Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-07-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
:, w. Wagener, President.

The directors of the South Carolina
Interstate and West India Exposition
metin Charleston last Friday and unan-
imously elected Capt F. w. Wagner
president of the company. Capt.
WAGNER is well known throughout the
commercial circles of the south and
west, and he is good man to be placed
at the head of 80 large and so impor-
tant an enterprise. The directors se-
lected properties known as the Wash
ington race course and the Rhett farm
as a site for the exposition. The for
mer was leased for three years for
$5, 900, and the latter was bought out
right for $4,000. The tracts combined
contain 1877 acres fronting on the Ash
ley river and lying within the corpo-
rate limits of Charleston. Ex. Mayor
John F. Ficken was appointed general
counsel of the exposition company.
1t was announced that preliminary
work on the grounds would begin
within the next few weeks.
PardOn6d by the GOVernOr.
On the strength of long petition
from citizens of Cherokee county, the
governor, on last Saturday, pardoned
a Negro named Jesse Wesson who had
been convicted of manslaughter and
sentenced to two years on the Chero-
kee chaingang for killing of another
Negro, Thomas McBrayer. The cir
cumstances of the case were such as
to engage the deep interest of the cit
izens of Cherokee, where Wesson was
we'll and favorably known. The petit
ton for pardon was endorsed by solic-
itor Henry as follows: "The defen-
dant proved very high character for
truth and peaceableness. I am per-
suaded he is one of the best Negroes
in the circuit. He found, on his re-
turn to his home for memorandum
book, his wife disrobed and sitting in
the lap of deceased, a married man also,
and to whom defendant had shown
kindnesses. stated in the prosecu-
ton virtually that I would recommend
his pardon, and do 80 most earnestly.
He killed him, and most men say in
this state, rightly, and anyone would
have done the same. Pardon him."
Trust Against Trust.
Columbia Evening Record, Friday ::
The Virginia. Carolina Chemical com
pany is going into the cotton oil busi-
ness on large scale and thus create
opposition to the Cotton Oil Trust,
which owns most of the mills in this
section. 1t is not known to what ex-
tent the new company will 60 into the
business but it is said that eventually
it will establish oil mills in all those
places where they now have fertilizer
mills. Should this prove true, Colum-
bia, in the course of time, will have
another oil mill plant in addition to
the two already here. The Virginia
company has already decided to erect
a 100000 plant in Charleston. 1t
has already taken hold of mill in
Darlington and it will gradually get a
foothold in other parts of the state. 1t
is said that the Cotton Oil Trus: peo-
pie offered the Virginia. Carolina Com
pany all sorts of inducements not to 90
into business; but it was all in vain.
A great deal of cotton seed meal is
used as fertilizers, and the Virginia
company decided to 60 into the bust
ness to. manufacture their own meal,
but at the same time it will prove
serious competitor to the oil trust peo-
pie. 1t is said that the Virginia Carroll
ma company already has agents in the
state making contracts for the delivery
of seed next fall.