Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

question therefore remains open-that much
is known"
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Mrs. Ann E. Wood, wife of Rev. Landy
Wood, died at Greenville on the 18th instant.
Gen. John S. Preston is quite i'll at his
home in Columbia.
"A colored woman in Abbeville has been
bound over for carrying concealed weapons.
She had pistol under her shawl
- A party Of twenty-six immigrants arrived
in Columbia on Friday last, fifteen Of whom
arc men. Among them are one blacksmith
and one gunsmith-the others are farmers.
- The directors of the Cheraw and Chester
Railroad have decided to issue $4,000 worth
of second mortgage bonds for the purpose OF
building the railroad bridge over the Catawba,
and for making other repairs
- There are now 116 pupils attending the
Williamson Female College. Every room
in the large college building is occupied by
RaaEafs eHA R AqGs as il
- The Pickens Sentinel says: "We hear
that the colored people in this section have
gone into resolution to get all they can from
the white man and pay him nothing they
are not obliged to. immigration will take
some of the starch out of them"
- The Newberry Herald says: "since the
1st of January, there have been 500 arrivals
of drummers at the Newberry Hotel; 14O
from Baltimore, rs from New York, 55 from
Atlanta, SO from Charleston, 20 from Phila.
delphia, from Boston and Cincinnati each,
and the rest scattering"
Petitions asking the Legislature to pass a
law totally prohibiting the sale and manu-
facture of liquor in this State, are being sign
ed by large numbers of the best citizens in
spartanburg county. Many who are addicted
to the habit of drinking, favor the movement
and have signed the petition.
Mrs Fanny Sealey died near Baton
Rouge, Chester county, on the 9th instant,
aged 100 years, 7 months and % days. Mrs.
Sealey was the daughter of Col. Loftin Mum,
of Revolutionary fame, who was killed near
McAliley's Mill, on Sandy River, while arrest.
ing one Floyd for horse.stealing.
At the municipal election at Johnston's,
on the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, on Monday of last week, the ques
ton was license or anti-license, wet or dry,
and the contest resulted in the election of the
dry ticket by majority Of twenty-nine
The vote stood sixty.6ve to thirty-six.
At a meeting of the Grand Lodge of
LOO. F., in Columbia last week, an endow-
meut feature was adopted in connection with
the order. The following officers of the en-
dowment rank were elected: President-Dr.
w. H. Tarrant, of Charleston; Vice.Pre
dent-Dr. Hanahan, of Winnsboro; Secre-
tary-H. N. Emlyn, of Columbia; Treasu-
rer-N. w. Trump, of Columbia.
The Edgefeld advertiser, in regard to
the appointment of U. S. District Attorney,
says: "The appointment of Hon. Sam'. w.
Melton as U. S. District Attorney, looks more
like reconciliation than anything done by
Republican President in 20 years. Judge
Melton is perhaps the very best selection
that could have been made by President Gar
field, and the people of South Carolina will
recognize it as SUCH"
- Work has been commenced on the build
ings of the Pelzer NJ Manufacturing Company
near Williamson. The first work is on the
hotel, which is to be two stories high, with
eight rooms, in size sixteen by eighteen feet
four on the first floor and four on the Sec
ond and hall ten feet wide, and also an ell.
The next building will be residence for the
secretary. Arrangements are being perfect
ed for commencing the erection of the fac
tory buildings.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Graniteville manufacturing Company
was held at Graniteville on Thursday last.
The report Of the president showed that the
net profits for the year had been s9O,893, of
which s4S,OOO had been paid out in dividends.
The working of the two mills of the company
has been satisfactory. H. H. Hickman was
elected president, and A. B. Davidson, R. A.
Fleming, Hamlin Beattie, Jas. P. Boyce
and A. S. johnson, directors.
During the month of March, one hundred
and ffty.four immigrants were brought into
the State, through the exertions of Col. But
Ter. the commissioner of agriculture. Most