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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
THE YORKVILLEENQUIRER
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EDITORIAL INKLINGS,
The New York Democracy.

lie New YORK democracy.
-On Thursday evening, the Democracy
of New York city passed resolutions congrat-
ulating the Democratic party throughout
the Union on the magnificent victory achieved
by the late elections. Among the speakers
were Hon. Samuel J. Tilden, Governor elect,
Thurman, of Ohio, Bayard, of Delaware, and
Eaton, of Connecticut. A summary of Mr..
Tildeu's remarks is given as follows:
He set out by congratulating the people of
the State on the Democratic victory-a victo-
rv the benefcent results of which no party
and no class can appropriate. He advocated
the good old principles of hard money and
honest dealing, the repression of the thieves in
Washington, whose thefts far exceed those
that so much startled New York, and he de-
nounced the crimes perpetrated against the
American people in the South. With the
blessing of God, those who had stood up 50
long for the true principles of republican gov
ernment would persevere until they achieved
complete restoration of the original princi-
pies of Thomas Jefferson for the Government
of the United States. For ten years or more
we had the name of peace, but at no time the
substance of peace. We had to confront an
administration that traficked on public Ca
lamities, and to contend with financial poll
cy that threw everything into confusion. Now
the bubble is broken initiation fails to initiate,
and nothing remains but the good Democrat
ic principles of hard money. He considered
this election and its issues the most important
since that of Jefferson in 1800 In conclu-
sion, he again congratulated his audience on
the recent important victory.
On similar occasion, in Atlanta, Georgia,
Senator Gordon concluded speech by an ap-
peal for continued prudence and forbearance,
which, he said, were the Christianity of all
politics. He said: "One boon ask in this
hour of your deliverance. I ask you to COM
mission me, in your name, to pledge, upon the
floor of the Senate, your fidelity to this Union
under the Constitution your acquiescence in
the laws passed in accordance with the Con-
stitution, good or bad, until lawfully repeal
ed your support Of all rightful authority
your cordial friendship for every man and all
men Of all sections who will aid in restoring
peace to the sections, justice to the States, lib
erty to the citizens, purity to all the depart
ments of the government, and the Constitution
to its supremacy over Presidents, Congress,
and parties and people. Loud cheers.
thank you, my countrymen, for that response.
You are as temperate in triumph as you are
great in adversely. You cherish malice to
none, and are hostile only to thieves, usurpers,
and tyrants.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The Legislature of this State will meet or
Tuesday, Oath instant.
- The Port Royal Railroad is carrying pas
sengers at the rate of three cents per mile.
- The next meeting of the Synod Of South
Carolina is to be held at Yorkville, on the 4tf
day of next November.
1t is estimated that near 500 white mer
in Greenville county failed to vote in the re
cent election.
Governor Moses has issued a proclama
ton appointing B. D. Townsend, W. B. Smith
w. D. Mars, G. w. Melton and S. j. Lee
members of the State Board of Equalization
for the year 1874
- The ffty-fourth session of the Baptist
State Convention of South Carolina will be
held with the Baptist Church at Chester, on
Wednesday before the last Sabbath in No
vember, which will be the 25th day of the
month.
"A little girl, by the name of Maggie Cas-
tens, was playing with an empty champagne
bottle, in Charleston, on the 9th, when she
fell down, broke the bottle, cutting her throat
with the fragments. The jugular vein was
severed, and she died in few moments.
j. B. Harrington, who murdered his wife
in Columbia, near two months since, and al
the same time attempted to take his own life
escaped from jail on Wednesday morning Of
last week, between three and four o'clock
The Governor has offered a reward Of $500
for his apprehension.
"A despatch from Columbia to the Green
Vile Ne,rs, says that Judge Cooke of the
eighth circuit is favorably spoken of as the
successor of Judge Graham in the first. judi
cial district 1t is possible that j. P. Reed
ESQ, who declared for Chamberlain in the
recent election, may succeed Judge Cooke ir
the eighth circuit.
- The Columbia Union-Herald Of Monday
last says "Judge Mackey, of the sixth cir
cult, has decided that the boards Of county
commissioners in the several counties of thu
State having been elected on the 10Th Of DC
tober, 1872, and their term of office, accord
! ing to section 19 of article 4 of the constitu
ton, being for two years, their term of Office
expired on the 18th of October, 1874, ant
they are, therefore, de funct,ts ctfcio. Accord
ing to this decision, there will be no board o
county commissioners in this State until thos
which have just been elected shall have quail
fed and entered into office. The case came
before Judge Mackey last Wednesday, on :
complaint for an injunction to restrain thu
board of county commissioners Of Cheste
county from granting license for the sale o
LIQUOR The board of county commissioner
of that county have accepted the decision ant
retired from Office
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
MIR. CHEEKS MURDERER.

In the Superior Court Of Lincoln county,
n. c., on Tuesday of last week, r. A. Owens
was put on trial for the murder Of John W.
Cheek, of this county. Owens was in the en-
ploy of Mr.. Cheek, and during trip the two
were making with wagon, while in CASTOR
county, N. c., as is alleged, Owens murdered
Mr. Cheek for the purpose of robbery. He
escaped and went to Tennessee, in which
State he was arrested and returned to Castor
county, and from that county had his trial
moved to Lincoln. The prisoner was defend
ed by Col. John F. Hoke and W. A. Hoke,
and the prosecution was conducted by Messrs
Moore and Sandifer and Ex-Governor Vance.
The evidence closed on Wednesday, and the
case was argued in the afternoon. On the
same night the jury returned a verdict of
guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be
hanged on the 9th of November, instant.
An appeal was taken, and the case will come
up before the Supreme Court in January next.
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to Spartanburg, G. H., 56t miles and back, once
u,ooi, Rond rennirad with hid 1900.

to spartanburg, c. H., Sc! miles and back, once
week. Bond required with bid, $500.
From Yorkvile, by Blairsville, Bullock S
Creek, Pinckneyville, Union and Cross Keys,
to Cross Anchor, SIT miles and back, once week.
Bond required with bid, $500.
From Yorkville by Bethany, Antioch, Whlta-
ker and Swangstown, n: C., to Shelby, and 81 back
bv Stices Shoals, Blacks Station, Clark $ FORK,
s. c., and Grand Hill to Yorkville, equal to 363
miles and back, once week. Bond required with
bid, S4OO.
From Yorkville, by New Centre, In. o. Crowd
er's Creek, N. c., In. o. and Pleasant Ridge, IN.
o. to Gastonia, % miles and back, once week.
Bond required with bid $500.
From Yorkvile, by Allison Creek, Bethel, ana
Zeno, to South Point, N. c., 20 miles and back,
once q week. Bond required with bid, S2OO.
From Rock Hill, by Waxhaw to Lancaster G.
H., 25 miles and back, once week. Bond re-
quired with bid, 5000.
The decisions of the department will be an
nounced on or before the 9th of March, 1878.
Further particulars may be obtained by ap-
plying to the postmaster at Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

On Tuesday night last, Charles Kane, a
discharged soldier, and two negroes named
Joseph Goforth and Charles Howie, were
committed to Jail by Trial Justice Williams
on charge of highway robbery 1t seems
that on Monday night, or early Tuesday
morning, the above parties met near the rail-
road depot an itinerant piano tuner named
McGrath, whom they assaulted and robbed.
McGrath was badly beaten, and after he was
stripped of his shoes and the money in his
pocket taken, his assailants placed him, in
his helpless condition, under the platform of
the depot building. Fortunately, the occur
renee was witnessed by one or two youths
who, though unable to interfere, gave infor-
nation to the proper authorities which led to
the prompt arrest and commitment of the
guilty parties.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
TRANSFERS or REAL ESTATE.

TRANSFERS or REAL ESTATE.
The following are the transfers of real estate
recorded in the office of the County Auditor
since our last report:
S. G. Hemphill to Jane f. Clinton. Tract
of 81 acres in Bethesda township. Consider
alton 500.
A.F. Love to John E. Love. Tract of
1O7 acres in Kings Mountain township. Con-
sideration $500.
R.H. Glenn, Sheriff. to D. M. Hall. Tract
of 141 acres in Kings's Mountain township.
Consideration 1882.
G.. R. Boleyn and wife to Thaddeus Bo-
leyn. Lot of 6 acres in Kings Mountain
township. Consideration s32.
Allen and Iredell Jones to Ann White.
Tract of 81 acres in Catawba township. Con-
sideration s4Oo.
VIM. Wallace to Mary N. Simrill. Tract
of Al acres in Ebenezer township. Consider
alton $3.50.
S. D. Simril to Mary N. Simrill. Tract
of 81 acres in Ebenezer township. Consider
alton s2O5.
R. H. Glenn, Sheriff, to Alex. Stewart.
Tract of 1875 acres in York township. Con-
sderation 1851.
H. F. Adickes to John ]. Dunlap Tract
of III acres in Bethesda township. Consd-
Grafton 1851.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
REDUCTION OF THE ARMY.

The impression prevails with many, and
among others the newspapers at Washington,
that by act Of the last Congress, general re-
duction of the army is now in progress. Some
men of this post having been mustered out Of
service last week, on applying to Capt. Hyer
to learn if it was done in accordance with
the act above referred to, that officer informed
US that there is no act in force reducing the
army, though Congress made appropriation
for only 25, 900 men, while the rolls were con-
siderably in excess of that number. By or.
ders issued in July, recruiting has been tenn
porarily suspended, but no reduction is being
made in the army except by casualty or expi-
ration of enlistments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
THE ELECTIONS LAST WEEK.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

New York World, Dem.
Grants pretorian phalanx has been broken.
His "Third Term" banner has been captured
and reversed for scof and Kissing. The
bummers ofhis army, the spoilers ofthe South,
have been compelled to slacken their hold
when the prey has been wrested from their
teeth. The political sorcerers discover that
Mortonism has lost its power for delusion Of
the defenders of the Republic-the people at
the ballot box. Yet this is only the first great
battle in long campaign. 1t is won trium-
phaDtly. Yet there are others to be won.
Victory has been tied, with all her garlands
on, to the standards of the Democracy by
faithful hands which have successfully planted
those standards in the forefront of this great
battle. 1t is victory for free trade; victo-
ry for hard money; victory for home rule.
The news of the defeat of Butler is strange.
Everybody has been accustomed to regard
"Butler's District" as sort Of pocket bor-
ough, any intrusion into which Of rival pre-
tensions Butler was certain to punish with Sc
verify. Ofcourse we are glad of his success
sors vote and voice, yet we are sorry to lose
Butler, not merely because his election will
eclipse the gayety of nations, as it undoubted-
ly will, but because Butler was the represen-
tative ola class and of public opinion which
need to be taken account Of
New York Times, Rep.]
The result of the elections yesterday in this
and other Eastern States will not be sur
prise to anybody, except perhaps few per-
sons at Washington, and it certainly will not
surprise any of our readers, who have been
kept tolerably we'll informed as to the causes
which inevitably tended to produce the pres
ent overthrow of the Republican party. All
that could be done honorably to avert this
defeat has been done by u.s. but since the last
Presidential election, many of the party lead
ers have been deaf alike to advice and remon-
STRANGE. They have apparently believed that
the people would quietly submit to anything
and everything, and that the party which
they represented was indestructible. Moth
ing short of the events which we record this
morning could have opened their eyes to the
truth. If newspaper warned them in
friendly but firm spirit against the policy of
blundering which they were pursuing, it was
treated with a mixture Of the insolence and
arrogance which they exhibited toward all
opposition. The immediate friends of the
administration possessed themselves of an
"organ" at Washington, and filled it with dis.
gusting ISLANDERS and with besotted arguments
in favor of General Grant for third term"
It will be the lot of the President to discover,
in common with many great men who have
gone before him, that foolish hatterers and
venal newspapers cannot turn aside the cur
rent of public opinion. The truths which he
and his supporters refused to hear from
the lips ofhis friends, they must now listen to.
day from the people at the polls. That the
Democrats will have considerable majority
in the next House of Representatives is, go far
as we can judge, settled by yesterdays elec-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

r. II. Glenn, S. Y. C.-Judge of Probate's Sales
A. Frank Smith-Executors Sale.
Kennedy, Lattimer Il Hemphll-B Bacon-Bag-
ging and Ties-Baske Hand Saws:
T. NJ. Dobson q Co.-Hear what Dobson has tc
Say-Halloa, Mr. Jones-On my way to
Observation-Disclosures es-Files-Salt.
A. f. Conrad-Notice.
Chas H. sackett, Special Commissioner. Appo.
mattox, Va.-NOtice to the Defendants OF
Joseph Simmons, deceased
w. H. Il J. P. Herndon.-The great cotton crop
Of last year still on hand.
John G. Kuykendal.-"M the Perfect Man.
Benzine-Think of your Head-Rosadalis-
Read.
Carroll, Clark & Co..-Fair rWarning-Bacon-Ju
Arrved-Sugar and Cotfee-Cheese-Bag.
ging and Ties-Canned Goods-Selling of
at Cost-Boots and Shoes-H Hats-Ready-
Made Clothing.
NJ. Strauss & Son.-Now is your time to Invest.
J. w. P. Hope-Notice.
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YORKVILLE, S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 10, 1874

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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Jacob Shuford, an aged and worthy citi-
zen of Catawba county, was accidentally
drownedin a creek on his plantation, last week.
- The Greensboro Patriot says the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company have
purchased tract of land near that town, for
the purpose, as it is rumored. of building ex-
tensive machine and repair shops.
- The Salem Press says: G. NJ. Mathes, of
the Winston Sentinel, and N. S. Cook, Sena.
tor elect from Stokes and Forsythe, engaged
in tussel in Winston, on Saturday last. Mr..
w. A. Walker, while endeavoring to part the
belligerents, had his nose smashed.
- The Charlotte fair closed last Friday.
We have not seen an extended notice Of the
articles on exhibition, but learn from the
Raleigh Ne'us that the racing has been of a
most interesting character. 1t is the inten.
ton of the stockholders of the Association to
make the track mile in length before an
other year, and to invite the best horses in
the country to the races.
- The body of Mrs. Christina Hearted, in
tered about - months ago near Selem, was
disinterred few days since, and post NOR
tenn examination held to see whether or not
she was poisoned An inquest was held, and
Drs. Shof'ner and Siewers made the test, and
upon their sworn evidence the jury returned
a verdict of "death from natural causes" I"
The investigation was made at the instance
of her son, who it seems had conversed with
the spirit of his mother through the medium
of "spirit rapping," and was informed by her
of the poisoning.
Says the Fayetteville Eagle: "The pros
poets of Fayetteville have never been bright
er since the war than at present. The early
completion of the Florence Railroad is as
sured, and with it must come large and lu.
crative trade from class of customers, than
whom there are no better to be found in the
State. The natural trading place of the coun-
try that this road will penetrate is Fayette-
Vile, and however lively the competition for
this trade may be it will most surely come
here. Then the factories will most certainly
be rebuilt and all the activity and hustle of
ante. e.bellum times will return"
- The Charlotte Observer says: Mr.. Nc
Dufie Arledge, Of this city was beaten in a
brutal manner, Thursday afternoon, by one
of the scoundrels who are holding forth at the
fair grounds The fellow is the proprietor of
side show of some description or other, and
his wife is travelling with him. Mr. Arledge
went to the show, and while there made some
playful remark to the woman, which offended
her husband. He went off, and returning in
few moments, crept up behind Mr.. Arledge
and struck him powerful blow on the right
side of his head with bludgeon, knocking
him down and rendering him senseless When
some of his friends arrived he was lying on
the ground, literally covered with blood. He
was put into conveyance and carried home.
The wound is very serious one, but whether
it is likely to prove fatal or not we do not
know. His skull was fractured. The man
who inflicted the wound secreted himself, and
has not yet been apprehended
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-12
FINE ESCULENTS.

During the past week, we have been favor
ed with quite number of fine specimens Of
farm produce-among them seven-pound
turnip presented by Mr.. D. a. A. Watson,
residing near Clay Hill; and also by Mr.. j.
L. Parish, who lives near town, with basket
of fine turnips and sweet potatoes The pota'
toes were unusually large and fine. Our
farmers seem to be devoting more attention
than heretofore to these important crops, and
the results, we are sure, will prove the most
satisfactory
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DIR. REYBOLD.

This young gentleman, who for the past
three years has been connected with the hos
pital at this post, for the purpose of perfect
ing his medical education by the practice and
such other facilities as hospital affords, left
Yorkville yesterday morning, his term of ser,
vice having expired. 1t is his intention, we
learn, to locate in Raleigh, N. G.
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THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION

We have been unable to procure complete
returns of the Congressional vote in this dis
trict. The following reported majorities of
each candidate in the respective counties are
thoupht to be correct:
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