Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-08-06
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Every township in Fairfield county ha:
an organized tax union.
DR.. j. P. Latimer, County Treasurer Of
Greenvlle, is being strongly pushed for Con
gress from the Fourth District by his friends
- Union, Due West, Branchville and Ma
rion have been made money order offices this
year.
WIN. M. Lawton & Sons, of Charleston
have been adjudged bankrupts on creditors
petition.
- 1t is estimated that there are $4,000 mem.
bers of the Baptist Church in this State
There are 543 Baptist churches and 329 min
listers.
- The Governor has appointed Samuel A
Harris as Jury Commissioner for Union
county. The Times characterizes the appoin'
tee as a notorious negro rowdy.
- For several days, recently, the inmates Of
the poor house in Laurens county were with
out food and actually in a starving condition
The county commissioners are ignorant ne
groes.
1t is rumored in Columbia that the Gov
ernor intends to have two separate elections
that for county officers on the 10th Of Octo'
ber, and that for State officers at the regular
time.
- The cotton caterpillar has made its ap'
pearance in force in Orangeburg county, as
we'll as on the coast. The unfavorable wealth.
er and the lateness Of the crop make planters
apprehensive that the worm will do serious
harm.
- The Winnsboro Ne,rs says Moses has re.
moved the managers of election for Fairfield
New ones have not yet been appointed Mo-
ses is evidently ON the reform path. As a
step towards retrenchment, the notice of re.
moval was aoritten on a postal card. Who
says Moses won't be better boy next time
- In the town of Greenville, the population
has increased at least 1000 since the compile.
ton of the Airline Railroad. In the same
place the assessment Of city property for the
year 1873 was 81, ,236,66S, and for the year
1874 it was sl,962,66S, showing an increase
of s125,S60 in one year.
Congressman Cain, in answer to bench
warrant issued at the recent term of the Char
lesion Criminal Court, the grand jury of
which presented him for an alleged libel on
Solicitor G. w. Buttz, has entered into bonds
in the sum of $4,000 with the Clerk of the
Court for his appearance for trial.
The Republican says that on the 23rd
ultimo, at Greenville, Tilman r. Gaines was
brought before trial justice to account for
money received to forward immigrants in
March last. Gaines was bound over to the
higher courts in bond of five hundred dol.
lars.
- The boiler of Mr.. L. T. Sharp's saw mill
located nine miles from Columbia, near the
Charlotte Railroad, exploded on Friday last
completely destroying the mill and seriously in
juring Messrs. L. T. Sharp, j. Martin, j. Kill
liam and H. Goins-the latter thought to be
dangerously.
- The Charleston Neus and Courier says
"Governor Moses has pardoned or reprieved
no less than twenty-one murderers twenty,
five persons convicted of manslaughter 60
scot free; twenty-four persons found guilty Of
the terrible crime of house burning escape
punishment one hundred and ten thieves
big and little, are turned loose to prey upon
the community We say nothing of the color
of the culprits, though probably four-fifths Of
them are blacks nor do we care to inquire
who recommended their pardon. The broad
fact stands out that Gov. Moses, in nineteen
months, has pardoned four hundred and
twenty.one criminals, including, we believe
every county official who has been found
guilty of malfeasance in Office"