Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-09-19
S0IITH CAROLINA NEWS.

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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The ancient town of Hamburg, on the
South Carolina side of the Savannah river,
was nearly swept away by the recent
freshet.
-Perryis renominated for Congress in the
S%partanburg district, receiving in the pri-
mary election about 1900 majority over
Duncan.
The Republicans of the Seventh or
"Black" Congressional district have NOM
mated for Congress T. E. Miller, colored,
of Beaufort, defeating Robert Smalls,
colored.
- In the case of Jones, the triple muir
derer, appealed from Edgefeld, the Su-
preme Court has reversed the judgment of
the Circuit Court and remanded the case
for q new trial.
- In the %Spartanburg judicial circuit the
two candidates receiving the largest vote
in the primary election were 0. L.. Schum-
pert, 1862; j. S%tanyarne Wilson, 3,O74.
They will run the race over
The track layers on the Georgia, Caro-
lima and Northern railroad have crossed
Fishing creek, reaching the west side just
before the rains. Sincethen their time has
been given to repairing injuries to the
track between Fishing creek and the Ca
tawba river.
Tom Gilmore, a South Carolina boy of
four years, promises to surpass Josef Holt
man in wonderful performances on the
piano and violin. He is astonishing large
audiences at Sewanee. He is a son of A.
R. Gilmore, formerly Of Columbia, and his
mother was Miss Alexina Taylor, daugh-
ter of Gen. w. j. Taylor.
- The Congressional convention in the
| Aiken district has been in a deadlock ever
| since Tuesday of last week. Congressman
Tillman lacks but one vote OF securing the
nomination, but as yet the delegates stand
firm for the respective men of their choice:
Up to Monday night last 466 ballots had
been taken without change.
Last Friday was the date set for the
hanging at Pickens Court House of Thorn
son Alexander, an old white man, who
was tried at the last term of court IN Pick
| ems for the murder of his wife in cold blood,
and was convictedan sentenced by Judge
| Wallace to be hanged on September IA:
| Counsel for the defense appealed, and
pending the appeal sentence is suspended.
| For this reason the hanging did not come
off on the day appointed.
- Darlington News: Senator Butler has
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| State committee of South Carolina, sug-
| costing the holding of a series of public
meetings at Charleston, Columbia and
| Greenville, respectively, for the discussion
| of the national questions. If the sugges-
| ton is adopted Senator Butler proposes to
| invite several Democratic Senators, Ken
ma, Blackburn, Vest, and Representative
| Russell, of Massachusetts,, and others to
| talk to the people of South Carolina.
-Spartanburg Herald: On Monday even
ing Bill Byce and William Mckinney be-
came engaged in a quarrel in town. on
| their way home to Clifton, Mckinney left
| his buggy and went back to Byce's buggy,
| it is said, to arrange the difficulty, but
high words followed and they came to
blows. Mckinney had Byce down biting
his chin when Byce drew his pistol and
| shot him through the chest. He was dan
gerously shot, but is doing we'll. A second
| shot accidentally struck Dick Jenkins in
the bowels. The wound proved fatal.
| After lingering twenty-four hours he died
and was buried Thursday afternoon. Byce
is in Jail with a badly mutilated face.
They had both been drinking.
Major M. G. Zeigler, of Abbeville, was
accidentally killed by the train on the
Abbeville branch railroad last Thursday
afternoon. The manner of the accident is
not known. He was a passenger on the
! train which stopped about a mile from
Abbeville to take on wood. After the
train moved off it was found that the body
of a man was on the track. The train ran
back and found it to be the body of Major
Zeigler. His head was completely sever
ed from his body, and he was of course
dead. He had left home at 3 o'clock and
ran down to Hodges, and was coming back
at 4 O'Clock, when the sad accident hap
pened. His death was a terrible shock to
his many friends, to his family and the en-
tire community. He was perhapst the most
popular mar who lived in Abbeville coun-
ty, and has held the position of clerk of
the court since 1873. He was an efficient
and excellent officer.
In the Spartanburg county primary
election the vote for Senate stood: Walk
er, !, 1850; Ezell, 1852; Smith, 2,54O. The
last two will run the second race. w. G.
Austell, S. r. D. Lancaster and II. II.
Arnold were nominated for the House.
They are all farmers, and Lancaster is a
physician besides. The race for the fourth
place will be between DR.. J. B. O. Lam
drum and w. G.. Britton. G. A. Barry
was nominated for county commissioner
The other two will have to be chosen at
the second primary. NJ. Nichols lacked
a few votes of receiving a majority for
sheriff, and he will be sure to 60 in on the
second ballot. B. B. Chapman and DIR. b.
Wofford will make a second race for school
commissioner. w. S. Thompson is nomi-
mated for probate Judge; II. R. TRIMMER
for clerk; f. Bacon for auditor; H.. D.
Floyd for treasurer; j.. M. James for cor
Oner.
The first farmers institute ever held in
Fairfield county opened in the court house
at Winnsboro on last Thursday, and closed
on Friday evening. Col. Moore, of Spar
tanburg, read an essay on cattle raising.
DIR. Niles, of the South Carolina Universe
ty, read an essay on animal diseases.
Prof. Whitney, of the University, read
an essay on soil exhaustion. These were
able papers and contained much useful
information. The last n was of special
interest to farmers. Prof. Whitney show
ed that rain was the chief agent in the
exhaustion of our billy lands. The farm
ers must hinder the washing away of the
the soil. Avery interesting feature of the
Institute was the unusually fine display of
farm products. The Court House looked
like a miniature county fair. The Insti-
tute was held under the auspices of the
Wateree Prize Club. This club had offer
ed prizes of two dollars each for the best
! exhibit. Several prizes were awarded.