Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-06

TUESDAY nisnI caused seven deaths
from exposure In that city.......T The
American Forest congress is In session
| in washington.
SOUTH CAHOliNA NEWS.
During the year 1904 the secretary
-, s,ota racaivad chartar saas on,o,,,,,
80
Ing to oSi4,o6.io.
- The will Of the late Senator G. 8.
McColl Of Bennettsville provides a be-
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aue'' '''''' oipnaii
age.
= In Aiken and other counties zeal-
Gus workers In the interest OF the pro-
posed cotton producers organization
are making house to house canyasses
persuading the farmers to sign an
agreement torhold their cotton and re-
duce the acreage. ~
- MISS Nora Hicks has been appoint-
ed carrier on Cherokee route No. ! In
Spartanburg county and has entered
upon the discharge OF her duties. She
Is the hrst woman carrier for South
Carolina rural free delivery routes.
Her patrons are well pleased with her
appointment sat
= Columbia special OF "wednesday to
the Augusta Chronicle: A hoop on the
gallon capacity tank, broke this after.
noon, and all, Of the contents, worth
over $4,000, were lost, save the little
the employees scooped up with buckets
| from the floor, which was flooded a.
foot deep. One man narrowly escaped
being drowned In the deluge Of booze.
- Edgefield special Of Wednesday to
News and Courier. Unonicial returns
on vote for Calhoun county give:
Edgedeld. For, 237: aARair,st" %:
AbbeviIle, For 2eO, Against Al;
Greenwood For" so, Against" IL.
II formed the new county win cut
Edgefeld below constitutional area,
and a survey Of this county will be
made tomorrow. I'M order to place this
fact before the Legislature.
= spartanburg special of Thursday
to Columbia State: News has been re-
ceived here OF the death Of Mrs. Brat
ton, wife of Rt, Rev. Theo. d. Brat
tom. bishop OF Missiessppf. which oc-
curred at jackson tfis Afternoon. Her
husband and six children survive her.
The deceased was q Miss Randolph of
Florida. She had many friends here,
where she formerly resided, when her
husband was rector Of the Church OF
the Advent. Spartailburg people sym-
pathize with the bereayed family. go
- cnurt will convene at IInion next
Monday Jndes r q watts OF che
raw nresidines The sessions win ike
iv he unusnaIlv 1nteresting "a there
are Ave murder Gases to he tried.
anore tbarn tha now San,ous one
aaa;rst aT part nraeorv tnr rnisoni,g his
bride az three week. The other cases
are Boh woodward. cantured recently
In Virginia. for the murder of Tom
7 leonard near fhe Neveberry line IN
1a0O- wash Tbonas who Killed Allen
Stswsrt artsr naoro rroi,c. naar car
-onSa,, - y - JessYf No ole . nj q.
inn v,'I ~. 20 r,,,,rs, m;i, r,,hant. %
,a s.'s,.S ~ 49, 80 s,s a,.. =, aSdt-
H. thasa 3hasa al, ~ nrrshar
sioi " .use .x VII In.s,ss,
go VI aSSa anu p''
Ine pnospnate roya1sy mas awm
In l94 and the royalty mas been re-
ausec 70 encourase tnis ians9isnins ~
induary irpm Si.OS per ton 70 20 cents
per mn. me nguref from CoHptroner
General Jones report are most Mter-s
estfne. Tnere are pul Two companies
now Going business IN tne state, tne
Centnl ana tne steno conpaMes 1na
tney toSetner mineu zfoo4 lons. Inc
repou shows tna1 there was some
stone lett over from iast year ane To-
tai amount snipped pein9 ss,szs sonss
decrease from last year OF zS,eIo
tons. On the shipments this year mere
was royalty PAID the state OF $l0,IS4,
OF which the two companies now IN
business paid sS,739.0l. The royalty
paid last year amounted to S16.sS6.T.
There Is decrease In the amount
mined of 1889 tons. Tho total
amount on hand up 10 the year ending
Nov. 80, from which all figures are
made, amounts to 1855 tons as
against 11,151 last year, decrease OF
S,7e5 tonsP The business done by the
two companies now In existence show
that out OF the total the Central COM
pany mined is, IA tons and the Stono
14,250 tons
- Columbia special to The News and
ComIert E O.. OTIS. a new represen-
tatiye from Cherokee county, has un-
der brenaration an arnendment to the
disptnsary law. which he will intro
duce in the coming session Of the
legislature. His bill has been sub
nitted 10 a number of prominent
jurists, and II is their opinion that It
will come within the constitution and
the provisions OF the inter state COM
merce laws His bin provides for q
system REORGANIZATION and test of all