Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-02-10


menced in the lint room, and is supposed to
have originated from match in the cot
ton. The building was worth four hundred
dollars, and the gins and other machinery
about seven hundred dollars. There were
burnt seven bales of cotton and about three
thousand bushels of cotton seed.
- The works of the Wando Mandatory
Company, on the Ashley river, nine miles
from Charleston were destroyed by fire on
Friday. The fire originated from an un-
known cause in the acid chamber As there
was slight northeast wind blowing, the works
we're soon enveloped in flames. Eighty opera
tives on the ground did all in their power to
stop the progress of the conAagration, but the
intense heat and suffocating fumes of the
burning sulphur prevented anything efectual
being done. The building and machinery
were valued at 5000 and the works, with
the material, were insured for $4,000.
- The committee have fixed Wednesday.
May II, as the day for the unveiling Of the
Cowpens monument at Spartanburg, S. G.
Wards bronze statue of Gen. Daniel Morgan,
provided by an act Of Congress, will surmount
the column. Gov. Hagood has invited the
President and Cabinet and the governors of
the States to be present. Gen. H. /. Hunt,
United States Army, will, by invitation, COM
mand the military pageant, and Lieut.. Dam
iel Morgan Taylor, United States Army, a
descendant of the hero of the Cowpens, will
act as adjutant.
- A correspondent writes as follows in re
gard to the proposed new cotton factory in
Spartanburg county: "The Clifton Factory
is now putting up its machinery as fast as it
arrives, and will be ready for spinning in Il
few weeks. A large supply of cotton has
already been laid in, and operatives too are
gathering upon the premises. The proposed
increase of capital stock to s5O0,0OO is meet
ing with marked success, most if not all Of
the original stockholders doubling their stock.
The directors have taken step, for the neces
sary extension Of the factory building so as
to more than double its present size and
capacity, and also ordered the books to be
opened to the public for twenty days in which
to receive additional subscriptions to the cap
ital stock to the amount ff 100000. Every
thing about this factoryis to be first class and
according to the. latest improvements. The
building is constructed upon the most i'm
proved architecture for factories the ma
chinery is all of the best and latest styles,
the building is to be lighted with electric
lamps, and ample water works are arranged
to extinguish fires.
The Columbia Register of Saturday says: :
"The following companies, with the consent
of the Adjutant General of the Stute, have
formed themselves into a regiment, to be
known as the palmetto Regiment Of South
Carolina" in honor Of the famous old regi
ment of this name which fought so gallantly
in the Mexican war: The Catawba Rifles,
of Rock Hill, Captain Allen Jones; the Jen-
kins Rifles, of Yorkville, Captain j. R.
Lindsay; the Lee Light Infantry, of Ches.
ter, Capt. j. K. Marshall; the Gordon Light
Infantry, of Winnsboro, Capt. W. G. Jor
dan; the Richland Volunteer Rife Company,
of Columbia, Captain r. N. Richbourg; the
Columbia Flying Artillery, of Columbia,
Captain j. G. Marshall the Richlaud Light
Dragons, of Columbia, Captain, w. d.
Startling; and the Governors Guards, of Col
umbia, Captain Willie Jones At meeting
of the officers of the Columbia companies of
this regiment, held lat night at the Carolina
National Bank, resolution Was passed re-
questing the Adjutant General Of the State
to order an election for Colonel, Lieutenant
Colonel and Major on the 22nd Of February,
1881. 1t is proposed to have meeting of
this regiment ut Columbia once year, dur.
ing the State Fair.
- In regard to the Spartanburg and Ashe-
vile Railroad, the Carolina Spartan of last
week says "Already there is talk of syndi'
cate to purchase the Spartanburg and Ashe
Vile Road, to be sold here the 1st of April.
1t is reported that the Clyde Company, which
purchased the Greenville and Columbia
Road, is looking in this direction. Then
the bondholders, represented by Col. McAden,
of Charlotte, will not stand by and see their
interest sacrificed. There is also talk of
syndicate in Spartanburg that will make the
road bring more than mere song. 1t is
very important link, and is bound to be-
come part of the great trunk line. The
Cincinnati Southern, or some of the other
Western corporations, should turn their at
tention to this road. The forty eight miles,
now in running ordersis in excellent condi-
ton. A large force is at work now grading
the road beyond Ashevlle, and the track
will be laid fifteen miles beyond that place
by the 1st of June. The road is under con-
struction from Wolf Creek, in the direction
of Spartanburg, and the two parties will meet
by the 1st of January. If the purchasers of
the Spartanburg and Asheville road will 60
to work at once, the gap between Henderson
and AshevilIe can be filled up by that
time.
- Rev. Neill E. Pressly, the missionary of
the As,ocate Reformed Church to Mexico,
Unexpectedly arrived at Winnsboro, on Wed
nesday of last week. The Winnsboro Neps