Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-18
Tuesday, April lS, 1905
workman, and stood high In the esti-
nation Of all who knew him. He
leaves a widow and three children.

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nation of all who knew him. He
leaves widow and three children.
Mountain Island Property Sold.
Charlotte Chronicle, Saturday: Ifs
special dispatch from New York COW
ers the situation accurately the nys-
terry surrounding the reported sale OF
the Hooper interests at Mountain Is
land has been solved. \ The dispatch
states that the estate Of the late Will
liam e. Hooper, Of Baltimore. has
been, sold to a syndicate headed by
Dr. Gili wyiie,, Uf new York. prest-
dent of the Catawba, Power company.
The sale is understood to include the
Mountain Island Cotton mill and the
water power; In a word. I'LL the
Hooper interests Col william Bar
bour, Of New York, who Is interested
In the property, Is quoted as saying
the price paid. for the property u
100000. No particulars are known
here as to the details Of the transr
action or what the deal may mean,
but II Is probable that no more inter-
esting item Of local news has been
printed in Charlotte In some time.
Bondsn,sn Responsible.
The escape Of Napoleon Lanler yes
terday after he had presumably gotten
information Of his conviction on the
charge Of abduction. has caused no lit
tie unfavorable comment, and tits very
natural. There is serious defect
about u system that allows defend
ant to quietly walk away after he has
been convicted OF an offense that is
punishable by fine or not less than two
years imprisonment. The responsible
ity. however, should be put where 1t
belongs, and II Is due e, Sheriff Brown
to say that he Is. In no wise to blame.
The prisoner was under bond to apr
pear at court and await the event Of
his trial. The sheriff had no jnrisdic-
tion over him until after the publica-
ton of the jury,s verdict. The SUI
preme court has so held. The under-
standing is that the solicitor will look
to Laniers bondsmen and II he finds
they are not worth the money. he will
get after the magistrate who mlyc have
JAILED to require them to qualify.
The Allison Creek Bridge. ff,i.l
So far as the reporter has been able
to learn there have been no new deyel-
opmepts Of late as to the Allison
Creek bridge matter. Reference In had
to the bridge at the mouth Of the
creek, and which was rendered useless
by the building of the dam. There has
been considerable correspondence on
the subject between the county board
of commissioners and the. power COM
pany authorities; but nothing has
been done In the way of relieving the
situation. and people who had former
ly used the road around the mouth Of
the creek are still suffering very con-
siderable Inconvenience. It Is gener-
ally recognized that as a matter OF
justice the bridge should be built and
maintained at the Joint expense OF the
county and the power company; but
so far 1t has not been practicable to
reach an, agreement as to Just how
much each should do and from what
has developed up to this time. 1t I
looks that II the matter is ever set
tied at all, It. win have to be settled
by petit jury. Rs 7isp ae's "
The Neely's Creek Farmers. ~
Mr.. W. O. Lesslie, one OF the solid
and substantial farmers OF the Neely's
Creek neighborhood, was In York.
vile last Saturday on business con-
nected with the Farmers Mutual
Life Insurance company. Of whichhe
is director Speaking of the reduce
ton. movement he said that while he
had not yet Signed the pledge because
his affairs were not In shape to ad-
NIT Of full rs per cent reduction.
he would certainly reduce ss COM
psred with last year, and there
would be general reduction In his
neighborhood. The rule In the Neelys
Creek country has been to plant
from fifteen to twenty acres Of cot
ton to the plow; but all WHO have
agreed to reduce, rs per cent will do
SO, and others who have beer plant
ing IL or more acres win reduce TO
10 or 10a. Mr.. Lesslie himself win
not plant more than 10i acres to the
plow where up to a few years ago he
used to plant is acres or more. Some /,
Of his neighbors he said win probably
cut down to as low as 8 acres to the
plow. -, 2, I,s. asas
The Dissatisfied catawbas. al ai,,,f ss,5
Columbia special to the News and
Courier: Chief Jim Harris OF the
Catawba Indian tribe. wants to dis
band his clan and emigrate west. The
chief was In the city today for the
purpose Of calling on Governor Hey 6
ward and explaining the deplorable
condition Of his tribe. According TO
Harris, the Indians have ba2ely enough
to live on and unless there Is an In
crease in the appropriation or some {
voluntary contributions made, the
tribe will starve. Harris proposes to :
the state that the whole tribe be al
lowed to 60 west and perhaps settle
in Indian Territory with the other
aborigines The state now makes an
appropriation of 1880 q year for the
support of about eighty Indians. OF
this number q about ten are full
bloods. I'VE are losing our nation-
ality rapidly" said Harris this morn
ing, who is a very good example of
the intelligent haif-breed. The mat
ter now before the tribe Is whether
the state shall give them more money ;
in order that they might 1--we better
or whether they will be allowed to go }
west and start anew with the other
Indians. The conference this morning
was very interesting and Harris talk
ed very intelligently Of the condition
in York county. Just what the state
will do about the matter Is not yet
known. but the problem is a serious
one, and will result in q great deal
of discussion at the next selIton OF
the legislature. -H awtH f4l's
WONDERFUL NEW COTTON.