Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-10-19

Mr. Albert Wallace, a well-knOWn citizen OF
the eastern part of the county, fell Friday
evening from spring wagon he was driving
and broke his neck, opposite the residence or
Mr. Cyrus Morrison, eight miles from the
city. Though no one Was in the wagon with
him, several wagons were just behind, ana tne
accident was discovered Immediately. Inc
cause of the fatal fall was slight jostle as the
wheel of the wagon ran into small fut, and
MI Wallace being intoxicated was thrown
out. ". :,
The victim of this accident was a we'll
known character. He was known in the city
and county as 'Prince Albert" a title which
he gave himself For thirty years or more 1T
had been his unbroken habit to get very drunk
when he came to Charlotte, and during this
long period it is said that what with runaways
and falls similar to the fatal one of Friday, he
had actually broken every bone in his body ex-
cept the spinal column. In the city he
was generally known for his drinking habits,
as when he got thoroughly full he used to
mount his horse or get into his vehicle and
leave town with whoop and run when ne
could manage to avoid the police. But at
home and among his neighbors he was very
different, seldom getting drunk and command
ing respect and confidence, and but for the
unfortunate whisky louping habits inherited
remembered without doubt, only asa good and
substantial citizen of the county. His father
before him was a man of substance and char
acter. and left him a considerable property.
which was however dssipated by the war and
his habits lie leaves widow about whose
maidenboOd some romance is thrown by the
fact that she was courted and fought over oy
two distinguished South Carolinians, Lewis
T. Wigfall and Preston Brooks, to the latter or
whom she was full cousin. Besides the duel
with Brooks, Wigfall, it is said, fought anoth-
er and fatal duel on her account with re-
lation of Mrs. Wallace, Thomas Bird. She
was first married to gentleman OF upper
South Carolina named Cross, whose WIDOW she
was when Mr.. Wallace married her.-Char-
l0tte JOn1,dl, stu.
D1rTy OF REsT.-There is false idea pre-
valent about resting enough in the few weeks
of summer to last year. However full OF de-
light and peace the lazy hours in the country,
however freighted with strength and rest the
long DAYS by the sea, we cannot hoard ana
carry away enough of the precious store.
Every twenty-four hours is circle OF It's own,
in which to tear down or build up, and what
ever is spent between one SundoWn and anoth-
Ell must be made good from food, recreation
and rest, and whoever commences the MORN
ing already tired is spending too much some
where. and will find that a system of paying
natures past debts by drawing on the future
will make him a bankrupt. But we 90 not
need to wait till in the fullness OF time we can
ioin the thrOng at watering places. 10 any
one, unless shut up between four Drlck walls,
if there belong a green spot some where
around the house. if he can sit at least under
one vine and fig tree of his own, there IS at
hand perennial spring, if he but knows how
to drink of it, Perhaps you will say. II can,
not stop to rest ; l have no time; Will by anu
by, but now must do my work." An /. Dut
are YOU sure of your by and by? the one on
this side of eternity, | mean Are you not
doing the very thing now that may lose II 1or
you. or if entered upon, will it not, instead or
being spent in rest as you fondly hoped, be
spent in vain regrets for the strength SO ln-
wisely and hopelessly lost Moreover, WllaG
is this work you must be constantly doiliS
If to do good is your ruling motive have yoh
not learned that it is what you are as Well as
what YOU do, that blesses the world ana
thouoh the toll of YOUR hands is worth much,
a beautiful spirit of good cheer surrounding
you is worth more and you are not becoming
the best YOU might be if you have no time to
entertain this spirit of rest and strength when
cannot live with WEAKNESS. S.-Hcr0tdQ Q HedHh.
pss' Wheat is supposed to have come orisl-
nally from Asia, north of the Himalaya noun
tains. where it grew Wild Corn comes from
South America. Wheat was first grown on
the American continent by Il slave of Cortez
in Mexico. The James river settlers, under
instructions of the Indians, began to raise corn
in 16O8. Samples of wheat were sent to Ell-
rope from the Dutch colony Of New Neither
lands as early as 1926. AS early as 1870, rye
and-Indian" bread was becoming fashionable,
and oats and barley were cultivated as soon as
rye. The growth in the grain area has been
almost unbroken, and at very early day the
colonists had a surplus for export. New Eng
land, the South and Middle States DO not pro-
duce enough wheat to supply their own wants,
but the South is rapidly increasing her acre
age of both wheat and corn. The export trade
in grain has been a regular and important
business since 1921. Prior to that IL was
spasmodic and intermittent. Often as late as
1917 the home wheat crop was not equal to
the consumption, and imports were made from
Europe.