Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-12-15
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.

CHESTER, December 13.-A considerable
amount of land was sold at this place on
last Monday by the Clerk of the Court and
the Sheriff. Itbrought tolerably fair prices,
considering the exceeding scarcity OF mon
ey. The DeBardelaben land in the vicin-
ity of Blackstocks, was sold in five tracts as
follows: One tract of 2l8 acres brought
S10.45 per acre; another tract of 2l2 acres
brought $l0.45 per acre; another tract OF
81 acres brought $9.45 per acre another tract
of 113 acres, 1915 per acre another tract OF
50 acres, s7.S0 per acre. All of these tracts
were bought by L. S. Douglas & Co. The
tract Of 403 acres bringing So per acre, w.
A. Sanders, purchaser, and another tract of
110 acres bringing $8 per acre, j. D. Clack,
purchaser. Land belonging to Nancy j.
Robinson was sold in two tracts; one tract
of 329 acres bringing $6.75 per acre, Nancy
J. Robinson, purchaser, and the other tract
of 329 acres bringing 1915 per acre, wv. B.
Wilson, Jr., purchaser. A tract of 100 acres,
belonging to Fannie and Lizzie Latham was
sold at S. per acre, Archie Owens, purchas-
er. A tract of land consisting of TIA acres,
and belonging to the estate Of John Nc
Neel, deceased, was bought by w. Holmes
Hardin at s10.25 per acre. The Gayden
land, 297 acres, near Rocky Mount, brought
$s per acre, James Gayden purchaser:
The Worthy land, on Turkey Creek and
Broad River, was sold in five tracts as fol-
lows: one tract of Ill acres bringing 1874,
Wylie g. Agurs, purchaser; another tract
of 1856 acres bringing S4OO, same purchas-
er; another tract, of 757 acres bringing
81 .S05, same purchaser; another tract of
$40 acres, bringing $4,000, National Bank
of Chester, purchaser; another tract of So
acres, bringing $153, NJ. A. Worthy, pur-
chaser. Land belonging to R. G. Douglas,
on the Western side Of the county was sold
in three tracts. One tract of 72 acres,
bringing S. per acre, another tract of 81
acres bringing $5.25 per acre, and another
tract of "A acres bringing 1925 per acre:
The Chester oil mill was sold at the suit
of the National Bank of Chester to Messrs.
Joseph Wylie, J. II. Smith, E. G. Stain
and w. #. D. Cousar for Sl4,7OO: The
above sales were made by the Clerk OF
Court The Sheriff sold the following two
tracts of land: 325 acres belonging to James
Startling for $3.50, r. N. Hemphill, purchas-
er; and $50 acres belonging to James NJ.
Bradford were sold to W. F. Buchanan
for $3.50.
George Harrison, Nathan Crosby, Hay
Boyd and David Featherstone, all eolored,
were put in Jail at this place last week,
charged with the murder of Eli Johnson,
colored. These parties had attended a ne
gro frolic, and having left, the trouble oc-
Cured on the way, which resulted as stat
ed. There is no direct proof of the guilt
of the accused, but the circumstantial evil
dence is very strong against them: They
were last seen in the company of the MUIR
dered man.
Mr.. Brce McCaw, of this county, died on
last Friday morning. His death resulted
from measels. He married few months
ago a daughter of the late Rev. r. W..
Brice, who for so many years was Pastor
of Hopewell Associate Reformed Presby-
terian Church. NJ.