Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-10-08
SOIJTH CAROLINA NEWS.

vened in Charleston last Monday.
Il. NJ. Wolfe, tried in Orangeburg last
week for the homicide of Albrecht, was &C
quilted on the ground of self defence.
- The next term of court for Edgefield
county will convene on the second Monday
in November. Judge Hudson will preside.
~ young man of Abbeville county gave
a COW and calf, a shotgun, a SOW and seven
pigs and six dollars in cash for hound.
John Benson, colored, convicted in the
Laurens Court of Sessions of the murder of
another colored man, has been sentenced to
be hanged on the Goth of November.
The Red Bank factory in Lexington
county, was sold at an assignee's sale in Co.
lumbia, last Monday, and bought by DIR. T.
G.. Robertson and Capt. Willie Jones for
S23,50O.
- There are 81 practicing physicians in
NeWberry county, one of whom is colored
man, DIR. Il. w. McMorris, who graduated
in 1883 from medical college in Nashville,
Tennessee.
A manuscript sketch of Marion's cam
paigns in this State tells of a man named
Brawler in Clarendon, who entered the
Continental service with % sons, of whom
90 were killed in action.
Hampton Lindsey, colored, near Chap
pell's in Edgefeld, was riding horse from
the pasture to the field without bride,
when the animal fell on him and he was so
severely injured as to cause death.
>E.Mrs. Mary Smith, an aged and respect
ed lady of Sumter, has 80 grandchildren
and 46 great grandchildren. While anoth-
er aged lady in the same county has five
generations living and does her own house.
work.
Mt is said that Mr.. O'Shields, we'll
known farmer in Spartanburg, has been
ers his crop, the charge being that he warn
ed the Sheriff of the approach of the lynch
ing party.
Hon. E. w. Noise, of Sumter, and Hon.
Leroy F. Youmans, of Columbia, have been
retained by Jewish Society in North Car
olina to aid in the prosecution in the Able
Vile court of j. G.. Ferguson for the killing
of Arthur Benedict.
- Miss Cynthia Duckett, of NeWberry
county, while feeding her chickens caught
one of them, when rooster flew at her and
spurred her on the back of the hand. The
hand became very sore and blood poisoning
resulted, which caused death in a few days.
The Clubhouse of John Sawyer, colored,
of Fairfield, was burnt by an accidental fire,
last week. A lad was holding candle for
him to see how to weigh some cotton, when
it fell among the loose stuff and in short
time the whole place was in blaze. The
loss is about 81 900; no insurance.
- Laurens is tout of the woods" and has
become live town. The Herald says:
sour people have good railroad facilities
six passenger trains arriving and departing
daily-four on the G., L. & S. and two on
the Laurens Road. This is quite an i'm
off q
when we had only tri-weekly mail, that
being carried on crank car"
In the Lancaster Court of Sessions last
week, VIM. J. Cunningham, tried for the
murder of Robert Bowers at the Halle gold
mine on the 18th of May last, was acquitted.
The case of B. F. Welsh, charged with the
murder of w. G.. Moore, was concluded on
Saturday night, after three days trial, and
resulted in a verdict of not guilty, on the
plea of self defence.
-Parkman and Holmes, two of the alleged
lynchers of o. T. Culbreath, have been az
rested and lodged in Jail at Edgefeld. They
will apply for bail. 1t is said that warrants
for about twenty other persons suspected OF
being implicated in the murder will be sued
out at an early day. Culbreath's son is said
to have been one of the lynching party.
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Synod of the South, recently in session at
Due West, adjourned at II o'clock, P. NJ,
on Monday of last week. The report OF the
joint committee to formulate a basis of
union between the Associate Reformed
Presbyterians and the United Presbyterians,
was adopted with only two or three dissent
ing votes. The question of union, as agreed
to by the Synod, will be overturned to the
presbyteries of the Associate Reformed
Church, at the meetings to be held next
Spring.
Mr.. L. A. Ransom has been appointed
special agent for South Carolina by the
managers, for the North, Central and South
American Exposition which opens at New
Orleans November 10th. He hopes to in-
duce all the manufacturers in the State to
make exhibits of their products at the eX-
position. The success of the exposition is
assured. Thirty-tWo States and Territories
will make collection exhibits and many of
them will occupy much larger space than
at the Cotton Exposition.
A CowARDLY DEED.-Judge George w.
Ward, editor of the Examiner and Com
monwealth's Attorney for Washington
county, Va, while about to enter the Col
onade Hotel at Abingdon, Va, on the 21th
ult., about 4 p. M, was fired upon by Dr.
William White, Independent candidate
1Or StaCe SeIldCOT, WlO lltt1 DeCi CoHSStl
ed in store-room nearly opposite the
hotel. White stepped out of the door and
discharged one barrel Of a shotgun loaded
with buck-shot at Ward, who fell face fore
most, but, recovering on his knees, drew
pistol and fired three shots at a young rel
ative of Whites, who was on the opposite
side of the street behind tree. White in
the meantime had stepped inside of the
store, but hearing the firing he came out
again and fired the second barrel at Ward,
who fell While he was lying on the ground
two of Whites relatives Zone of whom
Ward had already shot at and whom ne
thought had shot at him) walked up and
fired seven shots at him (Ward), all of
which took effect. DR.. White and his two
relatives have been arrested and bailed in
the sum of $1,000 each, Great excitement
exists in Abingdon and vicinity, but no
fear of further violence is entertained.
BUSINESS FAILURES LAST WEEK.-The
business failures occurring throughout the
country during the last week, as reported to'1
r. G. Dunn & Co.'s mercantile agency,
number for the United States III and for
Canada 25, total 1876, against a total of 1S5
the week previous. The Western and Pa
o;6o Stotoo f,rnicb oyaptlv ono. half Of fha