Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-10-05
The Aorkrille enquirer,
YORKVILLE. S. G. {:
THURSDAY MORNING. OCT. 5, 1882
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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- The cotton seed oil mill at Greenville is
rapidly approaching completion.
- The residence and out-buildings of NJ. 5.
Wise, at Walnut Grove, Spartanburg county,
were destroyed by fire on Sunday oath ultimo.
- Mr.. Levi Geer, of Oconee had his hand
cut to pieces by the saws of gin on Saturday
last.
- Capt. j. n. Lipscomb will deliver an ad'
dress at the Greenville Fair on the 10th OF
October.
- Gov. Hagood intends going into the hay
business Oh a very large scale in BarnWel
county.
The Chester Bulletin says: "Chills and
fever are raging in every section of the coun-
try. Several deaths have occurred from con-
gestive chills in the last few weeks"
- The South Carolina Military Academy at
Charleston was opened last Monday for the
reception of cadets, and on that day went it
into operation with all the officers at theil
posts
- The Abbevlle Press and Banner says
that DR.. D. S. Benson and his family are sore
ly afflicted. Two of his daughters died last
Saturday, and another died on Sunday. All
three died of diphtheria, and were laid in one
grave.
- The citizens of Johnston, in Edgefeld
county, are agitating the building of the pro-
posed railroad from Greenville via Ninety-Six
to Johnston on to Port Royal. Messrs. w. s.
Allen and T. r. Denny have been elected
delegates to attend the railroad meeting at
Honea Path on the Doth instant.
- DR.. p. II. Sloan, an excellent and nniver-
sally approved officer, has been removed from
the postoffice at Pendleton, and a man named
Maxwell, said to be a Radical, substituted.
DR.. Sloan don't care, as he kept the office to
accommodate the public. His only sin is being
a Democrat.
| The Aiken Recorder says "We are asshr-
ed upon competent authority that the Edge
field, Trenton and Aiken Railroad is now a
fixed fact. That the meeting which will take
place in forty days will assuredly make Gov
ernor Hagood the President and that he will
remain until the full connections are made. .
- The local option petition of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union has been presen.
ted to the City Concil of Spartanburg will
about 300 signatures, and Tuesday, Novem
ber 2Sth has been fixed upon as tue day fol
the election to decide whether barroOms shal
be any longer allowed in that town.
- Arrangements have been made with vari
Gus railroads in the State for reduced rates
for visitors to the State Fair on November IA
Tickets to be on sale November 13 and good
for the week. The Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad charges three cents per mile
for the round trip from all stations fifty miles
from Columbia and over less than that dis
tance at regular excursion rates.
Says the Newberry Heruld: Mr., Irving
Fuller was sued last week at Laurens for SlO,-
600 damages by Miss Belle Jones for breach OF
marriage promise. The parties lived neal
Cross Hill. MI. Fuller, while engaged to Miss
Jones, suddenly married another woman
hence the suit. The plaintiff proved the prom
ise and the breach; the defendant put up nc
testimony, and the jury found for the plain
tiff $4,000 damages.
u. B. Whites, the defaulting treasurer OF
Newberry county, was carried before Trial Jus
tices Carlisle and Packer at Newberry, last
Thursday, ON writ of habeas corpus. The State
was represented by Acknowledgement You.
mans and Major Whites by Gen. Y. J. Pope
and Mr. O. J.. Shumpert. Major Whites was
held on two warrants, one issued by the State
treasurer under Section 5G4 of the Revised
Statutes, (new,) and another warrant issued
by trial justice, charging the defendant with
malfeasance in office. After argument by the
counsel the court divided on the constitutions
ality of the warrant issued by the trial justice
Major Whites was remanded to Jail for trial
Five colored prisoners made their escape
from the Greenville county jail last Thursday
night after midnight, by burning a hole
through the overhead ceiling of their cell and
cutting their way through the roof Of the bull,
ding. They accomplished the burning by
means of a bottle of kerosine oil, making an
opening sufficiently large for their exit. Hav.
ingreached the attic they found but little troub-
le in puncturing the roof, and 10y tying their
blankets together descended to the ground on
the front of the building Their escape was not
discovered till the next morning They were
awaiting trial, three of them for grand larceny,
one for housebreaking and the fifth for aggra-
waited assault and battery.
HOMICIDE IN FAIRFIELD.-On Wednesday
of last week homicide was committed in
Fairfield county under the following circum-
stances: George Brigham was tenant of DR..
Sykes, who had furnished him with supplies
and sold him two mules on which he had
some paper. Brigham got behind and Sykes
wanted to take the mules. He found that
one mule was dead and the other got into Sy-
kes stable in some way. Brigham went to
Trial Justice Hogan with the case to decide
as to who had a right to the mule. The trial
justice decided in favor Of Sykes In the
meantime the mule had gotten out and Brig
man had secured possession and had the mule
with him in the field OH Sykes place, where he
was picking cotton. On Wednesday afternoon
DR.. Sykes, his wife and SON went out in the field
where Brigham was working. Mrs. Sykes
told Brigham that he ought to let her husband
have the mule. Brigman's son went to get
the mule and Brigham said, 81 reckon you'll
let me have my saddle and bride % Young
SYKES said Eyes, if can get rope to put
around the mules neck"
DR.. Sykes had with him a double barrelled
shotgun loaded with bird shot which he had
taken with him to shoot birds. Brigham also
had shotgun, and while the conversa-
tion about the mule and saddle was going on
he raised his gun and fired at Dr.. Sykes, while
Mrs. Sykes had hold of her husbands arm.
DR.. Sykes showed his wife away and then
) fired at Brigham, who fell dead. Brigham S
brother, who was in the field, picked up the
! dead mans gun and snapped it at Sykes son,
who was armed with a pistol and fired on
Brigham, nflicting slight flesh wound.
Brigham then went away and the Sykes went
home. DR.. Sykes went to Winnsboro' on
Thursday morning to deliver himself up.