Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-02-09
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The project of starting an ice factory at
Greenville is likely to succeed.
- The industrial exhibition is in full blast IN
Charleston, and will continue open until the
25th instant.
The Gastonia Gazette learns that Bishop,
who was shot at Gaffney City several weeks
ago. by Little, is still in critical condition.
- The Union Times says the number OF liens
already recorded for this year in that county
greatly exceeds the number recorded at this
time last year. Nearly all of them are tor
rent, however.
| Says the Newberry Herald: Mr.. David
Leake a well known elderly gentleman who
travels in the interest of North Carolina to-
bacco houses, w&s robbed of sixty-three doi-
lars last Monday evening while on his way to
Clinton from Laurens in buggy. The high
waymen were four negro men.
| The officials of the Airline Railroad at
Greenville say that they find it Impossible to
deliver fertilizers with sufficient rapldlty to
supply the demand. Indications are that de-
spite the unfayosable season last year, the
sales of phosphates, will exceed those of all
former seasons in Greenville county.
- Major General Prince Rivers, formerly
commander of the Militia of South Carolina
with headquarters at Hamburg, under the
Chamberlain regime, is now night watchman
at the Highland Park Hotel, in Aiken. He
captured burglar the other night and put
him in jail
The Caroliniae, published at Gaffney City,
says But few days since it became our
duty to refer to the death of Mr.. VIM. q. Calf
new: to-day, we refer to the death Of Miss
Kate, the Youngest daughter, whose remains
were inferred last Sunday afternoon in the
family burying ground. Deceased was only
| 13 wears old, and was greatly beloved for her
excellent qualities of head and heart. She died
of typhoid fever, prevailing in the family, two
of whom are now sorely afflicted.
The Edgefeld Advertiser learns from plant
ers living in the section of that county from
which the large emigration of negroes took
place about Christmas, that they have plenty
of labor, and are already in condition to
plant as much cotton this year as last. The
same paper learns that several colored men
who have been intending to leave that county
have abandoned the idea, and are now making
contracts for the present year with land-oWn-
ers for whom they worked last year.
The coroner's jury Oh the death OF Mi.
Burbridge, caused by the recent accident on
the Charleston and Savannah Railway, find III
their verdict that ''The deceased came to his
death on the Charleston and Savannah Rail-
way by an accident caused by the mlscon-
struction of an order to meet and pass by the
conductor and engineer OF Train 43, ana the
road is censurablc for the loose manner III
which orders are issued." And on the fol-
lowing Friday, in the case of Mr.. Osborne,
killed in the same collision, the jury returned
the following verdict ''That the deceased
came to his death from injuries received on
the Savannah and Charleston Railway on the
31st of January, caused by collision between
trains Nos. 40 anG 43, and we find that Con-
ductor H. L. Pmkney and Engineer Bivens
disobeyed the orders to meet and pass"
- The Greenvile Ners Of Friday relates the
following singular and fatal accident: Mr.
Glenn Winn, of Pickens county, an old gentle
man of about IS years Of age, returning from
town to his home yesterday evening, took the
Cox's bridge road and proceeded, driving
one-horse wagon. When he had reached
point about four and a quarter miles from
town and about three quarters of mile from
the bridge, he met the wagon OF MI kobo,
and endeavored to make room for him to pass
by driving his wagon to one side of the road.
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on bank about two feet high, being seated
on a chair in the bed of the vehicle. This
cant threw the chair over and Mr.. Winn lost
his grasp on the Side-boardS of the wagon and
was thrown out over the front Wheel. In
falling he turned sort of back sOmersault and
fell upon his head, Instantly breaking his neck,
which was fractured with loud quick report
that was heard thirty yards away.
At the last meeting of the executive conf
mittee of the State Agricultural and Mechan-
ical Society, held in Columbia, number OF
subjects were selected for discussion at the
next Joint meeting Of the Agricultural Society
and State Grange, which will be held at ALI
derson. Mr. J. B. Humbert, of Laurens, was
selected to prepare IN essay on "Cotton Seed
it's feeding and fersilizing value )" and Hon.
T. j. Moore, of Spartanburg, was appointed
to write an essay on "Live Stock-varieties
and economical feeding OH Southern products" ="
Two other, important subjects for essays were
selected, but the essayists were not appointed
Cereals, grasses and forage crops-the differ
ent kinds, varieties adapted to the South and
the methods of planting, culture, and preserY-
ing" EARN implements and machinery
our wants. On motion the number OF dele
gates from each county agricultural society to
the summer meeting was fixed according to
the representation of the respective counties
in the General Assembly. A resolution was
adopted inviting the Agricultural Society of
Georgia to send delegation to the joint sum-
mer meeting.