Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28

which would secure O. speedy severance OF his
connection with the Postofice department.,
because of the Senate deadlock, which might
indefinitely postpone the confirmation OF his
successor but the true reason Of the summary
action of the President is probably given in
the following dispatch from Washington, SUBJ
sequent to the resignation
Ever since Postmaster-General James en-
tered upon tho discharge Of his duties, the air
has been thick with rumors, which could not,
however, be verified, to the effect that Gener-
al Brady's removal was foregone conclusion,
and all stories which were circulated impugn'
ing his honesty ut the time the Star 4soute
service was investigated by the Blackburn
Committee, have been revived. ltwould now
appear that there has been much more behind
the rumors than was acknowledged at the Post
Office Department or then suspected by those
interested on the other side, and it is thought
that developments in the near future will lead
up to other important changes in the person.
mel of the Office of Second Assistant Post
master General. Such changes, it is under.
stood, having become imperative by reason OF
the dereiction and unfaithfulness on the part
of the present incumbents in the discharge OF
their official trusts Specific information
bearing on the Star Route scandal is careful.
ly withheld by the post Office officials, but it
is admitted that the records show that on the
6rst of January, 1850, the pay for carrying
the mails on less than one hundred, out OF
more than nine thousand Star Routes, had
been increased from about seven hundred
thousand dollars at the time of letting, to two
million eight hundred thousand dollars, by
orders for additional trips and for shortened
time. A considerable part Of this increased
service, according to the evidence accumula-
ted, was either not performed or imperfectly
performed, the irregularities being carefully
planned, it is supposed, for the purpose OF
transferring money from the Treasury to the
pockets of favored contractors and their con.
federates The irregularities seem to have
been confined chiefly to routes west Of the
Mississippi river and to those in the Terrific
res.
Prohibition In Lancaster.
- The question of prohibition is now the
absorbing topic in Charlotte, and the people
of that city are availing themselves of every
opportunity to inform themselves Of the effects
of prohibition wherever it has been tried.
The Observer Of Saturday contains the fol-
lowing report of an interview with citizen
of Lancaster, in this State, which may prove
of interest to our own readers:
Mr.. j. H. W. Stephens, of Lancaster, S.
c., was in our city yesterday. He has been
leading merchant of that place for num-
ber of years, and was asked to state the re.
suits Of the prohibition law which has been
tried in Lancaster. He strongly favors the
prohibition law, and the following are his
answers to questions asked him concerning
the results of the prohibition measure:
"What effect has the prohibition had in
your place, on general business|
"The effect is good"
Has any trade been diverted from your
place because it was dry town ?"
"No On the contrary, many visit our
town who diliked to visit it while whisky
was sold kno wing their weakness for it."
"Did your colored citizens take any inter-
est in carrying the election for or against pro-
hibition ?"
"For prohibition and but for their inter-
est, we should have failed to carry the elec-
ton"
"Yes they all admit that fact now, and
many of those who we're at first opposed to the
law, are now strong in their support of it."
us there as much, or more drunkenness
and rowdyism, in your town as before your
| h:fion laU paSGa1 Y'
ruEuIng IKE so much. Our streets were
often, before prohibition, so blocked with
drunken men, that respectable ladies would
not 60 on them"
care your people more, or less, prosper
Gus under your prohibition law?'
"Decidedly more prosperous. The laborers
especially, who receive their daily wages,
now take their money to procure for their
families the necessaries and comforts of life,
instead of squandering it in liquor shops, as
many of them did before prohibition"
"Are there any benefits outside of your
town derived from prohibition
"Yes. Many of our farmers from the
country were in our town on the day of elec-
ton to encourage our people to vote for pro.
hibition on their sccount Some of these
men are now sober and industrious citizens,
who formerly drank to excess, and are prosper-
ing as they never did before. They say they
do not lose either time or money now on ac-
count of whisky, and these men were strong.
ly in favor of whisky license at irst."
"How much are the taxes increased on
account of the withdrawal of the license tax
from the treasury
"None whatever"
"How about your courts ?"
"Our court criminal docket is now cleared
in about half the time it previously required"
"What do you conceive to be the principle
cause of the crimes committed in your
county,"
"Whisky."
did you have much difficulty in passing
your prohibition law p
eyes. At FIRST we lost the election by one
vote. The next year we carried it by
small majority, and this year we carried it
by an overwhelming majority. Besides,
large majority of the country people now
favor it.
MERE.MENTION.