Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-08-16
the fruit.growers Of this eection. He gave
the following statistical information on this


the fruit.growers Of this section. He gave
the following statistical information on this
subject: 1
-! The last three years have certainly been
-disoouraging to fruit growers, more especially
to strangers who are in our midst, and those
unacouainted with the History Of the fruit
crops of our State Many have threatened to
cut down their orchards, and many who had
none, would not plant will give q few
facts for the encouragement of that class
in regard to the failures and crops during the
last sixty years, as hauded down to me by my
father, Who is now ~ years old, and'has made
fruit close study from childhood up. AS
said before, we have just passed through three
blank years for fruit. Now let us 60 back to
the wears 1890, and 2l, and We find the
same thing; three years and no frnit-just
such years as we have just passed through;
the four years previous to that time, there
were fruit years; from 1922 to 1874, one
year il four was failure IN fruit; : then in
1849, heavy frost April Is, killing the fruit
and ell tender vegetation; 1850 was good
fruit year; 1851 none then come Eve years
in succession of good crops, 1852 to 1866 in
elusive; 1857, fruit killed; 1858, good crop;
1859, about balf peach crop on hills, none in
the valleys, fair apple crop; go, good crops;
81, half crop; '62, '63. good crops; "a, fruit
all killed except apple; &c., '66, '67 and '6S,
fair crops; '69, partially killed; 10. fine
crops; II, half crop; ~, good crops; s73.
late frost, April 26, killed tender vegetation,
but what was very remarkable, left half
fruit crop; IA, rs and '76, almost ehtire
failure, repetition of 81 years ago. 1877
shows for itself. So we find in the last 60
years, nine years of failure in all fruit Eley-
en- years peaches were killed, leaving q fair
crop of apples and forty good fruit years, and
if the future is to be judged by the past, then
we need not expect failure more than one
year at time and then only one year in four,
for the next 81 years. aio1. st''3#
Romantic Sequel to q Crime. ~
At the Spring term, 1857, Of the Su.
perior Court of Guilford county, NJ: c., Jas.
r. s. Chipman, young man, scarcely ltwer-
ty.one years ofage, of fine education, and the
prided son of wealthy and highly respectable
parents, was convicted of the murder Of Martha
Pinnix, girl who was employed in the capaci-
ty of house-keeper in the Chipman family.
1t was in the month of November, 1866, when
one day the girl made pretext for visiting q
neighbor's house, and not returning il, due
time, search was instituted, and her dead body
was found lying in field about mile from
the residence of Mr.. Chapman, her brains
having been blown out by heavy discharge
of shot from a shot gun. Circumstances
pointed to young Chapman as the perpetrator
of the deed. The murdered girl was eneeinte,
and he was suspected as the author Of her
misfortune. The suspicion led to various
other circumstances, all Of which, linked to.
gether, formed complete chain of circum.
stantial evidence sufficient to warrant hiscou-
viction of the crime charged against him.
He was sentenced to be hanged, and only a
few nights before the day fixed for the execu-
ton he broke jail and made good his escape.
Now comes the sequel of the story, as related
by the Raleigh Observer: =,
In 1863, man by the name of Paris Stew
art, from the same county, was conscripted in
the army of the Confederate States. He re-
ported for duty at Greensboro and was as
signed by the enrolling officer at that place to
the command of guard of twelve men sta
toned at Deep river bridge, near jamestown,
on the North Carolina Railroad. On his re-
turn from Greensboro to his home in compa-
ny with his brother, on the day of his enlist
ment, he made the following startling dis.
closure; said he: II have now entered the
army, aud IL, a short tims wiiff be dead.
There is secret I wish to communicate to
you. l am the murderer Of Martha Pinnix.
was betrothed to her. and knowing the mar
riage would be an unhappy one, l killed her,
and by a strangely fortuitous circumstance,
the crime was fixed upon Rom. Chapman.
When am dead you tell Chipman's sister,
for whom have special regard, that it was
me, and not her brother, who murdered Mar
tina Pinnix."
The next day after this conversation Stew
art took command of the guard at the bridge.
That night, an half hour before the passage
of the cars over the bridge. he approached
the guard on the bridge, told them to 60 to
their quarters-that he would watch till
morning. He took his seat on the bridge and
permitted the train to run over him-a plain
case of suicide, and so reported at the time.
Yesterday, the sister of Mr.. Chipman, who
resides in Texas, visited the Governor, and
exhibited the affidavit of Stewards brother
and each of the guard on duty at the bridge
at the time of Stewards death in corrobora-
ton of the above facts. She also had petit
ton signed by the most influential men Of
Guilford county praying the pardon of Chip
man. The Governor did not hesitate, but is-
sued the pardon at once. Chipman is now in
California, but as soon as he is notified of his
pardon, will return to bis old home.
TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS.
The scenery presented by the mountain
range forming Blue Ridge, Z grsnd and mag