Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-09-20
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Several bales of new cotton were sold in
Monroe last week at 104 for best grades.
Snake stories continue in order. The
Charlotte Observer says that Mr.. Tom Wilson
recently slew twenty-six copperheads in one
old log, at place on the Statesville road,
three miles from Charlotte.
- The first bale of new cotton received in
the Charlotte market, was sent on Tuesday of
last week by William Stringfellow, of Ches.
ter county, S. G. 1t weighed 440 pounds,
classed as middling, and brought lot cents.
The reported shooting of young Worth
in Asheboro, Randolph county, few days
ago, turns out to be utterly untrue. The re-
port originated with an impecunious but in
genious negro tramp, who resorted to that
dodge for the purpose of procuring assistance.
-Messrs. C. j. Lineberger & Son, of Cas-
ton county, have begun the erection of anoth-
er cotton factory on the river, mile or two
below where the one now operated by them
stands. The foundation has been laid, and it
is of the most substantial character. The
building is to be of brick and quite large.
The machinery will be of the very best quail
ity with all the modern improvements.
Elder Enoch Crutch6eld, of Randolph
county, says, in letter to the Biblical Re-
corder, that he has been married four times,
and has had twenty children-ten sons and
ten daughters He has been travelling, preach
ing and exhorting, Sd years. He has outlived
nearly all who started in life with him; and
although he has raised large family, he has
never bought gallon of ardent spirits for
himself or family, nor pound of tobacco,
snuff or cigars never chased fox, nor killed
anything with gun or pistol Except two
dogs;) never caught fish with a pin or
hook; or bird with trap or net; and
never attended dance or reveling party.
The Lincoln Progress says the convicts at
work on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,
during their leisure hours, enjoy themselves
by preaching, holding mock courts, &c. One
of their number claims to be preacher, and
edifes his compatriots by occasional efforts in
sxpounding the gospel. Their courts are
regularly organized, having judge, solicitor
and lawyers When one of their number is
found guilty of an oAense, he is tied down and
subjected to severe castigation. Not long
since their solicitor was tried, found guilty of
theft and punished accordingly. The pen
chant for stealing rations from each other
caused them to mutually agree to improvise a
court and abide its decisions.
The recent pardoning of Chipman, an es.
capped murderer, by Governor Vance, is still
the cause of much excitement in that section
where the crime was perpetrated: The Green's
boro New State says: "The friends Of
the murdered girl are taking steps to have
the pardon revoked, if such thing can be
done. The recall of pardon can never be
made after it reaches the person pardoned,
and is accepted by him or her. This shows
that delivery and acceptance are two essential
elements in grant Of pardon. A pardon is
void if granted on forged papers or on false
representations. The pardon of Chapman
was granted principally upon the affidavit of
Stewart, who swore that his brother, now dead,
had, during his life, confessed to him that he,