Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-29
Scraps and facts.


the hands of a syndicate. the primary
purpose of which is TO develop water
power. Inquiries today revealed the
fact that the deals have not been closed
vet, but that repre- resentatives OF well
known firm of this city. which has
handled many Of the large deals in this
section, are now in New York. and pos
sibly the deal will be closed within
short time While it could not be deh-
nitelv learned to whom the property
was TO pass in case the deal is consum-
mated, there is a rumor TO the erect
that ]. B. Duke and n. B. Duke the
millionaire tobacco magnates. ana the
principal owners of the Southern Pow
er company, which controls the "elec-
trical situation" in Piedmont South
Carolina. are prospective purchasers'
To this rumor further confirmation Is
added today by a special from Wash-
ington to the effect tnat it is reported
there that the Dukes have an option on
$4,000 acres of land in the ToXaWay
section. and that the company plans
TO develop 10000 horse power TO De
used across the line in South Carolina.
It is we'll known here that deal mas
been pending for some time, and that
the title to the large boundaries OF
land in PENNSYLVANIA and Jackson
counties is being looked up. Rumor
has it that the syndicate, If 1t takes up
the option, will build several other
large dams and develop hydro-electric
mower Further rumor has 1t that the
resort features will be preserved ana
the hotels managed as in the past
Pending the close of the deal, no ar
rangements have so far been announced
for the management of the hotel prop
ertv this summer and tine boundaries
have been closed. so far as fishing is
concerned.
-Danville, ILL.,, April 81: Several per-
sons were injured and much property
was damaged today by nine elephants
that stampeded just after they had
been unloaded from car after seVeral
hours ride from Chicago. A large ele-
phant made a break for liberty, bowling
over the keeper and escaping. the
animal was followed by seven other
bulls. which ran believing through
the streets and across the fields. Later
while the entire force of trainers ana
keepers were engaged in the usual sport
of hunting elephants in AUTOMOBILES
female elephant escaped. For several
,1A Nlnr nrNfS
hunted by all attaches of the circus
the city policemen and the more Ven-
turesome citizens The elephants at
first moved in bunch, then separated.
Tney stopped for nothing except brick
and stone buildings. Such small frame
structures as coal sheds, fences. and
trees as came in their path were push
ed over, trodden down, uprooted and
thrown to one side. At the home or
William Miller three elephants found
insufficient room to pass between the
summer kitchen and house, so they
pushed the kitchen aside, frightening
the persons inside from the table, but
injuring no one. At the home OF JOS
eph PEBBLES, after overturning shed
and killing a horse, one of the animals
attacked PEBBLES and hurled him
against the side of the house. PEBBLES
is in a critical condition. Barney
O'Neal, a liveryman. was thrown from
his wagon by the elephants as they
dashed down a side street in front OF
his team. F. K. Rabbe, one of the keep
ers, while assisting in stabling three
of the bulls after their capture, was
hurled against the side Of barn and
injured. Several other persons were
slightly injured. mostly because OF
horses frightened by the pachyderms
or through their own fright during the
stampede. More than 100 homes were
damaged to some extent by the ele-
phants, but the total loss probably will
not exceed $4,000. Several truck gar
dens and orchards were partly ruined
in the outskirts of the city, while many
shade trees were broken, or uprooted.
One elephant was still at large to-
night.
New York Journal of Commerce,
Wednesday: Thus far there have
been no private settlements arranged
between the cotton shorts and the
group of operators. known as the Big
Four who are credited with having
cornered the May option. And it was
learned from an official source last
evening that nc negotiations are in
incr 70 mr. nfO1i A
number of local firms, in no way con-
cerned with the manipulation, have, 1t
is understood been technically convert
ed into shorts as result of the knight,
Yancey & Co, failure. These firms
il is understood have had no difficulty
in closing out their short items at the
market wnen they have explained the
situation OF the Big Four two men,
berS, namely, William p. Brown and
Frank p Hayne, claim to be cotton
merchants and not spectators or man
ipulators. Their business, they argue,
is selling to manufacturers. There
fore. they study the situation and find
ing the consumption far in excess of
the production they buy cotton con-
tracts and make arrangements to sup
ply the customers. Eugene A. Scales
and James A. Patten are more in the
class of spectators. But all claim to
wish to take delivery of the cotton they
have purchased by contracts. For they
are not willing it is understood to sell
this cotton except for export or to mills
who will guarantee to use it for manu-
featuring purposes. Tney have them
selves sold, they assert, on this basis
a large part of the cotton they have
contracted for. If the May shorts do
not default, it means that the country
will be 'combed' for supplies To meet
May deliveries. to an extent probably
unprecedented If these deliveries are
successfully made and are sold by the
Big Four operators in way not again
to become available on the speculative
narket there is still tho July corner to