Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-07-30
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Fine rains continue in Greenville, and
the corn crop is unusually promising.
- Cotton worms in large numbers have
appeared in the Wedgefeld section of Sum-
ter county.
The Ne,cs and Courier states that the
Georgetown and Lanes railway will wind
up by being sold.
The President has at last ended the con-
troversy over the Charleston Collectorship
by appointing Mr.. Theodore d. Jervey to
that office.
1t is proposed by druggists of Green
Vile to have a convention of the druggists
of the State in that city in August. Some
correspondence his already been had on
the subject, and the project is beginning to
take shape.
The sixth annual session of the State
normal institute for teachers of the public
schools met in Charleston on the 2lst. An
address of welcome was made by Mayor
Courtenay One hundred and seventy-sev-
en- teachers were present on the first day.
Rock Hill Herald: AS we 60 to press
on Wednesday morning Col. J. D. Bland
ing, of Sumter, President of the George
town and North Carolina Railroad, is in
conference with a number of gentlemen
from Lancaster, Yorkville and Rock Hill
in regard to the construction of the pro-
jected road from Cincinnati to Georgetown.
Clement Irons, colored, who, with her
husband and family went to Liberia on the
Azor, is in Charleston on a visit. She has
brought over collection OF curiosities of
alive and doing we'll and will never return
to America. She prefers South Carolina to
Liberia. Most of the Azor voyageurs have
drifted to different parts Of Liberia and
have mostly lost sight of each other.
j. V. Rivers, colored, late postmaster at
Lady's Island, Beaufort county, charged
with the embezzement or six hundred dol
lars while in Office, was arrested on Fri
day by United States Deputy Marshal Han
nifn, and committed by Commissioner Judd
in default of $1,000 bail. The defendant
claims to have vouchers for everything and
is represented by f. D. G. Lawrence. He
has been sent to Charleston, and will ap-
pear before Commissioner Seabrook.
- Mr.. Judson A. Haseltine, of Lancaster,
died in that town last Thursday night.
His remains were inferred in the village
cemetery on Friday The funeral was at
tended by a large concOurse OF people.
Mr.. Haseltine was born in New Hampshire
and came to Lancaster forty-tWo years ago,
and for the greater portion of this time he
has been engaged actively as merchant.
For the last two years he has been keeping
the Catawba House and was widely known.
He was thoroughly in accord with the peo-
pie and was highly esteemed for his kind
ness and liberality.
On the 18th instant, near Santuc, in Un-
ion county, two negroes had slight misun-
derstanding about some trivial matter, but
parted on apparently good terms. Later
in the day, however, one of the parties,
Ivey Jeter, through the instigation of
others, went to the house of the other, Silas
Lomax, and not FINDING him at home,
threatened and grossly abused his wife be-
cause she would not tell him where her hus-
band was. He and his party afterwards
found Sias at the house of a neighbor, qui-
etly sitting with the family, and without
giving him any chance to defend himself
Shot him dead. The murderer has not yet
been arrested, but the principal instigatorr
and accessory of this most cold-blooded
murder has been arrested and is now IN
Jail.
Union Times: A narrow gauge railroad
is spoken of to run from Augusta, Ca, to
NeWberry Court House, and thence to Ches-
ter Court House. It is natural to suppose
that such road would cross Broad river at
or near Lockhart Shoals, leaving Union
Court House about fourteen miles to the
north. If the road from Glenn Springs to
Spartanburg is built, which is now proba-
bic, it would leave Union about fourteen
miles to the south; and when the road, now
under contract from Rutherford is built and
extended, according to present intention, to
Chester, with the Laurens and Spartanburg
road running along the western line OF our
county, Union Court House will be envl-
roned with railroads, not one of them run
ming within ten miles of the town, and all
leading to and from important cotton mar
kets and competing centres OF trade
CAN THE DEMOCRATS GAIN THE SEN
ATE?-It is not certain that the Democrats
will have a majority in both branches of
CONGRESS during Mr.. Cleveland's term OF
office. The equestion is decidedagainst them
for the present Congress, for though they
have majority of thirty-nine in the House,
the defeat of Morrison by Logan in Illinois
places them in minority of eight in the
Senate. This is inconvenient for the Ad-
ministration, for it can neither enact or re-
peal laws, or obtain the confirmation OF Its
appointments without the consent OF ITS op-
ponents. This will be the situation, with no
hope of change, through the first two years
of the Democratic Administrator. ~
How will it be in the second half OF Mr..
Cleveland's term. There will be sharp
struggle to carry the House in 1886. The
Republicans are bent on capturing it, and
the Democrats will need to put forth
every exertion to save it. The result may
depend upon whether the Administration
can then rally to its support, especially. IN
the close districts, a united and enthuslas-
tic party. If it can, it will be pretty sure
of success.
Perhaps the signs are not so fiattering for
the Democracy in the Senate Of the next
Congress. AS already stated, they will go
into the contest with eight against them,
and Senatorial majority even of that ap-
parently small magnitude is not easily re-
versed at one election. The terms of nine
Democrats and sixteen Republicans expire
at the end of this Congress- The States rep
resented by these nine Democrats are Dea-
ware, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
souri, Nevada, Tennessee, Texas and West
Virginia. There is scarcely doubt that
all of them will re-elect Democrats, which
would leave the column unbroken. But to
give the party majority in the Senate IN
the second half of Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tration it must gain five seats from the
TO get even four would be
an advantage, for this would tie the Senate,
and Vice-President Hendricks would hold
the casting vote.
The sixteen States where the terms of
Republican Senators expire are California,
Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jer-
sey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.
There is good prospect for the Democrats
to get the three seats in Indiana, New Jer-
sey and Virginia. This, however, would!
leave the Republicans with a majority of
two There is q fair fighting chance for the
Democrats in Ohio, New York and Iowa.
With these five captured chairs the Senate
would stand, two years hence, Democrats,