Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-04-17
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The steamship Champion left Charleston on
Saturday last for New York, with 80, ,574 quarts
of strawberries and 5S7 crates of green peas.
On Saturday last, John w. Stultz, tobac-
conist from Henry county, Virginia, was killed
by his negro driver, near Newberry G. H. We
have no particulars as to the causes which led
to the commission of the deed. The negro
has been arrested and lodged in jail at New
berry.
After the State Board of Education had
selected a series of school books for use In the
free schools of this State, the publishers OF
these books proposed to exchange their publ
cations for school books of other publishers at
a small difference in price. Under this ar
rangement, large number-about 5000 vol
umes-have been sent to Mr.. Bryan in Column
bia, all of which were burned last week to get
them out of use.
Lieut.. J. r. Boyles, formerly member OF
Co. C, 18th Regiment, S. c. ", has issued
call, inviting the survivors of the Twelfth
Regiment, to meet at Wimnsboro on the 26th
instant, at II O'Clock, for the purpose of form
ing a Survivors, Association similar to other
The Regiment was composed of three compa-
nies from York two from Lancaster; two
from Fairfield; two from Pckens, and one
from Richland.
The Columbia Register mentions that one
or two fragments of bone have been removed
from Senator Hampton's wound during the
past week. AS was hopefully anticipated by
his physicians, nature is now performing the
work of ejecting that portion which has proved
a source of irritation for SO many weeks, and
it is only necessary now to aid her efforts to
the slight extent of removing the fragments
us they are presented. A second amputatlon
will not be required, as has been SO widely
and enormously rumored, and the Senator's
recovery may now be speedily looked for.
THE Abbevlle Medium says that in imita-
ton of the dueling custom in the great Ger
man universities, two OF the Due West col
legians had a muscular bout recently, or, i'll
other words, a regular fist fight. The duel
took place in an field near town and was con-
Quoted OH scientific principles. According to
the written rules, no blows were to be struck
below the waist; and by mutual consent neith-
er of the principals gave the other black eye
or a bloody nose. "a woman was at the bot
tom of it, and after the young men had sat-
isfied their honor, the red flag was taken down,
the principals shook hands and peace reigned
once more in Warsaw.
The third annual session of the Grand
Lodge of knights of Honor for the State OF
South Carolina, was held at Newberry, OH Tues
day and Wednesday of last week. The follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year
L. w. Perrin, Abbeville, Grand Dictator; w.
L. DePass, Camden, Grand Vice-Dictator; Z.
A. C. Waller, Grand Assistant Dictator; }. Z.
Iiden, Greenville, Grand Chaplain; G. W.
Holland, Newberry, Grand Reporter; j. G.
Robertson, Abbeville, Grand Treasurer l.. L..
Izlar, Blackville, Grand Guide 81. &. Cunning
ham, Anderson, Grand Guardian j. E. Wan-
namaker, Orangeburg, Grand Sentinel; M. A.
Carlisle, Newberry, w. r. Jones Yorkville,
George Howe, Columbia, Grand Trustees L.
w. Perrin, Abbeville, Representative to the
Supreme Lodge, with J. c. IIiden, Greenville,
as alternate; DR.. George Howe, Columbia, K.
O. Sans, Spartanburg, j. l.. Moses, Charles
ton, Committee Oh Finance; w. A. Clark, Co.
lumbia, Y. S. Norman, Newberry, DR.. j. 5.
IIoughson. Sumter, Committee on Laws. Sum-
ter was designated as the place of meeting OF
tbp next session of the Grand Lodge.