Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-09
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

work, are cash in advance.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Confederate bonds were in demand in
Charleston last Thursday at 81 per 81, 900.
"A few Confederate bonds were sold in
Columbia last Saturday at $4.75 per thousand
- A small number of colored emigrants left
Greenville and Spartanburg counties last week
for Arkansas.
- An attempt to inaugurate and Indepen-
dent movement at Sumter, last Monday, re-
suited in failure.
DR.. Foster, of Georgetown, has over a
thousand tea plants growing. Some of them
are six feet high and over ten feet in circum-
ference. They stand the climate admirably.
L. H. Frank, young man from Florence,
in this State, was killed on Monday night of
last week by railroad accident near Grand
Bay, between Mobile and New Orleans.
A Greenvile dispatch to the Neus and Cou-
rier says that on Friday night, Special Deputy
Collector G. H. kirkland, with two assistants,
succeeded in capturing near Greers Station,
in Greenville county, Jim Hood, young but
noted blockade runner. They captured also
his horse, buggy and twenty gallons of block
ade whisky. The horse is the celebrated trOt-
ter Zeb Vance, Hood is in Jail.
- The Gaffney City Carolinian of the End
instant says the Cherokee Falls Manufacture
ing Company, on Broad River, have gone to
work most vigorously, producing yarn of
superior quality. The editor was shown the
first turnout of No 90, pronounced by ex-
perts the very best, and learns their engage
ments are heavy to start with. The prospects
are more than fattering
- Near Williston, in Barnwell county, on
the 26th ultimo, one n. J. Scott was killed by
one Eddie Boylston, both white young men
just in the prime of life Scott leaves
young wife to mourn his loss, and Bcylston
who has left for parts unknown, also leaves
behind him wife whom he has lately married.
Boylston cut the throat of Scott-severing the
jugular vein-with pocket knife 1t appears
that the difficulty was brought about by Scott's
refusing to let Boylston have mule to use
Seven men, all colored turpentine hands,
working near Society Hill were camping after
their days work in turpentine forest on the
night of the 2Sth of February. A thunder
storm came up with terrific lightning, and
the tree under which they had their tent was
struck Three of the seven were killed in
stantly, viz. 1: John Smootherman, Ben Camp
bell and Sandy Purvis, Jim Luke. Daniel
Brown, Renta Graham and one other, name
unknown, were badly hurt. None are expect
ed to live.
- Says the Greenville Ne,cs: From all Sec
tions of the Piedmont country there are the
most encouraging reports of the small grain
crops. The acreage sown was unusually large,
and from present appearances the yield will be
the best for many years. In Pickens, Spartan
burg Oconee, Union, Anderson and every part
of Greenville county the farmers speak enthu-
siastically of the grain prospect, that for fall
oats being particularly good. The only COM
plant is from one point in Pickens, where
some washing of exposed lands from heavy
rains is reported.
A few days ago, about eighteen miles
above Dovesville, in Darlington county, Mr..
Edwards moved away part of his plantation
fence. He received a note the day after no
tifying him of what he had done and request
ing him to stop it or else put up with the con-
sequences. Edwards then asserted that he
would move all of his fences, and was at work
in doing so, and following the night mob
visited his place and fired about one hundred
balls at and through his house. 1t is reported
that Edwards has left the place and moved off.
This occurred in a section known as the Pan
Hollows, in the northwestern part of the
county, where they are all small farmers and
very illiterate. There is, however, no honest
largest stock and land owners being heartily
in accord with the law.
- Mr. Dallas Sanders, an attorney of Phila-
delpha, visited Winnsboro last week for the
purpose of making inquiries as to the merits
of the political prosecutions begun at that
place last year. Mr.. Sanders has been been ap-
pointed special counsel by United States At
torney-General Brewster for the purpose of
visiting South Carolina, looking into the po:
litical cases, and assisting District Attorney
Melton in such as they may decide to bring to
trial. Mr.. Sanders made thorough investi-
cation before leaving Winnsboro, and said
he would soon communicate the result of his
visit. The Ne,rs says: He is a pleasant
gentleman, and appears to be desirous of SIM
ply getting at the truth. The Government, he
says, does not desire to inaugurate useless and
vexatious proceedings nor to incur unneces-
sary expense. There are about twenty-five
cases in Fairfield, and each has already cost
the Government about thirty dollars in costs
and fees to commissioners and under strap
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