Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-27


the county, and the prosecution ended
in a fiasco. The attorneys In the case
are w. H. Newbold and ]. c. Wilborn,
for the plaintiff, and w. c. Hough ana
Ernest Moore for the county.
Charged With Depot Burning.
Tobe Burris was arrested few days
ago and committed to jail on the
charge of having burned the depot at
Guthriesville some months back. Bur-
ris Is one Of the negroes who was
bruised up In the Fishing Creek wreck
some months back, and who got what
was for him liberal pay from the rail-
road company for his experience. He
spent his money rapidly, and 1t iS
thought that he burned the depot be-
cause he wanted some more. The cash
drawer Is said to have been rified, and
1t Is claimed that the evidence as to
Burris's guilt Is strong.
Caught In Chester.
At the request of the chief Of police
Of Chester, Supervisor Boyd ran down
to that town Tuesday to identify a ne
gro who had been arrested as an es-
capped prisoner from the York county
chaingang. The fellow turned out to
be Adam Hill. who had been sent up
by magistrate and who escaped while
the chaingang was working within
about two miles Of Rock Hill last July
a year ago. He still had about two
weeks to serve at the time of his es-
cape, and he may be sent up for an
other month to make good on account
Of his escape.
The Bethany High School.
Invitations have been issued to the
commencement exercises Of the Beth
any Presbyterial High School, May
1916. The annual sermon will be
preached May 13 by Rev. F. Y. Press
ly Of Due West. The Declaimers' con-
test will be held May IA at p. M,
and the Debaters' contest at the same
hour May Is. The annual concert will
be given on Wednesday the 18th, at
s. o. m, and the annual address will be
delivered by Rev. William s. Clapp of
Philadelphia, Pa, on May II at 1880
a. m. The graduating exercises will
take place at o'clock in the afternoon
Of the 18th.
A Queen Ant.
Mr. Robert L. Wilson of Yorkville
No. /, left at this Office on last Tues
day afternoon a rather peculiar look
ing insect that was curiosity to him.
and which would have been rather diff
ficu,t of Identification except for the
company in which he found 1t. He ex-
planned that while plowing In the field
his plow ran into an ant nest that
contained about gallon OF the In
sects. He was impressed with the
manner in which the ants seemed tc
want to ball together, and separated
them with a small stick. On dividing
the cluster in half, one half would In.
variably be attracted to the other half
ryt. fn hn
among them as to which way to go
and finally going into the centre OF the
cluster that furnished the attraction
he came upon one insect that was sew.
eral times larger than the others, ano
which was the unmistakable object o.
their solicitude. It seems to be evident
that the large ant was the queen OF the
colony.
Bales the Irrepressible.
Charlotte Chronicle, Wednesday: II
seems that there Is nothing under tht
sun that will stop Squire w. o. Baile:
from marrying people," said a Soutf
Carolinian who was in the city today
More than year ago his commission
was revoked by Governor Hayward
but Il didn't bother him at all. He
went right along tying knots hard anC
fast, or at least, hard and fast enough
to satisfy the contracting parties; fol
I cannot say that the ceremonies woult
be considered legal IL brought to
test. Now, to prove that nothing vii
stop him he has smallpox in his home
and still he marries them. The peskS
germs seem to have no terrors fol
those about to launch into the matri'
monial sea. Mr.. John Knox and Miss
Alice Martin Of Salem, drove
to SQUIRE Bales home from Charlotte
last week, and, in the face of a flaming
yellow poster that looked gruesome BY
night, they knocked at the door. anc
demanded that the squire marry them
The squire. nothing IL not willing, hall
dressed himself, and stuck his heac
out of a window. The couple stood to-
gether ,on the porch. and the knot wal
tied. I know Of no way In the worlc
OF stopping Squire Bales, much as M
should be stopped"
First Importation of Foreign Labor.
Charlotte Chronicle Wednesday
One of the first parties Of foreign la
borers to be brought south by loca
corporation arrived in Charlotte thii
morning, over the Seaboard from New
York. and will be taken to the plant o.
the Charlotte Brick company, or Whlcf
Mayor s. s. McNinch Is president, neal
Fort Mill, s. c., this evening, wher'
they will be set at work tomorrow
There are thirteen Of the laborers-
Just enough Mayor McNinch says-fo
an experiment, comprising Poles. Ger
mans, Scandinavians and Hungarians
Several of the men landed in New Yorl
three days ago; the others have beer
| in the country for a few weeks. MOS
Of them are young, and all are health!
and robust looking. Mayor McNinci
has been confronted with the labo
problem for a long time. He makes
| rs, 900 brick each day, and 1t takes from
| 80 to 100 men to operate the plant. III
has been employing negroes almost ex
clusively, and they have not given sat
isfaction. If the first installment proves
success, Mayor McNinch VIII brint
other foreign laborers to his plant
The expenses of the trip from New
York were paid by the brick company
and 1t will be repaid out Of the wage:
at the rate of $3.50 a week. The mel
will receive wages Of $1.50 a day, anc
will be given houses to live in. A
railroad man predicted this morning
that Mayor McNinch's installment wa!
but the beginning Of an invasion o.
the south by foreign laborers.
Will Probably Make II Daily.
The Carolina and North Western
railroad people are very much pleased
with the manner in which the public
Is receiving their new passenger trains
Nos. and 8. There was considerable
hesitation about putting on these
trains. 1t was not thought that there
could be any direct revenue from them
The best that was hoped for was re-
ceipts amounting to something like
actual expenses. The receipts have
been rather larger than was expected
and now the railroad folks are consid.
ering the practicability of giving still
better service by making the trains
daily. This will probably be done mex
month. And there Is a possibility too
that the trains will be made a perma-
nent feature Of the roads passenger
traffic. This, however, will probably
depend upon a little assistance from
the government. Ordinary travel Is
lighter I'm the winter than in the sum-
mer and expenses are heavier. Fol
that reason, II was not contemplated al
the start to continue the new trains
beyond next fall. But already the mai
possibilities of these trains has beer
shown to be much greater than was
at first contemplated and IL the gov
ernment will only allow a small appro-
priation for q postal car and clerks
the way of the trains will be much
smoother and the accommodation tc
the public greatly increased. The benz
eft of Nos. and to Yorkville and
A.. l.