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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-03-18
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

rhUm IAss
CHESTER. S. c., March 16.-The Circuit
Court is still in session. and is now engaged
on the civil dockets. The sessions docket was
gone through on Wednesday, with the excep
tion of murder case, which was tried on
Saturday. The grand jury made their report
on Wednesday and were discharged. Or
Thursday the following sentences were pro
nounced: ....,
Henry Pendleton, colored, assault and bat
terry; three years hard labor in the peniten
tiary. John Hambrick, white youth Of fifteeI
years, charged with completely in the same
assault, and found guilty, although he struck
no blow, was sentenced to imprisonment In
the county Jail for one day.
Suett Knowland, colored, convicted OF burg
larizing the store of Wylie & Agurs, was re-
commended for clemency by the prosecutors
and received a sentence of one year in the
penitentiary.
Alexander Berry, colored, breach OF trust
with fraudulent intent. -Four years in the
penitentiary.
Charles Landrum, colored, found guilty OF
a murderous assault on Mrs. Hunter, was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for seven years.
Green Stuart, colored, convicted Of stealing
live stock, was sentenced to the penitentiary
for one year.
Berry Robins, found guilty on the same
charge, was sentenced to the penitentiary fol
three years.
Ben. Cousar, colored, convicted of larceny
of corn from the field, was fined $50, and on
filing affidavit of an insolvent debtor, was re.
leased. This is the same negro who was shot
while in the act of the theft, by Robert Nc.
Dowell, who was tried for the shooting at the
last term of the Court. In the present trial,
Cousar was ably defended by F. T. Morgan,
ESQ.,, one of our young and rising lawyers.
After the sentences were passed, the Court
of Sessions was adjourned until Saturday NOR
ming, when the case of Scott Hopkins, colored,
for the murder Of James R. Stroud, white, was
called. The State was well represented by Mr..
Solicitor CASTOR and w. A. Sanders, Esq.
The prisoner was ably defended by Hon. j. j.
Hemphill, and S. P. Hamilton, Esq. The
jury was composed of both white and colored
men, and took the case at liz o'clock Satur-
day night. After remaining out about three
quarters of an hour, they returned with YER
dict of guilty. On being brought into Court
yesterday morning for sentence, the prisoners
counsel made motion for new trial. The
motion was refused, after argument by coun-
sci, and the Judge sentenced Scott Hopkins to
be hanged, within the limits of the Jail yard,
on the 23rd of April, 1880.
1 learn that on the 9th instant, on the plant
alton of James Kirkpatrick, in this county,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-03-18
CONSTITUTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
- OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

ton.
In every Convention to nominate candi-
date for Congress or for the Office of ofSolicitor,
a majority of the votes shalt be necessary to
choice, and the vote shall be taken viua poee
and recorded, unless there is but one candi-
date, in which event the vote may be taken
by asclamation. As soon as Congressional
or Judicial Convention has nominated the par
ty candidate for Congress or Solicitor, it shall
adjourn sine die, and whenever a candidate to
fill an unexpired term Of either office has to
be nominated, it shall be done by new Con-
vention of delegates fresh from the people.
The Executive Committee of each Congress
sional District or Judicial Circuit shall consist
of the several County Chairmen of the re.
spective counties composing such District or
Circuit, which Committee shall elect its own
Chairman, Secretary and Treasury, who shall
continue in Office for two years in District
and for four years in Circuit, respectively,
or until their successors shall have been elec-
ted. 1t shall require the consent Of ma
jority of the whole Executive Committee in
any District or Circuit to call Nominating
Convention.
The Executive Committee of each District
or Circuit shall be specially charged, in its dis
cretion, except as herein provided, and sub.
ject to the State platform, as well as under
the supervision Of the State Executive Com.
mittee, with the conduct of every election
for Congressional Representatives or Solici.
tors in such District or Circuit, and said
Committee shall meet at the call of the Chair
man or of any three members at such times
and places as he or they may appoint.
Each Congressional Convention shall meet
within its Congressional District, and each
Judicial Convention shall meet within its
Circuit.
ART w. This Constitution shall not 60
into force until the State campaign of 1878,
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principal leading industrial pursuit Of the
country, supposing the farmers, severally and
individually, capable of managing their own
affairs, and that each from his own standpoint
will pursue that course which he thinks will
best rebound to bis profit. The farmers are
told that they are preparing to over do the
cultivation of cotton crop of $500, 900 bales
is predicted and the ruin of thousands of far
mers presaged, as it is urged that this crop
will be attempted at the expense Of bread
stufs and the meat supply. And in reading
the farmers lecture on this subject, the Ma
con (Ga.) Telegraph throws out the following
suggestions, which we repeat for what they
are worth:
l. Over one,tourth Of the cotton raised
must be handed over to the guano dealers,
even if the crop is an average one. If the
worm, drought, storms or early frost, contract
the yield, so much the worse off will the far
mer be. .."
2. Labor, mules and plantation implements
are from twenty-five to thirty per cent. higher
than last year.
8. Corn (of which immense supplies must
be purchased) and bacon, have advanced
twenty-five cents; and
4. 1t is evident from the tremendous trade
of the Winter and early Spring, that our far
mers have had their heads turned by the rise
in cotton, and are disposed to 60 back to their
old habits Of extravaganza.
The above is undoubtedly intended as q
friendly and kind admonition, which those
who may can heed before it is yet too late
but if they think differently it cannot be
helped. What is to the interest of the farmer
is to the interest of all other classes for upon
his success depends all other industries
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MERE.MENTION.


3rd; Wisconsin, at Madison, May 18th
Louisiana, New Orleans, April 10Th; Vir-
ginia, at Richmond, May 18th. .'''''''"Den-
mis- Kearney, the notorious California agita.
tor, was arrested at San Francisco last Thurs
day OH TWO charges Of misdemeanor, based on
remarks made at political meeting on the
Tuesday night previous. He gave bail. ''''A
destructive fire occurred in Augusta, Ga, on
Thursday night, destroying livery stable
containing about $50 buggies and other vebi'
cles, and two stores and other smaller buildings.
Seven horses were burnt in the stable. Total
loss $32, 900 insurance 5000 '..'''''Emil J.
Prof. who has been for some time on trial at
Harrisburg for attempting to bribe members
of the Pennsylvania Legislature, has been
found guilty as charged. Several other pend.
ing legislative bribery cases will now be press
ed to trial. 1.-THE election for municipal
officers of Camden, N. j., resulted in gener.
al victory for the Democrats is said
that there are signs at Washington indicating
tI.ta regular movement is to be made in IA
vor of General Hancock for the Presidential
nomination. '''''''"On Wednesday Of last
week, the citizens of Augusta voted a SUBJ
scrption of $4,000 in aid of the Augusta
and Knoxville Railroad. This subscription
is to defray the expense of building bridge
across Savannah river. The road is graded
to Greenwood, S. c., and will soon be ready
for 1.-THE Mississippi Legislature
has imposed tax of So on all bachelors over
twenty. five years of age '''''"George W.
Childs, of Philadelphia, has made liberal
subscription to the Lee memorial fund for
the purpose of erecting monument to Gen.
r. E. Lee 1.-THE storms of last week
seem to have spread over wide area. Snow
fell in the North and Northwest to con.
siderable depth, and heavy rains are report
ed from the South, while the wind blew a
gale all along the Atlantic coast 1.-The
Rhode Island House Of Representatives has
passed a bill repeating the law prohibiting
intermarriage of whites and blacks 1.-The
trials of Henry Virgil and Houston Gully,
indicted in Kemper county, Miss, for the MUIR
der of John P. Gilmer, have been abandoned
for the present, in consequence of the impos
sibility of getting an impartial jury. 1t ap
pears that nearly every man in the county
has expressed an opinion as to the guilt or in
nocence of the accused. 1.-THE Methodists
of Phillipsburg, N. j., are having great re.
vival. About 300 persons have professed
sorrow for their sins, and it is expected that
the total number will foot up at least 500.
Over 1000 have signed the temperance
pledge '.......Dr. H. H. Toland, formerly of
Columbia, died in San Francisco, California,
on the 9th of February. .'''''''''Dr. Luther
R. Dickinson, editor and proprietor Of the
Planter and Farmer magazine, and promi'
nent citizen of Richmond, Va, has been de.
tected in q series of forgeries, covering a pc
riod of two years. He has absconded, leav'
ing a letter in which he confessed his crimes,
and promises to devote the remainder Of his
life to the payment of his Indebtedness. The
forgeries aggregate s28,OOo or more.
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In the House, Mr.. Scales. of North Carroll.

In the House, Mr. Scales, of North Carroll.
ma, introduced bill, which was referred, ap.
propriating s38O,OOO to ratify and carry out
the agreement with the Ute Indians for ths
sale of their lands. The deficiency appropri-
alton bill, with an amendment appropriating
100000 for the payment of fees and expen.
ses of United States Marshals and their gen.
eral deputies, thus making the total amount
appropriated by the bill $1,265, $50, was dis:
cussed in committee of the whole without &C.
ton, and when the committee rose, the House
adjourned until Monday.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
Two French AerOnauts GrimIy
Preparing for Death.

PARIS, May &.-0ur French aero
nauts, Messrs. Gasta, Pommariol,
Gauthier and Ferron, narrowly es-
capped destruction, while making
scientific excursions in the clouds last
week. They left Anglers at 6 O'Clock
in the evening, duly equipped. They
were in high spirits, and for a time all
went well. As night came on, and
they made preparations to descend, a
terrific storm arose. The balloon
swept on with resistless force over
miles and miles of country, until, to
their horror. the aeronauts saw the
lights of Nantes in the distance.
Beyond lay the immense, somber
ocean. They at once saw they must
descend at all hazards or perish. Open
ing the valve, they came down with a
tremendous rush, and in one minute
they actually struck the earth no less
than three times. Each time the
balloon rebounded like an India
rubber ball to the tremendous height
of over two hundred feet. { The trav-
elers chung tenaciously to the ropes,
uttered not a single word, but grimly
prepared for death. At last the 81.
lence was broken by NJ. Gauthier,
who exclaimed, my legs are broken
The balloon swept on, dragging over
the ground, which it plowed up
wherever it passed. At last the aero
nauts were seen by some peasants,
who fastened to their assistance, and
with great difficulty extricated them
from the wreck. The balloon, thus
lightened, rose and once more dashed
into the forest Of Larode S%ervieres,
where it went to pieces. Mr.. eau
thier was no sooner on terra firma
than he tainted. All of the four
travellers were more or less injured,
but they are happily now out of dan
ger.
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WIT n WISDOM.
The pupil Of the eye has to /

The pupil Of the eye has to be
lashed. v
Forced politeness-Bowing to ne.
cessity.
A dime novel is of course in-ten-
c~entsation.
A man may create a breeze if he is
good at blowing.
There is more fashion in the city.
but more stiles in the country.
Luck is the result of keeping Q
careful eye on the main chance.
The man who wears paper collars
cannot even secure the respect of q
frst-class washerwoman.
The young man who thinks he i:
too good to work, generally proves tC
be too good for anything useful.
The latest fashionable comfort in
New York is an undertaken who can
shed real tears at a funeral. He is in
great demand.-N. O.. Picayune.
A French physician has published
pamphlet showing the terrible eff
fects OF smoking on the heart" But
We have known more terrible effects
to be produced on the heart in five
minutes by a little maiden in a calico
dress than by twenty years of steady
and untiring devotion to the weed.
The man who can get as much power
out OF a quart of water and a basket
OF coal as any one else can out of fifty
times those amounts is called a &C
MUS; but the boy who can get as mucI
agony out of a willow whistle as
brass band can get out of its instru
ments is merely called nuisance.
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vorces to marriages in 1873, was in
Massachusetts, / to lis, in Rhode Is
land | TO SO, in Connecticut | to 81,
in Vermont ] to l2.4 In the New
England cities, Boston, Providence,
Hartford, New Haven, etc., the d.
vorces are more numerous than in the
country. For a term of years, omit
ting fractions, the ratio Of divorces to
marriages, was in Massachusetts, l to
10, in Rhode Island l to 8, in Con-
necticut l to s, and in Vermont l to
Ii.
Going further into the subject, DR..
Allen finds that adultery and deser-
ton r the most general causes as
signed, that the husband is the COM
plainant in about one-third the causes
and the wife in two thirds, that about
one-half the divorces are obtained
from eight to ten years after mar.
riage. Nor are they confined to the
vicious classes of the community, as
once was held 20 be the case. PRO
gress" has changed the sentiment of
the people, and no class of society is
exempt from them except, Mr.. Allen
says, the christian churches who re-
gard marriages and the family as d.
vine institutions" or las a sacrament
whose bonds can be severed only by
order of the church."
Commenting further on the more
than twenty thousand divorces in New
England since 1860, DR.. Allen points
to the important fact if there had
been no accessions to the population
of that section from foreign sources,
domestic life in New England would
present an entirely different appear
ance from what it does. The evils of
divorce would be more manifest.
Marriages and the birth rate among
the native population are decreasing.
In Massachusetts, the increase in mar
riages in 1913 over 1860 was only 4S9,
while the increase in population
amounted to about half a million.
Postponement of marriage until late
in life and disparity in ages, are cited
as leading social causes Of the in
crease in divorce, but more potent are
the legislative facilities, which are
widened every few years to meet some
special case, and a departure in teach
ing and practice from what orthodox
New England has always taught as to
the marriage relation.
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of the state, supported the reconstruc-
ton acts, and was made chief Justice
OF the supreme court of Georgia under
the new regime. In 1868 he support
ed Grant for president, but in 1872
opposed his reelection, and since then
has worked his way back into the
democrat party and measurably re-
claimed his old popularity with
Georgians. Of late he has taken
more interest in railroads than poll
tics, and he is supposed to be rich
enough to go to congress. There is
no predicting what he may do in the
senate, but he will have to play his
cards very well to secure a legislative
confirmation Of the appointment given
him in such a hurry by his friend,
Governor Colquitt.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
Senator Gordon.

@AAAkNAN
The voluntary surrender of an ex-
allied public trust by one who is in the
prime of life and in full possession Of
political influence is a thing so re-
markable that it is almost a nine
days wonder. Senator Gordon. of
Georgia. has not only done this. but
ne has thrown away nearly two-thirds
ofa senatorial term in his Impotence
to return to private life. He has
been In the senate seven years. and
only a little more than a year ago was
reelected without opposition for 4
term that expires five years hence. He
commanded the advance guard of the
able ex.confederates who now consti.
tute so large a proportion of the mem.
6ershlp OF congress, One of the mo 1
distinguished Of Lees lieutenants-s
lighting soldier, eight times wounded
he was prompt to return to a%lle0;.
ance to the union and has been nnfsl.
tering in his loyalty ever since ri,
belongs to the conservative portion n
the southern democracy, and in hi,
own state has fought bourbonism anc
radicalism with almost equal yieor
His place in the senate will be Gllet
by a man of no less ability, but of
somewhat inconsistent record. Josepl
II. Brown was one of the southern
war governors, and filled that ofic,
four times. An original secessionist
he distinguished himself during tn,
war by antagonizing the Confederat.
government on some of its arbitrar
measures, and bore some part in tn
celebrated peace movement of 1851
with which General Sherman's nam
was also connected. As soon as IN.
war vas over, he accepted the situa
tlon In advance Of the public OpinioI
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
A Boom for Morrison, OF Illinois

Washington special, 18th.
There was a meeting tonight at
Williard's hotel of a number Of gen.
tlemen, friends of Colonel VIM. r.
Morrison, to consult over the pros
poets Of their favorite for the Cincin-
natl nomination. Among those pres
ent we're Messrs. Reagan, of Texas
Chalmers, of Mississippi; Eppa Hun
ter, Richmond and Harris, of Virginia;
Taylorand Atkins, of Tennessee; Phil
lips, CLARITY, Clark and Waddel, of Mis-
souri,; Thompson, Blackburn and Knott
ofKentucky; Townshend Springer and
Singleton, of Illinois. Alter an in
formal discussion, they agreed to send
the following dispatch to Senator
Vest, who has gone to attend the Mis-
souri, state convention: There was an
informal meeting of representative
men from the states of Virginia, Ten.
nessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri
and Illinois tonight, for conference
on the presidential question, and. af-
ter full consultation. concluded that
Col. VIM. r. Morrison, of Illinois.
was the best and strongest man for the
democratic nomination" 1t was de-
termined to hold meetings and organ.
ize a Morrison club.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
lInsOlVont Notice.
STATE OF TENNESSEE, SHELBY co. ,

ebAAAf DnGLD w.
OFFIoE County 0ouRT CLERK.
~, Memphis, Tenn May l4th, 1880.
No: I'm Viz Hildebrand, administras
III AVING suggested the insolvencv os ~.
II estate Of y. A, ,Hildebrand, deceased, y sag
arc hereby ordered to give notice, Nv y oS
vertisement in some newspaner mi auI
within the said State, and also at the conrt
house door OF shelby county, for ali persons
haying claims against said estate, To onnoas
and hle the same, with the clerk OF The x6pear
" Yo9rL authenticated in the manner nra-
serlpea by Low, on or before the 18th day &c
november 1880; and any claim mot ileS y vi
before said day, or before an appronrieVnor
o. ono iunos or said estate is made, shall ~
ioteYer barred, both In law and equity. 10
May, 1850. istn day OF
By HUeH B. CULLEN, d. O. nm Vierk.
Creditors will take notice of ahovo
hle their claims accordingly. Vuer ana
1.u..u ,W;W. HuDEBRAND, Adm
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
Sat1rday, JUNO I2fh. ISSO.

within legal hours, the following de..,;h.s
property, situated in Shelby county, Tenn
A certain let OF tract of land lying in Sbolbv
county, ouy Tenn, and described as ali Of The
range 3, west, that lies in Shelby connt -
n tSs ssm ana b SG;ntaiping no acres, more or less,
certain trust deed by j. A. Anderson. :"
Also, certain real estate eonveyed In said
deed by Louisa NJ. Anderson, Containing aes
acres, known as the homestead ofthe late NJ
thaniel ard Elizabeth 'Ragland, Situated in
Shelby county, Tenn, about I miles from
Memphis, in a southeastwardly direction and
bounded thus: On the north by the land 81
Eckley; on the east by the lands of WendsIii
and Hamilton, j. 7. Nash and I. g, Fipuia!.
on the south by the lands of ID. S. Greer and
y. =. Elan, and on the west by the land ~
X. J. Southall and Dunlap, as laid down bVaI-
the humphrey and Sears & Greeley man Of
Terms Of salo-oash; without equity Of re-
This May 9TH, 1880.
+. J. BLACK, Clerk and Mastor.
dantt a Patterson, sol. for compl't. 5SaO
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InsoIvent Notice.
STATE or TENNESSEE, SHELBY Co.,
OVPfCR COuNTY COuRT Cfppu

OfflCE COUNTY COURT CLERK,
Memphis, Tenn, May 27. 1850.
No. 2i93-C. H. N Smith, administrator Of
Martin Eyke, deceased.
HAVING suggested tho insolvency of the
III estate Of Martin Eyko, licensed, YOU
are hereby ordered 10 give notice, By adyer-
tisement in some newspaper published within
the said State, and also at the courthouse
door Of Shelby county, for all persons having
claims against said estate, to appear and file
tho same, with the clerk Of the County Court
authenticated In the manner prescribed by
law, on or before the 9th day Of November,
1880; and any claim not filed on or before said
day,or before an appropriation Of the funds Of
said estate is made, shall DO forever barred,
both In law and equity.
Witness my hand, al Office, this 9th day Of
May, 1880.
By HUGn B. CULLEN, d. O.
Notice is hereby given 70 creditors as re-
quire by the FOREGOING order May 9Th, 1880.
@. III. M. SMITH,
Adn'r Of estate Of Martin Eyke, deed,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
MALARIA.

In countries where this is prevalent,
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure,
and Warmers Safe Pills are used and
with wonderful success. These are
highly recommended as a preventive
to yellow fever. AS a cleanser of the
blood, they are without an equal.
Sold wholesale by s. Mansfield &
%.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
Genuine Imported HOnss Malt
Extract.

The true health beverage. Highly
recommended for nursing mothers,
thin, cold and aged people, GONZALES,
cents, etc, Owing to its wonderfully
nutritious qualities it is especially
recommended in epidemics and in
fevers; where bodily prostration is
great, and life depends upon a nour-
ishing stimulant. None genuine with
out the label of Tarrant & Co., sole
agents, New York. For sale by all
druggists and grocers. 24-l02
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
ChanCery Sale of Real Estate.

No. 2226, R.-Chancery Court of Sbs1bv .o,..
ty-yohn Spellman, Guardian, etc az Sl
VS.. j. A. Anderson, ct al. 81 @"'
by virtue of an interlocutory decree for
~ sale, entered in the above cause on he
18th March 1877, M. B. II, p. SIS, and
sell, at public auction, TO the Highest b;di
der, In front Of the clerk and masters ofica
courthouse Of Shelby county, Memphis
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-05-28
Cotton Storage Ordinance.

DE il ordained by the Legislative Council;
- That subsection 6, section 365, page 1863 OF
heiskelis Digest, be and the same is amend
cd as follows:
All Of this subsection after the word
"time" in the fourth line thereof, Is stricken
out, and the following is inserted in the room
and stead thereof; ''Ahd no cotton in bales
or otherwise shall be placed or stored on any
street, alley or open lot within the Taxing
District, but oil cotton shall hereafter be
stored or kept ! n warehouses or sheds in we'll
enclosed lots"
Passed May %, 1850.
Attest:
@. L. PuLLEN, sec'y. 1877