Scraps and Jatts.
? London, April 14: The British
government has decided against placing
cotton on the contraband list. A
question was asked in the house oi
commons this afternoon on this subject,
and Neil Primrose, under-secretary
of foreign affairs, replied that after
caret ul consideration, it had been
lound that the military advantages to
be gained by declaring cotton contraband
were insufficient to render such
a step expedient. England has consented
to allow two cargoes of dyestuffs,
which the American Textile alliance
secured in Germany in payment
lor cotton before the allies' order in
council placing an embargo on exports
from Germany went into force,
to pass the blockade. The cargoes,
however, must be b?nt to a neutral
port, then shipped o. neutral vessels.
American AmDassauor z-ttgc
notified the Washington government
of the decision. The alliance will
have to seek Germany's permission for
tne cargoes to leave that country.
? "Germany, ignorant of the soul of
France, now is being punished for her
mistake," was the declaration made
by Premier Viviani at the opening at
Gueret, France, last Monday, of the
departmental council of (Jreuse. "she
thought to find," he continued, "a divided,
frivolous nation, but she met an
iron wall, against whose heroic resistance
the liower of her army was
broken. Then behold, the iron wall
moved, supple and unbreakable, toward
the western front, crushing little
by little the army whose chiefs
were not prepared for so long and
bitter a struggle. The French nation,
misunderstood and despised, has arisen
reaay to pile sacrifice upon sacrifice,
with millions in arms, preparing
for Germany's chastisement. We are
certain of victory?the victory of justice.
We want Europe free, Belgium
liberated, our lost provinces restored,
Prussiau militarism crushed, since the
peace of the world is irreconcilable
with its imaginary whims. We shall
accomplish this task with our allies.
We shall write not only the history of
France, but in the annals of humanity.
a page which our sons will read
with emotion and pride."
? "There are virtually no willing, eligible
men left to be recruited in those
pans of the country which I have
visited," writes a British army recruiting
officer to the Liondon Times.
Those who remain, he says, either are
in the employ of the state; doing work
essential for the defense of the state,
under binding obligation to parents,
wives, children, employers, employes
or reiitrinus nrinciDles: earning such
good money that they are deaf to other
considerations; ignoiant or skulkers.
'lhe officer believes that if any
considerable additional number of
men is required conscription will be
necessary. Discussing those who decline
to enlist because they are earning
too much money, the officer says:
"There are many small towns which
for several months have been full to
overflowing with billeted troops,
'tradesmen and householders have
been making more money than ever
before. Labor is nowhere to be had."'
Of the agricultural districts, the office!
says: "Farmers at first encouraged
their men to enlist to an extent which
seriously hampered their business.
Now they can no longer spare a single
man. They express resentment over
the unfair competition for their employes
by the government and local
authorities."
? Telegraphic communication between
the European countries, whether
belligerent or neutral, writes an
Associated Press correspondent from
The Hague, have been affected to an
enormous extent by the war. Not
only has the time of transmission beer,
greatly extended, but the cost to the
senders has been vastly increased.
Holland, for instance, in order to
communicate with neutral Spain, must
route her messages by way of England,
at double expense, since Franca
will not permit telegrams which have
been passed ever German or Austrian
lines to be taken over her wires. Otherwise
it would be possible to send
the message by way of Germany and
Switzerland and thus over southern
France to Spain. In order to telegraph
from Holland to Denmark,
Sweden or Norway, the despatches
from Holland must pass either
through the hands of the German or
those of the English censors, by each
of whom they are in many instances
given short shrift and often do not
reach their destination. For America
all cablegrams from Holland must
first go to England, with consequent
delay and sometimes suppression by
the censors, but more especially when
coming from the United States to Holland,
when a delay of ten days is
nothing unsual. The question has been
raised in commercial circles here as
to what course is to be pursued to recover
the tolls paid to the cable companies
for messages which, owing to
the action of the German, British and
French censors, have never gone over
the wires, and an investigation has
been started with the object of regulating
the matter after the war is
ended.
? "I myself will nut intern." This
was the emphatic declaration of Lieut.
Capt. Thlerfelder, commander of the
German converted cruiser Kronprinz
YVilhelm, now at Newport News. Va.,
when informed by newspaper men
late Wednesday that it was generally
reported the cruiser ultimately would
intern at that port. It was rumored
that Commander Tliierichens of the
F-rinz Eitel Friedrich had taken a
similar stand, and that orders to intern
his vessel had come from his
government. Commander Thierfelder
made no reference to probable action
of the German government with regard
to the disposition to be made oi
ihe Kronprinz Wilhelm. Authorization
to take the Wilhelm into dry
dock was given to Commander Thierfelder
in two letters from Collector
Hamilton. In reply to the captain's
communication of April 13, in which
was asked time to repair and make
ihe Kronprinz Wilhelm seaworthy.
The commerce destroyer will be removed
from her anchorage into dry
dock today. The condition of the ship
and her boilers is said to be such that
it will require three weeks to complete
ihe temporary repairs for which her
commander has asked. She is in need
of boiler tubes which cannot be supplied
at Newport News and must be
manufactured elsewhere. All knowledge
of the whereabouts cr operations
of the German armored cruiser Karlsrhue
were disclaimed by Capt. Thierfelder.
"We have never heard from
the Karlsrhue," said the German captain.
"A surgeon doctor on my ship
was on Wednesday morning quoted as
having said we had heard from the
Karlsrhue. He told this merely as a
story, the newspapers like stories. I
myself would know if we had heard
from the Karlsrhue. We have not
heard anything from the Karlsrhue."
? Marked activity in manufacturing
and heavy exports were the features
of the March cotton statement of the
census bureau issued last Wednesday.
Manufacturers in March used 523.959
bales, exclusive of linters, which is a
record for monthly consumption, being
6.000 biles more than has been
used in any month since the census
bureau began collecting the monthly
statistics two and a half years ago.
Cotton exports amounted to 1,208,573
bales, or almost double what they
were in March last year. The month's
exports brought the total for the lirst
eight months of the cotton year beginning
in August, up to 6,689,613
bales, or 1,246.461 bales under last
year's exports for the same period.
The war's effects on cotton exports is
indicated in Germany's takings, which
for the eight months have been 242,661
bales against 2.413,712 for the
same period of last year. France has
taken less than half the quantity she
took last year, but Italy has more
than doubled her cotton imports from
the fntted States. Great Britain's
imports were 147,o(iO bales less than
the same period last year. All other
countries took 2,199.685 bales against
1,106.029 bales in last year's period.
Cotton used during March was 523,959
bales exclusive of linters. the
census bureau announced. Cotton on
hand March 31 in manufacturing establishments
anil independent warehouses
aggregated 5,119,317 bales.
\f.rw.nointt.tiun i i m 11 ?:i r**i 1 with
493.354 bales used in March, a year
ago. During the eight months ending
March 31 cotton used was 3,578.215
bales against 3,765,210 in the same
period of the previous year. Cotton
on hand March 31 in manufacturing
establishments was 1,740.476 bales.
against 1.679,239 bales last year, and
in Independent warehouses, 3,378,317
bales against 1,834,008 last year.
Exports in Marc-h were 1,208,573
bales against 695,310 last year, and
for the eight months 6,689,613 bales
against 7,936,075 in last year's period.
Imports were 38,534 oales, against
30.863 last year, and for the eight
months 206,790 bales, against 115,157
in last year's period. Linters used
were 31,398 bales, against 24,720 last
year and for the eight months 214,579
bales against 204,683 in last year's period;
on hand in manufacturing establishments
161,647 bales against
103,626 bales last year, and in independent
warehouses 100,208 bales
against 57,538 last year. Linters exported
were 60.175 bales and for the
eight months 155,365 bales. Cotton
spindles active during March numbered
30.91S.533 against 31.0S3.898 in
March last year.
Ihc \lotkiillr (fnquirrr.
Entered at the Postofflce In Yorkvllle
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKVILLE. S. C.i
FRIDAY, APRIL, 10, 1915.
Wonder what makes those Gaffney
people think they can underbid York
ville on a loan to York county?
The public will naturally be very ]
much concerned in the legal fight that
has been precipitated between the (
Riggs National bank of Washington,
and the treasury department. On the .
face of the proposition the treasury ,
department has gone after the bank
to make it obey the law and the bank
officials claim that the treasury of- ^
Hcials are prompted altogether by private
motives. As to wnat the real ,
facts are it will remain for the courts (
to determine; but in the meantime it
is inconceivable that such oiticials as
Messrs. McAdoo and Williams should
use their high positions to such an end ,
as the bank people allege. (
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The presence of the Wilhelm at ^
Newport News has revived interest in
the whereabouts of the sea raider ,
Karlsrhue. It is reported that a member
of the Wilhelm's crew claims to
have heard from the Karlsrhue since ,
the date that ship was reported to j
have been destroyed. Of course the :
story is only a rumor that cannot be
confirmed; but nevertheless the subject
is one which makes speculation.
There are British and French ships 1
outside the harbor watching for the
Wilhelm. Th? Karlsrhue could hardly
handle these ships, and it is hardly j
possible that the Germans have a ]
submarine that they could send across <
the Atlantic to do them injury. No 1
one seems to think it possible that j
any of the larger German ships will
try to break out of the North sea. 1
But still the situation compells all j
kinds of speculation as to what might |
happen. I
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Greenville is certainly getting some J
advertising out of the fact that she is
to spend $950,000 for good roads. Pa- !
pers near and far are commenting upon
her progressiveness. But all this
advertising will be exceeded by the .
advertising she will receive if the
money be wisely and effectively expended
and she take the lead among ,
the Piedmont counties, not only in (
providing money for good roads, but
in acquiring them. It must not be .
forgotten that the Greenville highway |
commission nas unaerumen a very responsible.
onerous task made heavier
by the fact that it is blazing the way
us there is no form of highway construction
within the means in the
hands of the commission that has been
tested and proven satisfactory tor the
soil that prevails in this section of
the state. There should be no impatience
if the commission proceed more
slowly than some wpuld have it in the
discharge of its duty.?Greenville
Piedmont.
We wish Greenville well. It is a
great and important experiment on
which she is entering and whether she
succeeds or fails the whole state will
be her debtor. If she succeeds, then
the Jther counties will study carefully
her methods and profit by them. If
she fails the other counties will profit
likewise by her experience. We agree
that success will mean much to Greenville.
She will establish herself as
easily the mcst progressive county in
the state, and she will derive much of
the benefit that will properly go along
with such a well-earned distinction.
We hope she will succeed.
The War New*.
There may be those who are not interested
in the news from the terrible
European war; but it is more likely
that those who profess lack of interest,
are only trying to make themselves
think they are not interested, because,
as a matter of fact, the gigantic struggle
is having its effect on the present
daily life and future fortunes of the J
whole civilized world, and it is incon- |
ceivable that anyone should lack interest
in a situation like this.
Hut the trouble Is that no matter
how great the interest of the individual
or of the people, it continues impossible
to get satisfactory informa- ]
tion as to developments. The papers
are printing all they can get about the
war, and thousands and hundreds of
of thousands of readers think they
are getting the whole story: but as a
matter of fact, they are getting nothing
o. the kind. The only really accurate
and comprehensive information
that the world at large is getting is
from various developments far outside
of the seething cauldron of activity,
and of a nature that cannot be well
concealed.
Where a German submarine sinks a
merchant ship after taking off all or
a part of the crew, the news gets out.
Both sides recognize the Impossibility
of concealing an event like this and
neither side tries. In the case of a
killed or wounded soldier, of course
his people are informed. When large
numbers of wounded are brought back
from the battle line, the people at
home draw their own inferences, but
as to whether the news is given out to
the world depends upon circumstances.
It is the same when shipload after
shipload of recruits are sent to the
front. Orders for large numbers of
horses, or immense quantities of food,
arms or ammunition, and news of diplomatic
correspondence on this subject
or that, also give much material
for Inference. Along with it, too, the
official reports, the claims, admissions,
denials, suggest the trend of developments
and cause speculation; but in
all of it there is little that is satis|
factory.
J It is very well understood that there
are double lines of trenches from the
North sea down to Switzerland on the
one side and from the Raltic sea down
to the Carpathian mountains on the
Jther side. It is understood that these
trenches are manned by each of the
ihe opposing forces at the rate of
something like a thousand or more
nen to the mile, and fighting is going
jn with more or less regularity, sometimes
continually, sometimes intermittently,
that recruits and supporters
ire being sent forward in regular
streams and that wounded are being
sent back as opportunity and facilities
permit; but as to which side is
making most headway and to what
extent is only a guess and a very wild
juess at that.
At times, the average individual
reasons that since the allies have
xmtrol of the sea, unlimited money and
the world to draw from, they must
3urely win. Then there is pointed out
the fact that up to this time all the
fighting has been on the soil of the
lines ana me ciaim uiu.i mc uvuuiu^
ind Austrlans have all the supplies of
both food and ammunition that they
require; that up to this time nothing
liko all their available men have been
engaged. In the absence of accurate
ind reliable information, there is
nothing left but perplexity.
Common business opinion has it that
the war cannot last longer than next
Tall; but Lord Kitchener, who says
that it will not begin until May, has
not withdrawn his original prediction
that it would last three years. Business
people do not know and Lord
Kitchener does not know. One is left
to figure it out according to his own
notion.
There is another thing. The whole
Mohammedan world of Asia and
Africa has been stirred in connection
with this matter. These people as a
rule are not equipped for fighting as
they are fighting in France and Russia;
but they are very numerous and
very warlike when they are thoroughly
stirred. There is very little or
nothing being said about them; but
there are intimations that they are
giving trouble in Asia Minor, in India,
in northern Africa and elsewhere.
They might easily be giving a great
deal more trouble than has been reported.
It is possibly easy enough to guess
that the allies will surely win this
war. That Is the natural assumption
of most of the outside world. Practically
all of the facts that are getting
publicity point to such a conclusion.
But since those who are trying to
study the whole matter closest, find
it most difficult to determine what is
facts and what is a half truth or
tvhat is pure misrepresentation, all
should keep in mind the danger of
jumping at conclusions.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR
Situation Generally as Seen in London
Yesterday.
Although it is not yet certain that
s German submarine sank the Dutch
steamer K&twyk off the North Hinder
Lightship last night, the destruction
of the vessel has aroused the indignation
of the Dutch people as eviienced
by the editorials of newspapers
in Holland.
The Katwyk, loaded with grain
from Baltimore consigned to the
Dutch government, is reported to have
been lying at anchor at the time of
the explosion and to have been flying
the Dutch flag. The Dutch newspapers
insist that no mistake could have
been made and that If a German
submarine actually torpedoed the
steamer, "we must expect that the
German government will without loss
of time be made responsible for this
severe violation of the rights of neutral
powers."
The fact that the Dutch government
was directly involved in the
Katwyk's cargo and that the news of
the sinking of the steamer came immediately
after announcement that
four Dutch trawlers had been seised
by the Germans and taken to Zeebrugge
apparently has heightened the
feelings of the Hollanders.
The Katwyk incident and many Turners
of diplomatic movements in Italy
and the near east seemingly have
made the people of England almost
forget last night's Zeppelin raid and
fighting on the continent.
Next in interest to the sinking of
the Katwyk was the publication of a
"White Paper," showing Great Britain
acknowledged that British cruissrs
had sunk the German cruiser
Dresden in Chilean territorial waters
and had apologized for the action of
tier squadron.
As far as fighting is concerned the
battles in the Carpathians and in the
Woevre are the only important ones.
The Russians are said to be continuing
their efforts to force the Austro
German armies completely out of the
Carpathians. Having successfully taken
the western passes they are bending
their energies in an effort to capture
the Uzsok pass and the heights
northeast of that break in the mountains.
Petrograd claims that the Russians
ire making steady progress despite
the efforts of the Austro-Oermans to
out-flank them: but the Austrians insist
that the recent fighting has been
In their favor and that they captured
another important height northwest
of Uzsok pass.
In the Woevre the French apparently
have revived their offensive and
at several points claim to have added
materially to ground previously gained.
which would bring them a step
nearer their main object?the removal
of the German wedge which bends
their line back to St. Michiel.
In the Argonne, in Alsace and jn
the region of the Bommo, the French
declare they also have made some
progress, but this contradicts the Berlin
official report, which says that all
French attacks were repulsed.
MERE MENTION
According to information received
Tonan Tlianflflv PVPnlntT. fill
accident in a coal mine near Shimnnoseki,
Japan, Monday, resulted in
the loss of 236 lives The fifteenth
annual convention of the Southern
Supply and Machinery Dealers' association
is being held in Atlanta, Oa?
this week.... Ex-Presidents Theodore
Roosevelt and William H. Taft attended
the funeral of Prof. Thomas
P. Lounsbury of Yale university at
New Haven, Conn., Tuesday. It was
the first time the two ex-presidents
had been in each other's presence
since they were opposing candidates
for the presidency in 1912 A. H.
Frederick, recently elected president
of the board of aldermen of the city
of St. Louis, Mo., has been indicted on
a charge of forgery in the first degree.
Mrs. L. A. Leonard and her four
children were found dead in their
home In Seattle, Wash., Tuesday. The
police reported that they had been
killed by poison administered by the
mother The Western Union Tele-1
graph company and the Pennsylvania
railroad have announced that they)
will give work to convicts who have
been discharged from Sing Sing prison
The American National baseball
leagues formally opened the 1918 j
season Wednesday Canadian officers
and soldiers in uniform have
been forbidden by Canadian chiefs to
cross the American border. The order
is made because of the danger of
internment of soldiers who happen to)
get over the line In commemora-|
tion of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln
yeBterday. all the executive de-1
partments of the Federal government
were closed According to esti-l
mates of the Herman government,
Russian losses In the Carpathian
mountains since the beginning of the
war are at least 500,000 men
Fifteen persons were killed Tuesday
night at Volkhova, a suburb of Petrograd,
Russia, in an illicit alcohol distillery.
Serious damage was caused
by the fire which followed The
total of British casualties In the war
from the beginning of hostilities up
to April 11 is 139,347 men. according
to an announci meat in the house of
commons yesterday by Harold J. Tennant,
undersecretary of war.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Suggests
that now is the time to buy all the
cotton goods you need. Oxfords for
ladies and children.
W. C. Lattimore, Hickory Grove?Is
in the market for hides and will pay
highest market price for same.
Jim Johnson?Tells people to see him
at once for ribbon cane seed. His
supply is limited.
Jim .Johnson?Has two 4-room cottages
on Lincoln street, for rent
York Drug store?Suggests that you
teach your children to take good
care of their teeth. See it for the
brushes and dentifrices.
W. E. Ferguson?Wants you to see
him for fruits, cundles, and also for
hams and bacon.
I J. J. Keller & UO.?ash. you iu dcc
thim for paints, oils, varnishes, putty,
glass and lumber.
Thomson Co.?Invites the ladies to
see the new spring dress goods in
silks, crepes, etc. New millinery in
today.
Lyric Theatre?Gives its programme
for next week. Mary Fuller on Monday.
"The Master Key" Tuesday.
"The Million Dollar Mystery," Friday.
The farmers are able to get busy
at last, and they are feeling better.
Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick was elected
mayor of Charlotte last Tuesday over
Mr. Frank McNinch, by a majority of
58 votes.
This Field Day crowd in Yorkville
today is suggestive of the idea that
York county is a pretty big thing from
the standpoint of population both as
to quality and quantity.
In point of attendance, Field Day is
all that could be expected. The children,
together with their teachers and
trustees are here from all parts of the
county, and It is a great time they are
having.
Mr. R. B. Riddle of Zeno, stated
yesterday that wheat and oats are
looking fine in Bethel township. The
wheat acreage is not nearly so large
as the farmers hoped to get in, but
the prospect is good.
Mr. Jim Johnson of Yorkville, reports
that he made sixty gallons of
fine molasses from one-third of an
acre of ribbon cane last year, and he
Is going to tiy the experiment this
? 1 n vrror a/>u lu Hp
year un a, su ucmwi xub^ ?va>v. ...
sold his molasses last year at 60 cents
wholesale and at 60 and 65 cents retall.
Mr. I. H. Campbell, quite a successful
farmer of Bethel, is growing
doubtful about nitrate of soda for a
fertilizer. He thinks his cotton land
has not been producing as well as formerly
and has a theory that the
trouble is possibly due to the bad influence
of nitrate of soda previously
used on oats. He has large quantities
of oats this year and they are looking
fine, notwithstanding the fact that
he has used no nitrate of soda.
The First National Bank of Yorkville,
went after that county loan in a
manner which indicated very clearly
that it meant business. Heretofore the
People's National Bank of Rock Hill,
has been the most popular source of
cheap money. The community is certainly
entitled to congratulation on
having an Institution with the strength
and enterprise to enable it to^ make a
bid like that filed by the First National
Bank of Yorkyi|le,
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WITHIN THE TOWN
? The Ancona Mill school.fellrs. Lee,
teacher, had 53 children in the parade
today, all dressed in white, and each
child carrying a United States flag.
The school made quite a hit.
? At a meeting of the board of trustees
of the Yorkyille Graded school,
held last Wednesday, teachers were
re-elected as follows; High school,
Prof. G. C. McCelyey, Miss Nora Williamson;
seventh grade, Miss Margaret
Marion; sixth grade, Miss Marl 11a
Rwart; fifth grade, Miss Mary Cartwright;
fourth grade, Miss EJla Neely;
third grade, Miss Gerald Lowry; second
grade, Miss Fredrica LJndsay;
first grade, Miss Sudie Allison. Prof,
B. C. Riddle was re-eieciea superintendent
several days ago. Election of
teachers of the colored school has not
yet been held. The Yorkville Graded
school will close the year's work on
May 23.
HEAD OF THE ASYLUM
Dr. C. Fred Williams, son of Probate
Judge Ix R. Williams of York
county, and formerly a citizen of
Yorkville, has been appointed superintendent
of the state hospital for the
insane, to succeed Dr. T. J. Strait. In
announcing the appointment Governor
Manning made the following statement:
"Following the revocation of the
appointment of pr. George F. Sargent
of Baltimore, as superintendent of the
state hospital for the insane, because
it was found that he was barred by
provisions of the constitution, I have
appointed Dr. C. Fred Williams of
Columbia as superintendent.
"L>r. Williams has resigned as regent
of this institution, and I haye
appointed Mr. Christie Benet as regent
in his stead.
"The salary provided for in the appropriation
bill is $3,000, and the superintendent
is given a house with
I water and lights and other perquisites.
I have found it necessary, ip order to
get the trained, skilled physician I
was seeking for the position, to allow
a salary of $6,000, but without the
residence and without any perquisites.
| In addition to the salary provided for
in the appropriation bill, I will personally
borrow monthly the balance
of the salary, standing security for the
same und will report the matter next
yeur to the legislature to reimburse
me if it agrees in what | have done.
"The date on which Dr. Williams
will assume the duties of superintendent
will be announced in a few days."
Dr. Williams, who was a member of
the board of regents of tlje hospital,
has resigned that position, and accepted
th?* appointment of superintendent.
From the statement given out by
Governor Manning, the understanding
seems to be that the services of Dr.
Sargeant, the Baltimore expert, are
to be retained in connection with the
asylum.
PRESBYTERY IN YORKVILLE
With practically every church represented
and many visitors other than
delegates present, the spring meeting
of Bethel presbytery was held in the
First Presbyterian church in Yorkviile
this week, the sessions beginning on
Tuesday night and 8 o'clock and presbytery
adjourning last evening. Three
sessions weri held Wednesday and
three yesterday, each meeting being
featured by addresses of interest and
value, togetht i with the usual conferences
npd discussions concerning the
wellfare of |he various churches in
the organization.
The following minisUrs and elders
attended, representing the \arious
churches In I he presbytery:
Ministers? Hevs. \V. M. MePheeters,
Columbia: James Russell, Van Wyck:
VV. A. Hafne:\ Fort Mill; J. T. Dendy.
Kbenexer: W. B. Arrowood, Sharon.
S. C. Byrd, Chicora college, Greenville:
K. K. Gillespie. Yorkyille: T B
Craig. Rock Hill; Alexander Martin.
Oakland Avenue. Rock Hill: W.
Gregg. First Presbyterian, Rock Hill:
F. A. Drennan. Lowryville; A. A. McLean.
Clover: \Vr. S. Hamiter, Blackstock;
A. D. P. Giltnour, Chester; D.
M. Douglass, President Presbyterian
college, Clinton; H. R. Murchison,
Lancaster; J. M. McLain, Clover; T.
W. DeVane, Liberty Hill; J. A. McMurray,
Bethesda; R. K. Timmons,
Bethel.
Elders?T. M. Martin. Allison Creek;
E. M. Dickson, Beersheba; A. L.
Thompson, Bethel; B. R. T. Bowen,
Beth Shiloh; \V. B. Riddle, Bowling
Green: W. E. Good, Bullock's Creek;
P. V. CaJdwell, Blacksburg; W. L. McCrorey,
Catholic; J. A. Page, Clover;
VV. T. McDonald, Concord; J. B. Neely,
Ebenezer; R. F. Grier, Fort Mill;
J. W. Bankhead, Hebron; R. M. Perry,
Kershaw; R. E. Wylie, Lancaster;
R. C. Jones, Liberty Hill; Sidney
Adams, Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill;
R. M. Lindsay, Olivet; H. K. McGarity,
Pleasant Grove; R. B. Caldwell,
Chester; T. A. Brown, Ramah; David
Hutchison, First Presbyterian, Rock
Hill; J. W. Smarr, Salem; W. N.
Ashe, Van Wyck; E. E. Ferguson,
Waxhaw; R. D. Hope, Sharon; G. H.
O'Leary, Yorkville; A. W. Lowry,
Zion.
The feature of the initial session of
presbytery was the sermon of the retiring
moderator, Rev. R. Roy Brown,
whose subject was "The Gospel Ministry."
Elder Geo. H. O'Leary of the
Yorkville church, was elected moderator,
and Rev. J. A. McMurray of Bethesda,
was elected assistant clerk.
Wednesday morning's session was a
conference or. missions. Tresbytery
was addressed by Revs. F. W. Gregg
of Rock Hill and A. D. P. Gilmour of
Chester.
A conference on systematic beneficence
was held at 3.30 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, the discussion being
lead by Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour.
There was a large congregation in
attendance at the night session Wednesday.
"The Work at the Thornwell
Orphanage," illustrated by stereopticon
views, was the subject of an interesting
lecture by J. B. Branch.
Rev. H. R. Murchison, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Lancaster,
preached a strong sermon before
presbytery yesterday morning. At
this session a commission, consisting
of Revs. Alexander Martin, F. W.
Gregg, Joseph T. Dendy and several
elders were named to Investigate the
practicability of organizing a churoh
at Tirzah.
Revs. VV. B. Arrowood, Alexander
1 Martin and A. D. P. Gillmour and Elders
J. B. Caldwell and J. F. Reld were
named to look Into the matter of organizing
a church at Blackstock.
Presbytery adjourned yesterday afternoon,
following the election of
Revs. W. A. Hafner of Fort Mill, F. A.
Drennan of Lowryvllle, and Elders
R. B. Caldwell of Chester, and W. L.
McCrorey of Catholic, as representatives
to the general assembly, Fort
Mill was named as the next meeting
place of presbytery, which will convene
September 14.
A number of ministers and elders In
attendance, left for their respective
homes last evening while others remained
over until today.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mr. Blakely Plexlco of Yorkvllle,
was a visitor in Columbia this week.
S. T- Frew has been elected city
health officer of Rock Hill, at a salary
of |72.50 per month.
Misses Mary and Belle Summerford
have returned to their home near
Clover, after a visit to relatives and
friends in Sharon.
Miss Mozelle Inman of The Enquirer
staff, who has been 111 with pneumonia
for some time, is improving
steadily.
Mr. H. M. Judge of New York, is
the guest of his cousins, Mrs. J. K.
Alston and Messrs. H. I. and R. G.
McCaw, in Yorkville.
Miss Sallie Craig returned to her
home in Yorkville this morning, after
a visit of several days to friends at
High Point, N. C.
W. W. Moore, former president and
treasurer of the Wymojo mill of Rock
Hill, has taken a position as general
superintendent of the Dan River mills
at Danville, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Caldwell of
OafTney, and Miss Margaret Caldwell
of King's Creek, were among those
who attended the Wright-Stevenson
wedding in Clover, Wednesday night.
Mr. John B. Whltesidee is ill at the
home of his father, Mr. Jeff D. Whitesides
on Hickory No. 2, with appendicitis.
The attending physician hopes
that an operation will be unnecessary.
Among the Yorkville people who attended
the music festival in Spartanburg
this week, were Dr. and Mrs. J.
D. McDowell, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Spencer, Messrs. J. P. McMurray and
R. J. Herndon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Rose, who have been
living in Yorkville for several months
past, returned to their former home fit
Leesville this week. They were accompanied
by their granddaughter,
Miss Thelma Beckham, of Yorkville.
? T D Dnnl, WU1
I\CV, J. D. laiUCU IU ??uvn
who was recently elected pastor of
Hickory Grove, Smyrna, Shiloh and
Enon Baptist churches, expects to
move his family within a few days to
Hickory Grove, where he will reside.
Second Lieut. J. T. Hornsby, state
armorer, was in Yorkville yesterday,
for the purpose of collecting the military
equipment of Company L, first
infantry, N. G. S. C., of Yorkville, recently
disbanded, and shipping the
same to Columbia.
On his return from a trip over into
Cherokee county yesterday, Mr. J. C.
Wallace of Yorkville, reported that
Mr. J. L. Strain is very ill with an
attack of grip and because of the old
gentleman's advanced age his condition
is considered quite serious.
Prof. J. H. Witherspoon, formerly
of Yorkville, but for the past year superintendent
of the city schools of
Gaffney, has been re-elected to that
position. Prof. Witherspoon has made
good at Gaffney as he did at Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Black and son,
Clyde, of Rockingham, and Mrs. Maye
Pickett of Hamlet, N. C., passed
through Yorkville Wednesday in an
automobile on their way to visit Mr.
W. E. Sanders of Guthrlesville and
other relatives and friends in this
county.
Oscar Plexico of YorkviUe, son of
Mr. M. E. Plexico, has been appointed
to represent the University of South
Carolina in the University of Pennsylvania
relay carnival to be held |n
Philadelphia, Pa., Friday and Saturday
of next week. Plexico is considered
one of the fastest runners in any
southern college.
The following York county citizens
have been chosen to serve as petit jurors
at the April term of the United
States district court to be holden in
Greenville: V. Brown McFadden, Rock
Hill; J. Brown Nell, Filbert; T. W.
McElwee, Smyrna; J. W. Goforth,
Yorkville; J. B. Pegram, Yorkville; J.
C. Moore. McConnellsville.
TRI-STATE CONFERENCE
The Trl-State Conference of North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
Orphanage Workers held its annual
meeting with the Church Home orphanage
In Yorkvllle on Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week, and after a
series of interesting sessions, adjourned
to holds its next meeting with the
South Georgia Orphanage Home at
Macon, Ga? during the latter part of
next March.
The conference opened Tuesday
morning with the president, Rev. J.
R. Rranch, of Thornwell orphanage,
In the chair, and was welcomed by
Bishop W. A. Guerry of Charleston,
president of the board of trustees of
the Church Home orphanage. After
responding to this address, the president
called the conference to order
and the work of organization was taken
up with the enrollment of delegates
as follows:
Rev, J. B. Branch, Thornwell orphanage,
Clinton, S. C.: R. S. Brown,
superintendent Oxford orphanage,
Oxford, N. C.; Rev. A. S. Barnes, superintendent
Methodist orphanage.
Raleigh, X. C.; Rev. S. T. Prentiss,
Boys' Home, Augusta, Ga.; Rev. J. O.
Cox, Christian orphanage, Elon College,
X. C.: H. P. Duvall, trustee
Church Home orphanage, Cheraw, S.
U.S Hisnop w. a. uuerry. u. u., cru?tee
Churc h Home orphanage. Charleston,
S. C.: Rev. J. A. Smith. South
Georgia Conference orphanage, Macon,
Ca.: Miss Mary Henderson,
Louise Short Baptist Widows and Orphan
home, Evergreen, Ala.; Geo. W.
Jones, South Georgia Conference orphanage,
Macon, Ga.; H. Dougherty,
South Georgia Conference orphanage,
Macon, Ga.; W. A. Garrett, M. P.
Children's home, High Point, N. C.;
Rev. A. T. Jamison, Connie Maxwell
orphanage, Greenwood, S. C.; Rev. T.
Tracy Walsh, chaplain Church Home
orphanage, Yorkville, S. C.; Rev. C.
H. Jordan, trustee Church Home orphanage,
Greenwood, S. C.; T. S.
Scoggins, general manager, Georgia
Baptist Orphans' home, Hapevllle,
Ga.; Archibald Johnson, Thomasville
Baptist orphanage, Thomasville, N. C.;
Rev. M. L. Kesler, Thomasville Baptist
orphanage, Thomasville, N. C.;
Rev. YV. H. K. Pendleton, trustee,
Church Home orphanage, Spartanburg,
S. C.; Miss Nettie N. Bemis, Oxford
Orphan asylum, Oxford, N. C.;
Miss Annie Stanbury, Oxford Orphan
asylum, Oxford, N. C.; Rev. W. T.
Walker, Barium Springs orphanage,
Barium Springs, N. C.; J. P. Gray,
editor Our Fatherless Ones, Barium
Springs, N. C.; D. M. Nixon, Connie
Maxwell orphanage, Greenwood, S. C.;
Rev. YV. T. Smith, superintendent
Thompson orphanage, Charlotte, N.
C.; Rev. Jas. D. McLean, Southwestern
Presbyterian orphanage, Itasca,
Tex.; O. T. Porcher, trustee Church
Home orphanage, Darlington, S. C.;
Rev. O. B. Sharpe, Virginia Conference
orphanage, Richmond, Va.; Miss
Edna Davis, Evergreen, Ala.; Miss Susan
D. Smith, Thompson orphanage,
Charlotte, N. C.
The balance of the morning session
was taken up with a discussion of the
Farm, Garden and Orchard, following
a thoughtful address on the subject
by Mr. D. M. Nixon, of the Connie
Maxwell orphanage, Greenwood.
The afternoon was devoted to hearing
a paper on the "Kitchen and Dining
Room Problems," by Rev. W. T.
Walker, and discussions thereon. Devotional
exercises were held in the
evening, and also there were addresses
and discussions on the subject of
"Financial and Numerical Statistics."
The main features of Wednesday
morning's proceedings was the reading
of a paper on "The Orphanage
School," by H. Z. Nabors of Columbia,
and much interesting discussion
thereon.
Officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: Rev. W. T. Walker,
president: T. S. .Scoggins, vice president,
und Archibald Johnson, secretary
and treasurer.
Before adjournment the conference
passed resolutions of thanks to the
people of Yorkville for the hospitable
manner in which they opened their
homes to members and to Deaconness
Gadsden of the Church Home orphannee.
and her corns of helDers for their
warm hearted entertainment
The orphanage .rintery showed
i onsiderable enterprise in turning out
the minutes of the proceedings in a
handsome pamphlet that was ready
for delivery yesterday afternoon.
A GREAT FIELD DAY
This has been a most notable day in
York county, a day of revelation, a
day of pride and a day of promise, one
of those rare days that bring to the
older people abundant justification for
fond self denial and strenuous efforts
of the past and the children present
happiness, the glorious food that feeds
the splendid enthusiasm of the future.
Every section of the county is represented
from the furthermost bounds
and from all points between. The
schools are here from the north, the
south, the east and the west. In many
instances the representation is complete,
the trustees, many of the puirons,
the teachers and the children to
the last little tot. In other cases the
representations consist only of strong
delegations; but taken all together,
the attendance is something remarkable
and a source of pride to the entire
county.
The children began to arrive early,
most of the schools coming in wagong,
and as they passed in from the different
roads that lead into the main
streets of the town and toward the
graded school grounds, they made the
echoes reverberate with their happy
school yells, sounding in some cases
like flocks of blackbirds. This went
on for more than an hour. The trains
brought additional crowds, all as merry
as those that came in wagons and
long before 10 o'clock the town was
literally filled with children and happy
visitors.
It was estimated this morning that
altogether there were hardly less than
3,000 people on hand, and later by actual
count it developed that there were
1,456 teachers and children in the big
parade that featured the first number
on the programme of the morning. In
addition several hundred children arrived
too late for the parade.
Headed by the Yorkyille and Clover
troops of Boy Scouts, the monster parade
of school children left the graded
school grounds shortly after U o'clock,
marched up Jefferson street to Congress
street as far as the square and
then marched back to the speaker's
stand on the school grounds. They
formed a parade more than a half mile
long. The Boy Scouts in uniform were
followed by the Hickory Grove band
after which the school children march
ea amia yens ana songs in me roiiowing
order: Yorkvllle Graded school, Santiago,
Mount Holly, Rock Hill High
school, Winthrop Training school,
Dixie, McConnellsville, Guthriesville,
Fort Mill, Clover, Cotton Belt, Ogden,
Newport, Filbert, Sharon, Hickory
Grove, YorkviHe graded school military
company, Ancona mllL There
were numbers of children, members of
various schools of the county who had
not come to the meet in a body who
followed. The Tirzah band brought
up the rear of the procession.
A feature of the parade were the
York County Canning club girls in
their white aprons and caps, about
forty strong, carrying banners and
every few feet uttering the various
Canning club yells.
Following the parade the children
gathered around the speaker's stand
on the school grounds, where they
were welcomed to Yorkvilje hy Mayor
J. C. Wllborn.
Following th8 welcome address,
Prof. R. C. Burts made the announcements
of the events of the afternoon,
after which a ten minutes meeting of
the York County Teachers' association
was held.
Each child present brought his or
her lunch, and following the announcements
of the morning, each
one made preparations for dinner, the
extensive grounds of the Graded
schpol soon being dotted with little
parties of diners.
As The Enquirer goes to press the
Field Day visitors have just begun the
various contests of the meet.
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CONCERNING YORK SCHOOLS.
John E. Carroll, superintendent of
education of York county, on Wednesday
received a letter from Prof. Eueco
Gunter, state inspector of rural
schools, in regard to his Impressions
of York county rural schools, following
his four days tour of inspection
in York county last week. Following
are some extracts from the communication
with refrence to matters not
covered in the interview previously
published in The Enquirer:
"It was a great pleasure to spend
four days last week with you in your
schools. Having been a resident of
York county for three years, I knew
something of school conditions in the
county. Rut my knowledge had not
extended beyond the town schools and
a few of the country schools in the
eastor 1 portion of the county. While
I knew that in the past few years
rapid progress had been made over
the county generally along all school
lines, I must say that what I saw of
the schools far exceeded my expectations.
"For three-teacher rural graded
schools Filbert and Cotton Belt would
rank among the good schools of the
state. These two schools with their
modern buildings and the interest on
the part of the people that the larger
schools have aroused, demonstrate the
wisdom of the larger and better school
as contrasted with the small oneteacher
school.
"While not so large, the fiuthries\ille,
Pethesda and Oak Ridge schools
are two-teacher graded schools that
are doing excellent work in their communities.
The buildings are such as
to meet the needs of the community
for school purposes and for communitv
ira t her in irs. and the teachers evi
dently desire to keep the schools uppermost
In the thought of the people
of the several communities.
"Miller, Pine Bluff and Lowry Wilson
are one-teacher schools of the
best type that exists In the state. Oneteacher
schools are a necessity in a
great many places, and where they
exist good buildings and interested,
active teachers should be secured.
The Lowry Wilson building is one of
the very best one-teacher buildings
that 1 have ever seen.
" The children of the Glendale and
the Pine Bark communities are not so
fortunate as some others mentioned
in the physicul accommodations of
their schools. But, however, the people
of these communities should undertake
to Improve their schoolhouse.
It seems to me that they should consider
the advisability of providing at
a suitable location in the district such
a building and such a school as is
provided at Filbert and Cotton Belt
Glendale, Pine Bark and Bethel are
too close together for all three communities
to maintain a strong rural
school. In fact, they are too close together
for the state's money to be
available in the erection of adequate
schoolhouses. The Bethel school has
a good house and the school spirit
there is excellent. But Bethel is too
hemmed in by other schools to become
the flourishing school that the
spirit of the people merits. I have
not seen anywhere a better opportunity
of combining four small schools
into one large consolidated school than
exists in this community. With such
a consolidaton a building would be
erected, sufficient teachers would be
secured, and sufficient support would
be available to give the people of that
school district as good a school as is
to be found anywhere in the state.
"The truth is, the schools of this
vicinity are not in keeping with the
other conditions of the community.
The splendid condition of the farm
lands was a revelation to me. The
rnagnitlcent homes are evidence of the
pride and the prosperity of the people.
It is extremely unfortunate that
the schoolhouse and the school accommodations
are not in keeping with
the homes and farms. The people of
tms secuon snouia not long permit
this condition to exist.
"While we did not see the Ridge
school, it was a genuine pleasure to
see the new building now in course of
erection. When this building is completed
it will be a modern school
building in every respect and will be
a source of inspiration to the people
of the community.
"It was a genuine pleasure to note
everyu here the splendid spirit of your
teachers. Interest was not lagging in
any school and apparently the teachers
were concerned in making their
school a model of its type. The courtesy
of the teachers to me us a visitor
was readily observed and highly appreclaed.
I shall look forward to another
visit to the county at the first
opportunity."
NOLAN SET FREE
Thomas Nolan, alias ''Detroit Nebs,"
alias "Chicago Nolan," alias "Pa
Tom," etc., who was paroled by Governor
Blease in January, subject to
such claims us the state of South Carolina
might have against him, and
who has since been confined in the
York county Jail awaiting trial on the
charge of having robbed the Savings
Bank of Port Mill on the night of
September 29, 1902, has been set at
liberty on his own recognizance.
From what has already been published,
it is generally understood that
this noted character fully expected to
spend the balance of his life in Jail.
He was quite sure that he could not
be convicted on the charge for which
he was being held for the York sessions;
but he was aware that Postofflce
Inspector Gregory, whom he looks
upon as his Nemesis, had already
sworn out other warrants against him,
and he saw no other way for it than
that he was to be kept in jail by
charge after charge.
But in Nolan's case the unexpected
happened. Although still satisfied
that Nolan is guilty as charged, the
inspector has been unable to get the
evidence upon which to establish his
case, and he came to the conclusion
that he could do no better than drop
the matter and let his man go free.
This is what happened.
The grand jury returned a true bill
on Tuesday. It was fully warranted
in so doing. There was positive testimony
to the effect that Nolan had
been seen in the vicinity of Fort Mill
at about the time of the robbery, and
there was about the circumstance?
the fact that he was a stranger, and
had been ch*irged with a similar offence
elsewhere?enough to warrant
the presumption of his probable connection
with the affair. This was
enough for a grand jury, especially in
view of the gravity of the charge; but
not enough lor a petit jury, and none
connected with the affair understood
the fact better than Inspector Gregory
and the defendant, especially since
the defendant had never admitted that
he had been seen In the neighborhood.
It had been the intention of the
prisoner to try to conduct his own
case. He had no money to employ
counsel, he said, and also he insisted,
"If Gregory has anything against me,
he's got to make it himself." But
when Messrs. Dunlap & Dunlap of
Rock Hill, volunteered to serve as
counsel, the alleged cracksman gratefully
accepted their offer.
Tuesday afternoon Inspector Gregory
went to the Jail to see Nolan; but
the Irishman refused to talk with him
unless his counsel and the officers
were present. He was not willing to
give the sleuth a chance to manufacture
any evidence against him, he
said.
Wednesday morning, in the presence
of the solicitor, Messrs. Dunlap
& Dunlap. and officers, the inspector
suggested that the charges be dropped
and that Nolan be given his liberty on
a straw bond during his good behavior,
to which Solicitor Henry agreed.
Shortly after noon Nolan was released
from custody.
There were no conditions regarding
his release, save good behavior. He
gave the officers no information concerning
robbers or robberies with
whom or in which he might have been
implicated. They asked for no such
information?not even Inspector Gregory,
much of whose success as a detective
is said to be due to information
which he has received from those who
have served terms for safe-cracking
and from those who have been spared
for information they gave. If Nolan
is guilty of robbing the Fort Mill
bank, if he knows the parties who did
rob the bank or if he wus guilty of
robbing the Encree Manufacturing
company's safe in Spartanburg county
in 1902, for which alleged crime he
served twelve years in prison, he has
made no admission to that effect.
When seen by a reporter of The Enquirer
shortly after his release Wednesday
afternoon, the Irishman said
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shine again after being retained from
the light so long. He was stoical
about his release, however. It seemed
to be a matter of course with him,
and his demeanor was pretty much
the same as it has been during his
three months' confinement in the York
county Jail.
"I haven't got used to the sunshine
and the ground yet," he said. "You
see, it's been a long time since I have
been allowed to go as I please like a
real man?nearly thirteen years, and
that is a right good little bit, you
know.
"I am glad to be out, you bet," he
continued, with a smile and a twinkle
in his blue eyes. "I feel a little queer
yet; but I'll come around.
"I am beginning to have a little
faith in human nature and I know that
the people of Yorkville and York
county consider me a human being.
If you print anything about me being
turned loose, please say that I am
grateful to Sheriff Brown and Deputy
Quinn for their kindness to me. and
also to Dunlap & Dunlap for their efforts
in behalf of a fellow who was
down and out and to the many other
Kood people who have been Interested
In my ease and whose sympathy
I have had. I will ever be grateful to
them all. I am 55 years old now and
I am going to try and forget the past
and live differently the rest of my
days."
Asked why Inspector fJregory had
consented to drop the action against
him, Nolan said ho didn't know, unless
It was because the sleuth realized
that he could not convict him and
rather than fall had decided not to
press the charge. "You can bet your i
life it wasn't out of any sympathy for 4
me," he said. "That fellow hasn't
got any sympathy. He just realized
he had nothing on me and he laid
down?that's all."
Nolan left yesterday morning over
the Southern railway for New York.
He had about $50 in his possession J
which had been sent to him by a
friend in New York. Before his departure
he said he did not know what
occupation he would follow. "I'll Just
hang around a while and get used to
things first," he said. "1 am going to
go straight, though. You'll never hear
of my being in bad again."
GENERAL 3ES8ION8
When The Enquirer went to pnss
Tuesday, the court of general sessions
was engaged In the case of T. K. Cunningham,
a negro, charged with housebreaking
and larceny. Cunningham
was declaredvtot guilty of the charge
whereof he had been indicted. %
Jesse Wellman, a young white man,
was sentenced to serve one year upon
the public works of the county, upon
his pleading guilty to the theft of a
watch. _
Dan Beckham, colored, plead guilty V
to aggravated assault. Five months
on the public works was the sentence
imposed by the court.
The state nol proesed the c&?>
against James Watson and Son Wat son,
charged with assault and batter)'
with intent to kill, upon the defendants
paying $25 costs.
Curry Burris, a negro, was tried upon
the charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill. The Jury decided
that he was guilty of assault and battery
of high and aggravated nature.
He was sentenced to serve six months
on the public works or pay a fine of
$50. He paid the fine.
Frances Hoke plead not guilty to the
charge of stealing a petticoat, two A
shirtwaists and four towels, belong- 1
ing to Jane Addison. After the trial
was entered into, it developed that
Frances and Jane, who lived in the
same house often borrowed articles of
wearing apparel from each other and g
although Franoes was wearing a gar* '
ment of Jane's when arrested, there ?
was no Intent to steal the same. The *
solicitor requested the jury to return
a verdict of "not guilty."
Sam Harper was convicted of housebreaking
and larceny, the defendant
having been implicated with J. R.
Wyatt in robbing the stores of Messrs.
J. M. Williams and J. T. Crawford at
McConnellsvlkle. Goods valued at
from $25 to $40, the property of
Messrs. Williams and Crawford, were
found in the home of Harper, who declared
that he had purchased the same
from Wyatt. Harper also admitted
going to the store of Mr. Williams
with Wyatt and helping to carry a
sack of merchandise.
J. R. Wyatt, the principal in the
robbery of the McConnellsvllle stores,
it wiU be remembered, broke out of
the county jail about two months ago
and has not been captured. Harper,
who escaped with Wyatt, but voluntarily
surrendered to Sheriff Brown a
few days afterward, was not prosecuted
on the charge of jail breaking.
Henry Neely, a negro, was tried on
the charge of rape and a verdict of *
"not guilty" was returned by the
jury.
Walter Cherry, colored, was acquitted
of the charge of assault and battery
with intent to kill.
The greater part of Wednesday was
devoted to the case of the state against a
Johnson Cameron, Jr., charged with "
responsibility for the death of Miss
Bessie Hawklna near Tlraah on the
morning of August 7 last Miss Hawkins
was on her way to a picnic in a
surrey with several of her relatives,
when the defendant came along on a
motorcycle. The team was frightened
by the machine and the young lady
was thrown out of the surrey, sustaining
Injuries from which she died a
short time later. The state prosecuted
the case very vigorously, and the
jury remained out six hours before it
finally returned a verdict of not guilty.
Solicitor Henry nol prossed the Indictment
against Fred Marlon, the
charge being assault and battery with
intent to kill. The charge of assault
and battery with intent to kill against
William Douglass was quashed for
lack of prosecution, and a similar
charge against Thomas McClinton was
abandoned because of an affidavit
showing that the incident was an accident.
The last case to be tried by jury
yesterday afternoon was that against
Robert McCrump, a negro of Fort
Mill, for the carving of Isaac Steele,
also colored, at a hot supper near Fort
Mill some time ago. The Jury return- .
ed a verdict of not guilty. \
The case of the state against W. C. *
Biggers, a prominent farmer of Rock
Hill, charged with the murder of Peter
Nichols, colored, in Rock Hill several
days ago, occupied the attention of the
court during the latter part of Wed- M
nesday afternoon's session and nearly
all of yesterday morning. After
liberation of only a few minutes the 1
jury returned a- verdict that the de- W
fendant was not guilty of the murder
whereof he stood indicted, but was
guilty of carrying a concealed weapon.
He was sentenced to pay a fine of $60
or serve six months in prison, and also
to forfeit the pistol he was convicted
of carrying. The fine was
promptly paid.
The case against Marion Foster, a
young white man, charged with aiding
and abetting J. R. Wyatt and Sam
Harper, jail breakers, in eluding capture,
attracted considerable attention.
Foster admitted having seen Wyatt
and Harper after their escape from the
York county jail; but stated that the
meeting was purely accidental and he
said further that he had gone into the
Turkey Creek community from Clover
for the purpose of trying to catch the w
jail breakers for the sake of the $100
reward which was offered for their
capture. He admitted having received
a package from Mrs. Wyatt, with the
contents of which he was not familiar,
and carrying the same to the home of
Mr. R. E Stephenson, where he placed m
the package on the porch of Mr. Steph- w
enson's home. He denied having carried
any package of food or anything
else to Wyatt and Harper and also denied
giving them any aid whatever in
making their get-away. R. E. Stephenson
denied Foster's bringing any
package to his home. Sam Harper,
who with Wyatt was a fugitive from
justice at the time Foster was arrested,
charged with accessory after the
fact, testified that Foster had seen
Wyatt and himself in a piece of woods
near Wyatt's home on the Saturda.
following their escape from Jail. He
stated that Foster had held conversation
with Wyatt; but denied that Foster
had given them food or had in any
way assisted them in escaping.
The prosecution sought to show that ^
Koster had taken the package already
mentioned, from Mrs. Wyatt, to her
husband and not to the home of Mr.
Stephenson. It was further alleged
that the answers given by Foster to
questions put to him at the time of his
arrest, were not such answers as ^
should have been given the officers W
by one who was apparently greatly
interested in the capture of the
hunted man. The case was given to
the Jury about 4.15 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and at 10 o'clock last night,
after it became evident that the Jurors
were hopelessly divided, a mistrial
was ordered.
The first case taken up this morning
was that against Harvey Watson, a
little ten-year-old negro, charged
with the larceny of a satchel of surgical
instruments, the property of Dr.
W. G. Stevens. There was much i
doubt as to whether the child could
be tried for the offense owing to the
uncertainty of his age: but it was finally
agreed that the matter should be
placed before a Jury which returned
i verdict of guilty. As to whether the
defendant wil be sent to the colored
reformatory or not has not been definitely
decided.
Sam Harper was this morning sentenced
to service six months on the a
public works or in the penitentiary, w .
he having been convicted of house- I
breaking and larceny. J
The last case taken up before the
court adjourned sine die was f~
of the state against A. M. Harnett
W. L. Williams, alleging vlolatid
the dispensary law. After a d<*lltf
tion of four minutes, the jury retu.a-^^^^
ed a verdict of not guilty.