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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06

Liberty, Randolph county, North Car
olina, was blown open and robbed OF
$4,000 Saturday morning. The burg
lars made their escape. .. Lieutenant
General Adna Chaffee, United States
army, has been appointed chief mar
shal of the inaugural parade, March
A.. Mrs. George Henry Gilbert, the
oldest actress on the American stage,
died at the Sherman hotel Chicago,
Friday, from a paralytic stroke. She
was SO years old. ...... Chauncy +.
Black, formerly lieutenant governor of
Pennsylvania, and leader Of the DEM
ocratic party in that state, died at his
home at York, Friday. Prince
Frederick Of Hohenzollern, brother OF
King Charles of Roumania, died at
Munich, Friday, aged 81 years. .......
Eleven miners were injured, one fatal
| ly, by an explosion of powder in the
Acme mines, near Charleston, w. Va,
Friday. President Roosevelt on
Friday declined to interfere in the
strike Of the union employees Of the
Carnegie Steel company Of Youngs-
town and Girard, Ohio. AS the re-
suit Of a duel between the negro fire.
man and brakeman on the cab Of a
freight on the Seaboard Air Line rail-
road between KeKalb, Ga, and At
lanta, Friday, the fireman Is fatally,
and the brakeman seriously injured.
| .....A fireman lost his life, and five
nurses were seriously injured In
Jumping from the windows Of burn
ing hospital in st. Louis, Saturday. ....
$4,000 worth Of property, mostly IN
paintings was destroyed in a fire on
the "Pike" at the Worlds Fair In st.
Louis Friday. A suspected incendia-
rv has been arrested. The annual
report Of the director Of the mints
shows the output Of the coinage mints
at Philadelphia, San Francisco and
New Orleans for the fiscal year. to be
the largest on record. 80. The trial OF
Sasoneff, the assassinator Of Russian
minister of the interior, Won Plehve,
and Of his accomplice, Sikovifsky, will
be begun In st. Petersburg, Dec 3,
and held behind closed doors. AS a
result Of a conference between south
ern railroad officials held in New York
city last Friday and Saturday. 1t Is
said that there will be a revision OF
the freight rate tariff favorable to At
lanta and other southern cities, which
have complained Of unjust discrimina-
tion. The armored cruiser, TEN
nessee, was launched In the Delaware
river at Philadelphia, Saturday.
Three persons were burned to death,
and thirty-five injured by jumping
from second story windows In an
apartment house fire in Denison, Tex,
as, Sunday. ...... The international
Cotton Seed Oil companys plant at
Selma, Ala, was damaged to the ex-
tent Of 100000, by fire Sunday. ....
A woman and two children were
burned to death by a gasolene explo-
sion in Pittsburg, Sunday. ...... The
Worlds Fair buildings which were
erected at a cost Of $15,000,000 were
sold to a Chicago wrecking company
Saturday for $2S6,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06

HON. John Sharp Williams, 1t ap-
pears from his Spartanburg speech
reproduced elsewhere in this ISSUE
foresees the danger Of a Republican
onslaught against white representation
from the south, and suggests a line OF
action for the expected emergency
We have long been doubtful as to
whether the Republicans were really
In earnest in this question. Their at
titude has impressed us more as
bluff than otherwise; but when men
like Mr.. williams become alarmed, II
Is time to grow serious, and take the
sound sensible advice that Is being
offered.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06
. The annual report of the secretary

The annual report of the secretary
Of war shows the army Of the United
States. Dec. 7, 1903. to have consisted
Of 1851 officers and $500 enlisted
men, a total Of 59,1S1. In addition
there were in the service 2,S07 men Of
the hospital corps, twenty-six officers
and $40 men of the Porto Rico regi-
ment, and ninety-nine officers and A.
sos enlisted Philippine scouts. Oct. Is,
last, the actual strength Of the regular
army was 3,744 officers and 56,439 en-
listed men, distributed as follows:
United States, officers and men, 49,
462: Philippine Islands, 1887; Porto
Rico, 10; Hawaiian Islands, ZIG; Chi
ma, 1,136; Alaska, 1,042; total Of Co.
1873 officers and enlisted men. OF this
force S94 officers and 3,214 enlisted
men were general officers and on staff
-orrnn izetions: TAI officers and 1908
men were with cavalry; 631 officers
and 14.949 men in the artillery branch,
and 1,472 officers and 24.074 men in
the infantry, with 2,013 recruits. Dur
ing the year 461 native Filipinos en-
listed as scouts. Notwithstanding the
fact that a mean strength Of 25.379
troops were on foreign service during
the year, only 629 deaths occurred from
all causes in the entire army-Ameri-
can and native troops.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Congressman Finley left for wash
ington yesterday afternoon. -.
Mr.. Paul r. Bratton Of Charleston
was in Yorkville yesterday.
Miss jamie Massey Of Rock Hill, is
visiting Miss Rose Lindsay.
Miss Marian Logan is visiting Miss
Cornelia Elliott in Lancaster.
Mr.. T. B. McClain Of Camden, was In
Yorkville on business several days this
week.
Mrs. George W. Kunz has been on
a visit to relatives at Monck's Corner
and Charleston.
Miss Ella Love of McConnellsville
spent several days with Miss Helen
Lowry last week.
Mrs. w. H. Fowler returned home
last week after a months visit to rel
atives in Greenville county.
Rt. Revd. Ellison Capers, Bishop OF
the Diocese of South Carolina, Will
visit the Church Of the Good Shepherd
on Sunday next, and will be the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. @. T. Radcliffe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Tiddy arrived
in Yorkville last week from Rock HILL
and will make their future home In
Yorkville. Mr.. Tiddy will resume his
old place at the Yorkville Buggy Co.
Mr.. ]. C. Ferguson and family Of R.
F. D. No. 1, Yorkville, have moved to
Gastonia. Mr.. Ferguson has been liv-
ing about six miles north Of Yorkville
for the past fifteen years. He Is a good
citizen, and there Is regret on the part
of his numerous friends at his decision
to leave the county.
Mr.. B. Frank White Of Kings Creek,
has purchased the John M. Rawlinson
residence on East Liberty street and
the understanding Is that he and Mrs
White will move to Yorkville along
about the first Of February. These es-
timable people are we'll known In York.
Vile, and they will be welcome access
sions to the citizenship of the town.
Miss Maggie Moore left last night
for Washington, where she expects to
spend a couple Of weeks. She has
been quite Ill during the past month
probably as the result Of too close
confinement at her work in the post
office, and 1t is only during the past
few days that she has been able to be
up. She hopes to regain her strength
somewhat as the result Of her trip.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06
Ths alurkrille Gnqairsr.
YoRKvIELE, o. O.,
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1904.

UNLESS Ex-Governor Evans has been
misrepresented by the Aiken cores
pondent Of the Augusta Chronicle
that gentleman is decidedly OF the
opinion that there is something rotten
in the management OF the state dis
pensary in Columbia. His language
though guarded, does not seem to ad-
NIT of any other construction, and the
people who are looking for SPECIFIC
charges are respectfully referred to
the ex-governor. They are fully war
ranted in attempting to make him put
up or shut up.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06
Tuesday, December 6, 1904.

stances that was all that was left for
them. Because of the unfortunate slip
up as the result of which they had
been compelled to go before the jury
with an admission of responsibility for
actual damages. they were estopped
from making such fight as they
might otherwise have made. Even
the chance of an error Of law that
might have furnished a reasonable
ground of appeal was eliminated.
The meaning Of nisi is unless, and
the significance Of the motion was to
require the plaintiff to consent to
smaller verdict or submit to a new
trial. It Is within the discretion OF the
Judge to make such an order II he sees
proper to do so. He may suggest any
smaller sum and require the plaintiff
to accept 1t or go before another Jury.
Messrs. Spencer and Hart claimed
that the verdict was excessive and up
held their contention with an appeal
to the record which, they held, failed to
show parallel They, Of course. did
not deny that they were responsible fop
heavy damages; but they thought the
amount fixed by the jury was unrea-
sonabie. Messrs Legare and McCaw
argued that as the deliberate opinion
Of good and. true men, who had care
fully sifted all the evidence In connec-
tion with the circumstances, the ver-
dict must be right. They admitted
that the amount Of the verdict was
unusual; but they pointed out also
that II was an unusual case.
After listening to all that was to be
said on both sides, Judge Watts stated
that he would be glad to announce his
conclusion while the testimony was
still fresh In mind; but In view OF the
fact that this was q most unusual case
and the verdict was the largest that
has been given south of the Potomac
river since the war, the issue was of
such importance as to demand the
most careful consideration, and there
fore he would prefer to take his time
and file an order later.
The opinion of the local lawyers and
local ,laity as to the verdict Is divided.
Some OF the lawyers think that under
the circumstances $4,000 Ia not too
much, while others consider that such
a verdict is against public policy. They
think It a bad precedent, calculated to
encourage other juries to mulct the
railroad corporations without reason.
The more reckless among the iaity are
giving expression to the rather ill-con-
sidered sentiment. that's all right.
stick It to them" More conservative
people are calculated to consider the
verdict with greater seriousness, They
admit that the plaintiff was entitled to
heavy damages and they think also
that the verdict was very properly
punitive; but as to just what sum they
would be willing to endorse as the
right thing they find It dificult to ar
rive at conclusion. NJ.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06

TILE Hay arbitration treaties now
pending between the United States
on the one hand and Great Britain and
other European countries on the 9TH
er hand are loaded with more trouble
for the south in that they contemplate
the eventual validation Of reconstruc-
ton and other bonds that were repu-
dated by this section nearly forty
years ago. Most Of these bonds are
now held by foreign bankers and IN
cluding the interest they now repre-
sent a face value Of something Over
5000, 100000 They have been knocked
out by our own courts. but there have
been various incidents lately that In
dicate a purpose on the part of the
powers that be to eventually force
their payment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06
THE sRIcKMAN VERDICT.

To say that the news Of the s56,ooo
verdict rendered in the Brickman case
last Friday afternoon produced sen
sation would put the matter mildly
Some people accepted 1t as a matter
of course; but lawyers and others rea-
sonably we'll informed as to how such
things usually go. were astounded. 1t
was one Of the largest verdicts that
has ever been rendered for personal
damages In the United States.
Messers. Spencer and Hart on Sat-
urday morning made a motion for a
new trial, nisi. Under the circum-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06

Mr.. ]. B. Pegram had charge a
the treasurer's Office yesterday Ar.
Neely being in Rock Hill. He colsq.
ed nearly $400 dur ng the day, but sSoo
was in a lump. ~
Yesterday was actually too wet
and disagreeable even for the horse
Jockeys. There were few here all
right and they had some trading stock
along with them, but there was very
little business.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-12-06

which is publish ~'' / the Japanese
papers, describes the terrible losses
involved in the storming of the Rus
sian position from dawn Of November
% till II o'clock in the forenoon OF
that day. A Russian counter attack
began at dawn on November 29, and
was so furiously pushed that the ia
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01
At REDUCED WAGES.
MuIssplnners al Coats Thread Co., Ltd.
PawtuCkst, Continue.

Pawtueket, r. l., Feb About 100 mule
spinners employed at the J. a p. Coats
Thread company, lid. today went TO
work under a wage reduction of ten per
cent in accordance with the notice to that
efrect posted lust before closing time on
Saturday night.
The mule spinn@s alone are affected
by the cut down. No reason, II is said,
was assigned for the change I'm the wage
scale, and IL IL for this reason. coupled
With the very short notice given by the
management that the general dissatis-
faction apparent among the affectcd oper-
atives may be held accountable.
No decided action, however. was taken
by the Mulespinners this morning, and
ali went 10 work. and awaited the result
OF a conference between one OF their rep
resentatives and the management
General Secretary James Chffe OF the
Rhode Island Mulespinners' union visited
the mill this noon. but Alfred Coats. the
agent, refused 20 grant him an interview.
The men are stin at work. and Will
probably continue at their places until
tomorrow night. when at a meeting 20
be held IN the evening. at which they will
take action upon the matter.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01
MAY BECOME PROFESSIONAL.
Baseball Team Of Woonsocket Gymnasium
Nav Enter N. {. Association.

The woonsocket Gymnasium assocda-
ton. which In recent years has supported
the leading semi-professionai baseball
champions of New England, is considsr-
ing the proposition OF entering the pro-
fessional ranks through the recently or
ganlsed New England association.
The local organiza ton will be represent
ed at the meeting OF the new league at
the Quincy house In Boston Tuesday
night but no definite action will be taken
until the report of the representative In
received.
The New England association is expect
ed 10 embrace the following cities In its
circuit: Pawtucket. Woonsocket. New
port, Taunton, New Bedford. Worcester,
Fftchburg, Lynn and Salem.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01

A STORMY
MONTH.

January, 1904. which came In quite
favorably, went out rather unfavorabiy
with another combination of rain and
snow. the storm commencing at 1890 last
night and up to midnight. the advent OF
February 1. the precipitation was .o3 OF
an inch. Conditions most disagreeable
continued during the day and the drizzle
held sway up 10 a late hour this after
noon. The indications are there viii be no
change before tomorrow with clear
and colder period In prospect
The past month has certainly been
record breaker in the matter of weather,
the total snow far being 81 inches and
when melted and reduced with rain 10
precipitation gave e45 inches.
From statistics furnished by the city
engineers department this amount OF
precipitation has been exceeded but once
during the past 72 years and that was In
January, 1891. when the precipitation.
more rain than snow, totallzed sic inches.
The lowest record OF precipitation during
the same period nearly three-Quarters OF
a century past-was for January, 1s43. and
only 80 OF an inch. May. 1908. was the dry
est month Of May in the past 72 years.
The yearly average rainfall for u years
was 45.S2 inches. while for 1908 1t was a
trifle more, IL being 47.91 inches.
The January average for " years was
4o6 inches: for January. 1908. 1t was
49s inches, and for January, 1so4. II was
645 inches thus exceeding the average
record by nearly so per cent
During January. 1904, there were 10
snow storms, varying In duration from
5x hours to S2h hours. There were IL
stormy days, IL clear, fair and one
var liable.
The lowest reading OF the thermometer
was on Tuesday morning January IS
at 7:3o o'clock and was below zero;
the highest registered was Just befors
Midnight Of the 22d. and showed is.5 de-
grees.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01
duck
COST
A LIFE.

James Jefrers. q years old. employed
ms cook on the steamer Narragansett.
belonging to the Narragansett Oyster
company. was drowned OF Fields Point
at o'clock this morning.
The steamer was nearing the point when
Jeffers sighted a duck swimming In the
channel some distance from the craft
He procured a gun. shot the duck and
then went aft for a crab net. intending 10
scoop UP his quarry when tho steamer
came alongside II.
Jeffers was observed walking forward
and the next moment he was overheard.
Whether he slipped on the wet deck, or
. whether ne lost his balance and thus
plunged into the river could not be told
Before an effort could be made to rescue
, him the wash of the steamer and the tide
= carried him under the ice and he was not
Z seen again.
Captain John Davis of the Narragansett
has wired to relatives OF the lost man.
They reside at Gay Head, he thinks.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01
POPULATION
OF CITY
is $4,000,

According to the estimates carefully
prepared By the city registrar. DIR.
Chaplin. the city of Providence has gained
nearly 5000 in population since 1908 and
the estimate given out today is $4,000.
II was estimated that at this time In
1908. the total population was something
like 1s5 200. which showed a gain OF near
~ 10, 900 over 1900, when the government
census showed that the city had 1857.
This would allow little over 400 or
TO be exact s70Q as the growth for 1901
and 1902, and makes the showing for the
year just past OF an increase OF 5000. a
particularly good one
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01
TO JOIN MANOEUVRES.
European Squadron Leave Turkish Waters
for Culebra.

Washington. Feb. 1.-The European
squadron. composed OF the Brooklyn at
Alexandria, the San Francisco at Beirut.
the Machias on her way TO Port Said and
the Collier Alexander at Alexandria. have
been ordered TO sail for Culebra TO join
in the combined naval manoeuvres about
TO eneue.
IL Is stated In official circles that this
withdrawal OF the feet from Turkish
waters Ia but temporary and that at the
conclusion OF the manoeuvres II will re-
turn strongly reinforced and prepared to
make vigorous demonstration.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01
. Ex-dividend.
90 Ex-rights.
sHERIFF's SALE
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND
PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS.
SheriTs Office.

Sheriffs Office,
Providence, Feb. ]. 1904
Providence, Sc:
BY VIRTUE and in pursuance OF an
execution No. "a, 100, Issued out of the Dis
trict Court Of the Sixth judicial District,
holden at Providence, In the County or
Providence, State of Rhode Island, within
and for said District, on the 30th day or
January, A. ID. 1904, and returnable TO
said Court on the 1th day OF April,
A. ID. 1904. wherein William s. Hills Com
pany. corporation duly created under
the laws Of the State of Massachusetts.
located and doing business in Boston.
County of Suffolk. State OF Massachu-
setts, Is plaintiff. and Moosack Max
soodian of said Providence Is defendant,
will be sold at Public Auction on Thurs
day, the nth day OF February. 1904, at IL
o clock, noon, on the premises. No. 30
Cranston Street In said city OF Provi-
dence. all the right. title and interest Of
the said defendant, Moosack Maksoodian.
In and to the following described per-
Four counters, show cases. shelving
with glass fronts. one small pie case, 3
mirrors on wall, one window mirror, cake
dishes, candy Jars, marble slabs, one
electric fan, one clock. one cash register,
glass shelves and nickel stands, lot Of
bread pans, trays. mixing troughs. bean
pots. cake stamps, brown bread tins,
moulding benches, electric motor, shaft
ing and pulleys, Z cans apples, one box
citron, one pail mince meat, one pail
wagons. one bay mare. one black horse,
one gray horse. heavy harnesses and
one light harness.
Levied ON this s0th day of January.
A. ID. 1904, at o'clock and 20 minutes
p. NJ, and will be sold to satisfy sah
execution and all costs and charges, IL
sufficient. ANDREW MCKENZIE.
f1-i0incl Deputy Sheriff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01
TAYLOR
is STILL
FIGHTING

Chief Justice Stiness and Justices TIL
linghast and Blodgett todsy heard the pc
tition OF Dorr e Taylor for a writ OF
prohibition against George N. Bliss. dis
trict Judge OF East Providence.
Mr.. Taylor seeks to have the Justice re-
strained from administering the poor
debtors oath to one Frank Fl Smith.
Mr.. Taylor secured verdict for 1900
against Smith for the alienation OF Mrs.
Tayiors affections. Execution was is
sued on May 26. 1903, and Smith was
committed July 9th. Respondent Bliss
issued citation on the application Of
Smith for leave to take the poor debtors
oath on July 21, 1903. but the hearing
has not been held.
The writ of prohibition is applied for
on the ground that Judge Bliss has no
Jurisdiction in the premises because the
case OF imprisonment is under the pro-
vision for relief OF poor tort debtors.
Chap. 2s1 OF the general laws--Where
Jurisdiction is given only to Justice OF
the common pleas division after mpris-
onment for six months and not under
section l. chap. eco, where application
can be made at any period OF inprison-
ment to justice Of the supreme court
or TO a justice OF district court On
the two questions involved. the second
one heing whether one who is impris-
oned for alienation Of wife's affections
Is q tort debtor counsel for Taylor and
Smith differ widely.
Counsel In opposing the writ say that
such an offence Is not a malicious injury
TO the person. health or reputation with
in the meaning Of the statute. As 10
injury 10 health, In their brief Smiths
counsel argue: ITO say that such an
act as alternating affections Is an injury
| to a persons health Ii an absurdity. II
In any way the health should become
despaired by such an act, its remotensss
for the act itself is so great that dis
cussion Of this point Is not necessary"
on the question Of whether IL Is an
| injury TO the reputation counsel say:
Alienation OF affections Of a wife Is in
no way damage 10 the reputation Of
! the husband His reputation Is en-
HANGED by being rid of such q woman.
/ whose affections can be drawn from the
I one whom she has soiemnly promised 60
love TIN death depart them. IN the eyes
OF the public, his station is improved by
| being rid OF such n woman"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-01
BENEFIT OF DOUBT.
II Was Given 10 Men Supposed to Have
Ignored Court Summonses.

Thomas A. Speak. boss OF the Atlantic
mills dye house. was before Judge Sweet
land today for supposed interference
with witness when under summons
John Colon was TO have attended court
last Friday. and Saturday. when brought
In on a writ Of capias, explained that the
boss wouldn't let him go and had torn
up the note sent by Sergt- Connor 70
show Mr.. Speak.
The inquiry developed that the Poles
employed at that mill resorted TO various
expedients 10 knock OF work and had
caused considerable annoyance.
Mr.. Speak thought that the note given
him by Colon was Of no particular I'm
po' tance and told Colon to return to MS
work.
Judge sweetiand said that there ap-
peared TO have been a misunderstanding
and giving Speak and Colon the benefit
OF the doubt. released them.