Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-04-26
of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CureTrp A nril 23 1877,


At the annual meeting of the Building and
Loan Association of Chester, last week, the
following persons were reelected officers for
another year: w. S. Gregg, President; G..
S. Wilson, Vice President; W. T. y. Cousar,
w. H. Hardin, G. S. Brce, D. B. Rothrock,
John Stringfellow, G.. j. Patterson, Geo. A.
Albright and Allen Leard, Directors; j. L..
Harris was reelected Secretary and Treasu'
rer, and w. A. Sanders, Attorney. The As
sociation is in fourshing condition. The
stock is at premium of about So per share.
Three or four years will yet be required for
the Association to wind up its affairs.
A meeting of the Chester Rifle Club was
held at their armory on last Tuesday. The
object was the reelection of officers. c. S..
Brice, Esq, was reelected Captain. S. r.
Hamilton, Esq, did not wish to fill again the
position of First Lieutenant, and Mr.. j. K.
Marshall was elected in his stead. Mr.. John
McFadden was elected Second Lieutenant,
and Mr.. Miles H. Hunter, Third Lieutenant.
There will probably be no change in the
non-commissioned officers The Rifle Club
will become part Of the State militia, and
its officers will obtain their commissions from
Governor Hampton.
On the lst Monday in May, the Sheriff will
sell the large brick building on Main street,
belonging to Samuel McAliley, Esq. 1t will
be sold to satisfy judgment obtained at the
suit of Mr.. L. B. Jeter against Mr.. McAliley.
1t is valuable property-worth, probably,
$4,000, though in these hard times it may
not bring half of this amount. This will be
a favorable opportunity to those desiring to
invest their money in desirable property in
Chester. An investment of this kind will,
undoubtedly, be attended with profitable
result, for when better days come, property
will certainly enhance in value in our town.
The following persons have been appointed
School Trustees by School Commissioner
LLOYD: For Chester-John L. Yongue, S. B.
Latham and Jno Nicholson for Lewisville-
O. Barber, Us. brennan and W. H. Grain ;
for andsford-Thomas Howe, Thos. Peden
and Essex Mcmillan; for Hazlewood-S.
Banks Thompson, Samuel McDill and James
McDill; for Baton Rouge-John Wesley
Wilkes, H. C. Brawley and T. T. Castles
for Rossville-D. r. Stevenson, j. R. Culp
and G. H. Ragsdale; for Blackstocks-John
Chapman, John Ross and Andrew Darrough ;
for Halsellville-Levi Wise, John Simpson
and James Mcclure. Trustees will appoint
teachers for their respective townships. Pub
lie schools will soon be re0pened in Chester
county.
During the past winter an act was passed
by the North Carolina Legislature, furnish
ing convict labor for the Chester and Lenoir
Railroad. A stockade is now in process of
construction, between Dallas and Lincolnton,
for the use and confinement of the convicts.
Twenty-Five of these characters will arrive
this week, and be put to work, grading the
road between these two points. They will
soon be joined by fifty more, when the work
will progress rapidly. The probabilities are,
that the grading will be completed between
Dallas and Lincolnton by the last of June.
A considerable amount of grading has been
completed between Linconton and Lenoir.
What remains to be done, it is supposed, will
be finished by the convicts during the latter
portion of the year.
Pres. Carter, colored, who was arrested re-
Gently at Lincolnton, in the possession of
Gen. w. A. Walkers horse, was brought here
on Saturday. His statement in regard to the
matter was to the effect that there was an as
socation, the object Of which was the steal
ing of horses The notorious John Lilley,
who is in the vicinity Of Asheville, and whose
part it was to receive tie stolen horses, is at
the head of the Infamous arrangement. Car
ter's confession implicated Carter Ross, COL
ored, in the stealing of Gen. Walkers horse.
He was arrested on Saturday and placed in
Jail.
Rev. DR.. Plumer preached yesterday at
the Presbyterian Church. Rev. R. W. San
ders was elected, yesterday, by the members of
his con gregation, a delegate to the Southern
Baptist Convention that meets in New Or
leans on the 10th of May.
D. I. Walker, the colored Senator from
this county, was arrested this morning at the
depot, while waiting to take the train for Co.
lumbia. He is charged with issuing fraud
ulent school certificate while School Commits
soner. He is now in Jail, and will be tried
this week. Instead Of participating in the
proceedings of the Senate, he may close his
public career in place not quite so agreea-
Bile. QU1.
CHESTER, April "a, 1877.