Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-01-09
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Appropriation Exhausted.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Appropriation Exhausted.
Abbeville Press and Banner: "The
appropriation of $1,000 for printing
the Confederate rolls has been exhaust
ed, and the work has been stopped.
II is presumed that the legislature will
make an appropriation sufficient to hn-
ish the job"
Attendance at Clemson.
The annual report of r. w. Simp-
son, president of the board of trustees
of Clemson college, shows that the
total attendance on the institution is
now ouly $50, and of these 169 are in
the fitting school or preparatory de-
partment.
Hanged and Shot.
Lawrence Brown, colored man,
was lynched by a mob in Orangehurg
county on last Tuesday night. His
body was found next morning hanging
by the neck 10 the danger signal at a
railroad crossing. His feet were touch
ing the ground; but his neck was
broken, and he was riddled with bull
lets aud small shot. He was charged
with having burned barn belonging
I to Mr.. Robert Wannamaker.
The Criminal Record.
Attorney General Barber has SUBJ
mitted his annual report relating to
criminal statistics. 1t appears from
the report that the number of cases
brought within the past ten years, and
the number of convictions and acquit-
tails, etc., have averaged up about the
same each. During the past IA months
covered by the report, there were 2O7
homicide cases in the state. OF these
SO resulted in conviction, ITO in ac-
uuittal, and in Is cases there were no
bills. Only IA cases of rape were
disposed of by the courts during the
year. The total number of cases
brought within the state for violation
of the dispensasy law, was 627. OF
these, 444 resulted in no bills, being
returned by the grand juries, there
were "a acquittals and 159 convic-
tions.
Owned by Railroads.
Columbia Register: The railroads
own over s23,OO0,OO0 of the taxable
property in the state. How this is
distributed among the various systems
may prove of interest. In the first
place, there are 257 ,295 miles of track
in the state, including sidings. The
following are the figures of the valua-
ton of railroad property: Total value
of track, s22, 1885, 1862; value depots,
1854, ,445; value wood and water sta
,ions, S76,315; value machine shops,
$95 $50; stationary engines, sS, ,125;
tools and machinery, SS6, $40; build
ings, S162,525; lots, $9l, 800; total
value of all property, exclusive of
track, s1,OO4 800; grand total of
all railroad property in the state,
S23 3,94O,162. The South Carolina and
Georgia shows total valuation of all
its property of s3,S79,95O, of which
the value of the track is 1857 ,450,
all other property being S222, 500.
The Coast Line roads are valued al
So, ,433 ,595, of which the value of the
track is placed at $4,01S,010. All
property of the Southern Railway lines
in South Carolin are valued at $780,
$50, of which the valuation of the
track is placed at S5, 5,593,030
Murder Near Charleston.
A highly sensational double murder
occurred at Otranto, 20 miles from
Charleston, last Wednesday afternoon,
John Poppenheim killed l.. F. Brown
and Stephen Mazyck. All of the men
are prominently connected. Just how
the trouble occurred there is no telling
exactly, as there was no witnesses.
The land of Poppenheim and Brown
joined and they had lawsuit, as the
result of which Poppenheim had been
forced to pay Brown $4OO. 1t was
known, therefore, that Popenheim and
Brown were unfriendly, and it is said
that Poppenheim had publicly threat
to kill Brown on sight. Mazyck and
Poppenheim were friendly. Poppen-
helm had forbidden Brown to speak to
him, or hunt, or even walk an his
land. Brown and Mazyck had come
up from Charlestan for a hunt. Pop
penheim told Mazyck that he could
hunt on his land but under no circum-
stances to take Brown on it. A short
time after the arrival of the hunters,
Negro informed Poppenheim that
both of the men were on his land.
Poppenheim got gun and went to
see for himself. He found the two men
in boat in creek. He told them to
MN. .bo;r horeoo ond oot off his land