Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-11-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUIh CAhUllNA NEWSs
- Gen. Fitzhugh Lee delivered lecture in
Charleston last Thursday night, his theme
being the ''Battle of Charlottesville.
- Fanny Cochran, a frail and notorious wO-
man of Charleston, was shot and fatally wound
ed in front of her house on Beresford street,
last Monday evening, by f. Lyman. IIyman
was arrested and locked up in the guardhouse.
- The Union Times says that several farm
ers in that county have decided to adopt the
| intensive system of farming. They were fas-
| cinated by the results of the experiments on
! the Furman farm in Georgia, recently so
much written about.
- The managers of election at Witherspoon
precinct, Sumter county, were taken before
, U. S. Commissioner F. +. Teicher on the 18th
instant, charged with intimidating and inter-
fering with the Radical Supervisors. There
was not a scintilla of evidence to support
| the charges and the case was dismissed.
| - At Limestone Springs, one mile from Gaff-
ney, Spartanburg county, one firm operates
three kilns and manufactures 10000 barrels
of lime annually, giving support to several hun
dred people About 5000 hoop poles and
$1,000 slaves are required monthly for the
barrelling of the lime.
- The town of Spartanburg has voted a
| town subscription in aid of the Spartanburg
and Rutherford (N. c. Railroad Only nine
teen votes were cast in opposition to the
measure. This secures the early building
| of road which unlOcks some of the best
counties of Western North Carolina, whose
| 10, Of a G
| waters Of their and our Broad River.
| - Mr.. Albert Miller, of Edgefeld, acci-
dentally shot himself ut the Columbia depot
on Thursday, his pistol dropping from his
pocket, and was badly wounded. Mrs. John
Wise and her daughter of the same county,
were with him. and while they sat in a car
rige waiting for him the horse ran away break
ing an arm of each lady-Mrs. Wise's so badly
as to necessitate ampatation.
- The case of Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkinsagainst
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Rail
road closed on the 18th inst. The plaintiff
claimed $4,000 damages for the killing of her
son, Mr. Ben +. Jenkins, while he was EN-
poyed rs Il freight conductor on the road. His
death was caused by an accident which Oc-
Cured during the latter part of last year. The
Jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff for S2, 800.
- There is slight flavor Of sarcasm in the
following sentence from the Barnwell CORES
pondence of the Ne'cs and Courier: The
amendments relating to the time Of holding
elections and disqualification of voters have
been carried heavily that relating to counties,
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by Democratic Legislature, endorsed and
urged by the Democratic executive committee.
has been beaten by Democrats.
- Concerning the Hampton county safe
robbery, Mr.. W. c. Chapman, an Augusta
Ga lock expert, who was employed to ex'
anime the safe of the treasurer, reports as
follows: II assert positively that there was
no force whatever (either by tools or explo-
sive compounds) used in opening the safe, and
you may rest fully assured that the robbers
had everything necessary for getting into the
safe, viz. combination of the outside lock and
key to the inside door,
- Major Langdon G. Haskell, brother of
Judge a. G. Haskell and COL John G. Has
kell, of Columbia, died at his residence near
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Oh tire 18th instant.
Major Haskell early entered the Confederate
service, and when Gen. MCGOWAN was assign
ed to the command of brigade, served upon
his staff until promoted to the office of nspec-
tor-general on the staff of Maior-Cien. r. H.
Anderson. He served with distinguished gal
lantry through the war, and was noted for his
fearless courage and unwavering devotion to
duty.
"A Greenville dispatch to the Ne'cS and
Courier says: Another Intellectual attempt
was made last night to lynch Riley Ander'
son, colored, charged with murder. In the
Court of General Sessions yesterday his case
was continued to the next term. This gave
umbrage to the people from the neighborhood
of the murder, and about dark Sheriff Gilreatl
received an inkling Of an attempt to lynch
Deeming the report creditable he determined
to haflle the lynchers. Judge Cothran ordered
the prisoner removed to another county, and
about s O'Clock the sheriff sent him off in a
carriage in charge of two deputies. At that
time the sheriff found six or eight men watch
ing the Jail. BY midnight quite a number
had gathered in the vicinity of the Jail, but
being assured by the watchers that the prison
er had been removed they departed without
attempting violent measures This is the
second time Sheriff Gilreath has moved An
derson away The lyncherS were mostly ne
groes.