Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-22

and loss Of time by reason OF SICK
ness. Mr.. Springs says the convict Ia
Dor is the best he has ever had. Other
South Carolina farmers agree with MT
Springs, and it is not thought that the
present system of hiring the conVlcts
to the counties at $50 a year each will
prove entirely satisfactory.
Cnse of VIM. T. Lowry.
Columbia State, Tuesday: The gover--
nor acted in another rather unusuai
case yesterday. 1t seems that some
time ago VIM. T. Lowry was convict
ed in York county of the violation OF
the dispensary law. Solicitor Henry
writes that Lowry was convicted In his
absence, at a term Of court when the
woods were being shelled for Violators
of the dispensary law. The defendant 5
absence was due to his ignorance of
court customs, having never been In
court, not even as a witness, in his life.
The solicitor says that he has ascer-
tained that Lowry bought the nquor
he had at the request Of ne1ghbor,
who stated that he wanted it for his
wife. w.o was sick. The solicitor ac-
cordingly urged full pardon, and this
the governor granted.
Homicide ut Gaffney.
Spartanburg Journal, Saturday,:
There was a pitched battle between two
parties of men in Gaffney yesterday al
ternoon in which shotguns and pistols
were freely used, and as a result one
man is dead, others are more or less
injured and one, who voluntarily sur.
rendered, is in the county jail. 1t
seems that the two parties, numbering
ten or eleven in all, met in the neigh
borhood of the new factory in Carney
and had begun quarreling on account
of some small matter. One word led on
to another and soon there was q gene
raj fusilade. When the smoke had
cleared away it was found that Pink
Norman was dead, having been shot In
the heart and bowels, presumably by
Bud Cobb. Cobb Immediately surren-
dered to Sheriff Thomas. Of Cherokee
county, and Is now In Jail at carney.
He claims that he acted in self-defense
and shot only to protect his own life.
Norman. who Is dead, lived at Cherokee
Falls. Cobb Is a farmer and lives near
Gaffney.
T. w. Wood 6 Sons.
The advertisement Of T. w. Wood &
Sons, the Richmond, Va, seedsmen, is
both timely and important. Although
Messrs. Wood & Sons have had quite
number of customers IN tnlS SeCllol lol
20 years or more, it Is fact that most
of the garden and other seeds used here
come from New York, Michigan and
other far away points. OF late years,
it has become a matter of very common
knowledge that but few seeds ever
reach their best development until they
have become thoroughly acclimatized.
Farmers who have planted western
corn, wheat or oats, have observed that
the first years crop Is seldom as salts
factory as that of succeeding years. 1t
is a matter of pretty general knowledge
that Virginia seed wheat does better
the first year in this section than does
seed wheat from the west or further
north. The same rule applies to all
kinds Of vegetables. If there was re-
liable seed concern about the center of
South Carolina. the results would be
much more satisfactory to the farmers
and gardeners Of this state; but In the
absence of such a concern nearer home,
our people can do no better than look to
Messrs. T. w. Wood & Sons. These
gentlemen are giving especial atten-
ton to southern needs in their line.
and are not only glad to furnish their
catalogue upon application, but always
stand ready to give expert information
on any special seed subject that any
individual might wish to inquire about.
They are prompt. reliable and In the
first rank with all Of their competitors.