Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-02-19
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer
LETTER FROM BLACKS STATION.

LEI hVm DLhCh' Oh "A i AVNs
Blacks STATION, S. C. February 1.-THE
business of our little town is as usual at this
season. The farmers are supplying them
selves with the necessary means for raising
another crop.
Cotton sold here yesterday for 123 cents.
Corn readily brings 80 cents, cash. The de-
mand is steadily increasing, and but little on
the market.
Thomas Arthur, of Creenville, who is con.
nected with real estate agency in Raleigh,
N. c., has been here Tor several days pros.
pecting the minerals of this section. Mr..
Arthur discovered, within a few hundred
feet of the depot, the very finest quality of
kaolin. He has obtained lease from R. A.
Blanton, owner of the lor on which the clay
was discovered, and intends to 60 to work
soon to mining and shipping the article for
commerce. That discovered here is uncluous
and exceedingly white and is capable Of be-
ing wrought into the finest quality of ware.
Mr.. Arthur also examined the plumbago
deposits in this section, and pronounces the
supply as almost inexhaustible, and the quail
ty good. 1t has been used by the citizens
here for lubricating purposes for years, and
wagoners living at a distance, when passing by
the deposits, secure supply for greasing
their wagon axles. These black lead depos-
its will, in time, be the source of considerable
revenue to this country.
The lime Of thissection is not manufactured,
remaining in immeasurable quantities unde-
veloped. The Airline Railroad is laid on
the lime depression, for distance of 20 miles,
from Kings Mountain to Gafney City, and
it could be placed direct from the quarry on
cars along the track of the road, in some in
stances, 50 plentifully does it abound near the
track. The points in this county where lime
has been manufactured, are at Whisonants,
Etters', Deals Green's and Hardin's. The
lime owned by G. NJ. Green, Esq, near here,
has been worked extensively, and is the very
BEST A tram way laid down from this quar-.
ry to the railroad, with perpetual kiln,
would be the means of delivering 100 barrels
per day of lime at low rate.
The citizens Of this section propose to call q
meeting at an early day for the purpose of
giving to COL J. P. Carson, engineer Of the
Broad river survey, such information asked
for by him as to the resources of the different
counties lying along the river. An effort will
be made to show up York county, as to what
are her natural resources, which are various,
and to the necessity of opening the river for
the navigation Of small steamers.
The medical attendant of Archibald War
rem, of N. c., who was stabbed by his son, a
few weeks ago, of which I made mention at
the time, reports the wounded man to be In a
critical condition.
On Sunday, Cyrus Means and Jim Stewart,
both colored, and who came here from Col
umba, got into difficulty near the church
where the colored people worship, and Stew
art struck Means on the head with club,
when the latter turned on the former with q
knife, cutting off a part of his right ear and
making severe cash across his face. Stew
art then ran away, and has eluded arrest.
The wife of George Montgomery, colored,
who started from her house last Saturday to
church at Whitaker's Station, was found ly-
ing beside the road, helpless. Lee Hardin,
also colored, who discovered her, procured as.
sistance, and she was taken to her house,
where she soon expired. About a year ago
Mr.. John Isler dropped dead near the spot
where this woman was found
Coke Duncan, of this section, was married,
last Thursday, to Miss Eugene Wright, Of
Spartauburg county. ECO.
EXODUS MEETING IN TExAs.-A conven-
ton of colored men, called to meet in Dallas,
Texas, last, Monday to dicuss the exodus
movement, organize a colored colony in
northwestern Texas and deliberate upon
other subjects, duly assembled, seven counties
being represented. At the night session
series of resolutions were adopted endorsing
emigration from States east of the Mississippi
River, denying the necessity of emigration