Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-01-24
Scraps and 9aets.

CarOllna mas not yet Deen Droken. 1he
Democrats are unable to agree upon
the choice Of candidate for this i'm
portant position. The caucus having
failed to make a nomination, when
the matter came up officially last Tues
day, the Democrats scattered their
votes between eighty-five different in
dividuals who were not candidates.
The Republicans, % in number, voted
solidly for ]. C. Pritchard. There seems
to be no probability of an early choice
of Senator Pritchard's successor.
The Biltmore estate Of George w.
Vanderbilt, near Asheville, says dis
patch, already the largest contiguous
body of land in North Carolina under
private ownership, will be greatly ex-
tended by purchase of land just made
by aIr. Vanderbilt. He has bought all
the lands on the upper Davidson river
with the water power that has for
years been the motive power OF the
mills there. This transaction brings
Mr.. Vanderbilt's estate down to the
Transylvania railroad, where 1t Is un-
derstood he will build a station. He
will also improve the approach to Bilt-
more and will excavate the bed Of the
Swannanoa river to prevent overflow
of the driveway and bridge.
-By the arrest in New York last
Wednesday Of a man who the police
say is William G. Furlong, an alleged
scheme to fleece the public was
brought to light today. The police say
that Furlong has been advertising in
New York and Philadelphia papers for
"a gentleman who would be willing to
marry a lady he had never met and
from whom he expected to secure d.
vorce as soon as possible after the mar
riage." The advertisements said 1t was
necessary in order to settle an estate
for the lady to marry, and the man
accepted would receive $4,000. AS soon
as an answer was received circular
would be sent in which the applicant
was asked to send 81 for picture OF
the lady. The police say 5000 answers
were received and that Furlong also
secured money by advertising for ap-
plicants for a position. Furlong had
handsomely furnished offices on Wall
street. When arraigned the prisoner
gave his name as ]. v. S. Cudder.
The second trial Of James Wilcox,
charged with the murder of Nellie
Cropsey, at Elizabeth City, N. c., on
December 20, 1901, was completed at
Hartford. N. c., last Wednesday after
noon. The jury remained out on the
case twenty-four hours, and returned
g. verdict Of murder in the second de-
gree. Judge w. B. Council, presiding,
sentenced the prisoner to thirty years
in the state penitentiary. On the night
of December 20, 1901, Wilcox called at
Miss Cropsey's home, and when leav-
ing at II o'clock, called the girl out In
the hail. This was the last seen Of her
alive. Her body was found in the river
300 yards from her home thirty-seven
days later, and a slight bruise was
found on her head, which led to the
theory advanced by the state that she
had been hit with a blunt instrument
and thrown into the. stream. The evil
dence against Wilcox was circumstan-
tial. He was convicted Of murder In
the second degree at the first hearing
last March, in Elizabeth City, but on
account Of demonstration in the court
during the trial, new trial was grant
ed and the case moved to an adjoining
county. The jury which tried the case
the second time was composed Of elev-
en- white men and one Negro. Five of
the former are Quakers.
The general debate upon the Dis
trict Of Columbia bill last Tuesday was
largely devoted to discussion Of the
Alaska boundary line dispute. Mr..
Cochran, Of Missouri, precipitated the
issue by denouncing as "a cowardly
surrender" the course Of the state de-
partment. Mr.. Hepburn, Of Iowa, took
up the challenge and countered with
the charge that Democratic adminis-
trations had surrendered the territory
between latitude 49 and $40, and also
the republic Of Texas. THAT was in
the period Of our weakness" replied
Mr.. Cochran, when the fear Of the re-
heavily upon public men. Now, in the
time Of our strength, we supinely per-
NIT another land grab by the same
land-grabbing country" Something Of
a stir was caused just before Mr.. Coch-
ran concluded by an interruption from
the ladies' gallery. Mr.. Cochran was
speaking of the trucking policy Of the
United States to Great Britain" When
that trucking ceased, he declared, the
people Of Canada, now intensely loyal
to England, would change their atti-
tude. "You lie," cried a stylishly
dressed young woman in clear, ring
ing tones. All eyes were turned to the
ladies' gallery where the speaker lean
ed forward defiantly as if she intended
to say something further. But COM
panion pulled her back and immediate
ly after she left the gallery.
An English drill sergeant in the
service Of the sultan Of Morocco, has
given the following interesting details
of the composition of the sultan's
army. He says the imperial forces to-
tai about $4,000 men including sheriff
and body guard Of 1000 picked men, all
of whom are armed with Martini-Hen-
ry rifles. According to the sergeant it
is almost impossible to train the ma
tives to handle artillery, as they believe