Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-08-05
Scraps and fafts.

ment Of agriculture, will show the
average condition of cotton on July 26
to have been 1877 per cent, as compar-
ed with I'll on June 25, 1908; S1.s on
July 25, 1902; 77.2 on July rs, 1901, and
a ten year average Of S4.S. .....
A gang Of convicts escaped from
the California state prison at Folsom
about ten days ago, disarmed the
guards, and carried them away. one
or two Of the guards were killed, and
the others were released. Since then
the convicts have been keeping to-
gether and terrorizing the country
along their route, followed by militia
companies and posses of citizens. The
militia and convicts have been within
shooting distance Of each other sew
eral times, and several militiamen as
we'll as two or three citizens have been
killed. The policy Of the convicts is
to ambush their pursuers and to SHOOT
them down unawares.
The evidence in the case OF curtis
Jett and Thomas White, charged with
the assassination Of j. B. Marcum, Is
progressing more satisfactorily at Gym
th,ania, KY, than in Breathitt county.
Witnesses who were afraid to TESTIFY
at the first trial are now testifying
freely. Among the witnesses who hed
to the mountains to keep from testi-
fying at Jackson, was Henry Free
man. He was arrested, and in his tes-
tfmony last week he said that Jett ana
White drank at his saloon after the
killing and he heard one Of them say,
the dog had to be killed., rererlns
to Marcum. He also heard Jett say:
ct had to get ahead Of him some way,
and I did the best I could" Mrs. Mary
Johnson, a sister Of the deceased, tes-
titled that she accused Jett OF having
killed her brother, and Jett said, YES
I killed your brother" Mrs. Coomos
heard the statement, and corroborated
Mrs. Johnson's testimony. There seems
TO be no definite idea as to how long
the trial will last as the defense Is still
securing the country for witnesses.
New York special Of Saturday to
Baltimore Sun: While returning to his
home, 525 West One Hundred ana
Thirty-Fifth street, at 8 o'clock this
morning, Frank Pilong, q collector 1or
the Fort Lee Ferry company, was held
up by two big Negro women, who rob-
bed him Of SIP, and threatened TO
drive their hatpins into him If he MADE
any outcry. Pilong says the women
darted in front Of him and CONFRONTED
him with hatpins, demanding his mon
ey, AS he Is a small man, he made no
resistance, and one Of the women went
through his pockets, taking the viz.
AS soon as his assailants had walked
away, Pilong made an outcry, which
was heard by Policeman Lavendar,
who gave chase and caught the women.
In the Harlem police court today they
were held in $1,000 each for trial, al
though pleading not guilty. The wom-
en- are Mary Leonard, twenty-four
wears old Of IA Gay street, who P1long
says, searched his pockets, and Kate
Cherry, twenty-four years old, lls
West Third street, upon whom the po-
lice say, the money was found When a
search was made at the station.
Boston dispatch Of August l: This
month will probably be a serious one
for cotton operatives throughout New
England, as it is estimated that more
than 100000 spindles will be idle'
mainly because Of the high prices OF
cotton. Several informal attempts
have been made to have all cotton
manufacturers enter a. general agree
ment to shut down for stated PERIOD
or cease operations for certain num-
ber of days each week, but owing to
a large number Of unfinished con-
tracts, an ironclad agreement was
deemed inexpedient. The cotton mar
ket has caused more Inconvenience IN
Fall River, the textile centre of Amer
lea, than in any other manufacturing
town in New England. For weeks
hundreds Of thousands Of spindles
have been idle, and corporations have
found it advisable at times to shut
down entirely. In Lowell, the high
price Of cotton has not had any notice.
able effect on account Of the long shut
down last spring. In Maine, the An
droscoggin and Bates Mills Of Lewis
ton are on a four week schedule,
and the Cabot Mills Of Brunswick have
shut down for two weeks. Many other
corporations in New England have
found it necessary to decrease their
product.
New Orleans special Of July 80, to
New York Tribune: The Brown-Hayne
bull clique bid Is cents for July cotton
today, and, before the days trading
closed offered to take everything In
sight at that figure for July delivery.
Not bale was rendered. w. P. Brown
stood at the ring side and shouted a
bid Of Is cents for 5000 bales Of July.
Not a bale came forward. Frank B.
Hayne shouted another and another.
Intense excitement followed, but no
cotton was offered. 1t was the record
bid on the exchange here in many
years. and it means the consummation
Of the corner. 1t means that the Brown
pool so effectually cornered the market
in raw July cotton that. when they
offered the phenomenal price Of Is
cents a pound not single bale was at
hand to be rendered them, neither was
there cotton sufficiently near to offer
by tomorrow, the last day Of the
month. 1t means that the Brown peo-
pie have actually bought and paid for
tween 25O,OO0 and 100000 bales Of cot
ton, and that they have paid out the
a,orp,onc cum, aP ohopt con 000 mn