Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 16, 1903, Image 2
jJrraps and |afts.
? The jury In the trial of Ernest
Haywood for the killing of Ludlow
Skinner, in front of the postoffice at
Raleigh, N. C., on February 21 last,
on Wednesday returned a verdict of
not guilty, after remaining out only
fifteen minutes. According to the testimony,
Heyward called Skinner and
fired upon him as he was approaching.
Skinner had his hand in his hip pocket
at thetime. As Heyward fired, Skinat
the time. As Heyward fired, SkinSkinner
fell mortally wounded. The
shooting was the outcome of a family
scandal.
? Says a Rochelle, Ga., dispatch of
October 13: The father of Tom Caruthers,
who is under sentence to hang
for the murder of Henry Byrd, has
made application for the reward offered
for the capture of the youth. The
Negro was sentenced to hang on October
16. He escaped, but was afterwards
arrested at Hawkinsville. A
reward of $150 had been offered for
him in the meantime. N'ow the Negro's
father is applying for the reward. The
sheriff of Pulaski thinks the father is
entitled to it, as the old man gave the
officers the information that led to the
arrest of the youth. The idea the old
Negro had was that the boy was a fugitive
from justice, and was about to
starve to death, and it would be better
for him to be put to trial even if he
had to hang. The old Negro thought
hanging could not be as bad as starving.
? A Tokio, Japan, cable of yesterday
to the London Times says the RussoJapanese
negotiations are progressing
there, and there is no reason at present
to apprehend any but a peaceful
issue. The Times correspondent in
Russia sends elaborate accounts of
military preparations and the hurrying
of troops to the far east. They state
that two army corps, with an aggregate
of 100,000 men, are being mobilized
and dispatched through Siberia.
It is stated that the war ministry has
already demanded an extra credit of
25,000,000 roubles for these preparations.
M. Witte left the finance ministry
just in time to escape the disagreeable
situation. His successor is
said to be hardly able to cope with the
difficulties of the situation. Reserve
officers are being refused passports
abroad, and there seems no doubt, says
the Times, that the postponement of
the czar's visit to Italy is as much due
to the far eastern crisis as to the socialists.
? The question raised at The Hague
international court as to the language
in which the Venezuela arbitration is
to be conducted marks the steady
progress of English speech, observes
the London Chronicle. A couple of
centuries ago there would have been |
no such question. Latin as the international
tongue would have been used
as a matter of course, it was the acknowledged
medium of statesmen,
scholars and travelers. Then, in the
eighteenth century, by reason of the
pre-eminence of Louis XIV., French
succeeded Latin ar.d reigned as the
language of courts, diplomacy and travel.
Its international status was first
challenged at the Berlin congress in
1876, when Disraeli, prompted by his
insufficient French, proposed, and with
Bismarck's support, made English
the medium of the deliberations. At
the czar's peace congress, English
was widely used, and now in the Venezuela
arbitration, Great Britain, Germany
and Italy maintain that the documentary
pleadings shall be in English.
The last commercial treaty between
China and Mexico were also in English.
? Senator C. W. Fairbanks of Indiana.
as soon as the regular session of
congress convenes will take up a matter
In which he is much interested, says
a Richmond special dispatch to the
New York Times. Just before the adjournment
last spring he offered a resolution
calling upon the postal department
to investigate the feasibility of
using the telephone in the delivery of
special delivery letters. The senate
would not make an appropriation at
that time, as the proposition was new.
Senator Fairbanks talks enthusiastically
of the matter. He believes that
the adoption of the rural telephone will
make it possible for the farmer to receive
his mail as quickly as the man
in town. He would have it arranged so
that the postmaster could open the
special delivery letter and read it over
the telephone to the man in the country.
The rapid extension of telephone
lines through the rural districts makes
the scheme more easy that it would
have been at the time he prepared it.
He has talked with merchants and
farmers and members of the postoffice
department, and they are all in favor
of the plan. He says he intends to
push the matter as rapidly as possible.
? Army circles, says a Washington
dispatch, are greatly interested in the
fight which it is proposed to make
during the coming congress for the reestablishment
of the army canteen or
post exchange. The plan is said to be
to attach a rider to the military appropriation
bill, repealing the anti-canteen
law, which was enacted two years
. ago at the behest of the W. C. T. U.
. and other similar societies and church
organizations. Ever since the law
abolishing the canteen went into effect
reports have been pouring into the
war department from every garrison
of United States troops in this country,
as well as in our non-contiguous
possesssions, all of them stating that
drunkenness, crime, insubordination
and other violence of military laws
have increased many fold. The record
has been so uniformly bad that administration
officials have been considering
for a long time the advisability of making
a fight for the re-establishment of
the canteen. The administration realizes
that a big fight will develop from
the situation. The officials know that
the so-called temperance advocates will
not surrender their "victory" without
a struggle. They are prepared to meet
every attack with the official records
and other forms of vice growing out
of the soldier's inability to get a drink
without leaving the government reservation.
? The annual report of the register
of the treasury shows that an aggregate
of $15,065,750 of the registered
bonds are held by foreigners. Of this
amount $3,911,250 are credited to indi
viduals and $11,154,500 to foreign insurance
companies. The latter amount
is all on deposit in this country under
the law which requires all foreign insurance
companies to deposit with the
insurance commission of the particular
state in which it does business a certain
amount of bonds. "The amount of
United States bonds thus held by foreign
individuals," says the register, "is
so Insignificant that it may be said
that the national credit is entirely upheld
by domestic money." An analysis
of the domestic holdings show that the
consols of 1903 is the popular one with
national banks. Out of a total of $506,463.350,
the banks have on deposit with
the treasurer of the United States as
security for circulating notes and for
deposits the sum of $458,438,100, leaving
to be accounted for $48,025,250. Of ]
the latter amount $26,732,850 are held s
he individuals, the balance beine in the '
possession of banks, insurance and
trust companies, lodges and societies.
The bonds of the various loans on June
30, 1903, were held in this country as
follows: Lodges, $1,750,410; societies,
$2,439,340; individuals, $205,846,810;
with the treasurer of the United States
in trust, $498,877,140; in banks, 63,098,830;
insurance and trust companies,
$14,294,570. Total $786,262,100.
?hr \|orhvillc (Enquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.: !
PDIIi.IV AiPTADCP 1A IQftS (
riVIUAl , VVl l/UL/lt iv/( iwuw.
The talk of war between Russia and (
Japan has simmered down somewhat i
during the past few days. Russia does <
not want to fight is she can help it, '
and Japan has not yet reached the ,
point where she is willing to assume ]
the risk.
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We reproduce from the Augusta '
Chronicle the peroration that Mr. Rem- 1
bert delivered at the defense of Colo- j
nel J. H. Tillman for the murder of N. i
G. Gonzales. It is an eloquent produc- <
tion and it is not surprising that many j
were moved to tears by it. Of course J
it has absolutely nothing to do with j
the merits of this case; but it is a j
good illustration of an effective meth- ,
*od so frequently used for the purpose i
of blinding jurors to facts.
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The action of those Lexington law- \
yers in going after an alleged slanderer
with pistols, last Tuesday night j
ought not to be allowed to pass without
a word of comment. Possibly the i
thing would not have been quite so l
bad had the lawyers not been so fresh 1
from arguing that J. H. Tillman should
have appealed to the law instead of 1
the pistol. But when sworn officers
of the law, as all lawyers are, are so
prone to violence and lawlessness, how i
could any' more be expected of the (
laity? If one of the witnesses for the ,
defense really did circulate a slander ,
against Mr. Asbill, then Mr. Asbill i
should have prosecuted him. He was 1
not justified in trying to take the :
law in his own hands.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Strange Case of a Stranger?Wreck J
Patients Discharged from Hospital? |
Other Notes. j
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, October 15.?There is J
lying at the private hospital here a ,
peculiarly sad case, which has elicited 1
the sympathies of the city in general, (
and has heretofore puzzled the local
physicians. The young man, who is ;
apparently about thirty years old, <
reached Rock Hill on the 8th instant, j
and was totally unable to give any ac- ,
count of himself. His mind was an
absolute blank. He first gave his name J
as Cherry and said he remembered
buying a hat at Charlotte, but how he
arrived here he is unprepared to state.
Suspicion of "knock out's" drops were
indulged in as occasionally the victims
remain for some days unresponsible
and irrational. Generally, how- [
ever, his mind has become clearer, and
he is able to give a more rational ac- '
count of himself. It appears that his j
real name Is not Cherry but Lee, and
that he has been employed as a sales- j
man in a large clothing house at Buffalo,
N. Y., thus, perhaps, accounting
for his application to A. Friedheim &
Bros., for a similar position. He re- i
members having about $80; but on his
arrival here he did not appear to have
a cent. With returning consciousness '
and clearer mind his statements be- <
came more coherent and now he is extremely
anxious to avoid any approach
to sensationalism, but to communicate
with his relatives and leave the city.
From the first the case has been a very
mysterious one as there were no signs
of mental aberation and insanity, but
seemingly a total mental oblivion.
Mayor Hull telegraphed Mrs. Frank
King of Lowell, Mich., his sister, and
Frank M. Lee, Grand Rapids, his brother.
The former has replied telegraphically
and intimates that her brother,
Harold E. Lee, was in the government
service, giving his address as U. S. S.
Barry, Norfolk. She has telegraphed
to the National Union bank to pay the
Mayor $10 and desired her brother to
write her a more detailed account of
his condition. The case has still an
air of mystery surrounding it and his
condition is still puzzling enough to
prevent the local practitioners from <
giving any pertinent solution. ;
Rock Hill is to have a "Floral Fair"
soon. The ladies are very much inter- 1
ested. as the one last year, though got- j
ten up very hurriedly, was a pronounced
success. A meeting is to be ]
held tomorrow afternoon at Mr. David
Hutchison's, when we may expect
some announcements and the program. 1
Mr. Oscar B. Wilson has branched ?
out in an entirely new line of business (
for him, tho' one that is likely to be
quite lucrative when the cold weather !
sets in for "keeps." He is running a
wood yard near the Southern depot. ]
The Bullock Comedy and Vaudeville (
Co. played here on Tuesday and Wednesday
night, at the Armory, for the
benefit of the local rifles.
The faculty of Winthrop college gave i
last Monday night their annual concert.
The event was looked forward to
with genuine satisfaction, as the faculty
is composed of very capable artits
in their various departments. Dr.
Bauer is a most finished pianist and
tiis playing is a treat not often nefoyefl,
at least not as much as should
t>e liked. It was a most enjoyable affair
and well attended.
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Snell, or as the
register of the Carolina has it, "A. V.
Snell and wife, Wash., D. C." stopped
jver on their way to their Washington
home. They were joined here by
the remainder of the bridal guests,
who came over this morning from
yorkville and all left on the morning
train for their respective home. A
few grains of rice were being swept
from the office of the hotel this mornng.
Mr. Julian Johnson, who was so severely
injured in the Fishing creek
wreck, was able to be taken home last
Monday, and Mr. Willis of Edgmoor,
mother wreck victim, was discharged
from the hospital last Sunday. He lert \
>n crutches for his brother-in-law's
home, Mr. G. H. Buchanan.
Bishop Capers, who assisted at the '
marriage of Miss Jennie A. Hart and >
Mr. A. V. Snell at Yorkville, passed
through on his way to Columbia this
morning.
The Rev. W. E. Hurt and Mr. Sam |
M. Grist are in attendance at the Baptist
association, which is being held at
the First Baptist church.
Mr. D. E. Boney was up on business .
ast Monday. !
Mr. W. B. Wylie was here on business
last Saturday. He sold the Orr, 1
tVitke place to Dr. T. A. Crawford. '
THE NEWS IN CHEROKEE. 1
1
Dil Mill Almost Ready to Start?Nar- 1
row Escape from Death?Mr. James (
Sco1?ins critically III?Other Notes. '
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enaulrer. i
Etta Jane, October 15.?The Wil- i
icinsville Oil Mill company has most of (
its machinery on the ground and
much of It in place, and the mill will
soon be In readiness for work. Messrs. ;
Kell Brothers of Blacksburg, have the |
contract for putting up the houses, ,
ind they will soon finish that work.
Rev. T. F. Boozer of Gaffney, went
nver to Woodlawn and preached last i
Sabbath. From what we learn there is |
i nrobabiiitv of his being called to that
work. He is likely also,, to take charge
the Hickory Grove church, and we
understand that he will preach there
an the evening of the fourth Sabbath
af this month. 1
The whooping cough is still in our
community, although it is getting
pretty well through with its work.
Mr. T. Jeff Hughes came near being
drowned at Grindell Shoals ferry one
Say last week. His horse and buggy
were pushed out of the flat by another
Learn, which was in the flat backing
against them. Mr. Hughes was in his
buggy at the time and he too was
thrown into the river. The water was (
Seep. Mr. Jim Sparks was in the flat
and after getting Mr. Hughes safe, cut
his horse loose from the buggy, and
saved it, too. Mr. Hughes has for
sometime been engaged in buying
chickens and eggs for the Union market.
Much of his trade comes from
the people of western York and along
the river as low down at Lockhart's.
Mr. Willie Bell of Blackstock, visited
friends and relatives in this section
last week. He returned home last Saturday.
Rev. P. B. Ingraham of Hickory, assisted
Rev. A. H. Best in a protracted
meeting at Messopotamla last week. !
Mr. Ingraham is a great favorite of
our Cherokee people and he always
gets a good congregation when he
coines among them to preach.
Several rural free delivery routes
will soon be started in this county.
Congressman Finley has been untiring
In his efforts to give our people the
very best mail service obtainable, and 1
we hope he will be successful in ex- i
tending the free delivery service to
other sections of our county.
Our inquiry through the columns of
The Enquirer about Rev. Wm. Blackstock,
not only brought the necessary
information, but gave us some infor- .
mation about another important per- .
sonage, long since forgotten, of which
Mr. R. R. Peoples of Matthews, N. C., i
writes: "I have another record that
may be of interest to you. It is con- J
cerning Rev. Isaac Grler, D. D., who
was born in Green county, Ga., No- I
vember 2, 1776, being the first Presby- i
terian minister living in that state; ,
baptized by Rev. Martin (Covenanter):
graduated from Dickinson college, '
Carlisle. Pa., 1800: licensed September
2nd, 1802, and in 1804 ordained at Sar- ]
lis. and installed over .Sardis, Provi- (
dence and Waxhaw?one third time at
each place. In 1808 he gave up Wax- 1
haw and preached at Steele Creek
(Old Blackstock), Sardis and Provi- |
dence, all in Mecklenburg county. In ,
1815 demitted Providence and gave
Sardis and Steele Creek half time 1
each. Continued pastor of these until
his resignation on account of infirmity :
In 1842. Died at his home in Providence
township, Mecklenburg county,
N. C., November 2, 1844." Our read- .
ers will notice that he died on his 68th |
birthday.
We regret to learn that Mr. James 1
fcooggins is lying very low at nis nome
in Hickory Grove. He is a very old
man. We have known him all our life. (
He is one of the oldest living landmarks
in western York and has con- 1
tributed much to its prosperity. Mrs.
Good, we are sorry to learn, is also ly- j
ing very low at her home in Hickory.
G. W. S. Hart, Esq., of the Yorkville 1
bar, was one of the visiting attorneys .
at the court at Gaffney this week. He :
is in partnership with Captain J. B. ,
Bell in the practice of law. They get
a very good practice in this county. 1
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TILLMAN ACQUITTED.
Crowd In the Court Room Applauds the
Verdict.
The jury in the case of James H.
Tillman, charged with the murder of N.
G. Gonzales, agreed upon a verdict at
10.45 yesterday morning after having ,
been out since 1.42 Wednesday after- ,
noon. * 1
It is stated that the first ballot by the ,
jury resulted ten for acquittal and two ,
for conviction. The next ballot showed (
eleven for acquittal and the twelfth <
man held out until after 10 o'clock yes- ,
terday morning when he also went .
with the majority.
When court convened yesterday i
morning it took up civil business that i
was pending, and after about fifteen i
minutes was interrupted by a knocking i
at the door. There were only a few i
spectators in the court room at the
time, and most of these were newspa- :
per men. The news spread rapidly, i
however, and within a very few min- !
utes a crowd had collected to hear the i
verdict. i
Previous to the reading of the ver- I
diet, the court warned the spectators i
aerainst anv demonstration whatever;
but the warning was of no effect, Col.
Tillman's friends giving vent to their i
feelings in a loud shout. i
Counsel for the defense Immediately i
made a motion for the discharge of the ]
prisoner, and as there was no objec- i
tion on the part of the State, the or- <
der was promptly signed, whereupon <
Col. Tilman, after accepting the con- i
gxatulations of many of his friends, i
went out on the street, where he met I
his mother who was on her way to the ^
zourt house. His wife remained at the
hotel. Shortly after his acquittal, Col. i
Tilman gave out the following state- 1
ment to the Associated Press:
"I feel very grateful at the result of
the verdict, but at no time did I apprehend
any serious consequences. I,
jf course, deeply regret the death of
Mr. Gonzales, but I was forced to do
ivhat I did. I have never apprehended
a conviction for I felt that I did no
more than any man would have done
under the same circumstances and
ivhat I was compelled to do. My position
was fully stated in the testimony
[ gave on the stand.
" I asked for a change of venue, because
I was convinced on account of
prejudice in Richland county that I
:ould not get a fair and impartial trial
In that county. I felt sure that as soon
is my case could be presented to an
impartial jury I could be vindicated.
The verdict has justified the correctness
of my Judgment. Lexington county
was selected by the prosecution. Its
people are law-abiding and have been
noted for correctness of their verdicts
and have been praised by the press."
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Lawlessness In Lexington.
While the Tillman case was still unier
argument last Tuesday night, E. L.
Asbill and T. C. Stukie, two attorneys
for the prosecution went gunning for
friends of a witness for the defense.
There was a story to the effect that
Mr. Asblll had offered M. C. Lorick $25
not to appear as a witness for the defense,
and Asblll and Stukie went after
a man named Geiger, a brother-in-law
pf the witness. Geiger claimed that
tie got the story from Wallace Lorick,
a brother of the witness, and when they
saw Wallace Lorick on the road, he
claimed that he was not armed. He
went to his house about two hundred
yards distant and it is said that he
fired his shot gun a time or two. Afterward
Lorick had the two men arrested
on the charge of carrying concealed
weapons and tresspass after no
tice and they gave bond ior meir suosequent
appearance.
Almost an Apology.
If Mr. Croft did not apologise In his
speech Wednesday, for the manner In
which he treated Witness August Kohn
recently, he came very near doing so.
He said: "There sits Mr. Kohn. I say
to you gentlemen, I say that I believed
on the cross examination of Mr.
Kohn, your honor, what I believe today,
that no gentleman who read the
editorials in the State newspaper, no
gentleman who had conversations with
Mr. Gonzales could help knowing that
his feelings were the bitterest towards
Mr. Tillman. Mr. Kohn has a right to
his own ideas; but as God is my judge
and you are the witnesses, I believed
it and if I had not tried to do my duty
I would have been unworthy of my position.
If I owed him an apology there
is no man who would give it more
freely. I pride myself that in thirtythree
years of my life I have not taken
advantage of a witness to abuse him
wrongfully. I have been bold enough
when I thought I was right to advance
my views in such manner as I thought
proper, but I think it would be mean
and contemptible to take advantage of
any witness because you are a lawyer
and are not responsible for what you
say. I say now to'him and I say to
you that my relations to him are as
friendly, and I know from his own
fairness in this trial that he did not
feel the wrong which others have tried
to falsely create, and as to his religion,
I did not for a moment challenge that,
and you know it. The great God has
made mankind in thousands of religions?the
boast of this great republic
is freedom of religion, and then,
may it please your honor, could I forget
Sir Moses Montifioro, the great Jew
of England, whose character Is a monument.
who in the history of manIf
i o f o rl o oa n foil onH Hrtlri
of charity and of honor; whose life is
a study of beauty and exalted manhood.
Despise the Jew! No one but a
base and Ignorant person would do It.
Take Baron HIrsch. No greater man
has ever lived. Take, may It please
your honor, Lord Beaconsfield of England,
who is an ornament to the great
nation. And then, to bring it home,
Judah P. Benjamin, the secretary of
the Confederate states, belonged to that
great race of people, and I say great
race of people, because, Mr. Foreman,
they have given to us our religion and
our Bible and our institutions. They
are superior today?wherever not oppressed.
they come to the front as a
great people. But while I admit that,
gentlemen of the jury, I ask you to
judge if I have done any wrong to this
man? I believe now what I thought
then, Mr. Foreman, and believed then,
and what you know Is the truth that
Gonzales had a personal enmity for
Tillman. Take Mr. Talbird, who lived
in Beaufort. On his cross examination
he unhesitatingly says that he knew
it."
MERE-MENTION.
Great Britain and France have signed
a treaty for the settlement of all
differences between the two countries
by arbitration The Rock River, 111.,
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church has adopted resolutions asking
congress for the adoption of a national
divorce law Rev. Dr. A. H. Mitchel!
died at his home in Summerfleld,
Ala., last Wednesday, aged ninety-six
years. He was one of the oldest Methodist
preachers in the world Secretary
Wilson announces his intention
of coming south soon, and make a personal
examination of the cotton crop,
especially as to the ravages of the boll
weevil Joseph Chamberlain the
British tariff crusader, is in bed with
the gout It is estimated that the
silk mills of Patterson, X'. J., were
damaged more than $1,000,00 by the
recent floods Russia's war strength
Is estimated at 5,017,703 men and that
af Japan at 474,000 men.
An Unpopular Suggestion.?"When
x man murders another in cold blood
in South Carolina," says the Greenville
News, "he escapes, as a rule, without
punishment, yet if a railroad kills a
nan by accident it is sued for $7,500
damages. Then why not sue the murderers?"
The suggestion appears to be
t very good one, but of course, there
is no chance that it will ever be made
:he law in this or any other southern
state, where corporations are regarded
is fair game for damage suit lawyers,
ind human life is held in contempt.?
Slews and Courier,
LOCAJU AFFiilAa. the
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. slo
First National Bunk?Says that both wa
safety and protection are afforded r0
by depositing your money there. ....
J. S. Brice, Attorney at Law?Publishes
his professional card. Prompt at- the
tentlon to all business. lng
W. Brown Wylle, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives
notice of sale of certain land at the
suit of Heath-Elliott Mule Co. vs. aP'
Mary A. Davis, et al., defendants. bei
John R. Logan, S. Y. C.?Gives notice Cre
of the sale of property levied on at
the suit of W. B. Wylie, Clerk, vs.
Commercial and Farmers' Bank of ?
Rock Hill, et al. bet
T17 Haaha P. Ca TD^awiIoa o trnnrl ? A
VV. D, muuic OL V/U. AT l wilt ioc a &wwv? jn[
show at the opera house tonight. ..
W. H. McConnell?Will offer his en- in
tire stock of goods and store fixtures ev?
at auction on Thursday, Oct. 20th. o'c
J. J. J. Robinson, Admr.?Gives notice fic(
to the debtors and creditors of A. C.
L. Robinson, deceased, to make 1m- fri(
mediate settlement. am
J. J. J. Robinson, Admr.?Will sell at an
public outcry on October 31, the per- ..
sonal property of A. C. L. Robinson,
deceased, at his late residence. am
J. Q. Wray?Has woolen Jeans at from cai
12i to 50 cents a yard. He also calls
your attention to his $2 hat.
Foushee Cash Store?Announces an- fuI
other special sale on Tuesday, Oct. toe
20. for three hours. cju
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Offer you pick- i
led pigs feet a.id Armour canned p
soups for your table today. tee
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Want parties who me
them for fertilizers, to pay before
November 1st. .
Riddle & Carroll?Have cotton seed ae"
meal, wheat bran and mill feed for Sc!
cow feed. They also have potatoes on
and cabbages. uu
York Drug Store?Says that Colgate
on soaps and toilet articles is a guar- an
antee of quality. bri
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NOTE AND COMMENT. ev<
Somebody started a story Wednesday th<
night to the effect that a telegram had mi
been received announcing the acquittal an
of J. H. Tillman, and the story was bri
pretty generally accepted without ques- up
tion. The local public regarded the lo\
thing as a foregone conclusion. Ioc
Th
ABOUT PEOPLE. ste
Mr. John F. Oates of Chester, spent ms
yesterday in Yorkville on business, re<
Mrs. James B. Allison is in Atlanta, pri
on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Blod- ria
gett. . brl
Miss Maggie Dickson has taken a sai
position as cashier at the store of J. Q. up
Wray. _ ha
Mrs. L. R. Williams is in Rock Hill, ty
on a visit to Mr. Walter W. Miller's ga
family. Jes
Miss Rosalie A. Turpln of Greenville,
arrived in Yorkville yesterday to keep <je
house for Mr. J. B. Pegram. en
Mrs. R. L. Ferguson and Mrs. L. B.
Foushee attended the meeting of the er,
York Baptist association at Rock Hill tie
today. ou
Mrs. G. M. Lowrance has returned ^
home after a four weeks' visit to rela- ch;
tives and friends at Albemarle and rm
Statesville, N. C. SO(
Rev. W. E. Hurt and Mr. Sam M. asi
Grist are representing the Yorkville Ar
Baptist church at the annual meeting P*c
of the York County Baptist associa- goj
tion, in session at Rock Hill this week, an
The following out-of-town people pr<
attended the Hart-Snell wedding on
an
Wednesday evening: Rt. Rev. Ellison jy
Capers, Columbia: Dr. Albert C. Snell, Mi
Rochester: Mr. John Sherman, Washington;
Mr. Edw. Hunter, Washing- ^
ton; Mr. Samuel Moore, Washington; Fl<
Mr. J. T. Roddey, Rock Hill; Dr. and
Mrs. O. Frank and son, and Messrs.
George and Carl Hart, Columbia; Mrs. w,
W. E. Faulconer, Charlottesville, Va,; ini
Mrs. N. B. Bratton, Mrs. Mason Bratlie
ton, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bratton, Mrs. r0]
Robert Witherspoon, Brattonsville; nu
Miss Ruth Cofleld, Spartanburg; Mrs. ^
John B. Bratton, Miss Ella Love, Mc- ^
Connellsville; Miss Jennie Lind Moffatt.
Due West; Mrs. W. G. Hay, Clo- g
ver; Miss Gladys Withers, Charleston;
Mr. D. F. Jenkins, Stono, S. C.; Miss CQ
Sarah E. Hart, Wadmalaw Island; tQ
Miss Zaida Dumond English. Rich- ,
mond; Chas. W. F. Spencer. Esq., Rock 1
Hill; Miss Emily Elliott, Alexandria. fo1
wa
WITHIN THE TOWN. Prl
? Cotton receipts have been some- So
what heavier this week than last week. Fl!
? Southern Christian Advocate: The te'
district meeting of Woman's Foreign :
Mission society of the Rock Hill dis- th<
trlct, will be held in Yorkville, October tei
30th to November 1st. t^1<
? The programme of the concert to
v>/? criuori tw the tt D. c!. In the errad
ed school auditorium next Tuesday th<
evening, appears in another column. cai
As will be observed, it it is very inter- m?
esting. en
? The Enquirer received four tele- P,?
graphic bulletins from Lexington Wed- tre
nesday and Thursday. The first told wr
of the retiring of the Jury at 1.42 p. m., Ple
Wednesday, and the last told of the str
verdict of acquittal at 10.30 yesterday
morning. AH of the bulletins were CO)
promptly posted and given out in reply
to inquiries over the telephone. arr
? The C. &. N.-W railroad has announced
its purpose to enable people est
along its line to go to Chester on Mon- e(*day
night. October 19, to see and hear
Adelaide Thurston in "Polly Primrose." rel
Tickets will be sold for the southbound an'
passenger train, at one fare for the J
round trip, and the freight will be for
held until after the close of the en- 00(
tertainment, so as to bring the showgoers
home the same night. Wl
? The Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, D. D., 1
bishop of South Carolina, paid the par- on
ish of the Good Shepherd an official
visit last Wednesday. In the morning 1
at the 11 a. m., service he administer- S2C
ed the rite of confirmation upon five rei
candidates?four being brothers, the Le
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart, | J
and one being their future son-in-law. est
It was a singularly impressive sight, fir<
the consecration of the best manhood rer
of the young people, and both bishop ta,
and congregation felt deeply moved by I
the touching sight and responsible cer- the
emony. The bishop, in his lovable det
way, spoke words of good cheer to his 000
"boys." The same night he assisted Sm
the rector in the marriage of Miss Jen- I
nle A. Hart to Mr. A. V. Snell. tra
? The Rock Hill Journal of this is
morning has the following to say of the 'an
comedy and vaudeville company that J
is to appear in the opera house to- for
night: "Gus Bullock's Musical Comedy 000
and Elite Vaudeville company gave a
most satisfactory performance in the 1
armory hall Tuesday night to a rather Bo:
small sized house, who heartily ap- res
plauded every number. The attend- cor
anee was larger Wednesday night. ^
The show is a nice clean performance
all the way through, very entertaining j^y8
| and deserves better patronage than par
y got here. The small attendance
probably due to the fact that lmpresn
had gone abroad, that this show
s the same one that had visited
ck Hill once before and nothing new
s expected. Baby Lucille captivated
> audience at the start with her act;
and singing. "Won't you Come
me Bill Bailey." She was loudly
plauded in every act. Every mem
acquitted themselves in a very
ditable manner and were generously
plauded."
A fashionable marriage that has
;n anticipated with some degree of
erest, took place at the Church of
: Good Shepherd last Wednesday
?nlng. The time was fixed for 7.30
Innk. hut lone- before this the edl
i was crowded with the relatives,
ends and well-wishers of the bride
d bridegroom. Owing to the perfect
angernents and magnificent handg
by the accomplished ushers, the
dtence was particularly well taken
e of, and everything passed oft in
;at shape. The church was beautily
decorated. Potted plants and fes>ns
of ivy upon a white ground,
iste and artistically arranged, distyed
elaborate taste and delicate
ding. Promptly at 7.30 o'clock the
dodious strains of the Wedding
irch began to peal forth under the
ictrous manipulation of Miss Mary
horb, and instantly the audience was
the qui vive, and in the proverbial
iver ol! suppressed excitement and
ticipatlon. First came two beautiful
desmalds In exquisite attire, altertely
with two ushers, in immaculate
sning dress. They paired off into
i choir space on both sides of the
ddle aisle. Then came the matron
d maid of honor, and last the lovely
de, magnificently gowned, leaning
on the arm of her father, and folved
by the little flower girls, who
>ked remarkably "cute" and happy.
ie bride was Joined at the chancel
>ps by the bridegroom and the best
in, when the Rev. J. C. Johnes, the
:tor, immediately began reading the
sface to the first part of the maru?e
ceremony. At its conclusion the
Ide and bridegroom moved to the
nctuary rails, where the bishop took
the service and finished it in his
ppy, loving manner. The bridal parthen
reversed the order and to the
y strains of the organ marched maitically
out of the church building,
flowing the wedding ceremony a reption
was given at the bride's resince,
which was attended by a large,
thusiastic throng, The arrange>nts
were perfect?carriages were at
? disposal of everybody and the genii
verdict was that it was the pretst
wedding that has taken place in
r town for some tjme. The bride is
i eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
o. W. S. Hart, Miss Jennie is a
arming young lady, with engaging
mners and a decided favorite in our
:ial circle. Bright, vivacious, of a
nny disposition, with active enthusim,
she will be sorely missed. Mr.
thur V. Snell is a young lawyer em>yed
in the treasury department at
ashington. He is a manly, handme
young fellow and his brief stay
\ong us has created a splendid imssslon.
The best man was Dr. Albert
Snell of Rochester, N. Y. The maid
d matron of honor were respectiveMiss
Elliott of Alexandria, Va? and
s. R. Moultrie Bratton. The brideslids,
the Misses Margaret Hart, HulMcNeel,
Sarah Elizabeth Hart
/admalaw Island), Sudie Allison,
jrence Wilson, Zalda English (Rich>nd),
Tallulah Neville. The ushers
ire Edw. Hunter (Alexandria, Va.),
hn R. Hart, Paul T. McNeel, Charles
, F. Spencer, John Sherman (Washrton),
Lee Hart, Carl Hart, George
irt, while the ribbon girls were NelHart,
Rachel Wylle and Louise Barp.
The presents were magnificent,
merous and costly and were greatly
mired. The bridal couple left by a
e train amid the hearty eongratulans
of their many friends.
UITS AGAINST THE SOUTHERN.
yesterday was the last day for the
mmencement of civil actions in time
get them docketed for the "approach1
term of the court of common pleas
York county, and Sheriff Logan
is quite busy all day serving papers,
Incipally complaints against the
uthern railway, growing out of the
shlng creek trestle disaster of Sepnber
3,
Eight complaints were lodged with
; sheriff during Wednesday and yes day,
all claiming damages against
2 Southern railway in amounts rangX
from $5,000 to $50,000, for the
making of bones, Injury to health, and
2 destruction of life. In at least one
se N, M. Stukes, section master Is
ide a co-defendant, with the Southl
railway, and in all cases the comlints
attribute the falling in of the
istle to gross carelessness and
ecklessness, etc., of the railroad peo>
and to the rotten condition of the
ucture.
rhe plaintiffs in the various actions
Timenced Wednesday and yesterday
rether with their attorneys and the
lounts sued for are as follows:
F. Sadler Love, administrator of the
ate of Richard Wagner Miller, colordeceased,
wants $20,000. Miller was
led in the wreck. The plaintiff is
jresented by Maj. James F. Hart
1 Messrs. Wilson & Wilson.
r T~> /. (1 ^ A 14+/1?V-1
p. d. jui|iiauu, aa guaiuiau au incui
Julian Boyd John9on, wants $50,>,
on account of injuries. The plain'
is represented by Messrs. Wilson &
lson.
tfrs. Eliza F. Bulst wants $30,000
account of injuries sustained. She
represented by W. B. McCaw, Esq.
dr. W. T. Slaughter is asking for
1.000 on account of Injuries. He is
(resented by Messrs. McDow and
wis.
r. W. Rhyne as administrator of the
ate of Frederick L. Rhyne, the dead
man, is asking for $40,000. He is
resented by C. T. Ladson of AtlanGa.
saac E. Greener, as administrator of
s estate of Chas. Johnson Smith, the
id mail clerk (colored), wants $20,i.
He is represented by Mitchell &
lith of Charleston.
Sdward Turner, the conductor of the
in, wants $20,000 for injuries. He
represented by C. T. Ladson of Atta,
Ga.
ames L. Moss, guardian ad litem
Tobe Burris, (colored), wants $5,for
injuries sustained. He is repited
by J. S. Brice, Esq.
^he complaint in behalf of Julian
yd Johnson represents that as the
ult of the wreck he was left in this
idition:
Vhereby plaintiff was seriously and
manently injured, being thrown
ilnst, or struck with great violence
some hard substance on the fore
t and side of his head, and other
wise injured, rendering him unconscious
for many weeks while he lay at
the point of death, under the care of
skilled physicians and surgeons, and
resulting, as he is informed and advised
by eminent authority, and he so avers,
in the permanent impairment of his
mental faculties, disqualifying him
from earning the living and Income,
and occupying and enjoying the position
in life for which he was otherwise,
by nature, education and training,
fitted.
Mrs. Eliza F. Bulst. describes her
injuries thus: #
"Plaintiff having thereby suffered severe
contusions of the head, limbs
and body, particularly in the regions
of the liver and spleen?her back was
wrenched and severely bruised and the
terminal end of the spine was frac
tured, which said Injuries nave permanently
shattered her health, and
have Incapacitated plaintiff from attending
to her ordinary duties from
which she has suffered and Is still suffering
great physical and mental pain
and anguish and from which said injuries
she has not and never will regain
her health and effectually recover.
In this connection said plaintiff
avers that she has on account of her
severe injuries been compelled to pay
large sums for her board and lodging,
she having been brought in her helpless
condition to the hotel in Yorkville,
South Carolina, where she has since remained,
confined to her bed, and she
has further been compelled to incur
the expenses of large doctor's bills and
bills for medicines and nursing, and
she Is still incurring expenses for medical
attention and medicine by reason
thereof."
The plaintiff William T. Slaughter,
sets up that he has been injured In the
following particulars:
"Thereby fracturing or breaking
one of plaintiffs ribs near the spinal
column or backbone, wounding
him on and about the head; injuring
his spinal column and kidneys, and
otherwise inflicting severe and permanent
external and internal injuries,
which have seriously impaired his
health and incapacitated him from attending
to his ordinary duties, and
from which he has suffered and is still
suffering great mental pain and anguish,
from which said injuries he has
not, and will not effectually and entirely
recover; that owing to and by reason
of said injuries, plaintiff received
serious and severe nervous shocks,
causing him intense pain.and anxiety;
that on account of the said wounds and
injuries, caused by' the wrongful, negligent,
wanton, willful find reckless acts
and conduct of the defendant, as above
set out, plaintiff has suffered and still
suffers Intense pain, ana nas Deen
forced to incur great expense for doctor's
bills, and bills for medicine, and
the plaintiff Is still incurring expenses
for medicine and medical attention by
reason thereof."
This is the Injury allegation In be*
half of Conductor Ed Turner?
"That in said terrible wreck tb?
plaintiff sustained the following permanent
and serious injuries: The
frontal bone over the left eye was
fractured, causing a concussion of the
brain, leaving a permanent -scar and
disfiguring him: ftis left collar bone*
was broken in two places, permanently"
disabling his left arm;' two of the r|bs.
oh his left side were fractured; h(s
spine was sprained and he 'ered a
serious and permanent ctmcuaslon
thereof; he suffered a nervous shock
to his entire system, permanently deranging
the same. Plaintiff also sys*
talned divers wounds, cuts and bruises
over his head and body and his right
foot was severely sprained; that said
Injuries have ever since confined
plaintiff to his bed, causing, him great
bodily pain and mental anguish and
he will be thus confined and disabled
for a long time to come In the future,".
James L. Moss, guardian ad litem
for Tobe Burrls, sets up the following
injuries:
' "his spine being fractured
and his whole body injured, which said
injuries have permanently impaired
his health and made him a physical
wreck and an invalid for the rest of his
life."
While It was necessary to commence
all of the above actions yesterday In
order to get them on Calendar 1, In
time for the approaching term of the
court. As a matter of fact It Is not
expected that any of them will be
heard until the extra term, which is
to be held Immediately after the regu1
lar term. They could not have been
heard at the extra term, however, unless
they had been filed in time for the
1 regular term.
i f
YORK BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONThe
thirty-fifth annual session qf
the York Baptjst association convened
in the First Baptist church ip Rock
Hill on Thursday at 12 o'clock. The
announced hour for the assembling oit
the body was 10 o'clock, but a temporary
postponement was necessary owl
onnfkhAlinH
Ills tu 111C latk inai U1C
train, on which delegates and others
whose presence was expected, wfts
more than hour late.
The meeting was called to. order by
the moderator, Colonel J. J. Waters
and the work of temporary organisation
commenced. It was found that
of the thirteen churches composing the
body at its last meeting, twelve were
represented by delegates, there being
thirty-eight delegates present. The
moderator then announced that the
next matter to receive attention was
the permanent organization, which was
effected by the election of Colonel J. J,
Waters as moderator; Sam M. Qrjst as
clerk, and Jas. F. Boyd treasurer.
A letter was read from Oak Grove
church, Mecklenburg county, N'. C?
asking admission as a member of the
association. The request was granted
and the right hand of fellowship extended
to representatives of the church
in behalf of the association by the
moderator. Oak Grove was organized
last September by twenty-sevon former
members of Flint Hill church, who
had been dismissed from the latter for
the purpose.
A cordial welcome in behalf of the
association to seats and the privileges
of the floor was extended by the moderator
to Rev. Dr. T. M. Bailey, the efficient
and honored secretary and
treasurer of the Baptist State Mission
board, and Rev. J. E. McManaway,
traveling representative of the Baptist
Courier. Letters from the various
churches setting forth their present
numerical strength as compared with
the last annual report, and also the
amount of money raised by each for
pastors' salary, home expenses, missions,
etc., were read at the request of
the moderator by Revs. W. M. Gordon
and W. E. Hurt.
At 1.40 p. m., on motion the body adjourned
after prayer by Rev. J. E. McManaway
to reassemble at 7.30 o'clock.
LOCAL LACONICS.
The Game Law.
Sec. 533, acts 1902: It shall be unlawful
for any person in this state,
between the first day of April ana tne
first day of November, in any year
hereafter, to catch, kill or injure, or to
pursue with such intent, or to sell or
to expose for sale, any wild turkey,
partridge, quail, woodcock, or pheasant.
or between the first day of March
and the first day of November any
deer or at any time during the year, to
catch, kill or injure or to pursue with
su. h intent any of the birds mimed in
this section; nor shall any person or
persons destroy or rob the nest of any
of the said birds; and any person so
doing shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not more than $20 or be imprisoned
not more than thirty days.
Commission Makes Recommendations.
The railroad commission has completed
its report on the wreck at Fish