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The Jersey City news., 1899-08-07
GIRL HAD EPILEPSY
Two Young Men Arrested
Rather a Mixed Up
Affair.

Charles Banhard, of No. 571z Ravine
avenue, and John Brainard. of No. 165
Oakland. avenue, We're arraigned in the
Second Criminal Court this morning
charged as disorderly persons. Their ex-
animation was laid over until tomorrow
morning, when they will be held on
more serious charge. A young girl, Carrie
Meyers, seventeen years old, of No. 161
Oakland avenue, was held also as wit
ness against them. Another girl, Julia
Brennan sixteen years old, Of Church
street. near Mercer street, who figures
principally in the case, is in the City Hos
pital The Meyers girl has made state
ment to the police that the Brennan girl
was assaulted by both Barnard and
Brainard
Banhard is employed by Dr. Peterson,
The Doctors family are away, and he left
Saturday TO spend Sunday with his folk,
leaving Banhard in charge of his house.
Barnard and Brainard enticed the two
girls to the Doctors premises. Some time
afterward a citizen, looking out of his
second story window, saw man with
wagon drive uD Summit avenue and
enter the old abandoned reservoir lot at
Central Summit and Manhattan avenues
by the Summit avenue entrance. He saw
the man take an almost unconscious
form OF q girl from lne wagon anu ledNe
her lying on the greens ward under
shadow of one of the high walls by
which the lot is surrounded. The other
girl got out of the wagon and sat down
beside the half unconscious girl. The
man hurriedly jumped into the wagon
and drove hastily away The citizen,
suspecting something wrong, notified the
police.
The stupefied girl was Julia Brennan,
and when the police reached the scene
Miss Meyers was holding her head in her
lap ard tanning her face. The Brennan
girl was sent to the City Hospital where
it was ascertained she was suffering from
epileptic fits, TO which she is subject. The
man who left the girls there and drove
away in wagon was young Banhard
He was caught in a Hudson City saloon
last night. Brainard gave himself up to
the police this morning
The Jersey City news., 1899-08-07

and only hope that / am soon found out.
But If am not | want the Governor to
exonerate me, and this cannot be done
without further investigation. The peo-
pie are not satisfied, the trustees are not
satisfied, and on the whole there is still
considerable criticism of the sine die adj
journment.''
Lawyer Backes Is now engaged in coll
lecting the dispositions which he said he
would present, and the af1idavits will go
before the Executive within the next
week or ten days.
The Jersey City news., 1899-08-07
TRIED TO CUT HER THROAT

Frances stank, twenty years old, of No
144 Sherman avenue, was sent TO the
County jail this morning subject to the
order of the County Physician. She was
booked as a dangerous lunatic The un-
fortunate young woman attempted to cut
The Jersey City news., 1899-08-07

was the first Landscape Lawn Cemetery IN
the State. Lot owners nave no expense for
care Of grounds. nor for fencing. II you need
8 cemetery lot tand every family needs ones
you will be interested in its beauty and neat
mesa. Its moderate prices and easy terms of
payment. Office in Jersey City. go Washing
ton street. over Provident Savings Bank Tcle-
phone No. 5zz-
The Jersey City news., 1899-08-07

Like diamonds raindrops glisren." Drops
of Hoods Sarsaparilla are precious Jewels for
the blood which glisten in their
The Jersey City news., 1899-08-07
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

NEW YORK, Aug 7. 1sss-F'orecass
for the thirty-six hours ending at eight
'P NJ Tuesday. For New York City and
vicinity:-Fair tonight and Tuesdays
moderate temperature; fresh north Winds
Harnatt,s Thermomatrical Rerort
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
COTTON SEED FOR HOGS.

The short paragraph recently pub
lished in THE ENQUIRER about the
value of cooked cotton seed as food
for hogs, has been reproduced in a
number of our exchanges, and we have
had several personal inquiries for fur
ther information.
The subject is not a new one. There
is nothing about the matter that is in
the nature of discovery. 1t is alto
gether probable that there is more than
one man in this county who is regu-
larly fattening his hogs with cotton
seed as a principal ration. We do not
happen to be informed of any such
case. 1t is a common belief that the
feeding of raw cotton seed to hogs is
almost sure death, and most people are
careful to keep their seed out of reach
of their hogs. This may be wise and
again it may not be. If cotton seed
are available for hog feeding purposes,
their use cannot fail to prove profita-
BILE; and the subject is deserving of
very careful investigation.
1t was Deputy Sheriff Harshaw who
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

better it would have been had he
quietly gone with the. officers when
they arrested him in the first instance.
His chances of recovery are only fairly
good.
Scales is the same Negro who was
shot in the leg several years ago by
Policemen Love and Montgomery.
He had been arrested for horse-steal-
ing, and was trying to make his es-
cape. He is a desperate fellow, with
plenty of nerve, and when cornered,
quite dangerous. His pistol, when re-
covered, was loaded all around with
the exception of one empty chamber,
and the cap of the next cartridge was
indented.
The only injury sustained by Chief
Love was cut on his finger, inflicted,
he thinks, when he knocked up Scales's
pistol in the house.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Superintendent Grimes, of the York
Cotton mill, is the only citizen of York
vile who enjoys electric lights in his
home. He gets the electricity from the
mill dynamo, short distance away,
and he and his family no doubt feel
more or less commiseration for the
rest of US slow-going coal oil burners.
Cotton has been coming in at pref
ty lively rate this week. The price
ranges from to ST cents.
Judge McCorkle has been engaged
this week hearing the case of Mrs. A.
j. Dunlap, creditor, against Thos. F.
Dunlap, administrator of the estate OF
R. J. Dunlap, deceased. Mrs. Dunlap
is demanding an accounting of the
administrator. Quite mass of testi-
mony has been taken but it may re-
quire several days yet before the case
is concluded.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
THE G. & NV.

Here is another Interesting story
about the probable future of the Caro-
lima and North Western railroad. 1t
may or may not be correct. That is a
question on which we are unable to
give positive information. The Co.
lumbia State of Thursday is our au-
thority:
"It is ascertained from an unques-
tionable source that the rumors con-
Meeting the Seaboard Air Line and the
Southern with the purchase of the
Carolina and North Western are un-
founded in fact, and that the new
owners of the road are not connected
with either of these systems. They
are men of ample means who have a
definite plan of development to carry
out.
"They purpose to change the road
to standard guage and are already
making preparations to that end.
They will extend it from Lenoir, N. c.,
its present terminus, to Elizabethton, a
point about Is miles south of Bristol,
with which point it is already connect
ed by rail. This extension will pass
through extensive coal and iron pro-
nerties. It is also intended to extend
the line south from Chester, distance
of about so miles, to Camden, where
connections will be made with the
three leading systems of this section.
A road from Chester to Camden will
pass by the great water power on the
Catawba river.
"The main purpose of the capitalists
behind the project is to supply this
section with coal from the extensive
Tennessee fields. This they will be
able to do at rates probably below all
rivalry from other sources, and as
cheap coal will be blessing to South
Carolina, it follows that this develop
ment will be of great value and i'm
portance to the state. A corps of sur
veyers is about to be put in the field
to run the line between Chester and
Camden. At Camden the competition
between the Seaboard, Southern and
Atlantic Coast Line systems is counted
on to furnish ample distributive IA
cilites."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

Kentucky, same place, 80 per cent.
Illinois, same place, 70 per cent. Ala
bama, at Cramps 80 per cent. ; Wis
consin, at Union Iron Works, II per
cent. Maine, at Cramps 12 per cent. !;
Missouri, at Newport News, l per
cent, and Ohio, at Union Iron Works,
6 per cent. The four monitors range
from to % per cent. advanced to-
ward completion. The sheathed crul-
ser Albany, purchased from the Arm
strongs, in England, is recorded at s5
per cent. Of the torpedo-boat de-
stroyers, the Lawrence, building by the
Fore River Engine Company, stands
nearest completion, at 4S per cent,
while the Bath Iron Works lead in the
torpedo-boat class with the Dahlgren,
at SO per cent. The submarine boat
Plunger stands at IS per cent, failing
to show any advancement recently.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
MISSIONARY UNION.

The organization of the Women's g
Missionary society of Bethel presby-
terry in the Presbyterian church here
has been the event of the week in
YorkviIle. The proceedings took place
on Wednesday and Thursday and were
in accordance with the programme
published in the last issue of THE ETS-
oUIRER. There was quite a satisfac-
tory attendance from the various
churches and societies of the presby-
terry as follows:
Mrs. J. J. Stringfellow and Mrs.
James M. Brawley, Chester; Mrs.
Alexander Sprunt and Miss Sallie Glib
son, Rock Hill; Miss Ferguson, Alli-
son Creek; Miss Alice Perry, Heath
Springs; Mrs. Guy and Mrs. John
Hope, Lowrysville; Mrs. ]. B. Swami
and Mrs. Kelly Inman, Bullock's
Creek; Miss Emma Ford and Miss
Leila Ormand, Bethel Mrs. D. S. Nc
Allister, White Memorial chapel, Rock
Hill; Mrs. B. Jackson, Beth Shiloh /;
Mrs. w. G. Neville and Miss Annie
McPheeters, Yorkyille; Miss Anice
O'Leary and Miss Sudie Allison, E. G..
Davidson society, Yorkville; Mrs.
w. Thomasson, Hopewell Mrs. S. H.
Hay, Clover.
Not exactly by request; but as the
result of quasi understanding, the
men absented themselves from the
first business meeting but the preach
ers were given to understand that their
presence was not undesirable, and
some of them were present at each OF
the other meetings. Aside from the
work of organization the principal
features of the meetings, as conducted
exclusively by the ladies, were the ad-
dress of welcome by Mrs. J. J. Hun
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
STOPPED BY A BULLET.

John Scales, wellknown Negro Of
fender, was shot on the streets OF
Yorkville last Thursday night, and is
now lying in the county Jail in a
serious condition that pay or may not
prove fatal. The shooting was done
by Chief of Police Love, while in the
discharge of his duty.
Scales was wanted for beating and
robbing his wife. The offense was
committed last June was year ago ;
but he left town shortly afterward and
Chief Love has been carrying a war
rant for him ever since. 1t was only a
short time ago that Scales return
ed to Yorkville, and accompanied by
Messrs. R. H. Dobson and j. Crawford
Moore, Chief Love went to Negro
house on the premises of Mr.. R. J.
Herndon Thursday night to serve the
warrant.
Messrs. Dobson and Moore were un-
armed. There was no light in the
house. Chief Love opened the door,
walked in, struck match and finding
Scales in bed, told him to get up and
come along. Scales said he would 60
as soon as he put on his clothes.
While he was apparently so engaged,
Chief Loves match went out, and an
instant later, Scales stuck revolver
in his face. Chief Love knocked up
the pistol with one hand and struck
Scales with his billy. Scales's pistol,
which, by the way, was good one
double acting 3S calibre-snapped.
Then Scales jumped out of the door
and ran, Chief Love following. Chief
Love fred two or three shots in the
air, all the time calling on Scales to
halt. Instead of halting, Scales turned,
took deliberate aim at Chief Love
and fired. Chief Love then aimed
point blank and shot to hit. The
bullet entered Scales's body below the
right shoulder, passed through the
right lung and stopped in the wind
pipe.
After he was shot, Scales ran short
distance further, and caught hold of a
fence for support. He still had his
revolver; but when Chief Love older-
ed him to throw up his hands, he let
the weapon drop over in the grass, and
as soon as possible he was removed to
the Jail.
Upon examination DR.. Walker found
Chief Loves bullet in Scales's wind
pipe. 1t had penetrated about half
way through, and with careful work
was taken out of a slit the doctor had
cut in the throat. The reporter went
to see Scales yesterday morning. He
was at that time as comfortable as
could be expected. Among other
things he said he had fired to "scare"
Chief Love and make him 60 back
but he afterward realized how muc ch
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

Colonel James H. Tillman has just
been appointed to a captancy in one of
the new regiments recently authorized
to be recruited. He wanted to be
allowed to organize an independent
company of Indians but the president
would not agree to this. 1t is under
stood, however, that there will be no
objection to the enlistment of as many
Indians as can be secured in the regi-
mental organization. A. A. Gsrard,
formerly of the "Rough Riders" will
be first lieutenant of Captain Tillman's
company. Whatever else may be said
about him, Tillman is dashiug fellow.
He has plenty of courage and likes to
play to the grand stand. If he does
go the Philippines with a company OF
Indians he will certainly be heard
from, unless Otis keeps too tight a rein
on the correspondents. AS to whether
he will be able TO forge to the front in
spite of press censorship, remains to
seen.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

ter, the response by Mrs. Alexander
Sprunt and a very interesting lecture
by Miss Ella G. Davidson. These are
all said to have been especially enjoy.
able.
The permanent organization was eff.
fected by the election of Mrs. R. j.
Lindsay, of Yorkville, as president
Miss Sallie Gibson, Rock Hill, first vice
president Mrs. Julia Cambell, Ches'
ter, second vice president Mrs. w. G.
Hutchison, Rock Hill, corresponding
secretary: Mrs. jamie Stringfellow,
Chester, recording secretary and treas
urer; Miss Alice Perry, Miss Emma
Ford and Mrs. J. ]. Hunter executive
committee.
A delightful social feature of the oc'
casion was a reception at the Manse,
Thursday evening, from 6 to 8, given
by the Ladies Missionary society TO the
visitors. The Ella c. Davidson Mis-.
sionary society and the officers Of all
the societies in the different denomina-
tions were entertained. The rooms
were tastefully decorated with cut
flowers, and delicious refreshments
were served. Those who assisted Mr..
and Mrs. Neville 10 receive were Mrs.
Brooks Inman, Mrs. w. NJ. Propst,
Mrs. J. NJ. Brian and Mrs. w. H.
Herndon.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
LOCAI. AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Grist Cousins-Call attention to their fine
snowflake crackers.
w. Brown Wylie, Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas-Will sell on the first
Monday in October, the piedmont
Springs" property, near Smyrna.
Mrs. T. NJ. Dobson-Calls attention to her
fourth lot Of golf hats, and says she eX-
poets Miss Rea to return from the north
today.
H. A. D. Neely, County Treasurer-Gives
notice that his books will be open on
the 18th of October for the collection of
state and county taxes, and also pub
fishes list of places with dates, where
he will meet taxpayers.
W. B. Moore, Captain-Gives notice of an
important meeting of the Jasper Light
Infantry tonight, (Friday) the 18th in
slant,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

- In another column we reproduce
Prof. Markham's "Man With Hoe" D."
The poem is reproduced principally
because it has stirred the country as
has no other poem for years. 1t has
been subjected to great deal of criti-
cism, principally adverse; but with
that we have nothing to do. The
reader is free to reach his own conclu-
sions in his own way, and it is left
with him to consider the author as a
philosopher, prophet or fool.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

- One of York county's representa-
tives in the general assembly has said
that he will see to it that at the next
session bill will be introduced to
give the people of the different town
ships the opportunity of expressing
themselves on the subject of issuing
township bonds for road purposes. So
far, so good. Let the people who are
in favor of the movement continue to
talk the matter up.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

- The Columbia States story of the
future of the Carolina and North
Western railroad is interesting and
people up this way sincerely hope it is
true. The people up this way want
an extension of the line so as to give
outlets at both ends and the conver-
sion of the gauge into the standard.
They are not particular as to who may
make these changes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

first called the attention OF the writer
to the matter. In a casual conversa-
ton he mentioned the fact that one
year, when corn was scarce, his moth
er raised number of shoats on boiled
cotton seed and made them weigh
from 200 to $50 pounds each. He did
not say that the experiment was car
ried any further; but that year the
pigs did not get very much else in ad-
dition to the cotton seed. There was
a good corn crop the next year and
cotton seed were not thought of any
more, probably.
Mr.. Fred C. Black, of Yorkville,
who has been having more or less ex-
perience with the ginning and grain
mill business along with hog raising,
pretty nearly all his life, talked inter.
estingly on the subject of cotton seed
and hogs, in answer to questions, few
days ago. While he has had no ex-
perience with cooked cotton seed, be
saws that under certain conditions raw
cotton seed will certainly kill. He has
seen it happen that way more than
once. If the hogs are let lose on
pile of dry cotton seed, they will pro-
ceed TO gorge themselves until they
choke to death. Death is invariably
caused by the clogging of masses of
lint and hulls in their throats. He is
pretty sure that it is the lint that does
the damage, and that there is no poi
son about the seed, or anything else
that would cause it to disagree with q
hog. In proof of this, he has many a
time fed raw seed, even to young hogs,
by scattering the seed thinly over the
ground. This compels slow eating
and lessons the danger of choking.
Mr.. A. F. Mcconnell, of Yorkville,
has seen raw cotton, mixed with corn,
fed to hogs regularly, with good results.
The seeds were generally scattered on
the floor of the pen or on the ground.
He also is satisfied that it is the lint
that makes the trouble, because it is a
fact that whether cooked or raw, pigs
will thrive on cotton seed meal. In
his opinion, cooking Of cotton seed
would so saturate them with water as
to make them easy to swallow without
danger.
The matter is certainly one of very
great importance. If even boiled cot
ton seed are good for fattening hogs, it
would certainly be difficult to find any
thing that is cheaper for winter feed
ing, and it is not improbable that con-
version into hog meat is about as prof.
table use as can be made of them.
These suggestions, We are satisfied,
will be pretty sure to reach the eye of
one or more farmers who are able to
throw more light on the subject, and
would be glad to have any further in
formation that anybody cares to offer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
The Columbia State does not az

- The Columbia State does not &C.
cept the suggestion that the state cap
ital is degenerating into a game pre-
serve; but accounts for the presence
of the coon on an entirely different
theory. In its issue of Thursday it
remarks: doesn't THE ENQUIRER
know that Columbia is large enough
to have, or to have had, geological
garden? Perhaps this was Sidney
park coon, run out of its quarters by
the Seaboard Air Line and seeking
racial companionship."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
Disturbed Negro Prayer Meeting.

Lancaster special of Tuesday: A
crowd of whites, full of whisky, went
to Negro campmeeting in Lancaster
county last night. Negro men object
ed to their conduct and the whites
fired into the crowded church. The
Negroes returned the fire and the
whites scattered. Two whites, named
Hough, brothers, were seriously
wounded and number of Negros,
just how many cannot be ascertained,
were shot. None is reported dead.
No arrests have been made.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16

- The governments crop estimate
would indicate total cotton crop in
the south of only about 100000. 1t
is quite probable that this estimate is
somewhat too low; but still we be-
lieve that it will come closer to the
correct figures than will Mr.. Neills
estimate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
Ths atorkrille Gnqllirer.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
SEPTEMBER 16, 1899.

- Larry CAN'T seems to have put
quite lively hum on the atmosphere
in Spartanburg county. Ordinarily
Larry is right smart of humbug but
in the present instance, the fact stands
him in good stead. Most of the men
he is after are humbugs, too.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-16
Unable to Accept.

Unable to Accept.
Columbia State, Thursday: Gov
ernor McSweeney has received an in
vitation to attend and deliver an ad-
dress at the third annual fair of the
Colored Fair association of Rock Hill
on the 2Sth instant. The governor
will, of course, not be able to attend,
as he will be on his way to New York
atithat time.