Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-11-06
YORKVIiLE, s. G..
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 6, 1879.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Yeoman is informed that real estate
in Columbia, during the past six months, has
appreciated in value about 20 per cent.
1t is rumored in Columbia that the noto-
rious Corbin has recently sent two emissaries
to that city for the purpose of stirring up the
Radicals to action.
- The famous bark Azor, which belongs to
the Liberian Emigrant Association, by an
agreement between the creditors, will be sold
at auction, in Charleston, on Saturday next
= 1t is rumored that Edward McCrady, Of
Charleston B. H. Henderson, of Aiken; and
Samuel Dibble, of Orangeburg, are all can
didates for Attorney. General.
At Jonesville, Union county, on the 25th
ultimo, Thos. Mize shot and instantly killed
John Lipsy.. The difficulty arose about fifty
cents worth of coffee.
The people of Lancaster G. H., are now
enjoying the luxury of daily mail. 1t is
carried over the Cheraw and Chester Rail.
road. ..
Mr. Joseph Wylie, of Chester, one Of the
most prominent and progressive merchants
in the State, has offered handsome gold
prize to the best scholar in the senior class Of
Erskine College.
The publication of the Greenville Daily
Neus has been discontinued, and the presses,
types, etc., are advertised to be sold at auc'
ton, under foreclosure of mortgage, on the
10th of November, instant.
The Edge6eld Advertiser gives the ex'
penses of the last term of court there as fol
lows: Pay of the grand jury, $57.7O; of the
petit jury, $3.50; of constables, s9S; of wit
nesses, S4s3; total s1,61S.S0.
The Democratic Convention of Kershaw
county have instructed their representatives
in the Legislature to use their endeavors tc
have the office of County Auditor and the
Board of Equalization abolished, as being
useless and expensive.
- The opinion of the United States En-
gineers, who have been engaged in examin
ing the Catawba, Wateree and Santee rivers
with the view of determining upon the prac
ticablity of opening them to steam naviga
ton, state that the Santee and Wateree cal
easily be made navigable to Lady Love
Shoals, six miles above Camden, but beyonc
that point the expense would probably b.
too great to make the improvement profitable
The State Superintendent of Education
has been recently informed by DR.. Sears, gen
eral agent of the Peabody fund, that the trus
tees, at their late meeting, resolved to devote
nearly all of the income of the fund to the
education of teachers and to withdraw aic
from the schools. As many schools in thi'
State are now seeking aid from the Peabody
fund, it would be we'll for those jgcharge O.
such schools to understand at once that little
or no assistance can be derived from this
The trial of VIM. Rose and George W
Daniels, Columbia policemen, charged with
the murder of John E. English, in that city
on the 22nd of June last, was called in the
Sessions Court of Richland-Judge Mackey
presiding-on Monday morning last Rose
was first put upon his trial. After some diff
fculty jury was obtained, and on Monday
night, in the midst of the testimony, W. E
Orchard, one of the jurors, dropped from his
chair in fit, and Judge Mackey was COMPEL
ed to adjourn Court in consequence. This
mishap of the juror may have decided effect
as to the final result; though in any event, il
is thought the case will occupy several days
- The Charlotte Observer learns that about
! o'clock last Sunday afternoon, directly
after the mail train on the Airline Railroad
coming north, had passed Ga6ney City, frt
was discovered in the cotton on the platform
adjoining the depot Of this there were
about 700 bales, only 120 Of which were
saved. The losers and the amount Of loss ir
each case are reported as follows: Gate:
Bros, of Charlotte, 179 bales; j. A. Carroll
17S; w. j. Duncan, 40; S. S. Ross, 1928; j
j. Brown, 1S; Nathan Lipscomb, %; A. N
Wood, 26, and several smaller lots of II
bales and under. All the owners, as above
with the exception of Oates Bros, are citi
zens of Gaffney's, and on some of them tht
loss falls very heavily. There was no in
surance on any of the cotton except the It's
bales of Oates Bros and the 1928 bales O.
S. S. Ross, and none of the other owners
held railroad receipts. The theory is tha
the fire was communicated to the cotton by
the locomotive of the train which passed Gaff
peys's lust before the cotton was discovered
to be on fire.