Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-10-18

estimate of the probable average yield OF
counties in hundreth of bale per acre.
The result after the correction of obvious
errors, is stated as follows: Virginia, 36-1O0
of a bale per acre; North Carolina, 37-100 of
a bale per acre; South Carolina, 32-100 of
per acre; Florida, 24-100 of bale per acre,
including Sea Island; Alabama, 31-10O of
a bale per acre; Mississippi, 35-100 Of a bale
per acre; Louisiana, 43-100 of bale per
acre; Texas, 37-100 Of bale per acre; Ar
kansas, 46, 100 of a bale per acre, and Ten
nessee, 33-l00 of bale per acre.
| HAMPTON AT GREENVILLE.-On Thurs
day of the fair at Greenville, Senator Hamp-
ton spoke to the assembled multitude. The
announcement previously made that the
distinguished Carolinian would speak at
tracted many people to hear him. His adj
dress was admirable in every point of the
subject on which he spoke and characteris-
tic of Hampton. There was evident disap-
pointment, however, in the faces of his old
soldiers when the speaker took his seat at
the end of ten minutes, having touched
upon nothing but the subject upon which
he had been invited to speak by the
Ladies' Memorial Association, namely:
the erection of monument to the Confed
crate dead of Greenville county. This
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| words were we'll chosen. After an eloquent
and fitting introduction by Ex-Governor
Perry, Senator Hampton said that in a
work of this kind he had always regarded
| a call from the women as command that
must be obeyed. His allusion to the heroic
deeds of the men in the war and the women
at home during the great four years strug-
gle were touching, indeed. The men of
Greenville, many Of whom were his COM
rades in the war, would, he knew, subscribe
| literally to so noble cause as erecting
monument to our Confederate dead. He
spoke to his living comrades, and appealed
to them feelingly to do an act Of justice to the
memory of thenOble deeds of their dead COM
rades. The address was warmly received.
Subscription lists for the erection Of the pro-
posed monument were at once started and
a handsome sum in the aggregate was sub
scribed. Senator Hampton was met and
warmly greeted by large number Of old
soldiers of the Hampton Legion upon his
descending the stand, and magnificent flo
raj offerings were received from the ladies.
CROOKED POSTAL OFFICIALs.-An At
lanta dispatch of last Saturday says: "The
Indictment against eX-Gov. COnley to-day,
in connection with the late money order
clerk, j. O. Nall, charging him with embeZ-
element Of the postoffice funds, by a unani-
nous vote of the grand jury, created gen
uine surprise. The first count charges that
the defendant having been postmaster, and
with the assistant postmaster having custo-
dy Of publicmoney to the amount of $780, ,257,
they unlawfully failed to deposit the same
in the Sub-treasury, at New York, as re-
quired by law. The second charges them
with conspiring to withhold postal revenues
Of the United States. The third charge is
that being officers and agents of the govern
ment they unlaWfully failed to render just
pathy is freely expressed for Gov. COnley,
and but few who know him believe him
guilty of criminality."
Frank M. Shouse, assistant postmaster at
Talladega, Alabama, was arrested last Sat
urday, by Post Office Inspector, II. B. Long,
for embezzling six hundred dollars, and af-
forwards falSifying the records Of the money
order office. After his arrest he made full
confession in both cases, had the amount
purloined returned, and gave bond to an
swer at the next term of the United States
District Court at Montgomery.
Gov. CLEVELAND ON THE OHIO VICTo-
RY.-Saturday evening the democratic pha-
lanx of Albany rendered a complimentary
serenade to Gov. Cleveland and to the dem
ocratic State candidates. 1t was congratu-
latory of the democratic victory achieved
in Ohio. Governor Cleveland said in the
course of his response: eve celebrate to-
night victory in a most important field,
and victory which gives us an earnest ola
much greater yet to come. We look with
pride and joy to the achievement of our
brethren in sister State, and yield to them
all the praise and admiration which their
gallantry and courage claim. The first bat
Ia IN fhn Of hnan
fought and won. Ohio in the van calls on
us to follow. What shall the answer be?
The democracy of New York sends back
the ringing assurance that we are on the
way, and in few short days will be at her
side bearing glorious trophies. This is not
an idle boast full of temporary enthusiams,
nor the voice Of blind partiZan zeal. We
shall succeed because we deserve success,
because the people are just, and because we
bear high aloft the banner of their rights"
VIOLATIONS OF THE LIQUOR LAW
The report of the grand jury, w. H. Hard
in, foreman, of Chester county, submitted
last week. contains the following para
graphs:
Our attention having been called to gross
and fragrant violations of the law prohibit
ing the sale Of ardent spirits in the town of
Chester during the past few months, and
particularly on the 9TH instant, we instituted
a asearching investigation; as the result of the
same we present Benjamin David, William
Goore and Henry Mccullough for violation
of this law and have handed names Of wit
neses to the Solicitor to prove the same.
We would again call the attention of ply
sicians giving prescriptions to purchase Ii
quor of druggists without certificates. We
understand that the law means that physi-
clans are only permitted to prescribe spirits
as medicine. From many prescriptions
given by some physicians, this privilege is
still greatly abused.
PROGRESS IN THE SOUTH.-COl. a. X.
McLure, editor of the Philadelphia Times,
who visited the Louisville Exposition last
week. says the late Atlanta Exposition and
the present Louisville Improvement upon
it, may be accepted as dating the new de-
parture of the new South-the departure
that is to diversity Southern industry and
vastly enlarge the capital and the perma-
nent prosperity of the Southern States. COL
Mcclure carefully noted the multiplied evil
dences of Southern progress in the industri-
al and mechanical departments of the expo
sition, and concludes that they are far in
advance of Northern appreciation. He
says the presentation of the coal and iron
resources Of the Southern States would be-