Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-24

Yorkvile Wednesday, and at the re-
quest of the reporter gave some infor-
nation about the transaction. He said
that quite a number Of inquiries were
received as the result Of the adver-
tisement by mail and otherwise, some
of the inquiries making bids about
s125 and asking that the stock be not
sold below that figure. A number OF
people attended the sale, and three
different bidders contended In per-
son for the stock, which was finally
sold to Mr.. M. l.. Smith. secretary or
the Glover Manufacturing company,
for s127. 7.331-3. II understand that the
book value Of the stock Is about $l4O,'
said Mr.. Barnett, "and there is no
telling how much higher Mr.. Smith
would have gone if they had kept on
pushing him."
Inc Confederate Flag.
Major James F. Hart has given the
reporter some official information as TO
the dates of the adoption Of the differ
ent notifications of the Confederate
flag. The first Nag known as the stars
and bars was adopted by the Confed-
crate congress on March 4, 1861. 1t
was discarded after the first battle or
Manassas on account OF Its Similar
| ity to the flag of the Union, and the
resulting confusion because of mistak-
| ing the one for the other. The "battle
flag" was devised by Gen. Beauregard
in September 1861. 1t was never
recognized officially by congress, IN its
original form. Originally 1t was
rectangular piece of red bunting,
trayersed from corner to corner with
bars of blue. On the blue bars there
were 13 white stars. Afterward, on
May 1, 1863, congress changed this
rectangular flag into a square, placed
1t in the upper left hand corner OF
white field and constituted the new
combination as the flag Of the Confed-
eracy. The white gave trouble IN be-
ing mistaken as flag OF truce, ana
on March 8. 1865. red bar was ADDED
to the free end. This, as has been
stated, constituted the last flag OF the
Confederacy.
Dad Negroes In Rock Hill.
| Rock Hill special Of Thursday to the
Columbia State: Hugh Wallace Is
bad Negro who Is said to be wanted
| in Chester to answer several charges.
He came here yesterday from Fort
Mill, where he made some threats as
to what he was going to do down mere.
On his arrival he went to his wife, VINO
has left him and was at her brothers,
|
those present got into a dispute, IN
which Wallace's wife started to take
part He ordered her to keep out or
the fuss, and, upon her saying that ne
had nothing to do with her, told her
lhe'd show her, pulled his pistol and be-
gan shooting. The first shot entered
her upper lip, went into the tip and to
| the root Of the tongue, carrying
tooth or two with 1t. Wallace then pe,
gan shooting at the others and emptied
his pistol without doing further harm.
He then ran, with Tom Wilson after
him. Coming down town he surren-
dered and was locked up. He waived
preliminary trial and was bound over
to court. The woman's wound Is seri-
Gus, but not necessarily dangerous. A
crowd Of 14-year-old boys got into a
row with some Negro boys last even
ing about $50 o'clock, on Main street,
near Kimball's stable, and three Of
Them were cut by one Of the Negroes,
named Alexander Frost. Jno. Sadler
was stabbed in the groin pretty seri-
ously and had to be sewed up. Dave
lKimball and Pat Wylie were slightly
|cut. Sadler was taken to his home at
mis- step-father's, Mr.. VIM. Gill, and
this morning is resting easy. The Ne
gro has not been arrested yet.
The Cntawba Power Company.
lRock Hill Herald, Wednesday: A
lEisit\to the works Of the Catawba
IPower company will De a revelation
4 to any one who has not been there re-
Gently. With the advent Of favorable
weather, wonderful advancement has
been made, and under the management
Of Mr.. w. H. Wylie and his capable
Superintendent, Mr.. Briggs, the work
has been progressing without hitch
and in manner most satisfactory to
all concerned. About half the stone
work Of the dam and two-thirds tnat
of the power house has been complet-
ed. 1t is a stupendous undertaking,
this damming of the Catawba, but with
good weather, Mr.. Briggs feels conf
dent he will be able to complexs the
work by the~first Of December bout
300 persons are employed there, and
l1uring this favorable weather an i'm
lmense amount of work Is done each
lday. Some Of the huge machinery is
being placed in position, but many OF
the heaviest pieces are yet TO be maui
ed to the works from Old Point. For
instance, there are six pieces, each
weighing $4,000 pounds, that are to be
taken there at once, and when the
power house shall have been complet-
ed, four pieces, Weighing $4,000 pounds
each, must be hauled there. Trucks
will have to be made specially for this
purpose and the bridges on the road
must be strengthened and widened.
The power house will have width of
about 40 feet and length Of 1S0 feet
and will extend that distance out into
the river. The plant will be provided
with ten mammoth turbine wheels to
turn the machinery and the first Of
these\ WI be hauled to the works this
weekSzThe engineer In charge is Mr..
w. a. Whitner, who drew the plans for
this mammoth undertaking. He is as
sisted by Mr.. G. K. Chreitzberg, who
is constantly on the ground. Mr.. Sims
Wylie, Of New York. Is in charge of
the books and Mr.. Will McFadden Is
the manager OF the well-stocked COM
missary.