Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-09-13
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- The Edgetield Baptist Association in
cudes forty-five churches, a large majority
Of the Baptist churches of Edgefeld county.
- The shipments of cotton from Lancaster
amounted to ,065 bales during the past
year.
- Moody, the North CarOlinian charged
with forgery, made a clumsy and unsuccess-
full effort to escape from Spartanburg Jail
last week.
- The Nems o''d Courier prints a call on
Mayor Courtenay, of Charleston, to stand
for reelection, signed by 200 voters. He
has consented.
- Crops in Union county are worse than
was feared, many farmers only awaiting
rain to plOW up their fields and SOW oats.
Bottom corn is the only comfort.
- DR.. Frank Butler, who was thrown from
his horse at Lancaster several days ago, is
rapidly recovering from the severe injuries
he then received. He has been removed to
Edgefield.
james Massey, cOlored, of Spartanburg
county, was killed in Greenville last Satur-
day night, it is alleged, by Tom Good, also
colored The quarrel which led to the fatal
alteration arose from dispute over jug
of stolen whisky.
- w. G.. Johnston, a native OF Greenvllle,
but for the last twelve years a citizen of No
land county, Texas, was thrown from his
buggy on the first instant and killed. He
was clerk of the NOland county court at the
time of his sudden death.
The county board of equalization Of
Georgetown has fixed the following STAN
dards of valuation for personal property
Work horses and mules, 500 cattle, S6 to
IS per head yokes of oxen, S23; single OK
en-, Sl5.
There is IL growing suspicion in Col.
Sims neighborhOod that the burning Of his
residence on Monday morning of last week
was the act of an incendiary. Several cir
cumstances point to this conclusion, but so
far nothing has been ascertained which
would fix the crime upon any particular
person.
- Governor Butler of Massachusetts eX-
tended to Governor Thompson courteous
and cordial invitation to attend the opening
ceremonies Of the New England Manutac-
turers' Institute and to be the guest Of the
State during his stay in Massachusetts,.
Governor Thompson acknowledged thecour
tesy in fitting terms, but had to decline the
invitation.
There are now about Gl0 patients in the
Lunatic Asylum. If the recent rate OF in
crease continues there will be G2O or 63O in
the institution by November l, against 800
on that date last year. The pressure for
room is becoming serious. 1t is feared that
patients will have to be placed two in a
room, which is considered dangerous en-
pedient.
- The oldest book in the clerks Office at
Barnwell is the "Winton Court Minute book
from October, 177G, to February, l79l."
| IN l., al, nf in rn
cred with several sheets Of newspaper, and
an outside cover of green wall paper. The
first entry is the minute of the organization
of the county court for Winton county, Or
angeburg District, on the 18th October, 1856.
AT the opening of the Court at Camden
on Tuesday, Judge Aldrch remarked to the
grand Jury that he sympathiZed with them
upon the present apparent condition OF ker-
shaw county. Before the war it stood sec
ond to no county in the State for its wealth
and for it's generous hospitality; but on
Monday the clerk Of the board of county
commissioners sentan orderfOr a few pounds
of ice for the courtroom and twas refused.
A letter from Edisto says that caterpil-
lars are SO numerous there that the planters
find it almost impossible to save their crops
even by the application of Paris green and
London purple. AS far as the negroes crops
60 the majority of them are already destroy.
ed. The yield will fall short at least sixty
per cent. Added to the evils attending cat
erpillars it is found that the continued use
of green and purple, particularly the latter,
Injuries the plant. Reports from st. Helena
state that island to be eaten out.
The Governor has commuted the SEN
tence of James Brown to imprisonment for
life in the penitentiary. Brown is a cOlored
man who was convicted of burninga cotton
house and it's contents. The arson was COM
mitted in Oconee county, and he was under
sentence to be hanged at Walhalla, on Fri
day, the 7th instant but the GOvernOrup0n
the recommendation of leading citizens OF
Oconee, the Solicitor who prosecuted the
case, and the Judge who presided at the
trial, has commuted his sentence as above
indicated.
- Barnwel People: a gentleman who has
Just returned from ride through that sec
tiOn of Lexington county in which anti
stock law men burned barns and committed
other violations of the law tells us that
perfect state of terror prevails. Many men
have left their homes through fear Of arrest,
fields are deserted and women and children
suspect every stranger to be Sheriff in dis
puise. In one instance a merchant was ar
rested and carried before Trial Justice for
examination because he had sold goods to
some of the originatOrs of the trouble and
was supposed to be insympathy with them.
-Rev. C. r. Hemphill, Of the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary at Columbia, has
brought the prohibitionists down on him by
sermon recently preached in that city.
He said the church had no right to 60 out
side the Bible to make rules for its men,
bers and referred particularly to wine drink
ing, and said that that which Christ, the
head of the church, did not make or cOnsid-
er sinful, man had no right to do. Christ
made wine, and the modern idea that it was
what is now. called 'unfermented," is one
for which there is no foundation in fact.
- A singular suit is under consideration at
Lexington. 1t was brought by ID. J. Grif-
fifth, administrator of the estate of w. S.
Hook, deceased, against the Charlotte, Col
umbia and Augusta RailrOadCo. MIR. Hook
some time since was killed by a negro and
his body placed on the Charlotte abroad
track. Three trains ran over the body.
Suit is brought to recover damages for inju-
res done to the corpse. The plaintiff
charges negligence on the part of the rail
road in allOWingsuc mutilation, and claims
that there is property ina dead body as well
as in the clothes it may wear.
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- The Long Shoals paper mills of VIM. R.
Tiddy, located at LincolntOn on the CataW-
ba River were totally destroyed by fire on