Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-29


swindling. Wright was a promoter OF
worldwide prominence. Only year
or two ago he was looked upon as the
leading financier Of the day. Kings
and princes were among his clients
and his financial deals astonished the
world. His trial which extended over
several weeks, attracted worldwide
attention The jury found a verdict OF
guilty, and within an hour after SEN
.tence was passed, he was dead. He
had claimed that if he had deceived
ANYBODY it was without any intention
of so doing. 1t is generally believed
that his death was due to poison, self
administered, but it may have peen
due to heart disease.
Senator Latimer Of South Caroli-
ma, and Representative Brownlow OF
Tennessee, who have introduced gooa
roads bills in congress. addressed COM
'mittee of the National Good Roads as
sociation in Washington last Tuesday
and urged them not to favor any spe-
cial bill, but to stand solid for govern
ment aid to the good roads movement
and to strive for a law whereby the
government would defray at least a
third If not one-half Of the total cost
of betterment of the public highways.
Senator Latimer said he and Repres-
entative Brownlow were Of different
politics, and that politics should be
eliminated from the question. He
urged the delegates to say to congress
that this was the first time the farmer
had come seeking government aid, and
If congressman opposed the good roads
movement he urged the delegates to-
defeat them at the polls.
A new method of getting around
1.-THE laws delay" has been hit upon
by two brokers who were weary after a
long wait for their case to come up IN
a Brooklyn court, says a New YORK
dispatch Of Thursday: One had sued
the other for s1,100 for office furniture.
With their counsel they appeared be-
fore the judge who was engaged with
another suit. Hours passed but their
case was not called and one of the
litigants with his lawyers went out
for refreshments. Both are good bowl
ers and had agreed to roll a game in
the adjoining alley when the plaint-
ifs also appeared with a proposition
to settle the claim instead of in a
court. The challenge was quickly &C
cepted and while the lawyers kept
score, the litigants struggled for
strikes and the plaintiff won. Then
they went back to the court room, had
judgment entered accordingly and set
tied the case on the spot.
-"Clean Money was argued for
before the house committee on bank
ing currency last Tuesday by Repre-
sentative Gaines Of Tennessee. Mr..
Gaines charged that the government
was largely responsible for making
the paper money Of the country un-
clean by sending it to China, Japan,
the Philippines, Cuba, Porto Rico and
other countries and it should bear the
expense of redeeming it, paying the
transportation charges and all other
expenses. Mr.. Gaines asserted that a
single bill which had been in circula-
ton in Cuba and returned to the treas
ury for redemption, contained 232 diff
ferent kinds Of microbes. These mi
crobes, he asserted, were hungry and
would joyfully feed on the mucous
membrane Of either Democrat or
Republican. Physicians Of Fhiladel-
phia, he said, had been examining fill
thy money m that city and declared it
full Of germs. Describing how these
germs might get in their deadly work,
Mr.. Gaines detailed what a man carried
in his trousers pocket: His money,
car tickets. tooth pick, knife. handker-
chief and in cold weather, his hand.
When he stroked his mustache or re-
placed his eyeglasses he ran the risk
Of conveying the hungry germs to his
nose or eyes.
The Indianola, Miss, postofice af-
fair has been settled by the appoint
ment of w. B. Martin, a white man,
to succeed Minnie Cox, the negro
woman who gave so much trouble.
Martin is Republican and was on
the woman's bond. She recommend
ed him as her successor. 1t will be
recalled that Minnie Cox, who is a
colored woman, whose husband was a
railway mail clerk, became objection
able to some of the citizens of Indian
ola and she was frequently requested
by them to resign her office. Threats
were made against her and she was
led to believe that her life was in
danger. She expressed to the postoffice
department q desire to resign, but,
when the facts were developed, the de-
partment declined to permit her to do
so. Feeling over the matter became
bitter and as Minnie Cox felt that she
could not remain in the office with
safety to herself, the Office was closed,
the government refusing to make any
other arrangement. For a long time
ceiving their mail from Greenville, a
town twenty-five miles distant from
Indianola- The citizens paid a Spe-
cial carrier to bring them their mail
from Greenville. For some time an ar
rangement has been making quietly
for the reopening Of the Indianola Of
flee. Minnie Cox's term of four years
having expired, the appointment of
Mr.. Martin Is made as a solution Of the
difficulty. The appointment is under