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Straps and Jacts.
? The supreme court of Tennessee,
on Saturday affirmed a sentence of
twenty years' imprisonment, passed on
Clarence Peake, an eighteen-year-old
boy, for the murder of Silas Hulin, a
man who, it is claimed, is alive and
well. One year ago, when this case
came before the court, Hulin, the supposed
dead man, was produced in court
with affidavits that he was the man
supposed to have been killed by Peake
In a drunken brawl at Clinton, Tenn.
Today the court decided that It could
only hear the case on its merits, the
affidavits, having disappeared, and
Peake's sentence was affirmed. Peake
expects a pardon from Governor Fra
zier. It is thought he killed some man
in the fight, but who, perhaps, will
never be established.
? The Russian village of Oro, in the
district of Gapsalko, was recently the
scene of an extraordinary case of religious
mania. A peasant named Johann
Petsman became convinced that
the sins of the people demanded a human
sacrifice, and accordingly, offered
himself. None of the neighbors were
willing to act the part of the sacrificial
priest. Petsman then concluded that
his mother, of whom he was most
fond, must be the victim. He reasoned
that his mother's name was Eve, and
Eve brought sin into the world. Besides,
no woman's blood has yet been
shed for humanity's sins. His neighbors,
suspecting Petsman's design, removed
his mother to another cottage,
but in the dead of night Petsman entered
her room by breaking a hole in
the ceiling. He stunned his mother
with a club, then built a pyre with the
furniture and burned her thereon. The
neighbors aroused by the fire, rushed
to the cottage, where they found Petsman
perfectly calm and satisfied. He
said he had done his duty.
? The monthly report of the chief of
the bureau of statistics of the department
of agriculture will show the condition
of cotton on September 25, to
have been 65.1, as compared with 81.2
one month ago; 58.3 on September 25,
1902; 61.4 at the corresponding date In
1901 and a ten-year average of 67.4.
These figures indicate the condition on
September 25, and no attempt is made
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weather condition. Reports of damage
during September from rust, shedding,
drought, caterpillars and worms
are general throughout the cotton
states, the damage in Texas being
caused more particularly by boll weevil
and boll worm. The crop is reported
as from two to four weeks late
and many correspondents report that
there will be no top crop. The following
figures show the ten year average
condition of cotton by states on September
25: Texas, 76; Georgia, 81;
Alabama, 84; Mississippi 87; South
Carolina, 80; Arkansas, 81; Louisiana,
86: North Carolina, 83; Tennessee, 91;
Indian Territory, 81 Oklahoma, 75;
Florida, 83; Missouri, 81; Virginia, 86;
United States, 81.2.
? Sofia, Bulgaria, dispatch of October
4: Serious news has been received
here from the frontier of fighting
between Turkish and Bulgarian troops
at Demir-Kapia, both sides sustaining
losses. In official quarters all knowledge
of the affair is denied, but the
circumstantial details given seem to
indicate that there is some foundation
for the accounts of the conflict. According
to one report, the Turks attacked
the Bulgarian frontier post.
Another version says the Turks pursued
a number of refugees across the
frontier. It is asserted that the Turks
frequently attempted to provoke hostilities,
firing into Bulgarian territory
and crossing the frontier to steal horses
and sheeD. The war office here is
working at high pressure and 24,000
recruits will be called out. Prince Ferdinand
has sanctioned numerous other
measures of a warlike nature. All
the cavalry, with the exception of a
single regiment, which is stationed at
Sofia, has been sent into the frontier
districts, where are also strong forces
of artillery. Vigorous efforts are being
made to prevent bands from crossing
into Turkish territory. Two bands,
which were sent back, have reached
Sofia since yesterday. Dispatches
from the frontier received at the revolutionary
headquarters report that the
refugees in the mountains are in a terterrible
condition through their pursuit
by the Turks and cold and hunger.
Many are dying.
? Baltimore Sun of September 29:
With September cotton at an advance
of 145 points for the day and more
than 200 in two days, and likely to go
higher, and with news of private settlements
100 points higher, the New York
Cotton Exchange today saw the culmination
of the most successfully carried
out corner in cotton in the history
of this market, a corner which has
made for Col. W. P. Brown, of New
Orleans, the leader, at the least calculation,
between $7,000,000 and $8,000,000
in the September option alone.
Today in one hour cotton rose more
than $6 a bale, because men who had,
on the theory that the corner would
not hold, sold cotton by the thousands
of bales, were not able to find it to
buy to make the deliveries they had
contracted to make tomorrow, and
were forced to buy it of the man to
whom they had previously sold it at
the latter's own price. In other words,
these men had contracted to deliver
cotton to Brown, and as Brown owned
all the cotton, they had to buy cotton
at his price or fail to keep their contracts,
which is tantamount to bankruptcy.
In order to prevent the market
rising to absolutely ruinous figures
many of these have made settlements
within the last two days at figures a
cent a pound above the market. For
the first time in the history of cotton
selling on a world-wide basis, it is said,
the market is absolutely cornered, if
the market tells the truth. The men
who lost most in the corner are mainly
Europeans, although Wall street was
hit hard. One Wall street house in
particular, whose name was withheld,
was heavily short in the cotton market
and had to settle at figures more than
$10 a bale above the price it got when
it sold cotton short. Col. Brown began
"bulling" the market on the strength
of crop conditions as long ago as last
April. He recently learned that there
was a big short interest in September
cotton, and knowing the crop condi
tion to be short of what was generally
predicted, he went in and bought up
the options for September cotton,
which was soid freely by the specula'
tive element in the market, which looked
for a sharp break In the month,
when they could buy and deliver their
contracts. This short Interest was
much more extensive than the general
, market had any idea of. How many
Stock Exchange firms have been
caught on the wrong side of September
cotton is not known, but it is never.
theless true that some Stock Exchange
houses which have chosen the cotton
field to operate in during a falling and
> somewhat unprofitable stock market
have found it harder still to make
, money by the short selling of September
cotton.
She ||orhviUe (giiquirer.
YORKVILLE, S.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1903.
The latest news from Bulgaria
seems to have It that the long threatened
war between that country and
Turkey Is now on. It is just possible
that the threatened trouble may yet be
averted; but more probable that Europe
will soon be drawn into general
war.
Senator B. R. Tillman was present
at the preliminary arraignment of Col.
J. H. Tillman for the murder of N. G.
Gonzales; but left shortly afterward to
continue his tour with Senator Burton.
He returned to South Carolina last
week, and the understanding is that
he intends to continue at Lexington
during the balance of the trial.
The interesting scene in another
column at the preliminary arraignment
of James H. Tillman for the murder of
N. G. Gonzales is reproduced from the
New York World of last Tuesday.
The picture is the freehand product of
Mr. W. H. Loomis, an artist of national
reputation, and by people who know
about such things, is considered a fine
piece of work. The likeness of J. H.
Tillman is good, and so also Is that of
Senator B. R. Tillman, but the most
striking feature of the production is
the remarkable fidelity with which
the artist has portrayed the evident
mood of both subjects. James
H. Tillman appears to be somewhat
pensive, and not a little concerned,
while Senator Tillman's expression
gives the idea of deep and solemn interest.
Judge Buchanan is easily recognizable
to those who know him intimately;
but because he has partedwith
his mustache, would npt be readily
identified except from thie fact that
he is known to be associated with; the
others. The court bailiffs, without
collars are no doubt true to life, as is
also the picturesque old fellow, who
sits, with hat in hand, so near the
prisoner's dock. Altogether the picture
is a notable one, and we feel sure
that its reproduction will prove of
more than ordinary interest to most of
our patrons.
To those who know the witness, the
tilt between Mr. August Kohn and Attorney
Croft, at Lexington last Friday
was one of the most interesting developments
of the Tillman trial. Mr.
Kohn was put up by the prosecution
principally for the purpose of testifying
to certain dying declarations of
the deceased, and on the cross-examination
the defense tried to make the
witness say that he had actual knowledge
of Mr. Gonzales's personal opinion
of Col. Tillman. The latitude allowed
by the presiding judge was very wide,
and after Mr. Nelson had exhausted
every effort to make the witness testify
to a fact about which he had said
he knew nothing, without success, Mr.
Croft took the matter up. The origi
nal point was whether or not Mr.
Kohn had ever heard any verbal expression
from Mr. Gonzales? He had
not. Then had he read Mr. Gonzales's
editorials? He had read them. From
the reading of those editorials then
would he not say that the personal
feeling toward the deceased was bitter?
No, he could say nothing of the
kind; he had no right to know what
was in the man's heart. He would
have no more right to say what Gonzales's
personal feelings toward Tillman
were from these editorials than
he would have to say what the feelings
of Mr. Nelson were as to Mr.
Thurmond, judging from the fact that
they were on opposite sides of the
same case. Having made no more
headway than had his colleague, Mr.
Nelson, Mr. Croft began to grow rough
and offensive. At one time he ordered
Mr. Kohn to take his hands off his
knees. Mr. Kohn did so as calmly and
deliberately and as good naturedly as
if on his own motion. Mr. Kohn had
been excused from testifying Thursday
because of the Yom Kippur feast.
Mr. Kohn is a Jew. The motion on
which he was excused for the day
was made by the counsel for the de
fense. Although Mr. Kohn had announced
his readiness to testify if it
were his duty to do so, the act of counsel
seemed considerate. But subsequent
developments threw doubt on
this consideration and made it appear
. that after all it had only been intended
as a small trick in the hope that
some of the jurymen might be ignorant
and narrow enough to be prejudiced
by the fact that Mr. Kohn is a Jew.
He was already under oath, having
been sworn as the other witnesses; but
notwithstanding this, Mr. Croft took
occasion to ask: "Do you swear that
before God and the living Christ? Do
you swear before Christ?" Mr. Kohn
replied: "I have the right to swear
as I please." and the court sustained
him in it. We are not undertaking to
defend Mr. Kohn. He does not need
any defense. He is as thorough a gentleman
as we have ever known, and
although of the Jewish faith, has the
utmost respect for true Christianity
and Its teachings. No man ever heard
him suggest the contrary, and if the
actual, truth could be known, we would
be willing to venture that this would
be established by the fact that he
shares to a less extent than any of his
friends, their Just indignation against
Col. Croft, for his unnecessary and uncalled
for rudeness. And it is this fact
alone that makes us somewhat reluctant
to refer to the matter. Otherwise,
we would feel constrained to remark
that it is incumbent upon Mr. Croft to
apologize before the adjournment of
court.
TRIAL OF J. H. TILLMAN.
Prosecution Closed?The Defense Now
Making Reply.
In the case of J. H. Tillman, charged
with the murder of N. G. Gonzales, the
prosecution closed Its direct testimony
on last Saturday. That is the direct
testimony was actually closed. It
was announced that two witnesses remained
to be examined, should they arrive
this morning, it having been
agreed that there would be no session
of the court yesterday, because of the
interest of the various lawyers in salesday.
The prosecution having nothing
further to offer on Saturday, the defense,
sought and obtained permission
to offer the testimony of Miss Roper,
on the ground that she was due in N'ew
York today, to take a position in a
hospital.
From the viewpoint of the prosecution,
the State has made a strong case
of murder against the defendant. It
has shown that the only occasion of
offense that the deceased gave the prisoner
at the bar, was certain editorials
in the State newspaper, and that this
offense was completed some months
before the killing. It showed that the
deceased was not anticipating further
trouble with the defendant. It showed
that the prisoner had made numerous
threats as to what he would do with
the deceased, and that he had declared
beforehand that he proposed to shoot
the.,- deceased down without warning,
and without opportunity to defend
himself; that, he would allow him no
more show than a mad dog. It has
shown that at the time of the killing
the deceased was unarmed ana unsuspicious
of danger until after he had received
his death wound from the concealed
pistol of the prisoner. From
the dying declarations of the deceased
it showed that he had sent no message
ot any kind to the defendant.
Although in most trials of this nature,
the case of the defense is foreshadowed
in the cross-examinati.ms, of
the witnesses for the prosecution, so
far this case has been an exception.
Effort was made to show that the deceased
may have threatened the defendant;
but the witnesses for the prosecution
were unable to testify to anything
of the kind. There was a strong
effort to show that the deceased bore
deep personal malice against the defendant,
but this also failed. Nobody
had ever heard Mr. Gonzales say anything
against Mr. Tillman. There was
nothing except what was published in
the editorials in the State.
The important testimony of last Friday
morning, including that of Dr.
Adams and Editor Terrell were comprehensively
summarized in the dispatch
published in The Enquirer last Friday
afternoon. The dispatch also told
of the unsuccessful effort to browbeat
Mr. August Kohn. Senators Brown
and Talbird, who were with the defendant
at the time of the shooting
were examined during Friday afternoon.
Senator Brown was walking
down street with Col. Tillman and Mr.
Talbird. He was on the inside, Senator
Talbird in the centre and Col.
Tillman on the outside. Just as the
party reached Gervais street, witness
looked around and saw Mrs. Melton,
whom he had known from childhood,
and started back to join her. Just as
he took the first step, the pistol was
fired. He did not know what it was.
Mrs. Melton, however, was looking
right at it, and as she threw up her
hands and screamed he kept on toward
her. When he looked around two
men were bending over Mr. Gonzales.
He heard Tillman say something but
did not catch what it was.
Senator Talbird, known as a personal
friend of Col. Tillman. He testified,
among ocner inings; ivit. uum.aito
was ten or fifteen feet from us when I
first noticed him. When he got within
five or six feet of us Governor Tillman
said: "How are you? Good morning.'
'How are you, Mr. Gonzales?' or some
expression of the kind. Mr. Gonzales
turned toward the left, toward the
transfer station, as if to pass us on the
inside. I paid no further attention
to him, as he got out of my line of
vision. I was looking up the street
about the time I supposed he would get
on a line with us. I heard the remark,
'I received your message,' and then to
my right I saw a pistol in Governor
Tillman's hand and it went off." After
the shot was fired, the witness continued,
he heard Gonzales say, "Here I
am; finish me." Witness said he was
not looking for the shoe, and after it
was fired he rushed between the two
men and said that "this thing must
stop." Tillman afterward told him
that it was for fear of hitting him
that he refrained from firing another
shot. The "I received your message"
remark, was made just before the pistol
was fired. Gonzales hud his hands
in his pockets.
During the afternoon a great deal of
corroborative testimony from other
eye witnesses was introduced.
Saturday's Proceedings.
Mrs. Preston L. Melton of Columbia,
was the most important witness on
Saturday. She is employed in the engrossing
department at the state house
and was coming along behind the three
men?Talbird, Tillman and Brown.
She saw Mr. Gonzales, knew him well,
and was watching his face for an opportunity
to speak to him as he passed.
His face bore a pleasant serene expression.
His hands were in the pockets
of his overcoat and his eyes were cast
downward. Tillman was on the outside
of the pavement. Brown on the
inside and another gentleman (Talbird)
in the middle. Brown turned
just before the shot was lired, but had
not taken a step toward her. Gonzales
passed diagonally across the party
to make through an opening between
the transfer station of the street car
line and the group of three men. An
other step and he would have gained
the opening. The shot was fired before
the step was taken. Mrs. Melton
claimed that ?she was perfectly clear
about everything up to the time of the
shooting; but after the shooting was
too excited to be clear about anything.
She said Gonzales did not speak to
Tillman or even look at him.
Mrs. Melton's testimony conflicted
with that of Senator Talbird as to the
position of the three men. That of
several other witnesses conflicted with
Senator Talbird and seemed to corroborate
the testimony of Mrs. Melton.
Mr. Llde, a young Columbian, testified
that a certain black overcoat exhibited
as the one worn by Tillman on the day
of the killing was not the same overcoat.
He stated that the overcoat
worn by Tillman was greyish brown in
color.
Miss Mary Julia Roper, who is a relation
of the Tillman family, was the
first witness offered by the defence.
She was allowed to testify before the
State had closed Its case, as she had
to return to New York on the afternoon
train.
Her testimony was chiefly on the
point of Mr. Gonzales's feelings towards
Col. Tillman. It happened that
Capt. R. E. Elliott, an uncle of Mr. N.
G. Gonzales, was a patient at the hospital
at which Miss Roper was the assistant
superintendent. It was while
at this hospital and during Mr. Gonzales's
visits to his sick uncle that
Miss Roper claims that Mr. Gonzales
had the conversations regarding Col.
Tillman.
Mr. Gonzales, Miss Roper stated,
knew of her relations and friendship to
the Tillman family at the time of his
conversations.
"Did he (Mr. Gonzales) say anything
else about Mr. Tillman?what he made
him do?" asked Col. Croft.
To this Miss Roper replied: "Mr.
Gonzales asked me if I considered Col.
Tillman a brave man. I told him I
certainly did, and he said he did not;
that he had made Mr. Tillman show
the white feather twice, and that Col.
Tillman had challenged him to two
duels, which he did not acknowledge,
that Col. Tillman had no more resentment
about him than to come in the
hotel lobby and offer him a cigar,
which he declined."
"Was it upon one or several occasions
that you heard him speaking of
Mr. Tilman in this derogatory man
ner?"
"It was upon several occasions,"
Miss Roper answered.
Miss Roper said that during Mr.
Gonzales's visit to the hospital he
spoke of Col. Tillman as a villlan, a
gambler and a coward.
Miss Roper was a very reserved
and good witness.
BROUGHT TO A HALT.
Tillman Trial at a Standstill Because
of Sick Juror.
By telegraph to The Enquirer:
Lexington, S. C., October 6.?When
court met this morning to resume the
case against James H. Tillman, Juror
Milton Sharp was sick in bed with billious
fever.
Judge Gury sen], for Dr. James J.
Wingard, to make personal inquiry, in
open court, as to his condition.
Dr. Wingard said that he could not
tell how long it would take for the
juror to be able to appear in court;
that he may be well enough tomorrow:
but that it may be several days. Altogether
the condition of the juror is
uncertain.
Judge Gary announced that he would
adjourn court until tomorrow morning,
and then if the absent juror is not
able to be in court, counsel can discuss
the course to be pursued.
Until tomorrow, nothing will be done
except take a recess to see what
change, if any cqmes over the sick
Juror.
Mr. Sharp has been ill since Sunday.
He has been subject to similar attacks,
and they have generally lasted from
three to four days.
The jury Is composed of men who
have always been accustomed to ac
tive outdoor life, and the confinement
is telling on all of them. Except for
short walks, they have been kept in a
big room over a store taking their
meals in a restaurant.
Col. Tillman and^ls counsel are very
anxious about the condition of Juror
Sharp. They had expected to close
their case by the end of the week.
If Juror Sharp does not get better,
there will probably be no other way
for it than for the court to order a
mistrial. August Kcxhn.
? The New York Sun was responsible
for the story that President Roosevelt
refused to attend the exercises at the
opening of the City College of New
York because former President Cleveland
was to be present and make a
speech. The president has thought the
matter important enough to require a
formal denial of the story. We are inclined
to think that the Sun has been
preparing for this story a long time.
More than once during the past few
weeks, it has made editorial reference
to the prospective occasion, and always
has remarked the expectation of the
joint appearance of Roosevelt and
Cleveland, with an emphasis that indicated
some underlying purposes. In
it? rer.ni't that tha nrosMent had re
fused to appear because of Cleveland's
presence, the Sun makes this observation:
"Political wise men who were at
the St. Louis exposition ceremonies
said that Mr. Cleveland got altogether
too many cheers to suit some friends
of Mr. Roosevelt.
Just About t.hb Sizk of It.?Tillman's
attorneys might as well try to
split a sweet gum log with a wet dish
rag as try to rattle Gus Kohn. He
ranks too high in the fourth estate to
be bothered by any lawyer's gadfly
methods. A marble statute has no
more composure than Kohn. The Record
will bet a dollar to a doughnut
that Kohn enjoyed his tilts as a witness
with Lawyers Croft and Nelson
much more than they did.?Columbia
Record.
Died In Philadelphia.
Rev. J. E. Grier, pastor of the Central
Methodist church of Spartanburg,
died in Philadelphia on last Friday.
Mr. Grier was located in Chester during
1897-98-99-1900.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. Edgar Poag, Rock Hill?Says that
to do your business Is his business,
and solicits your business it you
want to buy or sell real estate,
stocks, bonds, etc.
Walter Rose?Wants to buy first-class
Deef cattle and says he will pay the
top of the market in cash.
Probate Judge McCorkle?Gives notice
that Dr. M. J. Walker has applied to
him for letters of administration on
the easte of Major R. L. Lindsay,
deceased.
McDow & Lewis, Plaintiffs' Attorneys
?Publish a summons for relief in
the case of Jonas Schiff and Louis
N. Schiff, plaintiffs, against Samuel
Gwinn et al? defendants.
H. A. C. Walker, Local Manager?Announces
the appearance this evening
at the Graded school auditorium of
W. Powell Hale, impersonator.
C. E. Spencer, Attorney at Law?Offers
the Phillip Lindsay plantation,
517 acres, for sale on reasonable
terms.
W. B. Moore & Co.?Ask that all parties
who owe them on account, notes
or mortgages to pay at once. They
call especial attention to their lines
of sewing machines, furniture, carpets,
mattings, curtains, etc., and also
to paints, oils, varnishes, etc.
T. W. Speck?Says there is no sentiment
in purchasing wedding presents?the
sentiment comes in the
giving, and invites you to see his
stock before buying.
G. H. O'Leary?Tells about the good
points that surround the perfection
oil heaters, which sell at $4.50 and
$5 each. He also calls attention to
wood heaters and stove piping.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent.?Gives
an illustration of what a $10,000 policy
in the Mutual Benefit would be
worth after two yearly premiums had
been paid?he asks you to make
comparisons with other policies.
Riddle & Carroll?Have on sale Kingan's
lard compound and recommend
it highly as an ideal shortening. It
is being used by their most particular
customers.
J. A. Howe?Tells of the advantages
to be derived from a massage of the
face and says that his workmen understand
thoroughly how to do this
work. He asks that you try it once.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Quote some interesting
prices on visiting cards for
ladies and gentlemen. They have
onion sets for fall planting. Also
have Nunnaliy*s candles fresh.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Have a fresn
ci?ttt XZprirtpritr'Q n\r<atprpf"t PS and
uneeda biscuit. Enough said, they
say.
J. Q. Wray?Has an elegant line of
clothing for men and boys at all
sorts of prices that he wants the
good dressers to see. He says he has
some special values to offer in men's
black clay worsteds. He also has a
complete stock of gent's furnisnings.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Give some additional
facts in regard to the buying
ol sewing machines. They tell why
some machines sell at a high price,
ask you to think whether or not you
can afford to put the difference in
price of their machine and the $50
or $60 machines, in order to get a
few more frills in the trimmings.
Foushee Cash Store?Announce a
special "murder" sale for Thursday,
Oct. 8. at which you can have your
choice of goods on the 10c counter
at 5 cents.
Hickory Supply Co.?Is offering its entire
stock of dry goods, notions and
hardware at cost to close out, and
will herefater sell for cash only. If
you owe it on account it asks that
you pay up at once.
COLD BLOODED MURDER.
There was a peculiarly cold-blooded
murder in the Swamptown section of
Yorkvllle last Saturday night. It was
perpetrated by a Negro named Lee
Hardin and his victim was a Negro
woman of bad character from Gastonia,
who went by the name of Belle
Watson. Both parties were drunk, the
man crazy drunk.
According to the facts, about which
there seems to be no dispute, Hardin,
who was watchman at the Victor Cotton
Oil mill, went to the house of the
woman near by and asked her to go to
the oil mill with him. There was another
Negro man in the house and she
refused. Hardin applied an epithet to
her and she returned It, with another
supposed to be of more severe degree.
Several epithets were thus exchanged.
Hardin had already threatened to shoot
the woman and suiting the action to
the threat, fired.
The bullet, which was from a 38-callbre
pistol, took effect in the woman's
forehead, just about the edge of her
hair, and she fell over dead without a
groan. The flame from the pistol blistered
her skin and the powder blackened
It. Hardin remained in/the locality
for a few minutes and. then
went- away. , "i A'v
When the' sKerlff arrived on the
scene, about a half ' hour after the
shooting, no trace of tne Negro could
be found. It has since been learned,
however, that he was within two hundred
yards of the body of his victim
until 2 o'clock next morning. He was
too drunk to travel and lay concealed
in a clump of bushes. Sheriff Logan,
Deputy Sheriff Sandifer and Policemen
Love and Whitener hunted for him
during Sunday, Sunday night and on
Monday; but got no satisfaction beyond
a pretty warm trail.
The woman who was killed was seen
on the streets of Yorkville during Sat
urday afternoon, in a drunken condition
and making herself quite conspicuous.
Her body was buried at the expense
of the town during Sunday.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. Allen Crosby is seriously ill at
his home near Sharon.
Miss Kate Blair spent Sunday with
her parents at Blairsville.
Dr. William Kennedy of Chester,
spent Sunday in Yorkville.
M. B. Jennings, Esq., of Sumter, is
in Yorkville on professional business.
Mr. Latta Massey of Chester, spent
Sunday with his father's" family at
TIrzah.
Mr. H. J. White of Summerton, S.
C., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
C. Walker.
Mr. W. F. Marshall left yesterday
morning for a business trip through
North Carolina.
Miss Georgia Charlton of Savannah,
is in Yorkville the guest of Mr. J. R.
Witherspoon's family.
Mr. Jas. A. Watson of the Lowryville
high school, spent Sunday with
his family in Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. C. Walker attended
the marriage of Mr. Walker's
sister at Bishopville last week.
Mr. W.S.Lorraine has been spending
several days in Yorkville on a visit to
the family of Mr. L. B. Foushee.
Mr. E. C. Carpenter, late of Gastonia,
N. C., has taken a position in the
wood-working shops of J. J. Keller &
Co.
Mr. W. H. Tayloe of the Southern
railway passenger department with
headquarters in Atlanta, was in Yorkville
on business yesterday.
Miss Agnes Moore was called to
Lowryville last Saturday afternoon on
account of the serious illness of her
cousin, Mr. R. S. Hope.
Congressman Finley has returned
frcm his trip to Washington, where he
went last Thursday evening, and is to
be found in his office daily.
Mr. A. M. Carpenter of Gastonla,
N. C., accompanied by Miss Carpenter,
is spending a few days in Yorkvllle,
with the family of his brother, Mr. W.
B. Carpenter.
Miss Rosa Lindsay returned last
Saturday^ from Easley, where she has
been for some time past, taking Instruction
in photography.
Mr. VV. B. Steele or xorisvine, was
present at the first notable celebration
of Huck's defeat at Brattonsvllle, In
1S39, Instead of 1837, as erroneously
stated last Friday. Mr. Steele has a
lively recollection of the affair and
says the occasion was one of widespread
Interest.
Mrs. H. B. Bulst of Rock Hill, who
was one of the passengers on the
Southern train, which went through
Fishing creek trestle on September 3,
and who has been at the Parish hotel
under treatment for spinal Injuries,
was taken home by private conveyance
this morning. She declined to risk
the train.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The dispensary did a rlp-roarlng
business last Saturday and Its customers
seemed to be well pleased during
the afternoon. An unusual amount
of drunkenness was noticeable.
? Mr. S. M. McNeel Is now the owner
of the handsome old residence formerly
occupied by the late Col. W. B.
Wilson. He purchased It a few weeks
ago, and Is having It repaired with a
view to making a home there.
? The salesday attendance yesterday
was rather small for October, there
being only a few hundred people in
town from the surrounding country.
There was some horse trading, but not
a great deal, most of the traders being
somewhat shy about liens and
mortgages that may not have yet been
paid.
? A traveling minstrel show gave a
tent exhibition in Yorkville last Saturday
night. There was a large audience
made up of about two-thirds of
Negro men and women and one-third
white men and boys. Portions of the
show were laughable enough; but as
a whole the entertainment was not especially
creditable to the minstrel ability
of the Negro.
? United States Deputy Marshal
Dillingham sold the wagon that was
captured in Bethel township recently
with a load of contraband liquor, before
the court house door this morning
at public auction. It was bought
by Mr. W. O. Harshaw for $43.
? Rev. R. L. .Robinson of Camden,
Ala., will preach In the Associate Reformed
church next Sunday morning
and evening.
? Quite a full and interesting line of
hats was shown at J. M. Heath & Co.'s
millinery opening last Friday, and a
large number of ladies visited the
store during the day. Although the
opening was principally for the purpose
of acquainting the public with the
latest patterns and styles in millinery,
many orders were taken during the
day. The opening at the Foushee
Cash Store took place sometime previous
and was generally pronounced to
be quite creditable. Mr. Foushee Is
very well pleased at the evidences of
appreciation that he Is receiving at
tue hands of the public.
TRANFERS OF REAL ESTATE.
The following transfers of real estate
were recorded In the office of the
county adultor during the month of
September:
BETHEL.
N. A. Plaxico to J. W. Mullls. 87
acres; consideration $300.
J. B. Brown et. al., to Mary W.
Brown. 80 acres; consideration nominal.
Mary W. Brown et al. to Laura E.
Stewart. 110 4-5 acres; consideration
nominal and premises.
Mary W. Brown et al. to Jessie E.
Brown. 86 3-5 acres; consideration
nominal and premises.
Mary W. Brown et al. to Ella Lee
Brown. 50 acres; consideration nominal
and premises.
Mary W. Brown et al. to J. S. Brlce,
attorney. 55 J acres; consideration
nominal and premises.
J. L. Wilson to B. G. Brown. 25
acres; consideration $425.
BROAD RIVER.
J. W. Castles to T. M. Whisonant. 3
lots and building; consideration $1,050.
Quit claim.
CATAWBA.
E. J. Barron to N. A. Jolley. 1 lot;
consideration nominal.
T. T. Morrison to W. L. Roddey. 1
lot and building; consideration $3,000.
W. C. Wherry to N. W. Williams.
48 acres; consideration $1,000.
L. E. Brown to Mary E. Massey.
Lot and building; consideration $2,750.
J. B. Johnson to Chas. A. Fincher. 1
lot; consideration $139.
Chas. A. Fincher to Wm. T. Fincher.
Lot; consideration $370.
T. B. Gordon to Mrs. T. O. Flowers.
100 acres; consideration $100. Quit
claim to 1-16 interest in 100 acres.
Chicora Cotton Mills to Southern
rv-,mr>anv Mill machinery and
all other property; for valuable consideration.
J. M. Cherry to H. E. White. 1 lot;
consideration $28.74.
W. W. Moore to H. E. White. 1 lot;
consideration $17.50.
H. E. White to W. M. Dunlap. 3 lots;
consideration $1,400.
E. C. Black and J. W. Miller to J. B.
Johnson. 1 lot; consideration $87.50.
J. B. Johnson to R. C. Sturgis. 1 lot;
consideration $369.08.
J. J. Waters, assignee of D. B. Gordon
to W. B. Wilson. Quit claim in
Gordon hotel; $166.
Catawba Real Estate company to M.
B. Massey. 1 lot; consideration
$461.50.
YORK.
Mrs. M. E. Massey to J. M. Seagle
et al. trustee. 1 lot In Tirzah; consideration
nominal.
W. B. Moore to J. G. Dickson. 38J
acres; consideration not stated.
J. S. Brlce attorney, to W. B. Wylie.
85 acres; consideration $750.
Jas. H. Jackson to Jas H. Jackson,
Jr. 1 lot: consideration nominal.
J. R. Logan to J. J. Keller & Company.
1 lot; consideration $131.37.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Mr. T. V. Whitesides, who lives about
four miles west of Yorkville, on last
Saturday showed the reporter a small
insect that he thinks may be a specimen
of the Mexican boll weevil. The
reporter has not sufficient knowledge
of the cotton pest to identify the specimen,
which, although ugly enough to
b<? guilty may be entirely innocent.
During one day last week, parties
unknown cut the throats of two cows
that had been tied to stakes on the
outskirts of Fort Mill. The cows belonged
to a Negro man. He has no
suspicion as to the Identity of the murderous
brutes who committed the
heartless deed. The town council saw
proper to offer a reward for the conviction
of the guilty party or parties.
Mr. J. Edgar Poag, broker, has some
Interesting announcements today. He
says that unless he disposes of them
by private sale earlier, he will sell at
auction In Yorkville on Wednesday,
November 18, the Gourley tract, near
Olive, and the Love tract, near Lockhurt
Shoals. As to whether he wllloffei
any other property at that time
will depend upon circumstances; but
he will certainly give the public ample
notice.
The Bel! Telephone company has
erected Its poles from the corporate
limits of Yorkvllle to the corporate
limits of Rock Hill; but has not yet
entered either town. At present things
are at a standstill. A nui..jer of people
who own land along the road are
very much exercised over the conduct
of the telephone company's agents.
The right granted by the county commissioners
was only for the erection of
poles along the right of way of the
public road, outside of ditches and so
as not to interfere with travel. The
telephone people were further required
to agree to move obstructing poles
when requested by the county commissioners
to do so. In erecting the
poles the construction party entered
upon the premises of several land owners
against the consent of these land
owners. Mr. N. A. Simrll, who lives
two miles east of the court house,
forbade them to go on his land, but
they paid no attention. Then he came
to Yorkvllle for a warrant. The manager
in charge said that if arrested he
would give bond and go ahead with
the work. Mr. Slmril replied that he
would get a new warrant for every
new offense and the * telephone man
came to terms with the declaration
that he would agree to any contract
that Mr. Simrll might see proper to
make. With this understanding Mr.
Simril refrained from further proceedings.
Several poles have been placed
in the ditches along the sides of the
roads and the overseers have been
complaining. So far as can be learned,
there is no objection to the erection of
poles provided the work be carried on
as the law provides.
NEW SCHEDULE NEXT 8UNDAY.
Some weeks ago. the Commercial
Club of Yorkville, although not yet organized
down to an effective working
basis, took up with the Southern railroad,
the subject of a more satisfactory
and convenient schedule for this
place. Major James F. Hart conducted
the correspondence in behalf of the
club, and succeeded in getting the railroad
authorities to make a personal
investigation of the situation.
The fact that General Agent
Thompson, of the executive department
of the Southern railway, was
here recently, was mentioned at the
time, and as a sequel to his visit,
Agent Clarke on last Sunday morning
received a telegram in which he was
Instructed to advise the officers of the
club that the suggested change would
go into effect next Sunday, the 11th.
At the same time the following telegram
was received at this office:
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 3, 1903.
To W. D. Grist, Editor Yorkville Enquirer,
Yorkville, S. C.
Satisfactory schedules In line with
your conversation with Mr. Thompson
will be made effective October 11th,
giving Yorkville double daily service
both directions. Will give you detailed
figures in a few days.
W. H. Tatlob.
In the conversation referred to, the
editor of The Enquirer told Mr.
Thompson that there was very general
complaint in Yorkville as to the inconvenitnce
of the schedules and that
the complaint seemed to be well
founded. Although the town is at the
intersection of two railroads, one run
nlng east and west and tne otner norm
and south, and both touching main
lines In all four directions within fifteen
to twenty-five miles from the
starting point, the people are unable
to either go or come without being
held up at Blacksburg, Gastonla, Rock
Hill or Chester.
The editor went on to advise Mr.
Thompson that what was most desired
if there was to be only one train each
way was that It pass Yorkvllle going
east at about 7 or 8 o'clock In the
morning and going west about 4 or 5
o'clock in the afternoon, the object being
two-fold. First, It Is desirable to
give the people living west of Yorkvllle
an opportunity to come here and
to Rock Hill to attend to such business
as they may have at these places and
return the same day, and second to allow
the Yorkvllle people to go north
or south, or come back from those directions
without being held up a waiting
spell on the main line. Mr.
Thompson was also advised at the
same time that It would not be possible
for him to give a thoroughly satisfactory
service with only two trains
a day; that the people to the east of
Yorkvllle, Including Fort Mill, have
more or less business here, and* as
matters now stand, they have to either
go and come by private conveyance or
remain away from home from twenty-four
to forty-eight hours.
The figures referred to above were
received this afternoon from Mr. W.
H. Tayloe. They affect points in this
immediate locality at follows:
Trains going west leave Yorkvllle at
6.25 a. m., and at 8.16 p. m. Trains
Koingr east will leave Yorkvllle at 8.11
a. m., and 9.51 p. m.
The train leaving Yorkvllle at 8.11
. m., connects with the trains for Columbia
and Charlotte and runs
through to Camden and Kingsvllle,
connecting at Kingsvllle for Charleston.
The evening train passing Yorkvllle
at 9.51 comes through from Marion
and Blacksburg and connects at Rock
Hill for Columbia.
The train passing Yorkvllle at 8.16
p. m., connects at Rock Hill with the
trains from both Columbia and Charlotte
and comes through from Charleston,
Kingsvllle and Camden. The
westbound train passing Yorkvllle at
.25 a. m., runs through to Marlon, N.
C., connecting at Blacksburg with both
the north and southbound trains on
the Charlotte and Atlanta division.