Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-17


mission met this morning, those pres
ent being Senators McColl and Mar
shall and Representatives Moses and
Morgan, and after a careful study of
the many names submitted it was de-
eided that the name Of Mr.. Ruchsthul
should be selected. This gentleman
will submit models and the commission
will then pass upon these, after which
the statue will be built according to
the model selected. The total amount
of money contributed by popular sub
scription amounts to $7,S95.22, or a lit
tie over $4,000 short Of that which 1t
was expected should be raised to put
with the state appropriation of $4,000.
This appropriation Is now available,
however, and the commission will go
ahead with the work. but should more
be received a better monument could
be erected. The statue will cost be-
tween s25,000 and $4,000 and the ar
lists commission will come out OF
that.
Moonshiners Defend Their Stills.
Spartanburg Journal: This morning
shortly after sunrise near CLASSY
Mountain in Greenville county, Consta-
bles Gideon, Drake, Eubanks and How
ell and Deputy Marshal B. L. Toland
found in operation three stills Of ITO. st
and 45 gallon capacity. 1t is supposed
that the plants were Steve and Hol
Howard's. The stills were destroyed
together with 16 fermenters, 4,30O gal
Ions Of beer and 10 gallons Of low Wine
Constables Eubanks and Howard re.
mained on the outside Of the still house
while the others went inside to destroy
the still. Suddenly a shot was fired al
the officers while they were at work
The shot was not returned by the Off
GERS. After the still had been destroy.
ed and the constables were leaving g
hall of bullets came from the same di,
rection as the first shot. The assail-
ants were hidden in thickly covered
part of a ravine and the officers return
ed the fire, but the effect their bullets
produced could not be ascertained
About thirty shots were exchanged
None Of the officers were hit, although
Howard had a close call, as a bullet
struck q tree near where he was stand.
ing and clipped the bark only a few
inches above his head. The men who
did the shooting escaped and the con.
stables continued their march on tc
Spartanburg.
Weekly Crop Report.
Mr.. J. w. Bauer, section director
says in his weekly crop report, gather.
ed from correspondence and ISSUED
from Columbia on Wednesday: 1.-THE
week ending a. m, June 18th, hao
mean temperature of rs degrees
which Is about below normal, due tc
nearly normal temperatures during thu
first four days and abnormally COO
weather during the last three. The
cool weather was accompanied by fresh
to brisk northeast winds and unusually
low relative humidity. The sunshine
was normal in places and below in 9th,
ers. The greater portion Of the state
had from one to over two inches Of
rain on three days. The upper Savan-
nah valley had less than an inch, while
in parts Of York county and a few
small areas in other sections the
drought Is unbroken and crops are suf-
fering for moisture. Streams are very
low and many wells are failing In the
central counties. A destructive winc
and hail storm passed through Pickens
county; the track of the hail storm wa:
about half a mile wide and all crop!
In this path were destroyed. There
were also damaging wind storms ir
Spartanburg and Sumter counties, anc
hail occurred at various places in the
northern and northeastern counties
doing some damage to crops. The
weather was generally favorable fol
cultivation of field crops, but will
large areas where the ground was toe
wet to work and where fields have be-
come foul. AS a rule, corn, cotton, to-
bacco, rice and minor crops are clear
and we'll cultivated, and have made
marked improvement during the las
week. Corn made steady improvement
in all parts of the state, and although
small, is growing nicely and has {
healthy color. Earliest corn Is being
laid by. With few and unimportant ex'
ceptions, cotton has now attained full
stands, although somewhat irregular
ones as to size. The plants are small
for the season but have good color ant
are growing nicely. Lice are reported
from Abbeville county. Squares have
been reported from nearly all sections
and few blooms have been noted ir
Orangeburg county. In places field:
are becoming foul. Sea island cottor
shared in the general improvement, anc
now has full but irregular stands ane
good color.