Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-12-09

the inevitable necessity forces itself upon all
the country alike as matter not to be long
deferred.
Our people of this part of the county are
very much opposed to call Of convention
to revise the State Constitution. Let our
representatives, who are directly responsible
to the people, offer the proposed amendments
and submit them To the people for rati6ca.
tion. =" .l.-s.
Rev. B. M. Boozer, pastor of the M. E.
Church here, has been PROSTATE with typhoid
fever for several weeks. He is now improv-
ing slowly. ..,'.
w. j. Black, of Abbeville, is now spending
few days on visit to his old home at this
place.
Mr.. Harry Coykendal, principal of the
academy here, moved his family into town
few days ago. The academy building has
been re6tted and remodeled, and the school is
in fourishing condition. ECO.
HAGOOB AND KENNEDY.
INAUGURATION CEREMONIES AT THE CAPITOL.
The Governor and Lieutenant Governor
elect were inaugurated on Tuesday last, Both
utimo, in the Hall Of Representatives in
the presence Of large assemblage of citizens.
Long before the hour appointed, the gallery,
the lobby and floor of the House we're fully
occupied by hundreds of fair ladies with their
escorts, who employed the spare time in list
ening To the proceedings Of the Hause.
Punctually at o'clock, the Senate, headed
by Senator Witherspoon, the president pro
tenn, with the officers of the Senate on his
right and left, appeared at the door of the
House and were received by the members
standing. The president ascended to the
Speakers stand and was received by the
Speaker. The members Of the Senate were
seated on the right and left of the Speakers
stand in chairs reserved for them. A mo
ment later the .Goyernor and Lieutenant.
Governor elect, acting Governor ,Jeter, Chief
Justice Simpson, Associate Justices McGowan
and McIver, Judges Hugh l.. Bond and
George S. Bryan Of the Unite States Circuitd
Court, Judge Fraser, now presiding as Judge
of the Fifth Circuit. the State officers, incum.
bent snd elect, and Mayor Cpprtenayi Of
Charleston, escorted by the joint committee
of arrangements, consisting Of Senators Hen.
derson and Walker, and Representatives ST.
monton, HemphilA and Tindal, were announ..
ced at the door Of the hall by the sergeant.
; at arms, bearing The mace of State, who pro-
claimed aloud: "His Excellency the Govern
or.eect and his escort"
The joint Assembly, at thc.order of the
Speaker, rose aud received them standing
until they were seated. The Governor and
Lieutenant Governor elect. together with
the Chief Justice attired in his official robes,
ascended the stand, the other guests accom-
panyng them being accorded seats Oh the :.
right Of the desk on the floor of the House.
The Assembly having been called to or.
der, the Speaker announced that the Hon.
johnson Hagood, Governor elect, was present
and ready to qualify. The Governor elect
thereupon advanced to the desk on the right
Of the Speaker, and The Chief Justice proceed
ed to administer the constitutional oath.
The oath was administered by the Chief
Justice, solemnly and impressively. After
subscribing to the oath. Governor Hagood
advanced to the front and delivered his inau.
gural address. At the close of the address,
burst of applause shook the building. and
gave evidence of The feeling of deep thank
fulness that pervaded the hearts Of all pres
ent that for the next two years the interests
of South Carolina would be in the keeping
of one of Carolins's most prominent sons,
whose sole aim in the future would be, as it
had been in the past, to promote the peace,
the prosperity, and the general welfare of her
whole people '" - .t '..'.'' 80 80
The Speaker then announced that the Hon.
John D. Kennedy, Lieut.. Governor elect, was
present and ready to qualify. AS in the case
of the Governor, The constitutional oath was
administered by the Chief Justice.
The Senate then returned to the Senate
chamber, escor:ing the Lieutenant Governor
to his seat as presiding officer of that body.
The large audience which had witnessed
the ceremonies in the House had now filled
the galleries, and many ladies, with the mem.
bers of the House and prominent visitors,
shared the floor with the senators. After
minutes internission, employed BY the Lieu.
tenant Governor in donning bis purple robe
of Office he was escorted to the front OF the
prsident's desk by the president pro tenn,
Senator I. D. Witherspoon, who in q few
pleasant words introduced him to the body
over which,he was thereafter to preside. The
Lieutenant Governor then addressed the Sen.
ate. At the conclusion Of the address, which
commanded great interest and attention, Sen.
ator Witherspoon moved that the Senate
adjourn The vote was taken and carried,
and as The new President announced the re.
suit, his first official act, the Assembly, after
congratulations, dispersed.
The inaugural ceremonies in both houses
were deeply impressive. Upon the table
directly in front of the Speakers desk in the
House, we're placed the old sword and mace.
of State handed down through over one
hundred years from the old Colonial days,
and first used in this ceremonial since the
war, upon the occasion of the Inauguration
of Governor Hampton in 1873. These inter-
esting old relics, bearing the regal quarter.
ings of William and Mary, identified as
they are with the very childhood Of the Prov.
ince of Carolina. appeared typical then, as
they do now, of the two great eras IN the
history of this people, the era Of their birth
and the era of their emancipation from the
opprobrium Of Radical rule. '.n@.a: .":'
MERE.MENTION.
Over 100000 hogs were received at Chi.
cago, Illinois, during November-a larger
number than ever received in one month at
any market. THE wheat crop of the year
is estimated at 4SO,OOO,OOo bushels, against
449,OO0,OOO bushels in 1879 1.-THE New
York Journal of Commerce thinks the ad
vance in some classes of Southern securities
is indicative of more hopeful feeling at the
North, touching the prospects of Southern
State debts. .'.......It will cost the Southern