Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Spartanburg is to have additional
railroad facilities, and while the state
ment is not authoritatively made, II Is
presumable that the South and West
ern railway Of Col. Carter will consoli-
| date with a road which will be con-
structed from Spartanburg to a point
near the boundary line Of North and
South Carolina. Messrs. Ralph X. Car
son. ]. Norment Powell, John B. Cleve-
land and George w. Nichols will In the
near future apply for q charter for
railroad company to be known as the
| Spartanburg Northern railway, whose
road shall extend from this city to
point on the boundary line Of the two
states, which Is near the intersection Of
| the boundary line between Polk and
Rutherford counties, North Carolina.
The length Of the road will be % miles.
-Spartanburg Journal: Frank B.
Hayne, of New Orleans, Of the firm
of Vincent & Hayne, one Of the best
known cotton brokers In the south,
was in the city today on his way to
Asheville from New York. He is ac-
companied by his brother, T. B.
Hayne, Of Greenville. Mr.. Hayne Is
a prominent bull In the cotton mar
ket. Several years ago he and Col.
Brown, Of New Orleans, cornered
four cotton months of cotton, after
six months hard work, surprising
Wall street, for 1t was a feat never
performed before in the history Of
the cotton market. Mr.. Hayne Is
strong believer in the Southern Cot
ton Growers association. He says
that this Is a bull year and that the
farmers will receive the minimum
price fixed for cotton In a short time.
- Spartanburg special of September
28 to Columbia State: While bringing
in the passenger train from Augusta
this afternoon, Engineer G. w. Man
ming was shot In the back and pain
fully, but not seriously injured. A
negro youth, Jim Twitty, did the
shooting and his weapon was a 22-
calibre rife. The negro was standing
under the Wofford creek trestle, mid
way between the c.. & w. c depot
and the Southern, and as the train
sped along he raised his rifle and
fired, the bullet striking Engineer
Manning, who was seated at his post,
In the fleshy part Of his back below
the shoulder blade, penetrating half
an inch and glancing diagonally and
losing itself In the overalls Of the port
ly engineer. No motive can be as
signed for this act Of wanton devil
ment on the part Of Twitty. He
has been arrested and persistently de-
nies that he did the shooting. Un-
der the trestle Is a thickly settled sec
ton, mostly Of darkies, and a number
Of witnesses say that he is the guilty
party. Twitty has caused the police
great deal Of trouble Of late, jump
ing on and OFF the trains passing from
the c. & w. c. yards to the Southern
depot. Whether his arrest for !: this
offense caused this malicious and in
cendiary idea of revenge, Is not
known. Mr.. Manning, after his train
halted In the Southern yards. alighted
and went to Madduxs drug store,
where his wound was dressed. He
then resumed his work.
Lancaster special to Columbia
State: The three Lancaster newspapers,
the Review. Ledger and Enterprise,
have been bought out and consolidated.
The stockholders met Friday and elect
ed the following board of directors:
Mayor r. E. Wylie and Messrs. w. c.
Cauthen, Leroy Springs, A. ]. Clark
and Chas. D. Jones. The company will
be called the Lancaster Publishing
company. The name Of the new paper
will be the Lancaster News. The cap
ital stock will be $4,000. The first is
sue of the Lancaster News appears
October 4. The board Of directors or
ganized as follows: Mayor Wylie pres
ident, and County Treasurer w. c.
Cauthen. secretary and treasurer. Mr..
Chas. T. Connors who has been the live
and energetic editor of the Review for
a number Of years, is the editor and
Mr. ]. M. Riddle, Jr, fine young
business man, will be business mana
ger. Mr.. Riddle Is now connected
with the Review and Is a son Of Maj.
]. M. Riddle, the present business man.
ager of that paper. The new enterprise
will do a good business. 1t Will be
semi-weekiy, eight page, six column
paper The Review, as stated above,
is managed by Maj ]. NJ. Riddle and
Mr.. Chas T. Connors. The Enterprise
is edited by Mr.. A. j. Clark and the
Ledger by Mr.. T. S. Carter. The form
er two are weekly, the latter semi
weekly. They are all excellent papers.