Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-20
AOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


The first bale of new cotton for Fairfield
county was sold in Winnsb0rO last Saturday
by Mr.. Alexander Williford at II cents per
pound.
Captain l.. J. Walker has resigned his
membership of the railroad commission to
accept a position rendered him in the
Charleston Custom House.
Robert Miller, former resident of Lew
isville, Chester county, died at Santa Bar
bara, South America, few weeks ago. He
was in charge of a large coffee business.
The stock law excitement has again
broken out in Colleton, and meetings to
protest against the law are being called in
every township.
The State Normal Institute, in session
for several weeks in Charleston, was dis
missed last Friday, after an excellent address
by the State Superintendent of Education.
H. l.. Ford, resident of Aiken, and
nearly blind, has invented and patented a
railroad switch, which prominent railroad
men, after witnessing a recent exhibition
of it at Staten Island, pronounce complete
success.
DR.. Fraser, of.the State Board of Health,
has inspected the sanitary condition of sixty,
towns, cities and villages Of this State and
has printed his report. Columbia is the
only place he finds in perfect condition.
Charleston is in fair condition.
The Ne,rs md Courier says: Col. John P.
Thomas has gone to Columbia. He has de-
termined not to enter again in scholastic
pursuits, but will direct his energies and tai
ents in purely business channels. He has
not yet definitely determined whether he
will locate in Columbia or Charleston, but
will probably remove to the State Capital.
Piedmont Inspector: GA tree was cut
down one day last week, on the Pacolet
river, on the estate of Mr.. McNally, which
measured six and a halffeet through. ItWas
ing 80 feet in length, and when sawed into
plank it is estimated that it will make up
wards of 10000 boards. This is thought to
be the largest tree ever found in that Sec
tion of country"
During fight in Darlington recently a
negro man had his eye so injured that the
sight was destroyed, the membrane cover
ing the eyeball and a portion of the pupil Of
the eye being torn completely around and
rolled backwards in the socket. Cocaine
was applied, and the membrane was caught
up and sowed to the piece remaining over
the pupil and the eye is now as good as
ever.
-Edgefeld Monitor: The rumors circu-
lating Regarding the defalcation of Ex-Treas-
urer B. C.. Bryan have taken definite shape,
the grand jury having investigated the
matter and recommended that proceedings
be had against the sureties to secure to the
county the amount of the deficit, which was
found to be about 81 900. Among the sure
ties were NJ. A. Markert, j. II. Hollings-
worth, w. B. Penn and the late Gen. B. E.
Nicholson.
fol E q hyci
clan in NeWberry county who prescribed
tarter emetic as dose for watermelon
thieves. Shortly after he was summoned to
attend darkey down with cholera morbus,
and when the doctor was about to leave he
was offered melon by another negro on
the place. The doctor declined, but said he
would take piece to his buggy and eat it
on the way home, which he did, much to
his sorrow, for it proved to be one of his
own tartar emetic melons and made him
awful sick.
The conference of representatives from
the denominational colleges of this State,
in reference to free tuition in the State Uni
versity and the Citadel Academy, will take
place in Greenville on next Thursday, Au-
gust 9th, at o'clock P. NJ. The following
gentlemen were chosen to represent the sew,
eral institutions: Prof. w. w. Duncan and
Hon. w. X. Blake, Wofford College; Prof.
William Hood and Gen. r. r. Hemphill,
Erskine College, Prof. G. w. Holland and
Hon. w. A. Sigh, Newberry College; Hon.
E. B. Murray and Col. James A. Hoyt, Fur
man University.
Says the Columbia correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle The elections that have
been held in different parts of the State for
the purpose of levying taxes to build rail
roads have caused a great deal of important
results in some sections. Those who favor
these taxes and those who oppose levying
them, accuse each other of working for the
negro vote, and, of course, both deny the
accusation, and this has, in some instances,
produced bitter feelings among neighbors
and friends. 1t is'to be regretted that all
cannot take the axne view Of things, but
when they can nAFt minority should fol-
low the good old' Democratic rule and SUBJ
nit to the will of the majority.