Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-13
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
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| SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
State Librarian.
Greenville News: There is lively
race for the position of state librarian.
The legislature will elect in January.
There are already eight entries. with a
number Of counties to hear from. The
candidates so far in the field are the
following: Miss Lucie Barron, Man
ming; Mrs. P. L. Melton, Columbia;
Miss Bessie Owings, Greenville; Miss
Sallie Fouche, Ninety-Six; Mrs. Mag
gle Connor, Wampee, Horny county;
Miss Blanche O'Neal, Columbia; Miss
L. M. Aycock, Mount Willing; Mrs. s.
G. Cason, Abbeville.
The Exposition Company Chartered.
Charleston Post, Tuesday: The South
Carolina Interstate and West Indian
Exposition company is now duly in
corporated company, the charter hav-
ing been issued today. 1t is now ready
for business and authorized to enter
into contracts The enterprise is le-
gally launched. The preliminary stages
have been passed and the actual cen
struction work will begin very shortly,
for the project is no longer IN the spec
ulative stage; but is an actual going
concern It Is unnecessary to review
the steps thus far taken, all Of which
are so recent and have been 80 closely
followed by the public that they are
thoroughly familiar. It is well to re-
mark however, that rarely has an en-
terprise like this been conceived and
set going in the short period and with
as few discouragements as the
Charleston exposition has passed.
There is in this consideration not only
great satisfaction, but also splen-
did promise.
They Are Helping the Farmers.
For the past six or eight years there
has been a cotton seed OIL mill at
Greenville. The mill also owns and op-
crates a ginning system: Several years
ago the company Joined the trust. Last
summer number Of citizens living In
and around Greenville, concluded that
that they would chip in and build an
other mill and also operate gtnhery. |
They had their plaut ready for busi- |
ness when the season opened last |
month. The old concern declared war
at the outset, so far as the ginning |
business was concerned, and advertis- |
ed to gin cotton at rs cents bale and
include bagging and ties in the price.
The new concern met the cut, and as |
result both plants were kept busy, cot
ton coming to them from distance Of
Is to 20 miles around. A few days ago |
the trust people cut the price to 50
cents bale for ginning, bagging and
ties, and advanced the price Of seed
from 30 to 81 cents a bushel. The new
concern met the cut and advance, and
it is said that the end is not yet in
sight.
A Heroic Engineer.
Columbia Journal: An engineer on |
the Spartanburg branch Of the South
ern railway, did fine piece Of work on
Sunday afternoon, and the people who
witnessed the act say he deserves much
credit for his achievement. He saved a
human life. The train was coming
from Asheville on Sunday afternoon,
and as the engine passed the one mile
post, near the cemetery, the engineer
noticed, a Negro woman on the trestle
further down the track. The whistle
blew and the bell rang; but the woman
did not move. She stood on the center
Of the trestle, and she appeared to be
unconscious Of the danger. The engi-
neer had not time to lose. He applied the
brakes and reversed his engine, and
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three yards from the woman. The
woman was taken off the trestfe and
the train proceeded on it's way to the
depot. The Negro was drunk and it's
a question as to whether the woman
intended suicide or If she was too
drunk to know anything about her sur
rounding condition. The name Of the
heroic engineer could not be learned.
T. Ezen Thackston Pardoned.
Columbia dispatch Of October 9: The
governor today pardoned T. E. Thack-
ston, young white man Of Greenville,
who was convicted in 1897 Of man
slaughter and sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for five years. Thackston Is
a member Of a prominent family and
Is young man about rs years old. He
was, however, wayward and got into
a great deal Of trouble. The crime for
which he was convicted was the killing
of mulatto woman with whom he be-
came infatuated. Thackston seems to
be thoroughly penitent, and during his
service as a convict his conduct has
been good. The penitentiary directors
recommended to the governor that the
pardon be granted. Judge Watts, who
sentenced him, said that in view Of his
good conduct he would not oppose the
exercise Of executive clemency. Thack-
ston has been employed on the state
farm at Hagood and wrote a pathetic
letter to the governor, in which he
said that If the serious errors Of his
youth were forgiven he would try to lead
better life. His mother also wrote
the governor in behalf of her boy, and
his sister also added her plea for his
pardon. Thackston called upon the
governor today after his pardon. He
was accompanied by his sister and
both were profuse in their thanks to
the governor for his action.
The Dance In Greenville.
Greenville special Of Wednesday to
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