Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-18

been an attempt to defraud. On larger
packages there Is never any question as
the stamp is or is not attached and If
1t Is not 1t is seized at once. There
has never been a question like this be-
fore the department before and the de-
cision was rendered after consulting
many authorities 1t is not known yet
what will be done with the whisky
seized before the decision and now In
the hands Of the revenue officers.
Lexington Will Be Crowded.
Columbia Record: Despite the fact
that it Is not known yet whether JAS
H. Tillman will come to trial, every
preparation is being made for the case
and the material witnesses have been
served with summons to appear next
Monday. The town of Lexington has
population of about 900, and the
question of accommodations for the
hundreds of witnesses is a serious one.
There will be at least dozen newspa-
per correspondents present, also, ana
there has been great difficulty IN Sc
curing rooms. Those who have been
wise enough to write and secure quar-
ters in advance have been informed
that with two in a room the price IS
50 per day, and with four in the large
rooms the price is $3.50. Those who
have not written will on their arrival
find themselves in a serious fix, and as
a result there is talk Of requesting the
Southern railway to put on an evening
train from Lexington to Columbia, so
that parties interested in the case can
come over to this city every night and
go back to Lexington on the early
morning train. The present schedule
of the train makes the idea impractti-
cable, but it would undoubtedly pay
the railroad to put on this train. This
was discovered yesterday by those in
terested, and it is believed that the
Southern will run the train II request
ed. The fare would only be'about for
ty cents each way, and many would
rather pay this in addition to- the price
of rooms in Columbia than put up with
crowded conditions In Lexington.
She Took Chances. ..
Columbia State, Tuesday: A Win
throp girl in boarding passenger
train moving out from the union sta
ton yesterday at lively clip. for Rock
Hill, showed grit and determination
worthy of a better cause. A large
crowd at the station at the time ex-
pected to see her little figure crushed
beneath the cruel wheels, but she got
there" in good shape. When the train
started out from the station, carrying
two coaches crowded. with, the fair
young students, the heroine"of this sto-
ry was upstairs in the waitfngroom.
The run she made across the upper
veranda, down the rather long flight
of stairs and across four or five sets OF
tracks to the moving train was not
quite as graceful as it might have
been had she rehearsed the thing, but
It was businesslike, if somewhat spec
tacular. Everybody seemed to recog-
nize fully that the girl would board
that train, even If she got seriously in
jured in the attempt. Four or fve
young men. none Of them daring to In
terfere with her plans, quietly and
quickly drew near her to be ready to
snatch her from under the wheels when
she fell. As the engine moved past
her, increasing its speed, she waved
frantically to the engineer to stop.
That "horrid man" only looked at her
and shook his head. The baggage man
succeeding him soemnly followed suit,
The porter, appearing next OH the front
platform Of the colored coach, grinned.
A look of resolve settled in, the Win
thropite's gentle, brown EYED and the
corners of her Cupid bowed mouth
Strengthened with determination. When
the platform of the first Winthrop
coach came to her she deliberately
threw an armful of impedimants aboard
and crawled up those train steps like
she was going up San Juan Hill with
Colonel Roosevelt and the boys. She
swung on without lost motion and
without a. mishap or a misstep. Ar
irving upon the coach platform she
smiled nervous little smile and walk
ed on in among her schoolmates tri-
umphant, Strengthening her hat as she
passed the mirror. An experienced
male traveller would have .hesitated
and calculated fully before attempting
to board that train just in that place.
A couple of box cars were standing
fifty feet ahead of her on the next
track. adding to the already great dan
ger of the thing. After she was COM
fortably seated the train came to a
standstill.
Looks Like Hocus Pocus.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier: The matter Of the appoint
ment of judge for the Lexington
court, at which the Tillman case Is to
be tried. is very much mixed. The
Winnsboro News and Herald has this
statement from that end Of the line:
"On account of Chief Justice Pope's
error in appointing Judge Townsend
to preside over the court at Lexington,
when he had already been assigned to
preside over the court at this place,
there is a very unsatisfactory condi-
ton of things here in regard to the
court that is to be held next week. 1t
is not yet known who is to preside. or
even whether there is to be a court at
all. On account of the illegality Of
Judge Townsend's presiding over the