Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 29, 1902, Image 2
Straps and Jacts.
? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans
Cotton Exchange statement, issued
last Friday, shows for the 24 days
of October a decrease under last year
of 130.000 bales and a decrease under the
same period year before last of 232,000.
For the 54 days of the season that have
elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the
same days of last year 482,000 bales, and
ahead of the same days year before last
153,000. The amount brought into sight
during the past week has been 446,728
bales, against 568,496 for the same seven
days last year, 485,620 year before last.
The movement since September 1,
shows receipts at all United States
ports to have been 1,945,186, against 1,528,002
last year. Overland across the
Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers
to northern mills and Canada, 116,961,
against 116,119 last year; interior stocks
in excess or tnose neia at tne ciose ui
the commercial year 431,115, against
314,351 last year and southern mill takings
344,500, against 309,300 last year.
? A dispatch of October 24, from Missoula,
Montana tells of the hold-up of a
passenger train of the Northern Pacific
railroad, near that place, the night before.
The train included mail, baggage
and express cars and nine passenger
coaches. The engineer slowed up in
answer to a signal, and when a man
who was creeping forward over the
tender ordered him to stop instantly,
he opened the throttle as if to proceed
ahead. The robber fired and the engineer
fell dead. Shortly afterward the
safe of the express car was blown open.
The passengers and train men were so
frightened that they were unable to do
anything. The first reports were to the
effect that there were seven or eight
robbers connected in the hold up; but
afterward the train people have concluded
that there was only one. The
railroad company has offered a reward
of 55,000 for the arrest of the man who
murdered the engineer, whose name
was Dan O'Neill.
? Thp rnrrpsnondent of the London
Daily Mail, who is with the force under
Colonel Swayne, says that the Mad
Mullah's original idea to hold and fortify
Muduga, where he would command
the only wells available and compel
Colonel Swayne to attack him at enormous
disadvantage was a good one, but
it was spoiled by an unexpected
drought and terrible heat which dried
up the wells and killed the Mullah's
live stock and ponies by the thousand.
Finally, in the beginning of October, it.
was reported that the Mullah's forces
were scattered and that the Mullah
himself had only a few riflemen left
with him. It was then that Colonel
Swayne decided to advance on the
chance that a decisive engagement
would result in the Mullah's capture.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from Simila, India, reports that Colonel
Swayne and his forces are continuing
their march from Bohotle to Berbera,
Somaliland, East Africa, and that they
are not pursued.
? Says a Chicago dispatch to the Bal
timore Sun: With the larger part of his
brains removed by an operation, John
Doly, an employe of Armour & Co., Is
at the Provident hospital, not only
with fair prospects of recovery, but
with his mental faculties entirely unimpaired.
Daly was working on the
fourth floor of one of the Armour buildings
in the stock yards on October 10.
A fellow-employe threw a rivet to Daly,
who, in reaching for it, lost his balance
and fell to the ground, fracturing his
skull. He was taken to the hospital
in a patrol wagon, where, as his brain
protruded, it was thought he would die.
An operation was performed, removing
a large part of the cerebellum. "There
is no doubt about Daly's recovery," said
Dr. H. D. Anderson, who performed
the operation. "He has been growing
better every day. He walks about the
hospital, laughing, joking and with ap
jiaiciiuy as uiuiii intcnigein-c ?o v?vt.
He seems able to think consistently
and to be in no way affected because
part of his brain is gone."
? Attorney General Knox has decided
that if the United States should accept
the offer of the new Panama Canal
company submitted last spring, for the
sale of the canal for $40,000,000, it would
receive through the parties in interest,
a valid and unincumbered title to the
property. This decision was arrived at
after a thorough and exhaustive investigation
of the situation in Paris, first
by Special Attorney Charles W. Russell,
and later by the attorney general
himself. The attorney general formally
submitted the opinion to President
Roosevelt on Saturday. It makes
about 300 pages. The history and nature
of French companies of the kind
in question are explained at length in
the opinion. They are said to be altogether
different from our corporations,
out to oe easily understood 11 looaed
upon as private partnerships, which is
their essential character. The opinion
says they are in some respects regulated
by law, but that these regulations
do not change the essential character
of the concerns as partnerships, do not
establish any tie between them and the
government, or any obligations frpm
them to the government, and do not
forbid the exercise of the liberty to
dispose of their property as freely as
an individual disposes of his, if no
special law forbids, and if he is solvent
and not under some particular
contractual or other like obligations to
retain the property. The new Panama
company is quite solvent and there is
no law forbidding it to sell. The powers
of the general meeting of stockholders
of that company are discussed
and it is held to have derived from the
partnership agreement ample power to
sell as it is proposing to do. The opinion
closes as follows: "For the reasons
I have given 1 am of opinion that the
United States would receive a good,
valid and unencumbered title."
? Jack Wills, former representative
from this county in the legislature, enjoys
the reputation of being a practical
joker of no mean capacity, according
to a Winchester, Ky., corresponddent.
His brother-in-law. George Ballard.
a prominent breeder of fine horses
and owner of Pinehem Wilkes, a noted
pacer, has on his place a pen of highly
bred game chickens. While George
was showing Jack his favorite rooster
and expatiating on his great prowess
Jack pretended to regard the bird as
a very ordinary chicken, and said he
could whip him with a buzzard. A hot
argument ensued, resulting in a match
^^ ^
being arranged for between the rooster
and a buzzard, which Jack agreed to
produce. Jack had a trap set and in a
short time his uncommon warrior, a
very large buzzard, was brought to
him. According to the terms of the
contest the rooster was duly equipped
with gaffs, and the two birds were linked
together by the feet with a yard or
so of stout cord. As the rooster braced
himself for the onslaught, the buzzard
regarded him with stolid indifference,
and at the first pass lifted its wings and
sailed away, with the rooster squawking
in its wake. George ran for a gun,
but before he could get back with it
the buzzard and the rooster were high
in the air, and away out of reach of his
fowling piece. The distressing cries of
the unfortunate rooster grew fainter
and fainter, until finally they were
heard no more, and the Ill-mated pair
faded away in thither blue. Nothing
has since been heard of the birds.
3h.r <(orkrilU (guquim.
YORKVILLE, S. C.t
WEDNESDAY, OCT'R. 29,1902.
A Greenwood special to the Columbia
State, tells of the confiscation at
Greenwood of a trunk full of dispensary
liquors, bought at the dispensary
in Columbia and shipped to Greenwood
on a baggage check for sale there. Upon
the arrival of the trunk at Greenwood,
it was seized and shipped back
to. Columbia with its contents. Really
this looks very curious. If the enter-*
prising Greenwood man had been
caught selling the cheap adulterated
tiger stuff, why of course his stock
should have been confiscated; but since
his wares were all guaranteed by the
state as being "chemically pure and
100 proof," and he had evidently paid
the state the full cash price for every
bottle, we can see no reasonable ground
on which the state has a right to take
the stuff back. More than anything
else, it looks like a case of downright
highway robbery.
? ,
If we undertake to figure the profit
in wheat raising on a basis of western
r?r?/>oa fnr- rhp fra in we Will aulckly*
find that, the we cannot' produce this
crop in competition with the west. The
same observation applies with eciual
force to corn. It is well, however, not
to forget that Chicago prices for wheat
and corn do not prevail in this section.
Either wheat or corn raised in the west
at a selling price of from 25 to 50 cents
a bushel is generally worth pretty close
to a dollar a bushel by the time it
reaches the local retailer. It is fairthen
to figure either wheat or corn as
being really worth about one dollar a
bushel under ordinary circumstances.
Of course it is not unusual for Improvident
farmers to sell corn at 50 cents in
the fall: but they generally buy back
at $1 the following spring. Even last
year, in the face of the general failure,
home-raised wheat cost the producers
considerably less than a dollar a bushel,
and it is absurd for anybody to claim
that they can buy wheat cheaper than
they tan raise it.
A member of the Georgia legislature
has introduced a bill providing' for a
police patrol of the rural districts of
the state. His idea is to divide, the
""'1 t/Mi-nchino iiitn PAnvpnlPflt
vuuiiiico aim iv** iiunti/u >i. vw
subdivisions and to put each subdivision
in charge of a rural policeman to
be designated by the grand jury of the
county. The plan goes on to contemplate
the more complete organization
of the police into squads of half a dozen
or more, each squad under the direction
of an officer in charge of the subdivision,
and all the police of the county
under the general charge of the sheriff
at the court house. The bill is based
on the idea that vagrancy and crime
are on the Increase 511 over the state,
and the law-abiding, substantial element
frequently suffers annoyance and
loss at the hands of the criminal;
classes, which annoyance and loss
might be prevented under such a police
scheme as is proposed. The author of
the bill also holds out the argument
that the country districts would be
much more desirable for residence if
properly policed, and that the enactment
of his idea into law would have
the effect of inducing immigration. The
whole scheme will probably strike the
people of this section as more or less
novel, especially since the idea may
have never been generally canvassed;
but really there is something in the
proposition that is worthy of serious
consideration. We are not at all sure
that the establishment of such a system
would not be very desirable in
Snuth Carolina. PSDeniallv in the terri
tory for a dozen miles or so around the
towns in which the state barrooms are
located.
There has been a considerable
amount of speculation of late as to
whether the president was behind the
alleged movement to reorganize the
Republican party in the south on the
basis of exclusion of the Negro element.
The action of Senator Pritchard,
some time ago, in excluding Negro
delegates from the North Carolina
State Republican convention, was taken
to mean that he was working with
the approval of the president, and
there have been developments in South
Carolina that have also suggested the
desire of certain politicians to reorganize
the Republican party along different
lines. If, however, there was really
ever anything of the kind contemplated,
it seems evident that the idea has
been abandoned. It is now stated as
a fact that the appointment of Jones,
of Alabama, to a United States judgeship,
last spring, was made on the recommendation
of Booker Washington,
and, furthermore, it is claimed that
Washington has more influence with
the president than has any other southerner.
Just why Mr. John G. Capers
was put in charge of the Republican
organization in South Carolina, has
never been made exactly clear; but it
is quite evident that it was not for tl
purpose of getting rid of the Negro
politics. The only Negro politician i
far antagonized by Capers, has bee
Deas, and that antagonism has seeme
to be , more .in the nature of person
than political rivalry. Capers has
job that Deas thinks belongs to hir
and this is about the only point of di
ference in their principles. So far i
the Republican leaders of the north a
concerned, they care nothing for R
publicanism in the south beyond tl
matter .of representation at Nation
Republican conventions, and it mak<
no difference to them whether thei
representatives are white or black, i
long as they vote as they are desir<
to vote. And since it is an incontrove
tible fact that the Republican del
gates from the south have never faih
to stand in the national conventions t
the element of their party that was
power at the time, it is not very rei
sonable to assume that the present ai
ministration cares to take any risks
regard to the matter. It will be r
membered that at the Philadelph
convention the question of reducing tl
representation of southern Republlcai
In proportion to the voting strength i
the party at the polls, was suggeste
After the scheme had been duly e:
plotted, it was suddenly squelched,
was assumed that the southern del
gates had agreed to vote as they we
told. It Is quite probable that the s<
called Lilly White movement had tl
same underlying object. The thing wi
merely intended to serve as a bluff
secure the support of the really Repul
lican element, and that object havir
been attained, the necessity for furth<
operations along the same line no loi
ger exists.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The End of Poor Walt.
Mr. G. Walt Whitman, well-know
throughout the state during the pa
dozen years as a candidate for gove
nor, died suddenly at Union last Sui
day, of appoplexy. He was buried t
Monday afternoon.
Attacked by a Ball.
Spartanburg Herald: On Thursde
last, Mr. Bob Jeflferies, who has charj
of the pump house of the city wat
works, had an experience with a bu
The bull was in the lot near the pun
house, where Mr. Jeflferies had gone f<
a walk. He was followed by a fema
terrier belonging to Mr. Leonard Edn<
which he had in keeping. The bull d
not relish the idea of visitors in the 1c
and soon made for Mr. Jeflferies. Tl
animal tossed the man up in the al
and ivhe'n he fell, the bull attempted
gore him, when the terrier seized tl
bull) by the nose and held the enragf
animal until Mr. Jeflferies arose fro
the ground. Mr. Jefferies states thi
the dog saved his life.
A Tale of Robbery.
Spartanburg special of October 25 1
Charlotte Observer: L?u3t night i
about 12 o'clock, as John Cantrell,
young white man, was returning horr
from the city, where during the day 1
had sold a load of cotton, he was he
ui> by three men, who seized his horse
(bridie., Tne man naa on ms persi
4200) ewery certt of which the nigl
waymen took at the point of a piste
The holdup occurred at a lonely spi
in the road six miles from town. A
ter 'the robbery, Mr. Cantrell procee<
ed to the Fingerville Cotton mill
where he telephoned to Spartanbur
notifying the police of the affair. T1
money did not belong to Cantrell, bi
to George Brancom, who lives at Me
vllle Hill, N. C., for whom Cantrell h?i
sold the cotton. The robbers were thri
in number and undisguised, but wei
evidently strangers to these part
Cantrell recognized them as white me
but beyond this is unable to give fu
thee, facts concerning their identity.
B. B. EvaiiM Not Guilty.
The trial of Barnard B. Evans for tl
murder of J. J. Griffin, in Columbi
over a year ago, was taken up In tl
Richland sessions last Friday and coi
eluded on Saturday. The verdict wt
"not guilty." After the prosecutic
had presented its case, Evans went c
the stand and told a story to the effe
that he and Griffin, who were the be:
of friends had been drinking whisky t<
gether. Griffin was in a morose moc
and picked up a pistol belonging 1
Evans, and stated that he intended 1
kill himself. Evans tried to take tl
pistol away from Griffin, and durir
the struggle the weapon, which was <
the self-acting type, was discharge
The bullet took effect in Griffin's vital
Griffin called for a doctor and Evai
tried to get one, succeeding after a d<
lay of perhaps a half hour. The test
mony of the prosecution did not deve
op anything especially damaging to tl
defendant. The jury remained o\
only about five minutes before it r<
turned with its finding.
Dr. Woodrow'v Sermon.
Columbia special of Friday to Tl
News and Courier: There has been
little stir in the Presbyterian sync
about the splendid sermon deliver*
by Dr. James Woodrow. It has been
question of whether to print or not i
print, and as yet the issue is n<
whether to approve or not to approv
The history of the incident is that i
the report of the committee of public:
tion, offered by the Rev. H. R. Murcl
ison, of Anderson, S. C., a recommei
dation was offered calling upon tl
Rev. Dr. WOodrow for a copy of h
sermon preached on Tuesday evenir
by him as the retiring moderator, to I
sent to the committee of publicatic
in Richmond, Va. It was considen
by many members of the synod as
most masterly discourse and as calci
lated to be of very rich results for tl
cause of the church. Other membe:
considered some statements in the se
mon as open to criticism, not becau!
of any suspicion of heresy in doctrini
but for other reasons, and they wei
disposed to believe that the publicatic
of the sermon would not be so much
edification as others seemed to thin
Not a few others voted against the re:
olution because the proposal was witl
out precedent and might be establish*
as a precedent. Sermons preached t
other retiring moderators have mat
pleasant impressions upon the sync
and the publication of these sermoi
was never called for. Because of th
quite a number voted against the pn
position to publish the sermon of th
year. No proposition was offered \
approve or disapprove of the sermo
It was simply a question of the ej
le pedency of publishing It. The vote
In was quite close. It was taken when
30 many members had left the church and
m the number of members present was
;d rather smaller than at other hours of
al the day. The vote on the motion to
a publish was 39 to 37.
n,
f- MERE-MENTION,
is Premier Combs, of France, has called
re a conference of miners and operators
e- to settle the French coal strike. He is
ie following the exartiple recently set by
al President Roosevelt.. ..Havana, Cuba,
es has passed a whole; year without hav3e
Jng a single case of yellow fever
so The British government has given out
id contracts for the construction of three
r- warships to be known as scouts and to
e- be capable of steaming 25 miles an
;d hour.. ..Bradstreet's Commercial agen>y
cy reports that the world's supply of
in sugar promises to be about 10 per cent.
less this year than it was last
Booker Washington has invited President
Roosevelt to visit Tuskegee instie
tnte Thp nresident Dromised to take
'a the matter under consideration
ie There were 82,000 men at work in the
13 anthracite regions on Friday and the
output of coal during the day was
d- about 100,000 tons as against 75,000 tons
the day before The engineers of
It the Georgian railroad have secured a
e- concession of higher wages as the rere
suit of a threat to strike....Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, famous throughout the
ie United States for her lifelong advocacy
13 of woman's suffrage, died in New York
to last Sunday aged 87 years.. ..Generals
t>- Botha and Delarey have abandoned
their proposed tour of the United
er States A falling off in the regis1_
tration of Ohio, as compared with two
years ago, shows a lack of interest in
the election to be held- next Tuesday.
The cholera is spreading in the
Philippines quite rapidly A Brussels
physician claims to have diBcovergt
ed the serum of whooping cough, by
? the aid of which he iB enabled to cure
r1_
the disease within ten days. The usum
al course of whooping cough is from
six or eight weeks...v..The custom rev
enues of the Philippines Archipelago
for the seven months ending July 31,
iy 1902, amounted to $5,064,931.71, nearly
'e double the sum received during the
er same period of 1899 Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain, of Great Britain, 1b
ip arranging to visit South Africa for the
or purpose of studying conditions at close
le range A considerable section of
iy Brunswick, Ga., is under water as the
result of heavy rains and a strong
' northeast wind from the sea The
ie Siberian wheat harvest is reported to
lr' be very poor A naval battle is exto
pected within the next few days beie
tween the gunboats of the Colorhbian
?c* government and the gunboats of the
m Revolutionary forcea, American gunners
are manning the guns on both
sides and the result of the issue is interesting..
Wu Ting Fang, Chinese
to minister to the United States, lias been
summoned to at once return to China
a and become a minister of commerce.
ie The anthracite; strike commission
ie in nnu- fairlv down to work. The pro
'd ceedings are public.-.'...It is announced
8 that General S. M. 1?. Young will suc>n
ceed General Miles.aff lieutenant general
of the army upon the retirement of
Miles next August...'..King Leopold, of
Belgium, has announced his intention
f- to visit the World's Fair at St. Louis.
s. X^OCKHART LINKLETS.
ie Mr. Smith (iettliiK Better?Mnrrlngre
of Mr. Kenxlor an<l MUn Nrhon.
Correspondence of the Torkrille Enquirer.
idLockhart,
October 27.?It was currently
reported last week that Mr. Marion
Smith's foot would have to be ams.
putated, but from a private letter we
' are informed that he is doing finely
and will soon be on foot again. It will
be remembered that he was a salesman
in Lockhart store, from which place he
ie accepted a like position with a firm in
a- Columbia, at which place he had a seie
vere attack of erysipelas. He is now
1_ at the home of his father, in the King's
IS Creek section.
m VMr. John Keasler, of Lockhart, and
>n \ttoa Mnrn Nelson nf the Bullock's
c* Creek section, were married on the 14th
3* instant. Rev. J. B. Swann officiating.
)" Mr. and Mrs. Keasler are now residents
,(* of Lockhart. , j
t0 Miss Alice Riggins is now at Converse'
Commercial college; of Spartanburg,
ie- attending a session of that institute.
Ig v^The young men whom Prof. Herndon
has selected from the Lockhart band to
play this week at the State Fair, are
s* Messrs. Moffatt Ross, alto; H. E. Cran-1
18 ford, tenor; H. C. Cranford, bass drum,
s" and Gill Cranford, snare drum. They
expect to be joined at Union by other
expert players and will go to Columbia
this evening. They will put up at
the Carolina hotel.
Mr. Irvin Blair and family, who have
been at this place for several years,
have moved to Whitmire. to work in
ie the cotton mill that is just starting at
a that place.
?d Gorman Predicts Democratic Cona
trol.?Senator Gorman, who seldom
to appears in the role of a political prophet
et, talks more confidently of Demoe.
cratic success in the coming congressln
ional elections than he has for years.
He professes to believe that the Deml
ocrats will control the new house of
i- representatives, and that two and
ie probably three Democratic congressis
ional candidates in Maryland will be
ig elected.
>e He said today that he expected to see
his old friend Fred Talbott pull
id through in the second district, Major
a Denny's election in the fourth, he said,
i- seemed assured, and both Mr. Gorman
ie and Governor Smith profess to think
rs James Ellegood, the anti-bribe candir
date, will be elected in the first dis3e
trict.?Baltimore letter to New Orleans
e; Times-Democrat.
? TV.** T3V>l1aRol_
"? VvIIcil lUllC V/UOCl VCI , X lie a miwuv*
to phia North American thus bunchea
k some information wfiich had previously
' gotten down to these ends of the earth
s" in only a fragmentary sort of way: "In
l- Ohio Tom Johnson declares that Sena;<j
tors Hanna and Foraker ought to be in
the penitentiary, and Senator Hanna
)y replies that Johnson is the most unmitjgated
demagogue and hypocrite in the
>d United States. In New York they are
1S more explicit. Ex-Senator Hill accus."
es Governor Odell, of New York, of hav18
ing a money interest in certain state
> contracts, and Odell retorts that Hill
is wrongfully accepted $7,000 from the
to state while serving as United States
senator." And yet there are people who
" complain that this campaign lacks
c- spirit. .
LOCAL AFSPAIJEtSL
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. R. Comer?Has lost a purse containg
$55 dollars. $10 Confederate bill, a
note for $25 and other papers. He
offers a liberal reward for the return
of the property.
W. B. Moore, Captain?Issues an order
to members of the Jasper Light Infantry
to assemble at the armory
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
nights for drill preparatory to inspection.
W. Brown Wylie, C. C. .C. Pis.?Gives
notice of sale of landrf on the first
Monday in December, (salesday) in
the case of Alexander G. Black et al,
plaintiffs, against Wm. J. Neely et al,
defendants.
T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Has more to
say in- regard to the good qualities of
the plated tableware which he has in
stock, and which is branded with the
name "T. W. Speck."
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Want you to
know that they have a barrel, of. very
fine pickles, which they are selllhg at
10 cents the dozen. They also, have
fresh oatmeal.
P. C/> ?ottanflnn
JUD. iU. OLO.il IX. V>V. L/ttU JUUI at^UVIVll
to the merits of their liver regulator,
which sells for 25 cents a box and is
guaranteed. They also say that they
have an excellent cough medicine.
They have bluestone for wheat.
W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Has - received
a barrel of new crop N. O. molasses,
choice fruits, etc. He wants, you to
see him for blank books, stationery,
etc., and also to see his samples for
tailor-made clothing. < : J.
M. Heath & Co.?Talk about their
fifth shipment of millinery this season
and describe numerous things
they have in stock that will interest
the ladies.
H. C. Strauss & Co.?Tell you about
their stock of clothing for men and
boys and call especial attention to
their ability to furnish tailor made
clothing to measure. They say they
can sell you clothing that will fit and
are fit to wear.
Riddle & Carroll?Have received a shipmen
of new crop N. O. molasses of the
best quality and can give you close
prices. They also offer a small quantity
of Ceylon and Formosa tea at 50
cents a pound. They tell you about
the merits of wheatena. " J'
GENTLEMEN OF THE
The following petit Jurors were drawn
yesterday to serve during the first week
of the next term of the circuit court,
which convenes in Yorkville on: Monday,
November 17, his honor Judge
James Aldrich presiding:
R. L. Davinney York.*-'
J. L. McGill King's Mountain.?
R. A. White Bullock's Creek.?
J. N. C. Ferguson.King's Mountain^,
Lee Warren Fort Mill.?
R. E. Griffin Bethesda^.
J. M. Russell Broad River.?.
J. R. Mickle Bullock's Creek?
W. W. Shlllinglaw Catawba?
J. B. H. Jackson..King's Mountain?
W. M. Neweon ..Bethesdar* ;
J. W. Smith York.F.
A. Thomas King's Mountain.?
W. R. Burgess Bullockls Creek?
J. R. Barron ..Catawba?.
S. L. Davidson Bullock"s Creek.?
. R. D_ Hope............Broad Rivera*
R. L. A. Smith .Broad River.^
J. N. McDill Broad Rive?!?,
P. B. Neil.... ,.... York.
W. T. Feemster....Bullock's Creek.?'
J. E. Thomas ...York. ?
J. A. McFadden Ebenezer
E. P. Steele Ebenezer*?,
E. R. Shannon Bullock's Creek.?R.
J. Nicholson Catawba.?.
E. B. Price King's Mountain.**.
R. A. Minter Bethesda.
C. W. Pursiey King's Mountain...
J. S. Stuitz Catawba.?
J. L. Dabbs Catawba.?
S. H. Epps. Fort Mill
J. F. Currence King's Mountain..?
J. L. Garrison Catawba, r
j. n. oparrow.. ..King s Mountain.?
P. M. Moore Bethesda???
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ABOUT PEOPLE.
* Miss Mattle Caldwell, of Clover, is
visiting the family of Dr. A. Y. Cart
wright.
Cadets Hammond and Miller, of the
K. M. M. A., are spending this, week in
Columbia.
? Mr. Jeff D. Whitesides is critically ill
at his home at Hickory Groye with
pneumonia. /_V
Geo. W. S. Hart, ;E$q., went down to
Lancaster on Monday. He expects to
return today.
& Mr. E. R. McElwee, of Columbia, arrived
in Yorkville on Sunday afternoon*
on a short visit to the family of Mr. S.
A. McElwee. *
$ Misses Nannie Grist, Josie Camp and1,
Lilla Herndon, of Winthrop college,
came up Saturday afternoon to spenda
few days with relatives In Yorkville.
Mr. George L. Riddle and grandson,
"Waster Robt. Saye Riddle, of Zeno,
were in Yorkville yesterday. This is
Mr. Riddle's first visit.'to Yorkville since
his recent illness. ;
Captaip J.-.ft. King, ; the well-known?
contractor who built' the approaches to
the Catawba river bridge In this-countysome
three years ago, died in Greenville
last Monday, aged 58 years.
. Invitations are out for the marriage
of Mr. Samuel L.. Meacham, of Fort
Mill, to Miss Bessie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Boyd, of Pineville N. C.
The marriage is to take place on Thursday
evening, November 13, at 8 o'clock.
Mr. John S. Jones R. F. D. carrier on
route No. 5 has been peculiarly unfortunate
in his work so far. He lost a.
horse during the summer from colic,
and the loss of a second horse on Monday
afternoon by drowning will make a
serious hole in a $600 salary.
^Lancaster special to Charlotte Observer:
Thurlow S. Carter, editor of the
Lancaster Ledger, has issued cards of
invitation to the marriage of his sister,
Miss Addie Kershaw, to Mr. James
Thomas Thomasson, on Wednesday afternoon,
November 5, at 4 o'clock, at
the First Methodist church. The prospective
bride is one of Lancaster's most
attractive and deservedly popular
young ladies. Mr. Thomasson is the
accommodating manager of the Bedford
telephone lines and is a young man
of high character. v /
CLOSE CALL AT DRY FORK.
Mr. John S. Jones, carrier on R. F. D.
Kouie ino. o, naa u imnuw eatape nvm
death at the Dry Fork ford about five
miles west of Yorkville, last Monday afternoon.
As it was, he lost his horse
and left his buggy and mail pouch in
the swollen stream.
Dry Fork ford is but some fifty yards
south of the Southern trestle, and about
half way between the residences of
Messrs. R. A. Gllflllen and Ross Love,
perhaps half a mile apart. The approaches
to the ford are narrow, and
are bordered on either side by dense
undergrowth, while the ford itself is
deep and treacherous, especially when
the ordinary small flow of water in the
creek happens to be swollen by rains.
Mr. Jones was pretty well acquainted
with the situation, and after calculating
his chances concluded he could
cross. The water proved too swift, however,
carrying the horse below the
landing against a steep bank. The ani
mal made a desperate struggle to get
out; but was pulled back by the buggy.
Mr. Jones first tried to guide the horse
to safety, and falling, in this, undertook
to cut the harness. During the
attempt be nearly drowned. He swam
to the bank; but returned again to help
the struggling animal and tried to guide
It down the swift current to a place of
safety. At a point about a hundred
yards, below the ford, another creek
comes In and here the buggy ran i
against an overhanging obstruction 1
forcing the horse under water and hold- j
ing it there untir it was drowned. {
Unable to do anything further, Mr. <
Jones secured the assistance of Mr. '
Ross Love and others, and after the j
water had gone down somewhat, the i
horse and buggy were dragged out of 1
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the creek by means of ropes and trace k
chains. The mailbag, which had been
securely strapped to the buggy, was
recovered.
HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN.
tv The narrow escape, of Mr. J. S.
Jones at "Dry Fork" ford on Monday
afternoon, argues the necessity of a
bridge at that place.
JLir The yarn market is looking upward
somewhat to the very considerable
encouragement of the local mill
men. The spinners have been having
an anxious time of it during the past
12 or 15 months, and it is to be hoped
that the present advance will continue
at least long enough to enable them
to catch their breath.
t'->' Treasurer Neely came in Saturday
night after a tour through Bethesda,
Bullock's Creek and King's Mountain
townships. His collections for the week
were disappointing, nothing like sufficient
to justify all the trouble he is
taking in making the round of the
county. He reports that there seems
to be but little cotton in the country.
Some few large farmers still have their
entire crops; but generally the cotton
has been sold. There is but little left
in the fields.
*3T The corn yield from the County
Home farm breaks all records/ ', The
crop that was worked by the chalngang
has been harvested, and it amounts to
987 bushels. This amount comes off. of
about 25 or 30 acres including 12 acres
of upland. The crop worked by Mr.
Gaulden, for the County Home, will
yield about 1,000 bushels. It is calculated
that the entire crop will be
nearly enough for both the county
home and the chaingang next year.
Because of this corn crop, the cash 1
mitiav nn nrrnnrrt of the chainerang 1
next year ought to be reduced something
like $1,000.
tV From such information as is obtainable,
the reporter's investiga-v
tions include many inquiries, thereseems
to be no good reason to believe
that a large crop of wheat will be sown
in this section this fall.: Some farmers
have already sown wheat; but, as a
rule, they have been content with but
small acreage. From questions on the
subjects, it appears that the most serious
damper to sowing was the failure
of last year. Just as the heavy harvest
of the previous year stimulated heavier
sowing In the fall following, the failure
of the last harvest seems to have
discourage sowing this fall. Then another
drawback is a scarcity of seed.
If seed wheat were plentiful, there is no
doubt that much of it would be sown; s
but as only a comparatively few far- <
mers have a supply, and they are '
"generally asking $1.25 a bushel, the de- 1
mand Is not heavy. The reporter has \
heard of a number of farmers who calculated
on sowjng more or less wheat ,
during November; but, as a rule, they |
are counting on putting in only a few j
acres each. . But few new drills are >
being sold this fall. '> ; s
NEELY AT IT AGAIN.
f
There was reason to believe that when ,
John G. Neely, the erstwhile insurance (
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Hytrin, wan i cicnocu livm JUL, 0 I
more would be heard, from him In this (
section; but it seems that this was a (
mistake. 'Sheriff Logan is in receipt of,
a copy of the Wadesboro, N. C, Courier
of October 24th, containing a warm .
article in defense of Neely and in de- *
nunciation of the people of York coun-:
ty. The article is signed "A. T. Car-ter,"
and dated at "Rock Hill, October
?, 1902." As no one of the county of-i
fleers happbns to be acquainted' with;
the alleged writer of the letter, they areO
doubtful, as to whether there is any',
such man in Rock Hill or el&ewhere,;
and are generally of the opinion that
the remarkable composition is the work
of Neely himself. It is known that at
the time of his arrest, Neely was about
to marry a respectable lady of means in
the Wadesboro neighborhood, and it is
believed that his object is to secure
reinstatement in the lady's good opin- }
ion. Because the facts are already so
fresh in the public mind, it is not
worth while to point out the ingenious
perversions of truth contained in
the letter; but still, as a matter of curious
interest, this wonderful document
*" ~ A - ? ? T mao a oa
is entiueu 10 repruuuL-iiuu. it ico.ua ??
follows:
"To the Editor of the Courier:
"The greatest scandal and the most
vindictive and malicious persecution of
innoeency that has ever disgraced any
civilized state has just closed in York
County, S. C. In the name of the State
against Jno. G. Neely, the defendant
insurance agent, who was held for
everything that was low down, mean
and dirty, every word of which was
clearly proven to be infamously false
and a lie out of the' whole cloth and the
perpetrators of this damnable deed will
go down to their graves in shame and
derision, and every respectable citizen
today stands with stricken and appalling
disgust at such an outrage and
crime as has been committed on one of
its respectable, true and tried citizens
and fellowman. There never has Deen
such an inhuman crime committed
since the creation of mankind. Charged
first for the taking and carrying
away of some four or five thousand dollars
in money, but this was proven
right at the start, to be a most outrageous
lie and dropped as a hot coal of
fire.
"2nd. Next was for doing a fraudulent
business and misappropriation.
This was also proven to be another no-'
torious lie. ^
"3rd. Next was for writing members
or applicants over age. This was found
to be true in one' instance by about
eight months, but the members acknowledge
that he was to blame as it
was his mistake and turned the policy
he held back to be considered which
was refused.
"4th. Next was for obtaining money
from a son and daughter for a policy
upon the life Qf their father and had
tired of the expense of keeping it up
and wanted their money back and for
violation of contract provisions, which
proved to be false by the contract itself,
as it contained no stipulations as was I
claimed, but the jury found a verdict I
)f guilty for violation of contract for I
lot giving proper notice of resignation I
md yet the defendant worked, and for 1
learly two weeks, by request of the ^
company, in training his successor and
lpon all evidence and contrary to all
aw the defendant Jno. G. NCely was
convicted as above stated and'was sen:enced
to pay a fine of fifty dollars or
ie imprisoned for thirty days. An apseal
was taken from this decision to
:he circuit Judge who set aside the verJict
of the magistrate's court and Jury
ind ordered them to appear before hJm
md show why such a verdict should
lave been rendered.
"I am sixty-six years old, and have
>een in almost every kind of business,
ind have associated with almost all
'lasses of people?good, bad and.lndif,'ererit:
but I must say that this is one
;lass I thank God I never knew, and
lope that no country or state will be
'ound to support any such ghouls very
ong. The Almighty knows to suffer
nich, is, and can only be an imposition,
?ven upon uncivilized Negroes that
mrse our land today, for above all r
;lse deliver me froip a white frame that
carries in it a black, niggardly heart.
\ pure Negro is bad enough to 6tirik,
a wl?l+a air In wlfVi a Mocrno'fl hpf) rt
jutstinks a billy goat and Is lower than
the Negro himself. I have already said
I am sixty-six years old. I have been
i ruling elder In the house of God 31
pears, and I have known Mr. John
y ever since he was born, and all of his
people, and do solemnly assert this Is
the first blot or stigma that has ever
3talned the name of his family or Its
filstory to my knowledge.
"This boy's father died when he was
10 or 11 years old, and there never was
i more devoted boy to his mother or
tender brother to his sisters and brothers,
he being the eldest son I have
seen him cry many a time because he
rould not make the Negroes work like
tie wanted them to, and there is not a
azy bone in his body He is of a kind,
oving disposition, liked by . every body,
iccommodating as can be.
"I have no doubt but that he has prepared
more dead bodies for burial than
my man of his age In the state. He is
me of the best business men or boys I
?ver knew, and while he is kind hearted,
he don't lack courage, and in a good
^ause no more determined spirit can be
found. I say now that York county
will go down in history and to the day
nf Judgment steeped in the most cruel
:old-blooded and infamous crime ever
?ommitted by mankind. The inhuman
persecution of innocency by the outside
lies told on man, - manufactured by
outside mallgnants and not connected
with the case In any-whatever and
published to the world as the tfuth, but
thank God as a gentleman said to toe
the other day, don't ftet, Neely is all \
right, nobody believes a word of it that I
Is any account, and neither do I, but I
liave thirty-five hundred dollars in cash
that he can get for the asking and he i
replied yes, he can get all the money
lie wants and a position any moment
that he comes or goes for It ( This is
ludgment returning to righteousness,
rruly, the Word of God is Truth, inieed.
I pity his motherless children.
What an infamous shameful crime it is!
[f there had been anything shown up
wrong there would be some excuse for
'uch a crime by an honest mistake; but
nothing of this appears as his books
?how that every cent of money , has
been "honestly ncounted for, as is the
rsse.of all of the work done byhffii In
?very instance.
"Jno. G. Neely Is a gentleman In every
espect. He married In one of the best
famines In South Carolina. His wife
was a modest, Christian lady with
whom he lived happily for some 17 or
18 years then she died leaving three
imall children". May the good Lord
alesS them all. No one living or dead
would be more-welcome to my humble
ibode or to what I have than one of
3am Neely's children or grandchildren.
\ny one who says that a drop of dislonest
blood ever traced the veins of
>ne of them. Is an infernal liar and the
ruth is not in him or them." '
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WITHIlf THE TOWlt.
? Sam McKnlght, a colored horse- ^
Jhoer at the "We Fix It Shop," drove
?lghty-8lx shoes In one day recently,
rhe work was well done and Mr.
Montgomery thinks this feat comes
pretty near making a record.
? The receipts of cotton from wagons
jp to last Saturday, amounted to 2,800
aales. In addition to sales, several
lundred bales have been warehoused.
The receipts from wagons up to the ^
tame date last year was 1,738 bales.'
? "Mr. Bob" is deserving of a large
ludience at the opera house tonight
Wednesday), not only on account of
he excellence of the entertainment.
hat is provided; but especially on ac:ount
of its object?to create a musical
lepartment for the graded school.
? By reference to the advertisement
n another column, the memheos of $he *
rasper Light infantry will see that they
ire called to assemble in the armory
'or drill next Monday, Tuesday and
fVednesday nights. Captain Moore deilres
the men to be impressed wUh. the
mportance of a full turn out, especially
because the state appropriation is apportioned
pn .a basis of the number of
nen appearing at inspection. For varous
good reasons, there have not been
nany drills of late; but with hard hon>st
work during Monday, Tuesday and
iVednesday night, the company will no
ioubt be able to acquit itself creditaily
at the annual inspection.
? The ladies in charge of the chrysinthemum
show to be held in the court
louse next Friday, have completed, as
'ar as possible, all preliminary arrangements.
The show is to open early
5Yiday morning, and exhibitors are reluested
to be at the court house Thurslay
afternoon for the purpose of selectng
locations for their exhibits. There
vill be present a committee to give
l11 desired information and assistance,
ind possible confusion in case the
natter should be postponed until
he next morning, will thus be
Lvoided. There seems to have been
lome misunderstanding as to the mater
of admission. The Enquirer has
>een requested to explain that the pur:haser
of a ticket will be entitled to go
n and out at will, without being retired
to pay a second time. The'ladies
nave done a great deal of work in connection
with the show and accomparvng
entertainment, and they have a
ight to expect liberal patronage.
? The stories of the proposed improvenent
of passenger facilities on the
darion and Camden division of the
Southern railroad, sounds almost too
rood to be true, especially in so far as
forkville is concerned. Although sitlated
at the intersection of two railoads,
one running north and south and
he other east and west, this is probacy
one of the most effectively bottled
owns in the state. It has been so far
-ears, with regard to both mail and
>assenger service. Except at brief inervals
it has been impossible to gfc
lorth, south east or west, without beng
held up for a long wait within 20 or
5 miles, at Gastonia, Chester, Rock
lill or Blacksburg, and it has been the
ame returning. During most of the
ime since the completion of the preset
Southern division, people from the
vestern part of the county have been .
ible to come to Yorkville, transact
>usiness and return the same day; but