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Jwajjs and .facts. 1
? A Richmond, Va., real estate agency has
received 2,000 inquiries for farms iu Virginia
during the last sixty days.
? In Salisbury, N. G\, on Saturday of last!
week, Thomas Yarboro, while resisting arrest
by a policeman, shot and killed the officer. |
? The party who usually pays the highest j
compliments to the Lord, iu his prayers, usu- |
ally pays the lowest wages to the people he
has in his employ.
? Ex-Governor Scott, of South Carolina,
who shot aud killed Warren Drury, at Napoleon,
Ohio, in December last, has beeu indicted
for murder in the second degree.
? A Fenian proclamation, which has been
posted throughout Ireland, warning Irishmen
to beware of being misled or goaded into
foolish outbreaks, but to await the signal for
the strike for independence, is making its ap
pearauce in England.
? Seuator Ben. Hill's former body servant,
Eugene W. Brodie, is an applicant for the
position of postmaster at Atlanta, Ga. The
senator savs the applicant is fully competent
for the place, aud that he would go on his bond
for $50,000.
? A bill has been introduced iu the New
York Senate providing that every passenger
coach, on every railway of the State, shall
carry a saw and an axe. Such a law vigorously
enforced in every State would doubtless
be the means of saving many lives.
? There are now 1,247 persons employed in !
the census office,iu Washington. 669 males
and 578 fareales ; also 98 messengers aud 16
watchmen. The monthly rent of the census
building is $1,838. The number of enumerators
employed in taking the census, was
31,265, under 150 supervisors.
? The New York Evening Post says : Mrs.
Barnwell Rhett, widow of Senator Rhett, of
South Carolina, and the widow of a former
Mayor of New Orleans, will both become inmates
of the Louise Home at Washington, established^nd
kept up by Mr. Corcoran, the
Washington banker, for the benefit of Southern
geutlewotoeu who have been unfortunate.
? A horrible case of brutality is exciting
Jacktown, Ohio, where John Cummiugs
placed the tongue of his eight years-old boy
between a hickory sapling and then nailed
the sapling to a partition in the barn, beating
the little fellow at intervals for six hours.
The boy had been sliding down hill in diso
bedience to his father's orders.
? The most destructive fire that ever visited
Plymouth, N. C., occurred in that town on
the night of the 31st ultimo. Its origin is
due to the explosion of a kerosene lamp, aud
from 10 o'clock P. M. until 2 o'clock next
morning, the flames raged, destroying and
damaging no less than fifty buildings in the
business centre of the place, and property
estimated at $135,000, on which there was
Kill litflo r?r nn incnrnnpp
? Oq Thursday uight of last week, the tobacco
factory of J. H. McElwee, in Statesville,
N. C., was destroyed by fire. The American
says the loss in the factory building, machinery,
and manufactured and leaf tobacco,
is estimated at about $15,000, divided among
different parlies. The quautity of leaf and
manufactured tobacco lost is estimated at
33,000 pounds. Besides Mr. McElwee, Col.
Julian Allen, Hoffman & Co., and others,
are losers.
? A New York letter says : "The tendency
of the government toward a cheap rate of interest
is gradually having its effect on real
estate, which commands better prices than for
a long while, while loans on bond and mort
gage (three years to run) have been takeu by
some of our savings banks as low as 4* per
cent. This is something unheard of in the
present or any other generation. Nor is the
value of the property reduced by such loans;
rather, on the contrary, is it increased above
what it was rated at six months ago."
? The simplest postoffice in the world is in
Magellan Straits, and has been established
there for some years past. It consists of a
small cask, which is chained to the rock of
the extreme cape in the straits, opposite
Terra del Fuego. Each passing ship sends
" r\*r\r\r\ a a a o 1? An/) f A f o lr O IqHaWO
n uuai IU upcu uic t^acrv AUU I\/ bang ivuvio
out and place others into it. The postoffice
is self-acting therefore. It is under the proteciion
of the navies of all nations, and up to
the present there is uot one case to report in
which any abuse of the privileges it affords
has taken place.
? Each county in Texas has received a
donation of four leagues of laud to constitute
a fund for the support of county academies
or high schools. This provision was made in
the early legislation of the State, and many
of the counties now have a fund of from
825,000 to 860,000, but the interest has never
been used except to aid in the support of
public schools, which was not the intention
of the endowment. The secretary of the
State board of education now demands that
each county establish an academy at some
central point with this fund.
? Meetings of the sockholders of the Wes
tern Union, the American Union and the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Companies,
were held in New York last Thursday and
the agreement entered into by the Directors
of said companies for consolidation was ratified,
and the Western Union Telegraph Company,
through Mr. John Van Horn, Vice
President, took formal possession of the American
Union and the Atlantic and Pacific companies,
signs aud blanks of the Western
Union Telegraph Company being substituted
for those used heretofore by the other two
companies.
? The slave trade in Africa is still enormous.
Dr. Livingstone estimated the traffic
for all Africa at half a million yearly. Col.
Gordon puts the loss of life iu the Soudan
alone at 30,000 to 50,000 annually. Raouf
Pasha, who was left to carry out the work
begun by Col. Gordon for the suppression of
the slave trade, is proviug its active abettor,
and the iniquity is encouraged by the Egyptian
Government. "The sale and purchase
of human beings continues to be practiced
on a large scale in the Hedgey Yemen Nubia,
Abyssinia and at various points on the coast.
Men, women aud children are sold as beasts
of burden."
? It is evident to every unprejudiced observer,
that a great change is taking place iu
the sentiment of the people of the South.
The bitterness, prejudice and hostility to the
changes wrought by the war, which were so
marked a few years ago, are disappearing.
There is now a very* noticeable and rapidly
increasing disposition to accept the situation
as it is. and on this basis to build a new
South which shall surpass iu wealth, glory :
ami greatness the old South. The wealth !
and intelligence of the South, and the men j
who control the politics and business of the
South, are in the Democratic party. There !
are, however, two elements iu that party, j
They are the liberal and progressive element
and the Bourbon element. The Bourbon
element has all along been the dominant I
element. Indeed, until very lately, the liber- i
al and progressive element was so greatly in
the minority, that its influence was hardly
appreciable. The indications are that before
another National political campaign
opens this element will control the political
and material affairs of the South.?N. 0.
Times.
? A story has been started to the effect that
Chester A. Arthur, the Vice-President elect,
was not born in this country, but in Canada,
and is therefore not eligible to the position to
which he has been elected. A New York
lawyer has made an elaborate examination |
of the facts, and it appears that the records
show that his parents did not reside in any
of the Couuties of Vermont, where he is al- j
leged to have been born, at the time of his
birth. His own statements as to where he j
was born do not agree any more than do the
statements of the year. His brother was
born in Fairfield, Vermont, but not the Vice
President elect, Chester Allen Arthur. When
admitted to practice law in New York, he j
claimed to have been born in 1830, but the
records show that that interesting event could
not have occurred earlier than 1832 or 1833.
It is stated as a further fact, that since he was j
first informed of the proposed huntiug up of i
his genealogy, he has been writing letters en- j
deavoring to make old resideuts recall things
that did not occur, in order to establish his
birth in Vermont, but without success. The i
developments in the case are so startling and j
rest upon such stroi g foundation of apparent,
truth, that they demand serious and instant at- |
teutiou. If it should be shown that English, t
after all, is entitled to preside over the Senate,
what a blow to Conkling's hopes it will i
prove. Fickle fortune will sometimes desert |
even its most favored votaries, and if Arthur i
be not Vice-President, one great prop of an j
everlasting ambition has been knocked away.
ibe fJurknUe t&nqtum. |
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1881.
TIIE rOHE MMMISSIOX.
In view of the recent appointment of a
commission to codify the laws of the State
under an act of the last Legislature, a brief
review of the statute laws of South Carolina
will not be inappropriate at the present time. ]
The statute law of South Carolina begius
with the year 1682. From that time until
1736, the laws appeared in pamphlets, as
they were promulgated by the Governor and
council or by the General Assembly. In the
latter year, Chief Justice Trott collected
and published a small edition of the laws
then of force. About the year 1790, Judge
Grimke collected aud published such of the
laws as were then of force, with the titles of
all obsolete or repealed acts. In 1814 Judge
Brevard collected and digested a new edition
of the statute laws then of force, known as
Brevard's Digest. It was rather a mauual
or index, than a compilation proper.
The first authorized and systematic coiupilation
of the laws of the State was commenced
by Thomas Cooper, LL. D., under a joint
resolution of the. General Assembly, in December,
1834, directing the Governor (Hon.
George McDuffie) "to employ some fit and
competent person to compile under his direction
the statute law of this State." This
work was ably and intelligently performed,
aud, with the index, was embraced in ten volumes
designated as the "Statutes at Large."
Up to*1872, this collection was accepted as
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autnority, ana was in general use uy mc
bench and bar. In 1858 the Assembly provided
for the selection by the Court of Errors,
of three Commissioners to revise and Codify
the statute law then of force iu this State.
At the next session, in December, 1859, the
Assembly adopted a substitue for the former
act, providing for the annual election by
joint ballot, of a commissioner to prepare
"such a code of statute law, as if enacted,
might, in connection with the portions of the
common law that would be left unaltered,
constitute the whole body of law in this State."
That distinguished jurist, Hon. James L. Pettigru,
was selected as the Commissioner,
uuder this act, and up to the time of his death,
about 1862, had made some progress with the
work. Only parts of it were completed under
his supervision, and these, although published,
as his repen t, had hardly come into
general use by the bar.
The Constitution of 1868, Art. V, Sec. 3,
required the General Assembly at its first session,
and every ten years thereafter, to "make
provision to revise, digest and arrange, under
proper heads, the body of our laws, civil and
criminal, and form a penal code founded on
principles of reformation." D. T. Corbin,
! W. J. Whipper and C. W. Montgomery were
! elected by the Assembly iu 1869, in compliance
with an act, tc carry out the above pro
vision. In 1870, they reported the Code of
Civil Procedure, which was adopted, and in
February, 1872, the Assembly adopted their
report on the revision of the statute law, em
braced in one volume, and designated as the
"Revised Statutes of South Carolina." Mr.
Corbin did most if not all the work for this
commission, aod it was creditably performed.
It embraces the statute law as it existed up
to the close of the session of 1870-71. Since
that time great changes have been made at
each session of the Assembly?so great that
the volume prepared under the Corbin Com
mission is very uncertain authority.
The present Commissioners are required to
take up the work where the Corbin Commission
left it, and to present a code of statute
law as it now exists, together with a penal
code, as required by the Constitution.
PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 30th, Mr. McPherson
introduced a bill appropriating 8100,000
for an expedition to go to the relief of the
Arctic exploring vessel, the Jeannette. Mr.
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JL/awc3y puisuaub tu uuitcu, auuiccocu uic
Senate upon t& killing of Big Snake, the
Ponca chief, by United States soldiers in the
office of the agent of the Poncas, in Indian
Territory, criticising with some severity the
course pursued by Secretary Schurz in regard
to these Indians. J r. Logan replied, defend
ing Secretary Schurz and his entire administration
of the Iuterior Department. The
Senate theu resumed the consideration of the
Indian land iu-severalty bill, the question
being on Senator Morgan's amendment to
dispense with the requirement of the assent of
two thirds of the tribe before lands can be
taken in severalty. After remarks by Senators
Morgan and Saunders, the amendment
was rejected. The bill was finally laid over,
and the Senate at 3 30 P. M. adjourned.
In the House, a number of bills were introduced
under the call of States, among them
one by Mr. Springer relative to a postal tele-:
graph. It is similar to the Senate bill on !
the subject. Referred. Also a bill to pro- j
vide for the appraisement of telegraph lines,
property and effects of companies acting un-!
der the provisions of the Act of July 24, j
1866, and to procure information concerning
postal telegraphs of other countries. Referred.
Mr. Covert, chairman of the committee on
agriculture, reported the agricultural bill,
which was ordered printed and recommitted.
It recommends an appropriation of ?288,800.
In the Senate on the 1st instant, Mr. Morgan,
from the committee on the state of the
law in regard to the electoral couut, reported
back the Ingalls resolution on that sub
ject with a substitute amendment. The substitute
provides that the two houses of Congress
shall assemble in the hall of the House
of Represeutatives on Wednesday, the 9th of
February, 1881, at 12 o.elock M., and the
President of the Senate shall be the presiding
officer. That one person shall be appoiuted
teller on the part of the Senate and two persons
on the part of the House of Representatives,
to make a list of the votes as they shall
be declared. That the result shall be delivered
to the President of the Seuate, who
shall announce the state of the votes and the
persons elected to the two houses now assembled
aforesaid, which shall be deemed a declaration
of the persons elected President and
Vice President of the United States, and,
together with a list of the votes, be entered
on the journal of the two houses. Also, that
if it shall appear that any votes of electors of
President and Vice President of the United
States have been given on a day other than
that fixed for the counting of such votes by
'Act of Congress in pursuance of the Constitution
of the United States, and the counting
or omitting to count such vote shall not es
| sentially change the result of the election,
they shall be reported by the President of the
I Senate in the following manner: "Were the
votes of the electors cast on day of
, 1880, to be couuted, the result would
be: For A B for President of the United
States votes, and for C D for President
of the United States votes; if not count
ed the result would be: For A B for Presiident
of the United States votes; for
C D for President of the United States
votes. But in either event, is elected
President of the United States, and in the
same manner for Vice President." On mo
tion of Mr. Edmunds, the resolution was
tabled in order to be printed. The session of
the House was devoted to District of Columbia
affairs.
In the Senate on the 2ud, a message was
received from the President relative to Ponca
ludiau affairs. On motion of Mr. Kirkwood,
the message and DaDers accompanying it were
referred to the special Ponca Indian Committee.
Mr. McPherson, from the committee
on naval affairs, reported favorably the bill
appropriating $100,000 to equip a vessel to
go in search of the Arctic exploring steamer
Jeannette. On motion of Mr. Morgan, the
Senate then took up his electoral count resolutions,
and at Mr. Morgan's suggestion they
were amended in minor details so as to make
them concurrent, and to provide for two tellers
instead of one on the part of the Senate.
After a lengthy discussion and the rejection
of several amendments offered by the Republican
side of the Senate, the resolutions,
as reported by the committee (printed above)
were adopted on a viva voce vote, and the
clerk was directed to inform the House ac
cordingly. The peusion appropriation bill
was then taken up and discussed until the
hour of adjournment.
In the House, a message was received from
the President relative to Ponca Indian affairs.
The message was ordered printed and referred
to the committee on Indian affairs. The post
route Din wus repurieu irom me cuiiiujiii.ee
on post offices and post roads and passed.
After the consideration of District of Columbia
affairs, Mr. Cox spoke at length upon the
apportionment bill, and at the conclusion of
liis argument the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 3rd, Mr. Kirkwood,
frtim the committee on postoffices and postroads,
reported back Senator Logan's joint
resolution providing for the exteusion of the
franking privilege to communications received
by flienibera of Congress from the executive
departments on the business of their constituents.
He said that the committee were
equally divided on the merits of the proposition,
and had concluded to report it back
without recommendation, and he asked that
it be placed on the calendar. So ordered.
On motiou of Senator Morgan the concurrent
resolution introduced by him, June 15,
1880, declaring that the President of the
Senate is not invested by the Constitution of
the United States with the right to count
the votes of electors for President and VicePresident
of the United States, so as to determine
what votes will be received and
counted, or what votes shall be rejected, was
taken up. Senator Morgan briefly explained
the resolution, adding that he was prepared
to vote upon it. Senator Edmunds opposed
the resolution as a half way measure. It
did not cover one-third of the whole question
iuvolved. Senator Thurman favored action
on the resolution without debate. After a
lengthy discussion, participated in by Senators
Edmunds, Whyte, Coukling, Thurman
and others, the vote was taken upon agreeing
to Senator Morgan's resolution. It resulted,
ayes 30, noes 1, (Senator Whyte of Maryland.)
The Republicans, with the exception
of Senator Conkling, who voted with the
Democrats, refrained from voting. The roll
was then called to ascertain whether a quorum
was present, and forty senators responded
to their names. There were indications at
this point of a protracted aeasion, the Republicans
seemiDg determined to adhere to their
obstruction tactics. Senator Morgan, however,
finally moved to adjourn, and the motiou
was carried.
In the House, Mr. Brigham, of New Jersey,
ottered a resolution requiring the committee
on elections to report upon contested
election cases within thirty days of the filing
_i? .l. t. o.r l mi..
or ine papers m sueu eases. r\eierreu. j.ne
House then resumed the consideration of the
apportionment bill. Mr. Cox, of New York,
offered an amendment fixing the number of
Representatives at 307, and it was ordered
printed and to be considered pending. Mr.
Sherwin, of Illinois, a member of the census
committee, took the floor upon the bill. He
argued that there was no reason that an apportionment
should not be made at this ses
sion, since all the data was in on which to
make the calculation. Comparing the various
bills which had been proposed, he showed
that with 301, the number first suggested
by Mr. Cox, of New York, the Democratic
States would gain eight Representatives and j
lose two, a net gain of six. The Republican
States would gain ten and lose eight, a net |
gaiti of 2. With the number selected by the
majority of the committee, 311, the Democratic
States would gain twelve and lose none,
the Republican States would gain ten and
lose four, a net gain of six. With 310, the
number recommended by the minority, the
Democratic and Republican States would
euch gain thirteen Representatives. He argued
in support of the latter bill, contending j
that mathematically as well as politically, it'
meted out exact justice and fairness to every j
portion of the country. Mr. Crowley, of
New York, spoke in opposition to increasing
the Dumber of Representatives in Congress.
Mr. Thompson, of Keutucky, spoke in favor
of increasing rather than decreasing the numerical
strength of the House. Mr. Horr,
of Michigan, thought that an apportionment
bill, founded on the last vote of the people,
would meet the requirements of the Constitution
much better than one based on the census.
He pointed out that on the basis of the j
last vote, the Southern States were getting
more than their proportion of the representatives.
Mississippi and Alabama, forinstauce,
had seven and eight, while on the basis of the
vote, they would he entitled ouly to four and
five. Mr. Hammond, of Georgia, suggested
that if Mr. Horr's plan were adopted, the
best way for the Republican party to sifeceed
in Georgia was to refuse to vote at all, and
thus reduce the representation front that
State. Mr. Horr: It comes so nearly to that
already, that it does not make much differ
ence. In concluding his speech, Mr. Horr
said he believed that the majority bill had
been drawn up for the purpo-e of giving
greuter strength to the South, and, for one, he
was fully determined to oppose the measure.
A brief colloquy followed between Messrs.
Horr and McLane as to the alleged crushing
out of the colored vote in the South, the latter
maintaining that since the election of Mr.
Hayes, at least, the uegroes of the South
had voted as they pleased. The subject was
finally laid aside and Mr. King, of Louisiana,
introduced a bill appropriating 820,000 for
the purchase and distribution of seed cane.
Referred. The House then adjourned.
In the Senate on the 4th, the Vice-President
submitted from the War Departinent
an abstract of the militia force of the
United States. Laid on the tahle. The bill
for the relief of the Arctic exploration vessel,
the Jeannelte, was taken up, and after an
amendment making the appropriation 8175,000,
if so much be necessary, the bill was passed.
Motions to take up the Grant retiring
bill and the franking privilege resolution
were voted down, wheu Mr. Morgan's resolution
denying the right of the President of the
Senate to make the electoral count was resumed.
A long discussion ensued, and several
amendments were offered and rejected, when
Mr. Hoar moved an amendment that "it is
the duty of Congress, without delay, to execute
due and orderly performance of the duty
in the future." As thus amended, the resolution
was agreed to.
The House was engaged on the private
calendar.
In the Senate on the 5th, on motion of Mr.
Johnston, the regular order was suspended,
and the House joint resolution authorizing
and requesting the President to extend to the
Government and people of France an invitation
to join the Government and people
of the United Slates in the Yorktowu Cen
teunial celebration in October next, was taken
up. Mr. Dawes moved an amendment, mak
ing an appropriation of $20,000, and Mr.
Hoar, one extending the invitafion to include
the family of Lafayette. The amendments
were agreed to, and the joint resolution, as
amended, passed. The pension appropriation
bill was discussed, but gave way to several
private bills which were passed, and the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
In the House, the Senate concurrent resolutiofTS
for couutinp the electoral vote, were
iliscussed for more than two hours, and finally
hy a vote of 160 to 77, Mr. Cox, of New
York, called up his apportionment bill, and
after some discussion without action, the
House adjourned.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? The German citizens of Charleston, are
taking steps for the organization of a cotton
factory in that city. A large part of the
stock has already been taken.
? There are four counties in this State in
which no licenses are issued for the sale of
whisky, viz.: Pickens, Laurens, Marlboro and
Horry.
? The merchants of Marion have had considerable
trouble with their guano, a special
commissioner of the agricultural department
having seized about 400 tons for non-compliance
with the laws of the State.
? Rev. J. I. Bonner, D. D., editor of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian, was recently
married to Miss A. Lila Morse, of Lansingburg,
New York, for many years a teacher in
the female college at Due West.
? At a meeting of the executive committee
in Columbia, last week, it was agreed to hold
the Summer meeting of the State Agricultural
Society at Greenville, on the 8th of August.
? Rev. J. B. Mack, D. D.,hae resigned the
pastorate of the Presbyterian Church in Columbia,
in order that he might enter upon his
duties as financial agent of the Columbia
Theological Seminary, to which important office
he has been recently appointed.
? Mr.' George R. Frazer, of Walterboro',
received an order from Superintendent Walling,
early last fall, for five hundred partridges,
to be placed in Central Park, New
York City, and he has succeeded iu obtaining
a large number of them.^
? The Chief Justice has ordered the stay
of the execution of the sentence in the case of
the negroes convicted of burning the Greenville
Academy of Music, until the further
orders of the Supreme Court. Last Friday
had been fixed for the execution.
? Judge Mackey recently informed a reporter
for the Columbia Regiiter, that at the
last sitting of the Judge in Marlboro county,
the General Sessions calendar was cleared in
ten minutes, while in an adjoining county,
where liquor is sold, the criminal business occupied
the Court fifteen days.
? Rev. A. M. Shipp, D. D., formerly President
of Woflford College, now Professor in
Vanderbilt University, has recently completed
the "History of Methodism in South
Carolina." It was written by request of
the South Carolina Conference, and will
shortly be published.
? The Commissioner of Agriculture will
now receive applications for white servants
and laborers at his office in Columbia. Every
applicant should state the kind of workmen
wanted, whether for the house, field or
workshop. The commissioner tlfiuks that
any application for white servants can be
filled in from sixty to ninety days.
? In White Ilall Township, Abbeville j
county, the negroes have an organization :
known as the "Laborers' Protective Union." |
The full-grown members propose to demand
SI00 and rations for the year's services, and
for "half-grown" boys, 85 a month. They i
propose to regulate, by force, those who at- '
tempt to disregard this rule.
? The giu house of Maj. James Pagan, in
Fairfield county, was destroyed by fire on 1
Wednesday of last week. The fire commenced
in the lint room, and is supposed to
have originated from a match in the cotton.
The building was worth four hundred
dollars, and the gins and other machinery
about seven hundred dollars. There were
burnt seven bales of cotton and about three
thousand bushels of cotton seed.
? The works of the Wando Manufactory
Company, on the Ashley river, nine miles
from Charleston were destroyed by fire on
Friday. The fire originated from an unknown
cause in the acid chamber. As there
was a slight northeast wind blowing, the works
were soon enveloped in flames. Eighty operatives
on.the ground did all in their power to
stop the progress of the conflagration, but the
intense heat and suffocating fumes of the
burning sulphur prevented anything effectual
being done. The building and machinery
were valued at 863,000 and the works, with i
the material, were insured for 881.000.
? The committee have fixed Wednesday,
May 11, as the day for the unveiling of the
Cowpens monument at Spartanburg, S. C.
Ward's bronze statue'of Gen. Daniel Morgan,
provided by an act of Congress, will surmount
the column. Gov. Hagood has invited the
President and Cabinet and the governors of
the States to be present. Gen. H. I. Hunt,
United States Army, will, by invitation, command
the military pageant, and Lieut. Daniel
Morgan Taylor, United Stales Army, a
descendant of the hero of the Cowpens, will
act as adjutant.
? A correspondent writes a3 follows in re
gard to the proposed new cotton factory in
Spartanburg county: "The Clifton Fuctory j
is now putting up its machinery as fast as it |
arrives, and will be ready for spinning in a
few weeks. A large supply of cotton has
already been laid in, and operatives too are
gathering upon the premises. The proposed
increase of capital stock to 8500,000 is meet
ing with marked success, most if not all of
the original stockholders doubling their stock.
The directors have taken steps for the neces
sary extension of the factory building, so as
to more thau double its present size and
capacity, and also ordered the books to be
opened to the public for twenty days in which
to receive additional subscriptions to the cap
ital stock to the amount 8100,000. Everything
about this factory is to be first class and
according to the, latest improvements. The
building is constructed upon the most im
proved architecture for factories, the machinery
is all of the best and latest styles,
the building is to be lighted with electric
lamps, and ample water works are arranged
to extinguish fires.
? The Columbia Register of Saturday suys:
"The following companies, with the consent
of the Adjutant General of the Stnte, have
formed themselves into a regiment, to be
known as the "Palmetto Regiment of South
Carolina," in honor of the famous old regiment
of this name which fought so gallantly
in the Mexican war: The Catawba Rifies,
of Rock Hill, Captain A lieu Jones; the Jenkins
Rifles, of Yorkville, Captain J. R.
Lindsay; the Lee Light Infantry, of Chester,
Capt. J. K. Marshall; the Gordon Light
Infantry, of Winnsboro, Capt. \V. G. Jordan;
the Richland Volunteer Rifle Company,
of Columbia, Captain R. N. Richbourg; the
Columbia Flying Artillery, of Columbia,
Captain J. Q. Marshall ; the Richland Light
Dragoons, of Columbia, Captain, W. D.
Starling ; aud the Governor's Guards, of Col
umbia, Captain Wilie Jones. At a meeting
of the officers of the Columbia companies of'
I.: : * l?i.i i... *
II11S rtiglllieui, IICHI lUfl nigut at nit vaiunuu
National Bank, a resolution was passed requesting
the Adjutant General of the State
to order an election for Colonel, Lieutenant
Colonel and Major on the 22ud of February,
1881. It is proposed to have a meeting of
this regiment at Columbia once a year, during
the State Fair.
? In regard to the Spartanburg and Asheville
Railroad, the Carolina Spartan of last
week says : "Already there is talk of a syndicate
to purchase the Spartanburg and Asheville
Road, to be sold here the 1st of April.
It is reported that the Clyde Company, which
purchased the Greenville and Columbia
Road, is looking in this direction. Then
the bondholders, represented by Col. McAden,
of Charlotte, will not stand by and see their
interest sacrificed. There is also a talk of a
syndicate in Spartanburg that will make the
road bring more than a mere song. It is
a very important link, and is bound to become
a part of the great trunk line. The
Cincinnati Southern, or some of the other
Western corporations, should turn their attention
to this road. The forty eight miles,
now in running ordei^is in excellent condition.
A large force is at work now grading
the road beyond Asheville, and the track
will be laid fifteen miles beyond that place
? ' P T TU 1
by tne ist 01 oune. me ruuu is miuci tunstruction
from Wolf Creek, in the direction
of Spartanburg, and the two parties will meet
by the 1st of January. If the purchasers of
the Spartanburg and Asheville road will go
to work at once, the gap betweeu Henderson
and Asheville can be filled up by that
time.
? Rev. Neill E. Pressly, the missionary of
the Associate Reformed Church to Mexico,
unexpectedly arrived at Winnsboro, on Wednesday
of last week. The Winnsboro News
says : "It will be remembered that more than
two years ago Mr. Pressly was happily united
in marriage to Mrs. R. E. Rosborough, a
daughter of Mr. Henry L. Elliott, one of our
most esteemed fellow citizens. A few weeks
afterwards the missionary family, consisting
of Mr. and Mrs. Pressly and Mary and Jenuie
Rosborough, the daughters of Mrs. Pressly,
left for their future home in Mexico. They
went first to the City of Mexico, where' Mr.
Pressly was to prepare himself for his labors
by acquainting himself with the manners, the
customs and the language of the country. After
a year spent in the City of Mexico, he selected
Tampico as his field of labor ; and for
the last year or more he has been devoting
his whole time and energy to the sacred work
in which he was engaged. He has had to endure
many trials and hardships, besi 'es the
great labors that devolved upon him ; but it :
is hoped that much has been done towards i
christianizing and instructing many of the i
benighted inhabitants of the country around i
Tampico. Mrs. Pressly returned home last |
October with the children, and since that time ; J
Mr. Pressly has occupied, by invitation, part 1
of the Consular buildings in Tampico, with (
the American Consul, whose wife also return- s
ed to the States. Mr. Pressly will remain in '
this place until next week, when he will go to j
North Carolina to visit his father and family, j
He will spend at least six weeks_ iu this coun- t
try before returning to Mexico." J
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. J. Smith A Co.?To our Friends.
Kennedy Brothers A Barron?Grand Closing Out. :
Herndoh Brothers?Wagons?Flour?Corn?Cow I
Feed?Meal?Turbine Water Wheel.
G. H. O'Leary?Furniture Store?Wardrobes and j
Sideboards?Sofas and Lounges?Bedsteads, !
Bureaux, Ac.?Window Shades?StovesHarness?Saddles.
The Borders?College Hall?One Night Only.
Withers Ad ickes?Glass.
Latta Brothers?A Fresh Supply of Chow-Chow. '
R. J. Dnnlap?Lost on Sales-Day.
A. WiMiford A Co.?Horses and Mules?Fodder
Wanted.
EFFECTS OF THE WEAT^IEH.
The cold weather of the present winter has j
killed a large number of evergreens and de-'
ciduous bushes in the yards about town.
Greenhouse plants, despite the care that could
be taken of them, have also suffered severely.
SALES-DAY*
On Monday last?sales day for February?
the sheriff sold, by virtue of writs of fieri facias,
the lands belonging to the estate of Win,
C. Black, deceased. Bought by Dr. John
G. Black for $500.
TRIAL JUSTICE APPOINTED.
W. Porter Good, Esq , has been appointed,
by his Excellency the Governor, a Trial Justice
for York township, vice Mr. P. B. Darwin,
who has held that position since 1877,
but on account of ill health declined to qualify
after his re appointment for the present year.
ACCIDENTAL FIRE.
The dwelling house of Pinckney^ole, two
miles east of Gaffney City, was destroyed by
fire on Thursday night last, and with it all
the contents?Mr. Cole and his wife barely
escaping with their lives. The origin of the
fire is supposed to have been from a defect of
the chimney.
COTTON GIN ACCIDENT.
On the 1st instant, Bill Moore, colored,
while working with the cotton gin of Neely,
Ferguson & Campbell, in the vicinity of Clay
Hill, had one arm so badly lacerated that
amputation was necessary. The operation
was performed by Drs. T. W. Campbell and
J. C. Miller.
THE COLUMBIA REGISTER.
We were pleased to receive a call last
Tuesday from Mr. Fred. J. Ludette, traveling
agent for.theColumbia Register. Mr Ludette
is a thorough newspaper man and represents
a paper that is well worthy the liberal patronage
of our people. He will visit Yorkville
again at an early day.
REVENUE RAID.
We learn that on Thursday night last,
revenue officers Scruggs and Davidson, of
Spartanburg, pounced upon a moonshine distillery
in the neighborhood of the old King's
Mountain Iron Works, and destroyed several
stands of beer, cut the still to pieces and
burned the house in which the illicit distilling
was being conducted. No arrests were made?
no persons being found on the premises.
CHURCHES NEXT SUNDAY.
Services will be held in the churches next
Sunday as follows:
Episcopal?Church of the Good Shepherd?
Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. Services in
Yorkville at the usual hours, morning and
afternoon.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. Marion Dargan,
Pastor. Services at Philadelphia church
iu the forenoon ; at Yorkville in the eveuing.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian ?Rev. R.
Lathan, Pastor. The pastor will fill his regular
appointment at Tirzah next Sunday.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor.
Services at the usual hours, morning and
evening.
RECENT DEATHS.
On the 29th ultimo, Mr. David Stephenson
died at the residence of Capt. J. W. Beamguard,
in this comity, in the 85th year of his
age, having been born on Turkey Creek, five
miles below Yorkville, on the 1st of March,
1796. Mr. Stephenson's death was caused by
apoplexy on the second day after his attack.
Dr. John B. Withers died at his residence
in this place at 12 o'clock on Saturday last,
of chronic dysentery, in the 67th year of his
age. Dr. Withers was born in Ebeuezer, in
this county, and was a brother of Mr. I. N.
Withers, of Winnsboro, and the late Judge
T. J. Withers. He moved to Yorkville about
the year 1854, and at one time hud a large
and lucrative practice, which however, he relinquished
of late years. He was a man of
kind disposition, without an enemy, and enjoyed
the esteem of a large circle of frieuds.
COTTON FACTORY NOTES.
Of the progress of the Rock Hill factory,
the Herald of last week says:
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The factory building nas been nnisnea, aim
the machinery is arriving and being placed in
position. A large quantity of shafting and
a number of cards arrived a few days ago,
and will be put in their proper position at
once. The superintendent of the factory is of
the opinion that the mills will be in readiness
to be put in operation by the last of April.
We learn from Mr. John L. Watson, one
of the stockholders, that work on the Fishing
Creek factory, on the site of Williford's mills,
is progressing as well as could be expected in
the present condition of the weather. Workmen
are now engaged laying the stone foundation,
and it is the intention to have the building
completed and the machinery in operation
by next fall.
It is the intention of Mr. J. A. Deal to
build a cotton factory, with a capacity of
3,000 spindles, on the site bought by him at
the recent sale of the King's Mountain Iron
property. He has already had the necessary
surveys made, and is now in New England
making observations for the purpose of perfecting
his plans.
THE BERGERS.
The Berger combination of specialty artists,
will give one of their pleasing entertainments
in the hall of the Female College, this
(Thursday) evening. The fame of this popular
company, now increased to fifteeu members,
is too well known to require any commendation
at our hands. It is the fashion
of the press to lavish idle compliment upon
almost every character of traveling troupes,
no matter how commonplace the order of i
ability or talent composing the same, but we
are justified in saying that the Bergers have i
few equals and no superiors in the South.
They are general favorites wherever they go,
and in this State especially, which they visit
annually. The Nem and Courier of the 1st
instant, speaking of their last entertainment i
in that city, says: (
The entertainment of the Berger Concert '
Company at the Academy of Music last evening,
was thoroughly enjoyed by every one
prtseut. The first piece was a grand orches;ral
overture, which was followed by^i cornet '
solo (the Leviathan Polka,) by Mr. Hoi- I
jrook, a saxophone , solo by Miss Etta Mor- ,
?an, and numerous other instrumental selec- (
:ions, including solos on the zither, by Mr.
Fisher, and on the xylophone by Mr Brand, '
md a charming duet ou the bells by Miss '
Etta Morgan and Mr. Henry G. Berger. The
cornet playing of Mi> Holbrook was especially
line and was warmly applauded. Several
pleasing recitations by Miss Marie
Bowen and a ventriloquiai exhibition by Mr.
Charles W. Brewster, made an agreeable variation
in the programme. Mr. Brewster,
with his family of manikins, kept the audience
in a roar fur over a half hour. He is
certainly the most accomplished ventriloquist
that has visited Charleston in many long
years. The entertainment as a whole Wus
thoroughly refined and pleasing, and the appreciation
and delight of the audience were
showu by repeated applause.
CODE COMMISSIONERS.
A convention of the Supreme and Circuit
Judges of this State, was held in Columbia,
on the 3rd instant, for the purpose, among
Other business, of appointing commissioners
to codify the laws of the State, under the Act
of 21st December, 1880. The following gi utlemen
of the bar were unanimously'appointed
as said commissioners, to wit: Mr. C. H.
Simonton, of Charleston ; Mr. VV. H. Parker,
of Abbeville, and Mr. J. F. Hart, of York
ville. Of these appointments the Charleston
News and Courier speaks in the following
terni9: " ;
The Code Commissioners chosen on Thursday,
will work well together, combining every
quality of experience, industry and knowledge
of the law necessary for a correct and lucid
compilation of the laws of the State. Mr.
Parker was formerly the partner of General
McGowau, and stands high at the Abbeville
bar, as Major Hart does at the York bar.
Colonel Simonton is not only one of the leading
lawyers of the State, but has a rare quickness
and clearness of apprehension which will
he of great value in the orderly arrangement
as well as execution of the important work to
be done.
For the Voikvlllc Enquirer
YORK COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
Yorkville, S. C., Feb. 7,1881.
The meetiug of the Physicians of this town
and county, of whom there were many old as
well as new members, was held this day in
accordance with previous appointment.
The former chairman, Dr. A. I. Barron,
being absent from illness, Dr. C. P. Sandifer
was called to preside over the meeting during
its deliberations, and Dr. Thomas Crawford
was appointed secretary.
The committee appointed at a previous
meeting to prepare and present for adoption
a constitution, by-laws, code of ethics, fee bill, )
Ac., made, through their chairman, Dr. Bratton,
a report of the same, all of which was re
ceived and unanimously adopted.
The meeting was then regularly organized
into a medical Society under the name and
titlo ot'the York County Medical and Surgical
Ascociutiou, with the election of the
following officers : President?Dr. A. I. Barron
; Vice-Presidents?Dr.C. P. Sandifer and
E)r. A. P. Campbeil; Recording and Corresponding
Secretary?Dr. Thomas Crawford ;
Treasurer and Librarian?Dr. G. W. Campbell.
On motion, the following members were
appointed delegates to represent this Association
in the State Medical Association, to be
held at Newberry in April next: Dr. J. R.
Bratton, alternate?Dr. R. Darwiu ; Thomas
Crawford, alternate?Dr. Fewell; Dr.
J. P. Hambright, alternate?Dr. G. VV.
Campbell.
It was further ordered that these proceedings,
and especially the two following by-laws,
be published in the papers of the couuty, for
the information, use and benefit of the public.
The meeting was then adjourned by the
chairman until the next quarterly meeting in
May next. THOMAS CRAWFORD,
Secretary.
BY-LA W8.
That whilst we highly appreciate our profession
and bold its motives and objects high above mere
mercenary gain or reward, still we know and feel
the practical utility and value of our services to
our community, and, therefore, ask no more protection
and security for such services than that
so freely meted out to the merchants and tradesmen
of our community. Ami with the view to
obtain such protection and security', we will not
hereafter visit nor presi ribe for any irresponsible
persdW, hireling, iaboi 9r or employee, without
payment in advance, or by order from employer,
or by lien on crop or stock to secure the payment
of same, reserving to ourselves the right and
privilege to discriminate fully in favor of those
persons who acted with and aided us in our earnest,
honest endeavors to advance and develop
the best interests of the whole country.
That we will report to each other in our respective
fields of practice and to this Association,
the names of all persons who, though fully able,
refuse or fall to pay at the expiration of the year
for services rendered, and that we will neither
visitor prescribe for such persons rv their families
until they have paid or made satisfactory arrangements
for settlement of all claims due their former
physician.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The V. S. Marshalshlp.
Since the rejection by the Senate of
R. M. Wallace as U. S. Marshal for South
Carolina, a number of candidates have come
to the front. E. W. M. Mackey informs a
reporter of the Charleston New "that the
candidate for the office who appears to have
the strongest probability of appointment, is
Sam'l. R. Adams, of Kershaw county* He is
being supported by Chief Justice Waite,
Senators Hampton and Butler and other
high influences, and, above all other considertioDS,
he is an Ohio man. He is bitterly opposed
to the leading Republicans here on
the ground that he is not a Republican. Adams,
who has for ten years past been engaged
in the saw-mill business near Camden,
claims that he has always voted the National
Republican ticket and the State Democratic
ticket.
The candidate who is most strongly favored
by the South Carolina Stalwarts, Mackey
says, is T. B. Johnston, of Sumter. His appointment
has been recommended by the
Republican State committee, aud is backed
up by the leading Republicans of the State.
Johnston has been a member of the Legislature
from Sumter and headed the Republican
ticket for Presidential electors at the late
election. He is a farmer and said to possess
considerable property.
Wm. Wilson, of Beaufort, is also a candidate.
He has been sheriff of Beaufort county
forrfour terms, And is also said to be a man of
means. He is a pronounced Republican and
has some supporters among the Republicans
of the State.
Absalom Bly the, of Greenville, is a candidate
also. He is a lawyer, and was the Republican
candidate for Congress from the Fourth
Congressional District. He will receive, it
is said, the support of the Republicans of the
upper portion of the State.
Last, but not least, Titn Hurley is a candidate.
It is not known very definitely who
his supporters are, or whether he has much
strength. He i? in the lace, however, and is
knowu to be a worker.
The rejection of Marshal Wallace meets
with the hearty approval of the South Carolina
Stalwarts, iu consequence, as they claim,
of his absolute failure to discharge his duty
on the day of the last general election,
rhe State Penitentiar,*.
The Directors of the Penitentiary held
\ meeting iu Columbia last week. A full
Examination was mnde into the working of
the institution, its expenditures and financial
management, and the Register is informed
that the Board expect to make the institution ?
self-sustaining. The Register furnishes the
following summary of the proceedings:
Messrs. Cahill and Wise made a proposition