Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-04-04
Saturday, April 4, 1903.
[ Lawsuit Certainly, Fortune Maybe.

Lawsuit Certainly, Fortune Maybe.
Union special Of March 81, to tn,
Columbia State. Mr.. and Mrs. V.
DePass returned yesterday from Lo:
Angeles, Cal, where Mr.. DePass hat
gone as attorney for Mrs. John Hop
kins and her son, c. G. Alexander, Whe
it is alleged was left an estate or Sl4z''
900. Mr. DePass, when seen this even:
ing, said that he had gone there anc
had had gone over very minutely every.
thing connected with the estate, anc
that he had seen the only other vii
said to have been left by Charles Hill
alias Salem Charley" and that 1t was
really written with a lead pencil on
very ordinary piece Of paper and tha'
it was dated subsequent to the HOP
kins will. He compared the signatures
and writing and so far as human eye
could discern they were the same. He
stated positively that there We're ne
other papers or will, but that alleged
Massachusetts heirs claim the estate
Mr.. .DePass seemed Of the opinion thai
the heirs from Massachusetts, were az
ter the wrong man, but thought the
two wills were wills Of the man who
died there some years back, and so fal
as was commonly known had not
cent. However, he had vault In one
Of the banks with two keys to II, one
held by the bank authorities, the othel
by Hill. When Hill died the key was
turned over to the public administra.
tor, who with the bank officers opened
the vault and found the $4,000 II
spot cash. If it Is true, as Is said II
Los Angeles, that Hill on his dying
bed stated that he had no relatives, the
alleged heirs are after the wrong man
Mr.. DePass says that after a consQlta-
tion with the attorneys for Mrs. Dru.
ella briggs, who holds the alleged VIII
the hearing Of the case was postponed
from May u to some time In the sum
mer. This is about all the attorney
would divulge at present.
River Route to Charleston.
Columbia correspondence News anl
Courier: Mr.. w. B. Smith Whaley anu
the other officers of the Olympia, Gran
by and Richland cotton mills nave
closed a contract for steel hull, slde-
wheel freight boat, to have a CARRYING
capacity Of 200 tons, and to be reaoy
for use on November 1. The boat Is 20
be used for the carrying OF cottoti
goods to Charleston for shipment nortn
Via the CLYDE Line, and will cut freight
rates in half. The officers, who are al.
90 interested in the Columbia and
Georgetown Steamboat company, de-
cided upon this short time ago ana
the contract was given out IN the past
few DAYS to the Stevens Merrill Engl-
neering company, Of Jacksonville, Fia'
The boat will be known as the Washo
ington A. Clark and will be lS5 by o0
feet. a double decker, the lower deck
being for freight and the upper Ior pl,
lot houses. The hull will be OF steel
and the boat will draw three feet or
water when loaded to its full capacity,
200 tons. The speed of the Washing
ton A. Clark in still water Is guaran-
-teed to be twelve miles an hour. Tne
boat will cost $4,000. The boat Will
be used for the exclusive shipment OF
cotton goods north by water, although,
of course, on the return trips other
freights will be carried. BY this route
it Is estimated that cotton goods, "nlcn
are now shipped north by rail at Al Al
cents a hundred, will cost about SV
cents AS the same men interested IN
the Columbia and Georgetown Steam
boat company are building this boat
there will, Of course, be no competition
between the two, as 1t Is thought
that freight shipped to Columbia as
soon as river navigation Is open VIII
require several more boats, and the
Washington A. Clark on the down trip
will be used only for cotton goods.
TiIIman In Charleston.
Senator Tillman was entertained IN
Charleston this week and was the
guest of honor at banquet at the
Charleston hotel, Wednesday nigh.
According to the News and Courier, he
spoke briefly on the occasion. His re-
marks are synopsized as follows. He
said he had come here as the guest OF
the Medical college faculty, and he
added that 1t afforded him great pleas
ure to meet the people Of the city once
more. 81 have had the pleasure and
displeasure Of visiting Charleston on
many occasions and under many diff
ferent auspices" he said, "and in NY
time I have had unique experiences
here. appreciate the courtesy extend
ed to me, however, and I can only eX-
press the hope that if we did have any
unpleasantnesS in the past 1t has al
disappeared. I want to say in justice
to myself that I have been misunder-
stood by the people Of Charleston. The
revolution Of 1890 was run on the prin-
ciple that there were other parts OF
South Carolina besides Charleston.
thought that the rest Of the state mac
been in obscurity long enough. But
never tried to injure your city. l never
allowed myself to forget Charleston OF
the part she had taken in shaping the
history Of the state. I had to fight
you because you fought me. CAP.
plause) In that respect was like the
man who was once taken prisoner by
the Indians. They were escorting hin
to the place where he would furnish
the amusement for the dance Of death
but ne remembered that he had bot
tie Of whisky in his pocket, and M
quickly got them drunk. Afterwards
he said that he had killed as many o.
hol iii 1al nd fhis
warrants me in saying that l whipped
you as often as you whipped me
When I was governor, I was not al
lowed to deal with you like other sec.
tions Of the state. You were so mucf
in love with yourself down here thai
you couldn't see beyond Ten-mile Hill
and you didn't seem to know that there
was anybody else in South Carolina
II I had to resort to harsh methods, II
was only done to carry out the law.
want to claim for myself that since
have been in the United States senate
! have tried to represent South caro-
lima as whole. and to look to the best
interest Of every community. If I have
helped Charleston, 1t was simply 6
matter Of duty and not because 1 was
trying to get you to change your atti.
tude toward me. I didn't care whethe,
you gave me your votes or not. nev.
ct WdnteQ your support Unless Coulo
get 1t with your own consent. If car
ever serve Charleston. I trust that you
always find me ready to do it. beal
no ill-will to you. I want to say once
and for all that I recognize you as
South Carolinians and I hope you rec.
ogniZe me as one. I have great love
for Charleston, just as I have pride
in the entire state. But at the same
time you must remember that you are
not the whole shooting match dowr
here"