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Scraps and |atls,
? General Simon Bolivar Buckner
died at his home near Munfordville.
Ky., Thursday night, in the 91st year
of his age, his death being due to the
infirmities of old age. General Buckner
was a graduate of West Point,
served ten years in the United States
army, and during the Mexican war was
breveted for conspicuous bravery at
the battles of Contreras, Churubrusco
and Millno del Rey. He entered the
Confederate army as a brigadier general
and was successively advanced to
the rank of lieutenant general. He was
governor of Kentucky from 1887 to
1891. He was a candidate for vice president
on the "gold ticket" put out
against W. J. Bryan in the campaign
of 1896. General Buckner was a close
personal friend of General Grant, and
served as a pall bearer at the latter's
funeral
? Washington, January 9: The eighth
cotton ginning report of the census bureau
for the season, issued at 10 o'clock
v,?o mnrnini? announced that 13,333,074
bales of cotton, counting round as half
bales, of the growth of 1913 had been
ginned prior to January 1, to which
date during the past seven years the
ginning averaged 93.4 per cent of the
entire crop. Last year to January 1,
there had been ginned 12,907,405 bales,
or 95.7 per cent of the entire crop; 14,317,002
bales, or 92.1 per cent in 1911,
and 12,465,298 bales, or 95.3 per cent in
1908. Included in the ginnings were
104,265 round bales, compared with
77,099 bales last year, 96,227 bales in
1911, 109,292 bales in 1910, and 143,949
bales in 1909. The number of sea island
cotton bales included were 74,320,
compared with 67,257 bales last year.
105,988 bales In lsii, ss.ou uuicb ?.
1909, and 86,528 bales in 1908.
? Concord. N. H., January 11: Harry
Kendall Thaw would not be a public
menace if released on bail, according to
the report of the commission appointed
by Federal Judge Aldrich to inquire
into Thaw's mentality. The report says
the commission finds Thaw is not now
afflicted with any of the mental diseases
from which he was suffering
when he slew Stanford White. The
finding was announced today. While
the commissioners say they have reached
a "definite and positive opinion as
to the present mental condition of
Thaw and his probable state of mind
at the time 01 tne nomiciue, VUC/ ?Vtrain
from expressing: this opinion in
view of their instructions from the
court not to embarrass any subsequent
litigation where the broad question of
insanity might be involved- "Upon the
question of menace or danger through
the granting of bail, we may, however,
be permitted and probably are compelled"
concludes the report, "to record
our finding that whatever may have
been the mental condition of Harry K.
Thaw at the time of the homicide, he
now is not suffering from any of the
mental diseases alleged by the proseat
the time of the trials or sub
sequently thereto, namely?manic?depressive
insanity, paranoia, dementia
praecox, or delusional Insanity. In our
opinion, it is reasonably probable that
Harry Kendall Thaw's liberty under
bail would not be dangerous or a menace
to the public safety."
? Mayor John Purroy Mitchell on
Saturday, declared war on the organized
gangs of New York and caused
emphatic orders to be given to the police
that bands of drug fiends, murderers
and thieves be broken up. The killing
Friday night of Frederick Straus,
a prominent German citizen by bullets
** * ariv? 1
that new in a sireei usm ...?
East Side gangs, prompted the action.
Police Commissioner Douglass
McKay ordered a round-up of gang
leaders. A score or more had been
brought to police head-quarters by
nightfall and department scouts continued
to scour the haunts of the under
world. Gang outrages, gang street
fights and gang killings have been frequent
in the past few years and the
police have laid their inability to cope
with the evil to Mayor Gaynor's anticlubbing
orders. Police officials recall
that the old-time New York gang u
its fists for the most part, and under
former conditions control was a comparatively
simple matter. With the introduction
in later years of new foreign
elements the knife and revolver came
generally into play, and the menace of
gang operations and influence became
formidable. The latter day "gunman"
is commonly of the anaemic, skulking
type, the police declare, who exists off
the earnings of his woman companions.
In announcing his intention to
break up the gangs. Mayor Mitchell
said he was not at all satisfied with
the manner in which the police had
handled the question in the past. "They
have been too tolerant of the existence
of organized gangs and gangsters in
this city," he said. "We mean to look
fully into conditions which tend to develop
these gangs. We must do more
to correct as well as to suppress."
? Presido, Texas, Jan. 11: Twenty
eight hundred Mexican federal soldiers,
six generals, 200,000 rounds of ammunition,
two cannon, four large field
pieces and 1,500 civilian refugees were
in the custody of the United States
army border patrol today as the result
of the federal evacuation of Ojinaga,
Mex., and the occupation of the Mexican
village by General Francisco Villa's
rebel forces. The distress of the refueees
is intense. They have scant food
and no shelter. Men, women, children
dogs, chickens and cattle are packed
together in a space covering several]
acres. About them are scattered all
the goods and baggage brought in
flight from Ojinaga. Urgent requests
for the immediate removal of soldiers
and refugees to some other places were j
sent by Major McNamee to the war de- J
partment through Gen. Bliss. Among
results of the rebel success that places
Gen. Villa's army In undisputed control
of a vast section of northern Mexico
are: Federal Generals Mercado,
Castro, Orphinal, Romero, Aduno and
Landa are in custody of the U. S.
troops awaiting disposition by the war
department. Gen. Orozo and Gen. Salazar,
federal volunteer commanders,
escaped along the border to some point
remote from Presido. Salazar was
wounded. They were accompanied by
Gen. Caraveo and General Rojas and j
300 cavalrymen. Salazar and Orzoco
are being watched for in the United
States for indictments charging them
with violating the neutrality laws. Gen
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erai l^anaa saia ne was tei imn an mv
federal troops had escaped. Charges of
cowardice were made against Orozco,
Salazar and Rojas. General Mercado
said these generals abandoned their
troops at the beginning of the battle,
and thus weakened the federal defense.
The only generals who quit the battlefield
with honor. General Mercado
said, were those who accompanied the
federal army across the Rio Grande.
Gen. Mercado reiterated that the federals
were compelled to evacuate because
of lack of ammunition. He said
his soldiers only had an average of 78
cartridges each.
? Pass Christian, Miss., January 10:
Nearly 2,000 people residents of this
section, paid their respects to President
Wilson here late today at a public reception
given especially for them at the
presidential cottage. The guests were
welcomed by the President and Mrs.
Wilson, who stood on the cottage veranda
in the warm, bright sunshine.
Mr. Wilson apparently enjoyed the occasion
immensely, greeting those who
shook hands with him with a cordial
smile. Incidentally it was the first public
reception under the present administration.
The president is highly appreciative
of the manner in which the
residents of this section have scrupulously
observed his desire for seclusion
and rest, and it was in recognition of
their courtesy that he tendered the reception
on the day before his departure
to Washington. The weather today was
Ideal and the air as balmy as a spring
day. Automobiles, carriages, ricketty
traps, crude farm wagons, dust covered
saddle horses and crowded trolley cars
brought the eager people to the reception.
Pretty girls, aged Confederate
veterans in their gray uniforms, mothers
carrying their babies and little
children by the score crowded into line
and passed up the steps and met the
president. A picturesque figure among
those who shook hands with the president
was General A. Cox Ford of Birmingham.
Ala., who wore a resplendent
Confederate uniform. He left his
card with the president. On the reverse
side of the card appeared these
words: "If I ever disown, repudiate or
apologize for the cause for which Lee
fought and Jackson died, let the lightnings
of Heaven render me." Standing
in the receiving line with the President
and Mrs. Wilson were: Misses Margaret
and Eleanor Wilson, Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones, Misses Lucy and
Mary Smith of New Orleans, house
guests at the president's cottage, and
Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U. S. 71. Among
those who paid their respects to the
president today were Col. Robert L.
Ewing, Democratic national committeeman
from Louisiana, and Captain
I Landry and other officers of the revenue
cutter Winona, The reception was
the closing event of an interesting day
for President Wilson. As he returned
from the Gulfport golf links this morning,
men, women and children in crowds
greeted him along the road, presenting
him with flowers and other gifts. As
Mr. Wilson passed the home of former
Congressman Bowers he was given a
gigantic bunch of grape fruit, while
children along the way presented him
with oranges and bananas. The presidential
party will pack their trunks tomorrow
and at 11.18 o'clock tomorrow
night, will leave by special train for
Washington, where they will arrive
early Tuesday.
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Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mall Matter of the Second Class.
YORXVIIXE, S. O.i
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1914
The general assembly convened at
noon today and for forty days will be
engaged In the manufacture of politlcs
for next summer's campaign.
nf mnrtio The Rnaulrer will gladly
Join Superintendent of Education Carroll
In being one of ten to stand for
SI.000 or one of fifty to stand for a 15,000
offer to the York county boy who
break's the world's record for corn production
this year. Also we will make
an offer of $10 to the boy who break's
York county's record of last year. If
there is any one else who wants to Join
In, let them say it.
When the national banking law
went into effect as a war measure,
the financial powers that were then,
fought the proposition bitterly and
tried to make a fortune of it. But
the government exerted itself and upheld
its pet idea, and very soon the
dividends were great enough to make
even the capital stock look insignificant.
Many of the great financial
giants of today look with dispalr on
the present innovation, but we are
looking to see history repeat itself.
Yes, we most heartily commend the
justice of Governor Blease's pardon of
John Y. Garllngton. From our viewpoint,
the Seminole affair was little else
than a bold scheme gotten up by Hebert
and Garllngton for the purpose of
making big money, and dependent on
its chances of success altogether upon
the use of the names of men higher up
who had the confidence of the people.
These men higher up knew what they
were doing and in our opinion were
more culpable than the fellows who
were working the scheme. Of course
we recognize that except for exposure,
the whole thing might have been worked
out; but it was essentially dishonest
anyway. However, Garllngton was no
more guilty than Hebert, and with Hebert
acquitted it was right to pardon
Garlington. But even with the conviction
of both of these men, we would not
have felt right about it as long as the
men higher up went free. No, we did
not buy any Seminole stock.
Under the laws of this state all property
is taxable. Property is classed as
realty and personalty. Realty is visible
and easy for the tax assessor to get
at. Personalty is not so easily approached.
A large per cent of it is in
mortgages, money, Jewels and household
treasures. Money?cash, is returned
for taxation only to a very limited
extent, for obvious reasons, and as a
matter of fact, there is room for very
serious difference of opinion as to
whether it is wise to even try to tax
cash. But mortgages should be taxed.
These represent considerably more
than half the wealth of the state, and
are held by people who are better able
than anybody else to pay taxes. Failure
to secure the taxation of mortgages
practically exempts the people who are
best able to bear the burdens of government,
and puts those burdens on
people who are overburdened already.
The people who pay interest on mortgages
not only pay their own taxes;
but most of the taxes of other people
as well.
We are heartily in favor of the proposition
that has been pending for several
years looking to the acquirement
of Clemson college by the state of
South Carolina. The statement is being
published that if the state will
agree to change the name from Clemson
to Calhoun, the Calhoun heirs will
donate their interest. As we see it, we
are not concerned whether the name is
changed or not. Of course, we would
unhesitatingly change the name on the
terms offered; but that is not the
point, b^tom our viewpoint, witn me
responsibility for the maintenance of
the college on the state the state should
have full ownership and control.
Clemson is an important and useful institution.
There is no more important
or more useful educational institution
in the state; but we object to the idea
of handing it over to the next generation
under existing conditions where
the private trustees, perpetuated under
the will of Mr. Clemson. shall continue
to dominate the trustees elected by the
state. According to our notion, the
situation is a misfit entirely too subsubversive
of the principles of selfgovernment.
We have no reason to believe that
the unnamed York member of the general
assembly who recently expressed
himself in favor of a bill to make the
stamp of the auditor on mortgages and
long time notes a prerequisite to their
validity, will introduce the suggested
bili, or that such a bill could be
passed even if introduced. As a matter
of fact, similar bills have been previo
tsly introduced and always killed,
and people who understand how such
things go, know very well that the
proposition can never get in the statutes
without very considerable preliminary
agitation. The only reason for
such a law, of course, is to secure the
enforcement of the present law which
requires the taxation of mortgages.
Some people return mortgaees and others
do not. This arrangement is so obviously
wrong that it would seem that
ordinary honesty on the part of the
general assembly would require either
the repeal of the law requiring the returning
of mortgages or make provision
to compel that mortgages be returned.
The argument on the subject of mortgage
taxation brings in a whole lot of
hocus pocus about double taxation, the
burden falling on the borrower and all
that; but the main issue of the whole
thing is tax dodging. If the law should
require the suggested prerequisite of
validity, it would be Just as easy
to put in a prohibition against
imposing the tax on the borrower.
But as a matter of fact, since
the lender does not now pay the
tax, and the tax has to be paid, it is on
the borrower that the burden is now
falling. The stamping of mortgages by
the auditor could not make the matter
any worse. As to whether the tax burdens
are too heavy on the people as a
whole, we do not know. As a matter
of fact we are inclined to think that
the total amount of taxes raised in
South Carolina is very small in comparison
with the total property valuation;
but that is not where the shoe
pinches so badly. The Constitution requires
that taxation be on a Just and
equitable basis, and no such -Just and
equitable basis now obtains. Indeed,
we venture that right now on the
present levy, if the people who are
worth $5,000 and over were required to
make their returns as fully as returns
are made by people wnu are wunu
less than $5,000, the aggregate tax receipts
of the state would be from three
to four times what they are now, and it
would be practical to at least cut the
present tax rate half in two.
To Subscribers and Clubmakers.
If there is one thing more than another
that makes the lives of the makers
, of The Yorkville Enquirer worth
living it is the generous co-operation
of clubmakers and subscribers in backing
up our efforts at faithful service
and In helping to maintain the circulation
of the paper.
As is pretty well understood by most
of our readers, there are newspapers
and newspapers, and although it is not
to be claimed that The Enquirer is in a
class by itself, it is in a class that is
commonly recognized as an honorable
one. To as great an extent as any other
newspaper it stands for sound, healthy
and upright principles, and looks
only to the highly developed sense of
fairness, right and justice in its sub
scribers ror support.
The publication of newspapers in behalf
of special interests?often interests
that would take unfair advantage
of other interests, has been common
since the days of the first newspaper.
The dependence of such papers foi
support has been mainly on the purse
or purses of the individual or individuals
in whose interest it or they were
being published. Some such publications
are fair and open, and some stoop
to various pretenses.
As is known of all men. The Yorkville
Enquirer has been published solely
for its subscribers and the public,
and has never sought or accepted support
of any kind from any other source.
It has never recognized a master other
than established principles of fairness
and right, and rather than intentionnllv
Hoaert thoRA nrinclnlAR for Grain or
otherwise, would gladly go out of existence.
The assertion is made in full
recognition of its significance in the
light of the fact that the paper's record
is an open book not only throughout
the lives of the present owners, but
on back for nearly sixty years.
It is gratifying to us to be able to
state that in pursuance of our long established
practice of cutting out expired
names during the first of the year,
we had occasion to cut out fewer
names thia year than during the same
period of any one of a half a dozen previous
years. Of the names cut out too.
all but a very small per centage were
those of people who had simply neglected
to attend to the matter of re
newal, and who have since been getting
back on the list at a most gratifying
rate.
But while we have no cause to complain
of the support The Enquirer is
getting, we do not hesitate to say that
in our opinion our circulation is not as
large as it should be. We are not
speaking from a standpoint of revenues.
Our income is ample for a comfortable
living, and there has never
been any complaint about our inability
to pay our debts. But we believe that
we are doing our constituency much
more good than we are doing it harm,
and we believe that if our circulation
was double what it is. our power for
good would be that much extended. To
this end, therefore, we desire to call
upon each and every subscriber who
believes in the intelligence of our methods
and the sincerity of our motives, to
give his or her assistance to clubmakers
in still further extending the circulation
of the paper.
In regard to our clubmakers we want
to say that while there may be a few
who are working solely for the premiums
we are offering, there are not
many who have this consideration
alone in mind. Most of these clubmakers
are working with as much earnestness
and sincerity as we claim for ourselves,
solely with the purpose of further
augmenting the good that we are
all trying to do, and the approval that
is evidenced by their practical efforts
is by no means our least gratifying
compensation.
SENT TO FORT BLISS
Uncle Sam Disposes of Case of Mexican
Soldier.
Washington, Jan. 12.?All the Mexican
federal soldiers now in the custody
of the United States border patrol
forces at Presidio, Texas, will be transferred
to Fort Bliss and interred there
indefinitely. Secretary Garrison ordered
the transfer late today, with permission
to the refugee women and
children to accompany the soldiers if
they desire.
About 3,000 Mexican officers and men
fied across the Rio Grande when the
| victorious constitutionalists entered
Ojinaga and with them, besides many
I women and children, are some 1,500 civilian
refugees. The civilians are not
prisoners and will be allowed to go
where they wish, though those desiring
to remain in American territory will
have to satisfy the immigration officers.
With Presidio, sixty miles from the
nearest railroad, it will be difficult to
get the army of prisoners to its haven.
Brig. General Bliss will march his visitors
northward to Marfa and there put
them aboard trains for Fort Bliss, near
El Paso. The thousand or more horses
brought over probably will be used on
the journey of five or six days, as there
will have to be wagons for the sick and
wounded, women and children and the
baggage.
Secretary Garrison determined to
hold the refugees, after an hour's consultation
with Counsellor Moore of the
state department. Major General Leonard
Wood, chief of staff, and Brig. Gen
Crowder, judge advocate general of the
army. His action is in continuation of
the policy adopted months ago in disposing
of federals who crossed in Arizona.
Some of the rebels who were
HT-ioornao tho lino fit nthor nnints
were disarmed *and allowed to "filter
back" Into Mexico when the coast was
clear. For the present, however, there
will be no more "filtering back," Secretary
Garrison announced, either of federals
or constitutionalists.
The secretary decided that the women
and children who accompany the
soldiers should be allowed to remain
with them in the detention camp . and
that their immediate wants should be
provided for by the army.
It was expressly stated that this policy
is intended to meet an emergeno
and might be changed at any time. At
present the United States will pay for
the keep of Mexican soldiers and adherents,
but later on the Mexican government
will be asked for reimbursement.
Today's order followed a telegraphic
report of the situation from Gen. Bliss.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Thomson Co.?Announces its annual
white sale to begin next Thursday
morning, and offers hgrgalns in other
lines,
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Invites you to
attend its white goods and midwinter
"clean-up" sale, which opens
Thursday. Specials in all departments.
See page 6.
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?On page four,
calls attention to error in shoe discounts
on page 6.
J. L. McManuB, Manager?On page
four, invites especial attention to
the pictures now being run at the
Lyric theatre. Many of them are
reproductions of masterpieces.
Mixson Seed Co., Charleston?Advises
the planting of Simpklns' prolific
cotton seed. It has the pure seed.
Etlwan Fertilizer Co.?Gives you additional
information about its fertilizers
and the results of using them.
See page four.
Lyric Theatre?Presents its picture
programme for the week, including
some specially good moving pictures.
G. W. Sherer, the Butcher?Reminds
you that he sells the best of everything
in meats, and all kinds of gro
ceries tnat are gooa.
York Supply Co.?Wants you to see It
about fertilizers for your next crop,
and also about molasses in barrels
and kegs.
M. J. Walker, Chairman?Publishes
regulations of board of health as to
quarantine in cases of contagious
diseases among school children.
Ferguson Bros.?Want fifty small, fat
hogs, at once.
The maiden name of Mrs. David J.
Logan was Sallie Rowell, instead of
Barnwell, as erroneously stated in the
last issue of The Enquirer.
Mr. R. W. Whitesldes has kindly
called our attention to the fact that
Mr. John D. Kell was a member of
Company B, 12th regiment, instead of
Company A. as stated in the last issue
of The Enquirer.
It almost anybody's fight for the
nine leading premiums offered to clubmakers
yet. There are several clubmakers
who are already certain to get
one of the nine; but it is by no means
certain as to who is going to win out
with the leading premiums.
Of 299 expired subscribtions discontinued
previous to the mailing of the
last issue of The Enquirer, 98 have
been returned in time to get back on
the mailing list for today's issue. It is
quite evident that most of these names
were discontinued only because they
had not been previously asked for their
renewals, and the return of such a
large per centage of them in so short a
Uilic 10 CAU DUlOljr 51 aiuj 1115 iu Uto puu~
Ushers.
That is a striking advertisement that
Manager J. L. McManus prints elsewhere
in this issue of The Enquirer,
not only as to size, but as to matter. It
expresses accurately and clearly what
the best informed people everywhere
have come to recognize as an undlsputable
fact?that the moving picture is
one of the most powerful educational
forces ever known. The producers of
the moving picture films are ransacking
the literature of the world, from the
Bible down for material, and searching
also the uttermost parts of the earth.
In connection with this iney are spending
millions of dollars and are sparing
no expenditure of intellect, or research
in giving the public what it wants. The
movies furnish amusement, entertain
ment and instruction, and to a certain
extent give the men and women who
never have the opportunity to leave^
home all advantages of the folks who
have the money and time to enable
them to see the world. Of course the
movies are susceptible to abuse, Just
as is the case with the printed page
and the pulpit; but of their power for
uplift provided they are used that way,
there can be no question.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The stockholders of the First National
Bank held their annual meeting
in the office of the bank today and reelected
the incumbent board of direc!
tors without change. The directors reorganized
as before with O. E. Wilkins
as president, W. I. Witherspoon, vicepresident,
and R C. Allein, cashier, and
Mr. Arthur Hart was promoted to the
position of assistant cashier. By resolution,
it was decided to make application
for admission into the new regional
banking system.
? At a meeting at the home of Rev.
J. L. Oates last Friday afternoon, there
was effected a preliminary organization
of boy scouts to include three patrols
of eight scouts, each, with Rev. J. L.
Oates as scout-master. Application
has been made to headquarters for the
necessary charter. The following boys
have made application for enlistment:
Tracy Walsh, Earl Willis, Andral Sherer,
Robert Allison, Robert Bratton,
Floyd Allison, James Knox Ewart, Joseph
Wardlaw, Withers Adickes, Ru
aoipn L?ogB.n, rnomas opecK, josepii
Herndon, William Marshall, William
Glenn, Jessie Burris, Norman Walsh,
Audrey Inman, John Lewis, Russell
Montgomery, Cottrell Thomasson, Henry
Herndon, Thomas Woods, James
McFarland, William McCorkle.
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY
The following petit jurors were
drawn this morning to serve during the
first week of the approaching term of
the court of common pleas, which convenes
on Monday, February 2, his honor,
Judge Devore, presiding:
J. F. Patrick Bethel
Boyce Bennett Fort Mill
S. G. Strait Bethesda
J. H. Duncan Bethesda
J. R. Spears Ebenezer
E. F. Adkins Ebenezer
E. N. Miller Bethel
J. O. Matthews Bethesda
Mansfield Gordon Bethesda
J. J. McFadden Catawba
J. W. Morton Catawba
Jas. N. Russell Bullock's Creek
W. N. Newsom Bethesda
J. M. Adams King's Mountain
L H. Castles King's Mountain
W. B. Burns York
T. L. Johnston Catawba
J. J. Malone Ebenezer
J. J. Broom Fort Mill
R. G. Crawford King's Mountain
R. L. McCleave Bethesda
G. C. Ormand Bethel
J. T. Johnson Catawba
A. B. Nivens Fort Mill
R E. Dagnall Broad River
S. N. Johnson York
E. L. Avery Catawba
W. N. Thomasson Catawba
R. G. McMackln King's Mountain
R. L. Ferguson King's Mountain
M. J. Adcock Fort Mill
S. A. Epps Fort Mill
J. C. Wylie Broad River
J. W. Clinton York
G. B. Pearson Bethesda
J. E. Campbell Bullock's Creek
DEATH OF A. CODY
Mr. Absalom Cody, a highly esteemed
citizen of Yorkville, whose illness with
pneumonia at his home on Lincoln
street, was mentioned in the last issue
of The Enquirer, died on Sunday morning
at 4.30 o'clock, and was buried yesterday
afternoon at 3.30 with Masonic
honors.
As to who Mr. Cody was is very well
comprehended in these notes in the
handwriting of the late Capt. L. M.
Grist, in an indexed obituary book kepr
in The Enquirer office:
"Absalom Cody was born in Lincoln
I. .
county, N. C., on the 22d day of April,
1831. Came to Yorkville on the 24th
day of March, 1852, and married Ann
CFarrell on February 22, 1859. She
died on November 30, 1895. Seven living
children?six daughters and one
son. He was a brick and stone mason,
and an honest workman."
Mr. Cody went into the Confederate
service shortly after the breaking out
of hostilities and served through the
war as a member of Company A, 12th
South Carolina Volunteers. He never
held a commission; but the testimony
of his comrades was that he never
shirked a duty, and he made an ideal
soldier.
During the entire period of his active
life in Yorkville, extending up to his
practical retirement about ten years
back, Mr. Cody had more or less connection
with the construction of nearly
every building that included brick or
plastering in its materials. He helped
to DUlia me oia lungs aiounuiin runroad
depot, the King's Mountain Military
school building, the Presbyterian
church, the Springs Moore and Adickes
buildings on the corner of Congress
and Liberty streets, and other landmarks
of the town, and as stated in the
notes quoted above, all his work was
straight and honest.
Although his life was a highly creditable
one from the standpoint of Christian
standards, he neglected to connect
himself with any denominational organization.
He was, however, an enthusiastic
Mason, and at the time of
his death was just entering upon his
49th year as tiler of Philanthropic
Lodge No. 32, A- F. M., Yorkville. He
was proud of his record in the Lodge,
and was held in the fondest esteem by
all his brother Masons.
The names of the living children re
ferred to above are: Misses Jennie,
Minnie, Kate, Ella and Florence, Mrs.
W. E. Ferguson and Mr. George Cody.
All the daughters live in Yorkville, and
the son lives in Bear, Oklahoma.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr. W. J. P. Wylie has pneumonia,
A little daughter of Mr. J. L. McManus,
of Yorkville, has pneumonia.
Dr. H. E. McConnell of Chester, visited
friends in Yorkville, yesterday.
Mr. W. J. Engle of Yorkville R. F. D.
No. 6, is visiting in Morganton, N. C.
Mrs. F. C. Williams of Columbia, is
visiting relatives in Yorkville.
Mr. A. L. Donahoe of Mount Holly,
N. CL spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends in Yorkville.
Mr. Knox Qulnn has returned to
Rocky Mount, N. C., after a visit to
XorKVllie remuvcs.
Mr. P. B. Comer of Winston-Salem,
N. C., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Comer in Yorkville, this week.
Mrs. Claud Weber of Blacksburg,
visited her sister, Mrs. W. P. Neil, in
Yorkville, last week.
Rock Hill Record: Miss Emma
Lesslie returned to her home in Lesslie,
Saturday, from Yorkville.
Mrs. L E. Parish, who has been living
in Chester, has moved to Clover,
where she will reside in the future.
Mrs. Charles Graham has returned to
her home in Rock Hill after a visit to
her sister, Mrs. O. G. Eaves, in Yorkville.
Mr. John S. James of the Arm of
James Bros., left Saturday for the wesern
markets to buy a carload of mules
for the local market.
Dr. R. H. McFadden of Yorkville,
left yesterday for Islandton, S. C.,
where he will attend the Muller-McPadden
wedding tomorrow.
Mrs. C. E. Weatherly returned to
her home in Bennettsville today, after
a few days' visit to relatives in Yorkville.
Dr. R. E. Stevenson, who for the
past several months has been engaged
in the practice of dentistry in Yorkville,
has moved to Camden.
Mrs. J. S. Gladney has returned to
her home in Atlanta after a visit to
her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Carroll, in
Yorkville. Mrs. Carroll accompanied
her mother as far as Columbia.
Information from Mr. W. Mason McConnell,
of Yorkville, who is at Lake
Saranac, N. Y., is to the effect that he
is getting along nicely, and will return
home shortly, not later than the first of
March and maybe some weeks before.
Out of town people attending the funeral
of Mr. Cody, yesterday, were:
Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Warren, Gastonia;
Mrs. J. N. O'Farrell, Atlanta; Mrs. B. J.
Barber, Hendersonville. N. C.; Mr. J. L.
Sanders, Chester.
Among the out of town Masons in
Yorkville yesterday attending me iuneral
of Mr. A. Cody were: Mr. R. W.
Whitesides, of Smyrna; Messrs. Jno. S.
Rainey, W. T. Sims, R. L. Plexico and
C. S. Thomas, Sharon; Messrs. W. T.
Beam guard, S. N. Stacy, Emmet Love
and S. J. Matthews, Clover.
Of interest to a number of Yorkville
people will be the announcement of the
marriage of Miss Lilla C. Herndon, eldest
daughter of Mr. and-Mrs. W. H.
Herndon of Yorkville and Mr. Elmore
Lightfoot, of Tampa, Fla. The ceremony
took place in the Presbyterian
church at Tampa, on Jan. 7, at 6 p. m.,
Rev. P. H. Hensley officiating.
YORK'S RURAL 8CH00L8
Of fifty-four school districts in York
county, all but nine are paying special
levies, and thirty of the seventy-one
schools are running eight months in
the year. Of the forty-one schools that
do not run eight months, a majority
run seven months; and all run over
three months. Several of the nine districts
that have not yet Joined the special
levy class are expected to do so
una year, anu many ui wig bgvcu
months schools are expected to get in
the eight months honor roll.
While there are a number of counties
in the state that are able to make a
better showing than York is able to
make on a basis of present standing in
school work, there are few If any that
can show more earnest or intelligent
interest or more marked progress during
the past five years. The eight
months schools of the county with the
names of the teachers of the same are
as follows:
Oak Ridge?Miss Julia Plexico.
Bethany?W. A. Coon, Misses Willie
Mae Grayson and Lena Howell.
Bethel?Miss Lottie Belle Slmril.
Roddeys?Marion Patton.
Lowry Wilson School?Miss Evelyi.
Fraser.
India Hook?James DeTrevllle, Miss
Minnie Russell.
McConnellsville?Misses Lillis and
lone Ashe.
Bullock's Creek?F. W. Simpson, Miss
Anna Cherry Schorb.
Filbert?Misses Annie Jackson and
Lizzie Wood.
Bowling Green?Misses Bessie Gettys
and Jennie Currence.
Concord?Miss Lillie Byers.
Bethesda?Misses Ruby Strother and
Juanita Fickling.
Ebenezer?Miss Ruth Stokes.
Philadelphia?J. D. Allsbrook, Miss
Zula Stephenson.
Pine Bluff?Miss Bessie Sherer.
Tirzah?D. P. Patterson, Misses Mary
Klugh and Alice McClintock.
Newport?Miss Mary Byers.
Gold Hill?John L. Ratterree, Misses
Mattie Epps and Maud Windle.
Santiago?J. Roy Grayson.
Latta?Miss May Russell.
East View?Miss Reecie Ray Ritch.
Smyrna?Miss Madge McWhortor.
Friendship?Misses Marion Baker
and Stella Glasscock.
Catawba Junction?D. B. Refo, Jr.,
Miss Maud Williams.
Sutton Spring?T. W. Cooley.
Miller?Miss Felicia Spearman.
Cotton Belt?Misses Kittie Blair and
Lillian Kirkpatrick.
Mount Holly?P. M. Carpenter and
Misses Louise Nisbet and Cora Roberts.
Guthriesville?Misses Annie Miller
and Mary Clark.
Lesslle?J. L Amick, Misses Mary
Simpson and Lillie Martin.
Union?Miss Leila Stephenson.
Among the schools that have made
the most Improvement in buildings and
surroundings during the past year are
the following: Bethany, Lowry Wilson,
Ogden, Filbert, Tirzah, Miller,
Mount Holly and Lesslie. Several of
these have erected entirely new buildings
in accordance with the most approved
rural school construction plans,
and have added still other improvements.
The average attendance on the
schools last year was 7,682, of whic.
3,670 were white and 4,012 colored,
there being a slight increase in the attendance
of both races as compared
with 1912.
The districts in which no special
levies have yet been voted are: Nos.
1, 3. 8. 10. 17, 25, 30. 34 and 54.
CORN CLUB WORK
If there is another man in the county
who has all along shown as deep
and practical interest in the progress
and achievements of the Boys' Corn
club as County Demonstration Agent
John R. Blair, that man is Superintendent
of Education John EL Carroll. Mr.
Carroll began to lend Mr. Blair his
hearty co-operation even before he had
any idea of resuming his present office
and during the past year he has been
working in season and out of season to
encourage and help the boys in their
work.
"When I was younger and working
on the farm," said Mr. Carroll in a conversation
on the subject a few days
ago, "I had the idea that York county
could hardly hope to compete with certain
other sections of the country, or
even certain other parts of this state,
the north-eastern part, for Instance, as
a corn producer. But I have now gotten
out of that notion. From a more
extended study of the subject, which
study has had the benefit of practical
demonstrations, I have come to the conclusion
that there is every reason why
as much corn should be produced to
the acre In York county as In any other
county in the state or in the country.
We have the soil, we have the climate
and producing the results is only a
matter of using the means.
"Our people have been giving pretty
generous support to the corn club Idea;
but I think they should do more," Mr.
Carroll went on; "and I would like t
see more wide spread interest In the
matter. For Instance, what better advertisement
could we have than that of
the thorough development of our cornproducing
ability? Suppose for Instance,
York should beat Jerry Moore's
record of 228 bushels, or higher still
I the record of 232 bushels made by
that Alabama boy last year; it would
be worth untoia tnousanas 01 aonars 10
us, and I am inclined to think we can
do it. If not this year then, in one of
the years to come.
"We have at the disposal of the
county board of education, a right snug
little sum from a general state appropriation
that is at the disposal of the
board for such school purposes as may
seem best, and if the board will agree
with me, I propose this year to give one
hundred dollars of that fund for corn
club prizes. We will have to confine
such offer as we may make, nowever,
to boys who belong to the club, and
who spend not less than three months
in school; but of course there will be
no objection to that. As to just how
the money will be awarded, I am not
prepared to say until after a full consultation
by the board; but of course,
we would not think of making any
award except in accordance with the
regular Corn club rules and measurements.
"But there is another thing I would
like to see, and that is the establishment
of a good big prize offer to the
York county boy who will beat the
I " n-M'o ronnrr> T .at th? amount b? not
less than $1,000, and it would not hurt
to make it $5,000. It ought to be easy
enough to raise either sum on the
promises of public spirited citizens
who would pledge themselves to pay
only in the event the record is broken.
I am not able to give much; but I
would be willing to go a hundred dollars
in it, and if ten others would stand
for a similar amount, we could make it
$1,000. That would do pretty well; but
$5,000 would do better. Anyhow, I
would be glad to have the names of
all who are willing to go into such a
pool, and if we can get enough to make
it interesting we will put up the offer.
U cannot do any harm and it may do a
lot of good."
LOCAL LACCNIC8.
Hnsna
The Beersheba school opened yesterday
with a fairly good attendance. The
school will run for several months. Mr.
Frank Qrayson is principal In charge.
Clover vs. Bethany.
Clover, Jan. 10.?Bethany defeated
Clover In a game of basketball last Fri- i
day evening on the former's grounds,
by a score of 44 to 9. The Clover boys
were outclassed in every respect. ,
Ginning Up to Last Year.
Mr. Joseph M. Taylor, special agent [
of the census department in the collection
of ginning reports for York county,
writes that the county's ginnlngs up
to January 1, 1914, was 39,336 bales of
cotton against 39,272 bales up to the
same date last year, an excess this year 1
of 64 bales over last year. J
Municipal Election Today.
A1AA4lAn 4 a o U-_ 1
run luui iiiuiuvtj/ai uiwvivi* *o ?.???lng
place today, and there is much in- .
terest in the town across the river on
account of it. In the race for mayor '
there are three candidates: Messrs. A.
R. McElhaney, the incumbent; W. L.
Hall and L. J. Bailes. Twelve citizens i
of the town are seeking election from 1
the four wards as aldermen.
New Building at Bethany. 1
Bethany's new school building has
been completed and the eighty pupils
in attendance have moved into it. The '
new building is large and convenient. \
It contains three rooms and is situated j
near the old building which is now be- 1
ing demolished. The boarding school j
at Bethany has been abolished. Mr. I. (
C. Grayson has bought the old girl's ]
dormitory which he has converted into '
a dwelling for the use of his family. j
School Name Changed. <
The name of Bethesda school in Dls- J
trict No. 6, has been changed to the ,
"Lowry Wilson school." It will be re- t
membered that at the opening of the *
present session last October, an ac- J
count of which was published in The
Enquirer at the time, it was suggested
that the school's name be changed in <
order to avoid conflict with the Bethes- j
da Graded school in the adjoining <
school district, No. 29. The new name I
is in honor of the late Rev. J. Lowry t
Wilson, for many years pastor of the t
Bethesda church. J
i
Accidental Homicide. a
Henry Blue, a young Indian of the T
Catawba tribe, was accidentally shot ?
and killed on the Indian reservation i
near Rock Hill, last Friday morning by r
Walter Harris, another Indian. Ac- j
cording to the testimony taken at the j
inquest, a number of Indians started k
out to go hunting. A squirrel nest was
located in a tree and Blue climbed up
to tear down the nest. When he did so,
a squirrel jumped out and two of the
Indians shot, one killing the squirrel
while the other shot Blue. The Indian
fell from the tree to the ground shot
through the brain and left lung. He
died about five o'clock Tuesday afternoon
as the result of shock from tuberal
hemorrhages. The coroner's Jury
composed of Indians and whites was as
follows: J. A. Watten, Bill Harris, Rob
Harris, David Harris, Lewis Gordon,
Taylor George, Farris Blankenship, W.
B. Rawllnson, B. Harris, William Sawyer,
Henry Canty, Frank Canty. The
following verdict was returned, "That
Henry Blue came to his death as the
result of gunshot wounds at the hands
of Walter Harris. Harris was exhonorated,
as it was clearly shown that the
killing was accidental.
MERE MENTION
George F. Crandall, the oldest mall
carrier In the United States, retired
v v
irOIU Bt'l vice at uiiibu?i*?k?vm, ...
Friday, after serving since 1856. His
trips as driver of a mall stage aggregate
350,000 miles and his pay from
the postofflce department aggregated
335,000 There are 500 students
at the Georgia agricultural college at
Athens, who are studying farming.
Ralph Lope?, the notorious
Utah bandit and outlaw, Is reported
to have been seen in Los Angeles,
Cal., within the past few days
In the province of Soldau, East Prussia,
Friday, a family of father, mother
and Ave children were found with
their throats cut, and gas turned on.
Poverty is supposed to have driven
the parents to kill their children and
then commit suicide At Hamburg,
Germany, Friday, a city police
man killed his tnree aaugmeni buu
then himself, following: a family quarrel
Two persons were killed and
twenty-six injured when a Georgia,
Florida and Southern train jumped
from a trestle near Cordele, Ga, Friday
morning Mexican rebels have
seized 300 miles of the Kansas City,
Mexico and Orient railway and are
now operating trains over it A
movement has been started at Nashville,
Tenn., to raise & fund of 11,000,000
by popular subscription, to erect
a memorial to General Andrew Jackson,
the hero of the battle of New
Orleans, fought on January 9, 1814.
The new Catskill aqueduct,
which is to supply New Tork city
with water, was practically completed
Saturday morning, when a final blast
of dynamite was exploded at 149th
street, 400 feet underground. The
work will require nearly a year for
final completion, and will have cost
the city 8162,000,000, and required the
labor of 72,000 men, and cost the
lives of nearly four thousand. When
in full operation the big aqueduct will
deliver 500,000,000 gallons of water
daily Because of the operation
of the new eugenics law in Wisconsin,
Milwaukee furniture dealers say
their business has been ruined. During
the first nine days of January, the
marriage license clerk of Milwaukee
issued only Ave licenses. Previous to
that he had been Issuing twenty-flve
or more dally Farmers In the
vicinity of Greenville, Tex., propose
to build a railroad eight miles long,
to haul their products to market
They say they can build the railroad
at less cost per mile than they can
build hard roads of the type approved
by the state department of highways.
By the foundering of a cutter
of the battleship Wyoming, In Hampton
Roads, Friday, four of the sixteen
men on board were drowned. - ... .By
the operation of the new child labor
law in Pennsylvania, telephone companies
at Pittsburgh have dispensed
with the services of girls as night
"centrals," and replaced them with
young men J. M. Foster, a millionaire
of Brown's Mills, N. J., has
been arrested at Mobile, Ala., on warrants
charging violation of the Mann
white slave law.... Eugene H. Grace,
of Newman, Ga., who two years ago
was shot by his wife, Mrs. Daisy
Ulrich Opie Grace, and so injured
that he had since been an invalid, died
at his home at Newman, yesterday.
At the time Grace was shot, physicians
predicted his death almost
* *? * /*# avnrv
nouriy, uui iu mo nui in w u>
body, he continued to live and although
every effort waa made to help
him by surgical operations, his case
was hopeless. His widow Is living in
Philadelphia... .Twelve coal miners,
five of them white men, were killed
by a gas explosion at Rock Castles,
Ala., Saturday morning Railroad
workers in the Transvaal and
Orange Free States, South Africa,
have gone on a strike and tied up
traffic in those two provinces. Fearing
trouble, the government authorities
of South Africa have issued orders
for the mobilizing of 60,000 citizen
soldiers In testing a new
aeroplane parachute at Los Angeles,
Cal., Friday, a young woman stepped
from a machine while 850 feet above
the ground and landed without injury
A moving picture actor was
badly injured by a tiger near St.
Augustine. Fla., Friday, while taking
part in the production on an "African"
wild animal picture.......After
a desperate flght with attendants and
guards, 250 Insane patients of a Chicago
asylum were removed from the
building Friday night, on account of
Are The railroads of the United
States last year built 3,071 miles of
new track, and 1,263 miles of second
track. Railroad car builders turned
out 207,684 freight cars, 3,298 passenger
cars, and the locomotive builders
turned out 5,332 new locomotives,
all of which figures show a decided
Increase over the outturn of 1912....
Shipyard at Charleston.?They are
going to have a shipyard In Charleston,
with $250,000 capital. The plant will be
the expansion of an existing concern
and will do a good deal of repair work
which has hitherto been sent elsewhere,
[t will be equipped with a marine railway,
boiler shops and machine shops.
We wish It success and trust that It
will develop into a real shipbuilding
plant. South Atlantic ports like Charleston
and Wilmington or Southport
will not be making the most of the direct
rail connections now assured them
with the coal and iron regions across
the mountains if they fail to en^^e in
the industrial marine activities which
ports farther north, including Newport
News. Va.. have long pursued.?Charlotte
Observer.
? "Bachelors often remain bachelors
because women are spendthrifts, and
many women are spendthrifts because
women colleges fail almost completely
In training their students for the problems
of life," declared Dr. Carolyn Gei?el.
of Shorter college, Rome, Ga.. in an
iddress before the National Conference
jn Race Betterment at Grand Rapids
Vlich., Friday. "Women's schools are
nefflcient because they rail to prepare
women either for livelihood or motherlood."
she continued. "Graduates come
>ut of women's schools physical wrecks
with a valueless flood of useless infornation
and a penchant for fashions
which leaves them as nearlv nude as
:he law will allow. The average bill of
'are alone at girl's schools is enough to
Irive the students to bonbons and
arebits."
? Rebel soldiers at Naco, Sonora, on
3unday, shot and seriously wounded
Tohn Bryce, private in the tenth negro
;avalry, and later shot across the inernational
boundary line wounding
Trumpeter Warren, tenth cavalry. Afer
shooting Warren, the Mexicans
Iragged him across the line, arresting
lim. Bryce was in Naco when shot. I
Three other American negro soldiers
vent to Bryce's assistance when he |
vas shot, but were placed under arrest
md threatened with death if they relisted.
The Americans were unarmed.
3ryce was talking with a Mexican wonan
when he was attacked. His wound i
s considered serious. Warren was shot
n the head. The Mexicans released the '
American soldiers when Capt. Tomp- '
;ins, of the tenth, demanded it. '
80UTH CAROLINA NEW8.
? Columbia, January 12: Thomas B.
Peeples, attorney general of South
Carolina, was today declared not guilty
of murder In sessions court here. The
attorney general was tried for the killing
of Robert Marshall, negro chef at
the Elk's Home In this city, on the
night of December 6. The testimony of
witnesses was to the effect that the pistol
Mr. Peeples held was accidentally
discharged by striking the edge of a
counter. The trial consumed only about
two hours.
? Spartanburg, January 12: Elmore
Wright, a paroled convict, pleaded
guilty to a charge of assault and bat- ,
tery with intent to kill, in the circuit
court today and was sentenced by
Judge Shlpp to serve one year. Sometime
after he was liberated by Governor
Blease from the penitentiary, where
he was serving a life term for murder,
?- ' mm . Li.
vvngni jsnoi r^rnesi .acauw, uio mwo
cousin, for remonstrating with Wright i
because of his ill-trektment oj, Mrs.
Wright \
? Columbia, January lfc; John Y.
Oarllngton, former president of the
Seminole Securities company, convicted
of breach of trust In theNpenagement
of the affairs of the sWninole
company, a nd sentenced to three Vears*
imprisonment, was pardoned todaV by
the governor. Oarllngton was parked
by the governor on Feb. 4, 191S, afteV
serving about a year of his sentence. .
His trial took place at the January, \
1910, term of the court of general sesslons
of Richland county.
? Columbia special of January 9, to '
the News and Courier: Adjt Gen.
Moore leaves tomorrow night for Wash- fl|j
Ington, where he will hold a conference
with the chief of the naval militia concerning
this branch of the service in
this state. On Monday he will attend
the meeting of the adjutants generals
of the United States, and on Thursday
will attend the meeting of the National
Board of the American Rifle assoda
tion. Important matter* concerning rl- j
fle practice will be discussed. Adjt.
Oen. Moore said tonight that he certainly
was a candidate for re-election,
and that he waa confident of winning
another race. 1
? Gaffney, January 12: J. C. Jefferles
Esq., a prominent lawyer of Gaifney,
died at his home this morning. Mr.
Jefferles had been In feeble health for
several months and his death was not
unexpected. He was 51 years of age,
and leaves a wife and six children to
mourn their loss. His father, CoL Samuel
Jefferles, also survives him. Mr.
Jefferles was educated at Limestone
college and at the King's Mountain High
school. He was admitted to the bar in
1888, and after a few years practioe of
his profession in Greenville, came to
Gaffney, where he acquired a good
practice and was recognised as one of
the soundest lawyers In the state. The
funeral services will be held as soon as
two of the children who are at school,
can reach Gaffney.
annulment of the contract of the state
accepting the Clemson bequest, by
which the Fort Hill property would revert
to Mrs. Florlde Lee Calhoun, wife
of Andrew Pickens Calhoun, of San
Antonio, Texas, lawful heir of the late
Thos. O. Clemson. He said that she
would deed the property back to the
state of South Carolina for a sum of
money sufficient to make the transfer
legal. He said that money would be
no object with Mrs. Calhoun, the heir,
that she and all the family connection
would like to see the change of name
and control purely for sentiment's sake
and the institution's good. Capt Calhoun,
who retired from active business
some time ago and who has since lived
in London and New York, says that he
has known of several instances where
the college would have received larger
endowments but for the fact that the
college bore the name of another than
John C. Calhoun, although it was situated
on the Calhoun home place and
because the college was controlled by
a set of trustees representing an individual
and not the state. He is closely A
associated with the philanthropists of r 1
the east, who are giving large sums for
education, and while he is personally M
giving to the education of poor children #
in the mountains of the Carollnas,
says he feels sure that Clemson college
would come in for a large share of 2
the endowments. Capt. Calhoun states w
that he is here merely to visit his old
home, that he does not care to stir up
any big agitation for the change of
name and government of the college,
but makes these statements knowing
that the college and South Carolina
would be greatly benefited thereby.
? Columbia special of Saturday, to
the News and Courier: Final figures
announced by the department of Agriculture,
commerce and industries this
afternoon give the corn acreage fur this
state for the year 1913 as 6,286,708, as ^
against 6,263,000 for the year 1912 The
production of cotton in 1912 was 1,300,000.bales;
corn, 38,612,000 bushels; hay,
244,000 tons; wheat, 972,000 bushels;
oats, 8,460,000 bushels; tobaoco, 33,288,- (
000 pounds; Irish potatoes,' 800,001 '
bushels; rye, 32,000 bushels; rice 147,000
bushels All were increases except
Irish potatoes and rice from the 1912
crops The value of the principal crops
was placed at 3149,626,132 for the year
1913, as against 3123,388,000 for the previous
year. The yield per acre showed
235 for cotton; 20 bushels of corn, 12.3
bushels wheat, 24 bushels oats, 80
bushels potatoes, 760 pounds tobacco, '-vj
10.5 bushels rye, 1.16 tons hay, 30 bushels
rice.
? Columbia special of January 10, to
the Charlotte Observer: C. J. Hebert J
is cleared of all charges growing out of
the sale of controlling interest in the
Southern Life Insurance company of
North Carolina to the late Seminole
Securities company. The jury in the
Richland county court, after being out
all night, returned a verdict of not guilty
shortly before noon today, and Mr.
Hebert walked out of the court house a.
free man, cleared of the charges which
have*hung over his head for six years. /
Hebert was indicted for conspiracy to q
uciiauu mo oiuuviiuiuoib ui iuc ocuu*
nole out of $98,000. The case consumed ^
two days, going to the jury last night
When court reconvened this morning
the Jury was still locked in Its room,
but about 11 o'clock filed Into court and
announced a verdict of acquittal. Hebert
is a resident of Chattanooga, Tenn.
He was defended by Representative R
H. Welch of this county and Jessie M.
Littleton of Tennessee, a brother of
former Congressman ulartln W. Little*
ton, of New Tork. Governor Blease
stated this afternoon that, in view of
the acquittal of Hebert, he will Monday
grant an absolute pardon to John T.
Garllngton, formerly president of the
Seminole Securities company, who Is
now out on parole. Garllngton was .
convicted of breach of trust with fraudulent
intent and sentenced to three 4
years imprisonment He was paroled
by Governor Blease February 4. 191$. ?
"If home Juries acquit men like Hebert,
who resisted extradition to this state,
and the men higher up are not punished,"
said Governor Blease, "there is no I
use keeping the home boys in Jail or
under parole." The governor added,
"there is no use trying any more Seminole
cases while I am governor." J.
Stobo Young, secretary of the Seminole
Securities company, was pardoned
by Governor Blease.
? Anderson special of January 9, to
News and Courier: That Clemson college
would receive endowments aggregating
many millions of dollars if the
name of the institution were changed
to Calhoun college and the college placed
wholly under the control of the state ?
of South Carolina, was the statement
made tonight by Capt. John C. Calhoun
grandson of the South Carolina statesman
and oldest representative of the
Calhoun family, who is visiting friend^,
here. He said that such an arrangement
could be brought about by the ' '