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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
away from that piece of heavy artillery yor

away from that piece of heavy artillery you
were ordered to guard?' thundered the off.
Ger. "Look here, captain" said the soldier,
who was an old Confederate, 1--WE tried to
lift that cussed old gun, and l find that one
Of the enemy can't carry it. off, anyhow, and
if two come I'm not equal to the emergency.
Besides, I'm tired of war anyhow, since doubt
full States have been heard FROM"
The Greenville Me,rs publishes a. letter
from Senator Hampton, in which he says:"I
think it very important, especially to the
South, that the Democratic party should re-
tain its organization. The fact that our
friends at the North were not able to give US
as large vote as they hoped for, is no reason
that we should desert them. The policy of
the party will be dictated by future events.
I regard the Presidential election as settled,
and I should oppose any action looking to
contest on mere technical grounds as revolu-
tionary."
- The somewhat versatile Georgia Senator,
Hon. B. H. Hill, has written letter to
the Hon. B. S. Chittenden on the situation,
in which he says: "The most anxious event
in our history has become a. fact-a solid
North against solid South" He likes Gar.
field, and thinks him able to grapple with
the great questions that must come up dur.
ing his administration, and that he has a
grand opportunity to win fame. He says
that in any event the South will avert all
revolution, not to win Republican praise, or
to avoid Republican abuse-for either is
impossible-but solely because it is right,
and we are determined to preserve The peace
of the country.
- Some DAYS before the election, Truth,
New York newspaper, published letter
purporting to have been written by Garfield
two or three years ago to one Morey, of Lynn
Mass, taking decided ground in favor OF
encouraging Chinese immigration to the
Pacific slope, and being inimical to the labor
ing classes Of the North and West. The
letter was pronounced forgery, and lega
proceedings were Immediately Instituted te
prove this assertion. After lengthy hear
ing, the case was finally ended before Judge
Davis, in New York, on Saturday last, ane
Kenward Philip, the alleged writer of the
letter, was held for trial on the charges o.
forgery and criminal libel The Nationa
Democratic Committee has published an ad
dress in which it disclaims any action il
the matter, but approves all honest measures
to punish all who had violated the law.
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ceived dispatch from his attorney, stating
that he had been houorably discharged by the
court on the wona nap's OWN testimony, showing
that it was genuine case Of hlackmail. lhe
woman, who is tall brunette, we'll educated
and smart, came to Charlotte some months ago
and endeavored in every way to get some
hold on the defendant in the above suit, but
failing, returned to New York about three
weeks since. She was very persistent and
was frequently seen on the street. In addl'
ton to The decisive action Of the court, Mr..
Springs family claim to have the most posi-
tive proofs of deeply laid plot to levy black
mail 1t is presumed that the case is now
effectually disposed of.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
November l8
POLITICAL NOTES.

|
- English says he does not feel half so bad
over his defeat as Ben. Butler does.
- Nevada and California voted for Han
cock.
- Ben. Butler predicts that Garfield will
split the Republican party within two years.
Arkansas elects four Democratic Con-
gressmen. One county in that State sends a
negro representative to the Legislature.
- Hancock carried Galena, the home of
ex.President Grant, by 3O2 majority, and he
also carried candidate Weaver's county in
Iowa, by majority.
49, The Greenback vote for Congressman in
Indiana was over $4,000, although no men,
Der was elected. The Republicans elect eight ;
the Democrats five.
- General Hancock makes the fourth de-
feated Democratic candidate for the Presiden.
cy now living. The other three are General
Mcclellan, who was beaten in 1854; Horatio
Seymour who ran in 1868, and Mr.. Tilden.
-Apropos of the proposition to break up
the solid South, the New York World peril
nently says that in solid South there is
strength against Radical encroachments,
while divided South would fall an easy
prey.
- Tennessee Repudiationists ran separate
ticket and defeated the regular Democratic
ticket, and now the Radicals will make a
settlement paying dollar for dollar. The Re-
pudiationists have to pay the money, and
have to undergo the modification of Radi-
cal Governor to boot.
1t is now said that Horatio Seymour, Jr,
who is the only Democrat on the State board
of canvasscrs in New York, will object to the
counting of the electoral vote of that State
for Garfield, and upon his protest the matter
will undergo investigation at the hands Of
Congress.
- The Presidential electors elected on the
End instant, will meet at their respective
State Capitals on the first Wednesday Of
December next-the 1st-for the purpose of
casting and certifying their votes-in fact,
electing President and Vice-President.
The votes so cast and certified will be
opened by Vice.President Wheeler in the
presence of both houses of Congress on
the second Wednesday (the 9th) of Feb
ruary. The votes will be canvassed by both
houses and the result then declared. The
new President will be inaugurated on March
4, 1881.
- The Galveston News explains the posi-
ton of the solid South by the following SIM
lie: A very sensible soldier was put on guard
over a large cannon but the officer in going
the rounds found that the soldier had aban'
doned his post, and was amusing himself in
neighboring saloon. "Why have you gone
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
SENTENCE COMMITTED.

Samuel Crawford, colored, who was con-
victed of murder at the recent term of the
Court of Sessions for this county, and SEN
fenced to be hanged on the 18th of Decem-
Der, has had his sentence commuted by the
Governor to imprisonment for life in the PEN
itentiary. Executive clemency was solicited
by Judge Hudson, before whom the case was
tried, and other officers of the court, and the
jury. Agreeably to the communication, Sheriff
Glenn conveyed the prisoner to the peniten.
tiary last Tuesday. h.-
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The Legislature will meet on Tuesday
next.
At the recent election in Beaufort coun-
ty, the Radicals polled 5,622 votes, and the
Democrats 34S.
- Hon. John H. Evins has gone to Florida
on visit. He will be absent from home for
about ten days.
The recent census shows that the excess OF
females in South Carolina, over males is more
than fourteen thousand.
The bagging factory, at Charleston, has
been so successful that arrangements are
making to treble its facilities for manu-
facture.
Col. Warren R. Adams, a prominent ctl-
zen of Richland, was found dead in his bed
on his plantation, near Columbia, on the 9th
instant. Death is supposed to have resulted
from heart disease.
- William Fine, Radical candidate for
clerk of court, and Jesse E. Dent, lndepen-
dent candidate for sheriff, in Richland county,
are contesting the election Of their successful
Democratic opponents.
- The recent census indicates that there are
more than forty thousand colored voters IN
South Carolina in excess of the number Of
white voters, and that in only eight of the
thirtythree counties, is there an actual gross
white majority.
Professor w. j. Land, of Atlanta, Ca,
has made chemical analysis of the stomach
of Capt. Thomas P. Benson, the proprietor of
the Palmetto House, at Spartanburg, who
was found dead in his bed several weeks ago,
and whose death, it was conjectured, was
caused by poison. Professor Land reports
that after thorough examination he has
failed to discover the existence of any poison
Gus substance. Since the report of Professor
Land was made, the jury of inquest have re-
turned verdict that Capt. Benson came to
his death from congestion of the brain.
- At the annual meeting of the State Ag'
ricultural and Mechanical Association, held
in Columbia on Thursday last, the following
persons were elected officers for the ensuing
year. President-Col. B. F. Crayton, Of
Anderson Vice Presidents for the Congress
sional Districts-E. r. McIver, Darlington,
first district; w. G. Hinson, Charleston, Sec
oud J. Wash. Watts, Laurens, third; B. H.
Massey, York, fourth A. P. Butler, Aiken,
fifth. The Executive Committee were reflect
ed as follows: VIM. Wallace, Columbia; j.
NJ. Huffman, Lexington; Isaac S. Bamberg,
Barnwell; E. L. Roche, Charleston; N. G.
Robertson, Fairfield L. c. Thompson, Ker,
shaw; D. P. Duncan, Union. Col. Thos W.
Holloway, of Pomaria, was reelected Secreta-
oouelv
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OCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Hunter & Oates-Wanted at Once
H. F. Adickes Jr.-Our Stock.
Report of the Board of County Commissioners.
Sergeant Manufacturing Company-Farrar Tur-
bine Water. Wheel.
James Scoggins, w. w. White, A. F. Lindsay
Fence Law Elections.
NJ. Strauss-Benefactor
H. H. Beard & Co.-Sugar and Coffee.
T. Nj. Dobson-The New York House.
J. F. Wallace C. e. Pls.-Clerk's Sale.
Mary McAliley Executrix-Valuable Land for
Sale.
B. T. Wheeler-Wagons.
Kennedy Bros. d Barron-Look Out.
Herndon Brothers-Our Mill.
Dobson & Parish-Fodder Wanted.
Withers Adckes-SundrieS.
Mrs. Fannie L. Dobson-Emporium Of Fashion.
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ADJOURNMENT OF COURT.
FRUIT..SECOND CROP.

Major B. F. Briggs showed us last week
some apples as large as partridge eggs taken
from a tree in his orchard. The apples are
the second crop the tree has borne this year.
AS further evidence of the mildness of our
climate, DR.. w. M. Walker exhibited to US
on Monday morning, an open boil Of cotton,
the product of a stalk the root of which is of
last years growth, and remained in the ground
all of last winter.
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THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER
PROSPECTUS FOR 1881.

IN issuing our prospectus for 1881, we deem u
only necessary to announce that the leaalng
features which have characterized the edltorial
conduct of the YoRKv1LLE ENQUIRER for the
past quarter of century will be retained, and
what it has been in the past will be an assurance
of what it shall be in the future. The Leading
departments of the paper will be retained as here
tofore and they will be conducted with the same m Q
labor and care that have marked our efforts IN tne
past. While the Literary and Miscellaneous fea-
lures of the ENQUIRER will be kept up to the
standard which has given the paper distinctive
character, careful attention will also be gwen 10
cord of the leading events at the State and Ma
tional Capitals; Congressional and Legislative
Proceedings; "Scraps and Facts being a hotch en-
potch of light current topics; compend OF the
News Abroad and at Home General Correspon-
dence; Market Reports; Local County and State stat
News Editorial Articles upon appropriate SUB
iects intended to promote the welfare and pros
perity of our State and people, which will, we
trust continue to render the ENQUIRER a well
come and entertaining Family journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
must be excused to editorial vanity and weak.

must be excused to editorial vanity and weak.
ness. But with these few exceptions the en-
tire Democratic press Of the South takes the de-
feat of its candidate with complete resignation
and good nature. The editors bring philoso-
ply, born of twenty years cold experience, to
their aid. The only signs of temper we dis
cover in these utterances are shown when the
writer's allude to the Democratic campaign
in the North. They cannot conceal their con.
tempt for the wretched management which
led their party to sure defeat Some of the
Southern editorials are very severe-but not
too much so-on the fatal mistakes of the
Democratic committees, national and State.
Aside from these wholly deserved structures
on incapable leaders, the treatment of the
Republican victory by our Southern contem.
poraries is calm, amiable and hopeful to
degree. They do not waste time in lament
ing an accomplished fact. They are not
dwelling on the past or very much on the
present, but mostly on the future. They are
advising Southerners to give up national pol
itics in which success is not to be achieved,
and devote their time and thought first to
their private business, always more or less
neglected during the campaign, and, secondly,
to all those local interests of States, cities,
towns and villages in which the Southern
people have supreme and undisputed sway
They will not have much voice in the nation
al government the next four years. But they
are masters of matters included within State
and municipal boundaries. In the home
sphere there is certainly work enough for
every Southerner The better he does this
the more closely he confines himself to the
development of the industries and finances of
the South and the education and enlighten-
ment Of that section of the country-the more
quickly will the South be readmitted to full
participation in national concerns. This de-
votion to local interests would soon weaken
and ultimately obliterate the strong sectional
and party lines which now separate her from
the hearty sympathy of the North and West.
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COLORED ODD FELLOWS.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY

Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Presbyterian-Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
There will be no morning service at this
church next Sunday. Services in the even.
ing at the usual hour, by Rev. W. G. White.
Episcopal-Church ofthe Good Shepherd
Rev. R. P. johnson, Rector. The rector will
officiate in the Church of our Saviour at Rock
Hill next Sunday.
Associate Reformed Presbyteriau-Rev. R.
Latham, Pastor. Services in the church at
Yorkville at II o'clock A. NJ.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. Thos. Gilbert,
Pastor. Services in the forenoon at Phila-
delphia Church in the evening at Yorkville.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
CANyAssING THE STATE VOTE.

The board of State canvassers met in Co.
lumbia on Thursday lass, since which time
they have been canvassing the returns. The
electoral count will not be furnished for pub
lication until the whole State has been can.
vassed. The vote of York county and Of the
Fourth Congressional district with the excep.
tion of Kersbaw county, and the Sixth
Judicial Circuit, as completed by the board
of canvassers, is as follows o..
vORR C0I1NTY
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'6RTH DISTRICT
24,8l l0,O8
SIXTH CIRCUIT.
Gaton, {

There are contests from Richland, Orange.
burg, Charleston, Sumter, Barnwell, Colleton,
Georgetown and Williamsburg counties,
which will be heard during the present week.
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trary to the law and evidence sixth, because
one Of the jurymen, Pickett Scott, was not, at
the time of the trial, of sound mind. The
counsel for DeJarnette will put in the plea
of insanity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
NOTARY PUBLIC.

The Governor has appointed and commits
stoned Mr.. Robert H. Harris, of Fort Mill
township, Notary Public.
ADJOURNMENT OF COURT.
The Circuit Court-his Honor Judge Hud-
son presiding-adjourned at late hour Sat:
urday evening, after disposing of nearly all
the causes on the different calendars. Judge
Hudson went from here to Chester to preside
at special term, ordered for this week in
that county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
THE FARRAR WATER WHEEL.


The attention of mill owners and others,
driving machinery by water power, is directed
to the advertisements Of the Farrar turbine
water wheel, Manufactured by the Sergeant
Manufacturing Company, of Greensboro, N.
C. 1t is only about year since this wheel
was patented, but within this short time it
has met with the most satisfactory sales, and
has given complete satisfa action over all 9TH
er water wheels whereveHit has been intro
duced. Mr.. Joseph Herndon has just put
one of these wheels in his Turkey Creek mills,
near this place, and he speaks in the highest
terms of its performance.
COLORED ODD FELLOWS.
The event of last week was the parade of
the Colored Odd Fellows, who, despite the
mud and rain, on Thursday afternoon, ap'
peared on the streets in full regalia, with
standards and implements of the craft, bring.
ing up the rear of the procession with yer
liable live goat-a personi6cation of the ira
ditional animal so much dreaded by all novi-
ces in mystic societies. In point of numbers
the procession was creditsble one, and the
fine regalia of some of the officers attracted
considerable attention. At fight supper
was given by the members for the benefit Of
the LODGE
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
FENCE LAW ELECTION.

The qualified voters of Cherokee and Broad
River townships will notice that the County
Commissioners have ordered an election to be
held in each of these townships, on the 17th
day of December next, on the question of al
teripg the fence law The election is ordered
on the petition of the requisite number of vo.
ters of the respective townships, some of tho
petitioners being of those who have heretofore
opposed change in the law, but have become
convinced of its advantages since witnessing
the operation of the mo fence" system in ad
Joining townships.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
THE STATE FAIR.

The annual fair Of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Association was held in Co.
lumbia last week, and closed on Friday with
the announcement of premiums to successful
exhibitors. Among the premiums awarded,
we notice the following to citizens of York
Vile:
Col. A. Coward-Red rust.proof wheat, S..
RI. Latta-Hulless and beardless barley,
s5; hulless oats, $5; Australian grass seed
and turf of the grass, which remains green
through the winter, IS; hulless barley, So.
T. NJ. Whitaker-Best thoroughbred illy,
two years old, 500.
Miss Dargan-Lace dress, silver.
PERSONAL MENTION.
DR.. L. Alexander, for several years q
practicing physician in this place, has de-
cided to locate further South, and writes us
under date of the 9th that he has selected
St. Augustine, Fla, as his future home. DR..
Alexander stands high in the profession as
well-read and welI-informed physician, and
for success at his new home he has the best
wishes of a large circle of friends
Gen. E. M. Law, formerly citizen of
Yorkville, but who for the past few years has
been residing in Alabama, has returned here
with his family, with the view Of making this
his future home.
Mrs. lone Nolan, nee Miss lone Sadler,
Of the late stanhope sadler, Of York.
ville who since her marriage has been living
in Florida, is visiting her friends and relatives
in Yorkville and vicinity. ~. '
ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAlL.
Now York dispatches of Thursday, convey
the intelligence of the arrest in that city Of
Mr.. R. A. Springs, native and formerly a
citizen of York county, on complaint of
young woman named Emily Kinds, charging
him with betrayal under promise Of marriage.
Mr.. Springs family now live in Charlotte,
N. c., and the Observer of Friday, speaking
IF the affair, says: .'
Yesterday Mr.. Springs family here re.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-11-18
YORK COUNTY.

DcWOCTQt.
Hagood, Governor. ,S56
Kennedy. Lieutenant Governor $50
Sims, Secretary OF State. ........".3,S4S
Colt, Comptroller General....... ..........3,S59
Youmans, Attorney. Generak. k..-.. ....."""...3.8Ss
Thompson, Superintendent Education. ,859
Richardson State Treasurer . .................3,859
Manigaut, Adjutant- General. ..S,s59
GreenbGck.
Blair Governor.
Gist, Lieutenant Governor.
Cooke, Secretary of State."...- ".........""...
Agnew, Comptroller General. ......-...." 2
Willard, Attorney General -...... -.....".
Love, State
Elkins Adutant- General
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-04-02
The Genital SYStem.

The GENITAL system is the adoption of
the 100 pounds as the standard in buy
ing and selling produce by weight. The
advantages of the reform are obvious.
1t effects correspondence between our
measurements and our currency. 1t
substitutes an unvarying and simple
standard for the arbitrary and unscien-
titic bushel, which varies in different
grains and varies on the same grain in
different States, SO as to cause frequent
inconvenience in trade. 1t is the
standard already adopted by the railroads
and canals. 1t is also the standard now
in use in Liverpool, our chief grain GUS
toner. Finally its adoption is in obedi
ence to universal tendency in the COM
mercial centers OF the world toward the
adoption of the GENITAL system. 1t is
conceded even by those who vehement
ly opposed the change in the New York
Produce Exchange that the GENITAL sys.
TEN must ultimately prevail; and the
only question which the Exchange was
called upon to decide was, whether New
York should conform to the tendency
or postpone conformity for yet little
longer There are undoubtedly incon-
veniences connected with the transition
from the old to the new system. These
will be especially annoying while the
old method remains In many trans
actions, necessitating double standard.
-NeG York EUdn0elist
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-04-02
American Only Turquoise Mine.

For the first time in 200 years the old
turquois mine in Chalchutl mountain,
New Mexico,is being reopened. In 1850
work was suspended on the mine, the
cause being the caving in of the shaft and
the subsequent deaf of some 100 Indians
who were at work below. An attempt
made by the Spanish to force the In
dams to begin again and reopen the
shaft led to a rebellion, AMI probably
was one of the causes which forced the
Indians to an uprising and the suisse
quent expulsion of their rulers from the
country. The extent TO which these
mines have been worked may be con-
jectured by the vast amount of debris
lying around the old shaft, covering no
less than fifteen acres of ground. This
mine is the only turquoise mine on the
continent, and, as the gem has always
market value, it will ere long be one of
the recognized sources of wealth of New
Mexico
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-04-02
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Gen. Paine, of Wisconsin, has re-
signed his position as Commissioner Of Patents
because the Office is not remunerstive.
Secretary Schurz says he has every
reason to believe that the balance of the Ute
Indians engaged in the Meeker massacre will
be brought in without delay.
Ouray and the other Ute chiefs who
have been at Washington for several weeks,
eating, drinking and wearing plug hats at Gov
eminent expense. left for Colorado last week
Secretary Ramsey says Sitting Bulls
Indians, now at Fort Peck, and anxious to sur
render, can only be received as prisoners of
war. Gen. Sherman maintains that they are
British subjects, with whom Americans have
nothing to do.
A discharged employe made an I'M
successful attempt to assassinate Hon. George
Brown, editor OF the Toronto Globe
The House Committee on Militia has
agreed on report which recommends that
the General Government assist the several
States in maintaining military forces by appro-
priations for arming the militia and paying
them while in camp.
The excess Of American exports over
imports for the year ending Feb. 29 last was
s212, 29S, 9G3