Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-12
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
And the Mill Made the Interest.

Anderson Intelligencer: Steve Philips,
near Gaffney, sold his cotton crops Of
the last five years a short time ago. AS
the cotton was ready for market he
took it to the Cherokee mill and took
a receipt for 80 many pounds Of cotton,
samples Of which were preserved. The
understanding was that he could Sc
lect his own time for selling. Year af-
ter year he did the same until he had
nearly 400 bales deposited. The ad-
vance in price paid him we'll for hold
ing the cotton for he sold his five crops
at 81 all round.
Mr.. Capers Gees to Georgetown.
The State, Saturday: Mr.. Ellison Ca
pers, Jr., who soon retires as county su-
perintendent of education, and having
failed Of election in his race for state
superintendent Of education, will leave
the city on October 1 for Georgetown,
where he will become superintendent
of the public schools. Mr.. Capers has
scores of friends here who will regret
that himself and his attractive family
will go elsewhere. Mr.. Capers has al
ready resigned as treasurer Of the La
Dor Day association Of this county and
Mr.. ]. r. Allen has been elected to fill
the vacancy.
Homicide In Cherokee.
Gaffney special Of Friday to the
Spartanburg Journal; Near Thickety,
Wednesday night, Jim Jeter shot and
killed Santa Anna Tate and seriously
Tate's wife. All the parties
are colored. The trouble arose out Of
Tate claiming some furniture that Je-
ter had bought. The testimony at the
inquest was to the effect that Tate was
to kill Jeter with an axe,
which he held in his hand at the time
the fatal shot was fired. The coroner's
jury, however, returned a verdict that
Jeter feloniously killed Tate. Jeter
came here this morning and surrender
ed himself to Sheriff Thomas and Is
now locked up.
Beat the World.
Sumter Herald: The medal Of high
est award for telephones exhibited at
the Paris exposition has been won by
The Telephone Manufacturing compa-
ny, of Sumter, which is generally
known in Sumter as "the old company"
Notice Of the award has been received
by the officers Of the company here,
and they with their friends feel very
much rejoiced over the result, as 1t
means that the phones made by the
company are omcially declared to be
the best in the world by picked jury
Of electrical experts and thorough
judges Of telephone appliances. In
with The Telephone Man
company, were many other
companies whose names were better
known, and who had more reputation;
but the superior quality Of the Sum-
ter-made machines beat everything in
sight. Imperial telephones will become
better known than ever all over the
civilized world now that their superior
ity has received the highest endorse
ment perhaps that it is possible to get.
We are exceedingly glad to record this
brilliant victory, and The Telephone
Manufacturing company is to be con-
graduated upon it, as it was won on
merit, pure and simple.
Quite Pretty Idea.
On the grounds which have been Sc
lected as the site Of the South Carolina
and West Indian exposi-
ton, there stands an old colonial home,
which was the scene Of lavish comfort
and open-hearted hospitality in days
gone by. 1t is proposed to restore this
old home, now somewhat touched by
the tooth of Time, to something Of it's
original state, and to collect within its
walls, valuable relics Of the past. No
state in the Union, perhaps, contains
more Of these relics than South Carroll
ma, and some of these are not only no
table as antiques, but have the added
value Of being historic. The table
which Henry Laurens, president Of the
Of 1777, used while he was a
prisoner in the Tower Of London, Is In
the possession Of lady Of South Car
olina; few cities possess finer speci-
mems of the work Of the most famous
Of the early miniaturists than Charles
ton does, while the old plantation
homes on the Ashley and Cooper, which
in some cases have been in the same
family for more than 200. years, are full
of reminders Of the men who made
South Carolina a great state in the
early days of the Republic, and whose
are still kept green.