Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-27
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up this intolerable practice of every county
having it's own candidate, every candidate
nominating his own delegation to the Con-
gressional Convention, and every such del
egation being sworn to stick to his W
man, resulting in a deadlock, and a resort
to that most discreditable piece of legerde-
main called the "Hat game"
1t seems to me imperatively necessary
that a Democratic Convention should as
semble early in July to consider all these
matters of organization, and also to put
forth some decided utterances about things
of general interest to the people, such as
education, the interests of agriculture, the
question as to the finances of the State and
county governments, taxation, and matters
generally of retrenchmentand reform. Such
a State Convention, composed not of repre-
sentatives of a single class, but of the en-
tire people, backed up by all the time-hon-
ored authority and dignity of the demo-
cratic party, will infuse new life and con-
c~entrate all the elements of strength with
in the party itself, and, with renewed vigor,
our political affairs for the ensuing year
will be carried on to a happy and harmoni-
Gus result. H.
AN ANCIENT RELIC.
In view of the fact that the late DIR.
Irpneus Prime made a statement to the ef-
feet that he was the publisher of one of the
earliest religious papers in the country,
Mr.. Francis D. Allan, a citizen who has
been associated with Galveston and her
people for more than thirty years, brings
forth a veritable ancient relic in his possess
sion in the shape of a worn and yellow
pamphlet entitled the Christian Monitor and
Religious MteUigeucer, and dated April
10, 1918. Mr.. Aliens father personally con-
Quoted the publication of the religious Pc
riodical in New York, and claims that it
was among the very earliest, if not the first
publication of its kind launched forth in
the United States. AS its title denotes, the
contents are devoted exclusively to relig-
ious topics, such as sermons, extracts, con-
tributions from subscribers, with here and
there a bit of poetry thrown in for va
riety. The following are a few extracts
from 'Selected Sentiments"
evil is the world and one is a poor out
cast perishing in the streets, while another,
no better than himself, is r~eveling in luxu-
nv and refuses to relieve him. n All
men are born equal, and, as individuals,
are endowed by their Creator with certain
i%nalienable rights, among which are life,
liberty and the use of property, the pur-
suit of happiness, with the privilege of
private judgement. n 4 n The liberty OF
conscience claimed by man is not for the
service of himself, but of his God. Toler-
alton and intolerance are therefore both
despotisms."
What a mighty revolution has literature,
especially newspapers and periodicals, un-
dergone since the birth of this little sheet.
Like the famous gourd of Jonah, newspa-
pers of all classes took root and multiplied
by the hundreds and thousands, with new
and original thoughts, bold and daring as
sertions, magnificent facilities for system
atising all branches of current literature
and other wonderful Improvements too
numerous to mention. The worm-eaten,
stained and dilapidated little pamphlet is
certainly a curiosity, having survived al
most a century of time. The first number
was originally published in New. York, in
the month of July, 1912, thus making 1t "a
years of age. Mr.. Francis D. Allan, the
son, is now ~seventy-two years of age and
is a veteran printer, fifty-six years of his
life being spent in that occupation. He is
still setting type and publishes a paper
the Galveston Wstor-fora few subscribers,
but mainly for his own pleasure. He has
been in this city constantly for thirty years,
more or less, except a few years during the
war. He is also secretary of the Gulf City
Street Railway Company. He has long
since celebrated his silver and golden we'd
dings, and expects to be able to celebrate
his diamond wedding.-Gatreston NeUs.
INDIA WHEAT.-"India," said a gentle
man, who has recently been travelling in the
East, franks third among the wheat-grow-
ing countries of the earth, and while the
territory devoted to that industry includes
only 1O5, 900 squar miles, and the machine
ry used in cultivation is of the crudest des-
cription, there is nearly halfas much wheat
raised as in the entire United States, where
the finest machinery known to man is en-
ployed in every operation, from the first