Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-08
WOMAN Va. GROG-SHOPS.

The sphere of woman is enlarging-the institu,
ton is beginning, Of late, to spread itself in more
senses than one. In former days she was content
with the sole possession Of that most potent ballot,
box, the ENTHUSIASTICALLY giving n vote which
would tell nightly upon the world. But now she
claims the right to perform other noble duties
duties to the discharge of which the sterner sex
have thus fnr proved themselvesi
tiful works of Charity and of Patriotism and Of
Love, which give a lustre to our life. and enshrine
her memory with the fame of such ms WASHING.
TON and CALHOUN, and all those names that are
truly great. Well, we yield, and bid her Col.
speed! We could not do else, if we would for
whatever a woman undertakes in rightdown earn
est, must and will he done. Four lines in rhyme
run in something like this manner:
"When n woman will, she will,
You may depend ont;
And when she won't. she won't,
And there's the end ont"
We strayed off into this style of thought. upon
reading the s~ubjoined account of the manner in
which n band of these ''household GODS" killed
off q Grocery, in Henderson, North Carolina
The Spartan says of il: "The IN. C.) Herald Of
Truth tells how a contemplated grocery was sup
pressed in Hendersonville A Mr.. LorrIs deter
mined to establish one. He bought land, lumber,
&C., for his buildings, outside the corporate limits,
and commenced the erection-ordered liquors. &C.,
by the time of completion. In the meantime the
ladies of the place heard the news. went to work
and got forty FIVE lady signers to q petition to Mr..
LOFTS t odesist from his purpose, and enlisted the
services of three gentlemen to present it. Mr..
LOFTS, more than half convinced of the error of
his course, hesitated what answer to make but
finally expressed q desire to meet the ladies in
public meeting. The town bell was rung, the
ladies assembled in the court house, and be made
them a speech. The account of that meeting is
so impressively moral, that VI givei t in the words
of the Herald:
at was really a time Of deep interest: mer-
chants left their stores, doctors left their shops,
editors their offices, and even grocery-keepers
their liquors and, upon the whole, there was
quite a crowd in that attendance. Mr.. Lofts
acted very gentlemanly, in all that be said was
spoken with great respect for the ladies, and,
with a broad smile upon bis face, he told the au-
dience that he would not like to do anything to
iniure them, but he did not know how to get out
of the matter-he had bought the land and paid
for it, had commenced his building, and had lum'
Der at the place for a grocery aud O dwelling
house; had ordered hisliquors, &c. He acknowl
edged that he was in o close place: this all could
see, for, one after anorher, the ladies talked
straight up to him. He could present the matter
in no light, but some fair one had an answer for
him. The ladies were very respectful to him;
but they "shot close" and be felt it. At length
be said that be had q dream a few nights since
the dream was this: He saw n swarm of bees come
out, and settle in a neighbours house. He went
in, and the bees covered him all over, and stung
him most ~awfully. "And now" said he, there
il is: the bees are all around me, and they sting
NIGHTLY" He was given to understand that
svarming time was not over, if he persisted in his
C 'urs'. After various propositions. pro and con-,
Mr.. LOFTS, finding himself completely %cornered,
flor the ladies did actually follow him. in their
rleadings. right into one corner of the Court
House. pledged himself to abandon the project.