Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-10-26
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAkOIlNA NEWS.
--Abbeville county, according to Hon. D..
Wyatt Aiken, has shipped 100000 bushels of
oats.
- Jack Rawls, citizen Of Columbia, and a
violinist of some note, was found dead at
Mayesvlle last Thursday morning.
Several of the extreme upper counties are
discussing the project of forming a Piedmont
Agricultural Society, which shall hold All an
nual fair at Greenvile
The elegant residence Of Colonel r. V.
Gst, known as the Ruthe. I'D Homestead,
near Newberry. was destroyed by fire, October
II. Loss $4,000; insurance 81, 800.
- General Manigault has prepared in pamph-
let form small 'Sharp's Rifle Manuaf'
which will he issued to those companies of
State troops who are supplied with that arm.
- Mr.. W. J. Cotton, who had his finger
torn off and arm lacerated by gin few
days ago on Mr.. James Jones' place, near
Blackstock, died from his wounds on Tues
day of last week.
- The Lancaster Rerier reports the recent
burning in that county of eleven bales of cot
ton belonging to Mr.. r. T. Dunlap, and nine
bales belonging to Mr.. j. V. Welsh. The
burning in both cases is supposed to have been
caused by sparks from the engine of the gin.
AT recent meeting of the Charleston Ex-
change, after considering figures showing un-
just discrimination against that city by the
Clyde Syndicate, resolutions were adopted
calling OH the Legislature for relief from the
expressions of that monopoly.
Mr.. D. w. Barre, of Newberry, gathered
three hundred bushels OF corn last week from
less than seven acres His corn this year was
all good, and he says he has made enough to
last him two years. besides making about
twelve bales of cotton to each mule
A large proportion of the colored people
of Abbeville village have refused to pay their
communication tax for working the streets, and
as they declined to work the streets, execu-
tons are to I've issued against them, when they
will either have to discharge the obligation or
60 to Jail.
- The Rock Hill Herald says Mr.. T. r.
Faulkner, of Fort Mill, has invented a motor
for running sewing machines and other light
machinery. 1t is after the principle of a clock,
and is 50 constructed that machine can be
run for four four hours at any speed and stop
ped at will. An enterprisng Northern firm
has offered $4,000 for the right to manufacture
and sell the motor in three Northern States
The Columbia Register of Saturday says
Colonel Boyken, the Commissioner of Immi-
grafton, has returned from New York, where
he perfected arrangements for the selection
and prompt forwarding of immigrants to this
State The continuation Of warm weather
has kept open the stream to the West, which
will be checked on the first indication of cold,
and directed to the South, when the orders
now ON hand from the State for more than
fifty families will be speedily filled.
- The fourteenth annual Fair of the South
Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation will open at Columbia, November 14th
and continue consecutively till the 18th. All
articles intended for exhibition trace horses
excepted) will be transported free over the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad.
Parties sending articles must prepay freight
at shipping point and upon presentation of
receipted freight bill, and certificate of the
Fair Association that the article has been
exhibited, the money will he refunded.
"A serious accident occurred on the c., G.
& A. Railroad last Thursday. Tie freight
train which left Columbia about O'Clock that
morning, going towards Augusta, ran into an
obstruction on the track near Leesville, and
the engine and several cars were wrecked
Tom Mitchell, colored fireman, was killed,
and the engineer, Mr. Mccullough, was some
what scalded and bruised. A rail had been
! torn up and several crossties placed in cattle
guard on the track by some unknown persons
evidently with the intention of wrecking the
train.
- On Tuesday of last week, at Carver $
field, four miles above Spartanburg, Bob Sum-
ner colored, was killed by Henry Stevens,
colored. While the father of Bob Sumner
and Stevens were quarrelling over the hauling
through the cotton field of the former, Bob',
mother precipitated fight, in which were en-
gagged Bob, father and mother and the broth.
ers Henry, West and Game Stevens. While
stones were flying Henry plunged his knife be-
tween Bob's shoulders Henry Stevens, with
his brother West and Game Stevens AS ac-
, cessories, are now in Jail.
The Reporter of last week gives the fol-
lowing notice of the Chester fair Chester's
fourth annual fair opened on Tuesday, 18th
instant. The day was taken up chiefly in ar
ranging articles for exhibition. In a few de"
partments, notably, horses and mules, cattle,
poultry and textile fabrics, the exhibit is quite
full and creditable. In one of its main fea"
lures, exhibition of field crops, the fair has not
been made what it should be. The attendance
thus far is not up with the average of former
years owing in a great measure to the gener-
al prevalence of sickness
We learn from the Reporter that in the
case of Julius Mills, ex-treasurer of Chester
county, Judge Witherspoon signed the follow
ing order at the late term of Chester Circuit
Court Upon motion of T. c. Castor and
a. G. Brice, attorneys, it is ordered that it be:
and is hereby referred to J. E. Mcdonald
Esq, rs special referee, to take testimony in
this cause, to state the accounts of the defend
ant, Julius Mills, as county treasurer of Ches-
ter county, covering the period of his last term
of office as said county treasurer, and to re-
port said testimony and account, with his con-
clusions of law and fact.
GENERAL POLITICAL NOTES.
1t is predicted that the Democrats will
carry New York State by 20, 900 majority.
- The Radical party managers are now
looking to the South with the hope Of recover
ing the loss in Congressman from other Sec
tions.
- No less than five hundred colored voters
went with Democrats in Cincinnati They