Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-08-08
Scraps and fafts.

the Sner1H H1due I'LL HoiiSSl SAAo~ ~
drive it back; but did not try to KILL
The mob debated for short time be-
tween hanging and burning and decided
in favor of hanging. Hamilton mace
a confession and he was hanged to the
guy wire Of an electric light pole.
George J. Gould, the railway mag
nate and millionaire, Is credited with
desire to 60 to congress from the New
Jersey district in which his summer
home, Lakewood, is situated. Tne
present representative, Benjamin r.
Howell, Is willing to retire IN Mr.
Goulds favor. Mr.. Howell has served
five terms already and is getting weary
of public life. Another eastern MIL
lionaire, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Is being
urged by residents Of Portsmouth, r..
T.. to 20 into politics in small way.
The farmers in the vicinity Of his place
near there, want him 10 accept the pres
idency of the town council, hoping
that. should he consent, they will even
tually get him to become a member Oh
the legislature.
The sacred college Of cardinals COM
pleted its labors last Tuesday morning
by the selection Of Giuseppe Sarto'
Patriarch Of Venice, as successor TO
Pope Leo XIII. The election occurred
at the seventh ballot, and 1t happened
that the choice Of the conclave fell up
on a man who had not been previously
considered seriously FOR the position.
On assuming the papal crown, imme-
diately after his election, the new pope
announced that he would be known as
Plus x. The new pope Is sixty-elsnt
years Of age. He comes of an humpie
family. His first parish was Castel-
Franco, which he took charge or when
he was twenty-three years OF age. he
was soon looked upon as man or un-
usual virtue, and his people held him
in high esteem He rose gradually In
position until he became cardinal ana
was appointed Patriarch Of Venice.
He Is held in high esteem throughout
Italy and is on familiar terms with the
king and queen. Because Of his kind
ness of heart and great charity the
people love him. He was loath to ac-
cept the office Of pope; but his Fellow
cardinals persuaded him that such was
the will of God. The new pope has
brother who Is a mail carrier at sal
ary Of $50 a year: but a most worthy
man. According to custom the eleVa-
ton Of Giuseppe to the papal throne
will make that brother prince. AL
though much surprised at the outcome,
the fight having centered principally
about Cardinal Rampolla, the cardinals
generally express themselves as much
pleased with the selection Of Sarto.
Gastonia News: South Point
township seems to be the CEN
ter of burglaries the last few weeks.
A week or two ago c. H. Par
hams store was broken into. During
the meetings at Sandy Plains, While
the families were at church, the resi-
dences of N. A. Jenkins, Charley Hoff-
man and Ed Hoffman were broken in
to. Thursday night Lee Groves store
was broken into. Suspicion fell on Go
BILE breaking into Mr.. Parham's store
on account Of a can that was found
among the goods that were left In the
woods where the burglars were run
from the next morning after the store
was broken into. Mr.. Parham thinks
that the boys expected to find whisky
but not finding any whisky at his store
they filled the can with kerosene oil.
The residence was broken open appar-
emily to get provisions. The Groves
store was entered by boring a plank
off in the rear Of the store. Canned
goods, money etc., were taken. Friday
afternoon Goble was arrested. He said
that he and John Bell and Miles Huff
man entered Parhams store. He said
that the other boys had hired him to
go into the store with them. He denies
going into Groves's store. Goble is in
Jail. The other two boys are gone, but
officers are trying to make arrests. A
large crowd of South Point people
were in the woods hunting for Huff
man yesterday, who is said to be heav-
lily armed and declares that he will not
be arrested. He is thought to be hid
In a little mountain knob in the south
ern part Of the county and unless he
escapes he will be likely to be under
arrest in a short time.
New York Journal Of Commerce:
1t is not surprising to learn that
movement is on foot for calling upon
congress for legislation to prevent the
cornering of cotton. A dispatch from
Philadelphia states that prominent
mill men" are engaged in such a move
ment and are advised that such action
would come within the power Of con-
gress on account of interference with
interstate and foreign commerce. On
the 3Oth of July the New Orleans
clique held practically the entire sup
ply for that months delivery, which
was demonstrated by w. P. Browns
loudly bidding on the exchange for
5000 bales at Is cents a pound with
out getting an Offer This was regard
ed as triumph for the bull clique"
in making the corner complete. They
were said to have s2O.OOO,0OO tied up in
embargo from which the capital and
labor of nearly all the mills in the
country were suffering, and which was
drawing cotton back from the manu-
featuring centres to meet the demand
for merely speculative delivery. On
general principles the interference Of
congress in any kind Of trading Is to
be deprecated. because 1t is so difficult
to draw the line between what is legit-