Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-06

boy, for the murder Of Silas Hulin, a
man who, it is claimed, is alive and
we'll. One year ago, when this case
came before the court, Hulin, the sup
posed dead man, was produced In court
with affldavits that he was the man
supposed to have been killed by Peake
in a drunken brawl at Clinton. Tenn
Today the court decided that it could
only hear the case on its merits, the
afidavits, having disappeared, and
Peake's sentence was affirmed. Peake
expects a pardon from Governor Fra
zier. 1t is thought he killed some man
in the fight, but who, perhaps, Will
never be established.
The Russian village Of Orc, In the
district Of Gapsalko, was recently the
scene of an extraordinary case Of re-
ligious mania. A peasant named Jo-
ham Petsman became convinced that
the sins Of the people demanded hu-
man sacrifice, and accordingly, offered
himself. None of the neighbors were
willing to act the part Of the sacrificial
priest. Petsman then concluded that
his mother, Of whom he was most
fond, must be the victim. He reasoned
that his mothers name was Eve, and
Eve brought sin into the world. Be-
sides, no woman's blood has yet been
shed for humanity's sins. His neigh
bors, suspecting Petsman's design re-
moved his mother to another cottage,
but in the dead Of night Petsman en-
tered her room by breaking a hole IN
the ceiling. He stunned his mother
with a club, then built pyre with the
furniture and burned her thereon. The
neighbors aroused by the fire, rushed
to the cottage, where they found Pets
man perfectly calm and satisfied. He
said he had done his duty.
The monthly report Of the ch1ef OF
the bureau of statistics Of the depart
ment Of agriculture will show the con-
dition Of cotton on September 20, to
have been 65.1, as compared with sl.2
one month ago; 5S.3 on September 25,
1902; 61.4 at the corresponding date IN
1901 and a ten-year average Of STA.
These figures indicate the condition on
September rs, and no attempt Is made
to anticipate the results from future
weather condition. Reports of dam
age during September from rust, she'd
ding, drought, caterpillars and worms
are general throughout the cotton
states, the damage in Texas being
caused more particularly by boil wee
vii and boil worm. The crop Is re-
ported as from two to four weeks late
and many correspondents report that
there will be no top crop. The follow
ing figures show the ten year average
condition of cotton by states on Sep
tember 25: Texas, rs; Georgia, 81;
Alabama, "a; Mississippi 81; South
Carolina, 80; Arkansas, 81: Louisiana,
&c.; North Carolina, S3; Tennessee, 81;
Indian Territory, 81 Oklahoma, rs;
Florida, SO; Missouri, 81; Virginia, Sc;
United States, S1.2.
- Sofia, Bulgaria, dispatch Of Octo-
Der 4: Serious news has been receiv-
ed here from the frontier Of fighting
between Turkish and Bulgarian troops
at Demir- KAPPA, both sides sustaining
losses. In official quarters all knowl-
edge of the affair is denied, but the
circumstantial details given seem to
indicate that there Is some foundation
for the accounts Of the conflict. Ac-
cording to one report, the Turks at
tackled the Bulgarian frontier post
Another version says the Turks pur-
sued a number Of refugees across the
frontier. 1t is asserted that the Turks
frequently attempted to provoke hos
tilities, firing into Bulgarian territory
and crossing the frontier to steal horses
and sheep. The war office here Is
working at high pressure and $4,000
recruits will be called out. Prince Fer
dinand has sanctioned numerous 9TH
er measures Of a warlike nature. All
the cavalry, with the exception Of a
single regiment, which Is stationed at
Sofia, has been sent into the frontier
districts, where are also strong forces
Of artillery. Vigorous efforts are be-
ing made to prevent bands from cross
ing into Turkish territory. Two bands,
which were sent back have reached
Sofia since yesterday. Dispatches
from the frontier received at the revo-
lutionary headquarters report that the
refugees in the mountains are in a ter
terrible condition through their pursuit
by the Turks and cold and hunger.
Many are dying.
Baltimore Sun of September 29:
With September cotton at an advance
of 145 points for the day and more
than 200 in two days, and likely to go
higher, and with news Of private settle
ments 100 points higher, the New York
Cotton Exchange today saw the cul-
mination of the most successfully car
ried out corner in cotton in the history
Of this market, a corner which has
made for Col. w. P. Brown, Of New
Orleans, the leader, at the least calcu-
lation, between s7,OO0,000 and $S,O00,-
900 in the September option alone.
Today in one hour cotton rose more
than $6 a bale, because men who had,
on the theory that the corner would
not hold, sold cotton by the thousands
of bales, were not able to find 1t to
buy to make the deliveries they had
contracted to make tomorrow, and
were forced to buy it Of the man to
whom they had previously sold it at
the latter's own price. In other words,
ha1 RI 1o1iVar
cotton to Brown. and as Brown owned