Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-18

Prof Blb.'sov writes to Columbia that he
has found on a plantation, situate within four
or FIVE miles of Augusta, Ga, rich bed Of
true marketable coal, ten feet in thickness, al
so silver, copper and lead.
- Information has been received at Union
G. H., that the notorious Bob Sartor, for
whom there was bench warrant issued at
the March term of the court for that county,
for numbering his wife, has been captured and
is in Jail at Charlotte, N. G.
- The Inteligencer says that, recently, John
Baskins, colored, on plantation in Ander-
son county, picked .3O2 pounds Of cotton in
one day. In addition to picking the cotton,
he walked three-quarters of mile for his
dinner.
In Darlington county, on Sunday Of last
week, sixty-eight persons were baptized at
New Hopewell Baptist Church, colored. The
baptism consumed one hour and three quar-
tiers, and was witnessed by about one thous,
and persons, white and colored.
A number of negroes residing in the vi.
cinity of Cheraw, recently held meeting and
adopted resolutions binding themselves, their
wives and children not to pick cotton for less
than fifty cents per hundred pounds, under
penalty of whipping; a member of the or
ganization to apply the lash.
"A farmer in Abbeville county, who q
few years ago had place valued at eighteen
hundred dollars, we'll stocked and in good
state of cultivation, has had all his possess
ion, personally and realty, absorbed by liens,
and is this year paying six to eight bales
of cotton rent for the same, the titles having
entirely gone out of his hands.
The committee appointed at a public
meeting held in Chester last August, to con.
fer with Governor Simpson in regard to his
appointments to the Offices of treasurer and
county auditor for Chester county, had an
audience with the Governor a short time ago
He extended to the committee kind recep'
tion and informed them that the appointments
of auditor and treasurer of the county could
not be Withdrawn.
- The following resolution, adopted by the
State Board of School Examiners, recently
in session at Columbia, was accidentally
omitted in the published report Of the pro-
ceedings "Resolusd, That any County Board
of Examiners may, in its discretion, recog
nize certificates of qualification granted in
other counties as evidence Of qualification te
teach in the public schools, without subject
ing the holders of said certificates to another
examination"
- The grand jury of Fairfield county. in it
report to the Circuit Court, now in session, has
this to say about the present system Of trial
by jury: "We honestly believe that new
law in reference to the trial by jury is now
needed. Under the present system one villain
upon jury is equal to eleven honest men
and may in all cases, even Of the most fragrant
nature, defeat the ends of justice and run the
county to endless expense by making mis-
trials from term to term. If sixteen jurors
were drawn, with twelve to agree, the diff
Guilty might be remedied and without some
change we fear that trial by jury, as at pres
ent practiced, although the boasted bulwark
of civilization, will be brought into ridicule.' y
The Lancaster Review gives the following
account of the killing Of DR.. j. j. Horton,
by James Bennett, in that county, on Mon
day of last week: "James Bennett, it seems,
was tenant of DR.. Horton, and in the di'
vision of the fodder dispute arose as to the
delivery of the fodder, whether at the house
of DIR. H. or in the field. Bennet refused to
deliver the fodder at the house. This oc'
Cured few days before the killing. On
Monday morning DR.. Horton sent his wagon
to the field for the fodder, where he and Ben
net met, an alteration there took place, and
after some words had passed, DIR. Horton
struck 3ennet two or more blows when Ben
net fred two pistol shots, the ball of the first
entering the upper part of the thigh and cut
ting the femoral artery of DR.. Horton and
killing him in few seconds. Mr.. Bennet is
now in Jail to await his trial. Both parties
were highly respected in their neighborhood,
and both men of family. The parties were
both sober men, and, unlike most homicides,
liquor had nothing to do with it."