Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 29, 1902, Image 2
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? The first snow fall of the season
fell throughout the east and middle
west last Wednesday. Snow was reported
at many, points in New York
during the morning. It was not heavy;
but generally turned into sleet or rain.
Dispatches from Wisconsin, Iowa and
Illinois report snow in those states. At
Bloomington the fpll was to a depth of
several inches.
? The priest in the church at San
Farlos, at Naples, Italy, while preaching
to his parishioners on the subject
of hell last Sunday, adopted a novel
scheme whereby he hoped to further
impress them. He placed a man behind
i he altar, who, while the priest was
vividly describing the torments of hell,
howled, walled and rattled chains. The
performance was so realistic that the
congregation fled. Many were Injured
In the stampede. The police took occasion
to warn the priest that no more
such performances must be enacted.
? The rioti g in Havana during the
* past few day.- has attracted considerable
interest ,n the United States, and '
more -pecially on account of the pro- 1
vision in the Piatt amendment which
makes it the duty of the United States
to step in and preserve order when the
Cuban authorities find themselves unable
to do so. Although the disorder
made considerable headway before the
Cuban authorities could get a grasp of
it, the government finally took a firm
stand and managed to get control of
the situation. General Gomez is credited
with having given valuable assistance
to the government in the matter.
? In consequence, says a Washington
dispatch, of the voluntary act of loyalty
on the?part of the people of Tui Tui (
La, in ceding to the United States the '
sovereignty rights of that and other
islands in a declaration signed April
17, 1900, President Roosevelt has sent ]
them a message of greeting and in addition
has presented each chief who i
signed the instrument, with a silver i
watch and chain and a silver medal.
The message expresses "to the chiefs
and peoples of said Islands the gratifi- i
cation of the government and people of i
the United States in receiving from i
the chiefs and people of the said islands
this token of their friendship and
their confidence in the just and friendly
intentions of the United States. The
local rights and privileges mentioned in
the declaration will be respected, and
it is our earnest hope that peace, happiness
and prosperity may make their
permanent abode with the good people
of these islands." ; .
? William R. Draper, a newspaper
correspondent, is under arrest in St. i
Louis, Mo., for an offense that is not
punished as frequently or as severely i
as it ought to be. He is charged with i
the authorship of an alleged libelous
article, written at Wichita, Kans., con- ?
cerning an Indian by the name of <
White Buffalo, of Oklahoma territory,
and published in the Philadelphia North
American last July. The article in i
question stated that White Buffalo had
been sent to the government school for i
Indians at Carlisle, Pa., where he was
educated; that'he" had returned to his
tribe imbued with a deep hatred for
the white race; that he met May Andrews
and. after courting her for
awhile, bound her to a pony and when
she was found she was dead; that he
then met Annie Dennis, and after a
short courtship her throat was cut;
that White Buffalo then met Maud El- ;
lis and in a short time she was found
with a knife in her heart. The article
stated that White Buffalo was under
arrest charged with the murders.
? The sword as a weapon of warfare
is being gradually discarded just as
were the spear and the lance, except
by t%e spectacular regiments of some
European countries, says a Washington
letter. The disappearance of the
lance from the English service was
slow and there are yet some of Great
Britain's soldiers who believe the weapon
more dangerous than the saber in
a cavalry charge. The army sword,
however, is rapidly taking its place
among the archaic weapons of warfare
and is destined to be employed, if at
all, only as an ornament in the equipment
of the military. Reports received
at the war department from officers in
the field contain repeated evidence of a
disinclination to use the sword. For
instance, the ordnance officer on duty
in the southern Philippines says that
the officer's sword has become an "impediment
rather than a benefit," and
that it interferes with marching on
font and is an incumbrance to the of
ficer who is mounted. It is being generally
abandoned and officers carry instead
a revolver in the belt.
? The big sixteen inch gun, which has
been under construction at Watervliet
arsenal during the past few years, was
shipped to Sandy Hook firing grounds
last Wednesday. The dimensions of
this extraordinary gun are as follows:
Length over all 49 feet 2.9 inches, diameter
at breach 5 feet; bore 16 inches.
Its construction was begun May 14,
189S, and it was finished June 12, 1902.
Some faint idea of its power can be
obtained by the statement that it
shoots a projectile weighing 2,370
pounds a distance of twenty-one miles.
If smokeless powder is used it will require
576 pounds or about 1,000 pounds
of black powder. The crude steel from
which the gun was assembled weighed
368,000 pounds. It has cost in material,
labor and machinery about $150,000. A
large amount of new machinery had to
be made for the work; one of the largest
cranes in the world, if not the larg
est '.ne nilut, to namue it, new mmo
were secured and an immense amount
of new machinery was purchased. The
cost was so great that it is doubtful if
any more of a similar size will be built.
When it was decided to build this gun
it was the intention of the government
to construct about twenty 16-inch guns,
but the cost has been such that the
project will probably be abandoned. *
? There was a meeting in Washington
last Monday, in the office of the
superintendent of free delivery, of the
assistant superintendents and special
agents from all parts of the country.
The conference lasted throughout the
day. and every phase of the rural free
delivery system was under discussion.
One of the complaints which has been
received most frequently at the department
has been that the routes are not
established soon enough after the ap-1
plications are made in due form and all
conditions are complied with. Mr. Machen,
the superintendent, believed that
this could be remedied in part by the
force he has employed in the work.
He gave complete instructions to the
men assembled, which he believes will
expedite the work. From the discussion
this afternoon it became apparent
that it would be advantageous to establish
more districts and more headquarters
from which the men can
work. He will begin at once plans for
the dividing of some of the larger districts
into smaller ones, with all the
facilities provided. There has also been
some complaint of the loss of letters.
It was decided that every route in each
of the states should receive a separate
designation which will distinguish
it from every other one. How this will
be brought about was not determined.
It may be done by numbering them
numerically. The system will maae 11
possible for any one addressing an Individual
patron of a route to designate
the route for which the letter is intended.
This is expected to greatly
facilitate the transmission of the letter
or parcel.
She ^(orkuillf (Enquirer.
YORKVIILE, 8. C.t
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1902.
Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co.,
have just sent out a statement in which
they estimate this year's crop at 11,900,000
bales. Their estimate is based
on letters and telegTams from what
they consider the most Intelligent and
best informed cotton men in the various
southern markets. Of course this
estimate is at best, only a guess; but
since this well-known firm has the reputation
of being unusually careful and
conservative in all of its statements
with regard to cotton, it is well to treat
their figures with respect.
A Washington dispatch of Tuesday
says that it developed in the cabinet
meeting held on that day, that negotiations
with the Colombian government
with reference to the Panama canal
treaty have practically come to a
standstill. The Colombians have rejected
the latest proposition from the
secretary of state, and the secretary
of state is not disposed to pursue Jm
matter further until the Colombians
3hall show some signs of reasonable concession.
In the meantime, Nicaraguan
stock is decidedly on the rise, as yei
neither Nicaragua or Costa Rica have
shown any special anxiety with regard
to the future plans of the United
States. They, however, seem to be pretty
well satisfied that the next move on
the part of this government will be
with a view to securing concessions
from them, and they are holding quiet
so as to be in a position to drive the
best trade possible.
The Ministerial Alliance of Salt Lake
City has inaugurated a campaign
against Apostle Smoot, who is to be
the next United States senator-elect
from Utah. The campaign is to be of
the same general nature and practically
to the same end as that successfully
waged against Congressman Brigham
H. Roberts. Smoot is one of the
twelve apostles of the Mormon church,
standing: next to the president of that
organization, and it is held that his
seating In the United States senate
will involve official recognition of the
Mormon church, especially since Mormonism
was the principal issue of the
campaign in which he was elected, and
he stands higher in the church even
than did Roberts. The Salt Lake ministers
have sent out an address to the
ministers of the entire country, and
they expect the movement to develop
into formidable proportions. There is
every reason to believe that the fight
in the senate on this question will be
even warmer than in the house, and
the probability is that the ministers
will win; but if they do it will only be
after a long and hard struggle.
The semi-official announcement of
some weeks ago to the effect that the
president had definitely decided to appoint
W. D. Crum collector of the port
of Charleston, as a recognition of the
Negro race, taken in connection with
the equally authoritative report to the
effect that he has changed his mind on
the suhleet. leads to renewed specula
tion as to where Mr. Roosevelt "is at"
with regard to such matters anyway.
It is really not probable that Crum's
alleged treachery to Blaine at Minneapolis
had any weight with the president.
Mr. Roosevelt has shown, time
and again, as in this case, that he reserves
the right to "change his mind"
whenever he wants to, and really that
is about all that Crum is accused of
having done at Minneapolis. A week
or two ago. in connection with this
very appointment, Mr. Roosevelt was
quoted as having said that there are
nine million colored citizens of the United
States, and that he is their president
as well as of the whites. That
sounded all very well; but it is quite
possible that during his recent trip to
Mississippi, he got the idea that maybe,
after all, a citizen is not a citizen,
and while it may be very well to put
whites in office above Negroes, it does
not work so nicely to put Negroes in
office over whites. However, all this
speculation is more or less idle. There
is positively no telling in advance what
Mr. Roosevelt will do about a given
proposition?not even after he has
macie positive annuuumuciu intention.
He does not appear to know
his own mind twenty-four hours in
advance of final action.
Prenelieil AitninNt Masonry.
Rev. A. C. Haddock preached a sermon
against Masonry at Poplar Springs
Baptist church, in Laurens county, last
Sunday. He denied that Masonry was
based on Biblical teachings, and members
of his audience, presumably Masons,
contradicted him.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Wa^it you to
come to see them for all kinds of the
best goods for the Christmas feasts,
and also tell you that they have Ralston
cereal foods.
H. C. Strauss & Co.?Again remind you
of their slaughter sale which is now
in progress. They call especial attention
to their clothing which they
are selling at cost. They mention
other special bargains.
L. M. Grist & Sons?Want to know if
you ever stopped to think about why
the "cheap" printer cannot do certain
things when the "cheap" printer"
does your printing. See fourth
page.
THE NEW SCHEDULE.
The much talked of new schedule on
the Charleston division of the Southern,
has been published. Local Agent s
Clark received his copy yesterday, and
kindly gave The Enquirer an opportunity
to make a summary of it. The
schedule eoes into effect next Sunday, 1
November 30, and as stated heretofore,
provides for four first-class trains a
day?two going east and two going
west.
The westbound trains are designated
as Nos. 33 and 35. No 33 leaves Catawba
at 8 p. m., Rock Hill at 8.40; Tirzah
at 9; Yorkville at 9.12; Sharon at
9.23; Hickory Grove at 9.45; Smyrna at
9.55, and arrives at Blacksburg at s
10.15. No 35 leaves Rock Hill at 6 a. ^
m.; Tirzah, 6.19; Yorkville, 6,34; Sharon,
6.40; Hickory Grove, 7; Smyrna
7.10; and arrives at Blacksburg at 7.30
a. m.
The eastbound trains are Nos. 34 and
36. No. 34 leaves Blacksburg at 7.45
a. m.; Smyrna at 8.05; Hickory Grove
at 8.15; Sharon, 8.27; Yorkville, 8.42; Tirzah,
8.54; Rock' Hill, 9.20, and arrives
at Kingsville at 12.50 p. m. No. 36
leaves Blacksburg at 9.05; Smyrna at
9.35; Hickory Grove at 9.45; Sharon,. '
9.57; Yorkville, 10.15; Tirzah, 10.27; arrives
at Rock Hill at 10.50 p. m.
Nos 34 and 35 pass at Blacksburg,
and 33 and 36 pass at Hickory Grove.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Next Wednesday is the regular ,
mointhly meeting day of the county
board of commissioners.
? Thanksgiving Day made a curious
weather record. There was snow, sleet
and rain and it was both warm and
cold.
? Next Monday is salesday for December,
and by reference to the advertising
columns of The Enquirer, it
will be seen that the clerk will make
some important sales of real estate.
? There were five Negroes before
Mayor pro tern White, on last Tues.- .
day, charged with gambling,. The evidence
was conclusive and the Negroes
were each sentenced to $10 or thirty
^ays.
Captain and Mrs. W. B. Moore gave
a "military ball' in the opera house on
Thanksgiving evening, complimentary
to K. M. M. A. cadets. There were
about 200 inyited guests present. They
were received by Captain and Mrs.
Moore, assisted by Mrs. B. N. Moore.
The programme consisted of marches,
quadrilles, .waltzes, lancers,, two-steps,
etc. Refreshments were served; 'at
about 10 o'clock, and the guests departed
before 11. The whole entertain
ment was greatly enjoyed by all present.
? General Thanksgiving services were
held in Trinity M. E. church last
Thursday. The church was comfortably
crowded and the congregation
had the pleasure of listening to an excellent
sermon by Rev. W. G. Neville. 1
Revs. A. N. Brunson, W. E. Hurt and ?
Dr. S. A. Weber also took part in the b
conduct of the exercises. xnanK oner- r
lngs were collected for the benefit of e
the various orphanages In which the
congregation was Interested. Thorn- i
well, at Clinton; Grler, at Hickory 1
Grove; Epworth, at Columbia ^nd ^
Connie Maxwell, at Greenwood. There i
were also special Thanksgiving servl- 1
ces held at the Church of the Good
Shepherd, conducted by Rev. J. C. i
Johnes, the rector. <
HKARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. 1
tsr The K. M. M. A. football team 1
played, the N. C. M. A. team at Red
Springs, N. C., on Thanksgiving Day. s
The result was a tie?nothing to noth- 1
ing. ~ >
tsr The Woodmen of the World have (
arranged for an oyster supper at Tirzah
next Friday night week, at which >
they will entertain their friends from j
the vicinity and the country surrounding.
The Tirzah Woodmen have given ^
entertainments of this character before
and they have always proved very enjoyable.
i-if Speaking of the Mitchell case to a ^
party of gentlemen in the post office
lobby Thursday morning, Sovereign
Commander Root, of the Woodmen of
the World, said that even if the plaintiff
should get a verdict he would never be '
able to collect his judgment for the ^
reason that the order Is expressly forbidden
by the laws of Nebraska to pay ,
out money except for purposes stipula- J
ted In Its charter; that It has no right '
to levy an assessment to pay a judgment
of this kind. Mr. G. W. S. Hart,
of course, has a very different opinion
on this subject, and will engage to collect
for his client any such judgment
as he may be able to get.
The question of mistrials was un- (
der discussion, and one speaker observ- (
ed that it seemed to him that in a case (
where the jury stood eleven to one *,
it was the duty of the one to go over "j
to the eleven. "I do not know about .
that," suggested Captain Crawford. "I (
remember a case several years ago,
when I was sheriff, where a jury went ,
into the room eleven to one, and the
eleven men came over to the one. It
was a young man from Fort Mill town- |
ship who stood out against the eleven.
The juryman who told me about it, ,
said that he asked the young Fort Mill
man to give the reason for his opinion,
and he did so with such clearness and j
forr-p as tn brine all of the other jurors ,
over to his way of looking1 at the mat
ter." ]
W Calendar No. 1 of the court of 1
common pleas for York county, has
not been cleared for a number of years 1
past. There are cases on this calendar ;
that have been there for more than a <
half a dozen terms, and they include <
cases that both sides want to have <
tried. To clear the calendar now (
would take from two to three weeks,
)03sibly four weeks, of steady work, fai
tome of the lawyers hold that under Mi
he law as It now stands, the Jury com- inj
nlssioners have the right to provide w?
urors for three, or more weeks. Oth- Inj
irs claim that there is no authority un- ho
ler the law for more than two venires? wt
>ne for the first week and one for the 1
lecond week. The question is at least M<
nvolved in more or less aouoi, ana | mi
here seems to be necessity for some co
egislative remedy. ;The jury commis- on
iloners should have unquestioned au- th
horlty to draw as many venires as, m<
n their judgment, may seem necesary. of
The only other remedy for the present er
iwkward predicament, will be an occa- vll
lional extra term,, and experience ad
las shown that these are not only very he
lifDcult to get, but rather more expen- tic
live than prolonged regular terms. <
let
TEACHERS A BID THE SCHOOLS. Jn
At the request of The Enquirer Su- ni|
>erlntendent of Education Carroll has di<
'urnlshed, so far as the records In his fa
>ffice show, a list of all the white com- fr<
non schools now in session throughout "I
he county, together with the names of Mi
he teachers In charge of each. The th
rraded schools are not Included for the an
eason that they do-'not report to the Ui
>fflce of the county superintendent, and ed
here are also omitted several common pe
ichool which have not yet reported. fe<
The list as furnished is as follows: th
Oak'Ridge .,-.Margaret Blaine. th
Fairview Ethel Latimer. ?
Battle Ground T. E. McMakln.
Santiago..............M. R. Biggers. an
Bethany de
R. A. Lymus, Madge White. tic
Cross Road S. C. Ratteree. .
Hambright Bertha O. Shields.
Masseys..... Susie White. tic
Oakley Alice Boyd. Mi
Friendship. Annie Neely.
Harmony.,,.' ,.,;AnnIe Cornwell.
McElwee. .V.....J. L. Key. ed
Neely's Creek ...Annie Martin.
Catawba Mrs. C. W. McFadden.
Smith.. D. C. Sturgls. ,
Shiloh Lillian Milholen. J
Bethesda May Crosby. t?a
Belmont S. E. Barron. he
T?TTnnnfp Plprce. i?
muia * ? - ? ,,
York Cotton Mill.-B. R. T. Bowen. ..
Cain's Spring '.'.-...Emma McGlll.
Union tst.?. ?. Shannon. th
Gold Hill... ?....Nettle Dobson. . or
Latta ..,.i v.Sallie Caldwell. ,e{
Chestnut Grove.Florence Cody.
Miller Nannie Scott. ta'
Sutton E. M. Williams. fit
Watson ?... Lizzie Burris. st<
Hickory Grove f.
S. B. Lathan. Belle Smith. in
Dye Agnes Wylie. sn
Wilkerson Clara Fleming. th
Shady Grove Agnes Sherer. bj)
Blairsville . Bessie Sherer.
Center Mayme Gourley. mi
McConnellsville ev
J. M. ^ioore, Ollie Elder. an
Ogden 3 fu,
Lida Smith. Dargan Smith.
Reld Clara Crawford. co
Bullock's CreekMinnie Palmer. gr
Cotton Fannie Smarr. re.
Bell Creek .....Nettie Green. _
Olive .?Hattie Brakefleld.
Piedmont ...Philip Sandifer.
Beersheba W. A. McAfee. ca
Filbert ?,.Mary J.Brown. j01
t Bowling Green.. t.?. B. O. Shannon. th
Ridge .Mary W. Brown.
Point May Belle Sims. Pe
Pleasant Grove E. F. Bell. en
Zion E. P. Castles. <
Clark's Fork Bessie Faris. ba
Riverside F. E. Quinn. cr(
Eureka -?V...S. F. Massey. jn.
Concord Ida Ferguson.
Bethesda Graded J. B. Gentry. wi
Allison Creek..J...'Miss Easterling. no
Philadelphia ....'. jn
L. W. Jenkins, Edna Love. Da
Pleasant Ridge. fEstefle Stevenson. te]
Tirzah Jerusha Mitchell. ot<
Newport hfn. L. A. Barron. he
Adnah .....Lillian Massey. Dr
Clover W. H. Hamilton, Jjj,
Miss Hamilton, Miss Jackson.
Gold Hill J. Hamilton.
X * Th
Q ABOUT PEOPLE. p0
Rev. A. N. Brunson and family will w<
T1
eave on Monday for a visit to relatives mJ
it Laurens. da
' Mrs. J. W. McFarland has returned '
lome after a visit to relatives at For;st
Gity. N. C. r
Miss "Edith Poo'sfer, of Guthriesville, ra
s spending a. few idays with Dr. and
Mrs. S. A. Weber..,:,Jj!
fMr. and Mrs. John B. Williams have an
eturned home after a visit to relatives at
n Lancaster county. ^
/ Mr. W. L. Brandon, of the Bandana ,
leighborhood, will move his family to (l
Clover next week. , ua
Mrs. Lela Rogers .has moved her ju
'amiiy from Lockhart to Whitmires, in It
STewberry county. ,?
Mr. John Crawford, of Lancaster,
?pent Thanksgiving in Yorkville, the be
ruest of Mr. J. C;?'EHiott. . co
Prof, and Mrs. IJ. /l. C. Walker left
)n Wednesday afternoon for a visit to be
relatives in Orangeburg county. pr
Mrs. G. W. S. Hart spent Thanks- th
?-> I- vi?.1 Ul. ... t, V. k,. onna
Jiving uny in v^uiuinuiti wim net puuo, ^
Dr. 0. F., Carl anil George Hart.
Miss Josie Camp, of Winthrop colege,
has been at home for a few days
in a visit to her mother, Mrs. Maggie
Damp. . ha
The Hopewell school opened on last c0
Monday with a good attendance. Miss ve
Buena Horton has charge for the winter
session. " B<
Rev. and Mrs. S. A. Weber and Mr. tic
Joseph A. Smith will attend the South W
Carolina Methodist conference at Newberry
next week.
Mrs. Albert M. Grist and daughter, A]
Miss Margaret, and Miss Kittle Blair, ac
ire visiting relatives and friends In the
Blairsville neighborhood.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Smith entertained
a large number of their young F(
friends at their home, Ave miles south
if Yorkville, on Thanksgiving evening.
Rev. W. E. Hurt was the recipient of
a Thanksgiving offering in the shape co
if a very acceptable sum of money
from the ladies of the Baptist church ?>
if Clover.
i Congressman Finley expects to leave
for Washington today to be present Ci
it the opening of congress next MonJay.
He would have left earlier but '
was detained by important profession- l,
il business.
Miss Sallie Allison, a student at the H
Presbyterian College for Women, Co- ac
lumbia, was called to her home at
Hickory this week, on account of the co
serious illness of her father, Mr. R. M.
Allison. S'
Major John F. Jones, of Blacksburg, co
Is a candidate for the office of collector
af the port for the city of Charleston. ac
The major is thoroughly competent and ar
he has many friends who would be de- $4i
lighted to see him get the plum.
Mr. R. M. Allison, of Hickory Grove, a<.(
has been quite ill for about a week.
He is suffering from an Internal ab?ess.
His condition was regarded as 11;
critical during Thursday and there B.
seems to be but small hope for his re- . '
-7 te<
jovery. I
Mr. W. S. Lauridge has moved his co
mily to Gastonia, near which place
p. Laurldge is engaged in saw mill%.
Mrs. Lauridge and the children
snt up on the train Thursday morn?,
and Mr. Lauridge took his* houseId
goods through the country in
igons.
Rev. A. N. Brunson will leave next
jnday for Newberry to attend the
nual meeting of the South Carolina
nference which convenes in that city
Wednesday. He goes in advance of
e convening of conference in order to
jet with an important committee
which he is a member. As to whethMr.
Brunson will return to Yorklie,
of course, cannot be predicted in
vance; but there are many people
re, both in and out of his denomina>n,
who hope to see him come back.
Columbia State, November 25: The
:ture of the Rev. John Basg Shelton
the Y. M. C. A. auditorium last
g-ht was attentively neara Dy me aujnce
and contained many Interesting
cts and strong points drawn therejm.
In the discussion of his theme?
leroes and Heroism of the South"?
r. Shelton discussed its two phases,
e one designated as the first warfare
id the other as the second warfare,
ider the first head the lecturer groupthe
leading events and the leading
rsonages in the history of the ConJerate
heroes, giving due praise to
e leaders, civic and military, but at
e same time emphasizing the series
and the achievements of the rank
d file of the southern armies. Unr
the second he presented the condi>ns
incident to Reconstruction and
ew therefrom lessons as to the solu>n
of the race question in the south,
r. Shelton was attentively heard
roughout and was liberally applaudTHE
C ABU AGE "SNAKE.'*
Fear of the so-called "snake" in cabge
has of late played havoc with the
retofore brisk demand for that highesteemed
vegetable. It seems that
e "snake" alarm is a development of
e past few years, and that it had its
Igin in Wautauga county, N, C." At
ist it was In connection with Wauuga
cabbage that The Enquirer
st heard of the snake. Tiast year
iries were circulated to the effect
at deaths had occurred from eating
ake-lnfested Wautauga cabbage, and
ese stories were generally credited
Ignorant people everywhere. As a
atter of fact, however, no one has
er been able to establish the truth of
y of these stories. As a matter of
rther fact, the so-called "snake". is
mmon to any cabbage, wherever
own. For instance, It was reliably
ported to The Enquirer a few days
:o, that "snakes," (really a narmiess
nd of a worm) had been found in
bbages grown in Yorkville. The folding
statement from Gerald McCary,
biologist of the North Carolina exriment
station, may be considered as
tirely trustworthy and reliable:
'Snakes and serpents belong to the
.ckboned series of animals. This
eature is a nematode worm belonged
far down in the scale of created
ings. It has a soft boneless body
th only rudimentary organs. It does
t bite or chew, ;but absorbs its food
liquid form through any and every
.rt of its body. It is normally an inrnal
parasite of grasshoppers and
her insects. Its presence in cabbage
ads is rare and accidental, due to the
evious abundance of insects upon the
ants. The cabbage worms (Gordius
riabilis) are never found parasitic
ion humans or vertebrate animals,
le stories concerning the deaths supsed
to have been caused by these
)rms are untrue and ridiculous!
lere is no venom in them. They
ay be eaten raw or cooked without
nger to the eater.
'The serious part of these stories is
at such publications may cause conlerable
loss by preventing people
am eating the cabbage they have
ised or purchased. Such fears are
nolly groundless. The . worms are
it common and when they do occur
on cabbage they will do no harm to
lyone eating the vegetable. They are
worst no more harmful than the
arms so plentiful in apples and
aches some seasons."
The whole truth about this socalled
nake" is not that it is a new or unual
thing; but people generally are
st becoming aware of its existence,
has been present in the cabbage aliys,
and most people who has eaten
e cabbage have eaten the "snake."
.' course, there are people who will
turned from the cabbage on acunt
of the development of this inrmation;
but if so, they will only
scard a vegetable that has heretofore
en highly prized by them, and their
incipaT cause for regret will be not
at cabbages contain "snakes," but
at they ever became aware of the
ct.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following transfers of real estate
ive been recorded in the office of the
unty auditor during the month of Nomber:
BETHEL.
Mrs. Margaret E. Witherspoon to J.
I ward iiarper. jlz? acres, tuiwiucm>n
$774. (Lands of estate of J. L.
right).
bethesda.
W. Brown Wylle, clerk of the court
common pleas, to the British and
merican Mortgage company. 1,320
res; consideration $6,685. (Lands of
R. Lindsay).
broad river.
Emll Warth to J. Calvin Wylie.
)ur lots; consideration $750.
bullock's creek.
M. E. Shannon et al. to J. J. Plexlco.
acres; consideration $300.
W. L. Hill to S. G. Carroll. 14 acres;
nsideration $250.
W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis. to P.
McAbee. 54 acres; consideration
77. (Lands of Alec Black, deceased).
catawba.
W. L. and J. E. Roddey to Peter Melllough.
Five acres; consideration
87.
James R. Wilson, executor estate of
rs. Jane Wilson to W. E. Miskelly.
)t and building; consideration $500.
W. L. and J. E. Roddey to Mattie
unter. Lot; consideration $25.
R. H. Brown to J. P. Furr. Fifty
res and building; consideration $700.
George Erwin to E. E. Poag. Lot;
nsideration $30.
E. E. Poag to M. Carlisle. Lot; eonJeration
$100.
J. A. Black to J. W. White. Lot;
nsideration $42.
Walter M. White to D. P. Lesslie. 232
res; consideration not stated in deed.
John Z. Allen to J. E. Allen. Lot
id building at Lesslie; consideration
80. .; ..
Mrs. Laura White to N. B. Williams.
)t and building at Lesslie: considerion
$500.
t?pcwr.7.rn.
W. B. Fewell to J. E. D. Barnett.
2 acres; consideration $3,500. (Dr, W.
Fewell home place).
5. D. Faris to B. P. Hutchison. Nineen
acres; consideration $190.
R. A. Fewell to Annie L. Glenn. Lot;
nsideration $25.
fort mill. i
Mrs. J? H. McMurray to Robert But- 1
ler. Lot; consideration $50.
L. N. Culp to W. H. McMurry. Lot; J
consideration $50.
E. B. Springs to J. T. Darnell. 443 j
acres; consideration $1,118.
J. F. Wallace, clerk of the court of 1
common pleas, to S. E. White. Seven
ty-three acres; consideration $365.
J. M. Spratt to Mrs. Lucy P. Fulp.
252J acres; consideration, $5,000.
S. W. Parks to Mrs. Lucy P. Fulp.
Lot and^bullding;'consideration $400. '
Mrs, Lucy P. Fulp to Mrs. P. E. Barber."
Lot arid buildirig; consideration 1
$1,400. 1
kino's mountain.
W. Brown Wylie, clerk of the court j
to W. J. McGinnis, trustee. 140 acres; ,
consideration $300. ' ,
I. T. Faris to H. B. Maxwell. Lot ,
and building; consideration4400.
Roe C. Smith to M. J. Wallace. Ill j
acres; consideration $500.
S. A. Sifford to R. M. Sifford. Lot; ]
consideration $300.
Nelson McCarter to T. A. Brown. ,
Forty-flve acres; consideration $180. ,
Samuel McCarter io \yilaon McCarter
and Others. 45 acres. Conslderatlon
nominal. (
J. B. Faris to T. A. Brown. Fiftythree
acres; consideration 2,400 pounds
of lint cotton. (
york.
John J. Youngblood to John M.
Hughes. Eighty-three acres; consideration
$1,200.
W Rrown Wvlie. C. C. C. Pis. to J.
J. Youngblood. - Fifty-two acres; consideration
$494. (J. J. Miller estate).
W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis. to W.
I. Witherspoon. Lot and building
known as the McClaln-Carroll lot; consideration
$1,255.
C. J. and S. H. Peterson to John
Youngblood. Two lots and two buildings
located in TIrzah; consideration
$500.
G. H. O'Leary to W. L. Baber. Lot
and building; consideration $264.
Mrs. M. E. Witherspoon et al. to
Victor Cotton Oil company. Lot; consideration
$189.37.
E. M. and J. E. Law to Sloan Johnson.
Lot; consideration $50.
W. B. McCaw to R. E. Montgomery.
Lot and building; consideration $1,100.
(J. Bolton Smith lot).
MITCHELL VS. THE WOODMEN.
It Is beginning to look as if the settlement
of the issue between Samuel
W. Mitchell and the Woodmen of the
World is going to be an unusually difficult
problem'.' The first attempt was
made at the last April term of the
court. It resulted in a mistrial, the
Jury standing seven to five. That was
after the case had been presented in
painstaking detail by both sides. The
second hearing, which was commenced
on Tuesday morning of this week, and
continued until Wednesday night, has
resulted the same as the first. The
jury remained out with the papers all
of Wednesday night, and at 9 o'clock
Thursday morning,- the court found It
necessary to order a second mistrial.
As was the case last spring, there
was considerable trouble Monday in securing
a jury. The whole matter had
been discussed to such an extent that
a large per cent, of the otherwise available
jurors had formed and expressed
opinions,.and then again, the strength
of the Woodman organization is such
as to make it very difficult to select
twelve or more men at random without
drawing a liberal proportion of members
of the organizatibn.
When the jury was finally secured it
turned out to be a good one. It was
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composed as ionowq; w. j..
foreman; E. M. Walker, T. T. Davidson,
S. S. Farls, J. Hope Adams, G. H.
Ratteree, J. B.' Dickson, T. B. Spratt,
W. M. Matthews,' Geo. S. Williams, J.
S. Poag, W. D. Chambers.
The case, made out by the plaintiff
was practically the same as at the first
hearing last spring. Mr. Mitchell testified
that, upon invitation,'he made
application for membership in' the order
of Woodmen of the World, and on
the 22d of March, 1901, presented himself
for initiation. He explained in detail
the initiation ceremony and particularly
about riding the goat, which
feature was sandwiched in the ritual.
That is, there was first a part of the
ritual, then the goat riding, and then
the. conclusion of the initiation exercises.
He dwelt especially on the goat
riding, explaining how he was put on the
wooden dummy blindfolded and Jolted
up and down until he hardly knew what
was going on. It was then that he
was hurt in a way that gave him great
pain. So bad was he hurt that he had
no recollection of how he got off the
goat. He could not say whether he
Stepped off, whether he fell off, or
whether he was lifted off: but he was
certain that he was in great pain and
that he spoke of it at the time. The
manipulators of the goat were Samuel
W. Leech, Joseph Leech and Dennis
Whisonant. He testified that he was
not on exactly good terms with the
T 1 ?J Imnrpqqlon that
Lietxiica, auu save >.> ? ??
they handled him with unnecessary
roughness In order to gratify their unkind
feeling against him. He proceeded
to tell of the further development of
his Injuries: how he had to take to his
bed and remain there for about three
weeks before he was able to be out
again. Shortly after he got up he consulted
legal counsel and also went to
physicians. The injuries sustained
from the goat riding continued to grow
more painful until at length it became
necessary to submit to a surgical operation
of a particularly undesirable nature;
and It' was largely because of
this operation, the necessity for which
he blamed the Woodmen, that he was
Induced to bring the suit for damages.
The defense proceeded on the theory
that Mr. Mitchell was not really hurt
as he claimed: but that he was taking
advantage of a chronic trouble of long
standing as a basis for a suit by which
he expected to secure a big sum of
money. It was set up that the plaintiff
had had a spell of typhoid fever in
1884, and as a complication of that
spell of fever there developed a serious
illaess from which he never recovered.
Dr. T. S. R. Ward was Mr. Mitchell's
physician at the time he had fever, and
he testified as to his knowledge of the
complication referred to. Witnesses
were put up to show that about the
time of the initiation into the order of
the Woodmen, and of the alleged injury,
plaintiff had been engaged in doing
some heavy hauling and lifting, and
the defense claimed that if there had
been any real injury at all, this was
the cause of it. The claim that the
Messrs. Leech had unkind feelings
against the plaintiff was contradicted.
There was no attempt to dispute the
fact that the plaintiff had been ridden
on the dummy goat. All of the witnesses
agreed on that point. It was
shown, as a fact also, that the goat
riding, although not a part of the ritual.
really took place as a part of the
Initiatory exercises. Several witnesses
for the defense testified that Mr.
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iviucneu smu suiuciuuie auuui uvn.n
hurt shortly after the goat riding: but
it made no impression upon anybody
at the time. During a part of the goat
exercise the plaintiff seemed to be en- i
joying the fun as much as anybody i
else: but before its conclusion he grew
somewhat angry. It was established
as a fact that Mr. Mitchell really took i
to his bed the night of the initiation
and remained in his room for several
weeks: but he was not under medical <
attention foh the troubles of which he
complained until sometime later. The
representations or the plaintiff and de- \
fendants with reference to the circumstances
immediately surrounding the
alleged injury agreed in the main: but
were in conflict in several particulars, |
Aside from the matter of actual fact, ;
there was a great deal of expert testimony
on the question as to .whether !
the alleged injury could or could not
have been the result of the typhoid fever
complication of 1884. On this point
the defendant put up Drs. R. A. Bratton,
W. M. Love and W. G. White. The 1
plaintiff put up Drs. J. D. McDowell
I and M. J. Walker. The testimony of J
| the experts, although Interesting, was I
juite confusing:. Major J. F. Hart, for ^
the plaintiff, and Senator Brice, for the
iefendant, had evidently studied the
questions at issue until they seemed to
be about as well informed theoretically
as were the physicians themselves.
This expert testimony threw but little
light on the quest'on at Issue, and the
ludge probably sized up its Importance
correctly when he told the Jury that
It was not bound to pay any attention
to any of it.
The most interesting feature of the
case was the unusual care and ability
with which the opposing counsel con- ^
tested every inch of ground from start
to finish. Mr. G. W. S. Hart, for the
plaintiff, was assisted by Major James
F. Hart. Senator J. S. Brlce, for the
defendant, was assisted by Congressman
Finley. Mr. G. W. S. Hart, for. his
side, had prepared the plan of presentation
and conducted the direct examination
of the witnesses for the plaintiff
and left the cross examination of
the witnesses for the defense to his .colleague,
Major Hart. Mr. J. S. Brlce
had practically the entire' management v
of the defense, and attended to the examination
of witnesses on both sides.
Each of the four lawyers made speeches,
and it was pretty generally conceded
that each acquitted himself with
great credit.
The charge of Judge Aldrich also was
delivered with painstaking care, and
required about one hour. It dealt, of
course, only with the law In the. case,
and seemed to leave no loophole for
doubt.
The jury took the record and retired'
for deliberation at about 8 o'clock on
Wednesday night. Nothing more was
seen or heard of.it until Thursday
morning, w"hen the judge recalled it
from the room. His honor asked the
foreman if there had been an agreement.
The reply was in the negative.
The next question was as to whether
the jury was in doubt as to any point
of law that might be made plainer. ?
This was answered In the negative also.
Then his honor wanted to know if there
was any possibility of an agreement,
and all the Jurors shook their heads.
There being nothing further to do, his
honor ordered the clerk to withdraw
thn nnH pnfpr a mistrial.
Immediately after the discharge of
the jury, the reporter asked one of the
jurors as. to how it stood. He replied,
"8 to 4 in favor of the defendant. It
was that way shortly after we went in,
and I guess it would have remained
that way always. There was no reasonable
probability of a verdict.
Upon looking up The Enquirer's report
of the first trial, it was found that
the jury stood six and six on the first
ballot, and that shortly afterward one
juryman was won over to the defendant.
after which there were- no more
changes.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Wants a Union Depot.
Chester has made application to the
railroad commission for a union depot
at that place. The application, of
course, seeks to induce the commission
to make the railroads furnish this convenience.
Court of Common Pleas.
After adjourning for Thanksgiving,
the court of common pleas resumed *
work on Friday morning and took^up
the case of Wtn. B. McCaw vs. Mrs.
Elizabeth deLoach. This is a suit for
counsel fees. When The Enquirer
went to press it was expected that the
case would take up the greater part of
the day.
He Was Not Shot.
Fort Mill Times: "The report that
ex-Offlcer Nivens was shot while es- .
caping from a Rock Hill poHce some
days ago, Is untrue," said a Fort Mill
man to a Times reporter a few days
ago. The speaker had visited Charlotte
recently and it was while In that city
that he was thus Informed by a gen- ?
tleman who had met and talked with
Nivens a few days previously. '*
IIo'm a Good Cropper.. .^ ^ .
Gastonia Gazetter, November 28: team v
Mason, the well-known and Industrious
nninivv) man who lived for so many
years with the late Captain O. A. Patrick,
came to town yesterday to put his
children in school. He now lives about
three miles from Gastonia, on the. Falres
place, and will pay for the tuition
of his children in the city schools.
Sam made this year 400 bushels of corn,
eight bales of cotton, and has five
porkers which will now average 300
pounds each. He says he can feed his
hogs until after Christmas and still .
have plenty of corn to carry him
through the year. Sam haa always
voted as a Democrat, doesn't have any
business at the court house or Jail,
works hard, has the old-fashioned darkey's
politeness, and of course gets
along well in the world.
Woodmen Eat Oysters.
The Yorkville camp of Woodmen of
the World, gave an oyster supper in
their hall in Yorkville last Wednesday
night complimentary to J. C. Root,
sovereign commander; John T. Yates,
sovereign clerk, and A. C. Pine, chairman
sovereign board of managers.
These sovereign officers were here during
the week as witnesses in the case
of S. W. Mitchell vs. the Woodmen,
and the local camp took advantage of
their presence to have a rousing good
time. There were present about sevty-flve
Woodmen, Including many from
the surrounding cbuntry. ' Messrs.
Root, Yates and Fine made entertaining
speeches, and at the close of their
liberally, applauded, remarks, some fifteen
new members were admitted under
a special dispensation from the sovereign
commander. Messrs. Root,
Yates, Fine, and H. C. Broom, general
counsel for the woodmen, left Thursday
morning on their return to Nebraska.
No Third Week Juries.
There will be no third week Jurors at
this term of the court. The matter was
decided on last Wednesday. It was '
not decided whether or not it would be
lawful to draw an extra venire; but
that no such venire would be drawn.
When the subject came up for final
disposition, G. W. S. Hart, Esq., said
that he concurred with Mr. Brice In the
view that it would not be legal to draw
jurors for the third week. He said,
however, that there was no doubt of
the fact that if the attorneys on both
sides would sign a written waiver with
regard to whatever rights they might v
have, no complications could arise except
through possible protest, of the Jurors.
So far as he was concerned he
would sigh such a waiver. Judge Aldrich
took occasion to remark that he
had no idea of spending more than
three weeks in Yorkville, and as there
is in sight a full week of equity bust- i
ness, the lawyers would have to choose
between taking up this equity business
next week, and having another week of
Jury work. There was a pretty general
agreement that the equity business was
more pressing than the Jury business,
so it was decided not to draw extra Jurors.
MERE-MENTION.
John G. Carlisle, former secretary of
the treasury, has been retained to assist
John S. Wise in the proceedings
..AIIJU,. iU/v MA?r Annofl.
ti^aiiisi uic vanuii/ ui mc new tmiontution
of Virginia, which disfranchises
practically the entire Negro vote of the
state The postofflce department has
issued an order providing that after
December 2, 1902, .-no woman employe
of the classified service shall be elllerlble
for re-appointment after changing
her name by marriage ..The
proposed conference by which it was
hoped that the coal miners and operators
could settle their differences independently
of the coal strike commission,
has proved a failure The Burlington
railroad announces a standing
reward of $1,000 to any employe who
shall kill a train robber.
From Donalds to Dne West.
The Due West people have under
consideration a proposition whereby
they can secure a standard gauge rail- '*"
road , between their place and the main
line at Donald's for $12,000.
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