Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-09-16
Correspondence Of the YOrkville Enquirer
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, September 13, Il


CHESTER, September 13, 1875.
The September term of the Court of Gen.
eral Sessions and Common Pleas for this
county will begin its sitting next Monday.
The petit juries were drawn a few days ago,
and will be composed of an equal number of
white and colored members A number of
criminal cases of Importance will come up for
trial during the term. Among those are the
cases of Dublin Walker, the colored Senator
from this county, charged with the issuing Of
fraudulent school certificate; of Isaac Cas-
ties, colored, charged with intimidation at
the late election for sheriff; of Chas. West,
colored, charged with illegal voting at the
same election, and of Samuel Anderson, col.
ored, charged with committing rape Walker
will be represented by Gen. W. A. Walker, of
this place, and ex.Congressman Elliott, of
Columbia; West, by ex-Congressman Elliott,
and S. j. Couch, Esq, of this place, and Cas-
ties, think. by the same attorneys. The vii
lain, Anderson, will probably have the assis'
tance of some lawyer, though the assistance,
from the plainness and aggravated nature Of
the case, can do no good. The affidavit Of the
uncle of the child who was so foully wronged,
will be sufficient to convict the defendant
though the legal attainments of an O'Conor
or Evarts we're exerted in his behalf. The
villain deserves to dangle mid heaven and
earth yet imprisonment for life is the extreme
punishment of the crime chargeable in his
case. Of course, the Judge will give him the
limit of the law.
The number of bales of cotton shipped
from this place from September 1, 1874, to
September /, 1875, reached the neighborhood
of $4,000. This is not so great as the ship
ment from September l, 1870, to September l,
1871, when about 10000 bales were shipped.
The difference is due not only to the larger
cotton crop of that year, but to the fact that
considerable amount of cotton was sold
last year at Blackstocks, which formerly was
brought to this market. In passing, | might
state that Blackstocks, with its reliable and
enterprising merchants, promises to become
place of considerable note. The number of
cotton bales shipped yearly from Chester
before the war was in the neighborhood of
$4,000. Col. j. S. Wilson, one of our promi.
nent cotton buyers, thinks the amount of cot.
ton grown in the county exceeds that before
the war, though large amount finds it's way
to other markets-Blackstocks, Rock Hill
and Black Station on the Airline Railroad.
He is of the opinion-and he bases his opin-
ion on the reports of farmers-that the pres
ent cotton crop of the county will reach about
the same number of bales as that of last year.
The meeting at Landsford, to devise ways
and means to stop the illicit traffic in cotton
at night, met according to appointment. Rev.
A. B. Brown was chosen Chairman, and Mr..
w. H. Edwards, Secretary of the meeting.
A committee of five was appointed, which,
after due delberation, reported in relation to
the subject under consideration. The pream-
Bile and resolutions that were submitted to and
adopted by the meeting, were of sharp and
vigorous nature, and provided for the taking
of measures that will be very apt to result in
the accomplishment of the desired end.
Among the resolutions was one providing for
the appointment ofa committee of twenty cit.
izens whose duty will be to demonstrate with
all persons in the neighborhood who traffic
in farm produce after night, and, if possible,
obtain pledge from them that they will,
in the future, abstain from the carrying on
of this traffic. Another resolution was, any
merchant or dealer of Landsford township,
who refuses to give the pledge, will be regard
ed as doing dishonest business, and will be
"entitled to full share of attention" This
is very significant declaration, and means
this and nothing more that the good people
of Landsford are determined upon stopping
the nefarious business of cotton stealing and
cotton selling at night This they will do and
should do by mild measures if possible, and
others not so mild, if necessity demands So
midnight dealers in stolen cotton would make
al exhibition of wisdom in desisting from
their iniqutous practice before some dire pun
ishment overtakes them. Another resolution
was, that all merchants and traders of Lands
ford township, who deal in farm produce, be
requested to keep book, which shall contain
the amount of farm produce they have bought
or procured also, the names Of the persons
selling or bartering the same. There was
considerable colored element in the meeting,
which opposed the adoption of the resolutions,
which, however, were passed by majority
vote. Offense was taken at the absence of
representation of the colored element upon
the committee appointed to see the merchants
, and state to them the views and wishes of the
meeting; but as there were no colored mer-
chants or traders in the township, it was