Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-06-06
Correspondence of the YOrkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

CHESTER, June 3, 1878.
A sulphur we'll has recently been discover
ed in our town. 1t is located on Mr.. Blakes
place, not great distance from the depot.
The we'll is daily visited by number of per.
sons, who pronounce the water undoubtedly
sulphur. One of these visitors is go pleased
with the water that he regards it in every
way equal to the water from the sui phur
Springs in Virginia. His delight reaches to
the extent of his deciding to remain at home
this summer instead of going away, as he had
intended. He is not in favor of paying for
the enjoyment of sulphur water elsewhere,
when he can enjoy the same pleasure at home
without cost. A year or 80 ago informed
the readers of the ENQUIRER of the discov.
cry of sulphur we'll on Mr.. John Withers'
place, which is in an opposite direction, on
the western side of town. The vein, supply
ing the sulphur water, is supposed to be the
same in both cases. 1t does not require the
aid of prophets eye to see the bright fu
ture in store for Chester when her sul phur
wells shall become known to the outside
world She will then become famous as
summer resort. Some smart, shrewd Yankee
will buy the Blake we'll, and grounds, erect
a hotel, and make money in abundance: This
money, or portion of it, at least, will be
distributed around, thus bene6ting all of our
citizens.
At late meeting of the Rich Hill Demo
cratic Club, Messrs. John Knox, j. G. Back
strom, T. H. Moffett, j. M. Mcdaniel, W. A.
brennan, D. B. Cloud, and j. c. Crockett,
we're elected delegates to the County Conven-
ton.
The Backstocks Democratic Club elected
Messrs. R. T. Mockbee, w. o. McKeown, j.
E. Craig, M. D. G.. Colvin, w. D. Simpson,
G. P. Shurley, E. M. Shannon and DR.. w.
]. Cornwel delegates to the County Conven'
ton. Messrs w. D. Simpson, j. E. Craig,
R. T. Mockbee, John Ross and W. S. Nc.
Keown were elected the Executive Commit.
tee of the Club.
Treasurer Mills recently found among the
papers of the treasury office very significant
letter from H. N. Noah, at one time the pri-
vate secretary of Ex-Governor Moses, to ex'
Comfy Treasurer B. G. Yocom. The COM
munication begins Dear Ben" and proceeds
with informing the ex-Treasurer of scheme
for making money by substituting Conted-
crate States notes for bills of the Bank of
the State, which were paid into the offices of
clerks of courts and probate judges, by exec
utors, administrators and guardians, during
the war; The necessary legislation providing
for the redemption of the Bank of the State
bills was enacted, and, of course, the next
thing was for the corrupt officials, their aid
ers and abettors, to get these bills into their
possession and make general divide An
obstacle of some kind must have prevented
the carrying out of this scheme, as the pub
lie was never informed Of any losses sustain.
ed by the State in this way. Yet the exist
ence of the letter, duly signed, is undoubted
evidence of desire and purpose to plunder
the State.
The following are the names Of the petit
Jurors recently drawn to serve at the ap'
preaching term of the Court of General Ses'
sons and Common Pleas for Chester county
to begin it's sessions on the 3rd Monday of this
month w. B. Robertson, James Black, I.
T. Castles R. NJ. Nunnery, T. G. Hafner, JEFF
Caldwell, Uriah Jordan, A. M. Hardin, Jno.
Archer, H. S. Hardin, A. E. Carroll, Will
| liam Smith, j. G.. Flenniken, R. M. Blanks,
Henry Langley, j. T. Marion, S. H. McDan'
iel, Samuel Hemphill, J. S. Hall, R. Brandt,
J. B. Stirling, Henry Sanders, w. D. Fudge,
William Rainey, J. w. Knox, j. H. Craw-
ford, NJ. D. Colvin, Ben. Castles, j. W. Rev
els, Caleb Beam. B. M. Spratt, M. j. John
son, S. B. Hardin, w. S. Hall, j. G. McFad-
den and j. w. Aiken.
Chester keeps pace with the progress of the
times. Mr.. G. H. Brennecke made and ar
ranged telephone on Friday, stretching the
line from the second floor of the Chester Ho-
tel to the second floor of the building of |.
L. Clubhouse & Co., on the opposite side of
the street. 1t worked very successfully. Be.
fore the novelty had worn off, considerable
quantity of sound was transmitted from one
point to the other.
The Chester Democratic Club met on Sat
urday afternoon for the purpose of eectng
delegates to the County Convention that as
sembles at this place to-day. The President,
j. J. Hemphill, Esq, having stated the OBJ
iect of the meeting, an interesting discussion
arose as to the number of delegates Chester
was entitled to in the Convention. There
we're those who contended that the basis of
representation should be upon the number of
Democratic voters of the town, while others
argued with equal warmth that it should be
upon the number of enrolled members of the
Club According to the latter basis of rep
reseutation Chester was entitled to only seven
delegates, while upon the former she was en-
titled to sixteen delegates Messrs. Giles J:
Patterson, Z. T. Atkinson, j. j. Mcclure and
Others advocated representation of the entire
Democratic vote of the town. Messrs. W. A.
Sanders, H. NJ Ross, T. S. Mills and others.
advocated representation of only the enrolled
members of the Club. The sense of the
meeting was arrived at by vote upon res
olution introduced by T. c. Castor, ESQ.,