Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-11
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= Hampton special Of July 9, to Co
lumbia State. News came here early
this morning announcing the fact that
Ben Bennett, a white man convicted OF
wife murder and sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary or on the
chaingang, and Sam Jenkins, a negro
serving on the chaingang for killing
another negro, whose sentence was
| four years In the penitentiary or on
the public works Of the county, nave
escaped. The escape was made by II
ling a large ring. They left with their
shackles on them. There were nine
convicts at work near Hickory Hill.
Webb Thomas was the only guard In
charge on this gang at the time, Romy
Bowers, the other guard having gone
| to his home on Saturday. Nothing was
known Of the escape until daylght
| this morning. Supervisor Snider VIII
| do his best to have the convicts cap
tured. It Is thought that Bennett has
gone to Savannah or Charleston.
- Mr.. JOS A. Mccullough, who was
appointed special referee to take testi-
mony in the suit of q North Carolina
distiller against the Richland Disttll-
ing company, Is here to take evidence
In the matter The Salisbury dfstiller
has brought suit for damages on the
ground that the Richland Distilling
company had taken the name OF one
of his popular brands-"The Poplar
Log'-and that 1t had worked to the
financial loss Of the Salisbury distiH-
er, for his sales Of that brand have In
creased elsewhere than in South Caro-
lima. Mr.. Mccullough states that some
of the testimony which he had submit
ted before him at Salisbury last week
was Of a rather surprising nature. one
matter which occasioned surprise was
the statement as to the amount or
profit which the distiller swore he had
been deriving from the sale Of the Pop
lar Log brand, and another matter
was the testimony In reference to why
orders could not be secured In South
Carolina. .. .. '. ..
- The doors Of the Darlington
Trust company at Darlington, were
closed a few days ago with the ex-
PLANTATION that the failure had been
caused by the troubles OF the lnde-
pendent OIL company. The circum-
stance has been followed by other
developments Of startling nature.
In two courts petitions Of creditors
have been filed alleging indebted
ness Of about $750,000, with assets
mainly based on cost OF the mills,
which was less than 100000.
Banks all over the country are said
to hold paper Of this concern, includ-
ing many warehouse receipts for
oil, and for which, 1t Is alleged, there
may be found no oil. The stock Of
the company was $1,000,000 and was
Charleston having considerable
amount. In the United States court
here today, Judge Brawley appoint
ed Bright Williamson, r. Bee Leb-
by and B. H. Sass receivers. This
follows the appointment of Will
liamson as received by Judge Watts,
Of the state court. Judge Watts
has also appointed e. c. Lide, for
mer cashier. and L. e. Williamson,
.Jr., receivers for the Darlington
Trust company.
- Greenville special Of July 8 to
News and Courier: Facts have just
been brought to light uncovering an
association composed Of nearly every
cotton mill in this section. through
which the local cotton market Is
handled. This association Is fully
officered and each morning the price
to be paid for the staple locally Is
fixed. Its buyers are given instruc-
tions and there is absolutely no
competition and cotton is bought
boycott, commission houses which
have selling brokers here, are for
hidden to buy cotton In the local
field, and so far export buyers seem
to have been scared Off in a SINH
lar way. While the association has
for its aim the steadiness Of prices
on the local market, 1t is q notori-
Gus fact that competitive buying has
not been tolerated for the past year.
that the thing haH been in existence,
and 1t Is claimed that the farmers
are losing money. The cotton asso-
citation here Is threatening to bring
buyer into the territory whose du-
ty II shall be simply to keep prices
up. Recently the local market has
been only 10 cents, when cotton has
been lilo in New York. This Is
said to be far below its true value
here under such conditions, and the
mill association lis being blamed. It
Is said that the association extends
beyond the borders Of this county
into many large manufacturing
towns, and that 1t is just as relent-
less elsewhere as 1t has been here.
Columbia special to the Charles
ton Post: The dispensary plot seems
% be thickening. For some time at the
State dispensary there has been an in
creasing tendency to sensitiveneSs
about publication of matters, and now
they have cut the wires connecting the
newspapers and all others with the
list of purchases, which have always
been given out so cheerfully heretofore
and which have been regularly printed
in the Columbia and Charleston papers.
The information was not impaired to
the reporters at the time, but 1t now
leaks out that the board at its last
regular meeting adopted resolution
denying the lists Of purchases to the
newspapers. Heretofore 1t has been
the custom to furnish copies OF the
lists to the railroad people as well,
this being done as an accommodation to
them to afford them opportunity to
look out for the business. How the
board justifies the passage Of this res
olution Is not known: none OF the
members are here today to be seen on
the subject Another interesting dis
pensary fact which comes to light un-
officially Is that the money which dis
appeared from the person Of Inspector
Brown on his way here from Charles
ton, where he had been to check up
Dispenser Matthews, was $4,000. In
stead Of only $1,000 as stated In the
papers, and that this was made up to
the state not by Brown or his friends
but by Commissioner Tatum's friends.
Also that Brown was not prosecuted
was not due so much to any defects In
the law as to the fact that he had not
renewed his bond in the sum Of $4,000
as other inspectors had been required
to do. These are the facts as vouched
for by one of those who helped to
make up the $4,000. No information
has been volunteered about the mat
ter at the state dispensary. The
STORY was tapped In an altogether
unexpected way.