Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-10-17
SOI1TH CAROLINA NEWS,

The Rev. P. B. Jackson, the pastor Of
the Methodist church at Abbeville, has &C
copied an appointment to a church in Cal
ifornia.
The Cumberland Gap Railroad from
Aiken to Edgefeld, is completed to Edge
field, and trains are now running between
the two towns.
"A grand mass meeting of the Demo
cracy was held in Columbia last Friday.
Stirring speeches were made by Congress-
mar c.. H. Mansur, of Missouri, Senator
Butler and others on the political issues
of the day.
- In the Berkely court of sessions last
Saturday, Anna Frazer, colored, was sen.
fenced to be hanged November 80, for the
murder of Annie Lemons. The GRIM
inal is only fourteen years of age, and her
victim was fifteen. She stabbed her to the
heart with a knife while engaged in a
quarrel. Both were working in the field.
nThe name of Verina M. Harris is
registered in the physicians book in the
office of the clerk of Richland. She is
described as "a fine looking, intelligent
mulatto, and lisa graduate of the Woman's
Medical College of Pennsylvania" She
is licensed to practice medicine in Rich
land county.
of Judge Witherspoon, who is presid-
ing over the present term Of the Abbeville
circuit court, the Medium says: 1t is a
pleasure to everyone to have such an ex-
cellent mar as Judge Witherspoon in our
town. He is a gentleman of the highest
mind, rarest qualities, and is n of the
finest judges in the State, respected and
admired by everyone.
is. w. McKinlay, the colored Republi-
can candidate for Congress in the Charles
ton district of this State, is the represen-
tative of a family of colored people who
have never been slaves and who, before
the war, owned a number of slaves them
selves. He has begun his canvass in earn
est and will continue it until the election.
- Congressman Hemphill was in Chester
last week attending the fair. He has re-
Gently delivered a series of campaign
speeches in New York State, where, he
says, he met with great encouragement.
He thinks complications in the city of
New York will not seriously impair Cleve-
lands chances; that though it will require
a hard fight, New York will be found in
the Democratic column on the 9th OF
November.
"A gentleman who has been watching
the nominations of legislators very careful
ly, and has a very wide acquaintance
in the State, informs the Columbia cor,
respondent of the News and Courier that
of the 124 members of the House, there
will be ffty-four members who served last
year, sixteen who have served in the
Legislature previously, and ffty-four new
members. The proportion of new men,
bers, he says, is less than usual.
The Georgia Construction Company,
which took the contract for building the
Carolina, Knoxville and Western Rail-
road, from Greenville to Knoxville, Tenn,
seems to be in an embarrassed condition,
attachments having been served upon the
property of the company for sums aggre-
eating nearly $4,000. One attachment is
for a claim of SIG, 6S2.S7, and is brought by
J. w. Fletcher, trustee, under the assign
ment of Brown G. Fortune for the benefit
of creditors. These parties were contract
ors engaged in grading the road at the
Knoxville end.