Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, December 01, 1903, Image 2
Scraps and .facts.
? The Colombians continue to talk
of raising a big army to whip Panama
into submission: but reports from Bogota
do not indicate that there have
been any enlistments yet. The feeling?
of the people seem to get sufficient
satisfaction in talk. It is quite probable
that if the Colombians should send
an army to Panama, its progress would
be Intercepted by United States troops,
? Major James E. Runcie and Major
E. Ladd, of the United States army,
were Important witnesses last week before
the senate committee on military
affairs, engaged in investigating the
charges against General Leonard Wood.
Major Runcie testified to having been
with General Wood in the capacity of
confidential adviser while Gen. Wood
was at Santiago and Gen. Brooke was
in command at Havana. He was present
when Gen. Wood planned with Ray
Stannard Baker, a newspaper man. to
write the famous magazine article at
tacking Gen. Brooke's administration
of Cuban affairs with the object of Justifying
Gen. Wood's appointment to
Brooke's place. Major Ladd gave testimony
as to the transaction in which
Gen. Wood gave a concession to a big
gambling scheme and received in return
a silver service that was worth
$5,100. As the result of the testimony
of these two witnesses a number of
other important witnesses, including
Gen. Brook, are to be summoned.
? The man who wrote "Silver Threads
Among the Gold," Hart Peace Danks,
was found dead beside his bed at 1210
Race street, Philadelphia, one morning
last week. Danks had been living in
Philadelphia for some time unknown
to his old friends and admirers. He
was born in New Haven, April 6, 1834.
When he was eight years old his parents
moved to Saratoga Springs, N.
Y., and there the young man began to
study music under Dr. Whiting. In
1850 the family moved to Chicago,
where young Danks engaged in business
with his father, who was a contractor.
Then he tried photography,
but his love for music prevailed and he
devoted himself to composition. His
first music was a Psalm tune .called
"Lake Street." His first songs, "Anna
I.ee" and "The Old Lane." were published
at Boston and Chicago in 1855,
Among Danks's other popular compositions
are "Don't Be Angry With Me
Darling." "Silver Threads Among the
Gold." "Pauline" and "Not Ashamed of
Christ." He composed in all about a
thousand others, more or less forgotten
today.
? News and Courier: A Washington
dispatch to the Philadelphia Record
says that Elijah Richard Dennis, a Negro
from Pascagoula, Miss., tried to
see the president on Monday, but was
"headed off by the secret service
guards and locked up on the charge of
insanity." After his arrest the Negro
told the officers that he "saw blood all
over the rocks in South Carolina," and
"in a letter to the president from that
state he said Ben Tillman had been
proclaimed king of the Anti-Christs
and would lead them in war." The
Record dispatch says that "Dennis is
the twelfth crank who has appeared
at the White House during the recent
epidemic, and the officers are watching
for the thirteenth, who the superstitious
ones fear will be a hoodoo." The
wonder is that more Negro cranks have
not gone to the White House under the
present administration. They have
been encouraged to believe that the
president would receive them. The
President's course has been a great encouragement
to the uneasy, whatever
the color of their skin. He is such a
crank himself.
? Three young men, none of them
quite 21 years of age. who have beer
giving the police of Chicago and the
officers of the country surrounding, nc
end of trouble during the past three
months on account of eight murders
and numerous robberies during the
past three months, were captured lasl
Friday afternoon near Liverpool, Ind.
by a party of farmers. The names ol
the boys are Peter Niedermier, Harvey
Van Dine and Em 11 Roeskle
Their first notable crime was the robbery
of a street car barn, and the
murder of one of the men in charge
They secured over $2,000 in cash. The
police and detectives were not able tc
come upon them until last Friday,
It was in an open field. A hot fighi
followed. A half dozen or more policemen,
armed with Winchesters
fought the boys armed with revolvers.
After one of the detectives hac
been killed and one or two others were
badly wounded the boys walked off
The boys next came to the railroad
track, killed a brakeman and made
the engineer carry them some miles or
his engine. Leaving the engine, thej
proceeded some distance through the
snow, and were overtaken by some
farmers armed with shotguns. Shots
were exchanged and two of the boys
were so badly peppered as to be wiling
to surrender. The other got away:
but was afterward captured by a
larger company of officers that had
been summoned to the scene by the
engineer. The boys confess to having
committed eight murders and numerous
thefts.
? It tnav now be taken t.s a settled
fact that Grover Cleveland will not bt
the next Democratic nominee for the
presidency. It was St. Clair McKelway
editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, whc
started the Cleveland boom which h?u
swept the country, and it is Mr. MeKelway
who has received a letter from
Mr. Cleveland that is calculated tc
settle all further speculation. The letter
which was dated at Princeton, N
J.. November 25. is as follows: My
Dear Mr. McKelway: I have wanted
for a long time to say something which
I think should be said to you before
others. You can never know how
grateful I am for the manifestation of
kindly feeling toward me on the part
of my countrymen which your initiative
has brought out. Your advocacy
in the Eagle of my nomination for the
presidency came to me as a great surprise
and it has been seconded in such
manner by Democratic sentiment that
conflicting thoughts of gratitude and
duty have caused me to hesitate as to
the time and manner of a declaration
on my part concerning the subject?
if such a declaration should seem necessary
or proper. In the midst of it
all and in full view of every considera
lion presented, I have not for a moment !
been able nor am I now able, to open
my mind to the thought that In any
; circumstances or upon any considerat
tion I should ever again become the
nominee of my party for the presiden.
cy. My determination not to do so is
t unalterable and conclusive. This you .
at least ought to know from me, and I '
should be glad if the Eagle were made '
I the medium of its conveyance to the ,
I public. i
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YORKVILLE. S. C.s '
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1,1903. !
It is pretty generally conceded that 1
the withdrawal of ex-President Cleve- ^
land from further consideration as the !
next Democratic nominee, greatly <
strengthens tho chances of ludge Al- <
' 'on B. Parker, of New York. Mr. j
Cleveland, himself favors Judge Parker.
and many of his friends nave 1
t transferred their support to that gen- ^
tlemaii.
We note from Columbia dispatches J
that the Law and Order league, the
constitution and by-laws of which were
published in the last issue of The i
Enquirer, is arranging to commence j
the publication of a weekly newspaper j
organ in Columbia. Beyond what we <
1 have printed, we have no information '
as to the object of the new movement; ,
but. from developments, have begun to ]
incline to the opinion that its aims are <
-omewhat political. Otherwise there '
could be no need for a newspaper or- <
1 gan. We are unable to name an exist- s
1 ing newspaper that does not, to a J
greater or less extent, stand for iaw j
and order.
The New York World reports that j
\V. J. Bryan has had a conference in
'ILondon with Richard Crolcer. and !
( claims ihal Croker has urged Bryan to J
again become a candidate for the pres
idericy. Croker is represented as believing
that Bryan can certainly win I
this time, and also as holding that Mr. '
i Bryan is the only Democrat who can ]
L win. If all this is true, we may look !
for Bryan to make another try for the
' nomination; but as to whether he can !
1 get it seems rather doubtful. No one
' would be warranted in disputing that '
he is still very influential in the coun- ;
' cils of the Democratic party; but it is
' not probable that his influence still !
' amounts to actual control.
1 Ghover Cleveland's announcement .
1 that under no circumstances will he
1 again be a nominee for the presidency,
1 will be received by his admirers with ]
' much regret, for they know full well !
- that the old man means just what he
' says. But at the same time it must be j
admitted that Mr. Cleveland is again,
( as he has always been, right. If It were
' nis auty to sumu iur me jjimiucih-j (
: again, he would do so; but duty cannot
be urged. He has already served two
( terms, as many as any one man should
' serve, he knows very well that the ,
country has many other able and honest
men who can perform the duties of
L this high office. Of course, there is
occasion for regret that Mr. Cleveland
1 is now out of consideration, for his
1 equal is not yet in sight.
_ I
T.kr supreme court has just handed
' down an important dispensary opinion
( that will/have more or less influence ,
c on the future practices of constables, j
It is to the effect that liquor brought
I into the state by a common carrier is
| not liable to seizure until it has actually
been delivered to the consignee. The i
[ fact that the consignee may be regardk
ed as a notorious blind tiger makes
no difference in the matter. The same
[ opinion goes on to hold that for ex- <
' feeding their lawful authority constables
are liable not only on their offl,
cial bonds; but for personal damages
in such amounts as juries may decide.
The question of the right of individuals
to bring liquor into the state unI
der the operation of the inter-state
, commerce law had already been settled
to the satisfaction of everybody; but j
[ the practice of constables in using 1
, their discretion in the seizure of liquors ;
in transit and before their delivery to
r alleged blind tigers, has remained open :
k until now. Hereafter freight and ex- '
, press agents will not be required to J
withhold deliveries or suspicious pack.
ages on the mere orders of the consta- '
, bles. The opinion here referred to was
written by Justice Wood and concurred .
t in by all the other members of the
I court.
MERE-MENTION.
The big White Star Line steamship
Cedric. which was reported last week to i
I have been lost, arrived safely in New
York harbor on Thursday, after a sev
en day voyage Mr. Bryan's paper, j
i the Commoner. c11ud1asi7.es the fact ,
. that the United States was not only
bound to maintain order 011 the isth'
111 us of Panama: but it was also bound
to maintain Colombian sovereignty....
. A former employee of the Holland Torpedo
Boat Co.. named P. C. Hall, was
arrested last week on the charge of
having tried to sell stolen secret plans |
of the boat to foreign governments....
A farmer named James Robinson, at
' Aurora. Ind., was killed last week by a
hog that he was trying to slaughter 1
I A man named Michael Starr has com- <
! menced a tight for a squatter's title to <
, two of the most valuable residence i
blocks 011 Manhattan island. He has I
been living 011 the land unmolested for <
' forty years. The land in dispute is 1
worth si.OhO.nno A Winnepeg. S. I
dispatch says that a drunken Pie- 1
gan In tian ran amuck last Thursday <
an 1 killed seven members of his tribe 1
. lie lore he tould be arrested Ober- ?
!iri M. Carter was released from the 1
Leavenworth. Ran.. Federal prison last <
Saturday morning, having completed
his sentence for embezzlement in con- 1
nci tion with the river and harbor im- t
nroveincnts at Savannah, (la The f
I-soposel transatlantic yacht race for t
m xt year is off. Rmperor William \
. hating withdrawn his offer of a prize. '
The Cuban senate has passed a 1
hill for the establishment of a national C
lottery General Rafael Rays is in 1
Washington as the envoy of the repub- t
it- of Colombia, offering to give the |
United States the right to dig the Panama
canal; but he wants to hold on to
the state of Panama The annual
football game between the army and ^
mvy (West Point and Annapolis) came
>ff at Franklin Field, near Philadelphia,
last Saturday. It resulted in a
rictory for the army, 40 to 5
fules Levy, the world-famed cornetist,
lied at his home in Chicago last Satjrilav,
of apoplexy, aged sixty years. R
The United States Ship Building
fompany has been put in the hands of
i permanent receiver The centen- g
lial anniversary of the Louisiana purchase
will be celebrated at New Orleans
during this month A Lonlon
dispatch says that Lord Roberts
ivill shortly resign his office as com- c
nander-in-chief of the British army,
Decause of ill-health William J.
Bryan is to visit Count Tolstoi, the fanous
Russian sociologist. g
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. ..
V
Fhanksgiving?Woodmen Give Oyster
Supper?Officers of B. & L. Associa
Mai? VnrL Canifali fife to Visit
the Power Plant.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enaulrer.
Rock Hill, Nov. 30.?Thanksgiving j
Day passed off very pleasantly and
iuietly, so far as our city is concerned.
The various churches united in a service,
with offerings for the representa:ive
orphanages. The Rev. Waddy J
Duncan of St. John's M. E. church,
preached a strong, appropriate sermon.
The stores were all closed. The hunters
were out in full force and the huntid
had a hard time of it, chiefly from F
"right, and a brutal "cock fight" was
indulged in by the degenerates.
The Walnut camp, W. O. W. are to J
iiave an oyster supper on the 7th of
December. This jovial company will
celebrate in royal style and the success
of the affair is fully assured. Mine
post, J. N. McElwee, is to have charge S
jf the refreshments. Music and the
'flow of oratory" will furnish the pyrotechnics
of the occasion. J
The Palmetto B. & L. association at
i meeting held on the 17th instant,
?lected its directors as follows: W. J.
Cherry, J. M. cnerry, wara aiubiusuh,
B. N. Craig, A. C. Izard, Dr. T. A.
Crawford, R. T. Fewell, W. F, Mon- "V
:rieff and W. I. Barron. The presiJent
is J. .M. Cherry; vice president, R.
r. Fewell; secretary and treasurer,
Mr. Albertson; solicitor, Mr. W. J.
Dherry. Books of subscription will be
jpen on the 1st of January.
The C. W. Kellogg lecture-recital at
Winthrop college last Tuesday, was a
success in every sense of that word.
The lecturer was greeted by a very ;]
large audience and the uniqueness of v
(sis entertainment was captivating and
popular throughout. L
Lovers of music have a rare treat in I<
store for them. Tasca and his worldfamed
Italian band are booked for
Wlnthrop college on Wednesday, Dec.
9th. This aggregation of accomplished
musicians is perhaps better known as
"King Humbert's Royal Artillery
Band." It is their first appearance in
America, and from press notice have
stive unusual satisfaction all over the
east.
Dr. Gill Wylie will bring to Rock u
Hill next Wednesday on a Pullman <3
special, a party of about sixty New v
Tork capitalists. They will arrive here
about 8.30 a. m., and proceed immedi- s
itely to the Catawba Power company's ti
works, where they will inspect this ^
splendid plant, and probably will leave ?
in the afternoon for Charlotte, where *
the balance of the day will be spent.
The regular union services of the
Rock Hill churches were held last
Sunday night at St. John's M. E.
church. The clergy present were the li
Revs. W. E. Thayer, W. L. Lingle, J. C. ^
Johnes, W. T. Duncan and Marion
Auld. A very large congregation was
present. The Rev. J. C. Johnes of the c
Episcopal church, preached a fine sermon
on the text, "Canst thou by
searching find out God?" treating it
philosophically, scientifically and ex- c
perimentally. The Rev. W. G. Neville a
of Yorkville, was present at the ser- j;
vice.
Major Jas. F. Hart and the Messrs.
W. F. Marshall, Quay McEhvee and f
Church Carroll were in the city this 4
week. a
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Snow In Aiken. t
There was a snow fall of about one h
Inch in Aiken last Friday night. "i
Enrollment In the Schools.
Columbia correspondence of News *
and Courier: Superintendent of Education
Martin is preparing his report
to the legislature, and while statistics
have not been received from all coun- F
ties, a pretty accurate idea of the ^
school population as to races is obtain- a
able. The negroes constituting the v
larger part of the population have the *
largest school enrollment, but the v
proportion is not perhaps larger than p
that of the whites, when population is s
considered. The total enrollment for
the year shows a large increase, it
being 286,892, as against 243,460 for n
the previous year. Of the total for
1903 the white pupils number 133,076, ?
and the colored 153.816. The figures
for 1902 were 120,995 whites and 131,- *
465 colored. The negro school popu- a
lalion exceeds that of the whites by a ~p
little over 20.000, while the total negro .
population is about 230,000 more than
the white. s
Ruined by Drink. b
Columbia State. Sunday: William s
H. Tutt, who in his young manhood ti
was considered a model of morality, ii
and who used to drive to his work in a ^
carriage, commanding a fine salary as ,
a printer just after the war between
the states, died yesterday of cold and p
starvation in a shanty on north Marion a
street. Deserted by his friends and
dragged down and weakened by dis- 0
ease, he was brought to this pitiable c
death by his ungovernable appetite for
stiong drink. He was found dead in
bed by a negro woman who lives in
the yard. The deceased was at one '
time one of the finest printers in the a
south, but in the last 20 years of his c:
life he had been a hard drinker and
for the past 10 years misfortune has fol- J
lowed misfortune and the many and se- "
vere hardships which he has survived ii
Illustrate with what a wonderful con- w
stitution he started, and what splendid
success he might have attained but for "
his passion for whiskey. Two years o
ago he was so horribly burned at his
Marion street home that he lost one of ,]
his legs. He had barely been able to
subsist since, principally through the
the charity of negro neighbors, who t<
could not resist a sense of pity for his j,
horrible condition of want. His widow.
a woman of refinement, is now a a
helpless cripple living with her only $
child, a married daughter, residing in tl
Ihe north. Mr. Tutt was born in Co- }(
lumbia about fifty-three years ago.
ti
? A Chicago mathematician an- |
nounces that Chicago, with bU.J'JO wid)u's,
has a larger number than any
sther community in the country. It is e<
tdded that the number of widowers in (..
the city is only 23,097. As a matter '
3f fact, the state in which widows are e
nost numerous is New York, in which d
:l;ey number 320.000. The city in |,
which they are most numerous is the .
,-ity of New York, where there are
105,000. There were by the last Fed. ral
census 2,720,000 widows in the ni
ivhole United States, of whom, it is p,
worthy to remark. 88,000 were in Inlisina
and only 8,000 in Utah. There 01
.vere 128.000 in Massachusetts, less
han the total number in the two ,.f
states of Alabama and Mississippi,
hough the view pretty generally pre- x
rails that the number of widowers is ol
lisproportionately large throughout v>
Vew England. There are nearly 2,100
in Hawaii arid 1,700 in Alaska, a
iroportionately larger number than in w
he city of Chicago. ta
-OCAJU AFFAIRS, if
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. of
iddle & Carroll?Advise you to feed aI
your hogs on solid food for several co
weeks before killing as It will make th
the flesh firmer. They have feed.
. W. Speck. The Jeweler?Invites you
to come and see his eiegant stock of i'1
goods suitable for wedding presents,
rooks Inman?Will pay highest market
price in cash for 100 hens and
200 dozen fresh eggs.
. D. Patrick. McConnellsville?Calls F<
on all parties who owes him on ac- n<
count to pay up or make satisfactory
arrangements with regard to *
same. 19 lbs. sugar for $1. G1
. P. Lowrance & Co.?Tell you to sc
make your Christmas fruit cakes at ^
once. They have the necessary ingredients
at correct prices.
trauss-Smith Co.?Call vour attention ce
to their stock of cold-weather wear- ja
ables, especially leggins, waterproof ^
coats, blankets and underwear.
7. R. Carroll?Has received a carload ai
of Tennessee hogs that he is offering sc
the lowest market prices. m
irst National Bank?Receives deposits,
loans money, buys and sells exchange.
makes collections and sollC' to
its your business. pi
Irs. M. J. Simrill?Will on Dec. 14, at j
her residence near Clay Hill, sell a
number of articles, including an engine,
gin and press, milch cows, ni
harness, wagons, etc. la
as. M. Starr & Co.?Say they don't
sell hog and hominy, but have artl- *1
cles necessary to use in saving hog
meats. Your attention is called to u;
Starr's syrup tar and white pine?25c.
'oushee Cash Store?Has cut the price '
on all millinery goods Just half for "
ten days. th
. Edgar Poag, Broker, Rock Hill?Is tj.
putting a pertinent question to you
in regard to buying and selling real 111
estate. He offers a number of tracts iv
of land for sale and rent. w
outhern Railway?Calls attention to
recent changes in its schedules on
the. Charleston division.
. Q. Wray?Announces a clean sweep w
sale in dress goods, clothing, white
goods, gingham and cloak departments.
He wants to turn his goods
into money quick and is making some ir
Interesting prices to quick buyers. hi
'ork Drug Store?Announces the display
of its large stock of Christmas
and holiday goods. It has goods for
old and young at all sorts of prices, w
You are invited to come and see the j,
display. ^
DISPENSARY SALES. *
e;
The following figures as the gross j
ally sales of the dispensary last j]
reek. day by day, were furnished by t(
Mspenser Snider at the request of Thr
IxqiunEn:
Monday, November 23 $255 24
Tuesday, November 24 185 60
Wednesday, November 25 .. 340 05 H
Thursday. November 26 .... Closed w
Friday, November 27 229 15 t,,
Saturday, November 28 ... 356 74
.. n
Total for week $1,366 78 !i
The gross profits on the sale for the i:
reek amounts to $279.09. Dispenser d
inide'- says that the aggregate for the a
reek is not. unusual and turned to the h
ame week of last year to find that the ei
otal sales amounted to $1,297.39 ?a
urerenee in ravor or last weea 01 omy
G9.29. 21
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ABOUT PEOPLE. ?
Geo. W. S. Hart, Esq., went to Co- ^
umbia this morning on professional M
usiness.
Mr. W. T. Herron of Wautauga c
ounty, N. C., is visiting relatives in ''
"orkville and vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dunlap and li
hild returned to Rick Hill Monday, fi
fter a visit of several days to the famly
of Mr. J. R. Witherspoon.
Editor Hull of the Herald, came over f<
rom Rock Hill yesterday afternoon at
.29 and returned on the night train,
fter spending about four and a half
ours here. cl
The following young ladles of Win- "
hrop college, spent the Thanksgiving cl
olldays with friends and relatives in ^
rorkville: Misses Marcella Willis, s
ierald Lowry, Mary Williams, Mary
lunice Grist and Carrie Beard. s<
THE STREET FAIR.
The Columbus Carnival and Street
'air company which had possession of a
"orkville last week released its hold
t a late hour Saturday night and left p
esterday morning for Wlnnsboro, C]
i-here it is to hold forth during the .
resent week. Yorkville people are c,
till engaged in trying to arrive at a q
onclusion as to whether the export- n
lent has paid. oi
The argument of the carnival man- h
gement with the town authorities was v:
hat the aggregation of shows would w
ttrnct to the town a large number of ai
eople from all the country surround- ig,
and the Increased trade thus re- r<
ulting would be of great benefit to- M
usiness. Although the proposition si
eemed plausible enough, the authorl- tt
les were somewhat doubtful as to how ii
f would work out, and the negotla- la
lens resulted in an agreement in which pi
he fire company was to pay certain bill a
osting and electric lighting expenses, ft
jid receive 10 per cent of the gross re- c<
eipts from the sale of tickets and con- essions,
etc. la
The firemen provided tickets takers ol
3 look after their Interest and had dai- 01
>* settlements with the carnival man- di
geinent. The final settlement, made T
Saturday night showed the gross re- cr
tipts of the carnival management to S;
' $1,070.30, and of this the part com- cl
ig to the firemen was $107.30, all of ti
hich has gone toward the partial pay- ni
icnt of expenses. The management et
n the part of the firemen hopes to cr
onie out about even in the final set- \<
lenient. w
It seems to be fair to estimate the
>lal receipts of the carnival people, if
icluding the various concessions, m
s having been in the neighborhood of la
2,000, and it is fair also to estimate tli
feat the greater portion of this sum re- It
mined in the town. It is doubtful as v.
> whether they carried away more il;
:111 ?juu or over wnui inej n.
ought with them. sn
Inquiry of business men leads to the si:
[inclusion that as a trade bringer, the th
irnival has been a failure. Nearly so
verybody did a good business the first v.
ay liefore the shows got in operation; ol
ut after that visitors spent most of th
leir money at the shows. Some few nc
f the stores report good business on in
[ count of the carnival, but that is the Kception
rather than the rule. Most or
[' them say business was fiat. Qi
Taken altopether the behavior of the i ii
trnival people was good. During the th
celc several of them fell into the hands i s
' the police on account of two much al
hisky, and the Saturday night row th
out the same cause, referred to else- in
here, came near being serious; but :ik
ken altogether, it is fair to say that po
the town was not benefitted by Its
perience, it is hardly much the worse
f, and when the authorities receive
lother proposition from a carnival
impany, they will no doubt consider
e same in the light of their experiices
with the outfit that has just left
e town.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Clark's Fork school, Miss E.
iris teacher, has secured the prlvige
of the S. A. L. library, through
rs. Eugenia B. Heard of Middleton,
a. The pupils and patrons of the
hool are very much pleased with the
. quisition.
supervisor ooya cnanenges mo .eint
statement to the effect that there
rock enough on the Yorkville and
haron road for two miles of maeadn.
He does not think that the rock
i far laid down is good for much
ore than a mile.
The Columbia State calls attention
? the fact that the sale of toy cap
istols or caps for the same, Is In vio.tion
of the law and Is punishable by
lie not exceeding $100, or hnprisonent
not exceeding thirty days. The
w also prohibits the giving away of
leh articles.
The Methodists of the county are as
?ual, very much Interested in the
eeting of the State Conference at
teen wood r.ext Friday. As a general
ling Methodism is In good shape in
sis locality, and the congregations are
lore or less attached to their respecte
preachers. As to whether there
ill be any changes cannot be foreisted;
but there is every reason to
sllexe that most of the congregations
ould prefer to have things remain as
ley are.
At the instance of those who desired
iforniatlon on the subject, the reporter
us undertaken to get at the right of
le grand jury to make public presen
ition of alleged offenders together
1th the names of alleged witnesses,
udge Townsend is the source of the
jporter's information. His honor
indly entered into an comprehensive
xplanation of the whole procedure
lvolved in the matter. "Ordinarily,"
udge Townsend said, "indictments
sine through the solicitor. That offlsr
gets his information and facts
0111 the magistrates, who develop the
ime at preliminary hearings. Someiiies,
however, it happens that notithslanding
the popularly conceded
yister.ce of some notorious nuisance,
o citizen is to be found who is willig
to make charges on affidavit. Magnates
cannot move except by afflavit.
That is, until somebody makes
charge in proper form, the magistrate
as nothing to go on. Under such cirumstances
the grand jury may, in
hatever manner, from its own inforlation,
or through the reports of citii-ns,
report the objectionable situation
) the court together with the names
f probable witnesses. Upon the reort
of the grand jury, the solicitor
.lives the Information upon the magnate
in whose Jurisdiction the'alleged
flense may lie, and the magistrate
inds the witnesses for appearance be>re
the grand jury. If, after examinaon,
the grand jury finds that the tesmony
of the witnesses is sufficient
> make a probable case, they return a
ue bill, and a bench warrant issues
>r the alleged offender. There Is no
rovislon in a case of this kind for a
reliminary hearing; but I have no
oubt that such a hearing could be seured
by the accused If, immediately,
pon hearing of the published
harges, he should ask for an invest!
atlon. it is not oniy me rigni oi me
rand jury to bring matters to the at?ntion
of the court in this way; but
is the duty of the grand jury to do
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The secretary of state has issued
charter to the Strauss-Smith comany
af Yorkville. Mr. H. C. Strauss is
resident and Mr. C. W. Smith is seretary
and tre;isurer.
? From the advertisement in another
Jlumn, it will be noted that Mr. W. R.
arroll has brought a carload of Tenessee
hogs to Yorkville, the first to be
ffered on this market for quite awhile,
[e has sold a number to private indiIduals,
and the probability ip that he
111 dispose of the lot in short order
Fter Interested people learn his prices.
? The alleged pickpocket who was
icently arrested at the instigation of
[r. Sam Leech of Hickory Grove, is
:ill in jail. Mr. Leech was here to
:stify against the man on Thanksgivig
Day; but the case could not be
LWfully tried then and had to be postoned.
The accused negro has not had
hearing, and there is talk of trans>rring
his case to the magistrate's
>urt.
? The drunk and disorderly record of
st week as indicated by the number
f arrests niacin each day by the police
i that charge was as follows: Monpy,
5; Tuesday, 6; Wednesday, 9;
hursday, 1; (dispensary closed on ac>unt
of Thanksgiving); Friday, 11;
aturday 4. These arrests do not Inude
a number that were indirectly
aceable to too much whisky. Quite a
amber of drunk and disorderly offend s
escaped arrest because their misinduct
did not come under the obserttion
of the police. The fines for the
eek amounted to about $125.
? The crowning of the queen of the
trnivul and the awarding of the diaond
ring, etc., did not take place
st Friday night in accordance with
K- announcement as made previously.
was because several young ladies
ho were being voted for declined posively
to allow further use of their
lines. The impression got out that
une of the women connected with the
iow would probably be voted for by
e carnival crowd and this determined
ime of the ladies in their decision
ith regard to the matter. Others had
her good reasons and so the whole
ing was called off. The ring was
>t awarded and there was no crowng
of the queen.
- There was but a small audience
it to hear the American Saxophone
uartette at the Graded'School auditoLtm
last Saturday night: but nevereless
the performance was up to the
lual high standard of this exceptlonly
fine combination. It is probable
at the small attendance was due, a3
uch as anything else to the fact that
ost of the amusement patronizing
rtion of the population had been
pretty well surfeited by the street fair.
Also it Is pretty well understood that
Saturday night is a poor one for such
entertainments, and again the cold
weather was another serious drawback.
? The schedule of the Southern railroad
has been very much Improved, so
far as Yorkvllle Is concerned, as the
result of a change that went Into effect
last Sunday afternoon. No. 113
from Charleston now passes here at
4.29 p. m., Instead of at 8.16 p. m., as
formerly. The change gives Yorkvllle
a direct northern mail and passenger
connection at Blacksburg and provides
two northern outlets each twenty-four
hours where heretofore there has been
only one. People from the western
part of the county who have business In
Yorkvllle will be able to get away earlier
in the clay than heretofore, and altogether
the change is likely to prove
acceptable to all who are Interested.
? In connection with his sermon Sunday,
Rev, W. G. Neville made some
very pointed observations on the dispensary
subject. His remarks were
suggested by the number of drunk people
he met, while coming to Yorkville
Saturday afternoon as he was returning
from Ramah church. One man
was lying in a wagon, unable to move;
one of two young men in a buggy was
too much intoxicated to take notice of
surroundings and the other greeted him
with "hello preacher!" Two other men,
each in a separate buggy were amusing
themselves In an effort to see which
could pass the> other in the road, and
still another man driving a four-seated
vehicle that evidently contained his
wife and children, was singing all kinds
of songs. Mr. Neville said that on seeing
these and numerous others he was
constrained to reflect 011 the probability
that every other road in the county
showed up in about the same manner,
and he could not escape from consideration
of the misery that was necessarily
prevailing in so many York
county homes on account of the dispensary.
ALMOST A RIOT.
The action of the police if arresting
some of the show people for disordetly
conduct, came near precipitating a riot
on last Saturd.'iy night. Fortunately
there was no bloodshed; but for a time
it looked as if somebody would surely
I:e killed.
The trouble originated at the merry-go-round.
By the terms of the contract
between the carnival company
ni.d the town, the firemen were receiving
a part of the proceeds, and had
ticket takers to look after their Interests
there as at all the other attractions.
Practically everything had stopped
but the merry-go-round. Previous
incidents had given rise to a suspicion
that the managers of some of the attractions
on the part of the carnival
company, were not acting squarely, and
conditions ' were such that one ticket
taker could not look after the Interests
of the firemen, especially at the merrygo-round.
The young man who was managing
the merry-go-round on the part of the
carnival company, objected to the
presence of more than one ticket taker
on the part of the firemen, and ordered
one of them off the machine. The firemen's
representative, Mr. Chess Youngblood,
declined to recognize the order,
and the carnival man grew offensive.
Policeman Turner came up and the
carnival man attempted to push him
away. Blows passed, other policemen
came up and pretty soon the carnival
man was being marched toward the
court house.
A large portion of the carnival crowd
had pretty well liquored up, and many
of them gathered about the police with
the evident intention of attempting a
rescue. A number of citizens were attracted
by the hubbub, swearing and
cursing and shouts of "kill, kill," etc.,
and most of these were deputized to assist
the officers.
As the crowd passed up street the
carnival people following the police and
their prisoners in a threatening manner,
Mr. A. Rose, state constable, appeared
on the scene with three Springfield
rifles and other arms which he
turned over to different citizens. This
action was unknown to the show men,
and one of them, picking up a large
stone, slipped up behind Policeman
Whitener, as if to strike. W. H. Dunlap,
Esq., saw the movement and presenting
a revolver in the fellow's face
told him to "Drop that rock and run."
The fellow did as ordered.
The crowd proceeded on around to
the council chamber, and the carnival
mob began to angrily debate the question
of attempting a rescue. It was
about this time that Constable Ro.se arrived
wildi his Springfields, all in cool
determined hands, and when he told
the show people to get off the portico
to the council chamber they obeyed.
An effort was afterward made to
find the man who had sought to assault
Policeman Whitener, but he could
not be found. Mr. Hoss of the carnival
management, arrived shortly after
the two merry-go-round men had been
locked up and secured their release by
miffIncr 11 n J9R In rvnsh frkr Pflrth.
Mayor Willis attempted a thorough
investigation of the matter on Monday
morning; but because of conflicting
testimony and inability to Identifv the
various offenders was unable to arrive
at a satisfactory conclusion as to just
what he should do. He finally imposed
a fine of $15 on the two merry-goround
men. and closed the case.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The case of W. C. Latimer vs. the
York Cotton mills, which was in progress
when the last issue of The Enquirer
went to press resulted in a
verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of
$50.
This whs a suit on an ulleged contract
for personal service. The plaintiff
set up that he had been employed by
the defendant for one year at $75 per
month, and that although he hod held
his services in readiness, the defendant
hud failed to make use of them. He
claimed that the defendant owed him
$f00 for a year's work. The defendant
denied that a contract had been made
for a vear, or that it had ever agreed
to pay niore than $50 a month. As the
result >f a former trial the jury found
for the plaintiff in the sum of $450;
hut the supreme court sent the case
hack on account of errors made by
the court below. Plaintiff asked for a
new trial, and the judge took the papers
with the understanding that he
would announce his decision later.
The last case disposed of at the regular
term was that of D. Lee Good and
Lester H. Good, plaintiffs against Samuel
G. Carroll defendant. This case
was heard at the April term of the
< ourt. and resulted in a mistrial. The
plaintiffs had sawed some lumber for
the defendant from stocks furnished
by tlie latter and there was a dispute
over ihe linal settlement. The plaintiffs
claimed *20:1.12, and the jury gave
ilitm JG2.50.
Senator Brice argued a motion for a
new trial in the case of S. W. Mitchell
vs. the Woodmen of the World. His
principal point was the failure of the
court to construe to the jury the constitution
and by-laws of the Woodmen,
as required hv law. He also claimed
that ihe jury had disregarded the instructions
of the court to the effect that
if it showed that there was nothing
in the ritual of the supreme lodge of
Woodmen to warrant the introduction
of a goat into the Initiatory ceremonies.
the supreme lodge could not be
held responsible. Judge Tovvnsend
took the papers in the case without
saying anything to indicate his disposition
with regard to a new trial.
Judge Townsend left for his home in
Union Saturday night, and on Monday
morning, the court convened in special
session, with Hon. J. E. McDonald, of
Winnsboro, presiding as special judge.
Upon the call of the venire as originally
drawn, the following jurymen
answered to their names:
J. W. Brown, H. L. Wright. A, L.
Fundi, W. A. Aycock, Fred Nlms. R.
L. Quinn, T. J. Strait, E. L. Garrison.
I. C. Grayson. J. S. Currence, R. E.
Fewell, J. W. Love, R. M. Dulln, J. R.
Comer, Felix Quinn, R. W. Roach, R.
R. Clinton, A, B. Fewell, D. M. Benfield.
G. ?R. McCarter, J. E. Marshall,
T. H. Drennan, E. W. Klmbrell, J. R.
Hunter, C. P. Lowrance, H. M. Klmbrell,
J. B. McCorkle, D. F. Lesslie,
S. A. Sifford, J. C. Kirkpatrick.
The following had been reported by
^ ' * ? **9. rn T?
ne siieriu eta uui iuuuu , x. xa. ?? ?hwsides,
J. E. Edwards, J. L. Crawford,
L. T. Wood failed to appear because of
illness. A. T. Neely and D. R. Loner
failed to appear because of exemption
vnder the law. The following were
excused by the court: A. B. Fewell, J.
E. Marshall, E. W, Kimbrell, H. M.
Kimbrell, S. A. Sifford.
The venire having thus been reduced
*o twenty-five jurors it became necessary
to draw eleven names from the
seven-mile box to complete It. The
Ira wing resulted as follows:
Withers Adlckes, Geo. T. Schorb,. J.
W. Gardner, Paul T. McNeel, John C.
Robinson, J. G. Brown, E. Mi Dickson,
P. N. Porter, W. R. Carroll, R. J. flernJon,
R. E. McFarland.
The first case taken up was that of
A. Brown Ferguson, plaintiff, against
he Georgia. Carolina and- Northern
railroad. Messrs. Wilson & Wilson appeared
for the plaintiff and Messrs. J.
L. Glenn and W. B. McCaw for the defendant.
The suit is for $3,000 for alleged
damages to plaintiffs land by
high water in the river. Plaintiff
claims that the alleged damage resulted
because of alleged defective
construction of defendant's trestle over
Catawba river. The defendant denies
all of the muterlal allegations of the
plaintiff. The case consumed the greater
part of yesterday and the trial had
not hoen concluded when The ENQUIR
nn went to press.
CONDITION OF THE SOUTHERN.
The following is from the Yorkvllle
correspondent of the News and Courier,
and published in that paper, In its
issue of last Saturday, is of interest
to the local public. The correspondent
of the News and Courier is Mr. S: M.
Grist:
Since September 3, when that unfortunate
disaster took place on the
Southern railway at Fishing creek trestle,
two and a half miles east of Yorkville,
there has been a great deal of
talk throughout the territory traversed
by the Kingville and Marion branch,
as to the condition of the road-bed,
track, trestles and bridges. Many of
the talkers said that the road was a
veritable death-trap, and that accidents
were liable to happen at almost
any point on the line because of rotten
ties, trestles, etc.
For the hrst few days after the collapse
of the Fishing creek trestle, the
prophets predicted the next to go would
ue that over Bullock's creek, about nine
miles west of Yorkville. As will be remembered,
the grand jury inspected
the structure and pronounced that in
its opinion the trestle was dangerous,
and recommended that it be repaired
without delay, and also recommended
that new ties be put in at certain
points.
In less than two weeks after the visit
of the grand jury a new trestle had
been substituted for the old one at
Bullock's creek, in fact the railroad
people had commenced the work before
the recommendation had been made,
and ties by the thousand were put in
OO nlfllif O o fhair AAlllH ho CnttATl
and placed In position, and the work I#
still being pushed.
Notwithstanding the extensive improvements
that were being rushed
forward by reason of the superior facilities
of the Southern railway for doing
such work, in the language of a
well-known local character, some people
continued to "run their mouths" as
to the supposed dangerous condition of
the road, and recently have devoted the
major portion of their attacks to Manning
branch and King's creek trestles
two of the highest on the road between
Smyrna and Blacksburg, in Cherokee
county.
The talk has had its effect on the *
pu' lie, deterring some who would otherwise
have done so from traveling
over the road. About two weeks ago
your correspondent determined that he
would, in the Interest of th public and
in justice to the railroad, investigate
conditions for himself, being satisfied
before he started that they were not
exactly as represented by the "mouth
runners."
The investigation has convinced him
that the road from end to end is in far
better condition than it has been at
any time during the past ten years,
and is as safe so far as passengers and
employees are concerned as any road
In South Carolina.
As expert, disinterested proof of this
it is only necessary to quote a remark
that Mr niiff Lee. one of the oldest
engineers in point of service on the
road, was overheard to make at the
depot here recently, and which was
made by him with no thought that It
would ever be printed. He said: "I
have been running on this road about
twelve years and it is in better condition
now than at any time since I have
been on it." Of course, if Mr. Lee had
not known that his statement wgs correct
he would not have made if, as he*
could not possibly gain anything by
misrepresenting conditions. And right
here it seems to be in order to ask who
is in better position, and, therefore,
better prepared to judge as to the physical
condition of a railroad track than
a locomotive engineer who passes over
it daily?
In this correspondent's investigation
the condition of Manning branch and
King's creek trestle were especially
inquired into, and it was found that
during the past thirty days a large
force of men have been at work on the
latter rebuilding it, and that in a very
short time it will be a brand new
structure, and that the Manning
branch trestle has been gone over
carefully and every piece of timber
that was found to be defective replaced
by a new one.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Death of Rev. C. B. Betts.
News was received here this morning
of the death of Rev. C. B. Betts, which
occurred at his home at Richburg. He
was about 76 years of age. The funeral
takes place at Union church tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock. The services
will be conducted by Rev. R. G.
Miller or Sarais, in. ana ne win oe
assisted by other members of the First
A. R. presbytery.
Almost a Fire.
Neely's Creek Associate Reformed
church had a narrow escape from destruction
by fire last Sunday night.
The fire occurred just as services were
about to be commenced, and originated
from a defective stove flue, from
which a spark was communicated to
the roof. The building was saved only
as the result of some good work on
the part of some of the young men.
The loss, which was trifling, is fully
covered by insurance.
Condition of Mr. G. L. Riddle.
The news from Mr. G. L. Riddle
since Friday has been rather more favorable
than was indicated in the last
issue of The Enquirer. Mr. Riddle
showed unlooked for improvement during
Friday afternoon and his condition
continued better Saturday, Sunday and
Monday. He was somewhat restless
this morning; but otherwise there was
no appreciable change In his conditidn;
Mrs. M. J. Clark, his sister, arrived at