Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-12-11
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student football player, named Gam
mon, was killed during match game.
Governor Atkinson, however, holding
that no matter how dangerous the
game might be, people have right to
play it if they want to, and according
ly vetoed the bill.
John L. Sullivan, who has for
sometime past been seriously spoken
of as probable candidate for mayor
of Boston, Mass, has at last decided
not to run. 1t seems that "John l."
claims to be a Democrat. 1t is un-
stood that should he be candidate, a
large portion of the party would split
off and refuse their support, thus in
suring the election of Republican.
In this event large number of Dem
ocratic employees in various public ca
pacities throughout the city would
lose their positions, and "John L."
claims that he is unwilling to do any
thing that will bring about so much
hardship.
We have received Latham, Alex
ander & Co.'S. crop estimate of the
7th instant, as follows: Basing our
conclusions upon an exhaustive cor
respondence with all the cotton-grow-
ing counties in the southern states,
reliable information secured from trav-
elers through the south, and upon the
percentages of the crop marketed at
numerous points, the following is our
estimate of the yield by states. We
submit it with the confident belief that
it will prove as nearly correct as any
that could be made at this date, after
a careful consideration of the cotton
movement thus far this year: Total
crop of Alabama, LOG, 900 bales Ar
kansas, s52 900; Florida, sc, 900; Geor-
gia, 1,4SO,O0O; Louisiana, 100000 /;
Mississippi, 1875, 900; North Carolina,
$4,000; South Carolina, $4,000 /;
Tennessee, etc., 395,OO0; Texas and
Indian Territory, 2,7s5,ooo. Total
1O,1SS, 900 bales"
- The old tradition of the navy de-
partment that there was some of the
original wood left in the famous old
frigate Constitution, has been proven
to be incorrect. Chief Constructor
Hichborn is in receipt of several let
ters on the subject from the shipwright
at the Norfolk navy yard, and he
states that there is not an inch of the
original material left in the old hulk.
The Constitution was completely re-
built in 1888, and many minor repairs
were made to her long before that
time by different ship carpenters, who
kept no record of the pieces they put
in. 1t has been suggested to the navy
department that, as the OLD Constitu-
ton is no more, it would be we'll to
have a frst-class iron clad built, and
call her the Constitution, thus doing
away with the old hulk, which has not
even a nail in her from the original
vessel.
- The house committee met on
Wednesday and took action that is in
tended to correct the alleged rapidly
growing abuse of young women mar
rying old soldiers and sailors for the
purpose of becoming their widows and
drawing a pension from the govern
ment. This subject has been much
discussed in view of the comparative
ly large number of widow claimants
on account of the Revolutionary war,
War of 1912 and Mexican war service Of
husbands. The committee authorized
Chairman Ray to obtain from the COM
mittee on rules and order rule per-
hitting an amendment to the pension
appropriation providing that no pen
sion shall hereafter be granted to the
widow of soldier or other person
who is married to such soldier or per-
son after the passage of this act, ex-
cepting, however, all soldiers, sailors,
officers, ETC., now in or who may here
after enter the military or naval ser
vice of the United States.
- Spartanburg Herald: A man stood
up in court at Greensboro, n. c., d
few days ago, refusing the services of
a lawyer assigned by the court to
defend him for his life, and pleaded
"guilty" TO the charge of murder in
the first degree. 1t is the first case
on record where such a thing has oc-
Cured. Although his bloody deed
was one of the most heinous in the an.
mails of crime, killing in drunken
rage the wife who had supported him
for years; yet there is something in
the willingness Of the man to pay the
full penalty of his deed with his life,
which shows that under other circum-
stances and but perhaps for the de-
mon of strong drink, he would have
been very different man. There
were elements in his character which,
if brought out, would have made him a
worthy citizen. A pitiful case it is,
but for one to turn his back upon the
slight hope of saving life, pleading
guilty to charge which condemned
the victim to the gallows, with the
solemn words, II killed her and ought
to die for it," does excite some sympa-
thy.
- Mr.. B. c. Humphreys, of Cyclone,
in Screven county, is one of the few
farmers who has given the cotton
planting question fair and accurate
test this year, says the Atlanta Con-