Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-15

Will Ihose VI seVeral preceulnS yeats'
Years. Bales. Years. Bales.
l8S0Sl... .."..6 $50, ,329 1872 73.....3, ,a30, ,508
9S0......... 5757, 1897 1871 ,35l
S7S79.."......5O73,5 ,53l 1870 T.... ..4 49,, ,3l7
S77-7S..~.".4S Sll 1868 1863. 9.70....".3, l54, ,946
1857 4S5423 ls6S.69.. 439, ,039
$3.50 2SS 1867 68........ q 49s. .S95
S32, ,99l lS66-Gi O59, I'll
73-74.............4, FO, 1888
From the comparison it will be seen that
the crop largely exceeded that Of previous
years.
The average gross weight per bale this
season was 4S5.SS lbs., against 4S1.55 lbs., in
1880, or 4.33 lbs, more than last year, which
indicates l5.48 per cent. increase in the total
weight of the crop. Had, therefore, only as
many pounds been put into each bale as dur
ing the previous season, the crop would have
aggregated 6,648, ,420 bales.
Penitentiary News.
- Senator Bradley, of Pickens, who has
recently attended meeting of the Board of
Directors of the State penitentiary, has given
the Greenville Neus very favorable account
of the workings of that institution. He
says:
"The new shoe factory in the penitentia,y
is making good progress, turning out about
900 pairs of shoes per week, with the expec.
tation of soon largely increasing the produc-
ton. This work is done by contract labor
for which the proprietors of the factory pay
so cents per day for men and 373 cents per
day for women and boys The shoes made
are excellent goods and nothing of the shoddy
kind. The penitentiary farm near Columbia,
worked by convict labor, will produce this
year from 400 to 500 bales of cotton and
about 10000 bushels of corn.
"The Board were applied to recently by
phosphate companies for the hire of 200 con.
victs at S1666S per month. The demand for
labor of this kind being greater than the
supply.
From the income of the penitentiary the
board have on hand in bank, cash profits
amounting to $4,000, with the last State ap-
preparation of $4,000 also in bank, untouch-
ed. These figures contrast very favorably
with those of the days of radical proAigacy
when the penitentiary was yearly expense
to the State of about $4,000, and even then
the convcts were poorly fed and otherwise
cared for.
"Under the present management the con-
victs are we'll treated, and the penitentiary is
not only not an expense, but it is an actual
profit to the State" r., .....
Attempt to Kill Guiteau.
- ATT o'clock, Sunday evening, an at
tempt was made to kill Guiteau in his cell.
At that hour Battery B, Second Artillery,
was relieving Capt. Graves command, which
had been on duty at the Jail the previous "a
hours. The Battery arrived in three wagons,
in the first of which was seated First Ser
geant Mason. As the wagon drew up in front
of the Jail, Mason jumped out, threw his cap
aside, and with musket on bis shoulder, pro.
ceeded to the right wing of the jail. A few
seconds brought him abreast of the window
through which Guiteau had been often seen.
Putting his gun to his shoulder, clear re-
port, which rang through the Jail, told the
story of his intention and act The ball
grazed Guiteau's head and penetrated his
coat, which was hanging on the side of the
cell. Sergeant Mason surrendered himself
to his commanding officer, Capt. McGilvray,
who immediately put him under arrest.
Mason is native of Virginia, and has been
nineteen years in the service. He says he
shot for the purpose of killing Guiteau,
and is sorry he missed him. He had be-
come tired of riding over cobble stones to the
Jail every day to guard the life of such a
cur as Guteau, so he made up his mind to
kill him. He loaded his gun before he left
the arsenal, and as soon as be reached the
iail, he went to the window where Guiteau nsu-
ally stands, waiting and gaping for the arri.
val of the guard-that he fired, and that is
all there is about it. Guiteau was overcome
with fear, and he pleaded for removal to
another part of the building. His request
will probably be granted.
Melancholy Death in Greenrille.
James P. Moore, prominent and
heretofore trusted citizen of Greenville, was
found dead in his bed at his residence in that
city, on Thursday morning last. A coroner's
Jury was summoned which rendered verdict
that he "came to his death from the effect
of annodynes administered by himself, but
whether with the intention of taking his life
or not the jury are unable to say" For several
DAYS previous to his death, rumors were cur
rent in Greenville charging him with breach
of trust which eliminated in warrant be.
ing issued for his arrest. To escape the con-
sequences of arrest, it is supposed that he
decided to take his own life. Since his
death it has been ascertained that he had
appropriated to his own use about $1,000
which did not belong to him, all of which
he had gambled away. He was promi-
nent attorney of Greenvile. In 1868 he was
elected commissioner of equity for Greenville
county, which office be held for number of
years; just after the war he was for some
years a trial justice in 1871 and 1872 he
was mayor of the city; in 1873 he was elect
ed a member of the State House of Represen-
tatives for the past eight years he has held
the office of clerk of the board of county conf
missioners.
Among the crooked transactions of which
he was guilty, was the converting to his own
use the sum of 81 ,445.79 which had been en-
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