Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 17, 1903, Image 2
Scraps anil |acts.
? Andrew H. Green, aged eighty
years, and one of the most prominent
citizens of New York, was shot and
kiHed at his home on Thirteenth street
last Friday morning by a Negro named
Cornelius M. Williams. To Mr. Green is
generally attributed the credit of having
brought about the consolidation
of the cities that compose the municipality
of Greater New York. He had
in his employ a Negro woman against
whom the Negro, Williams, had a
grievance, and Williams went to the
old gentleman to demand the woman's
discharge. The meeting took place in
Mr. Green's doorway. A bystander
overheard Mr. Green say: "Go away;
I do not know you." At that Williams
began firing. He emptied his revolver
at Mr. Green and every bullet save
one took effect. Each was sufficient to
cause instant death. The Negro was
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snorciy aiierwtuu oimicu. ...
no effort to deny his crime. "I went
after him," he said, "and I got him."
? Says a Louisville, Ky., dispatch of
November 12: A general order has
been issued by Gen. John B. Gordon,
commanding the United Confederate
veterans, directing attention to the report
of the special committee appointed
to formulate resolutions which will
establish closer relations between the
veterans and the United Sons of Confederate
veterans. The report recommends:
"That at all reunions of the
United Confederate veterans the Sons
of Veterans shall have the full privileges
of the floor, but without the
right to vote: that the veterans have
similar privileges at the conventions of
the sons; that at the parades the sons
shall be the special escorts to the veterans;
that the camps of the veterans
be authorized to enroll in associate
membership the sons, giving them such
privileges as each camp may determine,
and that the sons be urged to
uniform themselves in historic gray,
but in so doing omit from the uniforms
afl designations of military rank, and
that they De urgea in ine uesigiittuuu
of their officers to use no military titles."
? Representative Dick of Ohio, Introduced
a suffrage resolution last
Friday which, after reciting the law
regarding suffrage, says: "Whereas, it
is a matter of common information
and belief that the right of some male
citizens being twenty-one years of
age to vote at elections named in said
amendment to the constitution named
aforesaid, except for participation in
the rebellion or other crime, is denied,
and abridged in certain states, therefore,
Resolved, That the matter be referred
to the committee on election of
the president, vice president and representatives
in congress, whose duty
it shall be and who shall have full and
ample power to investigate and inquire
into the validity of the election
laws of the several states and the
manner of their enforcement, and
whether the right to vote at any election
for the choice of electors for president
and vice president of the United
States, representatives in congress or
the members of the legislature of any
state is denied to the male inhabitants J
of any of the states, being twenty-one
years of age and a citizen of the United
States, except for participation in
the rebellion or other crime."
? A Philadelphia dispatch tells of the
discovery and raiding of a school for
safe cracking in that city. The place
was in a third story brick room on a
back street, and was discovered as the
result of an accidental explosion that
occurred there at about 2 o'clock one
morning last week. While investigating
the explosion, the police come upon
four men. There was a hole
through the floor of the room and
window elass had been shattered. Ev
erything was in confusion. It developed
that the place was kept by a
man and woman who gave their
names as Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair. All
declined to give any information as to
. - the cause of the explosion; but it was
clear to the police that it was accidental.
In the room was found some
dynamite fuses and caps, punches,
drills, skeleton keys and other articles
commonly used in safe blowing. There
were also several maps of adjoining
states, with several towns marked.
The police had information of safe
robberies at nearly all of the towns.
The men were held for identification,
it being thought that perhaps somebody
from some of the towns indicated
might be able to recognize them.
There were six men in the room when
the explosion occurred; but two of
them escaped pretty soon thereafter.
Of the four who remained two had
their clothes nearly torn off by the explosion;
but they were not otherwise
hurt.
? Washington dispatch of November
13: For several weeks President
Roosevelt has had in preparation his
annual message to the congress to be
presented at the opening of the regular
session on the first Monday of December.
That part of the message in
which the president discussed the negotiations
between the United States
and the government of Colombia for
an Isthmian canal treaty, it is stated.
was completed about two weeks ago.
Events which have occurred on the
isthmus and in this country since that
time have made it necessary for the
president to completely rewrite that
part of the message touching the canal
negotiations. In his discussion of the
canal question the president wrote:
"High authorities on international law
hold that the canal can be dug as an
incident to exercising the power to
prevent the obstruction of traffic
across the isthmus. Nevertheless, in
accordance with our settled policy of
behaving with scrupulous fairness and
generosity towards our weaker sister
republics of the south, taking no position
that can even by implication be
treated as unfriendly, unless literally
forced thereto, we have endeavored to
provide for the building of the canal
by treaty. This nation does not desire
to be unreasonable or impatient;
but It cannot and will not permit anybody
of men permanently to obstruct
one of the great world highways of
traffic and refusal to permit the
building of the canal amounts to obstruction.
Of course, to insist upon
unreasonable terms is equivalent to a
refusal. It seems evident that in a
matter such as this we should finally
decide which is the best route: and if
the advantages of this route over any
other possible route are sufficiently
marked we should give them notice
I that we can no longer submit to trifling
or insincere dealing on the part
(Of those whom the accident of position
i has placed in temporary control of the
ground through which the route must
pass: that if they will come to agreement
with us in straight forward fashion
we shall in return act not only
with justice but with generosity: and
that if they fail to come to such agreement
with us, we must forthwith take
the matter into our own hands."
<?hc ||?rhviUr (Enquirer.
TORKVILLE, S. C.:
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1903.
In connection with the embarrassment
of Columbia's three big cotton
mills, we beg to call attention to the
fact that the Richland distillery and
the glass works are still doing business
at the old stand and that the
stock is so high as to be beyond the
reach of all except members of the
state board of control and politicians
high in influence.
Cables from Colombia Indicate
great excitement and indignation
throughout the country on account of
the Panama revolution and the action
of the United States in connection
therewith. The people are reported to
be offering their- property arid theit*
services to the government for the
purpose of punishing the rebels and
crushing out the rebellion. It is cldim
ed that Colombia can. easily raise more
than a hundred thousand men, and
that the unanimous sentiment is in favor
of marching on Panama forthwith.
In view of the determination of the
United States, however, not to permit
the landing of troops, the Colombians
are quite helpless.
During the dispensary campaign in
Greenwood some time ago, the question
of the failure of the law to provide
for the removal of dispensaries
' where they should prove unsatisfactory,
was raised, and somebody wrote
to Chairman L. J. Williams about the
matter. Mr. Williams cited a number
of cases where dispensaries had been
removed by the state board, and made
it very clear that the board would not
continue a dispensary against the desire
of a majority of the qualified voters,
etc. "This would certainly be my
position in the matter," he said. The
letter was published at the time, and
in connection with the board's indifference
to the almost unanimous petition
of citizens of Saluda the Greenwood
Journal has printed it again.
The fact of the business is that with
the exception of Tirzah the board has
never abolished a paying dispensary,
and we do not think it will unless it is
forced to do so. The question with
the board is not what the people
want: but how much profit is involved.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Accident at Tucapan.
The cylinder head of the big engine
at Tucapan Cotton mill, in Spartanburg,
blew out last Friday shortly after
noon. P. D. McDaniel, a carpenter,
was killed outright and a white man
named Hill and a Negro fir :man were
injured.
Hanging In Union.
Brown Rodger, colored, was hanged
in Union last Friday for the murder
of Rodger Fant, a young white man.
The crime for which he paid the death
penalty was committed on April 5,
last. On the gallows he said that if
he was to be hung, he thought all
those who had been let off on the plea
of self-defense should be brought up
and hung.
Columbia Cotton Mills Reorganized.
The stockholders of three big Columbia
cotton mills, the Olympia, the
Granby and the Richland, known as the
Whaley combination, held meetings in
Columbia last Saturday and perfected
a reorganization by the election of a
new board of directors and providing
for the issuance of $3,000,000 of bonds.
The directors are as follows: Stephen
A. Jenks, Paw ucket, R. I.; Robert F.
Henrick, Bos'.t i: R. P. Snelling, Newton
Upper Falls, Mass.; Francis K.
Carey, Baltimore: H. C. Fleitman, New
York: R. Goodwyn Rhett, Charleston:
W. B. Sjnith Whaley and W. H. Lyles
Columbia. Mr. L. W. Parker was
elected president. The bond issue is
divided among the properties as follows:
$1,750,000 for the Olympia,
$450,000 for the Richland mills and
$800,000 for the Granby. The understanding
is that Mr. Parker is to serve
as president only until a suitable successor
can bo found.
South Carolina Delegates In Congress.
Washington special of Friday to the
News and Courier: The members of
the South Carolina delegation in congress
have held a conference and
agreed to request assignment to one or
more of the following committees:
s Toirnro first <?nrnllpd hills:
second, patents; third, invalid pensions;
fourth; industrial arts and expositions.
George W. Croft, first, banking
and currency; second, mines and
mining; third, public lands; fourth,
manufactories. Wyatt Aiken, first, militia;
second, labor; third, immigration
and naturalization; fourth, Indian
affairs. A. F. Lever, first, agricultural;
second, war claims: third, private land
claims. Joseph T. Johnson, first, postoffice;
second. District of Columbia;
third, inter-state and foreign commerce.
Robert B. Scarborough, first
public buildings and grounds; second,
claims; third, elections; fourth, territories.
D. E Finley. first, judiciary
and Pacific railroads. Representative
Finley. as chairman of the delegation,
was authorized to confer with Repre
sentatlve Williams of Mississippi, the
minority leader, who has an understanding
with Speaker Cannon that his
recommendations for minority appointments
will be favorably considered as
far as possible.
President and Cashier Kill Themselves.
Messrs. E. M. Boykin and E. C.
Zemp, president and cashier of the
Farmers and Merchants' bank of Camden,
killed themselves yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Boykin left home with his
gun, saying he was going to shoot a
hawk that had been annoying his
chickens. Several hours later he was
found by a fence dead, shot in the
breast. His gun was on one side of
the fence and his body on the other.
His friends think the shooting was accidental.
Thev sav that the gun, which
was of the hammerless description,
had recently been repaired and the
safety catch had been so inverted as to
make it dangerous when it indicated
the reverse. Within an hour or two
after the discovery of Mr. Boykin's
body. Mr. Zemp went to his barn, put
a revolver in his mouth and blew out
his brains. It is intimated that the
credit of .the bank had been impaired;
but so far, nothing is definitely known
about its condition.
After the Loafers.
Anderson special of November 13 to
the Columbia State: Mayor Sullivan
and the police of the city are going
ahead with the idea that able-bodied
men who live in Anderson should be
made to work for a living. Yesterday
a white man who has a family at one
of the cotton mills was arraigned in
the mayor's court on a charge of loafing
and loitering on the streets, and
the mayor imposed a sentence of $50
or 30 days labor on the streets. The
sentence was suspended on the condition
that the man would go to work,
or stay off the streets in the future.
It is said that other cases may be
brought against white men whose chil *
?- ?- $11- Tt.VilA
aren are at wora in me nuus nunc
they themselves are doing nothing.
Mayor Sullivan and the police are determined
to drive the loafers, white as
well as colored, from the city. Another
white man was arrested yesterday
afternoon for vagrancy and vyill
be given a trial before the mayor this
morning. * '
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
The K. M. M. A. and Davidson?Annual
Reunion of Women's Clubs?
After the Tigers.
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer.
Rock Hili., November 16.?The K.
M. M. A. boys drove Into the.city early
this afternoon to fulfill their football
engagement with Davidson's 2nd. It
appeared that practically the whole
school was over, so that as far as
"rooters" was concerned, they were
well represented. The Davidson boys
arrived about. 11.30 a m. The game
was scheduled to begin at 3.30 p. m.,
but it was fully an hour later before
it commenced, the Davidson captain
and manager strenuously objecting to
certain players on the K. M. M. A.
team on account of ineligibility, as
they appeared to them -not bona fide
scholars or teachers of that institution.
When fairly started it was "soon
evident that the teams were well
matched and fairly well coached. It
took Davidson's "scrubs" about twenty
minutes to score their first touch down
and about fifteen minutes of the second
half was consumed before they
added their final points. A detailed
account would be somewhat tedious;
suffice it to say that the best team
won?the final score standing 12?0, in
favor of Davidson.
The Curry and Winthrop societies
of Winthrop college have a reception
nrhlz.1i Ihn V M AT. A.'S
lUUJlgllki tw vtamv** V??w
have been cordially invited and as
they have accepted there is no doubt
but that the sweet smiles of Winthrop's
beautiful maidens will not
only prove irresistibly attractive, but
will also banish into dim oblivion the
sadness of the defeat.
Next Friday the different women's
clubs of the city will hold their annual
reunion with Mrs. Ed Fewell. Mrs.
M. O. Patterson, the president of the
State Federation is expected to be
present, and grace the occasion with
her presence. This annual reunion is
always a most pleasant and delightful
affair, and the forthcoming "meet" is
anxiously looked forward to by our
society people.
The Herald claims that there Is a
wondrous matrimonial movement on
foot, amounting virtually to an epidemic,
and that this time the "forked
lightning" is going to strike the "old
bachelors" pretty heavily. If so these
old fellows have been keeping things
mighty close.
Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins has been cordially
congratulated on his prompt
and successful work at Fort Lawn. It
would be impossible to stamp out the
blind tiger evfl completely, but a vigorous
crusade against them, wherever
they rear their heads would be provocative
of much good. This Mr. Jenkins
promises to do and so we are looking
forward to a suppression of this
unmitigated nuisance in our neighborhood.
As en evidence of the mildness of
the season, Mr. S. Sandifer on Park
avenue, has two apple trees bearing
a second crop. Both trees have only
a few apples on them, and they appear
not much larger than good sized
pigeon's eggs.
MERE-MENTION.
The operators of the Northern Colorado
coal fields have conceded an eight
hour day to the miners in their employ
There is no improvement in
the yellow fever situation at Laredo.
Texas. Up to last Friday there had
been 841 cases and 81 deaths... .Chicago,
111., has been in a turmoil for
two weeks or more on account of a
strike of the employes of the Chicago
City Railway company Some time
ago an alleged petrified man was dug
up on the farm of Squire A. W. Sitton,
near Hendersonville. A party of capitalists
bought the specimen and started
out on a tour of the country with
it, under the name of the Petrified
Phenomenon company. It was
charged that the petrified man was a
fake and the company exhibiting him ,
lost money. Suit was brought against
Squire Sitton for perpetrating a fraud
and at Asheville last Saturday he was
bound over to. court in the sum of $15,000
The German government has
officially recognized the new republic of
Panama Fall River mill owners
rppcntlv nostfd notirp of a ten ner
cent, reduction in the wages of operatives.
The reduction is also going into
effect throughout New England
Twenty Negroes were killed and ten
others were injured as the result of a
rear end collision on the Illinois Central
railroad, near Kentwood, La., 85
miles from New Orleans last Saturday
night. Three white men were also
among the killed... .The United States
Steel corporation is arranging to close
plants and reduce wages so as to cut
its expenses about $10,000,000 a year.
Emperor William of Germany
is recovering slowly from the recent
surgical operation to which lie had to
submit and is now permitted to talk
a little The two great German
banks, the Dresdener and the Schaaffhausen,
have pooled their interescs and
their joint capital now amounts to
$71,000,000 making it the strongest
financial organization ;n the world
with the exception of the hang of England
The republic of San Domingo
is in the throes of revolution both
sides fighting with fierce determination.
The choice of governors in the ,
island is usually determined by force '
of arms.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Heirs of B. G. Brown, deceased?Give
notice of the sale at the "Home
Place" on Dec. 1st, of all personal
property belonging to estate of B.
G. Brown, deceased.
W. H. and R. J. Herndon, Exrs.?Offer
for sale a house and lot, located
In Yorkvllle. If not sold at private
sale before that date, it will be sold 1
at public auction on salesday in Jan- I
uary. I
S. W. Patrick and others, Bowling ,
Green?Warn all persons against
riding, hunting or otherwise tres- 1
passing on lands owned or controll- i
ed by them. ,
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Invite Jurors and
others to pass judgment on their '
pocket knives and razors after put- 1
ting them to a practical test. ,
t r> Wrav?oivcq vou a Dointed talk ,
about the advantages possessed by 1
"Superb" clothing for men and boys.
He also has something to say about j
shoes for gentlemen and ladles. ,
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Have received
a fresh supply of fruits and nuts
for Christmas cakes and ; dvise you i
to make cakes for Christmas now.
Walter Rose?Says his customers say
that he is furnishing them with ten- ;
der and juicy beef.
York Drug Store?Tells you about a i
pipe dream you will have if you will ,
use one of their meerchaum or briar
pipes. - '
T. W. Speck, The Jeweler.?Wants to i
know whether or - not your watch is |
running just as it should. If it is
not he solicits your work, and promises
satisfaction. '
Riddle & CaYroll?Have a fresh shipment
of Austin' Nichols & Co.'s j
"Premier" oatfiakes. 15 cents a pkg.
Two for for 25c. It is good.
R. D. Alexander?Wants you to bring !
him your gun if in need of repairs. ,
He makes a specialty of restocking.
York Implement Gq.?Announces the
sale of Its business to Messrs. Rid- I
die & Carroll. Thank their custo- .
mers for past favors and bespeaks ,
your patronage for Messrs. Riddle
& Carroll. '
J. M. Heath & Co.?Have $5,000 worth
of clothing, that is seasonable and ]
every garment they offer is splendid
vo,"o nrlpoo TheV alSO '
talk about shoes, blankets and ladies'
dress goods. 1
Foushee Cash Store?Talks about
"having'em," and calls your attention
to a line of pretty shirts for all
-ages at all priees.
Sam M. Grist, 'Special Agent?Tells ^
you that solid business men every- j
where are convinced that the Mutual
Benefit is the best life insurance
company.
W. B. Moore & Co.?Say they could j
take up several columns telling you
about their stock, but can tell you 1
more and do it quicker if you will
make them a personal visit. i
Strauss-Smith Co.?Invite your atten- ,
tion to the continuation of their
50 per cent discount clothing sale, '
which ends next Saturday, They
also remind parties having portrait ,
enlargement cards to turn them in .
by December .1st, next.
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WITHINiTWE TOWN.
? Mr. A. B. Gaines of Gaffney,- has .
been doing some..handsome sign paint- *,
ing in Yorkville recently.
? Rev. W. C. Esvart of Abbeville, has '
accepted the call ,that was recently sent
him by the Associate Reformed church
of Yorkville. He will assume charge
of the work here as soon as he can arrange
his affairs at' Abbeville.
? The carnival committee has pur- .
chased of Mr. T. W. Speck, the .
jeweler, a. $30 diamond ring to be presented
to the lady of the county who
may be elected queen of the carnival
next week. The election Is to be by
ballot at a cent^p. vote. This feature
of the fair Is to be under tne especial
auspices of the firemen. The ring Is
now on exhibition at Speck's.
FOURTH WEEK JURORS.
The following venire of petit jurors ,
was drawn this morning to serve dur- ,
ing the second week of the approach- j
ing extra term of^the court of common |
please to convene December 7 next: j
J. W. Jackson!.. Bethel. <
J. L. Kimbrell Fort Mill.
I. H. CampbeU.....} Bethel.
T. A. Moore..];.... Catawba.
, R. L. Robinson:. .York.
J. O. Moore.. Bethesda.
J. M. Roach.v.];*. Ebenezer. 1
J. A. Garrison/ Bethesda. i
W. H. Moore Catawba. .
B. F. Mar ley York.
Geo. T. Schorb York.
R. M. Barnett. Bethel. I
J, L. Stacy King's Mountain. ,
R. M. Whitesides... .Broad River.
N. P. Simpson Catawba.
Henry Massey ..Ebenezer. 1
J. M. Brian York. ]
J. C. Sandifer Catawba. j
W. A. Oates Ebenezer. !
H. E. Hood Bullock's Creek.
O. L. Sanders Bethesda.
E. M. Blankenship Fort Mill. . ]
T. J. Nichols...... u.Bethel.
H. C. wariicK aemesua...
W. P. Crook Catawba. ' 1
F. E. Clinton... .King's Mountain.
J. N. McGill t. Broad RIVer. ,
W. J. Stewart./ Fort Mill.
J. J. Henry King's Mountain.
T. A. Matthews Ebenezer.
T. M. Whisonant... .Broad River.
\V. P. Smith King's Mountain.
John Hafner Bethesda.
W. B. Byers Bethesda. 1
J. M. Love Bethesda.
Claud Inman York.
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ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. Walter Rose went over to Char- ]
lotte last night, on business. <
Mr. C. F. Gordon went over to Rock '
Hill Monday night, on business. 1
Mrs. Buena V. Sturgis opened school
at Harmony Station on last Monday. <
Mr. L. L. Smith of Lowryville, vis- s
ited friends and relatives in Yorkville '
this week.
The Free Silver school on Allison
creek, was opened last Monday, under <
charge of Miss Anna Horton. <
Mr. J. Mason Ferguson went down 1
to Chester county last Monday to
spend a few days with friends. J
Mr. W. H. McCorkle, who has been <
with the York Cotton Mill store, has 1
accepted a position with W. B. Moore 1
& Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ford of Gaston- <
ia, spent Monday night in Yorkville, <
the guests of Misses Willie and Lee 1
Williams. I
Mrs. T. R. Cox of Greenville county, 1
is spending a few days with relatives <
in Yorkville, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. i
H. T. Thomasson.
Miss Gladys Withers who has been <
visiting friends and relatives in York- 1
ville. returned to her home in Charles- '
ion lust Friday night. 1
Mr. Paul N. Moore came over from <
Charlotte last Saturday night to spend 1
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and '
Mrs. B. N. Moore, and his grandfather, I
Col. W. H. McCorkle. 1
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Carson have is- <
sued invitations to the marriage of 1
their daughter Mattye to Mr. John M. 1
Rodman. The ceremony is to take ?
place at their home in the Delphos t
neighbohood on Thursday, November t
26, at 4 p. m. t
Mr. S. B. Matthews of the Beershe- ?
aa neighborhood, left yesterday on a f
lislt to his uncle, Mr. J. D. Scogglns g
>f Sour Lake, Tex. Before he returns t
liome he also expects to spend a short t
while with his aunt, Mrs. D. A. Brooks *
>f Ben Lomond, Ark. j
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THE COMING STREET FAIR.
Just what the people will think of <
It after it is all over, it is impossible \
to forecast at this time; but one thing 1
Is quite certain even now and that is t
that the week beginning next Monday (
Is to be one of the noisiest and liveliest 1
that the town of Yorkville has passed (
through for quite a while. The noise t
ind fun is to be furnished by the Co- ?
lumbus Carnival company, which is to 1
exhibit its attractions under the aus- 1
pices of the local fire company. (
The carnival company is different i
shows and attractions, each with a <
separate tent and an doing meir oeai j
to entertain the crowds and get in as 1
many dimes and quarters as possible. 1
A.mong the pay attractions are the '
Palace of Illusions, Japanese Theatre. ^
Electric Palace, Electric Theatre, the <
Old Plantation, the Chinese Palace, <
and various others. But these do not 1
constitute the whole show. There are
some wonderful performances that are 1
to be free to evervbodv., such as a 1
tlouble daily jump from an eighty foot 1
tower Into net work below, some tight
wire bicycle riding and other interest- 1
Ing feats.
The shows are to be given in tents <
ranged along the street about the In- i
tersection of South Congress and Jefferson,
and the performances are to be 1
given in the afternoon anu at nights. 1
We have not seen any of the perform- 1
ances; but a committee that the town l
council sent to Gastonia recently to in- <
vestigate them has reported that all
are not only highly interesting but 1
u'^Aloonma 2
Uicau ttllu 1I*IV*VWV*??W.
The management claims that there I
Is to be no gambling whatever.
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HIS RIGHT LEG BROKEN. 1
The latest lpfonnu.tiort. from Mr. G. 1
L. ^Rlddlal'~;v&ibse- tnlsfortune In hav- <
Ing his leg broken in a gin accident <
was mentioned in the last issue of
The Enquirer, is_to th.e effect that be ^
Is resting comfortably and getting <
along nicely.
The accident occurred in the press
room of Mr. Riddle's cotton gin.
Something had gone wrong with the '
irive wheel of the press and all hands
were trying to run the cotton out so '
as to get at the trouble. As Mr. Rid- '
31e attempted to step over a piece of
shafting, his heel was caught in a '
slowly turning "pulley./ .
"I fell forward," he says; *Vhd as 1
lid so' there was report like the break- *
Ing of a 2x2 dry pine stick. I was not
3low in realizing what had happened,
and my foot being now disengaged, I
decided to lay quiet until the arrival
of the doctor, which I did."
Both Drs. T. N. Dulln and G. R. Patrick
were away from home, the former
at Clover, eight miles distant, and the
latter several miles in the country. Dr.
Dulln, however, reached the spot in
about forty-five minutes, and Dr. Patrick
a very short time afterward. They
found but little difficulty in setting the
done and making Mr. Riddle comfortable.
The break occurred a little
above the right ankle.
Mr. Riddle is now lying on his back,
with his leg resting in a wooden box
that has been suspended by means of
ropes overhead, and he is quite comfortable
except as to the prospects of
the tedious confinement ahead of him.
His physicians, however, encourage
dim to believe that he will befable to
be out on crutches within two or three
Cveeks.
THE CIRCUIT COURT..
The fall term of the circuit court
for York county convened yesterday
morning at 10.30 o'clock, the Honorable
D. A. Townsend presiding, Solicitor
T Tr TT - ? ? ?Cftnto onH
j. iv. nenry reprcacnuus uic kjtn.it h,..h ^
Stenographer H. I. McCaw taking the
testimony.
The following grand jurors answered
to the call of the clerk: J. 0. Walker,
foreman; W. J. Neil, P. B. McAfee, S.
5. Smith, R. S. Hanna, N. S. Black,
W. H. McCorkle, R. E. L. Ferguson,
J. R. Williams, J. T. Qulnn, J. W.
Brown, D. G. Feemster, O. J. Gwlnn,
J. J. Wallace, W. S.. Perclval, W. L.
Black, S. M. Roach. : '
Petit jurors answered 'to their names
is follows: 0. L. Delhi, E. M. Dickson,
W. D. Glenn, S. W. Mitchell, J. C.
McKnight, J. J. Hunter, Perry Dover, '
J. M. Craig, W. W. Alexander, D. F.
Jackson, J. M. Templeton, A. H. Barnett,
John Feemster, W. E. Adams, Jr.,
J. S. McCarter, Allen White, (colored), j
W. W. Blackwelder, S. D. Youngblood, <
D. J. Biggers, J. M. Darwin, V. B. ?
Blankenshtp, E. B. Mobley, J. J. J. J
Robinson, Sam Kennedy, J. Holbrook .
Sood, C. A. Carroll, G. H. O'Leary, 1
Z. B. Bradford, S. A. Epps, John H. '
Steele. 1
The following had moved out of the <
:ounty, and had been reported by the 1
sheriff as "not found:" J. R. Patter- j
son, W. L. Erwln, J. T. Mackey, N. s
B. Workman. s
On aDDllcation and proper showing <
the following were excused by the
iourt: Perry Dover, J. F. McCarter,
5. A. Epps, J. M. Nell, A. S. Smith.
The grand jury was charged as usull
in a general way and at once enterid
upon its duty of considering the
various bills of indictment that had
aeen prepared for it by the solicitor.
The first jury case taken up was that
3f the State against J. M. McGill,
iharged with the assault and battery
>vith intent to kill. This prosecution
grrew out of the rowdyism at the Wllterson
school last summer as the result
5f which a little daughter of the late
Mr. T. H. Lesslie was painfully shot,
rhe defendant was charged with having
ione the shooting. Major James F.
Hart appeared for the defense, and
i iiv/inoo x'. ' w, uoq., aooioicu mc i
prosecution. Messrs. J. M. Leech, L. ?
3. Wylie, Vines Howell and W. S. Wil- *
person testified In behalf of the State, r
rhe testimony of these witnesses was t
:o the effect that the defendant was *
naking himself conspicuous in the ?
:rowd with a bottle of whisky in one r
Docket and a pistol in the other. They ^
ivere certain that he fired his pistol g
ind It was quite evident that one of i
;he shots fired by him struck the lit- c
:le girl. Of course, they could not ^
estify that he fired with the intention a
)f hitting anybody. The defense of-Js
ered nothing in reply, and after ar- tl
fument by counsel the case went to P
he Jury which, after but short delib- ^
(ration returned a verdict of "guilty of t<
issault and battery." The court im- o
)Osed a fine of $75, which was prompty
paid. b
During the proceedings of yesterday, a
Solicitor Henry announced that he
vould not give out bills in the case of ^
H. S. Dillard, supervisor of bridges for t]
he Charleston division of the South- a
rn and R. O. Johnson, policeman of h
i^ort Mill, charged with causing lhe t
leath of Norman some time ago. In e
he case of Mr. Dillard, there was no v
?vidence to show individual responsl- jj
jllity for the collapse of the trestle. t
:f the collapse was because of negli- ?
rence or carelessness, the responsibll- J1
ty was divided among all the officials
>f the road, and could not be fixed on t
Mr. DUlard alone. The case was there- <1
'ore nol prossed. The case against .v'
Policeman Johnson was continued. c
The solicitor said that the conditions p
ivere very much the same as In the
>ther case: but he would put It on the t
contingent docket, to be taken up In p
he light of possible new testimony. t
The case of Thos. Moten, charged ?
svith disorderly conduct on the public t
ilghway, was remanded to Magistrate c
R. L. A. Smith for trial. f
John Witherspoon charged with
arceny, was acquitted. i
Will Hampton was arraigned on the t
charge of murder, and the trial was
set for today. j,
Reese Witherspoon and Lee Heath t
plead guilty of the charge of house- <3
breaking and larceny. Heath was sen- f
:enced to the chalngang for three t
months and Witherspoon for thirty d
lovo C
g
John Anderson plead guilty of t
housebreaking and larceny and was s
sentenced to ten months on the chaining.
The grand Jury has considered all
the bills of indictment placed in its
bands by the solicitor,, but will not
make its final presentment until late
this afternoon or upon the assembling
jf court tomorrow morning.
The probability is that the sessions
business of . the.term will be disposed
pf during tomorrow or Thursday.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The collector of a patent medicine
concern of another county was in
STorkville last Saturday with $250 of
pash that he had taken from the people
of the country surrounding. His
tvares were sold last spring and summer
in exchange for notes and chat:el
mortgages paydble in the fall.., ?.
Mr. ,W. S. Wilkeraon calls the atention
of The Enquirer to the fact
:hat in reviewing the various expedients
to which people of the country
-esort ,in hldjng thc.lr. mpney one of the
most common was omitted. "They
have a hole in a sill or Joist," he says,
'put the money in, and plug it up with
l wooden pin."
Our attention has been called to the
?act that a paragraph reproduced in the
ast issue of The Enquirer to the ef'eet
that Mr. R. A. Willis, who was
njured in the Fishing creek wreck had ^
lettled for $600 is an error. The li
imount was $6,000 and expenses. The t
State in putting its special in type, j
vidently left off one of the ciphers. d
A little son of Mr. W. L. Brandon of li
Dlover, was in Yorkville one day last ?
tveek, with about a bushel of home- j
jrown pecans, which he offered at 10 o
cents a quart. The nuts were not quite
jo large as those usually offered in the e
jtores; but were quite sweet and sold j,
eadily to the people to whom they a
vere offered. c
As the result of a change of sched- *
.lie which went into effect on the Car)llna
and North-Western railroad yes- ^
:erday, the northbound freight train,
kvhlch has been passing here at 9.39 p. y
n., now leaves at 2 p. m. As to the c
-eason of the change we have no in- ?
'ormation; but one development of it t
s serious interference with the mail c
conveniences on the rural routes run- s
ling out from Clover. Heretofore the *
nail has been sent to Clover on the '
light freight, reaching there in time y
:o go out on the rural free delivery j
outes next morning. This was an c
especial convenience to subscribers to
r?e Enquirer, who were then ena- F
lied to receive their papers on Wed- |j
lesdays and Saturdays. -It is quite S
Dosslble that the railroad people have ^
>verlooked this important considera- ^
:ion in the arrangement of their new
jchedule and steps are being taken to a
aring the matter to their attention. E
, r
f
THE COTTON PICNIC. C
The cotton picnic referred to In The 1i
Enquirer of last Tuesday, as appoint- f
;d to be held at the residence of Mr. d
John T. Latham, under the auspices of t
:he congregation of Harmony church, t
materialized according to promise, b
md the occasion was both entertain- s
ng and profitable to all who availed li
:hemselves of the opportunity to be -|
present.
The people began to gather at about T
) o'clock, bringing with them In ham- ?
pers, the Increase from the quarts of ?
:otton seed that Rev. W. G. Neville f
tad distributed among them last ^
?pring, and baskets of dainties and ?
substantiate that the good ladles of f
;he congregation had prepared to help ?
n the pleasant welcome they had in
store for their neighbors, friends and
quests. By 10 o'clock there were be- .
:ween 200 and 300 people on the u
jround, and such a jolly, happy, good ?
latured crowd as it was Is seldom V
seen anywhere except In this section !
>f the state and on occasions like this. I
The cotton was received and weighid,
in lots ranging from sixty to ?
100 pounds. About sixty pounds was *
he average yield from single quarts t
)f seed; but in some cases the
vhnlo fnmilr hrirt nlnntert tmrether h
ind the total yield ran up to about 200 "V
rounds. When It was all added up It t
vas found that the total yield amount- v
>d to about 1,500 pounds, and this a
,vas the very respectable lot that was b
urned over to Mr. Latham, the gin- n
ler. When he got through with it in e
he afternoon he reported a bale of n
int weighing 502 pounds. E
After the people had all assembled a
ind the different lots of cotton had tl
>een properly weighed and taken into ii
iccount. Rev. W. G. Neville called the h
fathering to order and offered an ap- h
>ropriate prayer. Then after a few re- h
narks in which he reviewed the cir- E
umstances out of which the occasion tl
lad developed, Mr. Neville took occa- v
Ion to introduce to the gathering, tl
Senator J. S. Brice, who had been es- e:
lecially invited to make a short ad- o
Iress. ii
As a preliminary to his remarks, a
senator Brice spoke pleasantly of the lc
dea out of which the gathering had h
iriginated and commended It highly, o
rhen he went on to say that in cast- tl
ng about for a subject on which to A
ddress an audience of just such M
tanding and intelligence, he could t<
link of nothing that was n>ore approbate
than the great moral, living
uestions that were involved in the
ispensary situation as now presented f~
j the people. He reviewed the history
f the present dispensary law from the
ampaign of 1890, when the people of
tie state by their- Votes at the ballot
ox declared in favor of. prohibition,
nd told how the dispensary was af?rward
foisted upon them, and ac- -*
epted in a spirit of compromise in
tie hope that it would be a step in
he desired direction. But, iDSteaxl of
step in the direction of prohibition
e declared it had' served' to fasten the
iquor evil on the' state more firmly
han ever. While all the other southrn
states are making progress up- ^
/ard from the clutches of the rum
end, South Carolina 'is sinking to
lore hopeless degredatlon. Instead of
he reduced taxes and moral reform
hat has been promised us, -we have
Igher taxes and the liquor evil has
ncreased. The constitution of the
tate prohibits the sale of whisky beween
sunup and sundown and in
uantities less than one-half pint, and
t~e find the general assembly violating
ts oath of office In overriding that
onstitutlon . by providing for hotel
irivlleges that sell by the drink and
.t any time, day or "night. The thing
las been fastened to our school sysem,
with the hope of making it no
ess permanent, and he:actually feared **
hat as another step to .perpetuate the
vll we may some day see an effort to
equlre our schools to teach that the
ise of whisky as a beverage Is not
>nly not harmful but right. Senator
Jrice attributed the dispensary law to
Ben Tillman and-the devil," and urgd
his hearers to beind their efforts to
ts removal from the statute books of
he state.
Following Senator Brice, Mr. Nevlle
made a few remarks In which
ie endorsed all. that the senator
lad said. Me stated-that he saw more
Irunkenness In Yorkville during the
lrst three months following the establishment
of the dispensary than in all
he eight years of his previous resllence.
He urged* his audience to give
areful consideration to this question
ind to talk over it with each other at
heir homes. He expressed his deep
ympathy for an estimable mother of
he neighborhood who was then
nourning the apparent ruini of her son
>y the dispensary monster, and ex>ressed
himself very warmly on the **
lubject generally. At the conclusion
?f his brief talk, BJr. Neville introduced
is the next- speaker, Thos. F. McDow,
koTv^/vtallv Im.
Ltisq., VVIXU ixau iuou I/CCII ca|n.vwu;
dted to make an address.
Mr. McDow also made a strong an1-dispensary
speech. He took occaioh
to congratulate Senator "Brice on
he Arm stand he had taken on the
luestlon, and advised h's hearers to
nake others - do - like wife... He stated
hat he opposed, the dispensary law
originally because of his opposition to
ts originator; byt. afterward- it had
Lppealed, to him as being a good thing
heoretically, and he .had advocated it
lecause he believed that it would be
ireferable to certain' other objectlona>le
conditions. Now,1 however, alter
laving seen a fair test, he had chang;d
his mind and was unalterably oplosed
to the law. H^'^ad no apologies
to make for"changtng his opinion.
t is . only fools .who never change.
Ifr. denounced 'the ? administration of
he dispensary law as corrupt from
he big fellows on the, state board of
ontrol down to the' moSf1 insignificant
xeatures. charged with carrying out
he smallest ramifications of the law.
Vithout mentioning names, he stated
hat a high dispensary, official spent as
nuch as $100 on telegrams during the *
ast campaign. , This man, he said,
ras poor, when he became a member
>t the state board of dispensary dlreoors
at a nominal salary of $400 a
ar\A 'W* t'anlltori " trt he
vorth anywherp. from ..176,000 to $160,00.
This gentleman says that the
lispensary system affords the best so tion
of the whisky question and
here Is no reason1 to i doubt'that he
horoughly believes what he says. Mr.
4cDow took occasion to say that the
lispensary at Yorkvllle Is conducted
n strict accordance with law and that
le is satisfied that there Is no corrupion
or crookedness in connection with
ts management by the county board
f control or the dispenser.
All three of the speakers were 11brally
applauded.
After the meeting the gathering enoyed
a bountiful picnic dinner, and
,fter an hour of pleasant social Interourse
the meeting broke up.
LOCAL LACONICS,
loath of Miss Harvsy.
Miss Margaret Harvey, aged about
eventy-three years, and for many
ears a member of - the- Methodist
hurch at King's Mountain chapel, died
.t her home November 12, 1908. Her
ody was interred at the King's Mountain
chapel cemetery. Her pastor, Rev.
). A. Jeffcoat, conducted the funeral
ervlces. Miss Harvey was a Chrislan
lady of irreproachable character,
nquoat at Smyrna.
Coroner Louthlan held an Inquest
esterday over the body of one George
IcClure of Smyrna, who died under
ircumstances that seemed to require
nvestlgation. The Jury found that the
leceased came to "his death from blood
loisoning. as the result of a wound
n dieted by Eliza Harris, colored, of
lharon. A warrant was issued this
nornlng for the arrest of the Harris
loman.
iattle at a Frolic.
There was a lively shooting scrape
.t a Negro frolic on Mr. Bishop Moore's
dace in Bethesda township, about six
niles south of Yorkville last night. As
he result of it a Negro named Alec
larvin was instantly killed by a bullet
n the chest and Bolivar Neely was
atally wounded. The shooting was
lone by John Guthrie and Sam Carer.
They were after Neely only, and
he killing of Garvin seems to have
>een unintentional. Sheriff Logan
ent out some deputies this morning
n search of Guthrie and Carter,
"ilton-Caldwell.
Baltimore Sun, November 12: First
jieutenant Palmer Tilton, United
States army (retired), and Miss R.
'lorence Caldwell were married Wedlesday
at noon at St. Luke's ProtestJit
Episcopal church by the rector,
lev. Charles W. Colt. Only relatives
nd immediate friends were present,
s the groom is in mourning for his
nother. Lieutenant and Mrs. Tilton
i'ill make their winter home at the
Vestminster, Westminster, Md. The
iride, who was formerly of South
,'arolina, was given away by her cousn,
Rev. McElwee Ross. The groom is '
he eldest son of the late Hon. and
Irs. Warren Tilton, of Boston. His
nother was a sister of the late Judge
tobert Ould of Richmond, Va.
)eath of Lesslie Burns.
Mr. Samuel Lesslie Burns died at
is home seven miles northwest of
'orkville last Thursday,. aged eightywo
years. He had been ill f<jr several
.'eeks; but his death was not expected
t this time. In fact he appeared to
e in very good spirits during the
lornine. and death came while he was
ating his dinner in bed. There was
obody present at the time but Mrs.
turns, the balance of the family being
t the dinner table. Mr. Burns was
he oldest citizen of the neighborhood
i which he ilved. He died within a
alf a mile from the spot on which
e was born, on lands that came from
is grandfather through his father.
iis death occurred on the same day of
he month on which he was born. Noember
12. Mr. Burns, was known
hroughout his neighborhood as an
xemplary citizen. He was a member
f Beersheba church, made a good livlg
at home, paid his honest debts,
nd was never known to wrong a feliwman.
It is said of him that if he
ad a single enemy he was not aware
f the fact. He leaves a widow and
iree children. The children are Mrs.
.ustin Cobb, Mrs. A. L. Robinson and
liss Fannie Burns. The interment x
>ok place at Beersheba on Friday.