Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-10-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

1t is reported that Col. Jas. f. Calhoun,
a 9O-year-old citizen Of Abbeville county,
who IS bachelor, is to be married soon.
The tight rope performer who fell at
Spartanburg and was reported killed, did
not die, but has recovered from his injuries
and is at it again.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, the prima
donna, is a native Of South Carolina, haV-
ing been born in Sumter while her father
had charge of the academy at that place.
The Citizens ticket was elected in Spar
tanburg over the regular Democratic ticket:
Mayor, Joseph Walker; Aldermen, +. NJ.
TRIMMER, l.. A. Mills, George Lethco, ii.
A. Ligon, T. A. Irwin, John Boyden.
Mrs. Nancy King, of Anderson county,
has on her place a Madeira grape vine
which covers an eighth of an acre. Its
stalk is about the size of,an ordinary mans
body One year Mrs. King made 73 gal
lous of wine from the yield of this single
vine. 1t is 40 or so years old.
w. B. Sapp, of Lancaster county, while
on his way home from a corn shucking at
J. R. Knights on Friday night, October
16, was waylaid by unknown persons,
knocked down and severely cut with a
knife. He received two cuts, one on the
arm and one across the breast.
At the house Of a man named SnipeS IN
the lower part of Lancaster county, a few
nights ago, difficulty arose between sever
al parties out of an old grudge, in which
Alexander Whitaker shot B. Hancock
with shotgun, inflicting severe wounds
in his face and breast. In subsequent diff
ficulty at the same place John Hane was
badly cut in his right arm by some party
whose name is not given.
Hector Mosely has been lodged in Spar
Ill ~fD Dow
colored, near Gaffney City on the Dist in
slant. 1t is claimed that Moss had attacked
Mosely several times before, and on the
occasion of the killing advanced knife in
hand upon Mosely, who was riding mule.
Mosely quickly dismounted on the 'otf''
side of the mule and shot Moss through the
heart as he approached.
On the 2Oth instant, thirteen miles south
of Laurens c. H., VIM. Bryson fatally shot
j. Ed Crisp with pistol. Crisp died dur
ing the night. The report is that in dis
pute about hog, Bryson called Crisp liar,
and that Crisp took hold Of Bryson and was
shaking or kicking him, when the latter
drew pistol and fired three times. They
were first cousins and of respectable fami-
lies. Bryson surrendered to the sheriff,
and was subsequently, admitted to (, bal bail by
Judge Witherspoon in bond of $4,000.
- III OpdTtdnDuTS, ldSI lHuISudy dltcI-
noon, Joe Whitesides, a negro of about %
years of age, was lodged in Jail on the
charge of assault and battery upon the nine
year old son of Sheriff L. M. Gentry. The
prisoner was driving a pair Of mules and
through great carelessness allowed the Wag-
on to knock the boy down and both wheels
pass over his body. There were many
witnesses to the dastardly deed and it is
confidently expected that it will 60 hard
with the accused.
In the Spartanburg Court of Sessions last
week, before Judge Witherspoon, the case
of the State VS.. Edward Lipscomb, charg-
ed with forgery was hotly contested. The
social standing of the parties and the
fact that Lipscomb's own sister prosecuted
him rendered the case rather 4 noted one.
In 1874 when Mrs. Poole, nee Lipscomb,
was quite i'll, certain funds under her con-
troll as administrative were drawn from the
Probate Judges Office by Edward Lips
comb and receipted for apparently by Mrs.
Poole. Edward Lipscomb paid a portion
of this money to Mrs Poole and gave note
for the remainder. Now, ten years after
wards, he is prosecuted for having forged
Mrs Poole's name to the receipt, he having
in the meantime failed in business. Mrs.
Poole denied having signed the receipt, but
several experts on handwriting testified
that in their opinion the alleged forged sig
nature was genuine, and an acquittal was
secured.