Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-01-26
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Fifteen hundred executions for delinquent
poll taxes have been issued in Union county
- Fifty colored people left Kershaw fol
Arkansas last week. A party of young white
men left the same county for Texas.
- The Reporter says thai the receipts of cot
ton at Chester since the opening of the yeal
have averaged not much over bale day.
- The story goes that the roads were so bad
in Union last week that the County Comis'
sioners could not get to town to hold theil
regular meeting
Columbia has cancelled the unfultilled con-
contract with Thompson & Nagle, and now
proposes to develop her own water power with
State aid.
Agents have been among the colored pee
pie of Chester county in the last few days,
urging them to 60 to Atlanta, Ga, to WORK
on line of railroad that is in course OF con-
Struction.
In view of the alarming prevalence OF
small pox throughout the Union, the State
Board of Health has issued circular urging
upon the people the Importance and necessity
of vaccination.
- Mr.. J. Hendrix McLane, who engineered
the Greenback cause in this Congressional dis
trict in the last campaign, is making arrange
ments to publish weekly paper in the inter
est of his party at Columbia.
At the recent meeting of the stockholders
of the National Bank of Chester, the former Of
ficers were reelected, as follows: John j.
McLure president; John L. Harris, cashier
d. Hemphill, assistant cashier; B. NJ. Spratt
book-keeper. G. G. Macoy was elected to fill
vacancy in board of directors.
During the past few days, two of the oldest
citizens of Spartanburg have died-Mrs. Stuc
key, a relative of Gen. Morgan, of Revolu
tionary fame, and the Rev. J. G. Landrum
one of the oldest and most widely known Bap
tist ministers in the up-country. lie was 6
preacher in Spartanburg county for upwards
of fifty years.
-OfMr. Hemphill's position on the Military
Academy appropriation bill, the Chester Bul
letin says: "IIon. j. j. Hemphill opposed the
appropriation of SIS, 900 to the Citadel Acade
my of Charleston on the ground that military
education is not necessary at this time. lie
is right. If any body wants military educa
tion let them 60 to Col. Coward's school at
Yorkville and pay for it,"
On Saturday morning last, the southern
bound passenger train and the northern bound
passenger train on the Charleston and Savan'
nah Railroad, collided. Both engines were
running at full speed, and the engines and
mail cars were totally wrecked. Mail Agent
II. A Fox and colored fireman, of the south
bound train, were instantly killed. Other
train hands were slightly hurt, though all the
passengers escaped without injury.
- In front Of the Presbyterian church at
Walhalla, last Sunday, Charles l.. Dunlap,
who, it is stated, is from near Rock Hill, stab
bed Willie Cason, from Hodges Depot, i'll the
arm and axillary region, severing several arte-
ries The wounds are serious, though not con-
sidered dangerous. 1t seems that the difficult
ty originated in the church during service, by
Dunlap amusing himself sticking pins in Ca
son, who is represented as an afflicted boy,
meek and quiet in his manners. Dunlap is
under arrest.
- At a meeting of the board of directors OF
the Penitentiary, on Friday night, resolu-
tion was adopted granting to Col. Verdery,
president of the Greenwood, Laurens and
SpaItanUuIS htlllodu, oo'eii'y INV ooii'io'N ~
for one year at $3.50 a head per month to be
paid in money. About ten days ago Col. YER
derv applied for the convicts, and after confer
ence with the railroad directors agreed to pay
Sl0a month for them. The action OF the
Penitentiary board fixing the rate of compen-
sation at $3.50 month has been communica-
ted to COL Verdery, and as soon as he accepts
the terms and complies with the ordinary con-
tract in such cases the convicts will be turned
over to him.
Nearly all the members of the Legislature
went to church last Sunday. The correspon-
dent of the NeuS md Courier mentions this
fact for the information of the friends and
families of the statesmen, and says: Of
course no political significance can be attach
ed to the event, but it is nevertheless true