Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-06-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Demand Moro Waoes. ....

Piedmont special Of June "a to the
Columbia State: It seems that the Ne
gr6es, big, little, old and young, en-
Fployed hereabouts tas nurses, cooks
etc, have quietly formed. combine
and are demanding from rs to rs cents
a week more than they have been get.
ting, and. are walking out" where
they do not get raise. This Is partly
due to the abundant crops Of plums
and blackberries, and partly to the
scarcity of farm laborers. Some OF
them prefer to feast upon the black
berries, etc., and the others ask g
cents per day for hoeing cotton.
Raid on Moonshiners.
Spartanburg Herald: On Monday
morning before daylight State Consta.
BILE Ewbanks and Chief. OF Police Dun
can, Of Blacksburg We're out In quest
of Illicit booze. On Kings Creek, g
few miles below Blacksburg, they rar
across every accompaniment and re-
quisite to an Illicit distillery, except the
still, and the smoking. embers at the
spot were sufficient evidence tina,
something. was doing prior to theil
advent. In the absence Of the distil.
lery these officers destroyed twenty
gallons Of low wine, 5000 gallons OF
still beer and captured every ap-
purtenance belonging to the distillery.
Death of Miss Matte Boyee. = e.. -"
Due West special of June "a to 1.-The
Columbia State: Miss Matte Beyce
lady principal Of the Due West Female
college, died her at 10 p. m. yester.
day: Miss Boyce was a graduate OF
the above institution, having gradua'
ted in the class Of 81. In 1892 she ex.
pressed her willingness and desire to
do missionary.work and was sent by
the foreign mission board of the A. r
P. church to one of their fields of labor
in Mexico, and there she remained five
years, trying by her life and work to
enlighten and Christianize all with
whom she came in contact. In '97 she
was forced to give up this work be-
cause of i'll health and returned to hel
brothers home in Idaville, Tenn. She
became a member Of the faculty of the
Due West Female college in the sum-
mer of 1900 and began her work there
in September of the same year, and
continued until cut down by her last
illness one week before the recent com
mencement. Since then she had grad
ually grown weaker and weaker up tc
the end. Her brother, the Rev. L. G
Boyce, D. d. and sister, Miss Emal1ne
Boyce, Of Idaville, Tenn, have beer
with her in her last illness.
Loss at Clifton, 100000.
Spartanburg special to Charlotte OBJ
server: The board of directors OF the
Clifton Manufacturing company, In g
letter to the stockholders relative tc
the recent flood, sets forth the losses
of that company and its future plans
The damage on mills Nos. and Is
estimated at 100000. Following Is
part of the circular: -Four ware
houses at mill No. 2, with 1,794 bales
Of cotton, have been lost, almost total
ly. What we most deplore Is the loss
Of life caused by thirty cottages hav,
ing been carried away In tne toTIen'
before the. inmates escaped. After
careful inspection of property as nov
Istanding, we are inclined to think II
Is worth s1,O0O,OO0 to the stockholders
as basis on which to renovate and
reconstruc, the plant in time. Be.
sides we Wee most fortunate In saving
5000 bales of cotton, and there being
no manufactured goods lost, having
quick assets which can be converted
into cash at once, more than sufficient
to cover the present indebtedness
The board of directors Of the Converse
places the loss at Glendale at $4,000
The capital stock Is to be raised from
$3.50, 900 to 100000 after July 1. That
date is the regular time for the paying
Of the semi-annual,. dividend upon the
capital, but this has been rescinded
the profits going into additional capt.
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