Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-11-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Legislature will assemble in Colum'
bia on Tuesday next.
"A company of northern gentlemen are in
Spartanburg prospecting for shoe factory
- Mr.. Martin McLaurens, of Union county,
is the father of twenty-eght children, all
boys.
- The streets of Union have been provided
with lamps, which are lighted every evening,
about dark, and are kept burning all night.
- The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road, will be held in Columbia tomorrow, the
10Th instant.
Governor Chamberlain has issued a pro-
clamation setting apart Thursday, 10Th in
slant, as day of thanksgiving and prayer,
and recommending its observance by the citi,
zens of the State.
The board Of county commissioners OF
Abbeville, have decided to grant no license for
the sale of spirituous liquors outside of incor'
porated towns and villages throughout that
county.
- The town council of Winnsboro' has re-
Gently paid Mr.. Caldwell, eleven hundred
dollars for damages sustained to his person by
reason of falling into cistern on one of the
streets of that town.
- The regular annual meeting of the State
Tax Union will, under the call of the Presi'
dent, be held in Columbia, on Tuesday, No
vember %. The State Tax Union is compos
ed of three delegates, from each county union
- The annual meeting of the South Carroll
ma Conference, NJ E. Church South, will be-
gin in Orangeburg, on Wednesday, 18th Of
December. Bishop Keener, Of New Orleans
will preside over the conference, and more
than two hundred delegates are expected to
be present.
A meeting of citizens was held in Winns
boro last week to protest against the extortion
practiced by the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad against the interest of
Wnnsboro, Chester, Rock Hill and all ship
ping points on said road A committee, con-
sisting of Messrs. H. L. Elliott, D. R. Flenni'
ken and P. Bacot was appointed, who were
charged with the duty Of ascertaining wheth'
er or not the rail road company had transcen.
ded its charter by charging the sum of 1925
per bale on cotton to Columbia-a distance Of
thirty-fve miles; and $3.50 per bale to Char
lotte-a distance of seventy-fve miles The
committee will report at future meeting.
The Fair of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society in Columbia, closed on
Thursday last. The Register says: "The er'
hibition in the various departments was fully
up to that of previous years, while in the
eyes of many it excelled that of former occa'
sions. The agricultural machinery and i'm
plements on exhibition are of the best kind
being serviceable and of the latest patents
The quantity of farm and plantation pro-
ducts is large, and embraces every variety
including those of the vegetable garden
Stock of all kinds is well displayed. The
stalls for the show of horses, mules and cattle
are all occupied, and the pens for sheep
goats, hogs and pigs are nearly all filled
Turkeys, fowls and the like are bountiful. In
the main building is splendid array of ma
chinery, tools and mechanical inventions, be-
side display of hardware, wood ware, leath'
er manufactures, &c. In the ladies' depart
ment, there is a bountiful and magnificent
display of feminine handiwork, in the needle
line and culinary art, painting, wax work,
&c. There is handsome display of carpet
ings, shoes, jewelry, &c. In short, every de-
partment is fully represented by exhibitors,
and as far as a display is concerned, the fair
is success" But while this was the case
the absence Of visitors was very marked. But
few strange faces were seen on the grounds
during the exhibition, and in this particular
the fair was failure.