Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-25
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ture Oh the report, Out II 10 Sldleo oii
excellent authority that the report
unanimously recommended that the Of
fer of the Panama company be ac-
cepted.
No West Virginia woman need live
with her husband If he Is an habitual
drunkard, for the supreme court Of the
state has decided that, if. after mar
riage, the husband become a drunkard,
the wife is justified in deserting him.
For this cause, Furthermore, the wife
is entitled to her dover, although at
the time of his death she be living
apart from him. The decision Of the
court is reported in the case Of Neeley
VS.. Neeley, from Doddridge county. In
his opinion Judge Dent says: mo wo-
man is compelled to live with the worst
of all brutes, a drunken brute-to the
peril of her health and life, but she
has a right to leave him and live apart
from him until he furnishes her indu-
bitable evidence of reformation"
BY the quick action of the coroner
of Seney county, Kentucky, the life OF
Lewis Brown, colored, was saved ana
a shooting in Judge Carrolrs court
room was prevented one day last week.
Brown was on trial in New Castle on
the charge of malicious shooting.
Negro woman was testifying against
him. The prisoner jumped up and
seizing a heavy inkstand, started at
the witness. Judge William Carroll
who was on the bench, arose and yell
ed: MIR. Sheriff, shoot that man
down." The sheriff, F. B. Adams, was
not present, but George Kelly, the jail
er. drew a pistol and was leveling the
weapon when the coroner seized the
Negro and a spectator knocked up his
weapon. The Negro was overpowered
after a struggle and was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
Says a Quincy, Illinois, dispatch OF
January 20: Leonard Roederer, of this
city, will next Tuesday celebrate his
1O2d birthday. He is one Of the very
few persons left in the world who wit
messed the conflict on the plain Of Wa
terloo, which changed the map Of Eu-
rope and humbled the pride Of the Lit
tie Corsican." That will be 81 years
ago on June Is next, but the events
are still fresh in the mind Of this CEN
tenarian. He was there as member
of General Blucher's army and has his
discharge papers. It is now So years
since he came to this country from
Germany. A few years ago he lost
control of the English language, which
he spoke f1uently, and now can con-
verse only in German. His hair Is as
white as snow, but otherwise Mr.. Roe
derer exhibits no special mark Of his
extreme age.
Rutherford special of Wednesday
to the Charlotte Observer: A remark
able find was made yesterday by
young man near Caroleen. For several
generations, it has been believed that
somewhere on the William Morrow
plantation was buried a pot Of gold
and for years people who have lived in
that locality have dug for the hidden
treasure. Mrs. Morrow, widow, who
is a very aged lady, dreamed out the
mystery and directed her grandson,
Tom Tones, where to dig for the long
talked of pot of gold. The young man
went Immediately and eXcavated an
old soap-stone pot, which will hold
about one gallon, and found it filled to
the top with gold. There is one nugget
in the pot. The balance seems to be
old coins hammered out and without
date or device. There was also with
the pot an Indian flint tomahawk.
Washington dispatch to Chicago
Record: 1t is no longer the campaign
hat. The headgear popularized by
President Roosevelt during his rough
rider days has survived and Is now
known as the administration hat"
Even such an aesthetic and fashiona
BILE statesman as Senator Lodge dons
the rakish and jaunty felt slouch which
erstwhile was the distinctive mark Of
a soldier. All of the cabinet officials
have one by one adopted the hat. One
of the first acts Of the new postmaster
general, Henry c. Payne, was to deco
rate himself with the administration
hat, which is no more or less than an
elegant make of the old campaign
hat. Secretary Gage adopted this style
at the beginning of the fall. Senator
Foraker was in style to greet the new
fashion, as he has always favored a
light-colored slouch hat Of rather mill
tary blocking. The new style has not
the wondrous proportions Of the old G.
A. r. hat. It is suitable and becoming
to more shapes Of faces and complex
ions than the latter. President Roose-
welt appears almost daily in public and
always wears the headgear.
- Says a City of Mexico dispatch of
January %: Subscriptions are being ta-
ken up here among American and Brit
ish residents for the victims of the
earthquake at Chilpancingo. Further
details of the casualties report that
three women were crushed to death in
the church of San Jose at Chilpancin-
go, while they were engaged in their
devotions. One woman, at the first
tremor, ran to the door, hoping to es
cape. but was caught beneath the
church tower as it fell. Fortunately
a large portion of the population were
in the main plaza at the time of the
shock, watching tight rope perform
ance. Advices from Chilpancingo rep
resent that Governor Mora and family
are moving in a stable, which has been
converted into a temporary dwelling.
I;a offers $40 C0O as nersona1 con-