Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-01-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Chester Division, No. IA, Sons of Tenn
perance, has membership of IS.
- Eureka is the name of a new postoffice
in Spartanburg county. R. L. Taylor is the
postmaster.
- The grading of the Greenwood, Laurens
and Spartanburg Railroad is making good
progress.
- The grain crops in Edgefeld county
were slightly injured in some sections by
the recent cold weather.
- The town council of Barnwell have de-
cided to tax all the merchants, tradesmen
and professional men.
- The name of the postotfice known as
Carmel Hill, in Chester county, has been
changed to Wilksburg.
- Robert p. Witmore, of Lancaster cOun
ty, has been sent to the lunatic asylum in
Columbia. His insanity was caused by
hard study. He was school teacher.
The bridge over the Catawba River, on
the Cheraw and Chester Railroad has been
completed and is said to be a very substan-
tial structure.
Riley Anderson, colored, confined in the
Greenville jail under sentence of death, at
tempted to make his escape last Friday
night by burning hole through the floor
of the Jail.
- Timmonsville has elected a dry council
after hard contest involving several fights
and some usual bloodshed. The barroom
license has been raised to $4,000 with S2O,-
600 security for good order.
At recent meeting of the stockholders
of the Carolina National Bank of Columbia,
Messrs. a. II. White and A. E. Hutchinson,
of Rock Hill, were elected two of the direc-
tors.
- An ordinance has been passed by the
town council of Winnsboro to prevent the
storing or delivering of guano or other COM
mercial fertilizers within the corporate
limits of the town.
The authorities of the State university
have petitioned the City Council of Colun-
bia against licensing two bar-rooms in the
neighborhood of the institution. Columbia
has Al barrooms.
Chester Bulletin, Friday: On last Fri
day, Mrs. Elizabeth Lowry, wife of Maj.
James G. Lowry, died very suddenly, Of
heart disease Mrs. Lowry was member
of the Presbyterian church at her death,
and had been for q number Of years.
-Sheetz, railway agent at Fort Motto, in
Orangeburg county, ran away with SOU.
The railroad company kept the matter out
of the way of the newspapers, and as a nat
ural consequence SheetZ has been able to
keep out of the way of the company.
A fire occurred in Columbia last Mon
day night, destroying the building on Main
street occupied by Mr.. Richbourg, jeWeier,
and Mr.. Hennie, photographer. Adjoining
buildings were also damaged, and only the
absence of wind prevented serious contia-
grafton.
Deputy Marshals w. Y. Davis and Dan
iel Henderson recently lost their way while
hunting for moonshners in Greenville coun-
ty. Suddenly in their wandering they ran
upon an illicit still, from which a run"
had lust been made. The still was destroy
ed, the moonshiners having fled.
The superintendent of education is en-
gagged in preparing a new edition OF a
pamphlet containing the school law of the
state, as recently amended. The publlca-
tion was authorized by the Legislature at
it's last session. The pamphlet Will be
printed in a few weeks.
AT the recent examination of teachers
in Anderson county there were thirty-tWo
applicants, sixteen white and sixteen color
ored. Twenty-Five certificates were issued,
sixteen to white applicants and nine to
colored. Of these, eleven received first,
six second, and eight third grade.
- Rock Hill Herald: The election for Off
GERS Of the town of Rock Hill passed otf quI-
city and pleasantly last Monday. Only one
ticket was put in the field. The following
gentlemen composed the ticket: For Inten-
dant, A. +. Smith. For Wardens, DIR. j.
w. Fewell, w. c. Hutchinson, j. G. Sharpe,
Miles Johnson.
- Rock Hill Herald Mr.. John Garrison,
of the India Hook neighborhood, is 7Syears
old, is vet quite active-mOves about over
his farm and walks to church, distance of
one mile. What is most remarkable about
the old gentleman is, he has lived. all his life
on the same farm and has ploWed every year
for sixty-nine years.
-Edgefeld AdUeniser: Soloman Harmon,
lately confined with his son in Edgefield
jail, for stealing a bale Of cotton seven
weeks ago, near Batesburg is upwards of
60 years of age, and is said to have been
worth at one time previous to the war
S50,0 in property, but for number OF
years has been without means.
Two boys, IL to "a years of age, got to
boxing in the factory at Clifton, Spartan
burg county, on Monday evening of last
week, and one of them, Parker, was struck
in the side or stomach by the other, Parrish,
and died Immediately. 1t is supposed that
the blow caused the heart to stop its action
suddenly, which was the cause of the death.
The boys were in play and did not become
angry.
NEWS OF THE DAY.