Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-01-22
Friday, January p, 1904.

settlement is agreeable to all concern
ed, judgment has not yet been enter.
ed on the court books in Yorkville
There are now only three suits to be
settled-that of E. w. Hall for his sor
Vernon, Mr.. Hicks Of Lancaster and
Prof Slaughter Of Hickory Grove
Vernon Halls injuries are believed to
be permanent, but it, too. may be set
tied outside Of court, If the railroad
will treat him fairly.
Date of the "Cold Saturday."
In the last issue Of THE ENQUIRER
was reproduced from the Gastonia Ga
zette paragraph in which was stated
that Mr.. Rufus Paterson Of Kings
Mountain, N. c., had fixed the date OF
the Cold Saturday" as the I'd OF Feb
ruary. 1885. Mr.. J. F. Chambers Of the
Bethel neighborhood, challenges this
statement, and says the date of the
"Cold Saturday" was February 6, 1886.
IT am quite certain Of the matter" says
Mr.. Chambers. "for I was born on the
Cold Saturday" He went on to say
that he had since heard his parents
and other older people speak Of that
notable day. Among the incidents OF
which he has knowledge Is the fact
that several men from his neighborhood
attended the general muster that was
held in Yorkville, got drunk and lost
their ears from frost bite. He also un-
derstands that many trees Of the forest
were killed by the intense cold. Mr..
Chambers is evidently correct In his
date. Reference to the calendar shows
that February 6, 1886 fell on Saturday,
while February 2, 1885, was Mon
day. Mr.. Paterson Of Kings Noun
tain, is undoubtedly mistaken.
Tho catawbas and Their Pensions.
Columbia State. Wednesday: An
act now in force deprives those Of the
Catawba Indians who leave the state
of their share in the pensions. The
lady principal Of the Indian school,
which is near Rock H,ll. has written
the governor asking him to use his In
fluence to see that this is changed. She
notes the instances of three boys and
two girls who have attended the Unit
ed States government school at Car
Isle, Pa, and who have returned to
their people masters Of trade, indus
trious and thrifty. While at Carlisle,
however, they were deprived OF the
small share which they had enjoyed In
the pensions. On this account many
Of the parents Of the boys and girls,
being otherwise practically without
ambition, were more than ready to keep
their children at home and thereby de-
prive them Of the benefits which they
might have received at Carlisle. The
government takes the students at Car
Isle free for five years, and for an
other five years II they wish to con-
tinue at the end Of the first period
OF the two girls from the Catawba re-
servation who attended Carlisle, one
married an Oneida Indian and is back
In this state, while the other will soon
graduate as a nurse in the Jefferson
hospital in Philadelphia. The children,
If born Of white mothers even in we'd
lock, are deprived Of the pension share.
while a child Of an Indian mother and
q white father may realize the benefits
whether the parents are married or not.
The Catawba school was opened seven
years ago and there are now in the
school but two students OF the original
enrolment. There have been no
deaths since the institution was inau-
gurated.