Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-09-16

which occurred on that road IN 1919.
- The Neus and the Observer Of Raleigh
have been consolidated. The consolidated
publication will hereafter be known as the
Ne,os and Observer, under the editorial man.
agement of S. A. Ashe, we'll known as the
successful editoc of The Observer.
- Mr.. E. L. Pell has purchased the South.
ern Home newspaper, of Charlotte, and as
sumed editorial control of that journal. He
is son of the late VIM. E. Pell, for several
years, and until his death, the successful edi.
tor of the Raleigh Sentinel, and has the ad.
vantage of newspaper training. Mr.. D. H.
Hill, Jr., the late editor, has accepted the
professorship of bellies lettres in the Military
and Agricultural College of Georgia.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Rare Illustration Of Gratitude.
- The San Francisco Ns,us Letter tells
the following story:
"A certain stock broker in this town had a
landlady. Il pleasant sort OF woman, but who
had an eve to the main chance. One even.
ing the good lady became lachrymose. What
ails you, Mrs. 81 sympathetically asked the
big hearted broker. oh, sir, replied the
dame, I'm in heap of trouble. do wish l
was rich That's a very common disease.
How much, now, would you call comforta.
BILE independence? Well said the lady, if
| had .wo thousand dollars I'd be happy
woman The broker reflected. He wanted
to make the old woman happy, and so he in.
vested in Consolidated Virginia to the amount
of twenty shares, which gave profit of 81 900,
which he instantly handed to Mrs. S., with
his best regards. The lady was overjoyed.
She wept on his waistcoat, she called him her
preserver she would have kissed him, but he
wouldn't let her. At last when her trans
ports had somewhat subsided, the instinct OF
money making began to show itself, and she
requested the broker to reinvest the wholesum
in her behalf. He demurred he objected ;
he begged of her to be content with the profit
she had made. He knew the uncertainty of
stocks; but all in vain. Mammon reigned
triumphant in the old woman's breast. She
insisted he yielded and lost half the invest
ment. The lady had $4,000 left, but was
she satisfied? No! She actually sued the
| broker tor the REMAINDER!
South Carolina Cotton Crop.
- Under date of September 9th, the
Charleston Cotton Exchange makes the fol-
lowing report:
The report for August is compiled from 81
replies, covering 80 counties, the average date
being August 3O The character Of the
weather during August is reported by q as
favorable and by As as unfavorable to the
cotton crop as compared with the same period
last year ; IL reported it as more favorable, 5
about the same, and 45 as less favorable.
Twenty two report cotton as frutlng we'll and
retaining its squares and bolls, while the re-
naming complain Of considerable shedding:
As to the present condition of the crop and
its comparison with the same time last year,
35 report the same to he better. 9 about the
same and 80 not so good. Picking is univer.
sally reported as having commenced and will
become general, even in the upper counties,
by the 18th of September. No injury has
been made by worms. Damage to the plant
by shedding and rust, rs compared with its
condition on 3lst of July, is stated by II to
be very slight; 40 estimate the damage to
amount to from to 33 per cent. and averag-
ing 20 per cent, while 5 report no damage at
all from these causes
The Southern Census.
"A New York dispatch says that Gen..
F. A. Walker, superintendent of the United
States census, is now in that city, and refer
ring to the statements of an exaggerated CEN
sus in the South, says
"The Republican papers are devoting a
great portion of their space to what they are
pleased to designate a fraudulent census in
the South, based on discrepancies existing be-
tween the report of 1870 and the present one,
in certain counties in South Carolina and
Mississippi. | can see nothing tangible in
such allegations, but shall investigate them
thoroughly. The marked increase in those
districts can readily be accounted for. Since
1870 thousands have emigrated to those Sec
tions, and the natural increase in population
has been considerable.
"The census of 1870 in the South was inac-
curate. Then did not have the appointing
of the enumerators In the main, the emu.
merators were United States marshals North
ern men unacquainted with the country, and
ignorant, incompetent colored men.
"They were entirely independent of me,
and | had no control of their work. This
census has been entirely different, and is just
about perfect. If it is not it will be made
so al the earliest possible moment. shall
make all investigation by means OF cards Of
the three last censuses, and families can be
traced without any considerable effort. The
census of 1870 was incorrect, as the investl-
CATION will show"
Gen. Longstreet in Washington.
"A Washington dispatch says that
Gen. Longstreet was in that city last week
making the necessary arrangements and re-
ceiving his instructions before leaving to
take charge of the United States embassy at
Constantinople He had an interview with
Secretary Evarts, who has just returned from
the East. 1t did not take very long to make
the General acquainted with the duties OF his
new position, and he was soon satisfied that
he would be abundantly able to manage any
diplomatic questions which are likely to
arise between our Government and that OF
Turkey. The secretary communicated to
him, however, the fact that the United States
only allows the salary attached to the position,
and that the incumbent must pay his own
expenses in going to and returning from his
post Formerly the Government allowed an
outfit; this has been done away with. After
wards Gen. Longstreet saw Postmaster.Gen'
eral Maynard. Mr. Maynard, who held the
position five years, told him that he would be
aax.a;, 70 l;ka l. that the nlimate of Con.