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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES.

- The vote of New Hampshire is 10000 less
this year than it was in 1880.
- The Republicans will have twelve majori
ty on joint ballot in the Illinois Legislature.
- Senator John Sherman is expressing the
opinion to Washingtoa people that the Re
publican party will he solid again by 1884.
Only two Republican Governors among
the firteen elected! Hale in New Hampshire
and Danes in Nebraska.
- Complete official return: I'VE majority
of 347 for Bennett, Democratic Congressman
at large from North Carolina.
- The vote of Pennsylvania at the recent
election was 100000 greater than last year, yet
it was a very quiet campaign and election.
- Fewer elections would give the people
much greater satisfaction. We are no sooner
delivered from one excitement than another
one begins.
- The New York World predicts as 4 result
of the Democratic triumph "a shrinkage OF
s4O, 600 900, or even more, in the appropria'
tions by Congress.
- There will be large number OF contested
cases in the next Congress, reported as many
as fifty, though this is probably an over esti-
mate.
- The Democratic majority in the next
Congress will be somewhere between sixty and
seventy-fve, many Of the members elect being
new members who never were in Congress
before.
- The indications are that when Congress
meets in December the Republicans will in
stitute certain reform measures with the hope
of regainng some Of the ground they have
lost.
- The Philadelphia Record says: ''lt would
I've alike stupid and fatal to raise sectional
issue in the Democratic party over the Speak
ership of the next House of Representatives.
The newspapers that are going into that bust
ness ought to be promptly muzzled."
- The Republican defeat in Kansas leads
the Atchison Champion to conclude ''tfat it
is not safe, even with 4 political majority of
$4,000, to attempt to carry all the 'isms' the
long-haired men and shOrt-haired women out
side of the lunatc asylums may present"
On Wednesday of last week Pope Barrow
was elected l.. S. Senator from Georgia to
fill the unexpired term of the late p. II. Hill.
Ex-Governor Colquitt was elected, on the
first ballot, for the full term, commencing
March 4th.
-- The woman suffrage amendment, which
the Legislature of Oregon passed, will be sub
mitted to the vote of the people at the next
general election, which will not occur until
June, 1884. The women must, therefore, en-
ercse their proverbal patience.
- Rhode Island Republicans, who insist upon
universal negro suffrage. refused. at the last
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN NEBRASKA.

The woman suffrage amendment to the State
Constitution of Nebraska, which was voted en-
at the late election, suffered an inglorious de-
feat. \ letter from that State to the Chicago
Inter- Dream says the result is a surprise both
to the friends Of the measure and those who
were indifferent. The majority against it will
not fall below 10000 and may reach $4,000.
Several causes conspired to this result. The
colored voters and nearly all foreigners voted
against it. All who were interested in the
manufacture and sale of intoXicants opposed it
because they had been assured the womens
votes would be for prohibition and against
the liquor vendor. y large number of more
intelligent voters said ''No" because their
wives, mothers and sweethearts asked them to
do so. Not few were convinced that the
ballot in the hands Of women would under
mine the social fabric and lower women rather
than elevate men. Unquestionably, some suf-
fragists did resort to well-known political
schemes to secure success. The ladies appear
ed in force at the polls, and every voter was
opportuned to vote for suffrage. 1t is now
admitted had they remained away more votes
would have been cast for them. Men became
disgusted to find women sometimes good and
bad together) "electioneering.' One of the
most amusing things in Lincoln was the ap-
pearance at the various polling places of a col
ored woman, who soon drew large crowd
about her, and then harangued her hearers
with speech, eloquent in its way, against
women suffrage. She created no little merri-
ment and injured the cause i'll measure.
The defeat is so overwhelming that there can
be no possibility of another submission ut an
early date
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
THE FORTY.EIGHTH CONGRESS.

The Washington Post gives list OF the
members-elect of the Forty-eighth House of
Representatives, as corrected by the latest re-
turns. According to this list, the House will
| consist of 195 Democrats, elected as such, and
12S Republicans. including Mackey, of South
Carolina Ochiltree, of Texas Chalmers, Of
Mississippi Brumm, of Pennsylvania, and
the West Virginia Readjusters. Weller, of
| Iowa, was elected as a acknowledgements
and Lyman, of Massachusetts, as an 1ndepen-
dent Civi-Seryice Reform Republican, Thus
leaving the Administration Republicans in
minority of 60.
| The control of the Senate, after March +, is
still in some doubt, but the chances are i'll IA
vor of the Republicans. Both sides can count
on 36 Senators each, if we give Illinois to the
Republicans. Colorado and Nebraska are still
undetermined. 1t is reported that, in the
new Colorado Legislature, there will be tie
on joint ballot. In the new Nebraska Legis-
lature, the balance of power is III the hands
of the Anti-Monopolsts and independents
If Colorado and Nebraska both elect Repub-
licans, and Malone and Riddleberger continue
to work for the Republicans, the Republican
majority in the Senate will be 1. If Colorado
should elect a Democrat and Nebraska Re-
publican, the Republican and Readjuster ma
iority will be 2. If both Colorado and Ne
braska should elect Democrats, which is very
unlikely, the Senate would be a tie. If Colo
RADIO and Nebraska should elect Democrats
and Malone and Riddleberger strike for high
er wages and vote against the Republicans,
the Democrats would have majority of 4.
These are the conditions of the problem, but
the likelihood is that the Republicans will
have the control Of the Senate for the next
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23

CANyAssING THE RETURNS.--The State
board of canvassers, consisting Of the secreta-
ry of State, comptroller-ge general, attorney
general State treasurer, Acknowledgement,
chairman of the committee OH privileges and
elections of the House of Representatives,,
met last Friday in the Office of the secretary
of State-all members being present-and
organized by the election of Col. R. NJ. Sims
as chairman and Mr.. NJ. G. Robertson as
clerk.
At a meeting of the board Saturday morning
the canvass of the returns from the different
counties was proceeded with. The returns
from eleven counties were canvassed. No
irregularities in the elections have been so far
reported or discovered. Under provision Of
the recent Election law, according to the
opinion of the attorney-ge general, the sheritfs
and clerks of the court in the State hold over
until the election of 1884, except the clerk of
court in Berkeley and the sheriffs in Kershaw,
Hampton and Berkley counties. At the re-
cent election in several of the counties elec-
tions were held for these officers contrary to
the opinion of the encouragement. The
board has appointed Friday, tomorrow at
IL o'clock, for the hearing of the argument
upon this point, and for the purpose of de-
termining whether certificates of election shall
be issued to such parties as were elected on
the 7th, the parties themselves being notified
to appear in person or by counsel.-Corespon-
dence NerS and Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23

The reports from New England indicate that
Il heavy snow storm set in at an early hour
this morning, and the earth is already covered
with snow to the depth of several inches.
Experienced telegraphers say it is the worst
storm of the kind that has occurred for many
years The few wires that are working are
continually liable to disturbance, and it is al
most impossible to send or receive long mes
sage continuously. The storm extends through
out the United States and Eastern Provinces
of Canada. 1t isespecially severe in its effects
on cable transmiSSiOnS.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
OBITUA Y.

DIED-Near Grove, Lamar county, Texas, on
the 18th instant, JOHN MILTON HALL, infant
son of J. j. l.. and r. J. Gill, aged . months
and 4days.
At Pleasant Valley, Dallas county, Texas on
the 7th instant, Of congrstive chill, PERClE Me
NEIL, Youngest son of Augustus and Cynthia
McCallum, formerly of York county, $. C., aged
2voarS months and 10 days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
CHURCH NOTICES.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rev. r
Latham, Pastor The pastor will fill his regu
lar appointment at Tirzah next Sunday.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. r. p. Franks
Pastor Services in the church at Yorkville
morning and evening.
Presbyterian-Rev 7. r. English, Pastor
Services at the usual hours, morning ano
evening
Episcopal-Rcv. Augustine Prentiss. Ser
vices at the usual hours, morning and evening
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
THE NEW COUNTY AMENDMENT.

The Columbia correspondent Of the News
aad Courier says that the clerk of the canvas
sers estimates that the constitutional amend
ment relating to new counties has been defeat
ed by between ten and twelve thousand major
ity We shall publish a tabulated statement
of the vote by counties as soon as the board of
canvas sserS prumulpate it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
THE STATE FAIR.

The State Fair, which closed last Friday,
is represented to have been the most success
full of any that has been held since the war.
The attendance of visitors was larger and the
display of articles for exhibition more varied
and extensive than ever before. From the
published premium list, it appears that Ches
ter county took more premiums than any 9TH
er county. We notice that but few premiums
were taken by exhibitors from York.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
ATTEMPTED MURDER.

Bradley Castles, colored, was committed to
Jail last Tuesday, charged with assault and
battery and attempting to kill, Charles Lowry,
colored. The difficulty occurred on the plan
tation of Mr.. G.. X. Williams, near Brattons.
vile, on Monday night. 1t is charged that
Castles went to Lowry's house and fired at
Lowry through crack Of the house while
Lowry was lying in bed. Lowry is said to be
dangerously wounded. We could not learn
the origin of the difficulty.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23

THE ASSOCIATE REFORMED PREsBYTERY.
The first Presbytery of the Associate Reform
ed Presbyterian Church will meet at Chester
Oh Friday, November 22nd, for the purpose of
ordaning and installing Mason w. PRESLEY
as Pastor of the church at Chester. Rev. }.
F. Chalmers of Winsboro, will preach the or
dination sermon, Rev. J. E. Presley, D. D.,
of N. c., will lead in the ordaining prayer,
Rev. W. B. PRESLEY, of N. c., will address
the people and Rev. E. f. Boyce, of Kings
Mountain, will address the Pastor. The Pres
byterial meeting will be followed by the cele-
bration of the Lords supper. Rev. W. Is.
Presley and DR.. J. E. PRESLEY will conduct
these services. Chester Bulletin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23

TIE NEW COUNTY AMENDMENT VoTE.-
The new County question in South Carolina
was one of very general interest throughout
the State, but the slowness with which the re-
turns come in prevents us from giving definite
information on that point. But from the
present lights before us it seems If the bosses
have been defeated in their efforts to have
the matter carried. The bosses failed to dis
tribute the tickets necessary to a fair express
ion at the ballot-box, but it seems that the
people in many instances prepared their tick
cts so as to express their own wishes, regardless
of the presumptious dictation of the Executive
Committee AbJeriNe Press and Banner.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
HUMORS OF THE ELECTION.

One voter came to the polls, and, seeing SIX
boxes spread out before him, looked for some
time at the boxes and at the stack OF tickets
in his hand Finally he said, "Well, de Lort
pint me to dis box,' and slapped the whole
into one box.
After having voted, one met another making
his way to the polls, stopped him and said
"I.et me give you some exvice, brudder Nc
use for you to stan round and look at de
boxes. Jes trow your ticket in de first one.
DE more you stan and slider de more you git
tangle up.
Glare to de Lord desc buckra is de debble.
Jes you let dem alone. If dey 'aint got 'tri'
vance for saliwate de nigger, den 1'se clean
gone fool"
Manager to waiting voter-'What box do
You want ?" Voter-'Publican box. Vote
Publican ebery time.''
Some of the colored denizens of the Seneca
vicinity endeavored to vote last Tuesday upon
presenting tax receipts and guanO notes in
lieu of registration certificates. They We're
allowed to pass by on the other side.
We find the above in a State exchange with
out credit. Similar scenes were witnessed at
every polling place in the State. 1nthis coun-
ty the colored voters were not so readily con-
fused, as in the State election they voted only
in two boxes, and had their tickets SO az
ranged as to know the proper boxes; though
in several instances they deposited their reg
istration certificates with one of the ballots
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.

Governor Hagood has appointed Thursday
the Both instant, as a day of thanksgiving and
prayer. In his proclamation the Governor
says: "The year now passing away has been
replete with the blessings of peace and pros
perity. Industry in all its branches has reap
ed rich reward and the soil has teemed with
abundant harvests. We have been preserved
from malignant disease and have experienced
no public calamitv.''
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23

- The boys in a certain section of ST. Louis,
readers of dime literature and sensational pa
pers, have recently become accustomed to give
living tableaux of the most noted events pic
tured in their favorite papers They recently
attempted representation of the lynching OF
these men, and in doing this three OF the
younger children were strung up with nooses
to the rafters of shed. One of the boys
looking on became alarmed, and his screams
attracting the father of two Of the pendant
boys to the scene, they were cut down barely
in time to save their lives. ..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
HOT SLIPPER.

The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will
have hot supper at Allison's Hall, on next
Friday evening, from until 10 O'Clock, the
proceeds to be used forreparing heparsonage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23


BEN BUTLER.-Gen. Benjamin F. Butler,
Governor of Massachusetts, representative of
the Democracy in politics as opposed to aris-
tocracy, may well create sensation. Senator
Hoar. the sleek, well fed Puritan, avoWed his
determination to emigrate in case Butler ever
sat i'm the chair of Winthrop or Andrew. Pres
ident Eliot, of Harvard College, publicly de-
cared that rather than confer the customary
and traditional GubernatOrial honor of l. L..
ID. upon snch man as Butler he would resign
his position. 1t remains to be seen whether
IIoar will seek Mahone's bailwick for consola-
ton, or Eliot swallow his wrathful words.
Hitherto the close corporation of the Mas
sachusetts commonwealth has, by disfranchis-
ing the poor by thousands, maintained sort
of vice-regal state. The supper classes" have
always claimed the right to rule that part of
New England, while sending foreign substi-
tutes to make negroes the equal of their white
masters. BY birth or connection hitherto, a
Governor of Massachusetts has been supposed
to be a noble, and while Butler was elected to
Congress and made use of otherwise, the chair
of Winthrop was barred against his ambition.
We understand, too, that one of the great
functions of Harvard is to recognize the digni-
ty of Ellis Excelency,' and to confer upon
him, with great pomp and honor, the degree of
s'Doctor of Laws" Every man who has been
elected Governor pears CIleHCelOitn Ill lIdIlH Il
commission as Doctor Of Laws. 1t is against
the confering of that title upon man of the
people, elected by the people, that arstocratic
Eliot, who believes in negro oequaity-in South
Carolna-protests and threatens. We shall
soon see whether Gov. Butler will force him to
swallow the leek or whether, breaking through
an ancient barrier, he will prefer to be the
first of Executives to scorn a vain and hollow
bauble.
Having conquered the pride and hypocrisy
of Massachusetts, Governor Butler should at
tempt to emancipate the white people who, in
one unfrendly way or another, are deprived of
suffrage, while every black man in the South
is permitted to possess that right We do not
set up Gen. B. F. Butler as a perfect man or
politician, nor do we utterly condemn him.
lie made manly fight on Il righteous issue
and if he succeeds in battering down the cant
and sham of respectable fraud and force, he
will have new title to respect greater than
any conferred by a Harvard parchment or her
aldic tom-foolery. We regard Gen. Butler as
IL necessary 'slice of the day of judgment"
where it has long been required.-A'g'ssta
Chronicle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23

Our exchanges and the telegraph report cold
weather in the North and Northwest. The
cool wave struck this latitude on Monday, and
on Monday night slight sprinkle of snow fell
here
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
N. E. CONFER ENCE.

The South Carolina Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal (colored) Church will convene
in Yorkville on the 10th of next January, in
stead of the 18th, as we were informed last
week.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
HOMICIDE.

On Sunday last. Lewis Petts killed Sandy
Workman-both colored-on the plantation
of Mr.. S. l.. Milling, near Ebenezer, in this
county. The fatal blow was made with an
axe, striking the victim on the right breast,
the cash running diagonally across to the left
breast, and penetrating the heart an inch.
The wounded man ran about twenty yards
and fell dead. A woman was the cause of the
difficulty. An inquest was held by Trial
Justice Fewcll acting as Coroner, and on
Monday Pettis WAS arrested and committed
to jail.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23

Total, , sGa, ,3:t5G2 Sl,l73.42 = SG4,52s.45 0
This shows the closest collection that has
been made for several years and speaks well
for the promptness of our people.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
CHARLOTTE HOTEL.

The Charlotte Observer of Friday gives the
following account of the presentation of a sill
yer service to the Charlotte Hotel, popular
house kept by Capt. T. \. McNnch, formerly
a citizen of Chester, and well known to many
of our people,.
\ large party gathered i'll the Sanders and
Blackwood hail. yesterday afternoon, to wit
ness the presentation of the beautiful silver
service to the Charlotte hotel, the service be-
ing voted to that house as the most popular
hotel in Charlotte, at the late freman's fair.
Mayor DeWolfe presented the service to Capt.
+. A. McNinch, proprietor of the Charlotte
hotel. in a neat and appropriate little speech,
and Capt. McNinch, on receiving it expressed
his thanks in a most happy manner. The set
is a very handsome one and was donated to
the fair by Mr.. John T. Butler. From tie
first night of the voting to the last, the friends
of the Charlotte hotel interested themselves
earnestly in behalf of their favorite and kept
their houses in the lead all the time. The fol-
lowing was the ballot:
Charlotte HOtel..... ...."".... ..."... tI
Central IIOtel.".. ~.............. 2OS
Bu1Oru House. c...... -?
A majority of 100 for the Charlotte over
both the other hotels. Capt. McNinch last
evening presented the set to his little daugh-
ter Netta, in appreciation of the deep interest
she had taken in the fireman's monument and
the earnest efforts she had made in aiding to
raise funds for the same.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
THE LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature of South Carolina will as
semble in Columbia next Tuesday. We shall
keep our readers fully posted of the proceed
ings.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

J. r. .Cook-Administrator's Sale.
j. \. Mclean. y. j., Y. C.-CitatiOn.
Sergeant Manufacturing Co., Greensboro. y. c.
Farrar Turbine Water Nhcel-TrOpc
Cooking Stoves, &c.
j. NJ. Adams--A Timer Wanted--l -licadq quarters.
Herndon BrOthcrs-tiuano Against Cotton-Cot-
ton and Money.
!. J. Smith It rO.-Winter Observation-Disclosures
Another Bang
Richmond and Danville Ralroad--Change OF
Schedule,
+. Happerfeld-New Goods.
r. NJ. Dobson-.Jllst Listen to the Morking Bird
This Car for the BOn-Ton Store.
J. r. Lindsay & Co.-&5O.O 90 Reward.
r. d. Graham, Attorney, Charlotte, y. C.-Finc
River Lands for Sale or for Lease.
Franklin, Davis IL CO.-Fruit Trees.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
MERE. N ESTION,

There was a heavy snow storm in New Eng
land last Friday. Recently compiled sta
tistics place the death rate from the admin
istration of chloroform at one per thous-
and ...'..'The production Of iron in the
civilized world is 19,50O,000 tons per an
nun. '''''The proposed amendments to the
Constitution of Virginia abolishing the capi-
tation tax were adopted by the people at the
late election by large majority. 1.-Two
large snow plows, over eighty feet in length,
are being built at Sprague, Washington Ter
ritory, for use in the mountain passes on the
Northern Pacific railroad ''''There is not
a vessel at Mobile for cotton and none on the
way. 1t is said that the city is losing her cot
ton trade, which is gravitating to New Or
leans. 1T costs New Iotk city almost
$7,000,000 per year to run her churches. 1t
costs money to be good. '''''' Michigan claims
to have gained $4,000 new settlers in her
northern counties this year. ''''''The dome
of the Washington Capitol is being painted and
ii will take fifteen tons of white lead. Twenty
Mexicans are reported to have been killed by
Indians near Carltas, Mexico, few days ago.
Troops are in pursuit of the Indians. Snow
fell at Ell Paso Texas, on Saturday, to the
depth of an inch. '....' Robert Pratt and Frank
Moore, both negroes, have been sentenced at
Goldsboro', n. c., the first to death, and the
latter to life Imprisonment for the murder OF
O'Nell, white.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
finantjal an0 Commercial.

HORKNILLE, November 22.-Cotton from
9.75 to $50.
CHARLESTON, November 20.-Cotton firm,
but nominal mddling, lOa.
LIVERPOOL, November 20.-Cotton quiet {;
uplands G3-6d.
NEW YORK, November 2O.-Cotton quiet ard
firm ;,lplands log. Futures closed barely steady
with sales of lSg. 900 bales as follows November
1927 to lO.5S December 1912 to 1913 January
1916 to 1917 February 1896 to lO5l March lO6o
1867; April l0.71 to lO.7S; May 1888 to 1889;
June 1885 to 1899 July Hos to ll.m; August