Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-12-04
LOCAL LACONICs.
Com mission Issued.

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The secretary of state, on last Fri
day, issued a commission to the Farm
ers Mutual Insurance company, OF
Yorkville, which Is to have capital
stock Of $500. w. 8. Wilkerson, OF
Hickory Grove; ]. Frank Ashe. Of Nc
Connellsv.lle; and N. A. Simril and D.
E. Boney, Of Yorkville, are the corpor-
ators.
Barn Burned.
The barn Of Mr.. Thomas Hoover, who
lives In Mecklenburg county, just
across the line from Fort Mill township,
was destroyed by fire last Saturday
night. The loss included the. building,
six mules, 1,500 bushels of corn, zoo
tons Of hay, other feed stuff and the
gears for the work animals. The total
loss is in the neighborhood of $4,000.
There was only $3.50 Of insurance. The
| fire Is supposed to have been incen-
diary.
Shot by an Assassin. 3
Sheriff Logan received phone mes
sage from Rock Hill, Monday night,
giving information of an attempt to as
sassinate Mr.. Mack Crawford, on the
farm Of Mr.. J. Edgar Poag, about eight
miies southeast of Rock Hill. There
are several cases Of smallpox on the
farm Of Mr.. Crawford, and he having
been exposed voluntarily quarantined
himself in a house on the farm Of Mr..
Poag. Somebody fired at him from the
outside, with a shot gun, and he was
peppered from head to foot with Nos.
and pellets; but was not seriously
injured. Mr.. Crawford has an idea as
to who did the shooting, but Is not GER
tain.
About Negro Labor.
I'm prosperous seasons, Negro labor
Is as good as is to be had; but in a
right dry year or in right wet year, 1t
Is worse than none," was the substance
Of a remark that an experienced busi-
ness man and farmer made to the re-
porter on Monday. Unable to see the
philosophy of the observation, the re-
porter asked the gentleman to explain
his mea aning, and here is the way he
put It: II refer especially to renters or
croppers, where they are partially inde-
pendent and left to their own resources.
It Is an easy proposition. When the
outlook Is bright, there IS q disposition
to work fairly we'll for what there. Is IN
1t. But when there comes discourag-
ing season, promising q partial failure
Of crops, the Negro is inclined to give
up completely, making nothing for his
landlord, merchant or himself. No
matter how discouraging the seasons
may be, the average white renter Is dis
posed to stay with his crop. He works
with the idea that II be cannot pay all,
he will pay all he can. Where the
white man tries to save as much as
possible, the Negro Is inclined to give
up everything"
Fred wallace In Trouble. x "
Fred Wallace, the Negro @ho found
number Of old British coins OF pre-
revolutionary mintage in his pigpen out
in the Clark's Fork neighborhood, was
arrested last week on the charge Of OBJ
tanning goods under false pretense, and
committed to jail. The prosecutors are
Messrs. ]. M. Heath & Co. It seems
that during last Spring, Wallace told
Mr.. ]. s. Gladney that he owned the
land on which he lived, and mule free
Of all encumbrances, and on this repre-
sentation the Negro was furnished with
certain supplies. It afterward devel-
oped that the Negro was living on
rented land, and that there was pre-
vious mortgage on the mule. A gen
tleman from Wallace's neighborhood
gives him a bad reputation for verac-
| ity. why that nigger!" the gentleman
said, HE might go along the road and
meet half dozen men within five
minutes, and he would tell each one
different lie about the same thing. II
they would ask him over he would tell
two lies to each one." Wallace, 1t will
be remembered, is the Negro who found
a number Of gold coins in his pigpen
last fall. He told number Of stories
as to how he came by the old coins, of
which there were quite a number; but
it was finally established with reason
able centainly that the pigpen story
was correct.