Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 12, 1902, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? Says a Washington dispatch of Saturday:
The house bill making the census
bureau permanent, received final
consideration today at the hands of the
senate committee on census. Senator
Quarles was authorized to report the
bill on Monday and to make an effort
to get immediate consideration of it.
The committee recommends that all
the members of the census office force
who are on the rolls at the passage of
the act, shall be included in the classified
service "without further examination."
The director's salary is raised
from $5,000 to $7,500 per annum. The
fact was brought out in the hearings
on the bill that there are now about
1.900 persons employed in the clerical
force of the office, who would be legislated
into the classified service if the
bill should immediately become a law.
? M. Kamtcheff, the Bulgarian minister
of public instruction, was assassinated
in his study at Sofia last Thursday.
The slayer was a Macedonian,
who shot and killed himsen. The assassin
pretended that he was the bearer
of a petition and was shown into the
minister's library where the latter received
him. He drew a pistol and shot
Kamtcheff, then turned the weapon on
himself, blowing out his own brains.
The news spread rapidly through the
city and caused intense excitement.
There were rumors that it was the
opening strike for vengeance and
troops were hurried to guard the palace
and to clear the streets. Kamt-j
cheff has been the friend and protectoij
of Miss Stone and it was la*g?M
through his personal efforts that Buij
garia was brought to manifest any in'
terest in her case.
? Pmp Admiral Samnson. throurrli his
lawyers, has filed a protest against :he
claim set up by Rear Admiral Schley
to the effect that he was in supreme
command during the battle off Santiago.
The protest is based on these
grounds: 1. That the question of command
was not before the court of inquiry,
and that his counsel was not
permitted to introduce evidence upon
this point. 2. That his flagship, the
New York, was never out of signal distance
of the American squadron during
the battle. When the New York
left the blockading station, he had given
orders to have ready for hoisting
the signal directing Commodore Schley
to assume command, but that such
signals had not been hoisted when the
enemy endeavored to escape from the
harbor. Far from deserving credit for
the victory, Sampson's attorneys assert,
Schley was actually guilty of disobedience
or orders of his commander
in chief. "These orders," says the
brief, "were to close in and to hold the
enemy at the harbor's mouth." Schley
so understood the orders. He hoisted
that very signal. When he saw the enemy
approaching that part of the line
guarded by his own vessel he looped.
He withdrew from the battle formation
and left a hale in the line, interfering
with the Texas, which would have
stopped the gap, and caused her to
back, thereby giving to the enemy a
double opportunity of which they availed
themselves, to escape through the
interval he had made."
? Secretary Hester's weekly cotton
statement, issued last Friday, shows
for the seven days of yebruary a decrease
under last year of 50,000 bales,
and a decrease under the same period
year before last of 90,000. For the 160
days of the season that have elapsed
the aggregate is ahead of the same
days of last year 322,000 bales, and
ahead of the same period year before
last of 967,000 bales. The amount
brought into sight during the past
week has been 132,567 bales, against
182,154 for the same seven days last
year and 222,405 year before last. The
movement since September 1 shows
receipts at^ all United States ports
to be 5,986,000 bales, against 5,477,755
last year; overland across the
Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers
to northern mills and Canada, 754,987,
against 845,217 last year; interior
stocks in excess of those held at the
close of the commercial year, 440,922
bales, against 645,802 last year, and
southern mill takings 8<9,oou Dales,
against 770,851 last year. The total
movement since September 1 is 8,061,715
bales, against 7,739,625 last year and
7,094,522 year before last. Foreign exports
for the week have been 124,476
bales against 113,989 last year, making
the total thus far for the season, 4,658,573,
against 4,056,682 last year. The total
takings of American mills, north
and south and Canada thus far for the
season have been 2,307,295 bales, against
2.166,845 last year. Stocks at the seaboard
and the 29 leading southern interior
centres have decreased during
the week, 86,419 bales, against a decrease
during the corresponding period
last season of 27,025. Including
stocks left over at ports and interior
towns from the last crop, and the number
of bales brought into sight thus
far for the new crop, the supply to
date is 8,421,402 bales, against 7,862,159
for the same period last year.
? Charleston Post: The nomination
by the president and confirmation by
the senate of Ben Daniels, Rough Rider,
to be Pnited States marshal for Arizona,
has made a great stir. The president
picked Daniels because of his gallantry
in service in the war with Spain.
That was all right, of course, but it
seems that the war record is not thj
only interesting chapter in Daniels's
career. He has been a bad man in the
west, has killed a man and been shot
up and had his ear chewed off. These
things, the president knew, but he be
lieved that they showed Daniels to be
just the right sort for marshal of the
territory, where there is considerable
wickedness to be found, requiring a
firm hand and a cool head to cope with
properly. So the president named Daniels
for the place and sent the nomination
to the senate. The judiciary committee,
presided over by that son of
the Pilgrims, Senator Hoar, examined
into the case and found no flaw in Daniels's
record, despite his shooting and
chewing career, and they recommended
his confirmation. The senate
promptly acted according to the committee's
recommendation and confirmed
the appointment. Then after the
commission had been sent to Daniels,
somebody said that the new marshal
had a prison record, having done time
lor larceny. This was a new and rath
er different proposition and it rather
jarred the senators. They called for a
reconsideration of the confirmation and
ordered a new investigation by the
committee on the judiciary. Meanwhile
the president suspended the commission
to Daniels until a determination
could be reached. That is the
way the matter now stands. It is reported
that there is evidence to show
tnat uanieis nas never Deen in prison
and that some other man has been confused
with him in this matter. If this
proves to be true, he will be allowed to
take office, the other features of his
record being considered no bar to his
advancement. But the incident shows
two things; that it is not always safe
to pick officers of the law for bravery
in battle, and that the senate committee
on the judiciary cannot be depended
upon to make very searching investigation
of appointments referred to
it.
Jhr jjlorki'illr (Enquirer.
YORKWIXI^R
WEDNESDAY. FEB'R'Y. 12. 1902.
*""* The pig crop seems to be as short
this year as it was last. Pigs at six
weeks old are readily bringing $2 each.
Why this condition of affairs has not
been foreseen and provided for is dif
ficult to cc.mprenena.
Senator Tillman is opposing the
confirmation of the appointment of Jeff
Richardson, as postmaster at Greenville,
because the Greenville News said
unkind things of him. In other words
the senator resorts to this method of
getting personal revenge against a political
enemy. It will be interesting to
note whether the United States senate
will stand sponsor for such smallness.
The scarcity of farm labor, and especially
of desirable croppers to work
on shares, or who are able to guarantee
standing rent, seems to be bringing
the country face to face with the proposition
that the farming operations of
the near future must be conducted almost
entirely on the wage system.
There are evidences that the lien law
has about done all the damage that it
will be able to do.
?
On the first page of this issue, is published
an interesting review of the cotton
situation by Alfred B. Shepperson,
from a bear standpoint. Theodore H.
Price, referred to in the review, and
who is generally on the bull side of the
market, is out in a subsequent statement
in which he re-iterates his claim
that the crop will amount to less than
10,000,000 bales, and that unless American
spinners supply themselves without
more delay, they will have to pay
a steep price for their cotton.
The Cook County. Illinois, Marching
club, stopped in Charlotte last Sunday
on its way to Charleston, remaining
over from 7.30 o'clock in the evening
until 4 o'clock next morning. Because
it was Sunday, there was no speech
making or other official demonstration,
and some of the dispatches have it that
the members of the club were not
pleased with their treatment. The account
that the Charlotte Observer
gives of the club's stay in the city,
does not indicate, however, that there
was any lack of proper hospitality.
It is stated, on what seems to be
very good authority, that President
Roosevelt is positively opposed to
Crumpacker's proposition to investigate
Southern election methods, and
that because of his opposition, those
who have been most active in the undertaking
will probably abandon it.
Crumpacker's keen interest in the subject
is attributed to the fact that there
are some 20,000 Negro voters in Indiana,
and they are threatening to go
Into the Democratic party unless
something is done on the southern
franchise question.
The latest news from young Theodore
Roosevelt, contained in the dispatches
of Monday, was to the effect
that both lungs had become affected
and his condition was quite critical.
The doctors were then of opinion that
the crisis was to be expected today
(Wednesday). It appears that the
young patient's trouble is probably due
to too much violent exercise. For
some time past long walks across
country have been a fad with the Groton
boys. It was the custom to discard
hats and go bareheaded, and there was
rivalry as to speed and endurance.
Young Roosevelt was the winner in an
eight-mile contest one day last week,
and shortly afterward pneumonia developed.
? The officers and students of the University
of the South, at Sawanee, Tennessee,
are being terrorized by the
mountaineers of the vicinity because
of the laundry of the students. Up until
recently the laundry work was done
by the mountain people. A steam
laundry was established and it was destroyed
by an incendiary fire. The college
authorities announced it as their
intention to rebuild. Then came anonymous
communications threatening
death and destruction to all concerned.
Vice-Chancellor D. L. Wiggins and
Steward It. L. Comme have left the
community for their personal safety.
The people of Sewanee say that if the
laundry is established in the town they
will protect it.
To the very great disappointment of
the peope of Chareston and of South
Carolina generally, the president has
been compelled to cancel his engagement
to attend the Charleston exposition
today. It is because of the sudden
illness of his son, Theodore Roosevelt,
Jr., with pneumonia, at the Groton
Mass., preparatory school. The young
man's illness developed last Friday and
it was of such a nature as to call for
a complete change in the president's
plan. Because it became necessary for
Mrs. Roosevelt to hasten to the bedside
of her son, it was at first arranged
that the president would keep the <
Charleston appointment; but he would
not leave the ladies of the cabinet behind.
Afterward the doctors decided
that the presence of the president at
the bedside of his son might become
necessary at any moment, and consequently,
it would not be well for him
to venture so far away. On Sunday i
the president went to Groton. He
found Theodore, Jr., much better, but (
not yet out of danger.
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
More Important Proceeding;" of the
Hoone and Senate.
Columbia, February 10.?Another
week of the legislature's 40 days In Columbia
has gone and many matters of
major and minor Importance have been
disposed of, although the assembly has
really put in only four days work.
Friday and Saturday were spent in
Charleston seeing the sights of the exposition
on the invitation of the exhibition
management. The governor and
many state officials went down on the
special train with the legislators.
Before leaving, the two houses held
the first joint session for the ratification
of acts Thursday night. In all 29
j&ills which had been "passed" by both
houses were "ratified," and having
been signed by the governor will become
laws at the respective dates
named within their provisions. The
most important acts ratified?and jn
all probability the most important to
be passed this session?were the bill
regulating the drawing of jurors and
the bill adopting the codification of the
statutes. Both of these are measures
incapable of arousing enthusiasm; but
so far as the machinery of government
and law is concerned they are of fundamental
importance.
Among other acts ratified were the
following:
An act to provide for the payment of
costs in criminal cases where transfered
from one county to another.
An act to amend section 1919?of the
general statutes in regard to the ap
praisement of personal property of Intestates
so as to allow qualified electors
to act as appraisers.
An act to protect keepers of boarding
houses.
An act to prevent the sale of certain
firecrackers.
An act to amend the act relating to
the issue of Savannah Valley railroad
bonds by the city of Anderson.
An act to incorporate the French
Broad and Southern railroad.
An act to amend section 984 of the
Revised Statutes, relieving dentists
from jury duty.
An act to give a copy of the code and
acts to the University of the South, at
Sewanee, Tenn.
An act providing for the winding up
or dissolution of all corporations.
An act to provide for the sale or exchange
of c#tain railroad bonds held ,
by Chesterfield county. ' A
joint resolution to authorize the
secretary of state to give to the Ladies'
Memorial association at Greenwood one
of the broken granite columns on the
state house grounds.
An act relating to the distribution of
the dispensary profits in Banberg county.
An act authorizing cities and towns
to issue registered bonds in exchange
for outstanding coupon bonds or to liquidate
past indebtedness.
It is surprising to the uninitiated
how much time either house can devote
to seemingly trivial measures or
to seemingly trivial portions of a measure.
The senate, for instance, spent
several nours on a parliamentary point
one day last week, the discussion being
at one time rather more than lukewarm
between the presiding officer,
Lieutenant Governor Tillman and Senator
Graydon. A clash between the
lieutenant governor and some senator
or other would surprise no one. Then
in the house Thursday night, while
Mr. Efird's proposition not to accept
pay for the two days in- Charleston was
before the house, a spirited debate took
place and Mr. T. Y. Williams gave Mr.
Eflrd about the warmest tongue-lashing
ever heard in that historic chamber.
Mr. Izlar also took an oratorical
fall out of Mr. Eflrd on this occasion.
Both houses have spent a good deal
of time discussing and amending the
bill to include domestic fowls in the
provisions of the general stock law,
and since amendmehts were made to
it by each house the measure is now
in the hands of a conference' committee.
Outside of this bill and the child
labor bill, the house has not considered
any measure of very general interest
the last week; but in fact the
house has about disposed of all the
leading or "paramount" isues.
The senate, on the other hand, has
yet to act on two bills that have passed
the house. One is the redistricting
bill that will be sure to excite a contest,
perhaps a lively one, and the other
is the biennial sessions proposition.
The senate has passed Senator Ilderton's
bill "to regulate the liability of
railroads having a relief department"
which in effect requires railroads having
such departments to carry out the
provisions of its establishment, thus
giving them the force of law.
The house passed Mr. W. J. Johnson's
bill "to require railroads and rail
road companies to accept as full payment
for freight, the rate provided by
the bill of lading and the pro rata of
freight on the amount or quantity of
goods delivered," the measure being
intended to prevent double charges on
freight handled by more roads than
one.
Mr. Cooper's bill perfecting the wea- '
pon act. which had passed the last session
has received in the house its last
reading. It forbids the carrying of a
pistol less than 20 inches in length and
three pounds in weight.
Mr. W. J. Johnson offered an amendment
that it be unlawful for a person i
to carry a tooth-pick, knife or fire- (
cracker unless more than 20 inches in i
length and non-explosive. The amend- i
mont was lost in a storm of ayes and <
nays. ;
Senator Appelt's bill to regulate the <
traffic in seed cotton was taken up in
the senate. The bill provided that "all ?
dealers shall pay a license of $2 per 1
year. No sale shall be made between I
sunset and sunrise. All dealers shall i
keep a book showing the names of parties
from" whom the purchases are
made and the number of pounds
bought." There was a considerable discussion
over the measure, after which
the bill was killed. This Is the second
bill on the same subject to be killed
In the senate at this session.
None of the so-called "anti-trust
bills" have been taken up In either
house, but Senator Henderson has introduced
a bill "providing procedure to
enable the attorney general to secure
testimony In relation to the violation
of acts prohibiting trusts and combinations
and violations of law by corporations."
The bill, It Is understood, was drawn
by the attorney general aifll embodied
the suggestions made by him on the
subject In his recent special message
to the general assembly. The bill provides
that the attorney general may
secure an order from the courts requiring
the production of such books and
papers as he may deem necessary in
making investigations of violations of
the trust laws.
S. C. & G. EX. CONSOLIDATION.
Camden nnsiness Men Endorse the
Proposition?Senate Is Friendly to
the Measnre.
By telegraph to the Yorkville Enquirer.
Columbia, February 10.?In the senate
tonight, the bill authorizing the
consolidation of the A'sheville and
Spartanburg, South Carolina and Georgia
Extension and Carolina Midland
railroads passed a third reading without
opposition.
Senator Graydon got in an amendment
requiring the Southern to recognize
the jurisdiction of state courts,
and Senator Sarratt secured another
requiring the road to keep up and operate
branch roads in the same manner
as at present.
A committee representing the board
of trade of Camden spent the day in
Columbia to look into the pending consolidation
bill. The committee consisted
of Mr. C. J. Shannon, Jr., Manus
Baum, E. Miller Boykin and F.
M. Zemp. The committee represents
the largest business interests of Kershaw
county. They went into the situation
thoroughly and in a businesslike
way inspected the bill, conferred
with the railroad authorities and their
representatives here, and after going
fully and carefully over the facts and
situation agreed to support the bill and
to approve of the proposed consolidation
of the South Carolina and Georgia,
Asheville and Spartanburg, Carolina
Midland, South Carolina and Georgia
Extension corrtpany railroads.
This representative business committee
urged the members from Kershaw
county to favor the consolidation
bill and do all they could to secure the
passage of the measure, and advised
their representatives that if they could,
they would instruct them to support
the bill. August Kohn.
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MERE-MENTION.
'^proton school, at which young Theodore
Roosevelt contracted pneumonia,
has been dlsmised ortfaccount of what
seemed to be a threatened epidemic of
the disease The United States senate
is still discussing the Philippine
question, and will likely be occupied on
It during the remainder of the present
week Manchester spinners are reported
to be very much concerned at
the cotton situation, they being in
doubt whether the price will go higher
or lower There was a $300,000 fire
in Brooklyn last Sunday and about 14
pecnile were more or less seriously hurt.
....?> There are 75 prisoners in the new
Federal prison in Atlanta The National
Cotton Seed Delinting company
has been chartered with a capital stock
of $1,000,000. It will manufacture machines
to delint cotton seed and inanu
facture cotton seed oil Mrs. Libbie
Barnhill, of Tennessee, has secured
a verdict for $20,000 against L. T. Morgan,
of Fayette county, Texas, forkilling
her husband. The verdict specifies
that half of the amount is for exemplary
damages and half for actual
damages The city of Patterson, N.
J., was almost destroyed by fire last
Sunday. The loss is estimated at more
than $10,000,000 The husband of
Mrs. Soffel has procured counsel for
her, but he refuses to see her Associate
Justice Shiras, of the United
States supreme court, has announced
it as his intention to resign. It is reported
that ex-Attorney General Grigg
will be his successor...,X-It is reported
that Rockefeller and Morgan have
arranged to form an eighty million dollar
glucose trust A Boston dispatch
says that Secretary of the Navy
Long was in that city a few days ago
making arrangements to return to private
life Emperor William of Germany,
has issued an order in which he
bars spiritualists from the imperial
court Rear Admiral Sampson was
retired from the navy last Saturday on
account of having reached the age limit,
62 years. He is quite ill at his home
in Washington The Virginia constitutional
convention is still wrestling
with the suffrage question The director
of the census made a statement
last Saturday in regard to the increase
of population in places of less than
4,000 inhabitants east and west of th "
Mississippi river, showing that east of
the Mississippi river such towns have
grown more rapidly in the last ten
years than during the years 1880 to 1890.
A study of the population changes
shows that the tide of westward immigration
has been receding and rural
regions, which in the previous dec
ade lost population, are now regaining
it The president of a St. Louis
street car company has been arrested
on the charge of perjury in connection
with the bribery and corruption of the
city council A company of Richmond
capitalists has been incorporated
with a view to developing the trolley
business in Great Britain.
L'lnclinintl Day.
Next Saturday is Cincinnati Day at
the Charleston exposition. On account
of the occasion, a handsomely engraved
invitation has been sent out generally
over the country as follows: "The
citizens of Cincinnati cordially invite
>-ou to the formal opening of the Cincinnati
building at the South Carolina
Interstate and West Indian Exposition
it Charleston, S. C., on February 15,
1902. and to make their building your
headquarters when in Charleston at
tny time during the exposition."
UOCAX. AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Enquirer?Offers smooth manila
paper for architect's plans and dressmaker's
patterns.
The Enquirer?Tells you that you
ought to see it before placing your
orders for Job printing of any description.
L. M. Grist & Sons?Offer for sale a
second-hand kerosene engine, 4 h. p.,
in good condition, at less than half
first cost.
J. M. Heath & Co.?Invite the attention
of the ladies to $1,000 worth of new
trimmings that they have just received.
u f. liOwrance & uo.?ask you 10 ouy
fresh snowflake crackers from them.
They also offer peeled pie peaches at
$1.20 the dozen cans.
J. J. Keller & Co.?Want you to see
them before you buy builders' hardware,
and they want you to see them
before you begin to do any painting.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Call attention to
their stock of Landreth's garden
seeds, and to their guano, etc.
Standard Oil Co.?Informs you that
you can make your harness as soft
as a glove and as tough as wire by
using Eureka harness oil.
The Enquirer?Has a fur cape which
the owner can secure by identifying
property and paying for advertisement.
A. M. Grist?Advertises two Utlca fire
extinguishers for sale at low prices.
Glenn & Allison?Talk to you about
horses and mules, the Olds wagon,
and buggies and harness. They give
a personal guarantee on everything
they sell.
t^WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Next Friday is Valentine Day.
? Rev. J. C. Johnes referred to the local
whisky agitation in his sermon of
last Sunday. He reminded his hearers
of their pledge to renounce the works
of the devil, and he said that whisky
was one of those works. He said also
that church members are also in a
large measure responsible for "blind tigerl8m,"
for without the support of
church members, blind tigers could not
flourish.
? Inquiry of the mayor and clerk of
the town council, develops that the recently
circulated petition for an election
on the question of a dispensary
has not yet been filed. There are those
who believe that the petition will not
he filed; that the agitation was commenced
merely with a view to deter
mining whether the town, like the dog
of Scripture, Is ready to go back to Its
vomit, and as signs are not favorable,
the matter will not be pushed further.
The anti-dlspensary fighters are not
especially anxious for an election, becaues
they do not consider It necessary;
but if the Issue Is forced again,
they will be on hand to meet It.
? Mayor Willis, on Monday, sentenced
Jim Barber, alias Jim Smith, to the
chaingang for 60 days for selling whisky
In violation of the ordinance of the
town, In two cases. The case is a rather
peculiar one. It seems that the Negro
got Into trouble because of his dishonesty
with his patrons. In one case
a white man gave hlWi 50 cents with
which to bring llqu<n\ He -took the
money and neglected to show up again.
The white man made it his business to
follow the matter up and gave the Negro
to understand that he must either
produce the whisky or refund the money.
The Negro gave up a quarter and
got a pint of whisky. In the other
case, the complaint was that the whisky
furnished had been liberaly watered.
The testimony as to the sale was
direct in both instances, and the mayor,
as usual, went to the full extent of
the law with the sentence. Smith is
reported to have sworn revenge against
both witnesses, declaring what he will
do with them when he gets off the
chaingang. As his case will be turned
lo tor nn Q rwl O a it i Q
U> CI LU 111C oia It labC! U1I, uiiu WW ?v ?
understood that Blackaburg wants
him, It Is probable that his vengeance
will be someivhat deferred.
_ y ABOUT PEOPLE.
\?lc? and Mrs. Loftln Sherrer, are ill
qt their home west of Yorkvllle.
T~Tl, W. Hardin, Esq., was down from
BTacksburg last Monday on business.
~\jMr. J. Mack Brice left on Monday
night to visit the exposition at Charleston.
Mrs. J. T. Smith, of Concord, N. C.,
is in Yorkville, on a visit to the Misses
Cody.
W. S. Hart, Esq.. went down to
Columbia, Monday night, on professional
business.
_LMrs. Gus Matthews, of Clover, visitor
Mr. J. Q. Wray's family in Yorkville,
last week.
Mr. T. R. Cox, manager of the Victor
Cotton Oil mill, went over to Spartanburg
county last week.
>jfc>r. John Bowen, who purchased the
Xpl-k Drug store last Friday, arrived
from Brookland, D. C., yesterday to
take charge of his business.
LMessrs. Crawford Moore, Carl Latimer,
Mack Neely and Robert Frazier,
of Chester, spent Sunday with friends
in Yorkville.
-JMiss Lula May Russell is here from
Lafayette county, Miss., after an absence
of about five years. She will remain
probably a month.
Columbia State: Mr. Jim Cansler, of
Tirzah, candidate for railroad commissioner,
is in the city. He says he will
keep the boys from going to sleep on
the campaign. Mr. Cansler is a successful
farmer.
^_Mr. W. M. Faulkner, of King's Creek,
was in Yorkville on Monday. He says
that there is nothing of especial interest
in his neighborhood except that
quite a number of people are engaged
in getting out cross ties for the South
Carolina and Georgia Extension rail
road.
On returning to Columbia last Saturday
from his visit to the exposition,
Senator J. S. Brice, of York said: "The
exposition is so much bigger and better
than I had expected that I am at
a loss for words to express myself.
The buildings are beautiful, the exhibits
are wonderfully complete and instructive,
and the grounds are the
prettiest I have ever seen."
Mr. J. R. Culp, agent of the Carolina
and Northwestern railroad at Yorkville,
left last Saturday for Orange,
Va., to investigate a position that he
has been goffered at that place as the
agent of the Southern. His present
place pays $40 a month, and the Orange
position pays $65. When he left,
Mr. Culp had not definitely decided
whether he would accept the new position,
that depending on how he might
like it. During his absence, Mr. G. A.
Wadsworth has charge of the Yorkville
agency.
News and Courier, Monday: Mr.
James Cansler, a prominent citizen of
Tirzah, S. C., Is in the city, registered r
at the Hytel Calhoun. Mr. Cansler en- 1
joys quite a reputation throughout
this state for his good story-teling and j
his oratorical powers; he knows how e
to entertain the crowds. The Tirzahlte ~\
declared yesterday that, in spite of cer- i
tain reports to the contrary, he had no t
intention whatever of retiring from the
South Carolina political arena. He
says that he will be in the approaching T
summer primary race for railroad commissioner.
He has issued several thou- ^
sand cards over the state, bearing his
photograph and a suggestion to the ^
sovereign voters to "remember Cansler."
The aspirant for the office of
commissioner of railroads has already
begun forming his plans for the coming (
mmnaicn. in which he will take an ac
tlve part. Mr. Cansler is a gentleman 1
of courteous bearing and pleasing address,
with a knack of making friends (
wherever he goes. His political ad- I
mirers and supporters say that Mr. i
Cansler will stir up things when he i
gets in the fight. He is an Inimitable I
stump-speaker and he knows how to <
amuse his hearers while he is bringing I
them over to his way of thinking.
SILK CULTURE.
According to a Washington dispatch,
Congressman Latimer is arranging to
co-operate with Mrs. Coleman, of Seneca,
and Miss Kelly, of Charleston, in
the introduction of silk culture into
Oconee and adjoining counties, it being
a matter of definite satisfaction
that the soil and climate are entirely
favorable to the industry.
Since the recent introduction of the
subject, it has developed that silk culture
is not a new thing even in this locality.
Experiments were made alorig
this line in Yorkville more tharfsix4y
years ago, and although they were ne\\_ /
er developed into commercial importance,
it was demonstrated beyond a
peradventure that there are no soil or
climatic obstacles in the way.
Captain L. M. Grist, ?of the firm of
L. M. Grist & Sons, remembers very
well the excitement that existed on the
subject when he was a boy. It was
along about the year 1840?possibly a
year or two previous to that date; but
not later. Speaking of the mater a day
or two ago, he gave his recollections
as follows:
"Some fellow came through the country
offering scions of morus multicalls,
the species of white mulberry that is
most esteemed for the feeding of silk
worms. It has a larger leaf than the
common white mulberry. The fellow
had a smooth tongue and he painted
glowing pictures of the wealth that
was to be realized from the silk industry,
representing that there were 'millions
in it.' All that was necessary
was to set out the mulberry trees, let
them grow, and at the proper time to
get the silk worms, which would produce
the silk with but little trouble or
attention. He offered his mulberry
shoots at $5 each, except where the
purchaser agreed to take them in
quantity, when the price was lowes,
"An I tn o nn m Kor c\f nonnlo honnmri
interested in the representations of the
stranger, and several purchased mulberry
twigs for cultivation. * Among
them I remember the late James Jefferys,
General John A. Alston, and perhaps
others. Both General Alston and
Mr. JetTerys planted out the trees in
their gardens. The trees grew all right
and weie multiplied considerably.
General Alston did not follow up the
experiments; but Mr. JefTerys procured
some silk worm eggs and went on
with the test. He made a pound or
two of sewing silk, and within a year
or two abandoned the undertaking as
not promising sufficient income to warrant
the expense, time and trouble.
"The late Dr. S. J. Shrewsbury and
my father, the late John E. Grist,
made some experiments along about
the same time. It is my impression
that Dr. Shrewsbury secured more extensive
results than did any of the
other experimenters, obtaining as much
as five or six pounds of sewing thread;
but because I was closer to them the
experiments of my father made a more
vivid impression upon me than did
those of any of the other individuals
mentioned.
"My father's experiments were made
in the printing office which then occupied
a frame building which stood on
the spot now occupied by Law Range,
just to the rear of the court house.
The eggs of the silk worm having been
procured previously, were 'kept in a
cool place until the mulberry leaves began
to mature. Then the eggs were
subjected to a warm temperature
when they hatched. They began to
feed on the leaves immediately after
hatching, and they grew quite rapidly,
At first a few leaves were sufficient to
feed several hundred worms. Gradually,
however, as the worms increased i
in size, they began to require consid- <
erable quantities each day. The feed
ing was done by laying leaves on top
of the worms. The worms matured in ,
about 30 days, shedding their skins j
some three or four times in the mean- j
time. At first they were black; but (
each time they shed their skins they ]
took on a more transparent color. At j
the end of about a month they began to ,
spin their silk and weave it into co- ,
coons. The cocoon, when completed,
enveloped the worms completely.
They were of a yellowish white color.
The next operation was to subject the
coccoons to sufficient heat to kill the
worms inside. Then the thread, as fine
as a spider web, was ready to unwind.
The whole coccoon was composed of a
single thread and if it had not been
damaged vin any way, the unwinding
operation was not interupted from start
to finish. One or more cocoons were
unwound at the same operation, according
to desired strength of the
thread to be made. I think my father
secured two pounds of sewing silk
in this way."
"Was there ever an effort to market
any of the products of these experiments?"
"Not that I know. As well as I remember,
my father sold some of the
silk to Mr. W. P. McFadden, who was
merchandising in Yorkville at the time,
and used sbme of the thread that
resulted from his experiments in
making fish lines. What the others
did with theirs I do not know, except o
that I remember very well that all be- f
came discouraged and let the prospec- C
tive Industry fall through." 2
"What about the morus multicalis it
nulberry trees? Are there any of them
eft in this country?"
"No. I think they have all dlsap>eared.
The last one of which I have
iny recolection, was set out by the late
?Vm. Hackett opposite the present resdence
of Miss Janie Robinson. That
vas more than 50 years ago."
LLMAL LACONICS.
kVreckS^-Hie C. N.-W.
The southbound Carolina and NorthtVestern
freight train jumped the track
i short distance south of Gastonla last
Vlonday afternoon. Two box cars were
smashed, a Negro brakeman was
slightly scratched, and some goods
ivere damaged. The wreck delayed
:ne passenger train aoout two nuura.
ReuhlrliiK the Telephone Damage.
/The work of repairing the lines of the
Bedford Phone company, broken down
by the recent freeze, is progressing
steadily. The Bethel and Clover lines
are in operation, and the Rock Hill line
Is in operation to Tirzah. It Is expected
that communication will be established
over the other lines during the
present week.
Sound* Good.
A Rutherfordton special to the Charlotte
Observer says that there is a
story in Rutherfordton to the effect
that the Southern has taken charge of
the South Carolina and Georgia Extension,
and that in a few days it will put
on vestlbuled trains to run through
from Marlon to Charleston daily. This
sounds good, but the probability is
that the story is rather previous. The
Southern will hardly make a move of
this kind until the general assembly
acts on the Hydrlck bill.
Cherry Tree People Bonnu Over.
\ Rutherfordton special of Friday, to
the Charlotte Observer: W. H. Hester,
H. L. Clower, C. D. Wilkie, G. W. Rollins
and C. F. Geer, of the cherry
tree concern, who have been on trial
for the past two days charged with
having used the mails for fraudulent
purposes, were bound In a bond of
$1,000 each for their appearance at the
next term of the Charlotte Federal
court. This makes 11 of the cherry
tree men who have been bound over,
and there are yet ofher arrests to be
made. District Attorney Holton and
C. E. Enteman left for Greensboro last
evening.
Sick on the Gang.
A Negro named Sam Lewis, known
to the guards as Cripple Dick, died on
the chafneane last Wednesday, after a
long illness with consumption. He had
been sent up for eight months for the
crime of housebreaking, committed at
Hickory Grove, and had served two
months of his sentence. Another Negro
named Will McConnell was discharged
last week nearly dead with
consumption. Will Fewell, who is
serving a long sentence for attempted
poisoning, is very sick, and for awhile
last week it was thought that he was
about to die; but he is now somewhat
better and it is thought that he may
get well.
Found In a Pine.
^r. J. E. Thomas, who lives on the
AdaTPs Ferry road, showed the reporter,
on Saturday, a bullet that he cut
out a pine tree near Beersheba church,
recently. The bullet was about the size
of a buckshot and was evidently a ball
from a squirrel rifle. It was found in
the heart of a pine that was about 20
inches In diameter, and which had been
dead for more than 20 ye^rs. There
was nothing to indicate the track of
the ball through the grain of the wood,
nature having mended the way perfectly,
and Mr. Thomas is of the opinion
that taking all the circumstances
into consideration, this bullet must
have been in the tree something like a
hundred years. The point at which the
ball was found was about 15 feet above
the earth.
Burglary In Rock Hill.
Burglars made an unsuccessful attempt
to enter the store of the SmithFewell
company, in Rock Hill, last
Sunday morning at about 2 o'clock, by
smashing one of the plate glass windows
that fronts on the street. Officer
J. n. u. jentuus uearu uie uiasu auu
frightened the burglars away before
they could complete their work. He
had warned a Negro preacher, named
Titus Land, out of an adjoining alley
a short time before, and suspecting the
Negro began searching for hlra. There
was a lot of blood about the broken
window, Indicating that somebody had
been badly hurt there. A few hours
later, Land was found In the office of a
Negro physician, having a badly lacerated
arm dressed. He said that he
had been cut in a light the night before;
but was of course arrested.
Bloodhounds-followed a trail from the
window down the South Carolina and
Georgia Extension railroad to a point
across the river, but did not bay their
quarry.
The Turkey Creek Hill.
The Turkey creek hill, on the Plnckney
road, is reported to be in a dangerous
condition on account of a great
gully some eight or ten feet wide and
ten or twelve feet deep having eaten
its way Into Its side. At one place the
passage for wagons Is scarcely more
than ten feet wide. On one side is a
3teep bank and on the other the yawnng
gully, the perpendicular wall of
tvhich undermines the road. A gentlenan
who passed there Monday said
that had it not been for the fact that
the ground was frozen he was not cer:aln
that his wagon would not have cut
through the edge of the gully and turn>d
over. It is probable that the road bed
will have to be changed before safety
:an be assured. It has been suggest;d
more than once that It would be a
rood idea to relocate the road at this
joint In such a manner as to entirely
:scape the dangerous and troublesome
lill. But this will depend upon the
jeople of the neighborhood. The couny
board of commissioners are not auhorized
to take any action in the mat
er except upon petition. ^
lentli of Mm. Jenkinn.
News and Courier, Monday: News
vas received here yesterday announcng
the death of Mrs. Caroline Jamilon
Jenkins, widow of the late General
dicah Jenkins, of the Confederate
irmy, at Washington, D. C. This esimable
lady was the oldest daughter
if the late Gen. D. F. Jamison, the
iresident of the memorable Secesion
Convention of 1860, and for more than
0 years a member of the board of vistors
of the State Military academy.