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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-11
never done such thing in the presence

never done such thing in the presence
of others. and he could not pull himself
to it. He sat crouched up in his tilted
chair as If burning up with the Joy OF
his release.
The silence was broken by Abner
Daniel as he filled his pipe anew and
stood over the fireplace.
'They say moneys a cuss an the
root Of all evil" he said dryly, but
in this case It's give Pole Baker thar Z
chance to show what's in i'm. I'd a
give the last cent I have to "a done
what he did today. 1 grant you he
used deception, but it was the fust
wates sort that that Bible king resorted
to when he made out he was goin' to
divide that baby by cuttin' it in halves.
He fetched out the good an squelched
the bad" Abner glanced at Pole and
gave one Of his impulsive inward
laughs. "My boy, when reach tother
shore l expect to see whole strings q
sech lawbreakers as you a-playin' leap
frog on the golden sands. You don't
sing an pray whole lot nur keep
yore religion in sight, but when thar's
work to be done you shuck off yore
shirt an do it like wildcat a-scratch-
in"
No one spoke after this outburst for
several minutes, though the glances
cast In his direction showed the EN-.
barrassed ex-moonshiner that one and
all had sanctioned Abner Daniels opin.
ion.
Bishop leaned forward and looked at
the clock, and, seeing that it was 9, he
put the money in a bureau drawer and
turned the key. Then he took down
the big family Bible from its shelf and
sat down near the lamp. They all
knew what the action portended.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-11

"What's the use O. me tryin' to git

"What's the use O. me tryin' to git
even with Alan" Pole exclaimed, "ef
he's eternally a-goin' to git up some'n?
I've been tickled to death ever since I
cornered old Craig till now, but you
an him has spilled It all by this heer
trick. 1t amt fair to me-"
"Well, it's DONE" smiled the old man
as he went to his horse, "an' eff you
don't live thar with Sally I'll make 'er
git divorce"
Bishop had reached a little pigpen
in a fence corner farther along on his
way home when Mrs. Baker suddenly
emerged from a patch Of high corn In
front Of him.
us he a-goin' to take it, Mr.. BishopT
she asked, painting from her hurried
walk through the corn that hid her
from the view of the cabin.
"Yes," Bishop told her. "Im a-goin'
to send two wagons over in the morn.
in to move yore things. wish it was
ten times as good a place as 1t Is, but
it will insure you an the children
Twin an comfortable hor,I."
After the manner Of many Of her
kind, the woman uttered no words Of
thanks, but simply turned back into the
corn, and, occupied with her own vision
of prosperity and choking with graft
tude, she hurried back to the cabin.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-11
AN EIGHTEEN FOOT PIPE.
Will Hold a Whole River For Nearly
Six Thousand Feet.

six lhouSano f00e.
Steel Is the material to be used by
the Ontario Power company in the
construction Of it's proposed big flume
on the Canadian side at Niagara Falls.
This flume will be one Of the largest
steel pipes in the world. It will have
diameter Of 1S feet and will be $3.50
feet long. The steel plates from which
it will be made have g. thickness OF
half an inch and in putting them to-
gether over 200 tons Of rivets will be
used. Its diameter is so large that 1t
would be impossible to put 1t together
at any machine shop and ship 1t to
Niagara, and so temporary plant for
building it will be erected on the Ca
madam side at Niagara.
This temporary plant will consist Of
a power house, a machine shop, boiler
shop, office and boarding house. To
carry the parts from the shops to the
point where they will enter into the
large fiume or pipe a temporary rail-
road will be built along the route Of
the flume to handle the steel. 1t Is
such a mammoth contract that to build
the fumes will take from ten to sixteen
months.
It was intimated some little time ago
that the Ontario Power company
would use California redwood in the
construction Of this flume. 1t was al
so intimated that other woods have
favor, and the fact is a careful search
made Of other notable fumes carrying
water in the country. These fumes
are not so numerous In the east as
they are in the west, but after all the
research steel has been adopted as the
material to be used. Advocates Of wood
claimed that a steel flume would rust
and rot quicker than flume made OF
wood: but the fact was evident that
should the flume be built Of wood steel
hoops would have to be used 20 make
1t firm. and these stood just IS much
chance of going to pieces as the all
steel f1ume.
The f1ume will extend from the fore
bay Of the Ontario Power company
along the base of bluff at the rear Of
Victoria Park to a point just below
Table Rock, the famous view point,
and there it's waters will be diverted
through penstocks to turbines>to be
installed in a power house at the wa
ter's edge. The fiume, from an engin-
eering point, will be we'll worth watch
ing during the construction, for no
doubt it will have important features
Philadelphia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-11
AFFAIRS gore money! It's all thar"

"Ihars gore money! It's all thar"
'They both make a guess at it when
cotton is sold. Father calls it lump
ing the thing, and usually Pole gets
the lump. But he's all right, and l
wish We could do more for him. Fa-
ther was really thinking about helping
him in some substantial way when the
crash came
THAR" broke in Daniel, with q gur-
Cling laugh. 1--WE won my bet. | bet
to myself Jest now that ten minutes
wouldn't pass fore Craig an his bust
up would be MENTIONED"
1--WE have been at it, off and on. all
day." said Miller. with a low laugh.
"The truth Is it makes me madder than
anything lever encountered"
"Do you know why?" asked Abner
seriously. just as Pole Baker came
through the dining room and leaned
against the door jamb facing them. Its
beca' 'se"-nodding greeting to Pole
along with the others-"it's becase you
know in reason that he's got that
money"
"Oh, I wouldn't say that" protested
Miller, in the tone Of man Of broad
experience in worldly affairs. 81
wouldn't say that"
"Well, would, an do" said Abner,
in the full tone of decision. L know
he's got it!'
"Well. yo're wrong thar, Uncle Alb"
said Pole, striding forward and sinking
into chair. you've got as good judg-
ment as any man l ever run across.
thought like you do once. I'd a tuck
my oath that lie had it about two
hours by sun this evenin', but / kin
swear he hain't a cent Of it now"
DO YOU mean that. Pole:' Abner
stared across the wide hearth at him
fXedly.
"He hain't got it. Uncle Alb" Pole
was beginning to smile mysteriously.
"He did have it. but he hain't got it
now. l got it from i'm. blast his ugly
pictur'!"
You got it?' gasped Daniel. "You?"
"Yes. made up my mind he had it,
an it devilcd me 50 much that | de-
termined to have it by hook or crook
ef it killed me or put me in hook the
rest O. my life" Pole rose and took
packet wrapped in brown paper from
under his rough coat and laid it OH the
table near Alan. God bless you, old
boy." he said. "thar'S yore money! It's
all thar. | counted it. It's in tifties
an hundreds"
Breathlessly and with expanded eyes
Alan broke the string about the packet
and opened it.
"Great Godv' he muttered.
Miller sprang up and looked at the
stack of bills, but said nothing. Abner,
leaning forward, uttered a little, low
laugh.
"You-you didn't kill i'm, did you,
Pole, old boy-you didn't, did you" he
asked.
Didn't harm a hair Of his head,
said Pole. "All I wanted was Alan's
money. an thar it is!'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-11
TRAMPs CAPTURE TRAIN.
Run It Thirty five Miles and Wind Up
In Jail.


With clubs for weapons party Of
dozen tramps captured g. Reading
Railroad company's freight train rum
ming between Bound Brook and Tren-
ton the other day and by fu usilades OF
ears Of corn, watermelons, potatoes
and apples repulsed force Of the
companys workmen who tried to re-
take It,
After the train had been kept going
continuously from Belle Meale, where
it was captured, to Trenton Junction,
distance Of about thirty-fve miles,
three constables and three policemen,
summoned by telegraph, defeated the
tramps in hand to hand fight and
took three prisoners. The other nine
escaped.
The train was a regular freight
from Bound Brook to Trenton, stop
ping at oil stations to take on the
produce of the Jersey market garden
ers for the Trenton and Philadelphia
markets.
When the train came to u halt at
Belle Meade the tramps came out Of
the woods with whoop. Four Of
them climbed into the engine cab and
five more into the caboose, where were
the conductor and three other men,
bers Of the train crew. The rsmain-
der of the tramp squad climbed on top
Of the cars or into them. Few Of the
cars were locked because Of The stops
made at such short distances for TAX
ing on freight.
Along the tracks on the way to
Trenton Junction the train hsd to pass
at least five gangs Of wor rkingmen.
On approaching any Of these gangs Of
workmen the engineer risked the blow
Of cudgels and slowed the train, while
other members Of the crew shouted
Justify:
Help us! Tramps have captured
the train!"
At no time did any of the gangs Of
workmen refuse to attempt 10 recap
ture the train from the tra,nps, but
every attempt proved futile. Water
melons burst over the head OF the at
tacking parties; potatoes snd hard
apples struck them in their eyes and
on their noses.
AS the train halted at the Junction
the police rushed aboard. The tramps
made desperate fight againJt arrest
Two constables and a policeman were
knocked unconscious. The clubs Of
the policemen and constabfes cut long
gashes' in the heads Of the tramps.
The fight lasted for more than fifteen
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-11

TILLMAN EXPANSIVE. f. King, a
Turkish Bath manager, Of Norfolk,
Va, has given out letter he has re-
ceived from Senator Tilman with ref
erence to the latest free pass incident.
The story Is that King wrote Mr.. Till
man that he would not believe the sto-
ry until it was confirmed by the SEN
ator himself, and in reply he Is said
to have sent the following in an auto
graph letter from Trenton, S. c., under
date of September l:
"All the hullabaloo which has been
kicked up recently had for a founda-
tion the fact that 1 lost card case
containing passes over the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy system which
1 had never used. I notified the rail-
road so they could protect themselves
from any impostors. My record in
Washington will show whether or not
the use of such courtesies has influ-
enced my actions or utterances. A
man who can be bought with a pass
can be bought with money. My opin-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-11

- AYBURN MILLER and Alan
INI spent that day on the river
@l trying to catch fish, but with
g no luck at ALL returning emp
ty handed to the farmhouse for a late
dinner They passed the afternoon at
target shooting on the lawn with rifles
and revolvers, ending the day by a
reckless ride on their hOra across the
fields, over fences and bitches, after
the manner Of fox hunting, sport not
often indulged in In that part Of the
country.
In the evening. as they sat in the big
sitting room smoking after supper ci-
gars accompanied by Abner Daniel,
with his long, cane stemmed piSe. Mrs.
Bishop came into the room in hsr quiet
way, smoothing her apron with her
delicate hands.
"Pole Bakers rid up an hitched at
the front gate" she said. did you
send i'm to town fer anything, Alan?"
"No, mother" replied her son. Il
reckon he's come to get more meat. Is
father out there?"
81 think he's some'r's about the sta
ble," said Mrs. Bishop.
Miller laughed. 81 guess Pole isn't
the best pay in the world, is he?"
Father never weighs or keeps ac-
count of anything he gets" said Alan.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-11

BREAKING In NEW ENGINEs-The
Southern railway was also handicap
ped by not being able to secure loco
motives ordered long ago. The shops
had more than they could do and our
orde"5 were delayed. Many new en-
gines have been delivered, however,
and as these are broken In we are able
to make better time. You know a new
engine is like. colt that has never
been trained. 1t must be broken. 1t
has got to be acquainted with every
stitch of the track, it must know the
curves and the grades and they are
never assigned to passenger runs un-
til they are ready to do the work or
veterans."-Col. w. A. Turk " inter-
view with Charlotte News.
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ion Is that the great notoriety and
publicity given to the simple incident
grew out Of the fact I was pushing
Burton very hard on the race question
and the Republican papers seized on
this opportunity to create diversion
and it is notorious that my enemies
never let slip an opportunity to abuse
and misrepresent me-"
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6a' The railroad car will carry as
much as twenty teams Of horses could
haul, and the great ocean steamers Will
transport as much at 400 railroad cars
can carry.
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CHAPTER XXIY.

BOUT a week after the events
recorded In the preceding
chapter old man Bishop, just
at dusk one evening, rode up
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-02
Secretary Hester's statement.

NEW ORLEANS, May t.--secretary He's ter's New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement s, the close e of April and md the weekly movsment
 Compared with fast year it shows an in- oco Saiss s e eempsrsd @ with s year before las. decrease @ of 10000 and with 1900 an increase Of rbs 1sSoSS. ;ots, for An,u wa, 4zs4sz .ra,n.. sso, ,ess I last % year p and 4ss. sas year before last and 2s3,27e the same time in 1900.
 The amount of the crop brought into sight for the eight months from September to April, inclusive. Is es7. 900 ahead of last year. e6s.- 900 ahead of years before last and ,42s. 900
 The movement from the let of September to the close of April shows receipts at all United ststes delivery ports sss; S2e. asainst T. isst and es42.% 0 % ss the same time in toos Isoo: net overland movement by railroads across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac Riyers .oo4.- Ss ss't ss anS Ss .s. s a 1900; Southern mil taixings. exclusive of con sumption. at Southern outports .S4s. 800. sssors les. and tn. s S 1900; and interior stocks in excess of those aranst ns ss year. Ua xssr before last and an 2 decrease of l4'7so under the sane Ss.a time r. in goo ;o,., .o,r, n, inc cotton crop brought into sight during eight months ending et the close of April lools. i23. against e,76o. eeI last year, s,se3.244 year peLOLo iAot anu o,ooo'SOS biio sNuno 1900
 Northern spinners took during April IA. Ii7. against iB.6e6 last year and 93,774 year before last. increasing their total the eight months l,obo. .967. against i.e42.65 last year and l.7l3 3s6 the year before. This makes their average for the season 66.465. against 5e. is9 last year and 4s,56o the year before.
 Foreign exports for the first eight months of the season have been 6,2oS. .026 bales, showing an increase over last season of 26o.- i42 and an increase over the same period year before last of 739.0io.
 Stocks at the seaboard and the 20 leading Southern interior markets on April so were 5o2.4l5, agains te4e. 34 the same date last year and l.Is6.76S the year before.
 Including port and interior town stocks left over from the previous season and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the eight months the sup ply has been l0 23S. le7, against 10. 2e, 66e last year and e.4ss, 77e the year before
 Up to April 80, last year. sl 3s-loo per cent. of the cottonl crop had been marketed and for the same eight months in 1901 the percentage of the crop brought into sight was 90 l7-l0o and for the same time in 1900 the percentage marketed was 9l 3-loo.
 In addition to the monthly figures Secretary Hester issued today @ statement of the weekly movement for the seven days ending May [, inclusive. showing total brought into sight this year lo7, ,337, against 8o.o30 for the seven days ending May l. last year, l6.3ee year before last and o2,ol7 the same time in 1900.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-02
R. G B. Beers Cotton Letter. RananinI fo The Advar4iaar-1

NEW ORLEANS. May I.-As Liverpool was better than expected our market opened statistics and the fair weather prevalent SSTDf the sns SssSn which. however was only temporar-- the clos ing being unchanged to ! point lower. The was Io7 ioo. against so,ooo last year. and the total marketed from Sept. lst to date has been Ioo25, o0o against 9.77o, 900 last the week received 4s. ooo against s7 ooo last f year. and the loss in stocks was i4.ooo. against 2e.ooo last year The amount last year and 65e 900 fin excess of year be- fore last. Consequently as the crop last year was 10 eal 900 and year before 1t was TO- 393, 900. the movement on its face points to crop of Io.e36, 900. compared to last year, and indicates crop of .o42, 900 when com pared to year before last. The movement into sight next week last year was 6e, 900. The port movement. though. large. aggregat- ing 6l,ooo. This, however. at the ex- pense of the interior town stock, which showed a loss of SC, ooo We mention these facts be- cause the tendency has been to accumulate cotton in the interior and not ship to the may be lighter than last year, the increase in interior holdings will probably offset them and make the amount brought into sight larger. Killing frost was reported today in some posed places in Arkansas and North Texas Frost is predicted tonight in the eastern sec tion of the belt Generally fair and warmer weather will prevail in Oklahoma, Indian Ter ritory. Texas and the other Gulf States tonight and Saturday; as anticipated yesterday the cold weather did no damage. The general rains in this district followed by warmer weather have proven of vast benefit to the growning crop. The statistical situation Is gradually weakening from week to week. Spinners continue apathetic owing to their having large stocks of the raw article. and speculation in the old crop months reduced to minimum proportions in consequence of ma- nipulation. New crop months are more active and will be regulated by the weather.
 A. 3. Baxter 0 Co.'S Cotton Letter.
 rBy Private Wiro.1
 NEW YORK, May I.-Another cold spell fin the South and more especially in the South
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-02
Worlds Visible Supply.

NEW ORLEANS. May l.-secretary Hester's statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton. made up from special cable and tsle- graphic advices. compares the figures of this week with last week. last year and the year before. It shows a decrease for the week just closed of 7e.766 bales against a decrease of I25. l4e last year and a decrease of l24.- 643 the year before last.
 The total visible is 3. 62. 435. against s. 242, POI last week. 3.5e9 452 last year and 3. 632. .984 year before last. Of this the total of American cotton is I.e7e.435, against 2o6I POI last week.. 2,5o4.452 last year ana 2, eeo ss4 year before last and of all other kinds, including Egypt. Brasil. India, etc. iIe4. 900. against [. .ls 900 last week. I,oe4. 900 last year and l.o72. 900 year be- fore last.
 The total worlds visible supply of cotton above shows a decrease compared with last week of 79.7ee bales. decrease compared with last year of 496,oi7 and a decrease com pared with year before last of 47o.549
 Of the worlds visible supply of cotton as above there is now ahoat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe l;s4e: 900; against .994. 900 last year and .9l5 900 year before last; in Egypt. ss, 900. against l57. 900 last year and l77:ooo year before year and 5se 900 year before last. and in the United States. 52l. 900. against s4l 900 last year and I .oe3. GOO year before last.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-02
Liverpool Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Market.

NEW oRLEANs-stead sales. 2,soo: or g 7-l6; middling. 10 3-Ie: good middling. lo%; middling fair, | 5-le: receipts. i7oei
 GALvEsToN-Firm: middling. Ioh; sales, 2S2: receipts. 4,227 stock. 6l .os4.
 MOBILE-Nomnal; middling. O; sales 50; receipts, g. stock (actuall. 6Se6
 sAvANNAH-Firm: middlIng, 10; sales 100; receipts, 500: stock. 26, ls5. CHARLESTONAFirm; middling, TO; receipts 292;> stock 4.2i6.
 wILMINGToN-Firm:. middiins. io%: re- ceipts. | 6: stock. 6.63l. NORFOLK-Firm; middling lo%: sales, g: receipts l.2S2; stock. Io.oeI. BALTIMORE-Nominal; middlng. lo%: re- ceipts. lI9I: stock 5.lS5. BOSToN-Quiet; middling. Io.76; net re- ceipts, 564 gross, 952 PHILADELPHIA-Stesdv middlinR, ! r: re- ceipts. 2: stock. 1887.
 ST. LoUIs-Quiet; middiing. IoX; stock.
 NEW YoRK-Dull; middlins. Io.7s; net re- ceipts. 26; gross 2o; sales, 3o.9oo; stock,
 Total today-Net receipts, Io,ee4; exports to Great Britain. 2sl to France, 6; stock.
 Total since Sept l-Nst receipts, 7.s3e ees; exports to Great Britain. 2e2l, 04l; to France 727.27e; to the eontinent. 2seoo ,AA6; to Ja- pan, i33, ,4o2.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-02

west gave opportunity for further advance in prices 3@7 points whom we opened. Cables were also favorable account of low tempera- ture and although foreign and local markets were only moderately active. there was more disposition to support the market. The fact is the weather situation Is beginning to at be. 1t is time that the crop had such . start which 1t has not yet had. the fact that not enough. especially since the start is un- doubtediy quite late. For this reason there is growing confidence in the later months which are not subject, to control by the clique. but by stubborn facts and . good deal of atten- ton fs now being given to them. Some ca bles were bulish on the weather situation and there was a general indispQsition to sell everywhere in consequence. The Texas fore cost was for fair warmer weather. The in- sight movement for the week pointed to lo7- 900. against 80. 900. Cables were steady at 263 points advance.