Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-12-16
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


- The Northern bound freight train on the
C. c. & A. R. R. was thrown from the track
near Winnsboro' on Saturday morning last,
and eight cars and an engine ditched bottom
upward. The accident is ascribed to bro
ken rail.
- The graduates of the South Carolina Mil.
itary Academy met in Charleston on Thurs
day. A report was submitted, showing that
vigorous steps had been taken to obtain
the restoration to the State of the citadel
building. A committee was appointed to me-
morialize the Legislature for an approPrl.
alton to reopen the academy.
- The Anderson Iutelhgencer says that the
illicit traffickers in whisky in some sections Of
that county are known as Might Shots. from
the fact that they inform their friends of their
coming by firing gun. They are said to have
regular places at which they stop for night
or two and supply their customers. When
they get ready to move to another point
which is always done at night, they fire gun.
This report is heard by friend mile or two
away, who repeats the signal. This is an
swered in turn by others. and by this means
their friends and customers for miles along
their route are advertised of their coming.
The general appropriation bill, which was
submitted in the House last Thursday, makes
an aggregate appropriation Of s659,655:54
as against s762. .S44 last year, being gain OF
s1O31SS.66. 1t makes the following aPproprl
ations: For salaries of executive and judicial
officers and clerks and contingent expenses of
the executive and judicial departments, SILL
S42lS; support of health department, s6,-
900; support of tax department. $4,000;
South Carolina University, S2,l00; penal
and charitable institutions, sll5, '6S.16; Ca
tawba Indians, $500; civil cor .ngent fund,
81 500; interest on public debt, s39S,35O.
"A Washington dispatch Of the 9th says
it is understood that the information received
from Supervisor Butterfeld, of Vermont,
now engaged in verifying the census returns
in South Carolina, shows that the census ta-
ken last June and recanvassed in September
was correct. While Mr.. Butter6eld is not
supposed to know what the returns were last
,June-and he was directed to act independent
ly of all knowledge Of the reported results
the officials here have received enough to
authorize the statement that the census, a.
taken under the supervisors last June in
South Carolina, was carefully and honestly
done.
That portion of the property belonging
to the Kings Mountain Iron Company, lying
in Union, was svld by the Clerk ofthat coun-
ty on last sales day, as follows: Tract No. l,
25S acres-bought by E. j. Macomson for
$4,000: No. 2, 81 acres-bought by Creigh.
ton Patterson for $3.50; No. 8, 80 acres
bought by William Jefferies for s2O5; No.
5, 81 acres-bought by j. l.. McKeown for
$780, No. +, 81 acres-bought by j. l.. Nc
Keown for S345; No. 7, 73 res-bought by
J.. L. McKeown for 1926; No 8, 141 acres
bought by w. G. McKeown for $500; No. 8,
lOl4 acres bought by w. w., Gaffney for
for SAP.
On the second day of the annual meeting
of the State Grange in Charleston, on Wed
nesday of last week, the secretary submitted
his report showing An active membership in
this State of 5000, an increase of 1000 over
last year. Columbia was chosen as the next
place of meeting. Arrangements were set on
foot to secure fertilizers for the Grange from
some one manufacturer at reduced rates next
year. The following officers we're elected :
James N. Lipscomb, Worthy Master; r. S.
Bedon, Worthy Overseer w. W. Russell,
Worthy Lecturer; N. F. Walker, Worthy
Steward; w. j. Durant, Assistant Steward;
j. G. Richards, Chaplain; A. M. Aiken,
Treasurer; Thomas w. Holloway, Secretary;
J. N. PARROT, Gatekeeper; Mrs. R. A. Love,
Ceres: Mrs. j. w. Wofford, Pomona; Miss
L. L. Wiley, Flora; Mrs. F. M. Clayton,
Lady Assistant Steward. Mr.. B. H. Massey
was elected member of the executive COM
mittee.
In Clarendon county, on Sunday of last
week, Mrs. Kennedy, young and highly re-
spectacle married lady, was brutally murder
ed during a temporary absence of her hus'
band, by two negro men and woman, who
lived near by. The incentive to the. MUIR
der was robbery. The deed was perpetra-
ted by crushing the skull with a hoe-as
one of the 6ends afterwards confessed, while
the poor victim was pleading for mercy.
The evidence against the accused was con-
elusive, and the horrible character of the
murder awakened intense Indignation in the
neiehborhood. A crowd of $50 white men
and 80 colored men assembled to punish the
murderers The negroes begged the whites
to let them take the prisoners and burn them
alive. This was refused, but vote was Ia
ken whether they should be jailed and await
Court, or be lyuched. Only % voted to await
the law, andit was determined to hang them to
the tree nearest the scene of the crime. HUI.
tiers we're obtained and fastened to the limb of
tree and cart was placed under the tree,
handkerchefs being tied over the murderers'
faces, the cart was pushed away and the trio
we're soon dangling in the air.
"A correspondent Of the Ne,rs and Courier,
il Al.