Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-31
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Safe Robbery at Pacolet.

at Pacolet, was robbed last Sunday night
of $50, after having been opened in an
expert manner. It Is supposed that
the work was done by cracksmen at
tracted to this section by the Spartan
burg carnival.
To Endow the Theological.
The Presbyterian synod has passed a
resolution looking to the raising Of a
500, 900 endowment fund for the bene-
fit of the Columbia Theological semi
nary. A resolution intended to put a
stop to all further talk about the re-
moval of the seminary from Columbia
has been adopted.
Fire and wild Beasts. X
Spartanburg special of October 26 to
Columbia State: A spectator at the
Spartanburg carnival today threw a
lighted match near a can Of gasolene,
which exploded by the cage in which
Madam Clio, otherwise known as "the
Lion. Queen" was doing her turn with
four large lions belonging to the Frank
P. Bostic Carnival company. The straw
on the ground of the tent caught fire.
The lions became frenzied and attacked
the young woman. The spectators
were panic stricken; but those who did
not fly in panic could offer no assist
ance. The floor Of the cage caught fire
and there was danger Of the lions
breaking out, but Madam Clio display
ed remarkable strength and courage.
With an iron bar she beat back the
lions, although her arms and shoulders
were torn by their claws. Her clothing
caught fire, but she kept the lions un-
der control until help came and they
were gotten into another cage.
Involving an Important Question.
Aiken correspondence News and
Courier, October 26: The case Of VIM.
D. McNeill vs. the Southern Railway
company, came up for trial before
Judge Watts in the common pleas
court yesterday. This Is the suit In
which the Southern is sued for $500
penalty for leasing the South Carolina
and Georgia road, on the ground that
the two lines are competing and paral-
lei. Upon the calling of the case the
plaintiff interposed a motion for con-
tinuance. After considerable argu-
ment of this motion it was agreed that
the jury trial Of the case be postponed,
but that the demurrer to the complaint,
which was interposed by the defendant,
be heard by Judge Watts at chambers
in Columbia, on December IA, next.
Messrs. Boykin Wright and G. w.
Croft appeared for the plaintiff, while
Messrs B. L. Abney, J. w. Barnwell
and the Hepdersons represented the
railroad.
Miss Anna Tillman.
The current number Of Success con-
tains the following: "a serious look
ing, dark-eyed girl, not yet 20, Is Miss
Anna Tillman, daughter Of the fiery
orator of South Carolina, Senator Ben
jamin R. Tillman. The Tillmans have
not been conspicuous entertainers, but
they have a little coterie Of friends,
among whom Miss Anna is very popu-
lar. She is a girl Of domestic tastes,
and is her fathers right hand. She as
sists him in his correspondence, and Is
one of the few girls in official life who
has a well-developed taste for politics.
She knows all her fathers supporters
and opponents, and can write as vigor-
Gus letter, when occasion requires. as
her brilliant father himself. Misc Till
man, as may easily be imagined, Is not
often encountered in the drawing
rooms Of the capital. She is usually to
be seen in the modest library OF her
fathers house, or pondering over knot
ty problems in the dark archives OF the
library of congress"
Combination of OIL Men.
Columbia special of Saturday to the
Atlanta Daily News: Representatives
of the South Carolina cotton seed Oil
mills have just held an interesting
meeting in this city. the object Ut
which has been to perfect arrange
ments by which cottonseed can be Sc
cured at convenient points and at a
uniform rate. Much inconvenience and
expense has been caused by the 1act
that distant mills have been buying
seed through this state at almost any
price. This has, in turn, compelled the
local mill men to go some distance to
obtain their seed, and has caused
heavy increases both in freight rates
and in the price of cotton seed. = Those
attending the meeting believe they
have adopted measures which will, to
great extent, do away with these OBJ
jectionable and expensive features. A
uniform price for seed has been fixed,
and steps taken to prevent the invasion
of this territory by mills which are not
naturally dependent on this section for
their supplies.
First Person Chloroformed:x
Beaufort correspondence Savannah
News: DR.. R. r. Sans, coroner Oh
Beaufort county, states that he was
the first person in the world ever
placed under the influence Of ehloro-
form. In 1S4S the doctor was a student
at the Baltimore Dental college,
where experiments with the then new
discovery were being prosecuted, ana
he consented to have a tooth extracted
in order TO test the value of the drug
which was not then perfected. "On the
first attempt" relates the doctor, the
stuff simply slightly stupefied me; but
did not alleviate the pain, and the ope-
ration was arrested and deferred until
the following day, on which occasion
the inhalation Of the fumes produced
the desired effect, and in a few mo-
ments I was entirely unconscious and
did not experience the slightest degree
of pain" In addition to this dlstlnc-