Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-09-10
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Legless and Armless, But Dnngero,

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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Legless and Armless, But Dangerous.
News and Courier, Monday: Peter
Moody, legless and half armless boot
black, was arrested by the police yes
terday on the usual charge Of making
disturbance on the streets. This in
corrigible sinner was armed this time
with an enormous bludgeon of his own
manufacture. The instrument Of death
was fashioned somewhat after the war
clubs of the South African man-eating
caution against personal assaults
Moody had concealed In his clothes two
razors and a loaded stick, and in addi-
ton to this he was surcharged with the
fumes of the very meanest corn whis-
ky. When thrust into a steel cage,
Moody gave vent to a series Of blood
curdling roars, his megaphonic vocal
spasms jarring the building from top
to bottom. He will be arraigned before
the recorder this morning, when 1t Is,
probable that he will receive his Gus
tomarY 30 days imprisonment in the
county jail.
Alliance Exchange to he Dissolved.
The Columbia Record, Monday: The
county trustee stockholders Of the Far
mers' Alliance exchange will hold a.
meeting in the state house Wednesday,.
October 20, for the purpose Of voting
upon the dissolution of the exchange
This marks the close Of the alliance as
an active business concern, as it has!
already practically passed away as an:
organization. This exchange has been,
a bone of contention for several years.
1t was organized about IA years ago.,
when all the farmers Of the state were;
enthusiastic over the order. and 1t did
quite a large wholesale business In;
farm implements, fertilizers, etc. The
exchange finally accumulated some
thing like $1,000 or a little over. The;
business of the exchange finally dwin-
died down, and then. began an agita-
tion to dissolve it, and divide the
money between the sub-alliances which
had contributed money to the stock Of
the exchange. A great fight was made;
at several successive annual meetings
over this matter, but the exchange peo-
ple always Won until the meeting last
spring, when they were defeated. A
new board of directors was then chos-
en- and it is now favorable to winding
up the affairs Of the exchange and re-
turning the money to the sub-aliiances.
The money was deposited with the old
Farmers and Mechanics bank, which
has been merged with the Palmetto
Bank and Trust company. Dividing
out the money will be difficult job,
II such a disposition Of It Is made. and
It will no doubt take more than year
TO- accomplish the task.
Last Day of the Campaign.
Columbia special Of Sunday to News
and Courier: This is practically the
! last day Of the second primary cam
paign in so far as electioneering work
Is concerned, and the various headquar-
ters here today were busy sending out
the last patches Of circulars and the
last instructions to the various workers
in the different counties. Every print
ing office in Columbia with any capacity
| for Job work worth mentioning, had all
and more than it could do turning out
thousands of circulars, for taking them
all together the number could hardly
have been much less than half mil
lion. Two-thirds Of these circulars were
devoted to denying campaign stories,
and some of them while doing that put
others in circulation. Nothing like 1t
has ever been seen in this city. The
cost of the printed matter, the keep
ing of open headquarters with four or
five clerks busy with typewriters, the
employment Of active workers In Vari-
GUS counties, must be fearful. The COM
plaint heard so much in the last cam
paign that things were rapidly assum-
ing such a shape that a man of even
moderate means could not afford to run
for office has actually come to pass
when one views the great expense the
candidates have put themselves to. All
of this money is spent in legitimate ex-
penses according to every one of the
candidates. None Of them will admit
that it Is being used for improper pur-
poses, and taking the state all in ALL
this is probably true. They consider
that when they employ man to look
after their interests solely he ought to
be paid for it if he has any business at
all, which he must neglect. This almost
lavish expenditure of money is a COM
paratively new thing in this state, but
the pace has been set and 1t will no
doubt grow faster and faster as times
goes on, at least as long as the present
system is in existence.
CABLE WANTS VIcToRY.-Ex-Repre
sentative Ben II. Gable, Of Illinois,