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The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

DetACGRiHe ann AAA tsAOflAt
By the production of honey great
amount of wealth may be added to that
which the farmer and fruit grower al
ready possesses Irrigation and alfalfa
have come to the west to stay. Bee
keeping is an industry the possibilities
OF which have been greatly enlarged
by the growing of alfalfa 1t is diff
cult to estimate the honey-producing
qualities of this plant. 1t yields
bountiful supply of nectar and the
honey when properly cared for is of
the best There is no reason why
honey should not form part of the
daily food of every family, as il can be
secured with a very small outlay. A
good colony of bees should gather at
least fifty pounds of surplus honey
each season and send out one good
swarm. The honey would at a low es-
innate be worth five dollars and the
swarm much more. The total profit
would amount to at least eight dollars.
Putting smoke into a hive will keep
bees from stinging. A repetition of
the smoking will have a tendency to
quiet bees that are disposed to leave.
No one should try to keep bees with
out smoker. Modern hives can be Sc
cured for s1.50. With necessary equip
ments bees can be easily handled. They
play an important part in the fertiliza-
tion of flowers, but care must be TAX
en- in spraying trees where bees are
kept He who sprays the bloom not
only runs the risk of killing the bees.
but destroys the possibility of fruit
crop, thus thwarting the very purpose
for which the spraying is done. Am
eriean Agriculturist.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

John" she began, upon his return
from the city, did you hear that pho
hograph thing play when you were up
in York"
"Nope-tried to but couldn't"
Couldn't? Why not?''
We'll. l went up to the store where
they keep the ALFRED things, hitched
my horses an went in.
Is this the place where you hear
things by machine?' says l. Yes,
says the clerk What do you want to
hear?' Oh, anything, says /. How
about Sousa?' says he.
Course l didn't know who Sousa
WIZ, but l kinder allowed he was one
of them comica1 fellows, so 1 says yes.
Then I puts a couple Of little rub
ber hoses into my ears, dropped mic
kel into the ALFRED machinery, an
darn me if | could hear the machine
play, because just then | hears a band
of music. Thought of course. that brin-
die horse would get scared of the mu-
sic, so l run out an held him. But
| thought the band must have been go
in down some other street, for no
sooner than I'd taken them things out
of my ears l didn't hear it no more.
Il held the horses a few minutes
longer, SOS TO make sure they wouldn't
be skeered o. the band, then I went
back 10 hear the durn machine ag'in.
By golly, that tarnal band began to
play ag'in, an | run out an grabbed
the horses. Couldn't see the band men
nowhere, so I went an put the hoses
in my ears once more. Dropped anoth-
er nickel in the machine, an when
heard that music ag'in / allowed the
band was upstairs, an the pesky band
men were playin' every time / stepped
in, so l run out, grabbed the horses, an
when l couldn't see no band l knew
then it was upstairs, SO just jumped
inter the old wagon and drove home. .
New York Journal
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
Modern Journalism.

Modern Editor-How many answers
have you received to our question
Which would you rather be, a boot
Jack or a cow"
Assistant-F'ive hundred; make sew
enteen pages.
Are they all in type?'
s'Yes, sir.
did you write a ten-column article
about our new building?"
Yes. sir. makes ten and half"
Did McGinnis get the thousand
want ads / sent him to beg, borrow OF
steal?''
"All of them.
very good. Now write few col
umns about our increasing circulation
and we will go to press. New York
Weekly.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

Russia Furnishes offending officials.
The governor of Mohilew recently sem
fenced a man to fifty strokes of the
knout, though corporal punishment has
been abolished, and the district presi-
dent increased this to one hundred
strokes. The man complained and the
president was sentenced to six months
Imprisonment This sentence has been
set aside as being too light. and both
officials are to be tried for endangerins
she mans life.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
wanan,s Rlclts.

In vain he sought in the crowded car
TO stoop down to get his handkefchie1
that had fallen TO the floor. The new
woman thought he was trying to push
her to one side to secure More roou.
~Sir," said she, frig1dly and With an
sterity. Il stand upon my rights. Bee
pardon, mum. said the red-nosed zen
ueman by the stoye: you're sEaualn
on III gen 1'manss hankercaer. anf
the car passed on rs.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

A clerk in Chicago bookstore was
surprised, not long ago. when young
lady came into the store and said to
him: q want to buy present OF a
book for young man." Yes,
miss, said he. what kind Of book
do you want?'' why, a book for a
young man." .FWell-but what kind OF
a young man?'' "0h, he's tall and has
light hair, and he always wears blue
necktfesi"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

It was related of one Of the members
of Grants first cabinet former ccl-
lege professor Of the 'know-it-all' va
riety. that he was on one occasion dis
coursing on the subject OF the Druses.
when an auditor interrupted him with
the remark that the encyclopedia did not
agree with him. OH was the reply.
II know a great deal more about the
Druses than ! did when I wrote thar
article in the cycIopedia. -Argonaut-
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
slandered Him.

$50 many people tell me that you
are fast, Lionel" she declared. in dull
Get tones, "but / know better" How
good of you.'' "It's only the truth.
Lionel, for you are positively slow. It's
two years since you began devoting
yourself to me, and yet you have not
reached definite proposal.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

A wonderful flower has been discov'
cred in Central America. Its chief pc
culiarity is the habit of changing col
ors during the day. In the morning Il
is white, at noon it is red, and at night
it is blue. The red, white and blue
flower grows on a tree, and only a
noon does it give out any perfume.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
upanswerabie.

Aged Husband-You are going to
ruin me with your extravaganza. You
don't need that cape any more than a
cat needs two tails. How often have
told you never to buy anything be-
cause it is cheap? Young Wife with
the air of one who has got the better
of the argument) it was not
cheap. 1t cost fifty dollars.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
A Dednition.

Jim" inquired schoolboy Of one
of his mates, what is the meaning Of
'relics?'" Don't you know? Wen,
can tell you. You know the master
licked me in school yesterday" Yes"
well. he wasn't satisfied with that,
but he kept me in and licked me again.
That's what l call re-lick."
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
He Worked.

"You are one of those gentlemen
who think the world owes them liv-
ing, / take it, said the sociological
student. Nary time" said Kelly, the
con king. ssI work fer every cent I
git. Brain work. When | git the no.
ton the world owes me livin' I'll let
you know. l don't like to have that
said about me, when l never was in
politics in my life.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

Sensitive One-For heavens sake.
what are you applauding that for? You
don't want to hear that woman murder
that song again, do you? The Encore
Fiend-To tell the truth, ] don't; but
I'm bound she shall sing it over again
just for punishment It's rough on
me, but then I'm willing to suffer if |
can only get my revenge.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15

She-Cholly Schaick needn't put on
such airs just because he wins bicycle
races. They say his father showed q
push-cart.
He-Pedalling seems to run in the
family, doesn't it?
The Monmouth inquirer., 1897-07-15
Feared for His Horses.

John" she began, upon his return
from the city, did you hear that pho
hograph thing play when you were up
in York? ?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17
DID HE ASSIST.

Several weeks ago white mana
brother-in-law to NJ. R. Resse-requested
admission to the Jail. Mr. P. w. Love,
acting as deputy, searched the man found
a file on his person, and denied him ad-
mission. The facts were published in
THE ENQUIRER at the time.
The reporter is informed, on reliable
authority, that among the passengers on
the southbound Carolina & Northwestern
train last Saturday night, there was spare
built man Of about 40 pounds weight who
sat the whole distance from Gastonia to
Yorkville in the first-class coach with his
hat pulled down over his eyes and his
coat collar pulled up to his ears. His
features were not visible at any time du-
ring the trip; but our informant is certain
that he wore heavy mustache of light
sandy color, and says that when the train
reached Yorkville, the man grabbed his
valise and darted out Of sight with the
least possible time.
People who are we'll acquainted with
the man of the file incident, say that he
answers very nicely indeed to the des-
cription of the man who was seen on the
Narrow Gauge train last Saturday night.
Under the circumstances, that the two
men should be one and the same, would
not be at all surprising.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17
HYDRoPHoBIA RAMPANT.

Hydrophobia has been playing havoc
in the lower portion of the Bethesda
township, in the vicinity of. Warren sta
ton, during the past few weeks. The
reporter gets his information from Messrs
D. L. Black and J. s. Sandifer.
It seems that few weeks ago mad
dog passed through the section mentioned
and bit a number of sheep, cattle, hogs
and other dogs. Since that time Mr..
Black has lost Is sheep and Mr.. j. L..
Williamson has lost 10 sheep, two hogs
and a Jersey calf. Mrs. w. B. Byers has
also lost a number of sheep, and the un-
derstanding is that on occourt of the dis
ease, about so dogs have been killed by
the people of the neighborhood. =
Speaking of the effects of hVdrophobia
on the sheep, Mr.. Black says that the ami
mails at first showed extrame nervousness.
Then they began to slobber at the mouth,
butt al everything in sight, and finally
they died. Mr.. Black was not previously
believer in hydrophobia, and he is not
prepared to say that heis a believer in the
disease yet; but if this was not the trouble
with the sheep he is unable to give an
explanation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17
Rig JAIL DELIVERY.

II told you so !"
This is what almost every individual in
the county is saying just now, for long
before this time, the news has been spread
by word of mouth and otherwise, pretty
nearly everywhere, and il is extremely
doubtful as to whether it has created any
genuine surprise anywhere.
Reference is had to the escape OF Nj. X.
Reese and Daniel F. Luckie, convicted
murderers, from the York county jail.
The escape occurred sometime during
last Sunday morning, and, incidentally, it
included eleven Negro prisoners charged
with minor offenses, such as assault ana
battery, larceny, housebreaking, etc.
OF all the neat jobs Of jail-breaklng
that has ever been seen or heard OF in
this section, this was the neatest. 1t
was well-planned, well-timed and exc
cuted with a judgment and skill which,
under any other circumstances, would
have been truly admirable.
Reese did the work. That fact there is
not the least reason to doubt, and when
it is remembered that Reese was once
machinist, it is not difficult to under
stand how he was able to make such
finished Job Of it. A man not skilled in
the use Of edge tools might have done
the same thing; but he could not have
done it so nicely.
The fact that there had been a jail
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17

delivery was first discovered at about
daylight on Sunday morning. A string
of blankets hanging from square hole
in the ceiling of the third story to land
ing on the steps leading down to the
front door, told, in part, what had oc-
Cured, and how it was all done was
quickly developed by further investi-
cation.
The thing was not done in night
The details are too elaborate. To plan
and carry them all out has required
weeks and weeks of tall thinking, and
the shrewdest kind of shrewd manage
ment. The scattered odds and ends sug-
gest this idea conclusively, and they also
suggest the idea that behind it all there is
probably great deal more that will never
be known. That there was more or less
outside help is certain; but how much
and from how many different sources,
must remain a matter of conjecture.
The hole in the ceiling Of the third
story just mentioned only led from the
garret. There was another hole, of course,
through which to get into the garret.
This hole was in the ceiling of the cell
lately occupied by Reese and Luckie.
The cell is the last one back on the right
of the corridor, and the furthest one on
that side from the stairway; but once in
the garret, to get to any portion of it, OF
course, is small matter.
A description Of one of the holes men
toned answers for both, except in the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17

INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

INDEX TO NEW ADVERTlSEMENIS.
II. Hunter-Announces that on T Thurs-
day-tomorrow-he will offer hand
some lot of negligee shirts at popular
prices. Besides these he will offer a
nice line of gentleman's neckwear,
white goods, laces, check nainsook, In.
dia linons, etc. He still has some of
those California blankets.
The Carolina Buggy Company-Remlnd
you that it is prepared to furhlsh you
with Carolina buggy from stock, or
If you want an inferior buggy they can
furnish you one of Cincinnati make.
Pelham Morrow, Manager-Lets you
know that a carload Of fine Virginia
wheat has Just been received at the
Roller Mills and that you can be fur
nished with choice flour at the lowest
price.
Grist Cousins-Will sell you oranges and
lemons at Is cents dozen, bananas at 70
cents, peanuts at 5 cents quart, cottage
hams and hamlets at 10 cents pound,
and a plug of chewing tobacco for 10
cents.
F. A. Gosman-Tells of rumor that q
reward of $1,000 will be offered for the
capture of Reese and Luckie. He sug-
gests that when you decide to hunt for
thsm that you take with you q gun OF
pistol. If they are not in good order,
he will make any repairs on them that
may be needed. He can be found next
door to "Dobson's Racket" store.
J. A. Hogue-Wants an owner for SOW
and five shoats.
w. w. Lewis, Plaintiffs Attorney-Sum.
mons to absent defendant In the case o.
Jennie Roberts, plaintiff, against Marion
r Reese
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17

delay, and we would call especial atten-
ton to the fact that one cell is unsafe on
account of the damage done to it by some
prisoners in a recent attempt to escape.
July term:
It is with pleasure that we note some
Improvement at the Jail in the way of
new floors, etc. but still think that more
is necessary in making the doors more
secure by additional lockbars or fasten-
ings, and suggest that the feeding Of the
prisoners be done through the openings
in the cell doors.
November term:
We have also examined the Jail and
find it in fairly good condition, but again
recommend that additional bars or fas-
Jennings be put on the doors.
The grand jury can recommend but
cannot execute. Here it seems it has
been making highly important recon-
mendations, and actually complaining
because these recommendations were ig-
nored. Perhaps Sheriff Logan has been
too kind to the prisoners. Perhaps it
would have been better had he locked
them up in their respective cells each
night. And we verify think that with a
shrewd, financially influential, but des-
perate convict like Reese among his pris-
oners, it would have been better had be
refused to trust any unsearched visitor IN
the Jail. But, then again, in view OF all
the circumstances, especially in view OF
the grand jury's warnings, and in view OF
the fact that these prisoners secured their
liberty without having to cut a piece OF
iron even as large as a match stick, we
cannot bring ourselves to suggest that all
the blame should rest upon the jailer
alone. The responsibility for the whole
miserable business should be fixed where
it belongs without fear or favor, and the
fixing of this responsibility is duty that
devolves not upon THE ENQUIRER but
upon the next grand jury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17
MARION R, REESE.

case of the first one mentioned the ceiling
is only about an inch thick. In the cell
the thickness of the ceiling is two inches.
The timber is pine. With half inch bit,
holes were bored around space IL by 1t
inches. 'The work was done with precis-
ion that suggested the most accurate meas
urement and calculation. One hole cut
into the next only by the thickness of a
sheet of paper and there was no labor lost
The block, of course, fitted the hole to per-
fection, and was held into place by -four
pins run obliquely through the edges.
This contrivance was to guard against
detection before everything was in read
mess for the final break.
The ceiling ofthe cell had been careful
smoked through lamp chimney. The
light in the cell is not good at best, and
the smoke on the ceiling helped to make
detection of anything suspicious all the
more difficult. But this was notall. For
several weeks past Reese had been buy
ing large quantities Of chewing gum. He
would get so cents worth at time. Some
times "trusty" would buy it for him
and sometimes Deputy Sheriff Harshaw
would get it. There was nothing suspic-
ious in the circumstance but now 1t has
developed that this chewing gum was
used for the purpose of plugging up auger
holes. The edges Of the square hole in
the ceiling are we'll lined with this sub
stance.
The boring of the holes over the stair
way is fresh work. 1t was evidently
done during Saturday night. The work
in the cell, however, was no doubt in
progress for several weeks. Judging
from the marks on the edges OF the
wood, such is the indication.
The distance from the ceiling to the
floor-12 feet-was overcome by means
of a table set on Reese's bed, and a chair
on top of the table. The contrivance
was still standing Sunday morning as it
had been left by the last man to use 1t.
Even with all this, it was not exactly an
easy thing for the prisoners to squeeze
through the hole above; but as to wheth-
er any of them raised complaint be-
cause they were not provided with a
stepladder, does not appear.
It was Deputy Sheriff Harshaw who
first discovered the hole in the ceiling
over the stairway and the rope of blank
cts pending therefrom. The result of the
discovery was a speedy investigation,
which developed condition of affairs
pretty much as described above. The
investigation also developed that Of the
% prisoners who had been locked in the
Jail the night before, only nine were left.
The names Of the missing were as fol-
lows:
M. R. Reese, Daniel F. Luekie, John
Hart, Whiteman Hardy, Andy Hudson,
Joe Mickey, Joe Spratt, Will Thomasson,
Will Arnt, Will Sims, Clinton Dunlap,
Tom Gwin, Albertus Meek, All are
colored except Reese and Luckie.
Those who were left in Jail are Marcus
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17

Whitener, distilling; Hyder Wylie, vio-
lation of the dspensary law; Ed White,
retailing; John Young, violation of the
dispensary law; John Scales, horse steal
ing; Van Berry, horse stealing; Will
Sadler, murder; John Jones, assault and
battery; Martha Smith, assault and bat
terry. All of these' are colored except
Whtener.
Near the edge of the hole in the
garret from which the escape was effected,
was found lamp, the chimney shaded
over with piece of paper around it, and
in the paper was small hole about the
size of silver dollar. The contrivance
was so arranged as to throw light only
upon the spot where the work was in
progress. There was also an old case
knife, carefully sharpened, and small
file. The file was used no doubt for
sharpening the bit. The handle of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-02-17
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

Where lies the responsibility for the es-
cape of Reese and Luckie and the other
prisoners from the York county Jail last
Sunday morning? That is a question that
everybody is asking just now and judg-
ing from the expressions to be heard upon
the streets, it appears that the county
board of commissioners and Sheriff Logan
are coming in for good share Of the
blame.
The ENQUIRER is not an apologist for
anybody, nor neither is it anybody's ac-
cuser. In matters of this kind, as in all
other things, it seeks only to give the
facts, and then let the people judge for
themselves.
That the York county Jail was notori-
ously insecure, everybody who knew
anything at all about it, has all the time
been aware. Sheriff Crawford knew it,
Sheriff Logan knew it, and the county
board of commissioners either knew it,
or ought to have known it. Let us take
look at the records as they are to be
found in the clerks Office, and as they
have already been published in The
ENQUIRER. In the report of the grand
jury for the April, 1894 term-A. A. Bar
ron foreman-we find the following:
"We have noticed that the Jail is not as
secure as it should be, and we recommend
that the county commissioners carry out,
as nearly as they can, economically, such
suggestions as may be made.by the sheriff
as are likely to contribute to still further
security. This we think especially nec-
essary, for the reason that more than
once, of late, the county has had very
narrow escape from general Jail deliv-
cry. We also find that the roof and walls
of the Jail are in very bad condition and
that they should be fixed without delay"
At the July term of the same year, A.
A. Barron, still foreman, the grand jury,
said
"Our recommendation as to the security
of the prison, however, has not been acted
upon, and we again urge that the county
commissioners look after the matter at
once"
At the November term of the same year,
E. D. Thompson-acting foreman-the
same body said:
SIN our last report we called the atten-
ton of the county commissioners to the
insecurity of the Jail. We find that no
attention has been paid to our recommen-
dation in regard to the matter, and we
urge that proper repairs be made without
delay.
During 1895 nothing was said as to the
insecurity of the Jail i; but i'll 1896, the
grand jury-A. NJ. Black, foreman-re
ported as follows:
April term:
We have also investigated the Jail and
find that the safety of the prisoners de-
mands that some repairs be made without