Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-22

Augusta, was elected President. He is also
President of the Augusta and Knoxville Rail
road.
-Reedy River at Greenville, is so low that
the Camperdown Mills at that place are COM
PEELED to depend entirely upon their steam
power. The Graniteville Factory stopped
two days last week on account of drouth.
Broad River is so low in many places that
hogs can wade across it.
WIN. Rose, sentenced, in 1879, to two years
Imprisonment for the killing of English, in
Columbia, and committed to the penitentiary
November 18th of that year. was liberated on
Saturday last, upon the expiration of his SEN
tence, less one twelfth deducted for good con.
duct.
COL Edward McCrady, of Charleston,
who is a member of the commission appoint.
ed at the last session of the legislature to re-
wise the election laws of the State, says that
the commission have determined on a regis
tration law, but the report is not yet ready
for presentation. The next meeting of the
commission will be held at Columbia in No.
vember, and the report will be submitted to
the Legislature at its next session.
- Sometime ago, Garland H. Smith was
arrested in Chester county for retailing spirit
uous liquors. He claimed that he was opera
ting under revenue license, and that this
was sufficient authority. He is now in Jail
at Chester. In one case he is sentenced to
one months imprisonment in the county Jail,
or to pay fine of $50; in the other case he
is sentenced to six months imprisonment in
the county Jail, or to pay fine of 5000. A
petition is circulating in Chester county ask
ing for his pardon.
- The farmers of Laurens county held
meeting at the Court House on Tuesday Of
last week, but took no action in the way OF
adopting resolutions, &c. A chairman and
secretary were chosen, the object Of the meet
ing WAS explained by the chairman and q
committee of five was appointed to submit
business for the action of the meeting. The
committee retired, and after brief delibera.
ton, reported, recommending immediate ad'
iournment sine die and thus the said county
meeting did so adjourn.
- On Monday of last week, Morgan, color
ed, town marshal, was murdered at Flor.
ence. He was arresting Brunson Britt, col
ored, for drunken disorder at Wilson's store.
Cooper, bad negro, attempted to take Britt
from the marshal, when the marshal struck
Cooper with his club. Cooper jumped back,
drew his pistol, and urged by Isaac Laney,
colored, fired, the ball entering the right
breast and passing through the body. Nor
gan was carried to DR.. King Immediately,
but died in half an hour. Cooper fled.
- The board of agriculture met in Colum-
bia, one day last week, and authorized the
commissioner of agriculture to expend $1,000,
if so much be necessary, for defraying the
expenses and properly representing the re-
sources of the State at the international cot.
ton Exposition at Atlanta. This is about
half the sum required to properly attain the
object of the resolution and erect a building
but it is hoped and believed that the neces'
sary expenditure by the commissioners be.
yond this amount, will be assumed by the
board at its next meeting. The board au.
thorized the commissioner to receive such
productions of the State as will be calculated
to induce capital and immigration into South
Carolina, and to exhibit them at Atlanta,
returning them if desired to the contributors
at the close of the exposition, the department
assuming the expenses on such exhibits, but
not incurriug liability for loss or injury to
such articles received and exhibited.
The Greenville Neaus says "The farmers
debts is still the subject of general interest
and the topic of general conversation in the
city. 1t is gratifying to state that up to this
time those farmers who trade with Greenville
have shown a disposition to meet all of their
obligations fully and squarely, at all hazards
Several instances have occurred Of cotton un-
der lien being disposed of, but in the majori-
ty of these there was misapprehension about
the law, the lien givers being under the i'm
preston that their property could be disposed
of as they pleased until the day the lien was
due. All of the agents of fertilizer compa-
MES called on by representative of the
Daily Menus yesterday, stated that those indebt-
ed to them we're coming up very well and
paying in full without question. The Enter
prise and Mountainesr gives one instance of a
man whose sales left him only seventy.five
cents after paying off his Indebtedness. He
paid up in full all of his dues, including his
newspaper subscription. Farmers seem to
be practicing rigid economy, and purchasing
only necessaries."
A leading Charleston merchant recently
said to representative of the News and Cou.
rier, in conversation in regard to the requests
made by many farmers for reduction in
their guano bills, that che thought the far
mers had made mistake in their action on
this matter. The large dealers and guano
factors could not treat with the farmers or
with any other set of men as class, even if
they should be disposed to do so. The claims
held by them are against individuals, and