Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-28
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

st. Matthews special Of Nov. % to
the News and Courier: Mrs. ]. T. Ric-
kenbaker, of this community, the pic
ture Of health, married at IA, and Is
just fifteen years older than her first
child. That child married at Is and
conferred the distinction Of grand
motherhood upon her mother at 81
years.
Lancaster special Of November az
to News and Courier: There Is no mis-
taking the earnestness of the Lancas-
ter farmers in the matter Of pledging
higher prices. During the last three
days pledges have been signed which
represent over 1000 bales. At the
present rate three-fourths of the cot
ton in the county will soon be thus
pledged. Fully 100 bales were pledged"
yesterday. There Is nothing like the
cotton In the country now that there
was this time last year. A gentleman
whose business necessitates his trav-
cling through all sections Of the coun-
try remarked to your correspondent
last evening that this time last year
he rarely passed even a negro's home
that he did not see one or more bales
Of cotton lying about the premises but
now a bale of cotton In a farmers
yard Is an unusual sight. In one COM
munity he mentioned he saw last year
about 500 bales, while now there are
less than 40. Most of the cotton be-
ing held Is In the hands Of large
planters.
- Columbia correspondence of the
News and Courier: The Frisco Town
ship concern, which company induced
several hundred South Carolinians to
purchase lots in far-off Oklahoma, Is
row in the courts and there are prob
ably number Of suits yet to be heard
from. The suit here referred to was
started In Charlotte and was brought
by a number Of citizens Of that town
against the company and its travelling
representative, j. A. Bacot. 1t seems
that Bacot met the North Carolinians
and interested them In the lots, which
they agreed to purchase II the excur-
sion was run between the 7th and the
18th. Five lots were taken and S25
was paid on each. The excursion did
not run until the 2lst and the purchas-
ers could not go. For this reason they
brought suit and demanded their mon
ey back Bacot was not present at the
hearing and the judgment was render
ed and the case will be transferred to
the Oklahoma courts. There has been
some comment on the large number OF
people who were so easily interested
these lots in The west. The country Is
practically unknown to the majority OF
the purchasers and with the same
amount of money much more desirable
land could have been bought at home.
The free trip promised by the COM
pany was al inducement 10 many, but
the land they have purchased Is not
one-half as valuable as property
around Columbia or any Of the other
cities in the state.
-. People Of Gaffney are very in
dignant at the representation from
Blacksburg that dispensary cOnstables
are needed in Cherokee, and set forth
that the call for constables is merely
a political measure on the part OF
individuals who have all along been
opposed to the removal of the dis
pensary, and who have never become
reconciled to that development. A.
L. Hallman, United States deputy
marshal, who was reflected on in
recent communication from Blacks
burg, resents the same In a signed
communication as follows: The
correspondent to the GrernVille
News from Blacksburg is either ig-
norant of the facts in the case or he
has made a malicious and wilful
misstatement thereof. All the work
that | have done as Deputy United
States Marshal since the U. S. court
adjourned at Greenville has been
done at and around Blacksburg.
have not had a single case at Gaffney
since that court adjourned. AS re-
CARDS the operation Of Illicit distil-
leries in the neighborhood of Blacks
burg, will say that some weeks ago