Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-02
Correspondence Of the YOrkviIle Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHETER, July 81, 1877

Considerable interest was manifested here
last week in the great railroad strikes that
were then prevailing in the North and West
No apprehensions were felt, however, of any
trouble of this kind in the South. There il
not that unison and concert Of action among
the laboring element in this section of the
country necessary towards bringing about
general strike. Judge Mackey recently show
ed me letter received by him from Mr.. H
G. Howard, of Michigan, whose father was
ut one time a member Of the United States
Senate, and author Of the fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution. This gentleman
though Republican, entertaips kindly feel
ings towards the South, and places no conf
dence, as hesays, in the numberiess falsehoodt
circulated at the North in regard to our peo
pie. He gives in his letter gloomy account
of the condition of the laboring classes 1.-THE
North, and predicts, as the result of it, riots
and bloodshed. He attributes this condition
in great measure to the financial policy of
the government in contracting the currency
In showing the intense opposition to this pol
icy, he refers to an anti-resumption clab in
Detroit that numbered fifteen hundred mem
bers after an organization Of but few days.
A reference was held on Wednesday, be-
fore United States Commissioner Hagood, in
the case of Harvey Terry against the stock.
holders of the old Bank of Chester. Several
persons, upon being summoned, gave testimo-
ny in the case. The testimony, however, was
not as full and satisfactory as the plaintiff
would have desired. Witnesses are not apt
to be communicative when the information
conveyed is calculated to result in their own
injury. The plaintiff endeavored to obtain q
knowledge of the Whereabouts Of the books OF
the old Bank, but was unsuccessful. Ex.ofh.
cials of this departed institution, who were
piled with questions upon this point, were in
blissful ignorance as to the present abiding
place of the books. The sympsthies Of our
people are with the stockholders, who, they
believe, have suffered sufficiently from the
results of the late disastrous war, without
being compelled to give the little they saved
from the wreck, TO one 80 entirely undeserving
as MI. Harvey Terry. They believe the
profit made by him upon the bills in the deo'
laration, by the bank, of dividend of SO per
cent, ought to satisfy him. Consequently, he
obtains little satisfaction, and less comfort
here, when be favors US with his visits, which
he does periodically. He talks very conf
IDENTIFY Of gaining bis case. One Of the best
lawyers in the State, he says, has told him
that it will be decided in his favor 1t is his
intention to carry the case to the Supreme
Court of the United States, if necessary: -:
Our municipal authorities destroyed, on
Wednesday evening, about $50 OF fractional
currency notes, issued, for the most part, BY
the town during the Melton administration.
This makes in the neighborhood of $1,000
that have been consigned to the fiames, by
the order of the present town council. NO
more Chester notes are being issued, and at
the present rate of destruction they will soon
pass. out of existence. .'''.,r"@Ili;i '"..
On Thursday case was tried before Trial
Justice Mcdonald, in which DR.. Mofat Wy.
lie and colored woman, who claimed one OF
the Doctors COWS, were the parties: Though
assisted by the legal services of I. G. CASTOR,
ESQ.,, she was unsuccessful in making out ia
good claim to the COW, and the Justice de-
cided accordingly. ...4 =! IA, r., aizIn"
, The hot, dry weather of last week, had the
blessed effect of removing the, elongated ex:
preston of countenance from the faces OF the
farmers, which had begun to settle upon them
in consequence of the late superabundance OF
rain. According to their own opinion (and
they generally look at the agricultural pros
pect through very blue spectaclesl corn crops
are not destroyed, and cotton is not hurt 90
bad after ALL. II no unforeseen calamity be.
falls, our county will be blessed with "a good
Weld of both corn and cotton, 1t is true
that some corn on the lowlands has been
washed away, but the amount is smaM in
with what is still standing and
and full Of promise. guam - ,yuA
A special meeting of the Directors of the
Chester Building and Loan Association was
held on Friday morning. Some money was
loaned at 1926, which was not so high as