Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 25, 1903, Image 2
Straps and Jfarts.
? The agriculture department weekly
crop report issued last Tuesday was
as follows as the same relates to cotton:
"Except in portions of the eastern
districts of the cotton belt, where
cotton picking has been Interrupted by
rains, the weather conditions have been
very favorable for gathering the crop,
and this work has progressed rapidly.
The prevalence of rust, shedding and
boll worms is widespread, and the boll
weevil in Texas continues destructive,
although premature opening in South
Carolina, rust in Georgia and shedding
in Alabama have been somewhat
checked. Heavy rains have injured the
staple in Georgia, South Carolina and
Florida. Cotton is opening rapidly in
all districts. The outlook for a top
crop is promising:
? No. 97, the Southern's fast mall
train came very near being ditched
Monday afternoon just north of Danville,
Va. The presence of mind of a
small boy saved it. Just before reaching
Danville and at a time when the
train was speeding along at the rate
of a mile a minute the engineer saw a
small boy standing some distance
down the track frantically waving his
hat. The engineer at once applied the
air and stopped the train. Upon examination
it was found, that one of
the heavy iron rails of the track was
broken. The little boy was walking
along the track and noticed the broken
rail. About that time he heard
the approaching train and had presence
of mind enough to wave it down.
After about an hour's delay the train
proceeaea on jus ?aj? suutu.
? The time limit in which the Colombian
congress should have ratified
the Panama canal treaty expired last
Tuesday, and according to the terms
of the act of the United States congress.
the Panama route is no longer
to be considered. It now becomes the
duty of the president to at once make
arrangements for the building of the
canal by way of the Nicaragua route.
Referring to the failure of the Colombian
negotiations. Senator Morgan
said on Tuesday: "The action at Bogota
means the building of a canal by
the Nicaraguan route. President
Roosevelt has no discretionary powers,
but it is made mandatory upon him.
It turned out exactly like I expected it.
It is the best thing for this country
and the world. Now, it goes back to the
proposition to build the Nicaragua canal
and It will be the best thing for
this country to do."
? After a trial lasting eight days,
the jury in the case of Curtis Jett,
charged with the murder of Town Marshal
Thomas Cockrill, at Jackson, Ky.,
on July 21, 1902, was concluded at
Cynthiana, Ky., last Tuesday. The
jury rendered a verdict of guilty and
fixed the punishment at death. Jett
has long been a tool of the Breathitt
county feudists, and had committed a
. number of assassinations from which
he escaped on account of the Influence
of his principals. He was recently
convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment
for the murder of Marcum,
and as the result of this conviction
-his-former confederates-began to take
to the woods. His conviction in the
case just closed was less difficult. At
one time it was rumored that he would
make a confession in which he would
implicate all of his confederates; but
the confession has not been forthcoming.
The inference is that his confederates
prevailed on him with promises
of further aid, in the the matter of an
appeal, etc., to keep quiet. The case
will, of course be appealed.
? In case the condition of affairs
in Turkey will justify the withdrawal
of the cruisers Brooklyn and San
Francisco from Beirut, and the gunboat
Machias from Port Said, where
they have been for the past few
weeks, says a Washington dispatch, it
is probable that all three vessels, comprising
the present European squadron,
will be sent to Jibuti, a port on
the east coast of Africa. The purpose
of this cruise is to show the interest
taken by the United States in the establishment
of intimate commercial relations
with the government of Abyssinia.
Mr. Skinner, United States consul
general at Marseilles, who i3 to
make a personal visit 10 King Menelik,
at his capital. Adis Abeba. in the
mountains of the interior of his extensive
domains, to conclude a commercial
treaty, is now in this country
making arrangements for his expedition
and probably will start in about
two or three weeks for the eastern
Mediterranean, from which region he
will complete his journey to Jibuti on
one of the vessels of Admiral Cotton's
squadron. In case it is decided to send
the entire squadron to the east coast
of Africa on this mission it will not be
necessary for them to leave their present
stations for at least a month to
come.
? A census report on the quantity of
cotton ginned in the United States
from the growth of 1903 up to and including
August 31, gives the following
figures; Total commercial bales
17,587, including 16.991 square bales,
570 round bales of upland crop
and 26 bales of sea island crop.
The total gins in operation numbering
2,176. These statistics were
collected through a canvass of the
32,625 ginneries of the cotton states
by 631 local special agents. Only 2,176
ginneries had begun operations up
to September 1, and these had ginned
but 17,587 commercial bales, or bales
as pressed at the ginneries, equivalent
to 17.302 bales, counting round bales
as half bales. This report will be followed
by four others for this season,
showing the quantity ginned respectively
to October 18, Nomevber 18, December
13, and a final report, which
will give the quantity ginned from the
growth of 1903. The statistics by
states follow: Alabama, ginneries in
operation 243, total commercial bales
1,314, including 1.218 square bales and
96 round bales, upland crop; Arkansas,
12 ginneries, total commercial bales 17,
all square bales; Florida, 60 ginneries,
total commercial bales 582, including 56
square bales, upland crop and 21 sea
. island; Georgia, 460 ginneries, totaj
commercial bales 6,283, including 5,922
square bales, 356 round bales and five
bales sea island: Indian Territory, 3
ginneries, total bales 4, all square;
Louisiana, 117 ginneries, total commercial
bales 448, comprising 443 square
bales and 5 round; Mississippi, 141 ginneries,
total commercial bales 384, all
square; North Carolina, 35 ginneries,
total commercial bales 112, all square;
South Carolina 254 ginneries, total
commercial hales 1,681, all square:
Tennessee, 1 ginnery, total commercial
1 square bale: Te*as, 850 ginneries, total
commercial bales 6,761, comprising
6,648 square bales and 113 round bales.
Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma
and Virginia, no ginneries in operation.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.s
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1903.
If Sellers, Columbia's tiger king can
lose $10,000 a year to constables, and
still make i fortune in the whisky
business in one community, it certainly
looks as if the state board of
control oug?.t to be able to make a
better showing with a monopoly of
the business of the whole state.
Richland is quick to put into operation
the consolidated school system
which has been found so beneficial in
other states. Instead of three schools
with one teacher for each in the vicinity
of Eastover, one school has been
established at Eastover with three
teachers. The scholars are graded and
the opportunities for effective work
are doubled. The trustees furnish
transportation for those children living
too far from the school to make it advisable
to walk.?Columbia State.
Ana an ut mc ?iiu?g K4 wO? v??W. . school
.districts of the state will soon
be coming to this same plan. Whereever
such a system has been tried,
the people have had occasion to wonder
why they had not tried it long ago.
JUDGE POPE'S EXPLANATION. How
He Was Mislead as to the Attitude
of the Fairfield Bar.
To the Editor of The State:
Please publish the enclosed letter
received by me from Chief Justice
Pope. A. S. Douglass.
Winnsboro. Sept. 24, 1903.
Newberry, S. C., Sept, 23d, 1903.
A. S. Douglass, Esq.,
Senior Member of the Winnsboro
Bar, Winnsboro, S. C.
My Dear Sir?To allay all misconstruction
of the acts of two members
of the Winnsboro bar, I enclose you
copies of the telegrams of Judge Buchanan
and of the letter of Joseph E.
McDonald, Esq., to wit:
Copy of telegrams of Judge Buchanan,
dated Winnsboro, Sept. 14:
"Hon. Y. J. Pope, Spartanburg, S. C.,
care T. R. Trimmier, Clerk of Court.
"J. E. McDonald, Esq., wrote you to
Newberry Saturday, saying unanimous
desire of Winnsboro bar special term
be held third Monday Oct. Regular be
called off.-. q. W. BuohanaiJ."
This telegram I received on. the
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fore I heard the argument of Solicitor
Thurmond.
Copy of letter of Joseph E. McDonald
which I received on the evening of
the 14th instant, on my return to Saluda,
N. C., on the same day I received
Judge Buchanan's telegram, to
wit:
"Winnsboro, S. C., 13, Sept., 1903.
"Hon Y. J. Pope, Chief Justice Supreme
Court S. C., Newberry, S. C.
"Dear Judge?It has been published
in the newspapers that Judge D. A.
Townsend has been assigned to hold
the term of court for Lexington county,
commencing on the 21st instant,
owing to the inability of Judge Gage,
who has been and still is indisposed.
Under the regular assignment made
last December, Judge Townsend would
have been the presiding judge at our
term for Fairfield, which also commences
the 21st instant?next Monday
week. The members of our bar are
uncertain in the premises whether or
not our regular term will be held, inasmuch
as it has not been announced
whether or not some one will be assigned
to hold our court at the time
mentioned. We have a full docket
and it will be impossible to have all
the cases disposed of at the regular
term. In this condition of uncertainty,
I think it is the unanimous wish of our
bar that in the event Judge Townsend
will not be here, the regular term
go by default, as it were, and that we
be allowed to have a special term for
four weeks, beginning the third Monday
in October. Will you, therefore,
kindly let me know who, if any one,
will be assigned to hold our regular
term ?"
"We would prefer the special term.
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"J. E. McDonald."
I made or passed no order on the
14th inst., but did pass an order on the
17th inst. as I recall the date.
I may add that both Mr. McDonald
and Judge Buchanan desire that I
make public the respective papers addressed
by them to me.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
Y. J. Pope.
The following copy of a telegram
which explains itself was telegraphed
the State last night from Winnsboro:
(Telegram to Chief Justice Pope
from J. E. McDonald).
Winnsboro, S. C., Sept. 15. 1903.
To Hon. Y. J. Pope. Saluda. N. C.
My letter not intended to convey
wish of bar for special term, except in
event Judge Townsend did not hold
regular term. (Signed)
J. E. McDonald.
MERE-MENTION.
Four masked men held up a westbound
Burlington and Missouri train
five miles west of St. Joseph, Mo.,
last Tuesday and robbed it of about
$10,000 The secretary of the treas
ury has arranged to refund $25,000,000
of 5 per cent bonds In February. He
will issue 2 per cent bonds instead
The United States Steel corporation
has announced its purpose to close
down for a time unless the Amalgamated
association agrees to a reduction of
wages Cole Younger, the Missouri
bandit, recently set at liberty, is
charged with embezzling funds from
the manager of yie show with which
he has been traveling Because of
burning coal veins in a Norfolk and
Western railroad tunnel, it is necessary
to run a track around the mountain
thcough which the tunnel passes
and the cost will be not less than
$500.000 Prince Alert, the horse.
which holds the world's pacing rec
ord, paced a mile last Wednesday, In
New York, in one minute and flftyseven
seconds........Another big Are
broke out at the Sour Lake, Tex., oil ?
wells last Wednesday. The damage is
estimated at from $50,000 to $100,000.
Mountain Top hotel, situated (
twenty miles west of Charlottesville,
Va.. was destroyed by flre a few days
ago. The building had the distinction
of having been built one hundred and
twenty years ago Mrs. Jefferson
Davis is critically ill at Buffalo, N. Y.
Four hundred white messenger
boys employed by the Illinois District ,
Telegraph company in Chicago, stopped
work yesterday because of the
employment of Negroes The sovereign
grand lodge of Odd Fellows, in
session In Baltimore this week, has
adjourned to hold Its next annual
meeting in San Francisco The
Russian government has issued a note
in which it sets forth that the European
powers do not propose to interfere
as between Turkey and Bulgaria,
A dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria,
says that 600 Turks were killed in a
battle at Katchani on September 18.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Will Tell Hi? Story.
A correspondent from Lexington
says that Col. J. H. Tillman intends
to testify in his own behalf at his
forthcoming trial. He cannot, of
course, be compelled to testify; but it
is understood to be his desire to do so,
and he will have the privilege of making
such statement as he may deem
proper to make provided he does not
overstep to the rules of evidence to
such an extent as to be called down
by the presiding judge.
Columbia's Tiger King.
The boss tiger of the state lives In
Columbia. His name is Wade Hampton
Sellers. The constables seized of
his stuff last Wednesday 400 pints of
corn, 200 half pints of peach and honey,
and 200 half pints of rye. The
seizure was made in the barn of Alderman
George W. Collins, on Laurel
street, and at first some people suspicioned
the alderman of complicity;
but Sellers shoulders all the blame,
and says that Collins was entirely ignorant
of the existence of the whisky.
It seems that Collins Is in the
dray business, and Sellers hired a Negro
drayman to store the stuff in the
barn. It is a matter of record that
on one occasion the constables took
from Sellers 400 gallons of whisky
and has gotten 200 gallons at once on
numerous occasions. It is stated that
the constables have taken $10,000
worth of whisky from him since January
last; but still'he claims to be
making a good living.
The Old Pay Train Again.
Charleston Post, Tuesday: The
Southern railway has adopted the
old pay train system over some
,of the divisions of the road. The
system will go into effect tomorrow,
when a pay train will leave
Augusta, arriving here tomorrow
night and on the following day it will
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is being tried as an experiment and
will serve two purposes, one to pay
the agents, operators, section masters
and train hands along the line of road,
and at the same time serve as an inspection
train, for the train will be
accompanied by officials of the road.
If the system serves both purposes it
will be continued and will be put into
effect on all of the divisions of the
road, but on the other hand, if after a
thorough trial, it is found not to work
well, it will be discontinued. A good
many years ago the pay train system
was operated over all of the divisions
of the Southern system, but of recent
years the pay trains have been discontinued
and the agents and various employees
along the road were paid by
checks sent from the general offices
at Washington. The pay train will
make trips over the Charleston division
of the Southern regularly each
month. The train will be accompanied
by a paymaster, who will pay off the
agents and section hands in cash.
Stops will be made at all the stations
along the line and the arrival of the
train will be the cause of much rejoicing
among the section hands. The
agents, clerks and various employees
of the road at large terminal points
like Charleston, Columbia and Augus
ta will be paid off by checks, which
will be sent from headquarters to the
agents in charge of the offices.
Oldest Citizen of Port Mill
Township.?Matthew Merritt was born
July 16, 1812, four miles northwest of
Fort Mill, on the place now owned by
Charlie Crook. He was married in 1837
to Miss Lucrecia Bennett, daughter of
John Bennett. To them were born nine
children?four living and five dead.
There are forty-five grandchildren,
fifteen being dead, thirty living, besides
forty-four great-grandchildren,
ten dead and thirty-four living.
Mr. Merritt is now ninety-two years
old. He remembers when there was
not a threshing machine in this county,
the grain being tramped out by
horses, and not a cotton press, cotton
being packed by having a hole cut in
the floor and a sack fastened there,
and packed by a crowbar. A bale
weighing 250 pounds was considered
a large bale. Mr. Merritt says that in
1818 there was frost in every month of
the year except August, and that people
had to set by the fire in June, in
time of wheat harvest. He remembers
the stars falling in 1833, also the first
. well dug in Fort Mill township, it be
ing at the old Warren blacksmith shop.
Can recall the time when people lived
on dirt doors, when plank had to be
sawed by hand. He says that the last
deer killed in or around Fort Mill was
killed near where the cotton mill now
stands.
Mr. Merritt volunteered to go to the
war in 1861, but was rejected on ac- <
count of his age, he being then fifty- 1
four years old, but was conscripted
later and taken to Columbia. He was
there when Sherman's army took Columbia.
The nearest market they had 1
for their cotton in those days, he says,
was Charleston. It generally required '
about three weeks to go to and return
fiom Charleston. 1
Mr. Merritt joined Flint Hill Baptist
church in 1836, of which he is still I
a member.?Fort Mill Times, Septem- ]
ber 23. 1
LOCAL AFFAXR8.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Tavora Cotton Mill?Gives notice that
after the 1st of October the price for
electric lights will be raised to 15
cents per thousand watts.
Calvin Brlce, Surviving Executor?
Gives notice that on salesday for
November he will sell In front of
York court house door, certain parcels
or tracts of land belonging to
the estate of A. S. Wallace, deceased.
M. C. Willis, Mayor?Gives notice of
opening of tax books for the town of
Yorkvile on October 15th.
J. Q. Wray?Has something to say
regarding quality, prices and variety
of goods and shows that price
Is not the only qualification to con
aiuci in cut; yui ciiaoc w*. qwuv.
has something special to say In regard
to dress goods, hosiery for
misses and children, shoes for men
and women, and makes a special offering
of a lot of men's medium and
winter weight clothing, which he
desires to close out at once.
R. D. Alexander?Is offering some especial
inducements to parties wanting
bicycles in the way of low prices.
He Is also prepared to make repairs
of all kinds promptly.
Foushee Cash Store?Has received a
carload of notions and enumerates a
large number of articles that it is
now offering to its customers at
prices below competition and qualities
above the average, it says.
Strauss-Smith Co.?On the fourth
page of this issue give an extended
outline description of their new fall
and winter stock of goods, which
includes a full line of everything they
usually carry.. They also quote a
large number of prices aiong wiui
their descriptions, so that their customers
may have an idea of what
to expect when they visit the store.
They lay especial stress on the fact
that they have their usual line of
hats for men and boys, and also
have a line of the famous John B.
Stetson hats.
Louis Roth?Has fertilizers for grain,
red rust proof seed oats and today
and tomorrow will have select Norfolk
oysters for his customers.
York Cotton Mills Store?Is offering
some special bargains on a large lot
of men's and boys' clothing and hats,
which it wants to close out at once.
They are also offering other kinds
of goods at cost, and urge you to
come quick if you would take advantage
of the bargains they are offering.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. H. T. Williams of Clover, spent
Wednesday in Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Grimes are
spending a week in Atlanta.
Miss Emma Kennedy leaves today
to resume her- school work at Hardeeville.
Miss Marie Crosby of Sharon, is
visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Mr.
W. R. Carroll's family.
Mr. Samuel Blair and Mr. Sam L.
Blair of Blairsville, spent Thursday
with friends in Yorkville.
Mrs. L. K. Roddey of Lancaster, is
visiting in Yorkville, the guest of her
sister, Mrs. R. J. Mackorell.
The many friends of Mrs. Geo. W.
Williams will be pleased to know that
she is now able to sit up, and is improving
rapidly.
Mr. David L. Black, suffered a
stroke of paralysis at his home in Bethesda
township last Tuesday, and has
since been lying speechless.
Mr. John Kell of Lancaster county,
Is on a visit to friends in York county.
Mr. A. C. Izard, soliciting agent for
the Southern railroad, spent Tuesday
night in Yorkvllle: '
Miss Bessie Gilbert left on last Wednesday
for Columbia, where she will
enter the Columbia Female college.
Mrs. J. J. Jones and children, of the
Beersheba neighborhood, are visiting
relatives and friends at Avon, Fairfield
county.
W. Blackburn Wilson, Jr. Esq., and
Messrs. Chas. R. May, Hugh White,
Saddler Love and Rip Moore of Rock
Hill, spent Tuesday in Yorkvllle.
Miss Llda Smith has been re-elected
as principal of the Ogden High
school and will take charge of her work
on November 1. Miss Gillie McCammon
of Rock Hill, will be her assistant.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The Victor Oil mill has ginned
about 300 bales of this year's cotton
up to date. The figures run considerably
ahead of the same date last
year.
? The Victor Oil company is substituting
a thirty ton press for the twenty
ton machine used last year. The
work is not completed and the mill
will hardly begin work before October
15. The capacity of the Yorkvllle mill
Is now the same as that of the Gaffney
mill.
? The application of the Bell Telephone
people for a franchise for the
erection of a telephone system in Yorkvllle,
was taken up for consideration
at a meeting of the town council last
Tuesday night. Because of the fact,
however, that it was realized that the
Bell people fully understood the effect
of the proposed franchise in all of its
bearings, and the council had not had
time to inform itself as to the exact
nature and probable consequences of
the proposed contract, It was decided
to lay the matter on the table for future
consideration.
? There was a very interesting reorganization
of the Shakespeare club
at Mrs. W. B. Moore's on Wednesday
afternoon at 5.30 o'clock, the director,
Mrs. R. T. Stephenson, in the chair.
After the reading of the minutes of
the last meeting on the morning of
May 28th, by the secretary, Miss Ida
deLoach, the active business of the
occasion was taken up. It was decided
not to resume the reading of "Julius
Caesar" for the present; but to take
up Othello, one of the great tragedies,
instead. The lesson for next time will
be the reading and critical study of
Act I, with questions on the lesson by
William H. Fleming, in "How to Study
Shakespeare." Answers to roll call
will be current events, and especial
attention will be given to the correct
pronunciation of words. It was decided
to hold bi-monthly meetings, alternating
on Thursdays with the Book
club. The characters as assigned ror
Othello are as follows: Duke of Venice,
Miss Sudie Allison; Brabantio, Miss
Ella Neely; 1st Senator, Miss deLoach;
2nd Senator, Mrs. W. H. Herndon;
Gratiano, Miss Louise Lowry; Lodovico.
Miss deLoach; Othello, Mrs. R.
T. Stephenson, Cassio, Mrs. S. M. McN'eel;
Iago, Mrs. W. B. Moore; Roderigo,
Miss Rose M. Lindsay; Montono,
Mrs. J. K. Alston: Clown, Miss Frankle
Cluwson; Herold, Mrs. Robert
Herndon; 1st Officer. Miss Margaret
Daniel; Messenger, Mrs. J. K. Alston;
Sailor, Miss Annis O'Leary; Des4emona,
Mrs. H. A. C. Walker; Emilia,
Mrs. B. N. Moore; Bianea and 3rd
Gent, Miss Bessie Barron; 2nd Gent.
Miss Annis O'Leary; 1st Musician,
Miss Margaret Daniel; 1st Gent, Mrs.
W. H. Herndon; 4th Gent, Miss Elizabeth
Hunter. A Test Box conducted
by the director is to be one of the
features of this year's work, the one
scoring the greatest number of correct
answers during the year to be awarded
an appropriate Shakespearian souvenir
at its close by the club.
TREE SURGERY.
Concerned about decaying spots in
certain trees which she prized very
highly, a Yorkville lady wrote to the
agricultural department in June last,
describing the trouble and asking for
a remedy. The reply came from L. C.
Corbett, horticulturist, and is comprehended
in the following:
"I take it for granted that the wound
you refer to was caused by the decaying
of a limb, which had been cut or
broken off. If such is the case, I would
advise the following: That the wound
be carefully cleared of all decaying
matter, in fact, that the wood be cut
away very slightly until sound tissue
is reached. After the hollow portion
has been thoroughly excavated, make
a mortar of sand and Portland cement,
using one part of cement to four parts
of sand. This will set very quickly
and must be made quite thin so that
it can be poured into the wound from
a bucket or dipper. Fill the excavation
or cavity as full as it will hold of the
thin cement ana aaa a ntue more ??nu
and cement to the mixture to make it
thick enough to be worked with a
trowel. As soon as the portion poured
into the wound has become somewha,t
hardened, carefully plaster up the
opening with thicker cement. Be sure
that the edges of the wound are carefully
covered. The whole thing can
be painted over or left without paint,
as desired."
The letter also explains that the best
way to treat a tree that has split
apart, is to bore holes In the branches
at least two or three feet above the
split portions, insert rods and close
the split by tightening the nuts. It
is not a good idea to use chains or
wires in cases of this kind.
The trouble about which the lady
to whom the letter is addressed-was
concerned, was decay caused by the
breaking of a branch. She applied the
remedy according to directions, and
her tree is now in a healthy condition
and growing nicely.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Confederate roll for Catawba
township has not yet been filed with
the clerk of the court. This roll is
last on the list.
It is pretty difficulty to get a satis
factory Idea of the comparative size
of the present cotton crop In this
county. The Impression that the crop
is late seems to be general; but the
figures of the Victor Oil Mill ginnery
this year as compared with last year,
does not seem to bear out this impression.
A gentleman who came from
Rock Hill the other day by what is
known as the "lower road" reports that
many fields are entirely clean and he
says he saw the same condition in the
vicinity of McConnellsvllle. Some
farmers in Santuc, below Rock Hill, report
poor crops and still others have
the best crops they have ever seen
grow on the land. The crops are spotted
in Bullock's Creek and Bethel
townships, while the reports from
King's Mountain and Broad River, are
generally encouraging. Ebenezer township
does not show up well, as a
whole. York township will make a
good average crop probably, and in the
aggregate the yield of the county will
be as good as it was last year.
"It seems that Piedmont is ready to
cut the Bell people out altogether,"
says the Greenwood Journal. "And
Piedmont is not the only place that
would be glad to have a home telephone
system, and get out of the merciless
clutches of this trust. Some of
the towns that gave up their systems
and let the Bell in have the most convincing
proof of their sad mistake.
But it is too late now and the only
hope for them is to organize against
the trust, stand solidly together and
not use one of their phones at any
price. A home company can be or
ganlzed, and when necessary subscribers
can pay for outside connections
or do without them entirely."
The Charlotte Observer, of Wednesday,
notes the dissolution of the wellknown
cotton firm of Heath Bros. &
Co. The dissolution signifies the retirement
of Mr. B. D. Heath, who has
been the senior member of the firm
and of Mr. Julian H. Little. The firm
has been succeeded by O. P. Heath &
Co., consisting of Mr. O. P. Heath and
Mr. John Van Landingham, who will
carry on the business as heretofore.
It is generally conceded among local
money lenders that they have had
more difficulty this year in making
time loans at 8 per cent than during
any year of their experience, and according
to the records, it is fair to say
that a similar condition has not existed
in this country since 1861. There
are a number of local money lenders
who have on hands various amounts
up to $5,000 that they have been holding
for months on the lookout for
good 8 per cent loans, but with little
encouragement. On the other hand
the reporter has heard of borrowers
who have been trying without success
tr> refund 8 n?r rent Tinners in 7 Der
cent papers. These borrowers belong
to a class who keep within close touch
with the money market, and who calculate
that the slack demand for 8
per cent money ought to mean a close
approach to the era of 7 per cent
money. Those who have money, however,
are not inclined to establish the
7 per cent precedent for long time
loans as long as they can help it.
They believe that the old rate will be
firmly re-established during the present
fall, when farmers and others seek
to arrange for the enlargement of their
operations for next year. There are a
few who believe that there will be a
lot of surplus money when this year's
cotton crop is disposed of and that
the surplus may be sufficient to make
7 per cent money common: but there
are not many who hold to this idea.
The banks have had but little trouble
in putting out all the money they could
spare at 8 per cent, on short- loans,
and there seems to be no reason to
look for any change in the situation
as far as they are concerned.
J. T. Thomasson Resigns.
The Rock Hill Journal reports that
Mr. J. T. Thomasson has resigned his
position as dispensary constable, and
that a petition is in circulation in Rock
Hill for the appointment of Mr. J. H.
B. Jenkins in his stead. Mr. Thomasson
was one of the first constables appointed
after the enactment of the dispensary
law.
THE SOUTHERN'S PATRONS.
Mr. J. S. B. Thompson, general
agent of the executive department of
the Southern railway, spent a day In
Yorkville this week. He arrived In
his private car on Wednesday morning,
and left for Rock Hill yesteday.
Mr. Thompson is engaged in making
a general inspection of the conditions
throughout the Southern
system. It is his business to exercise
an oversight of all departments, and
to make such recommendations as
seem calculated to Improve the effectiveness
of his system in whatever line.
There has been more or less complaint
as to the unsatisfactory sched
ules that have been In effect on tne
Charleston division, especially between
Rock Hill and Blacksburg, and part of
Mr. Thompson's business here was
to see whether or not it was practicable
to improve existing conditions,
and if so, how. He talked to a number
of Yorkville people on the subject,
and learned from them the hardships
to which they are subjected in
being unable to travel any considerable
distance in any direction without
being held up for a wait of from four
to twelve hours within twenty or
twenty-five miles from the starting
point. He seemed to be very much
concerned about the situation and expressed
himself as intending to see if
he could not find a remedy.
In the course of a conversation with
the editor of The Enquirer, Mr.
Thompson recurred to the recent accident
at Fishing Creek, and discussed
the matter in a sensible, business-like
Way. Among other things he said: "I
would not like you to understand us
as trying to dodge our proper responsibility
for that accident: but at the
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people can very well afford to be
somewhat conservative about subjecting
us to wholesale condemnation.
You will probably remember that
when we took charge of this property
about fourteen months ago. It was In a
runned-down condition physically and
otherwise. For instance, among other
hings, our engineer reported that
1,500,000 feet of lumber would be required
for repairs on bridges and trestles
between Camden and Marion.
This timber was ordered at once, and
up to the time of the accident at Fishing
creek about 1,150,000 feet had been
put in. Very likely we could have had
it all in had it not been for delays in
delivery. And there is another thing
*hat might be taken into consideration.
I don't want you to construe this,
either, as being offered as an excuse
for the Fishing creek wreck; but it is
a fact that you cannot tell dangerously
decayed timbers by a mere casual
examination. You must bore or cut into
them, and again it Is frequently the
case that timbers which appear to be
dangerously decayed are unimportant
and may be removed without weakening
a trestle. As to what caused the
wreck at Fishing creek, of course I
cannot say, because I do not know of
my own knowledge, but I do know it
fo be a fact that at the last expert examination,
only a short while before,
the trestle was reported as safe and
capable or bearing a locomotive 01
140,000 pounds and the weight of the
one which fell through was only 56,000
pounds." Furthermore our officials
who Investigated this trestle report
that it was In no sense due to the condition
of the trestle, but altogether to
fhe breaking of the wheel of the engine
truck, causing the bunching of
the ties and the pulling down of the
structure. This break of fifteen or
more inches in the wheel shows for
Itself."
Mr. Thompson made quite a number
of inquiries as to the population
of the town and county, the
character and extent of agricultural
and manufacturing industries, and
other kindred matters, and he gave
the people with whom he talked to understand
that the Southern railway is
of and with them to bear its full share
of responsibility to the laws of the
country, and to do its full share In the
development of resources of whatever
nature. He made an agreeable impression
on all with whom he came in
contact.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send the Enquirer
From now until January 1, 1904, for
54 cents.
October Temperature.
The following with reference to October
temperature is compiled from the
weather records of Charleston, covering
a period of thirty-two years: Mean
normal temperature 67 degrees; warmest
month, 1881, with an average of 72
degrees: coldest month, 1876, with an
average of 62 degrees; highest temperature
93 degrees on October 3, 1883;
lowest temperature 39 degrees on October
27, 1898. The average date on
which the first killing frost has occurred
during the past thirty-two years
was November 30th.
A Private Postoffice.
The York Cotton mill has arranged
to solve the mail problem for the mill
village by establishing a private postoffice.
Superintendent Grimes has
caused the construction and erection
of the necessary pigeon holes at the
mill office and has employed a mesnarrv
mall hbtwPPn thP
Yorkvllle postofflce and the mill. This
arrangement will afford greater convenience
than will the proposed R. P.
D. boxes.
Death of Hugh B. Wallace.
Mr. Hugh B. Wallace, a well-known
citizen of York township, died at his
home about five miles northwest of
Yorkville last Saturday afternoon, after
a long and tedious illness. His
death was due to internal cancer, and
during many weeks his sufferings
were very great. The interment took
place at Beersheba on Sunday afternoon
at 1 o'clock, the services being
conducted by Rev. P. B. Ingraham of
Hickory Grove. The deceased was a
Confederate soldier. He was aged sixty-eight
years, and leaves a widow
and two sons.
It Was a Mistake.
Lancaster Review: The Yorkville
Enquirer, in a recent issue, stated
that Hazel Cunningham, one of the
Lancaster boys in the Fishing creek
a reck, was offered, by law agents of
the Southern railroad, $100, in settlement
of his claim for damages, but his
father would allow him to accept only
$25.?The father, Mr. W. J. Cunningham,
informs us that The Enquirer
is mistaken. He says the railroad
company's representatives made no offer
at all. They simply asked him to
estimate the damage, which he did,
placing the amount at $25, which sum
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Wants a Hunting Park.
Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: Our
townsman, W. J. Roddey, Is the agitator
of a movement to lease the lands
of the Catawba Power company lying
along the Catawba river on both sides
for ten or twelve miles up the stream,
embracing perhaps 10,000 acres, and
convert this immense area into a hunting
park, with lodges here and there
throughout the park, with a game
keeper who will live on the estate and
propagate large and small game, birds
and fish. The idea is to make the park
a veritable sportsman's paradise, unexcelled
for its adaptability to the purposes
for which it is intended and of
easy reach for the club that will have
control. Dr. Gill Wylle and his brother
Robert, with several other northern
gentlemen as well as several in
Charlotte and Rock Hill will be shareholders
and their intention, as we understand
is to make the park one of
the most attractive in the south.
Walter E. Spratt Dead.
Fort Mill special of September 23, to
Charlotte Observer: The remains of
Mr. Walter E. Spratt were laid to rest
in the cemetery here at 5 o'clock this
afternoon in the presence of a large
concourse of grief-stricken friends and
relatives. The funeral services were
held at the old family home Just
without the limits of the town, which
was erected nearly a century ago and
situated about the centre of a large
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grant of land made to the great-grandfather
of the deceased by the Catawba
Indians, he being the first white settler
in this section. The Masons, Knights
of Pythias and Woodmen of the World
assisted in the last sad rites, the deceased
being a prominent member of
each order and having been born and
raised in the town was prominently
identified with all interests of the
community, religiously, socially and financially.
The deceased was fortythree
years of age and leaves a wife
and several children,
Lossing In Error.
A correspondent who is thoroughly
well informed ns to the details of the
Battie of Huck's defeat, advises The
Enquirer that the account published
in the last Issue from Losing's Field
Book of the Revolution is incorrect In
several particulars. ^uiunci h m.
Bratton instead of Colonel Neal was
in command of the Whig force, and
Captain McClure was second in command.
Colonel Bratton had some
time before inflicted a severe defeat on
the British and Tories at Mobley's
meeting house, and;~he anticipated that
they would attempt to revenge themselves
by burning his house. He left
Mecklenburg county, N. C., the day
the British approached his home,
and received Information of the ?
actual presence of the enemy through
a faithful Negro slave. His force numbered
seventy-five" men. It seems
that there is abundant historical authority
to show that Lossing and other
writers, including Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, have fallen into various
errors with regard to this important
affair.
Boll Weevils From Texas.
Rock Hill Herald. Wednesday: Mr.
W. C. Wherry, who went to Texas
three weeks ago returned last Friday.
He appears not to think as much of
'he state since his visit there. This
is though more on account of the boll
weevil, whose ravages, he says, will
ruin that as a cotton producing country.
He mentioned "a farm from which
fourteen or fifteen bales ought to be
gathered, but he says the owner has
no idea of obtaining a yield of three
bales. The same condition is true of
the sections he visited. He brought
with him well secured in a bottle sev
eral of the weevils and they were alive
and alert when he exhibited thefn on
our streets. Mr. F. H. Barber paid
Mr. Wherry 50 cents for them and then
burned them In his stove. The weevil
is a small dark grey Insect, doodle
?haped and about hfs size, with a long
thread-like bill. Mr. Barber was determined
that Mr. Wherry's specimens
should be destroyed, but unless appearances
fall the same weevil has
already reached this community. -Mr.
John H. Steele had on exhibition In
this city on Monday an insect of the
same size and description as that Mr.
Wherry brought from Tekas. All who
saw it were sure it was the weevil.
Mr. Steele found it .on his clothes after
he had gone to his home after coming
out of his cotton field on Sunday. He
went back into the field and made examination
for others, but failed to find
any. We saw the .Texas weevils and
that exhibited by Mr. Steele and feel
certain that they were the same species
of insects. Mr. Steele will make further
search with the hope of destroying
any others that may be in his field.
AT THE CHURCHES.
ASSOCIATE - REFORMED.
Sunday school In the afternoon at 6
o'clock.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD.
rev. j. c. johne8, rector.
Sunday Services?Morning services
at 11 o'clock. Sunday school In the
afternoon at 4.30 o'cock. Evening services
at 5.30 o'clock.
BAPTIST.
rev. w. e. hurt, pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school In
the morning at 10 o'clock. Services
each second and fourth Sunday at 11
o'clock in the morning and 8.30 o'clock
In the evening.
PRESBYTERIAN.
rev. w. o. neville, pastor.
Sunday Services?Mprning services
at 11 o'clock. Quarterly services to
the Sunday school in the afternoon at
5 o'clock. No evening service.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
rev. j. l. stokes, d. ., pastor.
Sunday Services?Morning services
at 11 o'clock. Sunday school in the
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Evening services
at 7.45 o'clock.
gonial gotiqta.
Preaching at York Cotton Mills.
Rev. W. G. Neville will conduct
services in York Cotton Mills chapel
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Winnie Davis Chapter
U. D. C. will hold its meeting this
afternoon at 5 o'clock, at the residence
of Mrs. J. J. Hunter.
Mrs. Jas. F. Hart, Secretary.
Card of Thanks.
I desire to extend to neighbors and
friends my sincere thanks for their
kindness to me during the long and
trying illness of my late husband,
Hugh B. Wallace. Their generosity
and kindness has been very great
Mrs. Mattie Wallace.
Yorkville R. F. D. No. 1 It
$ht gorftcille dfotton JRarfeet.
Corrected 8?mi-W?#kly by M?Mr?.
Lstts Bros.
Yorkvillb, September 25, 12 m.?
The local market stands as follows:
Middling 9J
Strict Middling 9|
Good Middling 9j
Strict Good Middling 9g
Latta Bros.
BARGAINS IN BICTCLES.
I HAVE a few special Bargains In
Bicycles?all good values at prices
asked?$7.50 to $10. See me about
them and we will trade. I also have
all kinds of Repairs such as Rims, Inner
Tubes, Cranks, Spokes, etc., and
will make all kinds of repairs promptly
at moderate prices.
R. D. ALEXANDER.
Fertilizers
For Grain.
Red Rust Proof
Seed Oats.
I have both on hand.
OYSTERS.
I expect a shipment of Norfolk
Selects today and tomorrow
(Saturday.) :'?
LOUIS ROTH. >
THE SKY PILOT. .