Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-04-15
heavy storm which reached nearly every

a heavy storm which reached nearly every
part of the county.
On Sunday afternoon a rain and hail storm
visited the Savannah side of Abbeville county,
and ragged with great fury for two or three
hours. The track of the storm was about
three miles wide and extended distance of
more than ten miles.
Bsrnwell county was also visited with a
storm which was quite destructive to trees
and fencing near Williston.
In Kershaw there was rain and hail on
Sunday and Monday. The hail storm of
northern and eastern portion of the county,
though no damage Of serious consequence is
noted.
Snow is reported on Thursday at Society
Hill, in Darlington county, and at Cheraw.
The Pistol In Edgefeld.
- On Monday last, during the voting at
the municipal election at Edge6eld C. H., a
difficulty at the polls resulted in the shooting
through the bowels of DR.. W. E. Bland. A.
A. Clisby was also shot through the bowels,
and A. Glover was shot through the thigh in
two places. The cause of the riot was that
there were two factions in the town, and the
party headed by Clisby coalesced with the ne
groes, and put two negroes on their ticket.
Clisby's party wanted the whisky license re.
duced. The Straightout Democrats opposed
Clisby and nominated straightout ticket,
and were determined that the negroes should
vote without being influenced A general
row at the polls was the result. dispatch
to the Nsws and Courier, dated II o'clock
Monday night, says:
The affair grew out of an election dispute
between Dr. Wallace Bland and \. A. Clisby.
Bland struck Clisby, when DR.. Hill attempt
ed to part them. Pistols were drawn. and
Clisby shot Bland through the bowels, inAict.
ing probably mortal wound. Glover. the
father in.law Of Clisby, drew his pistol aud
St. Julien Bland shot at him several times,
hitting him twice in the thigh and once in the
shoulder His wounds are not serious. St.
Julien Bland then shot Clisby through the
bowels aud struck him on the head with a
pistol, fracturing his skull. The affray was
then stopped by outsiders. At the latest &C,
counts, 9 P. NJ, Bland was in precarious
condition, Clisby resting easily and Glover
doing we'll.
The Greenville Railroad Case.
- The argument before Judge Kershaw
in Columbia, upon the motion of Attorney.
General Youmans to increase the minimum
price-one million of dollars-6xed by Judge
Mackey in November last for the sale of the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad, was closed
on Saturday last. The Attorney-General
sought to increase the minimum bid to $2,'
100000, that being claimed as the amount
for which the State is liable as endorser OF
the bonds of the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Company. The Judge refused to
grant the motion. The Columbia Yeoman
says:
"The Judge assigned as his reasons for re-
fusing the motion, that at the time of the
making of the order by Judge Mackey, FIX
ing the minimum price to be paid for the pur.
chase of said road, (Which order was made in
November last there was some doubt as to
the liability of the State upon lie guarantee
of the bonds Of the said company. It was
then supposed that the liability of the State
might be as much as $4,000,O00. Its liabili.
ty has been found since to be less, and the
court was unwilling to disturb the order here:
tofore made unless circumstances which were
not at that time known to the Court, or which
may have transpired in the interim, showing
that the court was not in possession of all the
information which could possibly have been
obtained at the time of signing the order by
Judge Mackey.
1T appears that at the time of the signing
of the order by Judge Mackey, the liability
of the State on its guaranteed bonds was
supposed to be far in excess Of what it &C
tually was and that the State had failed to
show any circumstances which would justify
the court in interfering with the said order
His Honor further decided that, as the State
was party litigant to these proceedings, she
was not entitled to more privileges than an
ordinary litigant
"At the same time he upheld the doctrine
of the power of the court of equity to prevent
unlawful and fraudulent combinations Of par.
ties, plaintiffs or defendants, to chill the bids,
or in any other manner to suppress or inter:
fere with fair competition at any judicial
sale