Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-03-18

States Marshal Vance Scogg1n, ana ex-
Sheriff q. T. Smith, returned last night
from Charleston, after delivering to the
prison authorities there James Lang,
Charles Rogers, Walter Wood and II.
B. Wilson, the four men bound over to
the district court for the robbery OF the
postofflce at Griers s. c., by United
States Commissioner D. G. Maxwell.
Sergeant Jetton said that the prisoners
gave no trouble going down, but the
officers kept watchful eye on them
and would have been ready If they had
made a break In the event the men
are not convicted in Charleston they
will be brought back to Charlotte and
be tried for the robbery Of Mr.. w. G.
Shoemaker's store.
Negro Emigration Agent Arrested.
Greenwood special to. the Columbia
State: Some excitement existed for
short time yesterday afternoon among
the colored population caused by the
arrest Of Milly Ann Bush, a Negro fe-
male emigration agent. For some time
CIOWuS VI 3NS6io WOihSh
leaving here for New York, and as q
result there has been, and Is, great
scarcity of cooks and house-servants.
The Bush woman was arrested by Chief
Mcmillan and at the preliminary hear
ing before Judge Austin this afternoon
she was bound over to the circuit
court and bond fixed at $500. The wo-
man is a native Of this county. An
old Negro man present at the trial
made a side remark on the situation
that was somewhat amusing. He said:
Don't know what gwine ter becum er
de niggers; one-half Nv. 'em gwine ter
de devil and de odder half ter New
York"
Federal VS.. State Statutes.
Charleston special of Monday to the
Greenville News: In the court of COM
mon pleas here today Judge X. c.
Watts made a ruling which concerns
the constitutionality of the dispensary
law. The suit was brought by Gala
CHER & Burton against the estate of
J. F. Brainovich for liquors. The pur-
chase was admitted but payment was
refused under the following clause of
the dispensary law: "The possession Of
said Illicit liquors is hereby prohibited
and declared unlawful, and any obliga-
ton or note Of Indebtedness contracted
in their sale or transportation is de-
clared to be absolutely null and void,
nor shall any action nor suit for the
recovery of the same be entertained In
any court in this state" Judge Watts
ordered a verdict for the plaintiffs,
holding that otherwise interstate COM
merce would be restricted and the
rights of trade would be abridged, bar
ring the recovery Of a just debt
through the courts. The case will
probably go to the highest courts and
attract much attention. before it is fl
nally settled.
Good Roads Delegates.
| Columbia special Of Saturday to the
News and Courier: Mr.. F. H. Hyatt,
president of the South Carolina Good
Roads association, has been requested
by the Hon. w. H. Moore president of
the National Good Roads association.
to appoint ten delegates to the Nation
al and International Good Roads con-
vention to be held at st. Louis on
April q to May g. The following are
his appointees: Mr.. w. P. Cantwell.
Charleston; Mr.. Allen Nicholson. Un-
ion: DR.. A. H. Williams, Lake City;
Mr.. Lewis w. Haskell. Columbia; the
Hon. D. E. Hydrick, Spartanburg; Mr..
E. H. Aull, Newberry; Mr.. ]. H. Major,
Greenwood; Mr.. J. e: Spoegle, Green
vile; Mr.. Hugh c. Middleton. Edge
field, and Mr.. E. MeIver> Williamson,
of Darlington. This convention prom
ises to be the greatest meeting ever
held in the interest of highway i'm
provement. The session will be held
during the dedicatory services of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition and
preparations are being made for the
most elaborate civic and military dem
onstration ever attempted.
South Carolina Cotton MILLS.
Manufacturers Record: The Lock-
hart, S. c., mills have contracted for
all the machinery and secured the
brick for the erection Of f1ve-story
structure, 100 by 45O feet, for its mill
No. 2, planned for $4,000 spindles and
!, 500 looms, though but $4,000 spindles
and $50 looms will be installed at first.
A complete waterwork system will also
be constructed. The original Lockhart
plant has $4,000 spindles and 300 looms,
and the new mill will employ about 600
persons. The Monaghan mills, of
Greenville, has purchased the machin-
cry for doubling its plant, which now
includes 10000 spindles and 76O looms;
the Hope Worsted mills, of Louisville,
KY, will enlarge it's plant and install 1t
in a new building, 80 by 200 feet, at
cost Of about $50,0O0; the York Cotton
mills, of Yorkville, has contracted for
combing machinery to be placed In a
two-story additional building 54 by 80
feet; the Park Woolen mills Of Ross
vile, Ca, will install rs looms Of the
latest design, with carding and spin
ming machines, in new building, so by
300 feet thus doubling its capacity, and
the Hamar Cotton Mills company. at
Dillon, will build 5000 spindle mill,
while plans are afoot for a knitting
mill at Clinton, and for a $250,000 spin
ming mill at Little Rock Ark.
Lancaster Chafngang n Failure.
Lancaster special to the News and
Courier: This county has given the
chaingang system a fair and impartial