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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-20
THE ROCK HILL LANTERN.

Another change in the management of the
Lantern is announced in the last issue of that
paper Mr. j. NJ. Watson, formerly connect
ed with the Charlotte Observer, in very neat
salutatory, takes charge as publisher and local
editor. Claiming to have had considerable
experience in newspaper publishing, he feels
sure he can please the tastes Of his readers,
and if the people of Rock Hill and York
county will lend their support to the enter
prise, he expects to make the Lantern equal to
any weekly paper in South Carolina. We
wish Mr. Watson every success in the new
field to which he expects to devote his time
and talent, and hope his most sanguine ex-
pectations may be fully realized. Col. Cad
wallader Jones continues as principal editor,
of whose ability we have had occasion here
tofore to speak.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Thomas Ballard--Ncw Barber Shop.
II. II. Dickson-Sulky for Sale.
ard c. Thompson, Applicant-Dr. VIM. p.
Thompson, deceased. -
T.. F., Alexander, P. M.-Pay Your Postage.
j. A. Mclean, Judge Of Probate-Citation,W
deceased.
Adckes IL Black-Great Inducements to Custom
ers and Friends.
w. H. Il j. P. Herndon-Received-T Ware
Hollow Ware Hams.
]. A. Mclean, Judge or Probate-Annual Re-
turns.
Who Burnt Columbia?
II. NJ. DobsontS Co.-G. r. Ratchord-ls72-Pa-
per, Pens, &c.-Pockct Knives-Looking
Glasses-Ready-M Made Clothng-Bed Tick
ing-Sver Thmbles-Indellible 1nk-Hat
Racks-Traveing Bags-Checse-- Boots
Bacon--Copy Books--Salcm Jeans--4-4
Shirting. -
r. w. Clawson, Deputy Messenger-In Bank
ruptcy-First Meeting Of Creditors-1n the
Matter of Miles Johnson, Bankrupt.
John G.. Observation-Disclosures Corn.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
A APUBLIC MEETING.
Blacks STATION, York Co., S. c., |
March 9th. 1873. {

BLACKS STATION, Ork 20, >. VI,
March 9th, 1873.
A mass meeting of the citizens of this sec.
tion was held at Blacks Depot, York county,
S. c., on the 9th instant.
The meeting was we'll attended and har-
monious. The object was to pledge the people
to do all in their power to preserve the future
peace of the county, and to assure the gov
ernment of their intention to accord to, and
sustain every person Of whatever creed, the
free exercise Of their political opinions and
privileges.
The meeting was organized by calling Mr..
J. D. F. Duncan to the chair, and requesting
Colonel w. D. Camp to act as Secretary.
The object of the meeting was briefly ex-
planned by Mr.. j. D. F. Duncan, Colonel W.D.
Camp and DR.. j. G. Black. They urged the
people to sustain the United States authorities
in enforcing the laws, and to maintain peace
and good order in the county, and expressed
the belief that General Grant, in the prose-
cution of the ku-klux in this State, acted in
no spirit ofrevenge against us as people; out
did so from a sense of duty. That owing to
the peculiar circumstances attending these
prosecutions, injustice had probably been done
to some, but they believed that none would
be more prompt to remedy the wrong than
President Grant. That he had already shown
clemency to many who had been convicted,
which encourages US to believe that when the
government is convinced that the organiza-
tion is broken up, that the prosecutions for
past offences will cease. They also advocated
the endorsement and support of President
Grant and his administration, in good faith,
as the course best calculated to secure the
future peace and prosperity of the whole
country.
DR.. J. G. Black then offered the following
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OF INC 1OrKVIIIe EHVu1Fef'
LETTER FROM MINNESOTA.


Sr. PAUL, March 10.
No sooner does one storm get out OF the
way, than another is Matched in the northern
line and comes down with a big noise and in
much glory. These storms are unlike any
thing you have in South Carolina. The day
may be pleasant, but cold, when suddenly
from the west comes q cloud Of snow and pours
itself out upon the unhappy earth. Often
this is accompanied with wind which drives
the snow through the air in an almost hori-
zontal direction. I Experienced one storm in
this State when the air was so full Of driven
snow that you could otsee twenty-five feet.
These are the storms that are dangerous. A
man upon the prairie is liable to lose the
road, and then the chances are that he is lost
himself He wanders around and around,
bewildered, benumbed and confused, and f.
nally, drowsy and exhausted, he lays down
upon couch of snow and never rises any
more. The winds chill person in little time,
if the cold is intense. In the storm of a few
days ago. however, the cold was not severe
until the storm had subsided when the mer
curry sank to eighteen degrees below zero.
The summers here are described as being
delightful. There are few days as hot, per-
haps, as you experience in South Carolina,
but the most of the days are delightfully."- cool
and refreshing. The State is winning fame
as a summer resort. The ten thousand little
lakes with which its surface is dotted, afford
facilities for fishing which our sport loving
brethren of the East do not neglect.
1t is also becoming somewhat famous as
resort for consumptives, thousands focking in
every year to try and find relief for this most
fatal of human maladies. It is question
among medical men if the pure, dry, bracing
air of Minnesota is not better for consump-
ton than the genial climate of more southern
sections.
Many consumptives cure themselves here
by adopting wild life, as much like the In
dians as possible. Others 60 into the pine
forests and work with the men getting out
logs When not too far gone this treatment"
rarely fails of success. I have met several
living evidences of its efficacy. Consumption
is the child of civilization, and the more un-
civilized a man is in his mode of life the less
liable he will be to the dread disease.
MEMO.
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w. D. CAMP, Secretaru.
COTTON FACTORIES NORTH AND SOUTH.

The Wilmington Star of yesterday contains
the following article upon the subject Of cot
ton factories, which is entitled to the earnest
attention of capitalists. No State in the
Union probably offers so large natural in
ducements for the establishment of cotton fac
tories as South Carolina. The objections that
have been raised in the past are rapidly pass
ing away, and there is no room for doubt but
that one of the first things done by the next
Legislature will be the offering Of such en-
couragements, in the way of exemption from
taxation, that no State can excel the oppor-
tunities offered by this The Star says: y.
"The question as to whether it will pay to
invest in cotton factories is one which has 80
frequently been demonstrated in the afirma-
tive that it will scarcely admit of argument
Every day we see or hear of instances in
which large and remunerative profits have re.
warded those who have had the foresight to
embark in such enterprises, while communi-
ties have become prosperous and idle hands
found employment through their instrument
ality. In our neighboring State Of Georgia,
we find that the Eagle and Phoenix Manufac-
turing Company, located in Columbus, report
profit equal to twenty-four per cent. of the
capital invested, by the operations of the past
year, while the Columbus Manufacturing
Company reports % per cent. and the Ros'
we'll Factory 9 per cent for the last six months
of 1872. The factories of Macon and Au
gusta have also been steadily yielding hand
some profits, which we have every assurance
will compare favorably with those of the fac
tories at Columbus. In Virginia, where these
factories are in operation, the results have
been equally encouraging. In fact we have
reliable data to the effect that the cotton mill
in Petersburg, which runs one hundred looms
and three thousand and twenty-five spindles,
yielded net profit in 1872 Of % per cent. on
its capital stock. The reports from Northern
mills, where the facilities for running them
are nothing to compare with our own, the
profits are said to have been from eight to
twelve per cent. for the year just closed.
There is every inducement for our people to
invest in enterprises of this character. There
can be no such word as fail, as what can be
accomplished in Georgia, Virginia and other
States can most assuredly be accomplished
here
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-20
DEPARTURE OF TROOPS.

On Wednesday night of last week, Troop
K, of the Seventh United States Cavalry,
under command of Captain Halle, took their
departure on the Kings Mountain Railroad
from this place, destined to Dakota. They
will proceed to Memphis, Tennessee, by rail,
and from that point will 60 by boat to Fort
Randall, the point of their destination.
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GONE NORTH.

The season of the spring trade opened ear
lier in the northern markets this year than
usual, and already are our merchants avail
ing themselves of the opportunity for pur-
chasing their spring supplies. Col. VIM. H.
McCorkle, of the dry goods house of j. H.
Adams, and Mr.. G. R. Ratchford, represent
ing T. NJ. Dobson & Co., started North yes
terday morning, and we understand MIR F
Clark, of Carroll, Clark & Co., will also start
at an early day.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-20
KU.KLUX PARDONED.

The President has pardoned John G. Rob-
inson, of York county, and William G. Du-
priest, of North Carolina Both were SEN
fenced to imprisonment in the Albany peni-
tentiary as ku-klux. The former had served
six, and the latter eighteen months.
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Che 4prkrille Gnqltirrr.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 20, 1873

Watch the Fisures.-The datcon the "address-
label" shows the time to which the subscription Is
paid If subscribers do not wish their papers dis
continued, the date must be kept IN adrancc.
Cash.-It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and job
work are cash in advance
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SPRING..

"a stitch in time saves nine," is not the
whole truth A stitch in time often saves a
whole garment from destruction. There is
time for everything-a proper time-a con-
venient time. Only one time, however. The
year is three hundred and sixty-fve days long; !;
but no single day occurs twice. There are
four different seasons in the year but no one
of them is doubled, nor are any two of them
alike. Every season has its opportunities,
but they are peculiar. The work of one sea-
son cannot be safely postponed until the ush-
ering in of the succeeding one. To the plant
er in this latitude, spring is the most impor-
tant of the four seasons. In spring the foun-
dation is laid for the operations of the whole
year. Our people should not, for one mo-
ment, forget that the character of the crop
depends, to a very great extent, upon the man.
ner in which they do the work offspring. The
ground should be plowed deep, and we'll pull
verized. Flowing does very little good in any
season of the year, except in spring. In sum-
mer the only good that plowing does, is, that
it is the quickest way to kill grass and
weeds, and the easiest way to break the thin
crust which forms on the surface of the field
after rain. The grass and weeds absorb the
substance of the land and thus hinder the
growth of the crop, and the crust that forms
on the surface increases the drought. Inspiring
the ground is plowed that the roots Of the
growing crop may pierce down deep into the
soil, and spread through it, and collect food
for the stalk and fruit.
Now is the time to push. One good days
work is worth more than can be we'll estimated.
The farmer that does only half work at pres
-. Ala, o,,o,, f;,no will OIL uffor in tho
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-20

PENSIONS TO WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.
At the session of the Legislature previous
to the last, an act was passed authorizing the
levy of special tax, in certain counties, OF
one-half mill on the dollar, "for the relief of
the widows and orphans of persons killed be-
cause of their political opinions" The law
authorizes the County Treasurer to pay to
each such widow, during her widowhood, from
the date of the passage Of the act-the 18th
of March, 1S72-the sum of ten dollars per
month and for each such orphan child, under
the age of fifteen years, six dollars per month.
York, under the law, is one of the counties
in which the tax has been collected, and the
Treasurer has commenced the disbursement
of the money. He has paid to Rachel Leech,
widow of Alexander Leech, and seven chill
dren, 1896 ; to Clarissa Good, widow Of Char
ley Good, and two children, S126.50; to Dizzy
Brown, widow of Anderson Brown, and four
children, $195.5O. The amounts paid en-
brace only half what is due in each case, up
to the first of the present month. Several
other parties, who are entitled under the pro-
visions of the law, to part of this fund, have
not yet made application for their quota.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-20
JOB PRINTING.

Having determined to devote more atten-
ton hereafter to job printing than we have
done in the past, we would inform the public
that our office is now we'll supplied with new
type of the latest styles, and the best ma
chinery in use; and with choice stock of
inks, cards, papers, &C., we are prepared to
execute as good work as can be done any
where in the United States Orders for
Ball Tickets, Freight Billheads,
Bank Notices, Labels,
Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks,
Bill Heads, Law Briefs,
Business Cards, Letter Circulars,
Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings,
Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads
Checks. Note Circulars,
Deposit Tickets, Note Headings,
Drafts and Notes, Programmes,
Envelopes Policies, flre% Lille ms,
Election Tickets, Shinplaste1s,
Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards,
willr prompt attention, and satisfaction
as to quality of work, guaranteed in every
instance. Particular attention given to fine
work in colors
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-20

out by the President of the United States and
the heads of departments, and perhaps some
of the heads of bureaus and the clerks of the
two Houses of Congress. No such appropria-
tion was made for Congressman themselves.
The postage on regularly.sent newspapers
and other periodicals is not required to be paid
at the office from which they are sent, but
may be paid there. Itmust be paid IN aduance
at the office of delivery if not pail at the Of
flee from which sent.
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

NUNIH CAkULlNA NEVos
"A man named James Taylor, tobacco
dealer from Mount Airy, attempted to commit
suicide at Sparta, Ca, on Monday night OF
last week, by swallowing laudanum.
Troop c, of the 7th U. S. Cavalry, which
has been stationed in Charlotte for some time,
left that place, on Saturday last for Memphis,
and thence to Dakota. A battery of artillery
remains in Charlotte.
The youth who has been passing in varl-
Gus parts of the State as son OF Gen. Wade
Hampton, registered in Charlotte on Friday
last 1t is said that he attempted to impose
upon the people of Thomasville in the early
part of the same week.
- The Patriot reports painful accident to
Rev. VIM. Barringer, of Greensboro, who fell
from the third story of the Methodist College,
in process of erection, breaking his right thigh
bone, and receiving several bruises on the
body. His condition is such as to leave little
hope of his recovery.
- Gen. R. E. Coston, of Wilmington, left
that city on Friday last for Cairo, Egypt,
where he goes to assume the duties Of a pro-
fessorship in the University at that point, it
also being understood that he will be tender
ed semi-military position under the Khedive.
For some time past Gen. Colston has been
principal of the Cape Fear High School.
He is an ex-Confederate officer.
". S. Lusk, United States District Attor-
ney for the Western District of North Carroll
ma, publishes the following order, dated at
Asheville, March 13, 1878: Gall persons sum
moned, recognized, or otherwise bound for
their appearance as witnesses at the U. S.
Circuit or District Courts, either at Green's
boro, Statesville or Asheville, N. c., in the
behalf Of the United States against parties in
dicted under the Enforcement or Ku-Klux Act,
are hereby excused from any further atten-
dance as witnesses. And they are also hereby
discharged from any further duty as witnesses
in any Of said indictments, unless re-summon-
ed."
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the President to complete this business in or.
der that the Senate may adjourn. All the
members of the old Cabinet are retained, ex-
,cept Boutwell,, (elected to the Senate from
Massachusetts, Assistant Secretary Rich.
ardson was nominated by the President as
Mr.. Boutwelps successor, which was confirmed
by the Senate. The only nominations as yet
made for South Carolina are M. Wilder, Post
master at Columbia; B. A. Bosemon, Post.
master at Charleston, and A. f. Herriot,
Collector of Customs at Georgetown. Wilder,
colored,i the present postmaster at Columbia.
Bosemon, the appoiutee for Charleston, v'ce
Stanley G. Trott, is a mulatto.
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UNITED STATES CAVALRY AND THE AT
LANTA PoL1cE.-Wednesday morning last,
Company E, Seventh United States Cavalry,
with horses and equipments, arrived in Allan
ia from Union, S. c., e,, route to Dakota Ter
ritory. A short time after they reached the
city, one of the members Of the company en-.
tered a saloon in an intoxicated condition.
He was arrested and taken to the station
house, and fined S5 and costs by Mayor Ham.
mock. The "boy in blue" said that be would
rot in prison before he would pay it. The
response was, "Then you'll rot" Not long
afterward an officer and several privates went
to the station and announced their intention
to take their comrade VI ct arn.as from the cell.
They were informed that if they didn't move
off in double quick time, they would occupy
adjacent rooms to the fellow in limbo. They
concluded that discretion was the better part
of valor, and left. The soldiers gathered in
excited knots near the depot, and a crowd of
negroes soon joined them. The police kept
in readiness for any outbreak, but this, fortu-
nately, did not take place. The fine was
paid, and the soldier released. Later in the
day three others Of the cavalry were arrested
in an intoxicated condition, and fined. This
time no demonstration was made, but the
fines quietly paid. The Federal commandant
of the post, when appealed to by the cavalry
men, peremptorily declined to furnish aid to
rescue soldier who had been arrested and
fined for intoxication, declaring that, if COM
PEELED to order his troops out, it would only
be to support the civil authorities.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-20

For Your CoRNs-A friend informs US
that speedy and efectual cure for corns is
simply plaster of raw tar, made little larger
than the corn, and placed over the corn. Let
it remain on until it wears off, when the trou-
blesome varmint will be cured. Try it, and
pay us what it is worth.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-03-20
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.

The following transfers of .eal estate in
York county, have been reported to the Audit
or since the 9Th of March:
j. w. & G. G. Leech to R. K. Seahorn.
Tract of % acres Of land in Broad River
township. Consideration SOB.
q. and S. E. Carroll and others to N. G.
Boyd. Tract of 80 acres of land in Bethel
township. Consideration $3.50.
The same to R. L. Boyd. Tract Of SO
acres of land in Bethel township. Consider
alton $3.50.
Alexander Glass to Elizabeth Black. A
tract of 200 acres of land in Kings Noun.
tain township. Consideration $500.
J. B. and R. NJ. Jackson, and j. 7. and S.
E. Davis, to I. T. Faris. A tract of 223
acres of land in Kings Mountain township,
formerly belonging to the estate of John Hill,
deceased. Consideration 1894. .
Rhoda Jones to w. T. Sturgis. Four acres
of land in Catawba township. Consideration
500.
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MEETING OF COTTON DEALERS.

A meeting, composed of cotton producers,
cotton holders and cotton buyers, was held in
Rome, Georgia, on the 9TH instant, at which
the following preamble and resolutions were
introduced and unanimously adopted, and the
Southern press asked to give them circula-
ton:
Whereas, In our opinion there exists, in the
city of New York, a combination of men and
capital, whose prime object is to depress and
bear down the price of cotton in the future !;
and, whereas, in oU- opinion, based on facts
which have come under our observation,
very large amount of cotton has been bought
by the citizens of the States for future delive-
ry, an amount in excess of the remainder Of
the crop now unsold; and whereas, in our
opinion, the cotton buyers have it in their
power by united and determined effort to
advance prices very materially in the next
sixty days, therefore
Resolued, That we earnestly appeal to cot
ton buyers throughout the country to hold
meetings at once in their respective cities,
towns and villages, and take such action in
the premises as will overthrow and thwart
the combination of ofmoneyed men in the city of
New York, whose ostensible object is to de-
press the price of the same.
Resolved, That it is the opinion of this meet
ing that the best way to defeat said combina-
ton of capital is united and combined ef-
fort upon the part of cotton buyers through
out the entire country, with fixed and unal-
terable determination in every contract of
purchase during the present cotton season, to
demand the actual delivery of the cotton on
said contracts.
Resolved, That if it is possible to secure
such unanimity of action as is desired upon
the part of all the cotton buyers of futures
throughout the United States, and an abso-
lutte and unconditional demand of the cotton
bought, it will efectually defeat said combina-
ton and advance the price of the staple.
Resolved, That we earnestly appeal to cot
ton buyers of futures throughout the entire
country, to take immediate action in the prem
ises and adopt such resolutions as in their
Judgment will defeat said combination, and
publish the same for the benefit of all parties
interested.
Resolved, That our city papers, and all
newspapers friendly to the advancement Of
the producing interest of the country, and the
protection Of the same from the corrupt
moneyed monopolies ofNew York, be request,
ed to copy the proceedings of this meeting.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-03-22
Cburcn services To.morrow

Linden street Christian Church-Seryices at
1880 am. and 1880 p m. by David Walk, pas
tor. f
First Baptist Ghurch-Services at II am.
and 7;15 pm. by Rev. G. A. Lotion, pastor.
Central Baptist Church-Services at II am.
and 1880 pm. by Rev. s. Landrum, DID.
Sunday school, $3.50 am. HH
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Court
street-Services II am. and 1889 pm. by
Rev. L. @. Ransom, pastor.
st. Lazarus Church-Services at II am.
and 1880 pm. by Rev. DR.. Wheat, rector.
fernando street Methodist Church--Ser-
vices II am. and 1880 pm. Rev. Guilford
Jones, pastor.
Grace Church. fernando street-Services
at II am. and pm. by Rev. j. Carmichael,
rector.
Central Methodist Churcb--Services at II
am. and Z 80 pm. by Rev. s. b. Surratt,
pastor. Sunday school, Sam.
Calvary Church--seryices morning and eve
ming at the usual hours.