Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-10-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Five deaths have occurred within few
weeks, in the family, consisting OF eleven
persons, of S. X. league, Of Greenville.
The family is stricken with typhoid fever.
jack Burton, colored, of Newberry coun-
| ty, while taking down Il cotton press last
| week was killed by a falling timber. His
neck, back, both arms and both legs were
! broken.
"A difficulty occurred at Pinckneyville,
Union county, last week, in which one ne
gro, by the name of Kelly, almost dlSem-
boWeled another with knife. Kelly made
his escape.
AT the coming term of the Court Of Ses-
sions for Edgefeld, eleven prisoners, who
are now in the county Jail, will be tried.
The .1dreWiser remarks that there is mo
homicide this time"
The Court of General Sessions for Or
angeburg county, was convened at lO O'Clock
last Monday morning, by Judge Wither-
spoon, who, for the first time since his ele-
vation to the bench, presides in the First
Circuit.
- The rumor has circulated to some eX-
tent that L. S. District Attorney Melton
intended to tender his resignation. The
Greenville Ne,rS, however, is prepared to
say, on undoubtcd authority, that Mr.. Mel
ton has no intention of resigning.
- J. d. Boston and Thomas Griffin, of
Newberry county, have been drawn to
serve as Jurors at the special term Of the
United States Court in February. Boston
has been dread five years and Griffin was
killed in we'll six month ago.
A correspondent of the Florence Times,
writing from Marion, says: "rhe liquor
&c 1nn,pn1 Tho pitiZpnS
are agitating the wet and dry question, and
there is no doubt, with the proper efforts OF
our temperance people, a dry ticket could be
easily elected"
The Abbeville Medium, speaking Of the
approaching term of the Circuit Court for
that county says: Judge kershaw will pre-
side and will have his hands full, for there
are many cases of magnitude to be tried.
More white men will be tried than ever
before at one term of court in this county.
The offences charged are grave ones.
- The Barnwel Sentinel intimates that
the Hon. George d. Tillman will find sew
eral strong opponents in the race Tor Con-
gress next year. Judging from what we
have heard, says that paper, there will not
be less than four candidates, and out OF that
number we know of two or three who will
give the veteran pretty tight tussle. They
belong to Aiken and Edgetield counties, if
rumor be true.
- Chester Bulletin: Hon. j. j. Hemphill,
Congressman from this District, has ap-
pointed Burrel Boykin Clark, Of Camden,
to the Naval Academy cadetship rice Mr..
Charles A McLurkin of Fairfield. Mr.. Nc
Lurkin reported at the Academy a few
weeks ago ard passed the literary eXaml-
nation, but was stood aside on the physical
examination. The new cadet is son OF
Capt. II. II. Clark, editor of the Camden
JOunTu{.
A laughable incident occurred at the
Lancaster Court last week. a negro boy
named SpinlOw Crawford was arraigned on
the charge Of burglary and larceny: The
prisoner pleaded guilty, but the Court ruled
that the States case must be made out any
how, and the evidence showing that it was
case of breach of trust, instead OF burg
iarv and larceny, the jury brought in a
verdict of acquittal. AS the prisoner was
taken out of the dock he inquired whether
he was to go to jail or to the Penitentiary.
a dispatch from Monck's Corner, dated
the 18th instant, to the Charleston Ne'rs
0,d Courier, says: a. G. Richmond, OF Rad
ical fame, committed suicide last night by
taking morphine. 1t seems that he had
contemplated taking his life for some time,
as he left letter stating when and from
whom he bought the poison, and that he
got it to take his life with. He has been
living quite a dissipated life several years.
He had negro woman for a wife, and re-
ports say that they have not been living
very agreeable together for some time,
which was the cause of his ending his life.
- Hugh p. Kane, who achieved some
notoriety in South Carolina by killing Amos
I.add, and subsequently disappeared after
giving testimony in the United States Court
against political prisoners, has turned up
out West. 4 few weeks ago he was riding
on stage coach which was attacked by
highwaymen who shot the driver at kane's
side. Kane Immediately opened fire and
shot one of the robbers down, whereupOn the
others fled The PROSTATE robber cursed
Kane who Immediately blew his brains out,
and then proceeded to drive the coach to its
destination, strapping the wounded driver
to his seat The stage company rewarded
Kane's services with present of $500.
- A temperance convention has been
called to meet at Barnwell Courthouse on
the 10th instant, of those who are interested
in the temperance movement in that cOun-
measures to forward the cause. At q meet
ing of the Barnwell county Sunday-school
Convention last week 4 resolution was
adopted that "The sale and use Of spiritu-
Gus liquor within the county of BarnWell is
still striking with telling effect upon the
moral and religious influences Of our peO-
pie" and calling upon the Democratic cOun-
ty chairman or the executive committee at
the earliest practicable moment to call Il
convention of the people to determine
whether or not the question of "license"
or "nO license" be submitted to the quail
fled voters of the county at the ensuing
primary election for one representative.
THE GAL1ows.-On last Friday, Savner
Younger, Reuben King and Isaac Evans,
three voung negroes, were hanged at Chat
ham Court House, Va, for the murder of
William f. Sheppard, last August. The
execution was private, only about fifteen
persons witnessing it. The drop fell at
i2.20, D. m. Younger's neck was broken
and the other two died from strangulation.
All three protested their innocence to the
last. A detachment of the Pittsylvania
Guards acted as an escort and did guard
duty. There was quite large crowd in the
vicinity of the place of the execution, but
there was no disturbance. Sheppard, the
murdered man, had driven load OF vege-
tables to market and was on his way home
when the negroes waylaid and shot him:
They had shadowed him in Danville and
knowing that he carried the money obtain,
ed from the sale Of his goods, they had
hoped to secure it. At the first shot his
team became frightened and ran off, thus
preventing them from getting the booty:
They continued firing, however, as the team
started and one of the bullets pierced Shep-
pard's heart.
George Wallace colored. was hanged in
Savannah, Ga, for the murder of Nor
wegian sailor named Martin L.. Jansen. He