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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12
THE FOURTH.

The Fourth of July was observed in York
vile by the closing of the stores and places
of business. A considerable number went on
an excursion to Dallas, and returning, re-
mained at Gastonia several hours, where the
time was agreeably passed in the parlors Of
the Davega House, the doors of which we're
thrown open to the party. Those of the citi-
zens who remained in town wh;led away the
hot hours without ripple of excitement As
a holiday, the Fourth was more generally OBJ
served throughout the State than any year
since 1860. ......., -.,,,5.. b.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The burnt district at Union Court House,
is being rebuilt with substantial houses.
- Gossips say that Gen. Gary, Of Edge6eld,
is soon to be married.
- The trial Of L. Cass Carpenter has been
postponed until October. .-
E. M. Brayton has assumed the duties Of
Collector of Internal Revenue, in place Of l..
Cass Carpenter, removed.
- Sumter was the first county in the State
to send to the State Treasury portion of the
taxes now being collected.
Watermelons are abundant in Charleston,
five thousand having arrived there one day
last week.
Rev. DR.. Plumer is in attendance on the
Pan Presbyterian Council, in session at Ed
;nburgh, Scotland.
Col. Chris. H. Suber has been nominated
as candidate to fill the vacancy in the House
of Representatives from Newberry.
- Maj. J. w. Tench, of Union, has thrashed
out forty bushels of wheat, produced on one
acre of land in that county.
- The Phenir is informed that ex.Judge
Carpenter expects permanently to reside in
Columbia and practice his profession.
A correspondent of the Union Times pro-
poses to be one of three individuals in each
county, to furnish 1000 of the 100000 call
ed for by Governor Hampton.
-Mr.H. j. Brissenden, well-known through
out this State as professor Of music and a
teacher of dancing, died in Charleston on last
Friday.
A correspondent of the Union Times says
that j. G. Spears, residing in the vicinity Of
Skull Shoals, in that county, has just thrashed
out seven hundred bushels of wheat from
thirty-two acres of land.
Col. R. M. Sims is now shipping to va
rious Northern cities from Rock Hill, upwards
of 100 crates of peaches daily. During this
and next week his shipments will probably
reach 1000 bushels.
Captain S. B. Clowney has resigned the
position of cashier of the Winnsboro National
Bank, which he had held since the organiza-
tion of the bank. Mr.. T. K. Elliott, formerly
teller, has been elected cashier, and Mr.. VIM.
N. Chandler has been elected teller.
At the recent session of the legislature,
the judgeship of the fifth circuit, occupied by
Judge R. B. Carpenter, was declared vacant
in consequence of an illegal election, and Gen.
J.B. Kershaw was elected to fill the vacancy.
Judge Carpenter, who has been "squinting"
around Washington for some time, for the
purpose, it is said, of securing the appointment
of United States District Attorney for South
Carolina, takes issue with the legislature as to
the legality of its action, but, has, neverthe.
less, magnanimously rendered his resignation
to Governor Hampton. The Judge says: 81
believe that I am still the Judge of the fifth
circuit of the State of South Carolina, and
that my successor is exercising an illegal and
usurped authority. But as l have no desire
to administer the laws of the people who do
not desire me, and as have no intention to
furnish cause of discord, I place in your
hands my formal resignation"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12
DEATH OF w, A. SMITH.

MI. VIM. A. Smith died at the residence
of his son.in-law, Jefferson Garrison, four
miles south of town, on Friday night last.
"Uncle Billy" as he was famiIiarly known BY
every body. was native of Ireland and 3
shoemaker by trade. He had been . citizen
of Yorkville for the last forty years. His
age was about seventy FIVE. a..'a= ri
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the offender at work still. sHaide! haide!
BE off be Off said the operator, pushing
him out of the tent with his pincers. Then,
calmly resuming his seat on the floor, he lit
up fresh cigarette and politely handed the
live charcoal in the tongs to me-"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12
TAX ASSESSMENTS, 1877

The County Auditor having received the
necessary blanks. gives notice that from and
after tomorrow, and until the 10th of August,
his Office will be open for the purpose of listing
taxables for the fiscal year 1877. His ap-
pointments for this purpose in different por'
tions of the county are also published.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12

tive pieces on the piano especially "Evange-
line" and "WiId Ash Deer"-contributed
not little to the evenings entertainment.
Thevaledictory was song-"Farewell"-
in which the entire school engaged.
The McConnellsville string band dispensed
sweet music during the intervals between each
scene or act, throughout the entire evening.
At about halfpast - o'clock 1.-The exercises
closed, and the audience, consisting of about
two hundred persons, Of all ages and sexes,
dispersed, highly pleased with thesevenings
entertainment, which was an entire success.
Such entertainments improve US. both socially
and intellectually. SPECTATOR.
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For the Yorkyllle ENQUIRER.
BIBLE SOCIETY DEPOSITORY.

The Yorkville Bible Committee have now
on hand lot of Bibles and Testaments- just
from New York-which are for sale at the
American Bible Society's catalogue prices
1t is hardly necessary to state that the Bible
society's Bibles are among the very best, i
not the best of such publications in America,
and by far the cheapest Any churches in
need Of Pulpit Bibles, or individuals desiring
Bibles of almost any description, or Testa-
ments large or email, can obtain them at the
Yorkville Depository at DR.. Altison's Drug
Store. Any particular style of Bible or Tes'
lament not on hand can be ordered through
the Depository and laid down at catalogue
prices. l.. n. WlLeON'
Chairman of Bible Committee.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12
FINE FRUIT,

Mr.. w. D. Glenn, Of Crowder's Greek,
N. c., has favored us with box of fine,
luscious peaches of the variety known as
"Hale's Early" Mr.. Glenn regards it as the
most reliable early peach that is grown. We
can safely say we have tasted none more pal
atable. ...,:.: ....s a., ..t.- ,al .a9f.rss
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12

NEW ADyERTIsEMENTs.

]. c. n. Duff-Palmetto Mills. ES
T. w. Clawson, Deputy Messenger-1n Bank
ruptcy-First Meeting Of Creditors-In the
Matter of R. r. McCorkle, Bankrupt
T. M. Dobson, James Mason and J. F.. Wallace,
Committee Female College.
A. D. Hepburn, President Davidson College.
J. M. Elford, Assignee Foreclosure of Mortgage.
II. F. Adickes-This Space.
T. s. Jefferys & W. B. Metts-Notice of Dissolu-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

1t appears from the official return of the
sheriff of Moore, that there was not mar
riage in that county during the year 1876.
Judge Bailey died at his home on Black
Mountain, on Monday of last week, in the
eighty-fourth year of his age.
- The statement is made that w. w. Hol-
den has rendered his resignation as Post
master of Raleigh.
Two negro boys, aged respectively eleven
and twelve years, became involved in quar-
rel about game of "knucks" in Weldon
lasr Thursday morning, when the eldest went
home and procured horse-pistol, and instant
ly killed his comrade, blowing all the back
part of his skull off with the weapon.
The Treausury Department, says Wash
ington special, has finally declined to COM
promise quite large number of infractions
of the internal revenue law covering the tax
on tobacco in North Carolina, which have
been urged on the department by Senator Ran
som and others, on the ground that they were
technical and not otherwise intended to de-
fraud the revenue. The department. held
that where no indictments had been, found the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue could
agree that the cases might be compromised,
but that he could not take them out Of the
courts pending trial on indictments.
MERE,MENTION,
General Howard is reported at Washington
as making very little beadway against the In
dams in the West. .'..'.'"'Jack Thompson, COL
ored, was hanged at LAGRANGE, Georgia, last
Friday, for killing two negro children last
winter, aged and 2years. '''''"It is stated
that the President will soon issue orders re-
moving the troops from the South. '''''"A
Detroit dispatch says that swarms of grass
hoppers have recently made their appearance
in portions of Oakland and Ionia counties,
and are ravsgizgsll manner of growing crops.
About 1000 acres Of growing grain have been
ruined. ...'..'"Blaine and Chamberlain are
greatly increasing the Presidents popularity
in the South. ''.'::..'A Georgia sportsman
claims to have killed 6,0O2 deer .'''''''''The
debt of the city of New York, a year or two
ago, was sl19,00O000. Now it is $131 ,QO0,-
OO...'..'."rhe Georgia Constitutional Con-
vention assembled yesterday, ,:''''':'': There
were thirty-two mercantile failures repartsd
in the month Of June. Liabilities, s2,ooV,-
600; assets, about $650,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12
TOWNSVILLE ACADEMY.

TOWNSVILLE ACADEMY.
McCoNNELLsv1LLE, July 9Th, 1877.
Your correspondent having received very
kind invitation to attend the closing exercises
of Lowrysville Academy on yesterday, deter
mined to be present. Arrived at the place
of destination, had scarcely time to look we'll
around me, when dinner was announced.
The bountiful repast was spread upon q
table, prepared for the occasion, under the
wide.spreading oaks in the grove hard by the
Granger's Hall. Having satisfied the era
wings of appetite with the savory viands
which the ladies of the vicinity know so we'll
how to prepare, the crowd scattered about in
all directions, in groups; some to engage in
social converse, some to discuss the crops,
some to play different games, while others,
seated apart, whispered soft, sweet words Of
love in each others ears, rejecting, BY their
countenances, the truth of the sentiment
"Oh! there's nothing on earth so bright
Or half 80 full of love and light
AS smile from a bonnie brown eye."
After thus spending an hour or two, the
crowd assembled in the hall, and an excel.
lent address was delivered by Erskine's talen'
ted son, Mr.. j. NJ. McNeel, on the neces'
sity of educating the masses. 1t was in his
usual happy style, and was highly appreciated
and justly applauded by an attentive and
intelligent audience.
At night an entertainment was given,
eHly brief notice of which can make in the
limits of short letter. The stage and hall
were beautifully decorated with evergreens,
and also prettily illuminated. The salutatory
consisted in song of welcome by the whole
school. The "Artist's Studio" tableau,
could not we'll have been rendered more
impressive and beautiful. "Schoolmsster
Abroad" and 'Schoolmaster Returned" were
amusing. entertaining and instructive. The
"Wonderful Scholar" was ludicrous bur-
lesque on the profession of those engaged
in the
"Delehtful task Of rearing the tender thought
or teaching the young idea how to shoot"
Misses Guy and Erwin, by the exquisite
manner in which they performed their respec'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12
PERSONAL.

Rev. W. S. Martin, Pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church of this place, who
has been absent on visit to Kingstree, return.
ed last Saturday. 1...--
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12

Governor Hampton In New York.
ON our first page we print an article,
copied from the Charleston Journal Of Com.
merce, conveying the impression that Cover
nor Hampton met with poor success in his eff.
forts to secure loan of $4,000 on State &C.
count, in New York. On the other hand,
the New York Tribune of the 3rd, has the
following on the same subject:
Much has been said of loan of 100000,
authorized by the, South Carolina Legislature,
to meet the interest on the State debt, and it
has been reported that Governor Hampton
had endeavored to negotiate this loan with
prominent New York bankers, butso far with
out success. The names of Brown Brothers,
John j. Cisco, S. D. Babcock and Eugene
Kelly have been mentioned as among those
asked to consider the loan; but these firms
said yesterday that they had received no COM
munication from Governor Hampton on the
subject, and at the banking house of August
Belmont & Co., the gentleman in charge said
that no negotiations concerning the loan were
pending with them. 1t was rumored on the
street, however, that the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, or Belmont & Co., had agreed
to take up the loan.
A private letter from the treasurer of South
Carolina, recently received in this city, states
that the total amount of consolidated bonds
that have been issued is $4,182,50O. A prom
iuent Wall street broker stated to Tribune
reporter yesterday that not less than $780,.
600 of these bonds were held by citizens OF
South Carolina, one man in Charleston hold
ing $45O,O0O of which s25O,00O was held for
savings bank. He thought Gov. Hampton
would have no trouble in obtaining loan for
such amount as he might wish to borrow. 1t
was not yet certain, however, that he would
want to borrow any money for the purpose
authorized by the last Legislature, as there
was large amount of overdue taxes to be
collected. As he understood the matter, Gov.
Hampton was simply making arrangements
for any assistance in case he should lind here
after that it was needed.
A New York dispatch of the 7tb has the
following later intelligence regarding the
Governors movements and his success in Sc.
curing loan:
Governor Wade Hampton, of South Caro-
lima, left for home to-day. One of the prln-
cpal objects of his visit to this city was to
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De expected, ne Is D'LCeE IoWdIu Lue IesiueuI
and his policy of reconciliation. But his
anathemas will fall harmless at the Presidents
feet. The Philadelphia Times gives correct
estimate of the speech in the following we'll
timed remarks:
Mr.. Chamberlain's Fourth of July address
may have been intended to thrill the country
like an alarm bell in the night, but the sound
thereof is more like the melancholy tinkle of
the bell of the COW that, in searching for for
bidden pastures, has lost her way. MIR. Cham
berlain is the ablest of Southern Republicans,
but all his ability and eloquence avail him
nothing in a contest with the inevitable Fate
and facts are alike against him. He puts the
case as it stands when he says, in addressing
the American public, through the people of
Woodstock, that he sees a face we cannot
see and hears voice we cannot hear. When
they consider the peaceful condition of South
Carolina under Hampton, and contrast it with
the sad plight in which Chamberlain found
and left the State, the people are not likely to
censure President Hayes for his share in bring
ing about the change for the better. A policy
that has worked so we'll cannot be successfully
challenged. The Ex-Governor gives no sub
stantial reasons for a rehearing of his case;
certainly the more it is considered the worse
it will appear for him and his party
Patterson on Chamberlain.
-"Honest" John Patterson has been ir -.
viewed by reporter of the Philadelphia
Times. On the subject of Chamberlain's
Woodstock speech, he said he thought the ex.
Goyerpor was very injudicious in his remarks,
and he, Patterson, would have preferred that
Chamberlain had not made such speech as
he did. Said Patterson
"If Hayes thought that the Republican
party in the South could not sustain them
selves, Chamberlain could have easily shown
him his error The fact that troops were
present made no difference in the State gov.
eramept, although many Northern Republi-
caps thipk 50, The people of South Carolina,
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ty of profitable investments"
-Georgia cotton manufacturing seems al
WAYS prosperous. There are now in operation
in Columbus, as we learn from the Enquirer,
eight cotton mills, one woolen and one bag
ging factory, four Touring and grist establish
ments, two foundries, plow mandatory,
steam engine and boiler works, and number
Of minor industries, among which may be
counted steamboat building. The amount
invested in manufacturing far exceeds that of
any other town in the South, and is increasing
wear by year. The cotton and woolen mills
now run 35 900 spindles and 1900 looms. A
competent manufacturer is engaged in making
drawings and estimates for new mill Of ~
600 spindles, to be constructed by Northern
company. This will increase the spindles at
Columbus to $1,000. The $4,000 spindles
consume $4,000 bales of cotton year, and
the looms 100000 pounds of wool.
"A correspondent in the Turkish camp at
Shumla writes: 81 was present to-day in
the doctors private tent while he saw his
mornings patients, and curious experience it
was. Two non-commissioned officers stood
at the entrance by the sentries and ushered in
man after man for two hours. The doctor,
seated on a medicine chest Just inside, felt
pulses and prescribed with the regularity of
a clock ticking. Two native doctors, assiG-
tants, who souatted behind, handed pill or
gave draught, as directed. Now and then,
when an unmistakable case of fever was dis
covered, the man was told to 60 into the hos.
pital, but the majority were dosed there and
then. One man came up with toothache.
At a signal given, up jumped one OF the
Turkish doctors, seized pair of biacksm'th's
pincers, and, going behind the fellow, threw
his left arm around his neck as if he were
about to strangle him. In an instant cap
ital double tooth, as sound as young ele-
phant's sucking tusk, was lying on the earth
on the other side of the tent. The patient, who
mad never winked, mildly suggested that the
wrong one might have been drawn, as he felt
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-07-12
What a Hearty Appetite Did.

Not SO very long ago there arriv-
cd at San Antonio, Texas, n gentle.
man from G large town on tho rail-
road between there and Galveston.
He put up at one of the hotels, and
displayed q tremendous appetite.
At the end OF the week he expected
to be presented with his bill, but no
bill was presented, although he had
no luggage at oil. Time went on
and still no bill. The landlord treat,
cd him with lofty courtesy, as did
the walters. One night, however,
he did nd return TO tho hotel, and
next morning the landlord hired a
detective, who hunted and found
him. The stranger thought the
landlord was going to have him put
in jail for swindling, or something
else, and he felt very much alarmed
abq1t it. But no. The landlord
was as pleasant as ever. He asked
the stranger what he had done that
he should desert his hotol in that
way, inquired whether tho walters
had offended him, and finally begg
ed him to return to his hotel once
more, promising to furnish b m
with oysters or anything else he
might wish.
The stranger was astonished. He
told the landlod that no couldn't pay
his board. The landlord replied he
did not want any board, and finally
extorted from tho stranger the
promise to return to the hotel.
After u few days, tho stranger
took tho landlord aside, thanked
him with tears in his eyes, and ask
ed him why he was SO anxious for
him to eat at that hotel FREQ oil
charge.
"I'll tell you" was the reply ~
don't care o cuss for you personally,
but since you have been eating here
I have had forty more guests to din.
nor than i ever had before. They
como here for no other purpose than
to look at you eat-you eat 80 hear
ty. But tho trouble is, I had 90,
600 bet you would choak to death
within o specified time. To-day il
the last day, and f'havs lost. Git T.
And he kicked him nineteen feet
| ten inches into the street
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-07-12


A Coop CEMENT,-A good, CO.
ment, for mending almost anything,
may DO made by mixing together
litherge and glycerine to the con
sistency of thick cream or fresh put
ty. This cement is useful for men>
ding stone jars, or any coarse earth
enware, stopping leaks in seams Of
tin pans or wash boiler cracks and
holes in iron kettles, &c. l have
filed holes an inch in diameter in
in kettles, and used tho samo for
years in boiling water and feed. 1t
may also be used to fasten on lamp
tops, to tighten loose nuts, to secure
loose bolts whose nuts are lost, to
tighten loose joints of wood or iron,
loose boxes in wagon hubs, and in a
great many other ways. In all ca.
sos tho articles monded should not
be used till the cement has harden-
cd, which will require from one day
to week, according to tho quanti-
ty used.-This cement will resist the
action Of water, hot or cold, acids,
and almost any degree Of heat.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-07-12
Temptation.

We have had q great deal to say to
our young friends about ten ptalion,
because in youth PERSONS suscepti-
bilities are greater than at any other
time in life.-There is much to be
said besides telling a person what
should be avoided, or admonishing
him to shun this or that. The best
way to avoid thing is to cultivate
something autagonistic to it in fact,
II one does not do this, his chances OF
successfully carrying on his resolves
are only half what they might bo,
II person can acquire a relish for
good, wholesome, improving society,
he will be 10 less danger than if he
simply shunned bad company, and
the same may be said Of a good ma
ny other things. Among tho great
est protecting agencies is q taste for
reading. One seldom sees a person
OF such tastes in the ranks of the
fast young men who are gotting 10
their crop of wild oats. There is
nothing much cheaper than such a
taste /: indeed 1t is wonderful how
cheap are all kinds of culture COM
pared with the different sorts Of dis
sipation. A young man who has
his business to study and whose
livelihood and hope of advancement
in the world depends altogether on
his own exertions, will have brief
time to devote to other things, but
such time may be we'll filed up, and
by cultivating o taste for that which
is improving aud elevating, in what.
ever department 1t may be, any in
clination in IN opposite direction is
effectually destroyed. A taste fol
such food as Eli Perkins furnishes,
at once shows o low state Of moral
ity--and his popularity is only q
moug tho low, or thod5 who have
havo not had proper training -Ex.