Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-06-14
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merry the members pldyeu SleSHooSh
poker for drinks, but since the installa-
tion of six-pronged electric fans, even
matching pennies has become obsolete.
Each prong of the fan is numbered and
the players each select number. The
player holding the number that falls
opposite the upright support of the fan
buys" for the entire party. The game
Is very popular, but the switches con-
trolling the current are about worn out
by the constant turning on and shut
ting off Of the current.
Representative Thompson, OF Ala
bama, introduced a bill on Tuesday
appropriating 100000 to remove the re-
mains of all the deceased presidents OF
the United States, excepting those of
George Washington, from their respec-
tive resting places to the national Gem
etery at Arlington, as soon as the con-
sent of the descendants or legal repre-
sentatives Of the deceased presidents
can be obtained. The removal Is to be
made under the direction Of commits
sion to consist Of the governor OF the
several states where the remains are
now inferred, together with three other
persons to be appointed by the presi-
dent. The bill provides that the REIN
terment at Arlington shall be accom-
panied by imposing ceremonies.
Two Negro boys, Harrison and
James Gillespie. aged 16 and IA. under
arrest for the killing Of Miss Benson,
on a farm in Rowan county, Monday,
were taken from the Jail at Salisbury,
N. c., early Tuesday morning, ana
hanged,to a tree near the railroad yard.
The bodies were riddled with bullets.
The mob was composed Of so masked
men and was accompanied by several
hundred citizens. The militia was or
dered out early in the night, but as ev-
erything was quiet, were afterwards
disbanded. When the troops left the
Jail the mob battered the Jail door open,
took the boys one mile from town and
lynched them, and afterwards quietly
dispersed. Both of the Negroes admit
ted their guilt. The woman's brains
were beaten out with stones.
- Senator Hanna is championing the
Panama canal route as against the
Nicaragua route, and is claiming
among other things that the Nicara-
qua route is in danger from volcanoes.
During the discussion Of the subject
a few days ago, map was introduced
in the senate, showing numerous Volca-
noes along and adjacent to the Nicara-
qua route. 1t Is alleged that the map
was prepared at the instance of Sen
ator Hanna. A number Of newspapers
have been publishing stories to the ef-
feet that several volcanoes have be-
come active in the vicinity Of Nicara-
qua. Senator Morgan claims that the
nearest slumbering volcano to Nicara-
qua Is $50 miles away, and that 1t has
shown no signs of activity for nearly
100 years. He characterizes the repre-
sentations Of volcanic danger as bum
combe.
- Says a Boston dispatch: A good
looking young woman entered the Of
flee of City Solicitor Parsons in City
Hall, Lynn, yesterday afternoon, and
demanded of that official that he give
her s3,000,000. The city's expounder of
law looked at the woman and, taking
in the situation at glance, assured
her that. If she would be seated while
he looked over a bankruptcy petition
that he had before him, he would try
to raise that amount. The woman,
however, was not to be brushed aside
so easily, and she insisted on the money
at once. He asked her if she would ac-
cept his check for that amount and she
said that she would. Then the solicitor
gave her his personal check for s3,O0O,-
600. While this ceremony was in prog
ress the police had been notified and
the woman was finally taken to police
headquarters.
The design for the Jefferson Davis
memorial arch to be erected In Atlanta,
by Louis Albert Gudebrod and accepted
by a committee representing the United
Daughters of the Confederacy and the
Federation Of Southern Memorial soci-
eties, has been announced. The design
proposed an arch, Corinthian in style,
having a height Of IS feet. a width of
70 feet and a breadth of "a feet. The
archway is to be 25 feet wide and 40
feet high in the clear. An interior
stairway will lead to the top of the
arch. Upon either end of the arch will
be a bronze figure, the one represent
ing Fame" and the other the Lost
Cause" In the SpandrelS, two on each
side of the arch, will be placed bas re-
liefs. representing Glory, Truth, Justice
and Valor The 13 seals in the attic
will represent the Confederate states
the seal of Virginia being in the centre
Upon low relief panels in the attic and
in the archway, various tributes to the
chieftain of the Confederacy will be in
scribed.
Charlotte dispatch Of June II: A call
signed by 1000 or more Democrats OF
Mecklenburg county, is published today
for a convention to be held in this city
on June 21st for the purpose Of putting
out a county ticket. This movement is
taken because of the adoption by the
county Democratic executive commit
tee of law which provides for holding
a primary, among which is the provis-
ion for an oath to support the nominee,
ETC., which every person participating
must subscribe to. This is new de-
parture for the Democrats Of this coun-
ty. and there is strong feeling against