Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-16
Of the .Yorkviile enquire
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

e., - CHESTER, August 10, 1oa''
The "Southern Favorites' favored. the peo-
ple of Chester with comic and operatic sing
ing on last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
The troupe is composed of "four blind gem
tlemen and two accomplished blind ladies"
and are all graduates of various institutions
for the blind. Their performance here was
entirely satisfactory to their audience of both
evenings The Instrumental music furnished
by them, like the vocal, was excellent and
elected great applause. The object OF their
appearance before the public, in the role of
musicians, is to raise money to Establish an
industrial home for tbe blind" The lauda-
bleness of the object of their entertainments
is an additional reason for commencing the
"Southern Favorites to the generous patron
age of the public.
The Episcopal Convocation began here on
Wednesday, with the following clergymen
present: Rt. Rev. w. B. w. Howe, Rev. 4.
P. johnson, Rev. Mr.. Fuller, Rev. Mr.. Nc
Cullough, Rev. Mr.. Stringfellow, and Rev.
Mr.. Tillinghast. Rev. Mr.. Stringfellew
preached the sermon on Wednesday evening.
At the services on Thursday morning, the
rites of baptism and communion were admin
istered. Rev. R. P. johnson read the lessons
and Rev. Mr.. Tillinghast delivered the SER
mon. Paul's remuneration Of Judaism and
endorsement of Christianity at such an im-
mense sacrifice, in an earthly point of view,
was made to serve as an argument in favor OF
the truth of the Christian religion.
On Thursday evening, Bishop Howe
preached an able sermon from the text, Life
is but vapor that passeth away" Among
the many interesting thor~ats advanced by
this learned divine was this, that in the future
life our memory may be of such power as to
recall all that has taken place in this llfe'
He illustrated this thought, by showing that
in this world old age is frequently enabled to
remember events of past life that had entirely
faded from the mind After the sermon, the
Bishop administered the rite of confirmation,
Miss Nettie Hamilton being the recipient of
this impressive rite. There would have been
other combinations had not circumstances
On Friday, after the morning service had
been read, Rev. R. P. johnson favored his
listeners with some excellent thoughts upon
the liturgy. Its advantages and adaptation
to the wants of mankind, of every class and
condition, we're shown. The conVocation then
ended. The Bishop stated that on the End
Sunday in September and on the 3rd Sunday
in October, services would be held at St.
Marks, and that Rev. Mr.. Steele, who is now
supplying temporarily the place once filled by
the lamented Mr.. Elliott, will preach here
twice every month, beginning in November.
It is to be fervently hoped that Mr.. Steele
will be instrumental in increasing the MEM
bership of St. Marks.
The meeting of stockholders of the Chester
and Lenoir Railroad, at Liucolnton last week,
was attended by Messrs. A. H. Davega, Z. 5.
Brice, is. Wilson, J. L. Albright and j. j..
Mcclure from this place. The object of the
special meeting was for the stockholders to
decide respecting the route to be taken from
Lincoluton to Hickory. AS the people of
Newton had offered to grade and bridge the
road at their own expense from Lincolnton to
Newton, provided it ran by their town, it was
decided to accept their generous offer. Gra-
ding between Dallas and Lincolnton is making
good progress. In about sixty days the lat
ter town will be reached. The good work
will then be continued at the expense of the
Newtonites, until their town has been reached.
The Chester Rifle Club, at their meeting on
Friday, decided not to meet again until the
second Friday in September. A committee
was also appointed to draft new constitu.
ton. Since the officers have received their
commissions, the members having uniforms
will be expected to attend all meetings and
drills with regularity, or pay the penalty OF
non. attendance.
At a meeting of the Town Council on Sat
urday morning, a negro man and woman were
tried, found guilty and sentenced for engaging
in disorderly conduct. The former was put
to work on the streets; the latter was placed
in iail. Violators of our town ordinances
are at the present time doing the greater part
of the work on our streets. This is much
better than confning them in Jail at the ex-
pense Of the town.
The street hands are now engaged in wi.
deniug Gadsden street in front of the Ma
tional Bank of Chester. The row of cedars
that were planted many years ago, at the
time of the founding of the old Bank, and
had grown to be quite pretty, has succumbed
to the unsparing hand of progress, and will
henceforth no more be seen. The space in
front of the Bank has been filled up, so that
it is now even with Main street. This is a
very great improvement.
DR.. A. H. Davega has gone to Chattanoo.
ga to buy, or make arrangements for buying
iron for the Chester and Lenoir Railroad.
Capt. w. T. D. Cousar and Allen Leard,
were the delegates from the Chester Metho.
dist Church to the District Conference that
met last week at Winnsborn. Mr.. Grandson
Williams was the delegate from Capers
Chapel. Qu1.
CHESTER, S. c., August IA.
The election upon the fence question is
progressing quietly at the present writing.
Neither the advocates, nor opponents Of the
proposed change in the fence law are unduly
excited in regard to the matter. Whites are,
for the most part, voting in favor of fencing
stock negroes are for the most part voting
in favor of fencing crops. And if appear
ances are not delusive, there are greater
number of the colored element voting with
the whites in favor of the stock law, than