Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-07-22
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


The County Democratic Convention o
Newberry met last week and ratified the pri
mary system.
DIR. T. B. Bates, of Union county, hal
been badly poisoned by wearing colored stock
ings.
- The judicial convention for the seventh
circuit, at Spartanburg, on Wednesday o
last week, nominated Major D. R Duncan o
Spartanburg, for Solicitor Of that circuit.
- Sumter county has been visited witt
abundant rains and the farmers report th'
cotton prospects as very. Aattering. though
early planted corn in some sections is cut OF
good deal.
Gilbert King colored, who killed another
negro named A. Dent, in Augusta last Feb
ruary, was arrested in Greenville last Satur
day night, and has been delivered to tht
Georgia authorities for imprisonment anc
trial.
- The annual meeting of the stakeholder
of the Cheraw and Chester Railroad will bt
held in Lancaster on Tuesday, August 3rd
The Rock Hill Herald advocates the re elec
ton of Mr. w.. H. Hardin Of Chester a:
President, in preference to Mr.. 4. M. Miller
of Charlotte, who aspires to the position.
The Columbia Register of Friday says
The State Democratic Executive COMMITTEES
met yesterday at II A. M, pursuant to ad
iournment. A full and harmonious inter
change of views was had and arrangements
made for the conduct of the campaign. Ths
outlook is promising for a complete Demo
cratic victory this Fall.
-Clisby and Glover, who were arrested
after the death of DR.. Wallace E. Bland
have complied with the requirements o.
Judge Hudson and are on bail. St. Julian
Bland, implicated in the same affray which
led to the shooting of 4or. Bland, has beer
arrested on two warrants each one for assault
and battery with intent to KILL and entered
into recognizance before trial justice.
A dispatch from Spartanburg to the
Greenville Daily Nsws says that on Thurs
day last, in the neighborhood of Broad River
in Spartanburg county, James Bell, Barton
Coins, Bedney Rook and James Moss were
arrested by squad of Revenue officers fol-
illicit distilling md retailing liquor without
license. Moss showed fight, and presented
gun at one of the officers, and was preven.ed
from shooting by one of the officers knocking
the weapon from his hand.
- Isaac Boston, colored, in resisting arrest
in Newberry county, Thursday. was shot and
instantly killed by Policeman Franklin Of
that town. He was charged with grand lar,
ceny and house-breaking and resisted arrest,
firing at Policeman Franklin when he at
tempted to arrest him, fortunately missing
him. The verdict of the coroner's jury, COM
posed of six white and six colored men, ex.
onerated Franklin, saying that he fired in
selfdefence and in the discharge of his duty.
Judge Hudson has ordered all proceed
ings touching compliance by the purchasers
of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad
stayed for twenty days. Accordingly, the
first installment of the bid was not paid last
Thursday. The purchasers claim that no
bona fds bid exceeding s2,393, 600 was made,
and that, after their names had been entered
as the purchasers and $4,000 paid to the
Master the Master had no authority to annul
the purchase and reopen the bidding. They
have filed petition asking that the sale be
confirmed at the amount above named.
The Rock Hill cotton factory will soon
be in operation. The contractor for building
it commenced last week to lay the brick, and
with large force of workmen he will have
it ready for the machinery by the 1st of
November, the time the spindles and other
machinery are to be delivered. The factory
will start with 1920 spindles, Gone half,) and
as soon as the remainder are made they will
be put in. The size of the building will be
24S feet long by 70 wide, two stories. The
number of spindles when complete will be
6,24O. The factory will be run by $50.
horse power steam engine
In the Court of General Sessions at Col
umbia, Judge Hudson presiding, on Monday
morning last, his Honor filed his decision in
a number of poll-tax cases, dismissing the
appeals and deciding that the poll.tax is con-
stitutional. The Solicitor then gave out the
bill of indictment in the case of the State
against Alexander Laughlin, charging him
with embezzement of bills of the Bank of
the State, upon which the grand jury, having
retired short time returned true bill.
Counsel for I.aughlin gave notice of motion
to take the case to another county, pending
argument of which Court adjourned until
Tuesday morning.
Some time last week Mr. John w. Pee
ples' store-house at Lawtonville, in Hampton
county, was broken into, robbed and then set
on fire. The storehouse with its contents
was entirely consumed A few days ago Mr..
Peoples obtained a clue to the perpetrators of
the crime, and worked it up so successfully
that nine of the party have been arrested and
committed to Jail at Hampton c. H. Two of
the party confessed the crime and will proba-
bly be used as States witnesses. All are ne
groes. 1t seems that they are part of an or
ganized gang, whose purpose is to rob, and
then destroy all traces of their crime by ap-
plying the torch.
The Rock Hill Herald of Thursday says ::
Mr.. William White, agent in behalf of the
State, paid off the Catawba Indians last Fri
day. The amount appropriated by the Leg
isature for this purpose for the year was $780,
MIR. White paid out s4O0 last Friday, and