Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-19
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Two Moore Cooper Victims.

Two Moore Cooper Victims.
Two more victims have been added
to the list of Simon Cooper, who, in
Sumter, last January, killed six people
before he was lynched. The two
latest victims are jesse Baker and his
wife. They have just been declared
insane. 1t will be remembered that
Just as Cooper finished his work OF
numbering the Wilson family, he saw
the Bakers coming out of their house
mile away and fired at them. Both
husband and wife were dreadfully
frightened, and they have been brood
ing over the matter since, until last
week, when it was deemed advisable
to send them to the asylum.
A Goodness Between Them.
Columbia Register: Among the in
teresting political rumors now afoat is
one to the effect that Senator Tillman
and Ex-Governor Evans are "out''
with each other, and some of the pol
iticians are beginning to wonder what
it all means, as the general opinion has
been that heretofore the two were like
peas in pod, politically, personally
and otherwise. During the last can
vass for the United States senatorship,
the senator apparently did all he could
to secure Governor Evans's election ;
but it is said that some private letters
written by the senator, in which he
urged Evans's nomination for political
rather than public reasons, have come
to light and this has caused GOODNESS
between the two. The Register does
not vouch for the story, but prints it
as one of the pieces of current politi-
cal gossip of the day.
The Chester Cotton Mills.
Writing under date of May IA, the
Chester correspondent of the Colum-
bia Register says: The annual meet
ing of the stock holders of the Catawba
Spinning mill was held yesterday.
The mill was found to be in deplor-
able financial condition under the
management of D. A. Tompkins, Of
Charlotte, a debt of $500 having
been created since he assumed charge
as president. 1t was also found that
he had given credit to the Chester
mills, an insolvept institution, to the
amount of $4,000, without any secu-
rity. The stockholders were loud in
their condemnation Of President Tom
kins, and passed resolutions to that
effect. A new board of directors were
elected, and the books of the company
will hereafter be kept at Chester, in
stead of Charlotte as heretofore. An
action has been brought against Mr..
Tompkins and his dummies" to re-
cover the $4,000 advanced to the
Chester mills without security. Inter-
est for one year on the first mortgage
bonds of $4,000 on the Chester mills
was due on May 1, but the same has
not yet been paid. No reason has
been given by the board of directors
for this failure.
Railroad Earnings.
The returns for the railroad earnings
for the month of January have just
been compiled by the railroad commits
sion. The figures show an increase
over the month for the year previous
of S31 1,O6S.6S. The net increase was
3.67 per cent. The greatest increase
was shown by the South Carolina and
Georgia road, which comes up with
$40, O,O77.11; Charleston and Savannah,
s1l, ,9S6.47; Atlanta and Charlotte Air
Line, $7,949.47 Charleston and West.
ern Carolina, S3,031.8S; the "Gap"
road, S2,356.47; Florida Central and
Peninsular, 81, ,26S.31 !; Columbia, New
berry and Laurens, S1,034.s1; Ashe-
Vile and Spartanburg, s1,167.47.
Some of the principal decreases are as
follows: Southern, $10,06S.62; Sea-
board Air Line, $5,397.75; Florence,
S., ,331 .OS; Ohio River and Charleston,
Sc, ,223.97; Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta, S4,S17.36; Cheraw and Dar-
lington, 81 ,953.7S. The tonnage figures
show For 1896, 499, 1888 and for 1897,
599, ,533, an increase of 99,95O tons.
The passenger receipts were respect
lively for the two years 1904 ,206.15
and $1S3, 3,O56.56, decrease of $l22,-
1886.