Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-04-26
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

| 1t is estimated that not less than 4,00(
bales of last years cotton crop are still ir
the hands of the farmers in Chester county
| - Mr.. H. Blanchard, of Boston, has sub
scribed S999,500 to the Mount Pleasant, S
c., railroad.
The colored Baptist Church at Forkville
Abbeville county, was destroyed by an in
cendiary fire last Saturday.
- Last Tuesday six more of the forty i'm
migrants who arrived in Camden in Janu
ary last left for other climes. Of the forty
only one family still remains in the county
Mr.. G.. B. Lewis, travelling corresp0n
dent of the Detroit Free Press, over the sig
nature of "M. Quad" paid Greenville a
visit last week.
The State Dental Association met at All.
ken Tuesday and adjourned on Thursday
The attendance was unusually large and the
proceedings were highly interesting.
AT the dedication Of Piedmont institute
last Friday, Col. A. Coward, State Superin'
tendent of Education, and the Revs. Messrs.
Elwell and McCaslin delivered eloquent
addresses.
w. H. Day, master car builder in the
railroad shops, was elected Intendant OF
Florence last Monday. His opponent was
Bolton ONeil Townsend, a lawyer. The
vote stood: Day 265, Townsend 215.
-Catawba river was higher last Monday
than it has been for ten years, owing to
heavy rains the previous day and night.
Seven spans of the trestle of the CheraW &
Chester Railroad, just completed were wash
ed away.
The unveiling of the Confederate mon
ument at Camden will take place on We'd
nesday, June Goth, instead of the 18th as
previously published. The mmument will
be erected at the intersection of Broad and
Laurens streets.
The local freight train, with passenger
coach attached, on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad now runs only tri-
weekly. It goes northWard on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, and Southwark
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
-Four hundred dollars was raised at Ches-
ter G.. H. in few hours last week for the
defense of the prosecuted Democrats of that
county. Rossville has raised over one hun
dred dollars. Other clubs in the county
will do ther part.
BarnWell Democrats, indicted in the
United States Court at Charleston, presented
a beautiful bouqet of flowers to Mrs. w. p.
Snyder, the wife of Melton's special assis-
tant counsel in the prosecutions. The lady
is Democrat, and is trying to convince her
husband Of the error of his way.
-Pickens Sentinel: In many instances the
fall sown oats which were thought to have
been ruined by the cold winter are bunch
ing surprisingly and promise pretty fair
crop. There is generally good stand of
spring sown oats, though dry weather and
rust may injure them so much that they
may not produce so much as the seed.
An election held at Gaffney City on the
18th instant on making subscription to
the Union, Gaffney City and Rutherford
ton Railroad of $4,000 by the town Of Gaff-
ney City was carried by a unanimous vote,
and $4,000 by Limestone township was car
riedby large majority, almost unanimous.
The election for a subscription of 100000
by Rutherford county, N. c., is to be held
on the 18th of May.
On last Thursday President Haskell and
the officers of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad, together with a delega-
ton of citizens from Chester and Lancas-
ter, visited the new trestle across the
Catawba River on the line of the Chester
and Cheraw Road. The structure has been
built within the past eight weeks at a cost
of $500. 1t is substantial in make, and
adds greatly to the value of the road.
The Winnsboro' NeaCs and Herald says:
"Reports from the country are to the effect
that the farmers are badly behind in prepar-
ing and planting their crops. AS yet very
little corn has been planted, and it is now
about or near the usual time for planting
cotton. 1t is needless to say that the condi.
ton of affairs reported is not attributable to
the Incidence of our farmers, but to the un-
usually bad and inclement weather for the
past two or three months"
William P. Snyder of Allentown, Pa,
Melton's assistant attorney in the political
prosecutions, has purchased 5,4OO acres Of