Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-09-02

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at his man with a knife, slashing him
in the throat and inficting terrible
looking and exceedingly dangerous
wound. Jones had the presence OF
mind to grab up big hank OF yarn
and wrap it tight around his throat,
and we'll he did, for his jugular vein
was cut through, and had he not used
the compress he would have died be-
fore help could arrive. A physician
was gotten in a few moments and he
tied up the ends of the severed vein.
Jones is very seriously wounded; but
the chances now with him are for re-
covery. Howe was arrested and car
ried before Magistrate Beckham. He
was released upon bond.
The Cotton Market.
Hubbard's cotton letter gives the
situation in New York on Thursday
as follows: "Reports of showers in
various portions of Texas last evening
brought weak Liverpool and caused
\ a sharp decline in our market. The
government report gives showers at
Galveston, Beaumont, Houston and
Tyler, while many private dispatches
report other showers. Many stop Or
ders were reached, when at noon heavy
selling caused the market to drop to
5.94 for January. The trade feel very
bearish over the absence of any in
yestment demand and believe the
!, heavy movement will cause lower
prices. Despite the showers many
complaints came from Texas coupled
with queries as to the cause OF the
decline. European spinners, however,
are depending entirely upon the large
crop estimate they believe Mr.. Neill
intended to convey" According to
reports received by local buyers, JAN
uary opened yesterday morning at 6
cents. The first bale offered on the
Yorkville market yesterday, was star
ted off at 81. What it sold for the
reporter failed to learn.
Charged With Attempt to Poison.
Quite sensation developed down in
the Blackjack section of Bethesda
township this week, and as the out
come of it, Mr.. William Strait is being
held for trial on the charge of attempt
ing to poison his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Mollie Kidd, and other members OF
the household. 1t seem that on last
Monday, Strait sent to Mrs. Kidd
some grated corn ready for cooking.
The corn was prepared for dinner;
but some of the members of the family
detected bitter taste that aroused
suspicion and it was not eaten. Some
of it was thrown to dog which is
said to have died soon after. Strait
was arrested, and after preliminary
hearing before Magistrate Sanders,
was committed to Jail Wednesday
night. He was released soon after on
a $500 bond signed by his father, Mr..
Thomas J. Strait, and his brother-in-
law, Mr.. Isaac Kidd. While in Jail he
said he had gathered the corn for his
own table; but afterward deciding to
20 to church left it uncooked, and to
save it from being wasted, sent it to
Mrs. Kidd. He claimed that there
was nothing the matter with it except
that it might have been little sour.
Some of the neighbors tell of Straits
having spoken sometime previous of
buying some strychnine to be used for
poisoning dogs, and Rock Hill drug
clerk tells of an inquiry for strychnine
by a man he thought answered Straits
description. The clerk did not sell
the poison for the reason that the in
tending purchaser had no prescription.
There are lots of rumors floating
around about the matter and some of
them are quite ugly; but what is true
and what is not, can only be determin-
ed by legal investigation.