Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-07-16

the following startling announcement in
the Nears and Courier of the Goth ult.: Col.
Coward, superintendent of education, was
in the city to-day One would suppose
from the fact of his being a State official
that his presence in the city-where the
people have right to expect him-would
not be of so unfrequent occurrence as to eN-
cite remark or comment"
| TO which petulant remark the Columbia
correspondent of the NeWs and Courier re-
plies as follows: 1t seems to me to depend
very much upon who the "people" are
whether they have fright" to expect to
| find Superintendent Coward in his office in
| Columbia at all times. If the "peOple" are
those inhabitants of the State possessed of
some intellect and little common sense,
and who have anything like correct idea
of the duties of the superintendent of edu-
cation, they do not expect to find him in
Columbia, except at intervals Of time vary
ing from one to four or five weeks. Last
year there was considerable complaint that
Col. Coward did not 60 around in the State
enough and neglected to visit the schools.
The following passage of law, alluding to
the duties of this officer, was quoted: 'He
shall have supervision over all the common
and public schools of the State, and it shall
be his duty to visit every county in the
State for the purpose of inspecting Schools"
&C., &c. Col. Coward has visited and in
spected the schools of half the counties in
State already this year, and still the people
seem to be discontented. When after an
absence of several weeks the superintendent
of education comes to his office here, the
Ne,rs and Courier correspondent does not
consider a mention of the fact a startling"
announcement, but simply one Of sufficient
interest to demand two lines of his cores
pondence in which to make the statement.
CRIME IN VIRGINIA.-There has been
considerable excitement for several days
past in Henry county, Va, in the vicinity
of Martinsville, over mystery involved in
the death of Mrs. G. l.. Stone, Jr., who was
found dead on Monday Of last week, and
soon thereafter was buried. Suspicion of foul
play being aroused, the body was eXhumed
and coroner'S investigation begun. An
autopsy showed that deceased was in per-
fectly healthy condition. a large number of
witnesses were examined, and on last Satur-
day the coroner's jury rendered verdict
that Mrs. Stone came to her death from
cruel and brutal treatment at the hands of
her husband and his father, G. l.. Stone, Sr.
Both father and son have been committed
to Jail to await the action of the grand jury.
The evidence shows that the deceased was
tortured to death by the most shameful and
unnatural treatment Excitement over the
crime continues, and an assault upon the
Jail and lynching the two prisoners is threat
ened.
BACK FROM LIBERIA.-The bark Mon
rOrid, which arrived from Liberia on yes
terday, had fOrty-tWO cOlOred men on board
who return from that country after resi-
dence of some years. The Rev. H. G. Jor-
dan, a native of South Carolina, was in
charge of the party and expressed himself
as dissatisfied with the country as place
for permanent residence for the colored
race. Among the returning colonists were
Prof. H. NJ. Brown, \. A. Brown, a STU
dent, and representatives of various trades
and professions. On the passage Willis f.
Ford, aged tifty-siX years, died Of apopleXy
and was buried at sea. On board the bark
was collection of pets in the shape of for
ty parrots and four small monkeys besides
many birds of gaudy plumage. The Liber-
rian colony is represented as being in a dis
satisfied state and many more are expected
to leave the promised land and return to
this country.-N Y. UorlU,. 1OM.