The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, December 20, 1912, Page PAGE 7, Image 7
LITTLE BOY KILLED BY
AUTOMOBILE IN GREENVILLE
David Jenkins, a Prominent Farmer,
and Family in Car?Sixteen-YearOld
Clyde Jenkins was Driving the
Car?Says He Wanted to Stop After
Running Over Boy But Women
Occupants of Car Became Frightened
and Begged Him to Keep Going?Police
Preferr Charges and
Father and Son Give Themselves
Up Sunday.
David B. Jenkins, a well known
and prosperous planter of the Fork
Shoals section of the county, and his
16 vear-old son. GIvHp r>nm? Hin
city Sunday morning and surrendered
to the sheriff and the chief of
police as the parties responsible for
the death of little Irvin Wrenn, who
was fatally injured Saturday afternoon
when their automobile ran him
down at the intersection of Augusta
and Elkins streets. The police preferred
charges of exceeding the speed
limit and reckless driving against
Clyde Jenkins and released him on
bail of $50. The county authorities
will not take any action in the matter
until the coroners inquest into the
the death of the boy, which will be
held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at
tne undertaking establishment of Jas.
F. Mackey & Son.
Driver Wanted to Stop.
Jenkins stated that he had his
wife, two daughters and son in the
machine at the time of the accident.
The son was driving the car, and
stated that he realized at the time
that he had run over the child and
probably injured him fatally. When
questioned as to why he did not stop
after seeing that he had run over the
child, the boy stated that he wanted
to. but the ladies in the car became
frightened and insisted that they
keep going. Father and son both
appeared deeply penitent over the
tragic happening, and seemed to
realize that they had acted unwisely
in not stopping the car and lending
some assistance to the dying lad or
speaking some word of regret to the
heart-broken members of the family.
George McCauley, magistrate in
?uauiuiOJd a pue diqsuMO} puaj^ao
citizen of the Fork Shoals section,
stated yesterday to a News reporter
that Jenkins came to his home Sat
uraay night and talked of the accident;
that he told Jenkins he had
erred in not stopping after running
.over the boy, and that he advised
liim to come to the city early Sunday
i morning and surrender.
i Parties Surrender.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
Jenkins and his son drove to
Greenville in their car. After consulting
with friends in the city they
turned about and drove over to the
home of the Rev. John N. Wrenn, on
St. John street. Upon finding that
the family had gone to bury the dead
child, they turned about and drove
back toward the city. In the meantime
Sheriff Poole and Chief of Polipp
Hnlpnmho Viorl I? ?
IIUU 1CCCIVCU IIIIUIIIIUtion
that Jenkins and his son had
come to the city for the purpose of
giving up, and were riding out Pendleton
street at the time they met
father and son coming toward the
city. The sheriff and the police chief
turned about and came back to the
city with the parties. The police
then preferred their charges against
the younger Jenkins and he was released
on bail of $50. In the meantime
Sheriff Poole sought Solicitor
Bonham for advice as to what steps
to take in preferring charges against
the parties. The solicitor advised the
sheriff to defer action until after the
inquest Monday afternoon.
Boy Talks of Incident.
Clyde Jenkins, driver of the car *
which ran over and killed Irvin
Wrenn, yesterday morning talked
with parties at the police station
about the affair. He said that as he
was going out Augusta street late
Saturday afternoon he noticed two
boys crossing the street just in front
of John G. Perrys store. These boys
were Grady Cooley, son of Patrolman
G. L. Cooley, and little Irvin
Wrenn. He said that Cooley was
pulling a small wagon and that
Wrenn was walking behind pushing
the wagon. Jenkins said he attempted
to dodge the boys by swerving
to the left hand side of the road, but
that the Wrenn boy turned loose the
wagon and ran back directly in front
of. the automobile. According to the
driver of the car, the lad was struck
squarely by the front of the machine,
i between the crank unci the wheel,
and knocked downl xHe said that
I he did not think the wheels of the
\ macnine passed over the boy's body.
When questioned as to how fast he
thought he was driving, young JenItins
replied, 'About ten miles an
hour." The machine was an Overland
touring car, license number 486.
Coroner Views Body.
\ The statement in yesterday's News
\ that an inquest would be hefd over
I the boy's body at 10 o'clock Sunday
t morning was based upon information
given out early Saturday evening by
* Coroner Batson. When the father of
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the dead child reached his home T
about 10:30 o'clock Snt.iirHnv niuhf
from Forrestville church, where he
had prone that afternoon to preach F
the followinpr day,, the coroner's plans
were somewhat chanpred. As it was
desired to take the child's body away
on an early train for burial, Coroner
Batson had to move the hour of the tl
inquest up. At 7 o'clock yesterday "
morninpr he went to the Wrenn ?
home, No. 516 St. John street, and
empanelled a jury. After viewinpr a
the body he dismissed the jury until b
3 o'clock Monday afternoon, when ?
they will meet at the undertakinpr s'
establishment of Jas. F. Mackey &
Son and hold the inquest. The followinpr
jury was empanelled: J. W.
Callahan, foreman, G. L. Cooley, J. ^
O. Wilson, C. D. Pyle, A. E. Cobb, W. tl
M. Bowen, R. A. Eskew, J. L. Williams,
E. D. Pike, J. T. Loe, J. H. a
Epps and John Eskew. e
The Funeral Yesterday. w
The body of ilttle Irvin Wrenn was
carried to Laurens county for inter- Cl
ment. The family left with the body ^
at 8 o'clock, via the Columbia & Sl
Greenville railway, for Shoals June- ^
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several miles through the country to C(
Mt. Olive church, in Laurens county, P
where the funeral and interment took "
place yesterday. Among those who "
accompanied the family on their sad a
mission was the Hon. R. A. Cooper, w
Solicitor of the Eighth Circuit, who ?
is a brother of Mrs. Wrenn's. n
Thought Daughter Dead.
As has been stated already, the
Rev. John N. Wrenn, father of the n
dead child, was not at home when v
his little bay met his death. He had ?
gone to the neighborhood of Travel- K
lers Rest, where he was to preach
at Forrestvillc church Sunday. Late d
Saturday afternoon friends telephon- *
ed to Travellers Rest and succeeded 1'
in getting a messenger to go out into h
the country where Mr. Wrenn was v
. topping for the night and carry the a
?ad news. The father was stopping ?
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oiui ? tui. uruwu. in some way i,ne v
messengcr confused his facts, telling
the Rev. Mr. Wrenn that it was his
little daughter that had been killed, j,
The father never knew the difference v
until he arrived at his home about
10:30 o'clock that night.
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SENT TO JAIL FOR tl
KILLING LITTLE BOY c
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Greenville, Dec. 16.?Following the Jj
Wttiying of the testimony this afternoon
at the coroner's inquest into the
death of Irvin Wrenn, who was run
down and killed Saturday afternoon
by the automobile of David S. Jenkins,
the jury returned a verdict attributing
the boy's death to criminal 8
carelessness on the part of Jenkins C
and his son, Clyde. Coroner Batson n
issued a warrant and turned it over to s'
the sheriff, who placed father and
son und^r arrest. Attorneys for the ?
man and his son will appear before
Judge Prince at Anderson tomorrow tl
and make application for bail.
Jenkins Surrenders ?
David B. Jenkins, a well known r
and prosperous planter of the Fork s
Shoals section of the county, and his 0
115-year-old son, Clyde, came to the
city Sunday morning and surrendered y
to the sheriff and i-he chief of police
da the parties responsible for the ^
death of little Irvin Wren, who was
fatally injured Saturday afternoon
when their automobile ran him down
at the intersection of Augusta and Elkins
street. The police preferred *
charges of exceeding the speed limit
and reckless driving against Clyde k
Jenkins and released him on bail of c
$50.
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time than are planted on Arbor 1
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HOMAS E. MOORE
DIES AT GASTONIA.
rominent Cotton Mill President and
Well Known Citizen of Spartanburg
Passes Away.
T. E. Moore, of Welford, one of
lie best known cotton manufacturers
l South Carolina, died at the home
f his brother, A. E. Moore, in Gasania,
Tuesday morning at 1 o'clock,
fter a short illness. His death will
e learned of with much sorrow not
nly in Spartanburg, where he was
o well and favorably known, but
hroughout the entire state.
Interment at Nazareth.
The funeral services will be held in
lastonia Wednesday morning and
he remains will be brought to Sparanburg
on train No. 11 Wednesday
fternoon and from here will be takn
to Nazareth church cemetery,
rhere the interment will take place.
There was no more widely known
otton mill president in the state that
Ir. Moore, as he was at the head of
everal of the largest cotton manuacturing
plants in South Carolina,
le was not only identified with the
jn-on mm industry in the upper
art of the state, but was a director
i a cotton mill in thePeedee sec- j
>n. By reason of his prominence
s a cotton mill man he enjoyed a
ride business acquaintance through-1
ut the state and in the cities of the
orth.
Highly Esteemed.
Mr. Moore was highly esteemed by
undreds of friends and especially
fas he admired by the cotton mill
peratives, many of whom expressed
reat concern and anxiety when they
uarned of his critical illness a few
ays ago. On his frequent visits to
Ka millc! ? 1 1
,.v ......vi unu^i ma iiiaiia^eineni ne
?arned them by name and always
ad a kindly greeting and pleasant
/ord for all. He always manifested
keen interest in the welfare of the
peratives and looked after their
omfort.?Spartanburg Herald.
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The haunting fear of sickness and
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HARLESTON BOY
GETS RHODES HONOR.
Columbia, Dec. 16.?John RobertonPaul,
of Charleston, graduate of
Charleston college of 1909, was toight
awarded the Rhodes Oxford
I'hoiarship from South Carolina.
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The quickest simplest way to rid
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Our line of California Goods
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rHE UNION GROCERY
COMPANY.
FREES HUNDREDS AT
A SINGLE BLOW.
Governor of Arkansas Set Up Pardon
Record?Denounces Prison System.
In Explaining Wholesale Exercise
of Clemency, Attacks Conditions in
Convict Camp.
Little Rock, Aak., Dec. 16.?Gov.
Donaghey, who will retire from office,
January 1, issued pardons today
to 316 State and 44 county convicts as
a protest against the convict lease
system in vogue in this State, as a
resul three State convict camps will
be abolished. Several camps where
convicts are engaged in the building
of good roads, however, will be continued
in operation. The convicts pardoned
were serving sentences of from
one to 15 years.
The governor in a statement explaining
his action in issuing the pardons,
scored the convict lease system
<1 mi niit^iAii'aics wno imposca lengtny
sentences for trivial offenses.
The governor in his statement declares
reports made to him by special
agents of conditions existing on State
and county farms "could scarcely be
accepted as truth among a civilized
people but for the records in the
case."
The statement does not give the information
secured in detail.
In answer to his critics, whom the
governor quotes as having said that a
State penitentiary "could not be designed
as a Sunday School," he says:
"Nor was it designed as a revengeful
hell, and in a measure that is what
it has resolved itself into."
Of the minor courts Gov. Donaghey
says:
"The abuse of power shown by a
few individuals acting as justices of
the peace is enough to stagger into
amezement those who have given the
matter no attention."
WHITELAW REID IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH.
American Ambassador to Great
Britain Dies in London?Body to
Be Brought to United States on
British Warship?Taft Will Not
Name His Successor.
London, Dec. 16.?The British government
has proposed to the government
of the United States that a
British battleship should convey the
body of the late American Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid to his native land.
fremier Asquith, in announcing
this decision of the government formally
in the house of commons today,
paid a graceful tribute to the
diplomat's memory.
It has been arranged to hold a memorial
service for the late ambassador
in Westminster Abby at noon on
Friday. *
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