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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-24
For the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF YORK
TOWNSHIP. .. ..r. .... .r.

TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF YORK
TOWNSHIP. ..r. ,.., 3D..
In less than two weeks from the appearance
of this address in the ENQUIRER, the fate Of
York county, politically, will have been seal.
ed for "better or for worse" Does it remain
to be said of her citizens, in and about York
Vile, that the people of York township fell
short of their duty in suppressing Radicalism ?
Can it ever be said of Yorkville and the com.
munity around it, thatif she had done her
part in the noble work of reform, the result
had not been an inglorious defeat of the. De-
mocracy of our county, in 1878? Let the
answer not be the sounding Of the monosylla-
BILE no, simply, but let it be acted rather. Let
our work be so thorough and unselish that
no one could even suppose that anything had
been left undone. .' .:.., ....
Wesay it unhesitasingly, the only danger we
have to encounter is that growing out of the So
called independent movement, which, it is al
legged, is contemplated by somein our county.
But, fellow citizens, what is this, after all, but
Radical trick The leaders of the corrup-
tionists fan the flame Of fdisafection, for what :
Simply to break down our party organization,
and to prepare the way for 1880 And the
independent candidates expect to get their
main support--from what source7 From that
party which has been the fountain head Of all
the corruption in our State for the past ten
years. Will you, the honest voters of York,
aid a scheme which is so barefaced-con-
trived as it is in trickery, and laid in selfish
ness? We cannot think so In conclusion,
if any of you have doubts upon this subject,
come out on the 29th instant, and listen to
the words of counsel which our noble Cover
nor will address to you and all bis fellow Cit
liens on the occasion of his visit here, and
then, on the 9th of November, go to the polls
and do what your better nature will prompt
you to do, and all will be we'll with York
and her Democratic ticket.
By order. of the Club Committee. ..
49,. c. E. SPENCER, Chairman. f..
October 2l, 1878. o. 49,. ..... .....- a..o
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between ninety and one hundred assignees ir

between ninety and one hundred assignees in
bankruptcy, who have failed for the years
1874, 1876, 1876, 1877 and 1878, or for
some one year or more ofthese years to make
the annual report required by Section Is of the
amendatory act relating to proceedings in
bankruptcy, approved June %, 1874. These
proceedings were instituted in consequence of
letters from the attorney-generaps office COM
planning that the reports had not been made.
The penalty is fine not greater than $500
and imprisonment not greater than one year.
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BETHEL DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.


At a meeting of Bethel Democratic Club,
held on Saturday, October 18th, the follow
ing resolutions were unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That we see in the independent
candidate from the Democratic ranks, an en-
emy to his party and his country and SUBJ
verter of honest government and home rule,
and that we take this method of publicly ex-
pressing our unqualified condemnation Of all
slch candidates and their supporters.
Resolved, That Bethel Democratic Club,
places itself squarsly for the nominations
made by the conventions; that we will give
this ticket our hearty and earnest support, and
will use all just and legal means in our power
to contribute to its success on the 9th Of No.
vember. G. L. RIDDLE, President. 4
D. M. WALLACE, Secretary.
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HAMPTON'S DAY.

A meeting Of the County Executive Com
mittee was held last Monday for the purpose
of effecting arrangements for the proper cele-
braton of Hampton's day in York county
next Tuesday, the 29th instant, 49," ;.. ..,,nv -
The following committee of reception and
arrangements was appointed, viz: Col.W B.
Wilson, Maj. James F. Hart, j.. F. Wallace,
Esq, O. E. Spencer, Esq, DR.. j. B. Allison,
Jno. c. Kuykendal, j. j. Hunter, W. P.
Good, Esq, Capt ]. R. Gardner and TIM.
Dobson. ..,,G..
Captain R. H. Glenn was chosen as Chief
Marshal for the day, and he names the fol-
lowing gentlemen of the various Clubs as his
assistants: Yorkville, J.dR. Witherspoon ;
Rock Hill, VIM. Poag; Fort Mill, T. G,
Culp; Clay Hill, J. c. 81. Duff; Bethel,
L. K. Armstrong;; Bethany. 1. L. Smith ;
Blacks Station, W. S. Byers Hickory Grove,
M. R. Smith; Blairsville, A. B.. Crosby ;
McConnellsville, J. E. Lowry; McEIwee's
Mill, w. S. Adams Coates Tavern, Wylie
Roddy. The Assistant Marshals are request,
ed to report to the Chief, at the Female Col
lege, at $50 o'clock A. NJ, uniformed with
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LOCAL BRIEFS.

The first frost of the season was noticed
last Saturday morning. 1t was not sufficient
ly severe to kill vegetation. edl ,,,,iba,,.. 4,
A young lady up street rejoices in receiv
ing attention from two beaux,' and sing
Sweet boy and boy" all the time. N s..'
The Yorkville Silver Helicon Band hav.
been engaged to play at the Democratic
meeting to be held at Clay Hill next satur
day. "a. -. 80
A very pleasant feature ip connection with
the exercises of the Methodist Sunday.school
was the presentation by the pastor, Rev. T.
E. Gilbert, of beautiful Methodist Hymn
book to Miss Connie May, as q reward fol
her success in collecting missionary money;
"Ah this looks like living" remarked a
man passing through the cemetery last Sun
day, and contrasting the elegant tombstones
and monuments therein with some Of less inn
posing style in other places. "And like dying
too," replied bis practical companion, ~ 80
Mr.. j. Leander Adams has presented ps
with sweet potato of, the Southern Queen
variety, measuring 26 inches in circumfer-
ence and weighing 8 pounds. Major james F
Hart has also sent us three potatoes, aggre'
eating III pounds in weight, as a sample
of his crop. Tresvan Crosby, an industrious
freedman, near Blairsville, has sent US a fine
specimen from his CROP 2r.@ >.n .t-.. j.
Mr.. j. A. Glenn, of Mill Greek, in this coun.
ty, has pumpkin vine on bis plantation, which
measures six inches in circumference at the
root, covers an area of sixty feet in diameter,
and bears 40 pumpkins, averaging in weight
25 or 30 pounds each. The ground which
produced this remarkable vine is upland, and
was in cultivation prior to the Revolutionary
war. ..".'-'" .'.-'' .'' L.''
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front Of the Female College, at 10 o'clock,
from which point the column will move On
parade The procession will march through
the principal streets, accompanied 10y. theI
Rock Hill and Yorkville Bands, and return
ing, will escort the Governor and speakers
from Rswinson's Hotel to the speakers stand.
The other portion of the programme not here.
given will be announced from the stand by
the Chairman of;the Executive Committee.
1t is desired that next Tuesday shall be the
grand day of the campaign, and the Democ-
racy of York are urged to rally in their full
strength, and give the Governor such re-
ception from the old Kings Mountain Dis
trict, as he has not met outside Of Charleston
during the campaign. -'4,aeea
TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate have
been recorded in the Office of the County Au.
ditor since our last report:
j. F. and E. j. Stewart to Maggie j. How.
ell. Tract of II acres ID Bethel township.
Consideration $l20. 3:Euou 10
James Hoey to John A. Kidd. Tract of
204 acres in Bethesda township. Considera.
ton 81 ,O2O. -. .,. a,=aa' :. ,. ..s,,r
Isaac T. Faris 10 j. D. Gwinn. Lot of ]
acre in Kings Mountain township. Consid-
Grafton n$l5-.....-.-...-...........-.-.-.-. -, -.
J.J. Miller topF. E. Miller and Others.
Tract oil. 184 acres in York township j Con.
sideration $1,000
D. +. Duncan to John Moore. Lot, of,
II acres in Cherokee township. yConsideraE
ton SIS.
John D. Kell to- Samuel "A. Kell. His in
terest in tract of 500 acres in Bullock's Creek
township. Consideration $3.50. s,9l-6.,,:l2
John T. Spencer to John Rstaree@ Lot of
l acre in Catawba township. Consideration
M John $. Posiga ia to J. ". Steele: Tact Tr.s, Of
t;ss ass is,S; g. j. fbsRs's' township oe''ias's
James Jackson to Miles Smith Lot in
Glover. Consideration $5. 80, .5-., =.
Miles Smith to james jackson. Lot 10,
Glover, Consideration, ,$8. ,,i,ey;s,',, .I,.,f
James jackson TO Eliza A. Knox. Lot in
Glover. Consideration, love and Affection
John D, Cornwall TO r. Il. Cornwall.
Tract IF ,2Ss 29S a scrss l in Catawba township.
I'D. johnson Is Henry Massey, :. Tract {
Of 1873 acres il Fort Mil township. Copsid.+
GRAFTON $5. " @ -, - -" ~, 49,,
Henry Massey to G. E. Spencer, Tract of
2os acres i' in Fort Mil township. copsiSder- i'd
Joseph F. wallace to os.Jts james +, Bfatton.. B .
One half interest in Harris Hotel lot in York
vile: Consideration $6s.25., ,,.a ID ..
james ?. Brs.ton 70 J. a. Carroll. One
asf ssSa ists5sst 5 abayea named lot Considers
Workman T. 70 w. Challenger. Cb,llislg s.
Tract Of so acres in Catawba township. Con.
siGeration $780, ,;.s,,,,,.',ss,, -
r. Spencer, to John shorth house, h Tract
Of @ .ses ssssS in Ca'awbs toNpahip considera,
j 5SSS Msc9ssakilss s,.waB IL wil.ep, Jun.
Tract Of 30 a acres in Catawba township. Con-
State Of South Carolina t., to .Thomass. Har.,
ten. Tract Of 65 acres and lot No. 8, in,
Bullock's Creek township. Consideration
$500. ,''.' Il. - '8" ~ :
R. Patterson to Robert E. Guthrie. Tract
Of 100 acres in Bethesda township. Consid-,
GRAFTON $1,000. >. ,,,,;,a,,,,
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
death OF MRS. CHAMBERs.

The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth S. Cham
bers, who died at Orange Lake, Florida, on
the 18th instant, were brought to Yorkville
for interment on last Monday afternoon. Mrs.
Chambers was the widow of the late Samuel
Chambers, formerly Of Yorkville, and an
aunt of Mrs. stanhope Sadler Of this place.
At the time of her death, she was 7S years
and 9 months of age. ,...l =. -. ..,..,.l ~
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gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ne
brask ska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York,
New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
w. w. Priester, of South Carolina, a
cadet in the Carolina Military Institute at
Charlotte, N. c., shot and killed Tom Harley,
q colored cook in a restaurant of that city, on
Thursday night last The difficulty origina-
ted in disagreement about plate of fried
oysters, thoug h according to the sworn state
ments of witnesses, Priester acted in selt-de-
fence when he fired. Priester made his es-
cape.
In New York, last week, company was
formed with capital of S400,O 900, to produce
light, heat and power by electricity. The new
company will operate under the patents re-
Gently granted to Edison. The result of Ed
ison's invention, by which it is expected that
electricity will take the place of gas in every
house, is sending down the price of gas stocks.
New York city gas company stocks, which
sold at s95 two months ago, sold at auction
for s7S, on Tuesday.
- The suits brought by the State Of North
Carolina against the revenue agent, Wagner
and some twenty other Federal Revenue Of
fcers on charges of excesses of authority in
making arrests of illicit distillers, and others
which suits were moved from the State to the
Federal court, were tried before Judges Bond
and Dick, of the U. S. Circuit Court, al
Greensboro, n c., last week, and resulted in
the acquittal of the entire party with one ex
ception. The result of these trials would seem
to be that internal revenue officials are moi
amenable to the law for any crime they may
commit while in the ostensible discharge o.
their duties.
"A Richmond (Va.) dispatch states thai
the grand jury, in the United States District
Court there, has reported indictments agains
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

"The uery man OF all others who has the
deepest interest in sound currency, and
,oho suffers most By mischieuous legislation in
money matters, Is the man aoho earns his dai-
ty bread By his daily toll. Il deprecated cur
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
falling betgeen morning and noon, and fal-
ling still loauer bet,oeen noon and night, these
things constitute the uery harvest time Of spec
utators, and Of the ,ohole race Of those ,cho are
at once idle and crafty. a dis0r-
dered currency Is one of the greatest political
euils. 1t undermineS the uirtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encOur-
ages propensities destructive to its hnppine less.
1t pdrs against industry, frugality and econ
omy, and it fosters the eoil spirits of ertrap-
dgance and speculation. Of all the contri.
udnces for cheating the laboring classes o.
mankind, none has been more efectual than
that achich deludes them avith paper money.
This is the most efectual Of Intentions to fer
tihze the rich mans fields By the saoeat Of the
poor mans brou. Ordinary tyranny, Oppres-
sion, ercessioe taration, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared ,cith
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
mitted By deprecated paper."-Danie
Webster
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17
THE Michigan Republicans spoke right out
in meeting on the financial question. This

is the currency plank of their platform:
ResolUed, That we congratulate our fellow
citizens, on the uumistakable evidence appar-
ent in so many directions that the business in
terests of the country are recovering from the
long depression brought on by overtrsdi1g and
excessive speculation, and on the certainty that
this recovery is to be made enduring by the re-
sumption of specie payments, now, happily,
within immediate reach, and certain to bs ac-
complished without shock either 70 industry
or commerce; that in financial as in other mat
ters, the world is governed too much, and the
pressing need of the time is stability upon
which to build confidence, allowing the natural
laws of trade to assume their healthful opera
ton; and that, In common with the best inte!li-
gence of all parties, we rejoice in the early ad-
journment OF Congress, aud the respite it will
afford from the reckless and mischevous
schemes of ignorant legislators, made formida-
BILE by the despotsms of caucus. We de-
nounce reputation in every disguise. We re-
gard the plighted faith of a community bind
ing upon all its members, aud failure to fulfil
public obligation as stain upon both public
and private honor. We insist that the debts
of the Nation shall be paid with the same fair
ness and integrity with which the honest man
seeks to pay his individual debts We assert
that no prosperity can be real or durable that is
founded on fictitious standard; that the value
os paper currency, whether issued by the Gov
ern ;uent or banks is derived from its promise
to nay and the credit that promise Is worth ;
that the full benefits of such currency cannot
be realized unless it is convertible on demand
into gold AMI silver; that a circulation of pape
and coin interc asngeable at par and at the will
of the holder has been proved by experience to
be the best known to commerce; that this
country is too great to suomit 70 suooruiuste
place among commercial nations, and its peo-
Die too honest to be content with unredeemable
promises, and in the name of all the producing
classes and every honest w'orkingman we de-
mand currency that is worth rot only It's race
AZ -
respect, recognition and its full valua IN every
market of the world
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

As a very important source of strength
and security, cherish public credit. One
method of preserving il is to nse il as
sparingIy as possible; avoiding occasions
Of expense by cultivating peace, but re-
nlembering also that timely disbursement
to prepare for danger frequently Prevcnl
much greater disbursements 10 repel IL
avoiding likewise the accumulation OF
debt, not only by stunning occasions Of
expense, but by vigorous exertiOns in time
of peace to discharge the debts which un-
avoidable wars may have occasioned, not
ungenerousiy throwing upon posterity the
burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

"The loss aohich Anaerica has sustained, since
the peace, from the pestilentia effects of IRE
deemable paper money, on the necessary conf
dence 5et,oeen men, on the necessary confidence IN
Mepublic councils, on the industry and morals of
the people and on the character of republican qoy-
ernnsent, constitute an enormous debt against the
States chargeable aoith this unaduased measure,
aohach must remain atsSatisfed, or rather it is an
accumulation ofguih aohich can be e1piated no
other7cise than, by voluntary sacrifice on the al
ar of justice of the pooer w1ich has been the tn
strla,aent cfa-Janaes Madison.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

The fact has been ascertained that, two
months before the investigation, Manton
Marble and General Manslow were urging
prominent Democrats to lay the basis for
putting Hayes out as soon as the Democrats
came into power in Congress, and give Til
den two years, which would satisfy his ambi-
ton and put him out of the way for 1880.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

Mrs. JANE GREY SwIssHELM regards the
labor movement as the "boied-down, double
distilled, highly concentrated extract of all
meanness." She maintains that no negro on
any Southern plantation ever was more thor
oughly enslaved than the man who is coerced
by trades-union to give up his employment,
and see his family suffer. at the bidding of a
society-secretary on fat salary.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

WHY doesn't the Potter committee find
out who is responsible for the attempt to
bribe members of the Louisiana electoral
college? The story that the offer was made
by gamblers has not been substantiated. Were
it true the Democrats would at once hasten
to prove it and so clear themselves from the
charge OF bribery. Their silence in the mat
ter is a confession of their guilt.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

paper emissions by the government are
of a nature SO liable to abuse, L may say
so certain to be abused, that the wisdom of
the government will be shown by never
trusting itself w th so seducing and dam
gerous a power.o
ALEXANDER HAMILTON.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

ga return TO specie payments at the earli-
est possible period compatible with due re-
gard to all interests concerned, should ever
be kept i'm view. Fluctuations in the value
of currency are always injurious, and to
reduce these fluctuations to the lowest pos
sible point will always be n leading pur-
pose in wise Liquidation. ConverIibiiity.
prompt and certain convertibility into
coin is Acknowledged 10 be the best and
suresr safeguard against them.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17
IN BANKRUPTCY.
TN BANKRUpTOY.-District Court of

TN BANKRUPTCY.-Di Court of the
i United States, District Of Maine, In the matter
of NJ & G. H. Walden, Bankrupts.
This is TO give notice that petition was presented
to the Court the day of March, 1875
by Merrill Walden, of Portland, Bankrupt, indi-
vidually and as member of the firm Of M. & G 81.
Walden, praying that he may be decreed to have a
full discharge from all his debts, individual and CO.
partnership, provabe under the Bankrupt Act, and
upon reading said Petition, it was ordered that a
hearing be had on the sixth day of May, A. d. 1875
and notice of said hearing not having been given
ordered,
1t is now ordered by the Court that hearing be
had upon the same, on the second day Of September
A. D. 1875 before the Court in Portland in said Dis
trict, at 10 o'clock A. M and that notice thereof be
published in the Portland Advertiser and the Portland
Press, newspapers printed in said District, once.
week fer three successive weeks and once in the
weekly Advertiser and Press, the last publication to
be thirty days at least before the day of hearing.
and that all creditors who have proved their debts
and other persons in interest, may appear at said
time and place. and show cause, if any they have,
why the prayer of said Petition should not be grant,
ed. VIM. P. PREBLE,
Clerk of District Court, for said District.
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JAMES BUCHANAN.

"Such medium (irredeemable paper mon
ey,) has always been liable to auctuation. Its
value is constantly changing; and these
changes, often great and sudden, expose in.
dividuals to great loss, are the source of ruin-
GUS speculations, and destroy all confidence
between man and man."-Chief Justice Mar
shall.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

THE Charlotte IN. c. Democrat makes
the suggestion, if Republican speakers are
sent to the South to address the negroes pri-
or to the fall election, that they should be
tarred and feathered and sent back North.
That's Cancellation for YOU.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

The Florida committee returns without
particle of testimony of the least Importance
to the Democratic case. Mr.. Hiscock, the
Republican member, says the Associated
press dispatches from the South constantly
distorted and often fatty misrepresented the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

Irredeemable paper money ''converts the
business of society into a mere lottery; and
when the collapse comes, as come il must,
it casts Iaborers out of employment. crush
es manufacturers and merchants and
ruins thousands of honest, industrious
citizens.o
LANES BUCHANAN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17
TN BANKRUPTCY..D District Court of the

Clerk of District Court for said District.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-06-17

IT will be noticed that Mr.. Tlden's next
friend, Mr.. Hewitt, voted against the resolu-
tion of the judiciary committee affirming the
title of President Hayes. The New York
Congressman undoubtedly represents the
opinions of his chief.