Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-03-14
S0IITH CAROLINA NEWS.

buggy"
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
lover fifty applications have been made
for pensions in Fairfield county.
The Baptists of Anderson have decided
to raise Sc, 200 for their new church build
ing, payable in installments by the LIST OF
May, 1889.
- At the opening of the recent term of
Edgefeld court, Judge KershaW denounc-
ed in severe terms the carrying of con-
cealed weapons and the selling of unli-
censed whisky.
The annual meeting of the South Caro-
lima Sunday-school Convention, of which
Rev. r. S. Morgan, of Greenville, is pres
ident, will be held in Spartanburg on the
9th instant, and continue to the 3Oth, In
elusive.
Abraham Stanley, a white man living
in BarnWell county, was found dead in
his house last week with a bullet hole
through his head. The verdict of the
c%oroner's, jury was that he died by his
wi act.
"A verdict of not guilty was rendered,
Thursday, at Varnville, Hampton county,
in the case of the State against w. j..
Williams, for the murder of George lhley
in November last. The case has excited
the greatest interest in that section.
- Hon. G. G. Memminger, the first Sec
rotary of the Treasury under the Confed-
crate Provisional Government, died in
Charleston last Wednesday night, aged s.
years. His remains were taken to Flat
Rock, n. c., the location of his summer
home, for burial.
MI. James Snipes, of Lancaster, has
been suffering for some time with a sarco-
ma on his leg. 1t grew to the size of a
mans head and destroyed all the muscles
of the leg. AS a final resort to save his
life, his leg has been amputated. He
stood the operation we'll and is improving
every day.
Says the W%innsboro NeUs: The Ma
tional Convention meets on June 8, which
will necessitate the holding of the State
Convention some time in May to elect
delegates. This time would be rather
early to nominate State officers, so it is
probable that two conventions will have
to be held.
The grand jury of Charleston recon-
mends the establishment of a chain gang
to work on the county roads, the establish
ment of a whipping post for the punish
ment of Migrants, wife heaters and other
petty offenders, and the establishment of a
county criminal court for the trial of petty
offenders.
The Republican Executive Committee
met in Columbia on Tuesday last week to
map out a plan for the forthcoming cleo
ton. They decided to hold a convention
in Columbia on May /. They say they do
not intend to make a contest for State OFF,
ces, but will direct all their efforts to the
Presidential and Congressional contests.
- Winnsboro Ne,rs: 1t has been suggest
ed by an exchange that the convicts in the
penitentiary be employed to work the
roads in the State. The suggestion seems
to be a good one. The present plan of
calling out the people to work the roads is
very unsatisfactory if one may judge by
the conditiortof the roads in the State, m
if any feasible plan of improving them by
convict labor is devised, we think it should
be adopted.
Isaac Safmond, a colored boy, vas re-
Gently ARRESTED near Camden for attempt
ing to steal some money from a white
lady. When he was about to be taken to
Jail he proposed that his captors whip
him and let him 60. His proposition was
accepted, and one hundred and one lashes
were laid on his back in good style. When
the whipping was finished he touched his
hat to his captors and left for parts un-
known.
-Winnsboro was visited by another de-
structive fire Thursday night in the de-
struction of the handsome residence of w.
ii. Flenniken, on the outskirts of the town.
The fire originated in the kitchen, which
adioined the dwelling, and had made such
Roadway before being discovered that it
was impossible to save the dwelling. The
fremen worked bravely and succeeded in
saving most of the furniture, butin a more
or less damaged condition. The dwelling
was insured for $1,000, and the furniture
for $500. The loss will be about 81 900
more than the total insurance.
Says the Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier: Sheriff Drafts, of Lex
ington county, has received a dispatch
from Phil Sheridan, city marshal OF San
Antonio, Texas, notifying him that he has
arrested Cap Williams and asking that he
be sent for. Williams is the young white
man who, on last Christmas day, rode up
to a store in New Brooklyn, Lexington
county, just over the Congaree bridge, and
shot and killed a young colored man.
Governor Richardson will send a requisi-
sition for him to the Governor of Texas.
- The Rev. Solomon Porter Hood, col
ored, from Pennsylvania, principal OF the
Beaufort Normal and Industrial Academy,
was tried and convicted by the Presbytery
of the Atlantic Of adultery and carrying
on immoral. correspondence with the Sis
tiers of his church. He has been suspend
ed from the ministry for one year.. He
has been the almoner of large sums of
collected North for the benefit of
the freedmen, and has had the handling of
the donations from the Slater fund. He
leaves for more c%ongenial chimes in a few
days, leaving a number of sad creditors
behind him.
A Beaufort dispatch to the Charleston
World says g: Robert Gadsden, who is rep
resented as aaesperate character, was &C
cidentallv shot on Sunday morning be-
tween Beaufort and Port Royal, by Con-
stable T.. d. Bryant, while resisting the
constable who was bringing him to Jail.
Bryant came here and delivered himself
up to the sheriff, and is now in Jail. Gads'
den died an hour after being shot. Gads-
den violently assaulted and beat the
constables over the head with a piece OF
iron in a fearful manner, and during the
scuffle the pistol was exploded. Both the
parties are colored.
AN incident which occurred in the
Edgefield sessions court last week, during
the progress of a murder trial, occasioned
some amusement at the time. A juror
who was called and presented to the pris-
oners, when asked if he had any prejudice
against them, replied "No," and in answer
to the question as to whether he had ex-
pressed an opinion which would disqualify
him from sitting on the case, again replied
mo" that he had only made a little re-
mark. He was asked what the remark
was, and stated that he had only said that
'the whole damn crowd ought to be
hung" 1t is unnecessary to say that he
was excused from serving on the case.