Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-12-17
SOIITH CAROLINA NEWS,

The grading of the Spartanburg and
Ashevile Railroad is being rapidly progressed
with.
- The annual meeting of South Carolina
Conference commenced at Greenville on Mon
day last
The Union- Herald says that since the in
auguration of Governor Chamberlain, S144,-
900 of the old bonds have been exchanged for
the new consolidated bonds.
About the last official act Of Gov. Moses
was to revoke the the appointment of Judge
T. w. Glover, as county treasurer of Orange
burg.
Many South Carolinians will learn, with
regret, that Mr.. John G. LeConte, son of the
celebrated professor, died in San Francisco,
recently, aged twenty.four years.
"A drunken darkey, named Joe Chapman,
set fire to the straw in the room of the Winns-
boro Jail, in which he was confined, and caused
an alarm of fire to be raised. He was serious
ly burned; but there was no material damage
to the building.
1t appears from the annual report of the
treasurer of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au-
gusta Railroad, that the condition of the road
is not so prosperous as formerly. The re-
ceipts for the financial year just past are S1O,-
900 less than those of the preceding year.
The Winnsboro Ne,us very sensibly says {:
eff Gov. Chamberlain will have the force to
put in practice the line of policy he has
marked out, he can accomplish results that
will serve to increase and perpetuate the en-
comiums he has already received. If the
legislature thwart him in his purposes, the re-
sponsibility will rest upon them, and not upon
him."
The board of physicians who examined
the condition of f. F. Stokes, who has 80 long
been in jail in Greenvile for alleged contempt
of court reported that there are no grounds
for believing him to be of unsound mind. He
was taken into court again on Monday, and
invited, once more, to comply with the order
of the court. AS usual he made no answer
whatever, and was remanded to Jail.
At public meeting held in Edge6eld
last week, induced by the large number of
gin-houses and outbuildings being destroyed
by fires in the county, the following resolution
was adopted: "Resolued, That from and after
to-day all parties, white or black, who may be
caught in the act of firing any house in this
county be dealt with in accordance with the
precedents of lynch law, which is part OF the
unwritten law of America"
Judge B. F. Dunkin, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court under the old regime, died in
Charleston on the 9th instant, aged 81 years.
In 1887 he was made Chancellor, position
which he held until he was chosen Associate
Justice of the Court of Appeals Upon the
death of Chief Justice John Bolton O'Neale,
Judge Dunkin was elected as his successor,
and remained at the head of the Judiciary of
South Carolina, till the changed order of
things known as Reconstruction.
AT the recent annual meeting of the
Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons in
Charleston, the following persons were elected
officers for the present year: James A. Hoyt,
Anderson, NJ. w. G. NJ; Wilmot G. DeSaus'
sure, Charleston, R. W. D. G. NJ; B. W.
Ball, Laurcns, r. E. S. G. w.; Augustine I.
Smythe, Charleston, r. f. J. G. w.; John
II. Honour, Charleston, II. E. G. Treasurer ;
Charles Inglesby, Charleston, r. e. G. Secre-
tary; Rev. w. S. Bowman, Charleston, K.
Rev. G.. c.; Zimmerman Davis, Charleston,