Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-03-06
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

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ing of the stockholders of the Catawba Oil
mill Mr.. Joseph Wylie rendered his resig-
nation of the Presidency, and Mr.. j: Harvey
Smith was elected in his place. Without
neglecting his other business, MIR. Wylle
could not give that attention to the mill
which its important interests demanded.
Possessed as he is of fine administrative
talents he would doubtless have managed
| its affairs wisely, and in time have placed
it on a substantial and paying business had
not circumstances compelled him to retire
from the presidency. Mr.. Smith has man
aged successfully other business, and will
without doubt be successful in the manage
ment of the oil mill. While it is true that
some of the stockholders became panicky
after the destruction caused by the late
storm, and parted with their stock at a tre-
mendous discount the majority OF them are
not dspirited, and at the late meeting
gave evidence of their faith IN the enter
prise as a paying investment by taking
such action as will lead to the immediate
repairing of all damages. Mr.. c. w. Winn,
of Charlotte. has contracted to repair the
damages in fifteen days. AS the third story
is not essential to the successful operation
of the mill, it will not be replaced. Ihe
injury to the machinery is far less than
was supposed to be the morning after the
storm The breaking of the fly wheel IS
the greatest damage, which can be repaired
at a cost of 5000. Other parts of the machin-
erv are broken or injured, but they are of
minor importance and can be easily fixed.
The new presses, of which mention was
recently made, have arrived and will soon
be placed in their proper position. Good
results are expected from them when the
min 10 again in operation. At the late
meeting Of the stockholders j. j. McLure,
Esq, was elected Director in place OF DIR.
Brown White, resigned.
Mr.. w. w. Crosby, of the CrOsbyVllle
neighborhood, being in our town last week,
gave distressing account of the late cy-
clone. He thinks the wind blew with much
greater vi0lenceat his place than it did here.
His mothers residence, which he considered
a very strong and substantial building, was
blown down, from top to foundation, and
pieces of the lumber were blown four miles.
Not a single building of any kind was left
standing on the place. Such scene OF desc
lation he never witnessed before. His
mothers loss was $4,000. Considerable de-
struction was caused by the storm in the
neighb0rhOod of Rossville. A number Of
houses on Mr.. Ross Dyes place were blown
down. Mr.. Munro Stroud's dwelling and
other houses also yielded to the violence of
the storm. His wife was SO severely injured
by the falling timbers that fears of her re-
cOvery are entertained. Mr.. VIM. StrOud's
tered to the four winds.
Richhurg was visited with a fire on last
Wednesday night. The depot, quantity
of goods and Is bales of cotton were burned.
Of this cotton bales belonged to Mr.. Null
linaX, a cotton buyer of our town; 8 bales
belonged to Mr.. c. f. Nunnery, and one
bale to Mr.. Os. Barber, both of Richburg.
Mr.. Hemphill Mcdaniel also had II bales
on the platform, but this was saved. Mr..
| N,,llipoy bod ha r0oinp6 for the nurphaSa
of all the cotton on the platform, and had
sent his weigher to Richburg to weigh and
mark the cotton, but the fire came and in
terfered with his calculations. The cotton
would have been weighed and marked on
Thursday, the day after the fire, and would
then have passed in to Mr.. Mulllnax's pos
session. As it, he claims that he had not
received the cotton, and does not consider
himself bound in law or equity to pay for
it. Mr. MullinaX had six bales of his own
ON the depot platform, and had been pro-
tected by policy of insurance on the cot
ton, but unfortunately the policy expired
few hours before the fire. The origin of the
fire is attributed to q spark from an engine.
The railroad company had insurance on the
depot and goods.
+. NJ. Leucher, charged with obtaining
money from Mrs. Logan under false pre-
tences was arrested in Charleston on last
Wednesday by Mr.. A. Murphy, and by him
brought to this place the next day. The
amolnt obtained by him was 500, which
Mrs. 17ogun 1r1rn f1sro--i+l.- tire uua0r-
standing that he would invest it in lumber.
1t was kind of partnership arrangement.
She was to furnish the capital, while he would
attend to the business. Getting the money,
he left town ostensibly for the purpose Of
waiting while, and hearing nothing from
him, Mrs. Logan appeared before Trial JUS
tice Glenn, and making an affidavit as to his
fraudulent intentions secured warrant for
his arrest, which was placed in the hands of
Mr.. Murphy, who made the arrest as stated,
in Charleston. On his arrival at this place
he was lodged in Jail. A preliminary, ex-
animation in the case was to have been
held on last Saturday, but he waived the
examination, and will remain in his pres
ent quarters until the meeting of the Cir
cult Court when his trial will take place.
| The Governor virtually left the filling OF
the vacancy in the Office of Trial Justice at
this place to our delegation in the Legisla-
ture. He signifed his intention to appoint
whoever received their recommendation.
Mr.. w. T. Robinson was so honored, and
will consequently be commissioned this
week.
The Baptist congregation has secured
temporarily room on the first floor OF the
Odd Fellows building for the purpose of
holding religious services. The pulpit and
seats have been removed to this room, and
services were held there Sunday. $4,000
have already been secured by our Baptist
friends for the purpose of erecting new
church building. remaining 81, 900 will
doubtless be raised in the course of a few
weeks, and the new building will in all
probability be under way by May or June.
Our Presbyterian friends intend 20 repair
the damages to their church without delay.
The contractor will begin work in few days.
Some changes are contemplated in the in
terror arrangement of the building, and
they will be such as will add to its attrac-
tiVenesS.
l hear that the breach of promise case, in
which Miss Lucas was the plaintiff and Mr..
j. p. Ferguson, the defendant, has been
compromised. The basis of the compro-
mise was an agreement on the part of the
defendant to pay sum of money.
Hon. j. J. Hemphill recently introduced
in Congress bill having for its object the
restoration of the name Of Captain Thomas,
of this county, to the pension roll. The
Captain lost an arm in the Mexican war
and drew pension until the breaking
out of the late war, in which he partl-
cipated, and in consequence of this partl-
cipatiOn his name was dropped from the
pension roll. 1t is to be hoped that MIR.
Hemphill, who by the way makes an eX-
cellent member of Congress, will succeed in
the effort to secure pension for Captain
Thomas.
Yesterday being sales-day, the county
was represented.in town by quite num-
Der of its best citizens. The farmers are by
no means dispirited by the short crops of