Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-17

association today by James j. Hill,
chairman of the board Of the Great
Northern railway. At the close Of
the first days session of the thirty
fifth annual convention Of the organ
ization here today, Mr.. Hill made an
address in which he said: 1.-The idea
that we feed the world is being cor
rected and unless we can increase the
agricultural population and their pro-
duct the question Of a source Of food
supply at home will soon supersede
the question of a market abroad"
This possible condition, the speaker
said, is due to the increased tendency
of the rural population to leave the
fields and agricultural pursuits and
seek city life. All through the ad-
dress Mr.. Hill sought to impress on
the banker delegates that future
prosperity is to come in the develop
ment Of agriculture, rather than in an
extension Of foreign markets for
manufactured goods.
Commander Robert E. Peary, on
Tuesday dictated this statement to
the Associated Press. II am the only
white man who has ever reached the
north pole, and I am prepared to
prove 1t at the proper time. 1 have
already stated publicly that Cook has
not been to the pole. This I reaffirm
and will stand by 1t, but decline to
No nf "a
These will come out later. 1 have
said that DR.. Cooks statement that he
had reached the pole should not be
taken seriously, and that have him
nailed by concrete proofs to support
my statement. In six months you
probably will get the whole story. 1t
would not be policy for me to enter
upon a full debate with the subject
matter as it now stands. To do so, l
would be giving out much informa
ton Of which other uses can be made.
l intend to wait until DR.. Cook has
issued his full authorized statements.
Up to the present time there have
been only newspaper accounts Of DR..
Cooks alleged polar trip, and these
may or may not be accurate. When
Dr.. Cook has time to issue complete
authorized version Of his journey will
be the proper opportunity for me to
make public the information which 7
have. After the journey--in other
words, the people and the scientific
nf will I'M
ment on the matter, and there will
then be nothing left of DR.. Cooks
case but his own assertions that he
has reached the north pole. In the
meanwhile, it is my determination
not to deal with debates for the rea-
sons already stated"
- Asheville, September Is: Charg-
ing that Deputy Marshal Robert Ram
sey, an officer Of the United States
district court, had held unlawful con-
versation with certain members of
the jury before a verdict had been re-
turned, Judge Charles A. Moore. oil
the defense, in the recent trial OF
Messrs. Breese and Dickerson for al
legged conspiracy to defraud the First
National Bank, of this city, created
sensation today when Judge Newman
opened court to hear argument and
motion in arrest Of judgment and for
new trial in the cases Of the convicted
bankers. The charges were made in
aftidavits from Jurors Norton and
Garren, which were read in open
court. The affidavit of Norton alleged
that after the case had gone to the
jury, Ramsey, while acting in his Of
fetal capacity, had said in effect:
"Rawls is as guilty as Breese and Dick
erson, and they are both as guilty as
hell" Garren's affidavit stated that
Ramsey had told him that if the jury
did not agree Judge Newman would
District Attorney Holton said that the
charges surprised him and he hoped
the court would investigate them.
Judge Newman stated that there
was no intimation that the verdict or
the jury had been affected by the al
legged conversation, and, therefore,
the matter could not weigh with the
question Of a new trial. The charges,
however, were serious, said the judge,
and he issued an order summoning
every member Of the Breese-Dicker-
son jury to Asheville at once, where
they will be questioned in open court.
Ramsey denies the charges. in toto.
The formal motions by the defence
for a new trial and in arrest of judg-
ment were denied by Judge Newman,
who stated that he could see no pos
sible ground for further argument in
the matter. The defence then offered
a petition for a writ Of error and the
case goes to the United States circuit
court of appeals.
Gastonia special of September 10,
to Charlotte Observer: Charles Eu-
ten, alias Georgia Mac, with sew
eral other aliases and whose real
name is John c. McMurphy, of Au-
gusta, Ga, plead guilty in CASTOR
county superior court this afternoon
to a charge of robbing the office of
the McAden mills, at McAdenville,
this county, on the night of March 4,
1905, and was sentenced by Judge
Webb to serve two years on the roads
of the county. While denying any
connection with the crime, Euten,
through his attorneys, Mr.. w. B.
Rodman, of Charlotte, and Mr.. P.
Woods Garland, Jr., of Gastonia, sub
mitted, his lawyers stating that he
would accept sentence of two years.
Euten was arrested i'm Bluefield, w.
Va, seven months ago, and has since
been confined in the CASTOR county
Jail. The star witness against him
was Charles Williams, known in the
profession as "Pelzer" Eddy, who is
now serving a five-year sentence in
the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ga,