Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-07-05
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Ex-Governor Hagood's hay and stock
farm, in the Saluda section of Edgefield, is
said to be the largest and finest in the State.
- The trial of w. J. McDermot, late Pres
ident of the Catawba Oil Company Of Ches-
ter, on charge of grand larceny, resulted in
his acquittal.
-Goudeysville township, Union county,
has voted a railroad subscription to the Ruth
erford, Gaffney City and Union Raiload of
10000.
Mr.. Samuel w. Mobley, who removed
from Chester county to Brazil in 1866, has
recently returned, satisfied to spend the
rest of his life in South Carolina.
The case of Emil Hyman, who was tried
in theSessions Court Of Charleston, lastweek,
for the murder of Fanny Cochran, resulted
in a mistrial-seven of the jury favOring
conviction and five in favor Of acquittal.
Andrew Harris, colored, who murdered
another negro at Clintonward last year, has
been convicted at Edgeield and sentenced
to be hanged August "a. But as the jury re-
commended the prisoner to mercy lis prob
able his sentence will be committed to i'm
prisonment for life.
The freight earnings of the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company
for the first two weeks in June 1883, were
Sl2,428; same time in 1882, 9,165; an in
crease of $685. The freight earnings of
the Columbia and Greenville Railroad COM
pany for the first two weeks in June, 1883,
were $9,961; same time in 1882, S9,447; an
increase of S4S4.
In its notice of the recent term Of An
derson Circuit Court, at which Judge With
erspoon presided, the Mteligencer says:
"Judge Witherspoon was in our midst fer
the first time, and made favorable i'm
preston upon our people and the members
of the Bar He is dignifed, patient and
courteous in the extreme, and withal able
and accurate in his rulings. We shall be
pleased to see him often in Anderson"
Seven negro men were committed to
Chester Jail on Wednesday of last week,
charged with having burned the cotton
house of Mr.. j. O. Hardin, near Richburg,
on the night of the 2Sth of last February.
The arrests were made on the confession of
Till CASTOR, who says that he and the seven
under arrest plotted to burn the cotton house
in order to give them an opportunity to rob
Mr.. Hardin's store.
speaking of the meeting of the stock
holders of Charlotte Columbia and Augusta
Railroad, which was to have been held
in Columbia last Wednesday, the Charlotte
Journal Observer says stockholder gave out
that it was signal failure that the Rich
mond and Danville syndicate owns $4,000
shares of stock, majority of the shares,
and it is entirely at their pleasure whether
a meeting shall or shall not be held. This
syndicate can put its shares in its pockets
and go it's way, and ameeting cannot be held
until its shares are represented.
Governor Thompson has pardoned Jas.
H. Anderson, white, of Marion county,
who was convicted of manslaughter at the
March term of Court in 1882 and sentenced
to imprisonment in the Penitentiary for
three years. Anderson has served about
sixteen months of his term of imprisonment,
during which time his conduct has been en-
cellent. In consideration of strong mitiga-
ting circumstances, his pardon was prayed
for by many prominent citizens of Marion,
and it was recommended by Judge Wither-
spoon, who presided at the trial.