Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-30
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tured to suggest that this was rather
high price for half days work It's
not half a days work." said his lord
ship. 1T is part Of my whole educa-
ton. All Of my years at the temple,
all the years have practiced, all the
years Of my experience. 1t Is half
day out of the heart of my life"
The proceeds Of the first verdict
under the new Ohio law making a
county liable for damages to the estate
Of a person who is killed by mob
within the county have been distrib-
uted to heirs in Cook county, says a
Chicago dispatch. The beneficiaries
are Mrs. Lillian Brown and Mrs. Daisy
Paine Of this city, sister of Charles
w. Mitchell, who was lynched at Ur-
bana, Champaign county, Ohio, on
June 4, 1897. Each secures one-fourth
of the damages of $4,000. The remain
der is given to two Ohio heirs by the
courts of that state. Attorney Bosler,
who was instrumental in securing the
passage Of the law, began suit in the
lower courts in Ohio and was defeated.
An appeal was taken to the supreme
court, and a retrial resulted in ver-
dict for the plaintiffs.
The trial of Sam Parks, walk
ing delegate" for extortion, is exciting
much interest in New York city. Fr'm
the evidence SO far developed. Parks Is
an unscrupulous fellow who secured
in, 1oh
New York, and he has been using his
power for purposes of blackmail lie
would go to an employer or men and
demand any sum he chose to maine
from $500 up, on threat Of order
ing a strike in case of refusal.
Sometimes the money would be paid
and sometimes it would be refused.
Where men were already out on strike,
Parks would patch the matter up for
a consideration. He did not seem to
be disturbed about the interests of
the workers whose welfare he was sup
posed to have in charge: but merely
used them as q club with which to
extort blackmail for his own personal
benefit.
Mr.. L. C. Crouch. a menagerie man.
ager Of Winston, N. c., had quite
blood curdling experience with rat
tle-snake in Charlotte last Tuesday.
He was trying to exhibit the reptile to
visitor to his show, and caught 1t
just behind the head. He had handled
the snake in the same manner many
times before, without danger; but this
time it appeared to be in an unusually
ugly mood, and suddenly coiling
around his arm it drew it's head through
his clenched hand and struck its fang
in his finger. Crouch dropped the
snake. but afterward recaptured it, and
tied a string tightly around his finger.
He tried to hold IT. more firmly than be-
fore, but the snake repeated the same
trick. striking the finger Of the other
hand. By this time Crouch was sick
and frightened. Leaving the snake to
take care of itself he rushed into town
and took a large amount of whisky.
Then he went to the Presbyterian hos
pital. At last accounts his condition
was very serious.
There was another serious wreck
on the Southern railroad last Wednes
day morning. 1t occurred at Bessemer
City, in CASTOR county, N. C. Engin-
eer Thomas J. Pettus and Fireman ].
r. Higgins and John Thompson, the
two latter being colored, and white
tramp were killed. The northbound
fast freight was the victim Of the
wreck. 1t was a double e-header-that
is there was an engine at either end.
1t seems that the section master was
working on switch above Bessemer
station and had taken out a rail that
had to be replaced by new one. He
sent out Negro fiagman with instruc-
tions to stop all trains except No. Sc,
the passenger. After reaching his sta
tion, the Negro began talking to some
other Negroes who gathered about
him and grew neglectful Of his duty.
He afterward claimed that he thought
the approaching freight train was No.
36, and that was the reason he made
no attempt to stop it. The train struck
the point at which. the rail had been
removed with full speed. Both en-
gines and about ten cars left the track.
Engineer Pettus was on the front en-
gine. He and his fireman were killed
instantly. The engineer on the rear
engine was injured but not fatally.
His fireman was also killed. Several
other members Of the crew were more
or less seriously injured.
New York Times: In the opinion
Of some of the closest Of the observers
Of the cotton market the course which
the price of the staple is to take in
the near future will depend more than
anything else upon the extent to which
the southern planters will be able to
stand the waiting policy of the spin
ners Of this county. 1t is stated that
the spinners are putting off the buying
Of their yearly supplies of the raw
material until the planters of the south
are no longer able to hold their cotton,
and will be forced to let it go at low
price, while. on the other hand, the
planters are planning to hold their cot
ton until the mills can no longer wait
and will be obliged to buy at rela-
lively high prices. This, of course. is
the usual status of affairs in the cot
ton market at this season when the
new crop is coming to market, but it
is claimed that the southern planters
are now in much better position to