Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-09-07

Under the order OF the Executive Commit
tee a meeting of the candidates will he held at
Hickory Grove to-day. This will he first skir-
mish in the campaign, and the neighborhood
will be regaled withan extra supply of patriot
ism. All the questions now agitating the
people will he ventilated. In addition to the
numerous matters which the candidates may
feel themselvesfcalled upon to talk about, it is
probable that the favoring of the constitution
al amendment to reduce the area OF the cOun-
ties will be made an issue in the primary elec-
tion, but why it should be we confess we are
unable to understand. A correspondent of
the Yorkvile ENQUIRER suggests, and that
journal seems to applaud the idea, that each
Legislative aspirant make public statement
as to his position on that matter. TheSugges-
tion contains an implied threat that any man
will be defeated who favors such All amend
ment. In other words, opposition to the new
county movement is to be made the test of a
mans right and fitness to hold office in this
county. We wonder if the correspondent
stopped to consider what a dangerous inno-
vation that would be. 1t is known that the
people of this section of York county favor
such an amendment, and if the suggestion OF
the ENQUIRER's correspondent is adopted, Its
practical operation will be to disfranchise all
our people who may come out for office. This
will not do, and it seems to us that level
headed man like the editor Of the ENQUIRER
out to be able to see the reason at glance.
It is not right to make a county issue Of a
State &C question:. The question before the peo-
pie is not whether Eastern York or Western
York shall have a new county. That would
be a narrow and unpatriotic view to take of
it. The man who cannot guard the interests
of his state as we'll as of his county, is unfit to
serve as a legislator. He would be lacking in
the essential principles which 60 to make up
the statesman and the patriot. One might
favor an amendment of the Constitution re-
ducing the area of the counties without being
desirous of making either Rock Hill or Gaff-
ney's county seat, and he perfectly consist
ent 1t is not to be presumed the Legislature
had either the one place or the other in its
mindseye when the joint resolution was adopt
ed submitting the question to the people, nor
will the amendment when ratified apply to
any one county or section. 1t is, therefore,
wrong and unjust, unwise and unpatriotlc to
make n local issue out of matter that will
affect the entire State in its application.
We submit that it will be best to eliminate
all such questions entirely from our local can
vass. The agitation of the one will spring
others, and the Democracy of York county is
not in position to fight and quarrel among
cussed calmly and thoughtfully, without pre-.
judce and without regard to the interests of
any particular section. The suggestion OF the
ENQUIRER's correspondent is out of time,
and we hope it will meet with no response from
the people To threaten a man with defeat
at the polls because he may have the honesty
to approve of question the adoption of which
he believes will rebound to the good of the
people of the State, as whole, and which it
is perfectly legitimate for him to advocate,
is going a little too far
SAD ENDING OF ROUTE AGENT.-Dan-
iel N. Sherwood, who, since October, 1865,
has been route agent on the North Carolina
Central Railroad between Goldsboro and
Charlotte, but whose route for some time
past has extended only from Greensboro to
Goldsboro, committed suicide last Saturday
by taking laudanum. For some months num-
bers of registered packages had been received
at the Raleigh office rifed. He was suspected,
but managed to elude detection. He then
began on packages delivered at the Colds
boro post office. Detective Booth was put on
his track, and on Saturday morning he was
arrested at Goldsboro with marked money in
his possession. He made confession that his
robberies had extended over a period of ten
years. He was bailed in the sum OF 800
and took the train for Greensboro. Before
leaving he purchased large bottle OF lauda-
mum and drank sufficient amount to cause
his death and died on the train on reaching
Raleigh. He was sixty years of age and leaves
a wife and family. He was for many years
one of the most trusted men in the service.