Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-12-11

for financing the deal by mortgaging
the property and credits Of the Gran
by and Richland mills. Some Of the
preferred stock was sold to the outside
public, and the entire $1,000,000 OF
common stock was appropriated by
the parties above named, without val
liable consideration in exchange. The
complaint virtually charges these peo-
pie with having built the big Olympia
mill for themselves with the proceeds
from the mortgages and open accounts
against the other mills. The complaint
enters exhaustively into the details OF
the alleged plan Of operation pursued
by the defendants, and makes quite a
formidable showing. Judge Simonton
granted the order prayed for and made
1t returnable on December 21.
$225, 1000 for Furman.
Charlotte Observer, yesterday: Rev.
DR.. E. M. Poteat, president OF Furman
university, at Greenville, who is one
of the distinguished visitors at the
Baptist convention, has recently sue
ceeded in raising for the university
s125,00O. Most Of this amount was
given by individuals in blocks OF $3.50.
The Observer understands that DR..
Poteat has Just returned from the
north, where he had an interview with
John D. Rockefeller, in which Mr..
Rockefeller in recognition Of DR.. Po-
teat's enterprise, has agreed to contri-
butte to Furman university the sum OF
100000. DR.. Poteat is a graduate OF
Wake Forest college, brother OF
Prof. w. L. Poteat, Of the chair Of bio
logy, and chairman Of the Wake For
est faculty. DR.. Poteat was pastor OF
the leading Baptist church in New Ha-
ven, Conn.,, for a number Of years, and
it was there that he met Mr.. Rookie
Teller. He has been president of Fur
man only a short while, having re-
signed the pastorship Of an important
church In Philadelphia to accept the
presidency Of Furman university.
$4,000 For columbia's Schools. ........ ..
The will of Charles Logan who died
in Columbia few days ago was open
ed Tuesday night, and his estate was
found to be worth between $30o,ooo
and $500, 900. Logan was a native OF
Ireland, eighty-nine years Of age, and
made a fortune in Richland county.
BY the will, his widow, Louisa B. Lo-
t,o
provided she does not remarry. AT
her death four acres Of land on Elwood
avenue, a part Of the old race track
and $4,000 goes to the city Of Colum-
bia for school to be known as the
Logan school," Nine thousand Is in
vested the proceeds to go to enforcing
the law, by the city Of Columbia,
against cruelty to animals. $4,000 goes
to the city hospital, $1,000 to Richard
keenan, a friend, and $1,000 each TO-
ten friends. An annuity Of $500 each
during life time is left to niece and
nephew. The remainder Is to be d.
yided between the heirs Of his brother
and sister. It was expressly stated
that there should be no dispute over
the will, and the amount is forfeited
by any beneficiary of the will who ori-
ginates dispute as to it's provisions.
The South Carolina Conference. :.
Greenville special Of Wednesday to
the News and Courier: Bishop A. Coke
Smith convened the one hundred and
eighteenth session of the South Caro-
lima Methodist Conference at Bun
combe street church this morning
promptly at 10 o'clock. At the oi,sn.
ing exercises the Sacrament OF the
Lords Supper was observed, previous.
to which Bishop Smith. made brief:
talk, in which he spoke Of the solernn-s
ity of the occasion and the impressive
ness Of the ceremony. He was assisted
In administering the Sacrament by 5.
A. Weber, J. r. Brooks o. A. Darby,
]. w. Humbert and ]. B. Campbell.
The roll-call showed one hundred and
seventy three clergymen and nineteen
laymen present. E. o. Watson was
A. E. Walker assistant secretaries; A.
]. Cauthen, recording secretary; S. H.
Zimmerman, statistical secretary, with
the following assistants; M. B. Kelly,
r. E. Turnipseed, J. H. holland, D. w.
Keller. A gavel, made Of mahogany,
from the railing and pews Of the old
Trinity church, Of Charleston, was
presented to Bishop Smith by the Rev.
J. w. Daniel. In his presentation
speech DR.. Daniel made reference to
the time when Bishop Smith was pas
tor Of Trinity church, and said that 1t
was great pleasure to the South Car
olina Conference to have Bishop Smith
as its presiding officer. This gavel,"
said DR.. Daniel, 'is given you in be-
half Of the officers Of Trinity church,
as a token Of the love and esteem they
have for YOU" Bishop Smith made an
appropriate and feeling response, In
which he referred to his pastorate at
Trinity and related several instances
connected with great revivals there
during his administration. The bishop
expressed great love for his former
Conference and said that when away
he often longed for the hand-grasp of
those who, in the past, had familiarly
called him "Coke" In accepting the
gavel he said that he had always found
a body Of Methodist preachers so trac-
table that gavel was Of no service
except as an ornament in the hands of
the presiding officer.
COTTON GOODS TOO Low.-The result
of the mass meeting Of cotton manu-
facturers held in Charlotte, N. c., last