Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-12-17
AOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SUUIn CAhULlNA NENo.
Henry Sparnick, a native of Charleston,
and who figured as a Radical politician
during the reconstruction period, died re-
Gently in Denver, Colorado.
-Varnville has increased her liquor IL
cense from 5000 to S400, which, added to the
United States and county licenses, will cost
dealers in that town $575.
Joseph Best, Benjamin Martin and ST.
mon Turner, white, and Richard Lynch,
colored have been lodged in jail at Green
vile, charged with blockading.
The Common Council of Blacks has
guaranteed to the widow of Marshal Tur-
ner, who was murdered by r. c. Bishop
three weeks ago, a pension OF eight dollars
a month for life.
Attempts to assassinate young Memphis
Culbreath, son of the party recently lynch
ed, are reported to the Edgefeld Chronicle,
"While some are trying to hang him others
are trying to shoot him." says the cores
pondent.
- Thirty-nine years ago to-day (the 12th)
Company H. of the Palmetto Regiment
started to Mexico. To-day three of the sur
vivors are in Columbia, five in Richland
county, and about ten in the South. They
left Columbia 80 strong.
1t is rumored that the Charlotte, Colum-
bia & Augusta Railioad will change hands
at an early day. It is now under the con-
troll of the Richmond & Danville Syndi-
cate, and it is thought that the Atlantic
Coast line would like to get control of it.
The annual address before the South
Carolina Bar Association was delivered in
the Hall of Representatives on Wednesday
e Ioc4 L,,& &Io uo, Tnhn nillnn
of the most prominent and successful men,
hers of the New York bar.
The Town Council of Barnwell had two
local violators of the prohibition law before
them on last Saturday, and fined them
one hundred dollars each. The fines were
promptly paid. Another case this week
brought in sixty dollars.
Winnsboro Nems: A crowd of negroes,
about fifty in number, left Blackstock on
Sunday, for Arkansas. There seems to be
a general dissatisfaction among them, but
whether their condition will be bettered
by the change, remains question which
they will have to solve for themselves.
Winnsboro Nevs: Mr.. D. r. Flenni-
ken, of this place, has made an assignment
to Mr.. James A. Brice, for the benefit
of his creditors. The deed of assignment
was recorded Oh Tuesday. The schedule
states the assets to be $40, ,4S7.4S, and the liza
bilities s72,62S.S5.
During the past year Governor Thomp-
son has exercised executive clemency in
behalf of thrty-five convicts. Of these
nine were white and twenty-six colored.
In one capital case full pardon was grant
ed and in five other capital cases the sem
tence was changed from hanging to impris-
onment for life.
An Importing Company, charted by the
Legislature for the development of direct
trade between Charleston and South Ameri-
ca has been organized in Charleston and
has begun operations by ordering cargo OF
five thousand bags Of coffee from Rio. The
intention is to import similar cargoes
monthly, so as to supply southern and Wes-
tern markets. The company is backed by
large capital.
The Laurens Herald denies the state
ment that there is as much whisky sold IN
that town as there was year ago. 1t states
that while there is violation of the prohl-
bition law, it does not believe there is one
twentieth as much whisky sold in the town
as there was twelve months ago. 1t says
those who violate the law dare not attempt
to sell whisky except at "holes in tine wall"
or under cover Of darkness.
- Moses Prince and T. w. Wines, colored,
of Society Hill, the latter an ex-member of
the Legislature, were before United States
Commissioner Baker last week, and were
bound over for selling whisky without IL
cense. On Friday night, Aaron Evans, col
ored, was shot down while walking on the
railroad at Society Hill and it is suspected
that the friends of Princeand Wines did the
shooting, as Evans had reported them for
violating the revenue laws.
Says the Greenvillle Ne,cs: A citizen of
Spartanburg county, near Greer's, named
Moore was in the Confederate lines at Pc
tersburg and near the famous crater at the
time of the explosion, July 3Oth, 1864. He
was severely shocked by the tremendous
conclusion resulting from the explosion of
5000 pounds of powder, but has suffered no
Inconvenience beyond partial deafness in
one ear until short time ago. Then the
side of his head on which the injured ear is
began to swell. The swelling has increased
until it has become enormous and death is
expected to soon relieve the veteran of his