Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-20
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- A bear weighing hive hundred pounds
was recently killed in Kershaw county.
- From the first of September to the 9th of
January, 26,326 bales of cotton we're shipped
from Greenville.
The Edge6eld Advertiser says that at
least two thousand bales of cotton remain in
the fields in that county unpicked.
From the 3rd to the 10th of January,
two hundred and thirty.eight liquor licenses
were issued in Charleston.
- The Abbevile Medium suggests B. F.
Crayton, the Senator from Anderson, as the
next Democratic candidate for Governor.
Seventy FIVE negroes, including men, wo-
men and children, recently emigrated to
Texas from the vicinity of Rock Hill. The
promise of big wages led to their depart
ure.
- The Edsto Rifles, of Orangeburg, have
accepted the invitation of the National COM
mittee to attend the inauguration Of Gen. Gar
field in March.
- The City Council of Columbia has in
creased the license for selling liquor by the
quart, from fifty dollars to one hundred dol.
lars.
- According to the cotton manufacturing
report of the census department, South Caro-
lima works 1,776 looms and 92,7SS spindles
consumes yearly s3,O99 bales, and employs
2,l95 operatives.
- Hon. C. w. Dudley, long one of the
prominent citizens of Marlboro county, died
at his home in Bennettsville, on Saturday
night last, at the age of 73 years. He died
from paralysis.
- Messrs. J. +. Wightman, VIM. Martin, s.
Leard, j. A. Porter, W. T. Capers and E. j.
Meynardie, have been appointed by the Meth.
odist Conference as a committee to superin.
tend the publication of History of Method
ism in South Carolina, by Rev. A. M. Shipp,
D. D.
- The suspension of the firm Of E. W.
Marshall Il Co., wholesale dry goods mer'
chants, of Charleston, is announced. The liza
blites of the firm are thought to be about
100000, and the assets about 100000. 1t
is understood that the firm will discontinue
business.
- The following statistics Of the Methodist
Church in South Carolina will be interesting
to the public: Number of members, At. 200
local preachers l39; number of infants bap'
tized / 1,S42; number of Sunday schools 54l
number of teachers 1926; number of schol
ars 23,775; collected for superanuated preach
ers and widows and orphans of deceased
preachers s5,144.3l; collected for foreign
missions s3,O2O.lS; for domestic missions
S4,3S9.Ol.
Drayton Painter, of Union county, was
arrested at GaAfney City recently for carrying
concealed deadly weapons, and was bound
over for trial at the next Court of Sessions
Since the law went into operation, John Al
len, Tennessee horse trader, had difficulty
with negro on the streets of Newberry, and
drew pistol from his pocket and fred twice
not at the negro, but up in the air, probably
to frighten him. He was arrested and bound
over to the Sessions Court on the charge OF
carrying concealed deadly weapon.
Senator M. c. Butler is reported as talk
ing as follows to newspaper correspondent
II tell you, sir" said he, "it' is no longer
question of politics with US. We simply
have one proposition staring US in the face,
and it is well that the people of the North
should understand it. We are resolved that
the illiterate lower classes Of our State shall
not rule. We have had all the experiments
in that direction that we propose to have, and
we intend to use every means, fair or other
wise, to prevent such rule"
Mai. T. w. Woodward, the Democratic
county Chairman for Fairfield, has issued an
address to the Democratic clubs of that
county, urging them to come up to the relief OF
those who have been arrested and bound over
for trial in the United States Court at Charles
ton, for alleged violations of the election laws
He directs the presidents of the different
clubs to lat once assemble their clubs and
assess each member one dollar, to be collected
forthwith and held subject to orders from
these headquarters, said amount to be used at
The discretion of our executive committee"
At the recent municipal election at
Greenwood, Abbeville county, the whisky
men elected their ticket. At Laurens G. H.,
the result was different, the anti license party
having elected their ticket by majority OF
sixty votes correspondent, writing from
Laurens, says: THE better class Of colored
voters of the town deserve great credit for
the unanimity and readiness with which they
voted to put down liquor selling in our midst.
All the church bells of the town are ringing,
the "anvil cannon" is broug ht into requisition,
and display of the indispensable fre.crack-
er, are under full headway as we write. in
honor of the victory"
- In the controversy between c. G. Macoy
as plaintiff, against G. w. Curtis, defendant,
submitted to the Supreme Court without &C.
ton, Judgment has been rendered by Simpson,
G.. j., in favor of the defendant. At the last