Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-12-03

M. Mackey, 1888; Third Districts. l.
Hoge, 1858; Fourth District-A. S. Wal
lace, 1897 Fifth District-Robert Smalls
1921.
- The medical commission appointed to ex
anime into the mental condition of Edward
F. Stokes, who has been confined in the Green
Vile Jail for some time for contempt of court
have reported that Stokes is crazy upon two
subjects-religion and politics. Judge Cooke
has not yet determined what he is going tc
do about it.
- The following are the railroads now con
trolled by the Southern Railway Security
Company, aggregatng 731 miles: Charlotte
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, 1875 miles
Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road, 1873 miles; Cheraw and Darlington
Railroad, 40 miles Northeastern Railroad
1O2 miles Wilmington and Weldon Rail
road, 181 miles Richmond and Petersburg
Railroad, 25 miles.
Judge Mackey has enjoined the collec
ton of the half mill tax in Fairfield county
levied for the support Of the widows and or
phans of persons slain because of their polltl
cal opinions. Judge Mackey declared the
act Of March 13, 1872, which imposed the
tax, constitutional ; but granted the injunc
ion on the ground that there is not now, and
there never was, any object of the tax in Fair
field, the only person slain by the ku.klux IN
that county being woman, and she left nc
widow or orphan.
At the recent meeting of the stockholders
of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road, held in Columbia, a proposition was
submitted from the South Carolina Railroad
to lease the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad for term of years. A committee
was appointed to consider the proposal, and
to report the best terms they could make. II
is understood that the Southern stockholders
of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road are favorably disposed to the lease. The
opposition to it comes from the Southern Sc
curity Company, who own large proportion
of the stock.
In regard to the judgeship made vacant
by the death of Judge Graham, the Colum
bia correspondent of the News and Courier
says: "The contest for the judgeship of the
second circuit has not yet broken out into ar
active canvass, although the several can
didates are freely named. j. P. Reed, o.
Anderson, is candidate The name of Col
R. S. Duryea and of the Hon. Henry Buist
of Charleston, have also been mentioned
Whippcr is candidate, and so is Judge
Cooke. 1t is said that Cookies plan is tc
elect himself judge Of the first circuit, and
then elect Mr.. Reed judge of the eighth cir
cult, and to do this Judge Cooke expects tc
receive the support of the Conservative mem
bers from the eighth circuit
The Grand Division of the Sons Of Tenn
perance met in Columbia last week. The fol-
lowing officers were duly elected for the ensu
ing year and installed by Most Worthy Pa
triarch F. NJ. Bradley, Of the National Di
vision of North America, assisted by Most
Worthy Associate Edward Carswell, as grand
conductor. w. Z. Leitner, of Wateree, No
s, Grand Worthy Patriarch; L. r. Marshall
ofNewberry, No. 3, Grand Worthy Associate
Oliver Hewett, of Hope, No. 2, Grand Scribe
John H. Hardin, of Fidelity, No. 4, Grand
Treasurer A. B. Towers, of Anderson, No
l, Grand Chaplain; w. B. Whaley, of At
lantic, No. SO, Grand Conductor; John w
Zimmerman, of Batesburg No. At, Grand
Sentinel