Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-24

Anderson died Of appendicitis about
two years ago. z, y.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. e
"A negro woman named Corneiia
Reeves escaped from the Richlapd
county jail last Wednesday morning
after knocking the Taller. Capt. L. II.
Sigh, down, Nith O. bottle. -
John Hunt, a Columbia restaurant
keeper was shot and badly hGrt, last,
Tuesday afternoon. by Charlie Walker.
The dimcnlty occurred In Hun q res-n
taurant on Geryais street. and was
from the ,restaurapt, ..-, -.
vile. suggests that the Alliance Ex-
change fund amounting TO 5000, now
tied up In litigation, be diverted to
the South Carolina Southern Cotton
association. He says that 1t Ia next
to impossible that the fund shf.ll ever
nnd Its way back to the people to-
whom 1t belongs, as unless there Is an
agreement it5.will soon be diasipated
In lawyers fees and other expenses.
4 - The special committee appointed
to examine into the charges against
and management OF the disrensary. !,
has been called to meet on February
"a. The committee viii aorganlze and
outline the work to be done. Sena-l
tors Blease Of ,Newberry, Hay Of Kerr
shaw and Christensen Of Beaufort, and
Representatives 4Gaston of Chester.
Fraser Of Sumter, Lyon ,of Abbeyille
and Spiyys Of Horny, compose. tine COM
The executive committee of the
South Carolina Cotton Growerp asso-
ciation. consisting Of Messrs. r. N.
Cleveland, of9Greenville, F. N Farr,
OF Union. T. N. Grimm, Of Lee, Rich
ard Singleton, Of Richiand, r. M.
Pegues OF Marlboro. and A. G.. Lyles.
II Union, met In Columbia yvednes-
lay and considered various :natters.
especially that -of salaries for the
state officers. which were fixed as fol-
lows: President $1,000 per, sannun;
treasurer, 5000 per annufn: secretary,
$500 per arinum. The bond OF the
treasurer was fixed at $4,000. An
address fo'the cotton growers OF the
state VIII be issued within ftsw days.
Mr.. E. DDS Smith, president sof the as-sl
sociation.; win deliver number Of ed.
dressess in..different. parts of the states
= One Of the, most interesting bills
passed during this session sof the iegis-
iature was that relating to tie rsor-
eanization and-equfpnent OF the NIL
litial This will putt South s.icarc]ina
under. the benefits or the Dick law
and she VIII have a fund OF $4,000,
annually. Last year under the $1,000
900 appropriations to arm ana edhipi
the troops the state derived $35, 900.
and the. fund now expected comes
from q $1,000,e00 annual appropria-
ton. As long az the troops come up.
In organization, discipline, equipment
and other requirements. to the ideas
of Uncle Sam, SO long win this money
he available. IF. the govemmtnt's in-
spection oficer. repo-ts that the r1i-
litia is not up to Q, ndard then the
funds Will cease coming. TIE legis-
lature has Just made, an appropraa-
ti6nf Or $4,000 to help get the troops
up to the requirements, 70 Z that by
the time the fund IS needed II CAP be
obtained. ~ .:!,iss :. y ~
= Conventions. were held In all the
cotton growing states last Tuesday
and organizations were effested In
each. There were more than 1000
people at the Georgia convention,
which was held in Atlanta; and near
ly every county of the stHte was rep
resented. The Tennessee convention
was=held at Memphis. . AlabarHa held
her conyenti01 at Montgomery. - and
1elegates weIe' I'M attendance from
thir.y-eight cpupties. The Mississippi
convention was held at jackson. and
1t was decided to pay the officers
LIBERAL salaries, the president to re-
$1,000 year and the treasurer $3.50
a year. The president is TO appoint
state organizer who IL TO lc,ok after
the Thorough organization Of all; 4he
counties. 2 = Arkansas elected fItate .df1
fice1s and adopted q, fesolutitng to hay
the matter before the: Legislature how
I'M Aessiun.s Texas formed d resolution
pletlging that her cotton " farmers
would reduce their acreage at least
25 per cent. n
On. Saturday an old negro who had
'crossed Four Hole swamp near Holly
,HiR reported having seen q horse and
buggy ABOUT midway Of the swamp
and no one near to- whomit could be-.
long. Immediately searchhtg party
went out and found the horse iind bug
gy, the. hack Of the, buggy being; brok-
en-. Further search resultediti finding
the body of Oliver Caity afittineeiin
shallow water near the readable with
his arm. around q small tree,sas u for
support, his head above; water, dead.
The body was taken to his home.
whore the ccroners inquest was held, I
the verdict being that death was from
natural cause. mo bruises being found
on the body. The suppositioi IN that
Canty was returning from 81 George
ane perhaps fell, the shock o. the fall
and the rain and cold rendering him
helpless. He was a quiet, peaceable
man. -. Hf.