Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-02-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Chester and ROCK Hill VIII probably
be in the state baseball league this
year.
A movement is on foot to build a
trolley line between Spartanburg and
Greenville. 1t is proposed to organize
a 100000 stock company for the pur-
pose.
A story full of interest regarding
the finding Of a buried treasure,
comes from Graniteville, and seems
to corroborate stories that have been
told in that section of Aiken county
for generations. On a place now
owned by Mr.. James L. Quinby,
prominent merchant Of Graniteville,
there was found recently O shallow
hole In the ground, traces Of places
where some experimenting was evil
IDENTIFY done with some kind Of min
eral rod, and an old rusty pot lying
out on the ground. This is quite evi-
IDENTIFY the remains of fortune bur-
led several generations ago by old
Dave Powell, who once occupied
Of hermit and was q miser
He lived all alone In a shack, made
his bed Of straw and corn shucks.
He raised cattle and was known to
have money. 1t is supposed that
some one has discovered the hiding
place and removed the treasure.
When old Powell died not cent
could be found, not even money to
oay his burial expenses. Since then
1t has been the aim Of many q man
ind all the adventurous boys to find
the money left by old Dave. Much
time has been spent in the attempt
but old Dawes money remained rest
Ing peacefully through all the recent
money stringency in the cold confines
II the earth from which 1t came. Old
Dave Powell was scared OF the banks
and refused to put his hard earned
dollars in them. 1t was known to be
his custom to keep it in a pot and to
bury 1t. Now that 1t Is supposed to
have been found leads to all sorts of
surmises as to the amount OF the old
mans wealth. He has been dead for
about thirty years and few people re-
member enough about him to know
what he was worth. But those who
were most intimate with him estimate
that he must have saved ND several
thousand dollars, and he was never
known to spend any money for any
thing that he could possibly do with
out, wearing scanty clothes and rais-
ng all his own food The finding of
me pot brings back to memory some
thing OF the life Of this eccentric old
character, and also some incidents
which seem to prove that his money
had been found. Mr.. Delaware Pow
ell, an honored citizen Of Bath, is a
nephew Of the miser and remembers
well the life Of his uncle. Mr.. Powell
once went to see his uncle, and when
ne reached the house he found that
the old man was away. Mr.. Delaware
Powell was then only a boy, though
he Is now some 70 years old He went
right on In the house, as was his GUS
tom, knowing how to enter. He got to
rummaging around in the smoke
mouse, and seeing some fresh dirt
against the wall, thought rats were
there. Pursuing his boyish desire to
unearth the rodents, he began grovel-
ing in the sand with q stick, and
striking something hard he unearthed
1t. 1t proved to be an old pot. He
carefully placed 1t back, but told his
uncle about finding 1t. The pot was
moved at once and its whereabouts
were never known after that. But
when the pot was described to Mr..
Powell day or two ago he stated
that 1t must be the same pot which he
saw that day sixty years ago In the
smoke house. During his last illness
and just before his demise at the ripe
old age Of ninety odd years Dave
Powell gave ali his earthly property
to Mr.. Delaware Powell. When he
realized that the end was near the old
man told his beloved nephew to go
out and hunt up all his cattle and
hogs, all Of which ran In the woods
unrestricted by the present fence
law. There were ninety odd head of
cattle and herds upon herds Of hogs.
He did not succeed in locating all Of
them and this irritated the dying
man, and he went again in search Of
the missing swine and kline. It was
became much worse, and he ordered
that his nephew be sent for post
haste. When Mr.. Powell arrived the
old man was speechless and could ut
ter nothing more than cultural
sounds, though he was yet conscious.
He made many gesticulations and
tried hard to speak, but Mr.. Powell
now believes that he was making an
attempt to tell him where his money
was. Like all other similar characters
he would never divulge the hiding
place Of the precious coin until the
last moment, and then It was too late
% tell 1t. 1t was perhaps thirty years
before his death that Mr.. Powell saw
the pot, and during that time IL
could have been doubled many times
over.
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