Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-06-03

of yellow fever $50 ,UOO, and tor relef OF men,
bers and their families $4,000. The differ
ence in the mortality in the two years of the
existence of the epidemic is due to the judi
cious management and prompt action of the
executive head of the Order, Supreme Dicta
tor J. A. Cummings. By the prompt and
iudcious issue of Official Circular No. 2, at
the first breaking out of the fever last year,
the members were able to remove with their
families to places Of safety, thereby saving
their lives and the lives of their families and
many thousands of dollars to the Order.
During the past two years the Order has
grown from 10000 members to almost 10000,
and for the same period there have been
paid out of the widows and orphans Lene6t
fund S2038, 600. In addition to this 6nan-
cial showing there is surplus of $4,000
to the credit of the Supreme Lodge general
fund.
Republican National Convention Hall.
-- The hall in which the Republican Ma
tional convention met in Chicago, yesterday,
is the largest structure for the purpose ever
erected in this country, and is more than
twice the capacity of the famous wigwam in
which Lincoln was nominated in 1860. Its
vastness is described by local paper as i'm
pressive. The floor space directly in front of
the presiding officer runs back four hundred
feet and will seat three thousand people, and
on the right and left are the balconies, in
which six thousand more can find seats, while
the stage itself is arranged for the accommo.
dation of several hundred others, chiefly off,
GERS of the convention and members of the
press. The greatest care is stated to have
been taken to insure the safety Of the i'm
mense crowds certain to throng the place;
the severest test of the strength Of the floors
have been made, and there are twenty-five
exits leading directly from the convention
hall to the open air. The two leading tel.
egraph companies will have their wires in
the building, one company with forty opera
tors and the other with twenty. There is
no longer any of that complaint made some
mouths ago that the national committee was
usurping the functions of the local commit.
tee with the probable intention Of packing
the hall with Grant men, and not allowing
public enthusiasm to work in behalf of any
other candidate. 1t is now understood that
spectators tickets will be distributed pro rata
among the State delegations, and any body
who can get ticket can go in and shout for
any body that may suit him.
Important to Farmers.
-- Hon. A. P. Butler, Commissioner of
Agriculture Of South Carolina, has issued
the following circular, which is Of Importance
to the agricultural and industrial inter-
ests of the State. We trust the farmers of
York will give the subject that attention
which it deserves:
| At the last regular session of the Legisla-
tuTe an Act was passed creating an Agricul.
tural Department. This is an important
recognition of the rights of the planters, and
sincerely trust that l may have their CO.
operation in the effort to develop the resources
of our State.
We will soon have, at the rooms of the
Commissioner, in Columbia, cases or apart
ments for each county, and it is our desire to
exhibit the products Of every county and
we request that every citizen will feel that
this circular is directed especially to him and
aid the Department by all means in bis pow
er. The Commissioners will neglect nothing
that will advance the agricultural and me-
chanical industries of the State, and he con.
6dently relies upon the people to sustain him.
We desire to have samples of the products
of every county. They will be carefully
arranged in the proper cases and plainly
marked with the name of county and con-
tributor. We want specimens of wheat,
corn, oats, peas, rye, barley, rice, buckwheat,
fax, peanuts, tobacco, cotton, millet, clover
and grasses, dried fruit, chufas, molasses,
wines, wood, minerals. stone, marble, any
article used for agriculture or mechanical
purposes manufactured in the State, native
birds, insects, and, in short, anything and
everything that will show the wealth of the
county, aid and encourage home manufac-
lures, and prove interesting to visitors
The Importance of having such an exhibit
at The capitol is apparent. 1t will he our
best advertisement in showing our wonderful
resources, and more can be learned in this
way, by strangers seeking information, in
day, than in years travel. 1t will be
| fine medium of exchange, purchase or sale
of seeds to our own people, and in learning
more of our capabilities. earnestly appeal
to you to aid me in this great work by send
ing any article for exhibition that you think
would be at all interesting. They should be
plainly marked and addressed to A. P. But
ler, Commissioner of Agriculture, Columbia,
South Carolina. The Department will pay
all expenses of shipping.
End Of the Whitaker Case.
1850 The court of inquiry which for several
weeks has been investigating the whitaker
outrage" case at West Point, met in secret
session last Friday and made up its final re-
port, which was agreed upon and signed by
all the members of the court. The report,
after reviewing the facts and the evidence in
the case, gives the following conclusions:
First, The Court is unable to believe that
such slight wounds as Cadet Whitaker re.
ceived could have been inflicted in the man.
ner and under the circumstances described
by him. Second, 1t does not see why man
with his surroundings and in his condition
and frame of mind, as shown by his own evil
dence, should have submitted to an assault
suck as is alleged, without summoning assis-
tance during the assault or Immediately there
after Third. 1t believes that person tied
as he was, and left as he claims to have
been, could have readily released himself
should he exert himself to do so. Fourth,
From the testimony of the Post Surgeon
and others, the Court is compelled to believe
that Whitaker was neither asleep ror insen-
sible when he was examined on the morning
of April 9Th, but that be was fegning. Fifth,
The Court is not able to discover any motive