Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-03

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sent to the county Jail for contempt OF
the district court and has been kept
there ever since. He has tried for
habeas corpus in the court of appeals,
the state supreme court, and the United
States circuit court and the United
States supreme court, without avail.
Today, on another hearing on motion
to release Tinsley from confinement,
based on affidavits that the books of
the Houston Cemetery company, his
failure to produce which caused his
incarceration, were not now IN his
possession, was held before Judge Todd
and the prisoner was remanded to the
custody of the sheriff. This is his last
effort. 1t was alleged that Tinsley
managed the affairs of Glenwood Gem
etery, of which he was the principal
owner, in his own interest solely, and
in consequence of the local storm a
receiver for the cemetery was appoint
ed and Tinsley sent to Jail for refusal
to turn over his books.
- The latest thing in the way of
trusts is peanut combine. Very few
people realize the extent of the indus
try. The value of the crop is between
s5,OOO,OOO and s6,OO0,00O annually,
and about $3,OOO,000 is invested in
cleaning establishments. Four of them
are located at Norfolk, eight at Rich
mond, Petersburg, Danville and other
places in Virginia three at Cincinnati,
two at St. Louis and three others in
different parts of the southwest. The
largest establishment belongs to Gwalt-
pey & Bunkley, at Smithfeld, Va,
where they handle about 25 per cent.
of the entire peanut crop of the United
States. All of the II other concerns
have agreed to combine their interests
so as to control the product and in
crease prices and profits, which,
through competition, are now very
low. Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio,
and w. E. Wetherly, of New York, are
negotiating the deal and are now try
ing to make terms with the Smithfeld
people. If they succeed, all of the
Is peanut cleaning establishment will
be consolidated into single company
and the stock will be allotted on the
basis of their present value.
- Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
announced himself last Wednesday as
positively opposed to the acquisition
of the Philippines by the United States.
In communication to The Gazette,
he says: awe have not, so far, any
news which is absolutely trustworthy
of what they are doing in Paris. But
if the report is true that is proposed
to buy of Spain the sovereignty of the
Philippines islands, and to pay $780,
OOO,O 900 for it, l do not believe that
such treaty will be agreed to, and do
not believe it ought to be agreed to.
Spain has very little sovereignty in
the Philippines to sell just now, and |
do not think the people of the United
States are in the market to buy sover-
eighty, or that the constitution has
conferred on anybody the right TO buy
any such commodity. The constitution
was framed upon the theory that SOW
ereignty is not salable article. The
people of the United States have con-
ferred upon nobody the power to make
such purchases in their behalf. We
have acquired territory either vacant
or so sparsely settled that there was no
people capable of governing it and no
germ of national life. We have also,
in one recent case, acquired territory
where the original germ or national
life had perished. But neither of these
precedents applies to the Philippine
archipelago, with its millions of inhab-
itants."
- The supreme court of Tennessee
has held that person who has formed
opinion from reading newspaper ac-
counts of murder or any other crime,
is not disqualified to serve as a juror
In Shelby county, William A. Woods
killed Samuel Hughes. The case came
up for trial in the criminal court. A
large number were examined for jurors.
One, E. w. Epperson, stated that he
had reached conclusion from "de-
tailed newspaper article" Judge
Cooper, trial judge, held that he was
competent juror and entitled to sit in
the case. The defense objected. The
Judge said that while the man was
fully qualified, he would allow him to
be challenged, and another was drawn
in his place. The legal number of men
having been challenged by the defense
and disqualified, the only alternative
was for the defense to accept Epper-
son as a juror. The accused was con-
victed. The case was appealed to the
supreme court. The main allegation |
made by the attorneys representing
Woods in the pleadings for a new trial,
was that the man served on the jnry
after having formed an opinion from
newspaper articles, and this matter
was taken under consideration by
members of the supreme court. In
passing upon the case the court held
that a man who arrived at a conclu-
sion through newspaper article, TAX
ing the same to be true, was not dis
quilted as a juror.
- Senator Jones, OF Arkansas, VINO
has been interesting himself in securing
the exemption of cotton tickets from
the requirements of the stamp tax, has
received a letter from the commissioner
of internal revenue announcing his
decision, making the exemption. In
his letter the commissioner says
CATER a careful review Of this subject,
this Office is of the opinion, and so
holds. that where a buyer of cotton