Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-08-20
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLlNA NEWS.
Sixteen convicts from Charleston were re-
ceived at the penitentiary last week.
Judge +. H. Cooke, in a speech at Cam
den, said that c.. D. Melton was his choice for
Governor.
The Pickens Sentinel places the name of
General j. B. Kershaw at the head Of its COL
umns for Governor.
- The Carolina Neau Era is the only Re-
publican Moses paper in the State. 1t is also
in favor of Judge Hoge for Congress-
- The colored preachers Of Abbeville get
up love-feasts to which they charge five cents
admission.
A petition, signed by nearly one hundred
and fifty ladies, has been submitted to Judge
Cooke urging the pardon of Ed. F. Stokes.
"A hog carried off child from near Black
stock last week, but the little one was recov-
cred without being injured.
- The following is the refrain of popular
song in Charleston: "Beefsteak when I'm
hungry, whisky when I'm dry, greenbacks
when I'm hard-up, and Heaven when I die" !"
w. II. Denton, convicted Of the murder
of j. H. Albriton, in Horny county, in May
last, was sentenced by Judge Townsend to be
hung on the 9th of October.
-Attorney-General Melton was in Wash.
ingtou last week. His health has been great
ly benefited by his stay at the springs in Vir-
ginia.
- One hundred and seventy-eight negroes
met at Diamond Hill Township, Abbeville
county, on the 1st instant, and levied tax of
one and a half mills on real estate for school
purposes.
THE county auditor of Oraugeburg has
recommended to the board of equalization the
appointment of two taxpayers in each town.
ship to confer with said board at their annual
meeting.
- The Union-H Herald says: ut is all mis-
take to think that Governor Scott will not be
put in nomination by his friends He will
probably come in on the home stretch, and
attempt to run in between the best pair"
On Wednesday a water spout formed
over the pond above the Langley Mills, which
caused the water in the pond to fall two
inches. A gale of wind on Thursday morning
struck the pond and dashed the water COM
pletely over the dam.
- The fair of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society and the Joint Stock AS
sociation is to be held in Columbia, commen-
cling Tuesday, November 10th, and continue
until Friday the 18th. The premium list is
lengthy and attractive to exhibitors.
A Radical meeting was held at Colum-
bia, on Saturday of last week, at which Con-
gresham Rainey spoke. He said that the
nation was evidently drifting towards quail
flied suffrage, because of the responsibility
of the colored people for the present condition
ofthings.
- Two colored men had difficulty in
Charleston, on the 8th, when one of them
beat with and broke an umbrella over the
other-Julius German by name. German
commenced drinking and died in convulsions
two DAYS afterwards, and now the question is
whether the umbrella or the whisky did the
lob. Howard was arrested.
A writer in the NeVs and Courier makes
the following point "Just in proportion as
Grant stock falls below par with the South
Carolina Radicals, should honest men invest
in it. When thieves turn against man the
virtuous may safely support him. Therefore,
let South Carolina, if Grant will remove the
filthy burden crushing the honest people of
South Carolina to the earth, support Grant,
third term and all
w. j. Oxner a young man OF twenty-five
years, and resident of Winnsboro, commit
ted suicide in Charleston on Monday morning
last by swallowing laudanum. 1t seems that
he was desirous of paying his addresses
to young lady of that city, and his attach
ment not being reciprocatcd by her, mainly
on account of his Incorporate habits, he was
driven by his passion to end his existence as
above stated.
- The gin-house and fixtures of MIR. W. w.
Rogers, of Indiantown, was totally destroyed
by fire on Tuesday morning last. The house
was struck by lightning, from which it caught,
aud had nearly burnt down before the fire
was discovered Loss $500; no insurance.
The store and entire stock of goods belonging
to Mr.. james Harper was also destroyed by
fire on the night of the same day: cause of
the fire accidental. Loss $4,000; no insu-