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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-06
JUDGE COTHRAN.

We are fully conscious that since the purif-
cation of the bench of South Carolina it has
been regarded as work Of supererogation to
speak in complimentary terms of the Circuit
Judges, while even the practice Of indulging
such laudation is condemned by portion OF
the press. But when an official discharges his
duties faithfully, with credit to himself and to
the eminent and unqualified satisfaction of the
public we can see no objection to stating the
fact, even though the subject of commenda<
tion be vested with judicial robes. 1t is not a
lowering of the high position of Judge of
Court of Justice for the press to award COM
mendation for worth, CT to repeat the public
estimation in which such an official is held.
1t is therefore, with sense Of no indelicacy
that we allude to the admirable manner in
which Judge Cothran discharges his duties as
presiding officer of the Court. Learned In the
law. prompt and firm in his rulings, but
courteous and affable towards all with whom
| he comes in contact, he has made most IA
vorable impression upon our people. His fine
reputation as jurist, which preceded him here,
has only been confirmed by his presence. Du-
ring the multifarious work of the first week OF
the term, his charges, rulings and decisions,
promptly made, gave no cause for exception,
and his charge to the jury in the murder case,
though oral, is pronounced mastery by all
whom we have heard speak of it. Our report
er made verbatim report of the charge but
after eliminating every possible redund-
ant word, it would occupy column and
half of the ENQUIRER, thereby precluding it's
publication with the proceedings of the trial, a
fact which we very much regret.
MEETING OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERY.
The First Presbytery of the Associate Re-
formed Synod of the South, met at Sharon
church, in this county, on Monday, the 3rd in
stant, at 104 O'Clock, and adjourned on the af-
ternoon of Tuesday. Rev. j. T. Chalmers
was elected Moderator. About forty represen-
tatives were in attendance. The reports from
the various congregations revealed the fact
that, notwithstanding the unprecedented
droug ght Of last year, the congregations met
all their pecuniary obligations with marked
punctuality. Except in very few cases,
the salaries of pastors have been paid in full,
and in many instances more was Pod than was .
promised:
A petition for the moderation of call was
presented to the Presbytery by the congrega-
tion of Steel Creek, recently made vacant by
the resignation of Rev. J. T. Chalmers, on ac-
count of the infrnities of age.
Rev. J. P. Marion Identified his pastoral
charge, and asked and obtained certificate of
ministerial standing, to connect with the Pres
byterian Church. The congregation of Ches-
ter, thus made vacant, asked and obtained a
supply of the ordinances of Gods house.
The ordinary routine business being trans
acted, the Presbytery adjourned to meet at
Back Creek, Mecklenburg county, N. c., on
Monday after the first Sabbath of September.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-06

MONDAY, April 3.
The Court was occupied during the day
with the following cases. State VS.. Jackson
Helmes, carrying concealed dirk. Pleaded
guilty.
State vs.. John Stewart, William Stewart
and Dolly Stewart selling liquor without a
license. William Stewart pleadedguilty. Mol.
pros as to John and Dolly.
State VS.. VIM. II. White breach of trust
with fraudulent intention. Prosecutor-John
Ramsey. Mr.. j. G. Chambers for the defence.
Mistrial, the jury failing to agree.
State vs.. Elias Falls; oDstructing public
road. Prosecutor. +. Love. Hart Hart
for defence. Case withdrawn from jury with
out prejudice, and continued until next term.
The following sentences were pnsseo
Charles p. Jackson. prauu larceny penlten-
Lem Garner and Jack McKendrick, color
ed, receiving stolen goods each in the peni-
tenitary for six months.
Annie Brian, colored, arson penitentiary
for life.
Bob Ward, colored, accessory to the crime
of arson (above case) after the fact peniten-
tiary for nine months.
Andrew j. Stewart, assault of an aggrava-
ted nature; in default Of the payment Of a
fine of fifty dollars, six months in the peniten-
tiary.
VIM. Stewart, selling intoxicating liquor
without license in default of the payment
Of fine of two hundred dollars, six months in
the county Jail.
Jackson Helmes, carrying concealed dirk
in default of the payment of fine Of twenty
five dollars, three months in the penitentiary.
John Woodruff alias John Woodson, color
ed, carrying concealed weapon; three months
in the penitentiary and forfeiture of weapon.
Same, larcency; nine months in the peniten-
tiary.
Walter Anderson, Thomas Anderson and
John Starr, colored, burglary and larceny
Walter Anderson and. John Starr, five years
in the penitentiary. Thomas Anderson, two
years in the penitentiary.
Walter Nelson, colored, larceny of grain
from the field one year in the penitentiary.
The Court of Sessions was then adjourned
sine die, and the Court of Common Pleas open
ed.
The Court of Common Pleas will adjourn
probably TO-DAY or tomorrow.
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SATURDAY, April l. &.
Court convened at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. The
only case tried during the day was that of the
State vs. Jackson Helmes, white, charged with
rape A jury was obtained from the regular
pannel, and Messrs. T. j. Bell and W. B.
Wilson Jr., were assigned by the court as
counsel for The prisoner. The alleged victim
was little white girl, Elizabeth Shoemaker,
thirteen years old, daughter of Caroline Shoe
maker, and the defendant was charged with
having enticed her away, by false representa-
tions. from the people with whom she was liv-
ing in North Carolina, inducing her to return
to her mothers home in this county, and that
while she was thus tramping over the country
with him the deed was committed. Such is a
brief statement of the case. The defendant
established the character of being an inoffen-
sive, industrious man, of not bright intellect,
and this probably had much much to do with
turning the scale in his favor on the principle
of giving him the benefit of every reasonable
doubt, the jury returning verdict OF not
guilty.
In the case of Sol King, colored, in jail
charged with being accessory to felony, an
order was granted for his discharge, the grand
jury having failed to find true bill against
him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-06
Recalled. L. H. Bradford was bound over

Recalled. L. H. Bradford was Dound over
as a witness in this case
Gross examined. He and a part OF MS lanl-
ily have moved to Florida.
w PARKS. recalled. Of Gibson's gener-
al renutatiOn | never heard any cOmplalhC;
The only complaint recollect, as TO personal
dficulties was in connection with his duties
as policeman. ,oora of como
difficulties not connected with ms dnties as
nnliceman. | never heard that he had tired 10
Shoot Leonard, but heard they had a dlsagree.
ment in a business TRANSACTION aDout sol,le
cotton. The Foulke difficulty was also .ne
result of misunderstanding business Trans
action. Of the Vandihoof difficulty L never
heard until during this trial. 49,,
widow of n. T. Gibson. I can say poSltlVeiy
that Mr.. Gibson did not take his pistol out o'
the house on the day of the shooting. !,
A. w. PARKS. recalled. When Hay"ortl
started across the street to meet Gibson, III
took his knife out of his pocket.
The State closed. ,-e :,
ARGUMENTS were made for the defence u
Messrs. c. E. Spencer, w. B. Wilson, Jr., AM
W. B. Wilson, ST., followed by Mr.. Soliclto
CASTOR for the State. While the argument
of the Junior counsel were brief, they shoWe
no lack of preparation and their due concel
tion of the interests of the cause they pleadeeo
The argument of Mr.. W. b. wilson, a 81
was mastery effort, as marked 1or tiie uee e
sympathy and kind consideration Oh the " y
.. reayed living as for his zeal and devotion {
the cause of his clients. The State was aD
represented by Mr.. Solicitor Gaston' who: no
+ conduct of the case throughout was narke
,HI with ABILITY an ana characterized by the determ
to faithfully discharge his high obllg
task might be. nis argument aasaggffssele "
Q was clear, able and logical. At the conclusit
b of the Solicitors argument the judge deliver
n an exhaustive and exceptionally clear al
g comprehensive charge to the jury, who retir
J., to their room at 81 O'Clock P. NJ, and afters
}, absence of SO minutes returned verdict
t not guilty.
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worth's property about a week before the oc-
currence of Sunday at Dinkins' house. Hun
ter said, on Saturday after the shooting, that
it was one scrape he was out of that he did
not see it; that he was on the back steps of
his house at the time. His wife and children
were present when he said tin the evening
of that day.
R. H. WARREN, sworn. know Mrs. Car
others, formerly Miss Paul. 1 heard her say,
at her mothers house, in my presence, that
Sutton fired the first shot.
Cross examined. She made the remark in
the presence of her mother and me. She said
that Sutton fired first l advised her against
talking about it, as it might be the cause of
her being witness, and having to attend
court; and she said Durant, in whose store
she was at the time, advised her, during the
difficulty, to turn her back. IdOn 'tthink said
this would hang Sutton and send Hayworth
to the penitentiary. 1 was not under the In
fuence of liquor that day, but had been the
day before. I don't know what stage OF the
fighting she was alluding to when she said
Dur;nt advised her to turn her back to the
parties. Mr.. Swami came up to. Mrs: Paul's
house while was there, but not until after
our conversation about the difficulty was over.
l think Swami is now in Pineville, n. Z.
T. G. CULP, sworn. knew Gibson had
known him seven or eight years. am trial
justice under appointment of the Governor.
Gibson's reputation was good. He was con-
stable at the time of his death. He had been
a policeman of Fort Mill for about three years,
and acted as such occasionally up to the time
of his death. Gibson went to HayWorth's
house by my official direction after [ was in
formed that it had been broken into.
Cross eGunained. l sent him down on Sun
day. He had no warrant. have heard of
him having some personal difficulties, but
mostly in connection with his duties as po-
lice officer. do not remember to have heard
of his drawing pistol on any one on election
day. 1 have heard of his having difficulties,
but they were generally connected with his du-
ties as an officer AS to his difficulties with
Vandihoof and Leonard, cannot say.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28
RAILROAD MATTERS.

The familiar flce Of j. Mac(sregoris
again seen bending over desk at the
freight Office.
Our genial friend Mr.. McCabc, super
intends the business around the newly
occupied baggage room.
The old depot building has been torn
down and shipped up the road. Good
riddance to bad rubbish.
J. NJ. Edgar, agent Of tho n. p, Is now
fully established in his cosy ticket tsotiice.
The room is neatly furnished and is
model Of convenience and comfort.
The amount of construction work on
the Northern Pacific railroad for, the
year 1882, is stated by Vjce-Prcsident
Oakcs as follows: Three hundred and
twenty miles finished in the Yellowstone
valley. twenty-five on the Wisconsin
division, and one hundred and txcnty-
five up the valley of the Clark's Fork of
tile Columbia in Idaho and Montana,
making in all 470 miles. In addition
there have been 200 miles graded. The
gap between the two ends of track in
Montana is now $50 miles, nearly all be-
ing in the old settled portion Of tho.
territory between Bozeman and Missoula
where the gold mines attracted b con-
siderable population as early az 1862.
The present end Of track on tile road
building west is at Livingston. The
total mileage of finished main line novk'
operated by the company Is ! ,5B. So
far advanced is the work on the uncon-
pleted section that the opening of the
entire line to the Pacific coast is regard
ed as certain to take place next summer.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28
A Card Of Thanks from Mr.. Shuart.
To the Editor Of the Billings Herald:

1t becomes again my most pleasant
privilege and duty to thank the Billings
public for open-handed and open heart
cd liberality, this time more especially
on the behalf Of the Sunday school
children. The proceeds from the votes
for the beautiful doll of Parian marble,
the generous and forcthoughtful Gift of
Mr.. Lee, alone amounted to S19S, 20,
which sum added to the cash gift of
many others, svellcd the entire receipts
to 5000. OF this sum a portion was
presented, as q pleasant Christmas
greeting, to myself and wife, portion
was expended III presents for the child
rem, and the remainder, $3.50, has been
placed on deposit to the credit of the
Sunday school, to be expended cxclu-
sively for its benefit. The arop1a Of our
Christmas festival with its precious
gifts will thus be made to linger with tile
children for many months to come, and
it is hoped that light and happiness may
be diffilsed in many little heart and be
carried into all our homes by the books
and papers and other helps which the
fund will purchase.
l am requested by the ladies who had
the Christmas tree in charge, to express
their regrets if any child was overlooked
in the distribution of presents, as they
cndeavored to include all.
Very respectfully,
Pastor Congregational Church.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28
Christmas Around Town.

! Except for the unfortunate occurrence
at the section house, the first Christmas
day of Billings was one Of apparently
urialloyed pleasure. Throughout the day
the sun shonc out of a cloudless sky. and
the atmosphere was mild and pleasant
as could be desired. Everybody was in
good spirits, and yet no one got suffici-
emily hilarious to disturb the general
harmony and prevalence of good feel
ing. Restaurants and hotels We'd with
each other i'll presenting elegant bills Of
fare to their many patrons, and we pre-
sume that all enjoyed good dinner and
partOok of their modicum of the tradi-
tional Christmas turkey.
In the afternoon q gay turnout of
sleighs, filled with light-hcarted occu-
pants. glidcd merily through the lev
streets to the music of their own ringing
BELLS
The Christmas tree at the church in
the evening was brilliant success. Af-
ter the hearts of the little folks had been
gladdened by the distribution of pres
ents, the interest of the large crowd
assembled centered around tho voting
for the possession OF the handsome doll
described in last weeks issue. The
competition was very strong among the
friends of the leading candidates, and
when time was called the ballot stood us
fn11ora.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28
Another Fatal Shooting ARRAY.

Between the hours of Il m. and a.
M, on the morning Of Christmas, sad
encounter took place at the railroad sec
ton house, which resulted in the death
of Patrick Dwyer, at the hands of one
Of his comrades. jeremiah Cokcly. In
lnediately after the tragedy the homi-
eide left the scene of death and walked
down the street and stood talking with
Matt Rademaker, in the rear of Nc
Adow's store, when the officers, accom-
panied by number Of men, approach
ed, surrounded, aud shortly captured
him with little resistance. Dwvcr WIS
foreman of the section, and man who
was generally liked by the men under
his charge. He is said to have relatives
in New York who were partially depen-
dent npon him for support.
John Fitzgerald, Samuel Davis and
VIM Baker delivered evidence at the
inquest, from which We extract the fol-
lowing story of the circumstances which
preceded and attended Dryers death ::
He and & number of tho section men
were in DIVERS room celebrating
Christmas Eve by drinking beer, Cekely
meanwhile laying Oh Dwyer's bed, drunk
and vomiting. There seems to have
been q dispute over the beer question,
and some persons in another room called
Dwyera liar at which he was greatly in-
censed, and seizing q coal shovel be
rushed into the other room and threat
cned to kill Robt. Crooks. He then got
his revolver, which he had previously
consigned to Davis care, and coming
again into the room his attention was at
tractcd by the fact that Cokely had vom-
tied upon his bed. He made Cokely
arise and marched him out of the room
with revolver 1t his head, and ordered
him abcd. Cokcly then wanted q hat
and VIM. Baker handed him DIVERS,
whereat the latter said he would get
Coke!y's hat from the hall and left the
room for that purpose. Then Cokely
produced his revolver, and with pro-
fame threat announced his intention OF
shooting Dwyer. He then started to
meet Dwyer and as soon as he saw him
fired two shots, and the latter crving
ooh Jerry, am shot" took . step or
two and fell, revolver in hand. DR..
Sabin was summoned, but the man was
dead crc hc reached him, ono Of the
SuOtS IlitIuS dhCIl CuCCI Ab AIo uIVNSt
and the other in his stomach. Both the
prisoner and his victim seem to have
been drinking hard and the deceased
was evidently in very excited state Of
mind.
Early in the morning Justice Mathe-
son, acting coroner, made inquisition in
to the cause Of death. The jury empan-
eled, after viewing the body and listen-
ing to the evidence Of the parties above
named, rendered the following verdict:
"That the said Patrick Dwyer came
to his death from wounds caused by two
bullets from revolver in the hands Of
Jeremiah Cokely, on the 25th day of
December, A. D. 1882, at the said town
of Billings, in Custer county"
T. P. DICKEy. WILLIAM JOKES.
w. A. MooDY. d. d. Mackenzie.
Tnos. O'REILIY. JoHN Curtis.
At ~ o'clock the prisoner was brought
before Justice Matheson for preliminary
examination. He waived examination
[and was committed to jail to await t11al
At the next session Of eQpSt SIS
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28
RELIGIOUS.

Regular services at the Congregational
church morning and evening.
Chorus choir meeting On Saturday
evening. to which all are invited.
At the morning service next Sabbath
Rev. j. F. Shuart, pastor. will dcliyers..-
discourse on "Thc Crucifxion{ Of
Christ" .
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2.O33

Miss Newman became the fortunate
possessor Of the elegant toy. The pro-
ceeds Of the balloting netted the Sab
bath school the handsome sum of S203.30.
From side exhibit of mechanical toys,
$500 was realized, and from the sale OF
various articles about $500 more. The
enterprise may therefore be considered
a pronounced financial success.
So passed in Billings the Merry Christ
mas Of 1882, and we only hope it may
ever be our fortune to celebrate the day
rs joyoasly.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28
A Card of Thanks from Miss New.
To the Editor Of the billings Herald:

To the Editor Of the billings Herald:
/ desire to express through your col
umns my heartfelt thanks to the num-
erous friends, who, at the recent Christ
mas festival held in the Congregational
church, contributed to my success in the
competition fer the beautiful doll. It is
a gift that l highly prize as token of
their regard and good wishes for me, and
which shall endeavor always to keep
as amemento of that occasion. Hoping
they may all walk in pleasant ways dur
ing the remaining years of life, I remain
in friendship,
MISS MARY A. NEWMAN.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28

N. c. Kimberly, assistant elgsinoelee,
construction, resident here, Sent c
Paul to spend Xmas. sz--~--r--t
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1882-12-28
PERSONAL.

c. L. IIaupt, of Mandan, spent the
night Of the 24th in town.
Mrs. O. d. Garrison took the train on
Tuesday morning for a short visit to the
East.
e. n Harwood left On Tuesday ilo1w-
ing for visit of few days to st. P6ll
and Minneapolis. --syr
N. c. Kimberly, assistant epgsnaereer
construction, resident here, sfent r..
Paul to spend Xmas -ssz~--v--e
The vacant six feet between Inc
Florence and Babeock & Miles stsr,
will be fitted up and occupied Ly W.
Pendieton, news and fruit dealer.
A. Kyes, of Miles City, was in town
Yesterday. lie was ON a business; trip
to the upper country. Mr.. Kyes admits
that Miles is just a triAe dull at present.
A. B. Curry, defeated candidate for
county treasurer, passed through herea
few days ago for the new location at
Livingston, where he takes charge Of d.
branch business for Bismarck firm.
J. II. Ming is spending few days III
town. He is looking after his Billings
property and con,emplates erecting
other buildings besides the block al
ready completed.
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Prof. Ladd will examine the seniors on the
work of the term in psychology next week.
The football team are soon to have some
very pretty new suits.
The Harvard football team beat the team
of the Institute of Technology three goals
and four tsuchdowns to nothing on Wednes-
day.
Miss Lizzie V. Champney, of Vassar $50,
has just published ''Three' Vassar Girls
Abroad"
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