday says: The wires are still burdened with telegrams of congratulation for Governor Cleveland. All day long messengers have been lunning from the telegraph office to the Capi ;ol with paekagesof messages expressing satisfaction and joy over the result of the election. That the mass of the people has concluded that the result of the Presidential contest is determined is shown by the character of the TKntr nomn fnnm novf of Uispaiv;iic>3* lllCJ U/?UV/ uvnn pui V wi the Union. In one batch that was delivered this afternoon were greetings from New York, Louisiana, Wyoming, Alabama, and Boston. Every State and Territory is represented in the 5,000 telegrams whicii have been received since Thursday morning. Col. Lamont, who assumes charge of the Governor's correspondence, has betn able to do nothing for two days but receive and arrange dispatches. As yet there is no letup in the flood of congratulations. The callers are also very numerous, and all are cordially received by the next President, unless he is specially engrossed in business. His bearing since his election has not altered a particle. He seems more unconcerned about his advancement than any other man in the Capitol. There is no change in the regular routine that he has observed since he has been in the Gubernatorial chair. A South Carolina Marriage Scheme. At a recent wedding reception in South Carolina a young lawyer begged leave to offer a new scheme of matrimony, which he believed would be beneficial. He proEosed that "one man in the company should e selected as president; that this president should be duly sworn to keep entirely secret all communications that should be forwarded to him in his official department that night, and that each unmarried gentleman and lady should write his or her name on a piece of paper, and under it the name of the person they wished to marry, then hand it to the president for inspection, and if any gentleman or lady had reciprocally chosen each other the nresident was to in form each of the result, and those who had not been reciprocal in their choice keep entirely secret." After the appointment of the president communications were accordingly handed up to the chair, and it was found that twelve young ladies and gentlemen had made reciprocal choices, but whom they had chosen remained a secret to all but themselves and the president. Eleven of the twelve matches were afterwards solemnized. An English View of the Contest.? The London Times of last Saturday, commenting upon the result of the Presidential election, says: "It is unlikely that there will be any serious attempt to contest the result of the election. Blaine is a man of great gifts and is an accomplished sneaker, but he has un! happily identified himself with speculative schemes and the moneyed interests. Cleveland has few brilliant qualities, llis public career has been comparatively brief and modest, but he has shown a high sense of public duty and will faithfully discharge his trust without favoring either the magnates of Wall street or the demagogues. It is to be hoped that Bayard will accept office under Cleveland. Bayard is a man of the highest integrity and ability and will not discredit the best traditions of the American diplomacy. The Democrats must now show | that they are true to the principles of political and administrative reform. The recent 1 1 * ^ /?? * A i electoral contest, uspecm.uj' un uic ivc|muncan side, has disclosed the existence of widespread corruption which has alarmed honorable men in all parties." ? In a truly conciliating spirit the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist remarks: "Good Democrats, especially good Southern Democrats, will not inflame the public mind unnecessarily against Jay Gould or any obnoxious millionaire. It is not necessary to call upon the mob to make Cleveland's election secure. Besides, Mr. Gould, whatever his faults, has congratulated Gov. Cleveland on his triumph. We can well afford to be moderate in the hour of victory." ORK COUNTY. NOVEMBER 4th, 1884 ?ENTATIVES CO. COM'SIONERS. ** s ? ?r ? "? 2 "> ? r> ,2 ft? = = 05 a Q, ? ^ ? S 4? ~ ? s * ^ => 5C 2 ? J! < ? 8 5 s C5 >< ^3 . eJ ^ ?m x . ^ > S3 ^ -S-S ? a ? . < o S v,c ^ r/j . ^ fa Q ^ o 6 ? d I == ^ ?l4 J_ J_J_ _1 !i. 143 142 142 140 138 140 145 140 102 100 100 157 157 157 157 157 93 93 93 92 92 92 92 92 140 139 139 142 142 142 142 142 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 105 105 105 104 104 104 106 100 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 114 114 114 114 114 114 1-14 114 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 27 27 27 27 27 24 Zl Zt 221 220 221 223 224 224 224 224 137 137 137 137 137 137 137 137 81 81 81 82 82 82 82 82 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 159 408 408 407 408 408 408 408 408 383 381 380 382 383 382 383 383 >392 2385 2384 2886 2386 _ 2384 2395 2395 2 STATE TREASURER. J. P. Richardson 2,406 COMPTROLLER-GENERAL. W. E. Stoney 2,406 ! LOCAL AFTAIRS. I NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. T. Murphy Gwin?Notice. James B. Allison, County Commissioner, Ac.? York County Bonds. G. R. Taleott, Superintendent?Schedule of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad. James B. Allison, Clerk?Report of the Board of County Commissioners. UNTIL JANUARY 1st, 1885. We will furnish the Enquirer from this date until January 1st, 1885, for 30 cents, the cash in all cases, to accompany the subscription. V WANTON CRUELTY. (In Saturday night last some malicious and evil-minded person or persons entered the premises of Mr. Robert E. Guthrie, of Guthriesville, and so maimed two line cows that to end their sufferings, the next morning after the discovery was made, Mr. Guthrie had the animals killed. FINE COTTON. Mr. Martin Swan has left at our office several bolls of cotton of the "Ozier Silk" variety, which i show the finest staple of any uplands we have I ever seen. lie first planted the seeds of two bolls three years ago, and from the continued product of this small beginning he has picked a heavy bale this year. The bolls are large, 100 weighing 1J pound, and the lint is of fine, silky texture. YORKVILLE CELEBRATES. The enthusiasm of the Yorkville Democracy could not restrain itself on Friday night after it was learned that Cleveland's election was an assured fact; and accordingly a grand demonstration was made by the young men, who paraded the town giving vent to their feelings by continuous cheering for Cleveland, and later in the night firing a salute in honor of the prospective advent of Democratic rule. In the absence of a cannon, dynamite cartridges were improvised, and one for each of Cleveland's electoral votes was discharged, the "boom" being kept up until two o'clock in the morning. The "boys" had fun enough for one time, and it is gratifying to learn later that they were not premature in thus displaying their enthusiasm over the Democratic victory. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. H. M. Jarvis, Minister. Services morning and evening next Sunday; first bells at 10.30 A. M., and 6.30 P. M. Sundayschool bell at 3 P. M. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services Friday night, Saturday morning, and the usual hours on Sunday. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper at the Sunday morning service. Baptist? Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. The i pastor will fill his regular appointment at Union j next Sunday at 11 A. M. Services in the church at 1 orKvuio at i r. .u. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church at 11 A. M., next Sunday. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapel next Sunday at 11 A. M. Rev. Dr. LATHAN. The many friends of the Rev. Robert Lathan will learn with regret that he has decided to remove from our midst. This action on his part is rendered necessary by his acceptance of a professorship in the Erskine Theological Seminary at Due West, to which position ho was elected by the Associate Reformed Synod of the South at its recent session in Virginia. Dr. Lathan lias been a citizen of Yorkville for the last 2ti years, during which time he has been the devoted and acceptable! pastor of Yorkville and Tirzah congregations of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churli, discharging his responsible duties in a manner that has endeared him to his people, creating ties of fraternity, which, though broken by his departure from their midst, can never be sundered while memory lasts.1) [He takes with him to his new field of labor tho best wishes of a large circle of friends in York county, of all sects, who reaiize, in his departure, that the county loses a valuable citizen?one who has ever been foremost in the promotion of all objects tending to benefit tho public welfare; while the church will lose, in his absenco, a zealous, able and enlightened minister?one whose good wishes are not confined to denominational tenets, but who rejoices in the upbuilding of tho Lord's work, in whatever hands, under the name of l Christianity. Dr. Lathan, with his family, will leave tomorrow. We are pleased to announce to our readers, that notwithstanding the new relations he has assumed, his engagements will not prevent his contributions to the columns of the Enquirer. Wc have secured his services as a contributor for next year, and after he becomes established in his new home he will resume control of the Sabbath department of the paper, and in addition will also continue tho sketches of his European travel, which have proved so acceptable to our readers. THE CIRCUIT COURT. Tho October term of the Circuit Court, his Honor Judge Cothran presiding, adjourned yesterday afternoon after a session of two weeks and three days, during which time much business on the Sessions and Civil dockets of the Court were disposed of. Monday and Tuesday of the second week of the term were deyoted to the hearing of causes not requiring the intervention of a jury, his Honor having granted an order excusing all jurors, drawn for tho second week, from attending until Wednesday. This was deemed proper on account of the election occurring on Tuesday, and the order was timely and appropriate. On Wednesday morning the following petit jurors answered to their names: John R. Allen, C. 1). Anderson, W. E. Adams, John Barber, Ben Black, E. H. Bridges, T. L. Clinton, W. ' II. Cowan, John A. Campbell, Felix H. Dover, J. B. Fulton, Joseph Franklin, W. A. Fewell, C. W. Frew, II. P. Goforth, B. F. Hardin, W. R. Hays, S. J. Hutchison, Marcus HafTner, J. Ed. Jeffcrys, Geo. M. Lowrance, W. C. Martin, J. P. Moore, Levi Neoly, Daniel Reid, Samuel Rainey, B. G. Sandifer, E. I). Thompson, Jr., Henry Warlick, T. P Whhonant, Warren Whisonant, J. S. Wright, Thaddous Bolin. Of tho causes heard 011 the civil side of the Court two were of public interest. One was the suit of A. L. Wallace vs. J. R. London and J. J. Neely. This was to recover tho amount of $170, tho valuo of a quantity of cotton belonging to tho plaintiff, and destroyed by tho burning of tho defendants' gin by sparks from tho engine, in December bust. The ground upon which the suit was based was negligence on the part of the defondants in running their engine. The verdict was in favor of the plaintiff for $164?six dollars less than tho amount claimed, it having been shown that thero were six dollars' worth of seed in tho gin house, which had been left there for plaintiff's convenience, and for the safety of which defendants were not liable. Wilson ct Wilson for plaintiffs; Spencer & Waters for defendants. Tho other suit, which attracted much public interest, was that of John A. Darwin, Administrator, vs. the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company. This was for the recovery of damages for the benefit of tho mother of the < i < u CONSTITUTIONAL - j ^ C _ AMENDMENT. C Oh i, C .2 ^ | C OS i ~ is ; - -5 !? e-g Is ! 1* -I I w ?5 ?c i ?l *? ' - 3s -9 o >> f - S ? Z? s -X z >? o ?- ^ . = -S < r** w !fi w JS , M -5 I 3 o o I ' X ^ H ? j 132 140 140 134 8 145 329 : 158 157 157 00 00 164 115 < 92 92 92 89 3 93 106 i 142 142 142 134 00 159 115 5 25 25 25 22 1 25 38 < 106 106 106 00 100 106 114 99 99 99 00 00 99 127 ' 114 114 114 109 4 114 134 I 95 95 95 87 00 95 90 27 27 27 22 00 28 90 1 224 224 224 205 6 234 223 < 137 137 137 00' 136 137 179 i 82 82 82 62; 14 83 76 159 158 159 00| 144 159 145 407 407 408 377. 7 408 422 382 383 383 345| 31 401 579 1381 2388 2390 1586' 454 2450 2882 SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION. Asbury Coward 2,397 ADJUTANT-AND-INSPECTOR GENERAL. A. M. Manigault 2,405 deceased for the death of Mr. Peyton A. Darwin, which complainant alleged was caused by the negligence of the railroad company through its employees. All the facts by which the unfortunate young man had lost his life were published in these columns immediately after the full and searching investigation of the coroner's ju ry. No new facts pertaining to the accident were elicited on the trial. After the taking of testimony, defendant's counsel made motion for nonsuit. This the Court refused, and the case went before the jury. The point argued was as to the i amount of damages, and when the Judge charged the jury, he charged against the allowing of exemplary damages, restricting the jury to what was shown in evidence would have been Peyton's net earnings by his avocation (that of telegraph operator) until he attained his majoritv. The jury returned a verdict of $810 in favor of plaintiff'. Wilson A Wilson for plaintiff; J. H. , Rion and Hart A Hart for defendant. On Saturday the petit jurors were discharged, and the time of the term this week was devoted to Equity business. wmmmmmmmmmmmmaammM SOUTH CAROLINA NEWf. ? Tyre Glenn, aged 82 years, committed suicide in Greenville county on Friday, October 31, by drowning himself in a tub of water. Domestic trouble was the cause. ? Governor Thompson has issued a proclamation calling for an election in the Fourth Congressional district on the 24th instant for the purpose of electinga Congressman to fill the unexpired term of Hon. J. H. Evins, deceased. ? The mill house of Messrs. Terrace & McAfee, near White Oak, Fairfield county, was burned to the ground on Thursday night last. The fire is thought to have been the work of an incendiary. The loss was abcut$l,000, not covered by insurance. ? The trial of Dr. William H. Miller for the killing of his step-mother, Mrs. Caroline L. Miller, on tlfe 18th day of June last, occurred before the Court of General Sessions at Walterboro last week, and resulted in an acquittal on the ground of temporary insanity, superinduced by a diseased condition of the brain. ? A negro by the name of Criss Little was killed at Laurens about 10 o'clock last Sunday morning by Policeman Andrew Nelson. Nelson had just been assisting Policeman Langston in arresting another negro for carrvinp' a concealed niwtnl. when Little. who was standing by, interfered and cursed Nelson, and finally made at Nelson with his knife, whereupon Nelson retreated a few paces and shot him dead. Nelson surrendered to the Sheriff and was admitted to bail. For some time past it is reported that Little has borne a contentious spirit. ? In.Aiken county, on election day, ballot boxes were provided at each precinct and Democratic voters were requested to express through them their sentiments on the question of prohibition. Only Democrats were requested to vote. One thousand nine hundred and thirty-three votes were polled, 69 of which were thrown out because they were colored, and it was not stated that they were Democrats. This reduced the total vote to 1,864. One thousand and ninety-one votes were cast for prohibition, and 773 against, making 318 majority for prohibition. The correspondent of the News and Courier giving these facts, also says: The vote is regarded as a fair test of the sentiment of the intelligence and property of the county, and the Legislature will be asked for the passage of a prohibition law for Aiken county. The effort has been to keep the question out of politics, and it has been successful. Many colored people pre- j sented themselves at the ballot-box, but i when the plan of election was explained to i them they seemed satisfied. They endors- ( ed the movement, however, and will back l. up the action of the white people by resolu- tions and petitions from their churches and temperance societies. ECHOES OF THE ELECTION. ? Belva Lockwood got one vote in Savannah, Ga. ? Hereafter Ohio will be the only October State. West Virginia adopted a constitu- i tional amendment changing her election to J November. | ? The Boston Herald says Butler was like t the man who "contemplated murder and ( committed suicide." He was Blaine's side j show and the Republicans can proceed to t dispose of the corpse. " ? Poor, deluded negroes will soon learn how their black and white bosses have de- r ceived them. They will learn under a Democratic administration that not one of their civic rights will be impaired or threatened. They ought to learn also that friendship for the Southern whites is their wisest policy as well as their best interest. r ? New York Herald: When a bank cashier absolutely refuses to take a vacation, the di- c rpntors. if thev are prudent business men, c force him to do so, and take a look at the 1 books while he is away. The Blaine men ^ refuse to take a vacation ; but it is lime to j get a look at the hooks, which they have s been keeping out of sight for nearly a quar- i ter of a century. I ? Columbia Register, Tuesday: The prop- c osition comes from York that there should be ? a common demonstration of the State some r time during Fair week over the election c of Cleveland and Hendricks aud along with the same the new era of peace and good will [J throughout the Union. We are heartKy in r accord with this proposition and are glad to announce that it meets Columbia already at work in getting up just such a demonstration for Friday night. r ? The present estimate as to the complex ion of the Illinois State Legislature is to ^ the effect that it will be a tie on joint bal- j lot?the Senate having a majority of one C; Republican and the House a majority of one v Democrat. Contests are likely to ensue in t three Districts which may reverse this con-11 dition of affairs. The situation is made l< more interesting from the fact that a Senator to succeed General Logan is to be selected. ? Some of the colored people, old and, young, appear to beconvinced that the elee-1 f tion of a Democratic President would, in j ? some mysterious and inexplicable way, af-1 ti feet their freedom. Somebody is filling i v these poor creatures with lies, in tne nrsi ti place, nobody wants slavery restored, and, I 0 in the second place, 110 President has the ! c' power to restore it. A Democratic Presi-: dent is needed to disabuse the colored people 1 of such ridiculous delusion^ ! ? Mr. ?laine's stool-pislron, IJen Butler,!J< receives in the city ana county of New York leas than 4,000 votes. He was vigorously and enthusiastically supported up to fifteen days ago by the New York Sun. Mr. Butler was originally cast to carry off 15,000 votes in this city. Was there ever such a j g wretched collapse? And, by the way, are ' we to accept Mr. Butler's attenuated vote as the living evidence of the power, influ-1 ence and following of the New York Sun f \ 1 ? It is a proper time to recall these noble ' n words of Grover Cleveland's letter of ac-, ceptance: "If I should bo called to the 1 Chief Magistracy of the nation by the suffrages of my fellow-citizens, I will assume the duties of that high office with a solemn ietermination to dedicate every effort to the country's good, and with an humble reliance upon the favor and support of the Supreme Being, who, I believe, will always aless honest human endeavor in the conscientious discharge of public duty." ? Says the Newark, (N. J.) Press, (Democrat)?If ever the golden rule may be gracefully followed it is on this day, following a jreat and bitterly contested election. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." If you would not have others exult wpr vnnr defeat, rememher thp cnlden rule md do not exult too unkindly over their disappointment. Whether victor or vanquish2d, all are citizens of one common country, with common interests and common hopes. Think of these things, and bury the bitterness of the campaign at the polls. ? Connecticut has done nobly. A majority for Cleveland of 1,200 rises into grandeur when it is remembered that there never was such outrageous bulldozing of workingmen by their employees. The Hartford Times says: "These figures represent the j honest firmness with which a great many poor men stood like rocks against the sly and seductive approaches of bribery and corruption. The Blaine bribery fund for this State was large, and unscrupulously used. But it failed to save the tattooed man. All honor to old Connecticut!" Congratulations.?The following telegrams were sent last Friday to the President and Vice President elfect: Columbia, S. C., November 7,1884. Orover Cleveland, Presidentelect, Albany, N. Y.: South Carolina otters her greetings to you and congratulations to the country on the "glorious result, which insures honest government, peace and prosperity. Hugh S. Thompson, Governor. Columbia, S. Cm November 7,1884. f Thou. A. Hendricks, Vice President elect, In- " dianapolis, Ind.: On behalf of the people of South Carolina, I send congratulations on the glorious victory which secures constitutional liberty to our country. Hugh S. Thompson, Governor. Jiirantial anb (Commercial. YORKVILLE, November 12.?Cotton 9 to Si. CHARLOTTE, November 11.?Cotton 91 to 9.30. LIVERPOOL, November 10.?Cotton active; middling uplands, 5id. CHARLESTON, November 10.?Cotton firm; middling 9 11-10. NEW YORK, November 10.?Cotton steady ; middling uplands, 10. Futures closed firm, with sales of 125,400 bales, as follows: November 10.13 to 10.15; December 10.09 to 10.10; January 10.19 to 10.20; February 10.34 to 10.35; March 10.48 to 10.49; April 10.62 to 10.63; May 10.77 to 10.78; June 10.91 to 10.92; July 11.03 to 11.04; August 11.13 to 11.14. ??prial flotices. To the Citizens of Yorkville. I desire to take this public method of saying that during my recent stay of several months in Yorkville?the place of my old home, and of which I treasure many pleasant memories?the social intercourse afforded me by the citizens has been pleasant, and in returning to-day to Lancaster, I, therefore, leave them with regret. J. F. G. MITT AG. November 10 46 It The Baptist Sunday-School Institute. The first Session of the Baptist Sunday-School Institute of York county will be held with Antioch Church, commencing on Friday, the 28th of November, and continuing through Sunday. A full delegation from the various Sunday- <? schools is earnestly desired. J. E. COVINGTON. October 23 43 tf X HYMENEAL. Married?At the residence of Mr. J. W. Dobson, in Yorkville, on the morning of the 11th instant, by Rev. T. R. English, Mr. THADDEUS THOMAS and Miss ELIZA E. ENLOE, daughter of the late John G. Enloe, Esq. In Yorkville, at the residence of the bride's father, on the 12th instant, by Rev. T. R. Eng-lish, Mr. WADE H. WILLI FORD, of Winnsboro, S. C., and Miss MARY ROBBIE, second daughter of Sheriff It. H. Glenn. , OBITUARY. ft* Died?Near the Tennessee colony of Anderson county, Texas, on the 22nd ultimo, of congestion of the'stomach and bowels, Mrs. AMANDA J. POLLARD, wife of John A. Pollard, formerly of York county, S. C., aged 44vears and (J months and 10 days. In Rusk county, Texas, October 22nd, 1884, Mr. ELIAS MoCARTER, in tiw 80th year of his age. At the residence of Mr. James A. Watson, near , Bowling Green, in York county, on the 10th instant, Mrs. ANN E. WRIGHT, widow of Dr. Samuel Wright, aged 68 years and 9 days. NOTICE. I HAVE taken up a stray HORSE and a si ray MULE. The horse is a dark cream or claybank, 12 or 13 years old, and the mule a dark bay mare, 6 or 7 years old. The owner can have the animals upon proper identification, by paying iost of this notice, and expenses of feeding, by ipplying to me, on the premises of Mr. Thomas Roach, six miles west of McConnellsville, in York countv, on the Hamilton Ford road. T. MURPHY GWIN. November 10 46 It* "YORK COUNTY BONDS. OFFICE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Yorkville, S. C., November 3,1884. PUBLIC notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners for York county, vill receive proposals until 12 o'clock M., on FRIDAY, the 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 884, for the purchase, at the lowest price at which hey may be offered, BONDS AND COUPONS hereon "of York county, issued in aid of the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Comiany. The amount to be purchased will be of he value of twenty-three hundred dollars (82,300) ind may be offered in lots or otherwise, as holdtrs may desire. fi9* The Commissioners reserve the right to eject any or all bids. Bv order of the Board. JAMES B. ALLISON, County Commissioner and Clerk of Board. ? November 10 46 3t FOR RENT. rHE undersigned will offer FOR RENT, at public outcry, for the year 1885, at York Court House, on the FIRST MONDAY OF DECEMBER next, the Real Property belonging to he Estate of R. J. FOSTER, deceased. 1st. A tract of land, situated about two miles outh-east of Yorkville, adjoining lands of J. A. tatchford, David L. Black and others. On the aid tract are TWENTY-FIVE OR THIRTY VCRES of land in a condition for cultivation. Permission will not be given to cut any timber m the premises. 2nd. A lot in the town of Yorkville, on which re situated TWO SMALL HOUSES suitable for esidences, and a stable sufficiently large to acommodate several horses. The property will be RENTED to the highest lidder, and the payment of the rent money must ie secured by note and approved personal secit itv. * J. A. CARROLL, Agentw? November 6 45 4t SALE OF REAL ESTATE. rHE heirs of JOHN McKNIGHT, deceased, offer at private sale a tract of land, near Mc'onnellsville, containing TWO HUNDRED lCRES, more or less, adjoining lands of Walker turris, John Moore and others. The above land an be purchased privately; but if not so sold, ill be exposed to public sale at York Court louse on the FIRST MONDAY OF DECEM(ERnext. Good and sufficient title deeds made 3 purchaser. Terms cash. r. d. Mcknight, w. e. Mcknight. November (J 45 4t* ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. ~ A LL persons holding claims against JOSEPH X M. ADAMS, who recently made assignment } me for benefit of creditors, are notified to esiblish their claims before me on or before Noember 25, 1884, if they purpose to come in under ie assignment. On the day named, I will pay ut the assigned estate, the* same having been onverted into money. Yorkville, S. C., October 30,1884. GEO. W. S. HART, Assignee. November G 45 3t 3HX M. M'NEEL. J. KILLOUOH HENRY. )IcXEEL A HENRY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. OFFICE WILKES* BUILDING, MAIN STREET, CHESTER, S. C.. Practice in all Courts of the State and United tates. Promptness and Fidelity in all Business. October 30 44 ly NOTICE. 11TE beg to remind all persons against whom J? we hold claims, that an early settlement lustbehad. HART <fc HAltT, Attorneys. G. W. S. IIART, Adm'rof W.G. Durant. October 23 43 fit