Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-27
LOCAL BRIEFS.

tenant, N. T. Gibson; Third Lieutenant, w
M. Morrow.
LOCAL BRIEFS.
The Jenkins Rifles will visit Chester on
the Sd of next month.
The merchants of Yorkville have agreed to
close their business houses on the Fourth Of
July.
Miss Hattie Lou Smith found potato in
her mothers garden which so much resem'
bled doll, that she felt it her duty to show
it to the editor. 1t is a vegetable curiosity.
The annual target match of the jenkins
Rifles, for the prize plume to be worn by the
successful member for one year, took place
last Friday. The prize was won by Willie
Allison.
A picnic will be given at Gains Springs on
the Fourth of July by the people Of that
neighborhood, who extend an invitation to
the citizens of Yorkvlle to join them on the
festive occasion.
The second session of the past school year
at Kings Mountain Military School, closed
last week. On Thursday night the Cadets Of
the Institution gave ball, which was great
ly enjoyed by all who we're present.
DR.. Meynardie was prevented from filling
the appointment made for him in the Metho
dist Church at this place last Sunday evening
Rev. j. Walter Dixon, Professor in Colum.
bia Female College, preached in Dr.. Meynar.
dies stead
We have received an invitation to the final
celebration of the Societies of Washington
and Lee University, of Virginia. The orators
of the occasion are J. Stanyarn Wilson, Of
Yorkville, and Charles NJ. Cooke, of Tennes,
see.
Mrs. Doughty, who, since last January, has
been employed in Mrs. Dobson's millinery es.
tablishnent, takes her departure to-day for
her home in Maryland. Mrs. Doughty is On
estimable lady and during her stay in thi.
place won the esteem of all who met her.
We we're pleased to receive call, last Tues.
day, from Capt j. M. Ivy and Mr.. Iredell
Jones, Of Rock Hill. We are glad to learn
from these gentlemen that steps are being
taken to speedily rebuild the burnt portion Of
the town, and that the wooden buildings de.
stroyed will be replaced by handsome brick
structures
1t may perhaps be not improper to re.
mark that the distillers who pleaded guilty
before u. S. Commissioner Poiner at Blacks
Station, recently, to violations of the u. S.
internal revenue laws, are all York county
men. There are some twenty or thirty Of
them, and their petitions for clemency have
been forwarded through Governor Hampton
with his recommendation, to Commissioners
Raum.
Mr.. Lowry Smith, of Kings Mountain
township, had on exhibition the other day, a
cotton stalk containing seventeen forms, which
was taken from the field on the 18th instant
Mr.. John L. Starr, of Bethesda township
has sent US cotton bloom which was pluck.
ed from his field on the same day, and we
have received bloom from Mr.. D. T. Byen,
of Hickory Grove township, plucked on the
21st instant. We have also received blooms
from Joseph Miller, of Ebenezer township,
and Jas. House, colored, of Bullock's Creek
township.
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The York County Democratic Convention
assembled in the Court House at II o'clock,
A. NJ, last Tuesday. The Convention was
called to order by Major J. F. Hart, Chair
man of the County Executive Committee,
who explained the object of the Convention
to be to elect County Executive Committee,
composed of such number and such persons as
might be determined to elect FIVE delegates
to the State Convention, to meet in Columbia
on the 1st of August next; to substitute the
same, or elect other delegates to Congress
sional Convention for this Congressional dis
trict, to assemble at the same time and place ;
and to determine upon mode as between the
primary and convention system of nomina.
ting county candidates.
Major Hart announced that as chairman
of the late County Executive Committee, he
had called the meeting to order, and would
proceed to read such portions of the constitu.
ton recommended by the State Democrat
ic Executive Committee, as he deemed neces-
sary for the government of this Convention,
after reading which, he declared the Conven'
tiou ready for organization.
J.C. Chambers, ESQ.,, then moved that a
committee of FIVE be appointed BY the Chair
to receive and report upon the credentials of
delegates.
Mr.. Ivy remarked that Clay Hill had sent
three delegates-having been apportioned but
two-and be hoped, before the committee
should be appointed to act upon credentials
of delegates, that arrangements would be
made to admit the third delegate from that
precinct. He then moved that if Clay Hill
should present three delegates, the committee
on credentials be instructed by the Conven.
ton to receive them ALL
The Chair decided that the motion was not
in order at the present stage Of the proceed
ings, when the gentleman withdrew it.
A vote was then taken on Mr.. Chambers
which was adopted, and the Chair
appointed the following as the committee /:
J. c. Chambers, Esq, j. Frank Workman,
w. H. Stewart, DR.. j. j. Miller and W. B.
Wilson, Esq
After retiring for the purpose, the commit
tee received the names and credentials of
delegates, and returning, reported the follow
ing names as delegates duly elected to repre-
sent the respective precincts in this Conven-
tion.