Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-10-07
LOCAL LaCONICS.

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MistrIal In Smith Case.
In the case of DR.. NJ. w. Smith,
charged in Cherokee county with man
slaughter, the jury went out Tuesday
at 7 p. M, and a mistrial was ordered
at noon Wednesday. 1t is reported
that the jury stood four for conviction
and eight for acquittal.
The Yorkvllle Cotton Market.
The Yorkvile cotton market still
stands at y. Very little cotton is
selling under that figure. A great
deal more is selling at higher price.
Mr.. Ashe paid 8 cents Thursday for
two bales for which u had been offer.
ed. The highest price paid yesterday
morning was 770. The sample was
started at 7.60.
Yorkville Paid 100 That Day.
Chester correspondence Columbia
State, October 4: The cotton receipts
are light, but the price still remains
high. Cotton brought 7.40 here yes
lerday and today. The merchants
have control of this market and are
making it the highest cotton market
in this section, and some fine cotton
is coming here from Fairfield and
York counties.
Bud Dunn Pardoned.
Columbia State, October 6: Yester-
day Governor McSweeney granted a
pardon to Bud Dunn, alias Juo. Jtarr,
a Negro who was convicted in April,
1897, in York county, of manslaugh.
ter and sentenced to three years on
the county chaingang. County Physi-
clan Walker certified that the man
was suffering from kidney and lung
trouble, the latter caused from wound
received in the encounter with the
man he killed, that he was unable 10
do any work, and would only live
short time. The county supervisor
and county commissioners asked the
pardon and Solicitor Henry endorsed
the application.
Out of Money.
From the present outlook there will
be no more ordinary county funds
available for general purposes in the
county treasury until along about the
middle of December. 1t will be re-
membered that among other things,
the county is under obligation to pay
note of $4,000 out of the first taxes
collected, and this obligation will he
likely to take all the money that the
treasurer can get up to about the
middle of December. Although the
idea of borrowing thousand or so
dollars has been discussed by the men,
bers of the county board of commits
sioners, no serious effort has been
made to secure the money. The con-
census of opinion seems to be that it
will he better economy not borrow.
Good Philosophy
Even blind tigers are not always
without a certain amount of good
sound sense. After Chief Love had
calaboosed Ed Simpson, Lige Sutton
and Pomp Beatty, for selling liquor
last Monday night, his attention was
attracted by a quarrel in which the
Negroes became engaged as he was
leaving. Simpson was the speaker.
He said: "You Niggers amt got a
bit of sense. What did you git drunk
for? If you had been sober Lon Rose
never would have caught you. l have
been selling liquor for the last five
wears and never was suspicioned be-
fore. 1t is because when l have IL
ouor to sell l never drink any. keeps
suber. / was fool for having any
thing more to do with you fellows at.
ter YOU commenced getting drunk,
,cause if I had left you would not
have got caught"
The County Commissioners.
The county board of commissioners
held its regular monthly meeting last
Wednesday. All the members were
presept. Not great deal of business
of especial public interest was trans
acted. Mr.. J. D. Gaulden was re-
elected superintendent of the county
home at the same pay he has hereto
fore been receiving. There was Pc
tition for the construction of the bridge
over Bullock's creek on the Shelby
and Chester road. The matter was
referred to the supervisor who was
instructed to investigate and report to
the next meeting of the board. An
allowance of 81 mouth was voted to
w. G. Parker, Confederate veteran.
A former commission having failed to
lay out the proposed new road between