Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-31
The Mnrkrille Gnqnirer,
YORKVTLLE. S, c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, OCT. 81, 1878.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAkOLlNA NENS.
The Radicals of Orangeburg County have
nominated full ticket
Col. Leonidas w. Spratt, native o.
York county, but whose home is now in Flor
ida, is sojourning temporarily in Aiken.
The agent of DR.. Carver, the champion
rifle shot of the world, is negotiating for al
exhibition place at the Fair Grounds, in Co
lumbia, during Fair week.
Maj j. w. Tench, who was nominated in
Union county, as an independent candidate
for the Senate, has declined to allow bis name
to be used.
The Eighteenth Infantry, United States
Army, which was stationed in this State fol-
several years, has been ordered to the West
for operations against the Indians.
The Abbeville Rifles have passed resolu
tions to challenge all companies, north of Go,
lumbia, to competitive drill to take place al
the State fair.
ID. P. Humphrey, colored, one of the Raj
ical nominees for the legislature in Darling
ton, has deserted that party and joined the
Democrats.
- The Radicals have nominated E. W. M
Mackey as a candidate for Congress from
the Second District M. P. O'Conner Esq
is the Democratic nominee.
A gentlemen in Kershaw county, has in
his orchard, apple trees that have flowers
for the third crop, the second crop having
already ripened and been gathered. They
are of the early red June kind-three crops
in one season.
At the democratic gathering in Spartan
burg last week, the notorious w. Magill
Fleming renounced Radicalism and donned a
red shirt. He made speech in which he
urged the unanimous support Of the Demo
cratic ticket.
Peter Humphrey, Radical white nominee
for the Legislature, and VIM. Lockhart, white
nominee for county commissioner, in Oar
lingtou county, we're serenaded at Timmons'
Vile, on Tuesday, with tin pans, COW bells and
skedunks. Lockhart stabbed two of the sere.
naders, but only slightly.
1t is said that the winter schedule of pas
senger trains on the through lines, which goes
into euecr on the 1Utn or november, 10 TO De
very fast There will be, for instance, only
three stops between Charlotte and Columbia
on the night trains, to.wit: At Rock Hill,
Chester and Winnsboro.
Three of the former confederates of Red
mond, the famous moonshiner, made propo.
siton TO the United States officials, that for
the sum of 81, 500 they would undertake to
capture and deliver Redmond up to the law.
The proposition was communicated to the au'
thorities in Washington, and the Attorney
General has decided that there is no fund
which could be made legally available for
such purpose.
1t would be well enough for the farmers
to remember that the lien law expires by lin.
tation on January l, 1879. 1t is not likely
that the law will be reenacted, and our far.
mers should set about preparing for the change
by putting in heavy crops of wheat and oats.
- The Union Bank, of Columbia, was re.
organized last week, with the following gen.
tlemen as officers: Col. w. G. Swafield,
President Directors, w. B. Stanley, S. L.
Leaphart, John S. Wiley, W. K. Bachman,
w. G. McGregor, and B. I. Boone.
A Washington dispatch of the 26th says
propositions having been made by parties
in South Carolina charged with violation OF
laws in regard to the exercise of the elective
franchise, the following has been sent by At.
torney. General Devins to the United States
attorney at Charleston 4 want no traffic.
ing or guarantees, but a judicial investigation
of an outrage alleged to have been committed
upon unoffending people in the exercise of their
rights as citizens of the United States The
propositions alluded are supposed to be those
made by Coghlan, in Court, and rejected by
the Democrats, the particulars Of which we
published last week.
Attorney General Youmans was in Wash
ington last week. A special dispatch from
that city says: "The trial of the imprisoned
United States revenue officers in South Caro-.
lima (the Ladd murderers) was the subject Of
a discussion between Attorney.General De-
wins and Mr.. Youmans. The latter said
that he would probably argue the case on be,
half of South Carolina. Gen. Devins said
that he would be very glad to have the case
argued fully, and to defend the position ia.
ken by the Federal Government in relation
to these officers. 1t is probable that Circuit
Judge Bond will preside at the trial, and not
District Judge Bryan"
Last week, Hon. James B. Campbell, who
at the late session of the legislature was one of
the Senators from Charleston county, announc.
ed himself as an independent candidate for re.
election. Since the announcement was made,
the Radicals have taken him up and nomi-
mated him on their ticket. Mr.. Campbell is
q democrat, one of the oldest lawyers in
Charleston, has frequently been a member Of
the legislature, is selfwilled, Indifferent to
the clamor of those who disapprove Of bis
course, and will, in all probability, run the
race through. The ticket nominated for the
legislature by the Charleston Radicals is
composed of twelve negroes and six white
democrats.
On Thursday and Friday, District Attor.
ney Nortbrop, with United States Commission
er P. Wiggin and two constables, arrested the
following citizens of Williamsburg county
G. P. Nelson, T. NJ Gilland, j. S. Hayward,
J. G. Smith, R. D. Norton, Henry Davis,
G. J. Graham, w. D. Fitch, Hugh Cooper,
DR.. S. D. M. Byrd, John Frierson, DR.. j. s.