Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-06-16

to arise in reference to the good people of
Edgefeld, conveys the information that in
Guiding the Culbreath lynching there are
only twelve actual cases of murder pending
in that law-abiding county, which is not a
bad showing, after all.
THE BOUNDARY SURVEY.
Our Fort Mill correspondent INDUCES a
little pleasantly at the expense of our North
Carolina neighbors relative to the survey
now being made to locate the boundary Line
between the two States. That any of the
States adjoining South Carolina should
want to take in a portion of her fertile ter
ritory and especially that the good Old
North State should want to capture as much
as possible of the historic counties of Lam
caster and York, we are not surprised. The
birth place of Andrew Jackson and the
battlefield of Kings Mountain have long
been coveted, not to say claimed, by our
venerable sister; but when an actual sur
vey not only gives unequivocally to Lam
caster county the honor of being the BIRTH
place of the illustrious hero of New Orleans,
but may probably give to South Carolina
the prosperous town of Pineville, which had
been supposed to be over the line, in Neck
lenburg county, the joke is too good. Should
North Carolina renew her claims to the old
battlefield which rendered Yorktown pos
sible, and insist upon a survey, it is not un-
likely that in that direction it would be
found that we are entitled not to the battle
ground alone, but the beautiful and pro-
-.o,,:,o 4o.r, &c fho co :, no mo m tho a IT,
Line Railroad, to say nothing of the north
ern suburbs of Grover, All-Healing Springs,
probably Gastonia and other outlying TO-
%calities.
The survey seems to be still progressing,
and awaiting an official report, which we
suppose will be made, we take the olloW
ing, written by one of the surveying party,
from the last Charlotte Gazette:
1--WE commenced at a point one mile
north of Allen w. Heath's and finished up
to the line between WaXhaW corner and
Twelve Mile Creek, striking the creek some
twO-hundred feet west, and down the creek
from an old gum stump, the supposed cor
ner. The gum stump found by us is said
to be the one located by the original sur
veyors one hundred and fourteen years
ago. If the gum tree located as the corner,
was of any size, in the year l772, l think 1t
highly improbable that any portion OF 1T re-
mains to this day. On Tuesday morning
May 18th at about 2.30 o'clock, we made an
observation to find the pole and to get our
proper course for the line to or near Pine
Vile, the old course being 81 degrees west,
ours 33 degrees west. Without any. IN
terruption of note we ran 133 miles and To-
Gated the corner near j. T.. Downs Esq,
some ; of a'mile from tho old line and east
of it, taking off a considerable slip of
territory from North Carolina and putting
several farms and farmers on the West side,
namely: John n. HOWE, James McGinn,
Nelly McGinn, w. j.. Hoagland, J. ID.
Culp, S. B. Cunningham, Mrs. w. A. Boat,
right, j. H. Elms, ]. r. Mccullough and
j. G. Moss. Our corner fell short Of the
old supposed corner probably a mile: we
will run the line from this corner to the Ca
tawba river, say about eight miles, during
this week, and then the work will be sub
mitted to the authorities for their consider
ton and consummati0n. | will say, just
here, my opinion is that the two States
will adopt some compromise line, say near
the old line.
GAS to locating the birthplace of An
drew Jackson, l obtained little bit of ira
ditional history of that disputed spot from
Mr.. Martin Key, a very responsible man ana
who is said to live on the place where Jack
son was partially raised. | saw the spring
near the spot where the cabin was claim
ed to stand. This is half a mile north
of Waxhaw Creek, and half a mile west of
the Charlotte and Camden dirt road, and
about one mile west of the State line, on
the South Carolina side.
81 suppose this story has been the cause
of the dispute between North and South
Carolina, both claiming Jackson. The wrl-
ter is not familiar with the early history OF
Jackson. am inclined to the opinion that
Lancaster county has the best claim, taking
several reasons into consideration"
SPEEDY ACQUITTAL.-On
last Wednesday afternoon, W. f. Cuthbert-
son, a grocery merchant Of Charlotte, was
shot through the heart and instantly killed
by his son-in-law, Cyrus Long, a young dry
goods clerk. Two years ago Long married
Cuthbertson's daughter, but the match was
so bitterly opposed by the girls father that
the couple ran away and were married.
Since then Cuthbertson has made repeated
last week and CuthbertSon's wife Wentto see
it. When she returned Cuthbertson gave her
a brutal beating and would probably have
killed her but for the interference of neigh
bors. CuthbertsOn also made threats to kill
Long on sight. On Wednesday afternoon
the two men met on Trade street, and Long
drew his pistol and shot Cuthbertson dead.
Long was committed to Jail, and in the
Criminal Court Of Charlotte, which was in
session last week, he was arraigned on Satur-
day. The violent character of Cuthbertson
and his repeated threats to take Longs life,
were shown on the trial, asalsO the peaceable
and quiet disposition of Mr.. Long. TheJury
was out seventeen minutes and returned a
verdict of not guilty, which,. the Observer
says, is strictly in accord with the sentiment
of that community.
Cuthbertson is a native of Union county,
y. c., and his body was taken there for
burial.
TIE COUNTY SUES THE RAILROAD CON-
PANY.-Lancaster county has brought suit
against the Cheraw and Chester Railroad
Company for SEC, 900, being, the amount of
interest the county has paid on the county
bonds for eleven years. Thu action is neces-
itated by the fact that the county of Ches-
ter has brought suit for $50, 00O, the interest
paid out by that county. The outcome of
this suit will probably be a surrender of
the lease by the G. G. & a. Railroad.
There is a difference of opinion as to the
policy of this litigation, butth commission
ers, in view of the fact that Chester has
moved in the matter, are in duty bound to
protect the interest of our county, by Sc
curing a judgment for this claim. Ira'B.
Jones, Esq, will represent the county
Lancaster Le!gc''.