Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-08-26

as nearly contiguous as possible. The
northern mill men are desirious of
raising their own cotton, he claims, and
thereby be Independent of the farmer.
This representative has visited several
of the southern states but it appears
that his company desires to purchase
land i'm South Carolina or Georgia in
preference to the lands of the south
west. owing to the prevalence of the
boil worm or boil weevil. He is equip
ped with maps and data concerning
| this section and especially Orangeburg
county. AS Orangeburg county enjoys
such a national reputation as being
the best cotton producing county in
the world, the notice of this and the
other mills of the north who are desir-
Gus of purchasing farms are turned
upon her.
| - Spartanburg. August "a: s. M.
Baker and II. FinstOn, two peddlers,
arrested by Captain of Police Moss
Hayes on the charge Of violating the
city ordinance, were tried In police
court yesterday by Mayor j. B. Lee
and were fined $500 each. 1t Is al
legged that these men sold furs at a
greatly reduced price, claiming that
they could do so on account Of the
goods having been smuggled into this
country. When arrested they had
sold, to the knowledge Of the officer,
three pieces. They were tried on the
three separate offences and given 500
fine each for the three sales. Mayor
Lee stated last night that he believed
lin protecting the merchants against
such pcddiers, and that was the
reason he fined them so heavy. Baker
claimed he had nothing to do with
| the sales. but only carried the grips
.1n,1 lNn
officers searched them Baker had on
his person $40 and the boss" only
had $40.
| - Spartanburg, August %: In May,
1906, at Jonesville, Lee county, Vir-
ginia, James Frost shot and killed
Jasper Pace. Frost was poor man
and did not have funds enough with
which to employ a lawyer. After
committing the crime he escaped and
this city. The Virginia authorities
received word that the fugitive was
in this city and requested the sheriff
of this county to arrest the man. This
was done and he was lodged In jail
Today Sheriff w. Y. Tucker OF Vir-
gnia arrived in the city and took the
prisoner back to the scene OF the
homicide. He will be tried there.
Frost was well known and popular at
Clifton where he had lived and led
peaceful life for the past five years
He said while In Jail here that he had
never been happy since committing the
| deed and that he always dreaded to
go to sleep for fear that the officials
would get him. He also stated that
he had saved up a snug little sum of
money with which to employ counsel
at the trial.
| - Spartanburg. August rs: Because
| he resisted arrest from an officer of
the law. V. V. Towe, a young White
man, lies dead from a pistol shot
wound inflicted by Constable ]. w.
Becknall The tragedy took place
this morning about $50 o'clock on
the Southern railway near the Arcadia
cotton mill. Becknall was in the act
Of serving a warrant which charged
assault and battery with intent to
kill Immediately after the shooting
Becknall came into town and surren-
dered himself to the sheriff and In
the meanwhile phoned the coroner of
| the death Of Towe. According to the
evidence gained at the corners In
quest 1t was found that Becknall was
In the act Of reading the contents OF
the warrant when young Towe be-
came enraged and showed signs of
resistance. Some words ensued and
Becknall drew his gun. From Beck
nails own statement he only meant
to scare Towe into submission. The
| first two shots did not take effect, but
the third entered Towe's head, In
stantly killing him. The affair gain
ed wide circulation this morning and
many expressions were heard on the
streets. Constable Becknall Is pop
ular officer and heretofore has seldom
shown his temper while making an
arrest. He has many friends who
deplore the sad affair.
- Columbia State: THE agricultural
campaign which has been conducted
during the present summer by this
department has been q success from
every standpoint" said Ira w. Will
lams of the United States farm dem
onstration work yesterday just before
leaving for a trip through the western
states for the purpose Of studying the
work in that section OF the country.
Mr.. Williams will be absent from the
state for ten days. While In the west
he will attend several agricultural
fairs and agricultural experiment sta
tions. During the present summer the
farm demonstration work, Of which
Mr.. williams Is at the head, and the
State Farmers Union, Of which A. j.
A. Perritt Is president, have conduct
ed an agricultural campaign. More
| than a score of meetings have been
| held in various sections of the state
and as a result great interest in intel
| ligent agriculture has been aroused.
The meetings have been largely at
tended. Well known agricultural ex-
perts have been heard and the farm
ers have been greatly benefited. An
important result of the campaign Is
the movement that has been launched
| for tile drainage in the state. 1t Is
expected that the campaign will re-
suit in the erection of several facto-
ries for the manufacture Of tiles. G..
A. Guignard Of Columbia has the ma
chinery and is willing to manufacture
tiling as soon as he sees that there
will he a demand for the material.
- Columbia State: Loans on real
estate mortgages and county munich
pal bonds in this state to the extent of
nearly 50 2000,000 have been made dur
ing the past two years by foreign insur-
ance companies. The department of
insurance is using every effort to in
duce foreign insurance companies to
invest in this state. Investments have
been made in the state by approx
mately thirty companies. Loans are
entirely satisfactory and interest Is
promptly paid" This statement is in
substance that of over twenty five let
ters addressed to the insurance depart
ment in answer to a query as to the
loans made in this state. Two COM
panies reported that there had been
some delay in the payment of interest
on county and municipal bonds. One
company reported that the interest on
six real estate mortgages had been
slow. Commissioner McMaster in
speaking of the payment of interest
said: 1T is highly important that not
only the individual borrowers but the
officers of all of the towns and cities
and counties see that the interest is
paid in due time, for the delay OF a
day might retard the companies In
making investments i'm this state.
The insurance department will take up
the matter with all of the individuals
and counties securing the loans from
the insurance companies and urge the
prompt payment of the interest. For
cign insurance companies have loaned
i'm this state $76S,000 on real estate
mortgages and 100000 on county and
municipal bonds.
Spartanburg special of August %,