Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-03-04

amined, were not, in his opinion, ma
terial witnesses to the issue on trial.
Larry CAN'T Retires.
Spartanburg correspondence of the
Columbia State: Editor CAN'T has de-
termined to quit the newspaper busi-
ness, at least for the present. Yester-
day Mr.. VIM. NJ. Jones bought out The
Evening Star and Piedmont Headlight,
clock, stock and barrel" and Mr..
CAN'T is to relinquish the control this
week. One condition is that Mr..
CAN'T is not to re.engage in newspaper
business in this county. His health
being bad, he will probably retire to
his farm and remain in voluntary re-.
tirement for a time. Mr.. Jones, at
one time, owned and edited the Spar
tanburg Herald, out of which he made
considerable success. For several years
be has been a member of the law firm
of Nichols & Jones.
At the Hands of Parties Unknown.
Thomas Pinckney, Jr., the promi-
nent young Charlestonian who was
shot in that city on Sunday morning
died on Sunday night. There is a
mystery surrounding the circumstan-
ces of the shooting that has been the
sensation of the week. No one knows
how it occurred, or anything about it.
Before Pinckney died his physician ask
ed him if he recognized his assailants.
He replied in effect: "How could
you expect me to recognize two Ne
groes with their hats down over their
eyes ?" 1t developed that robbery
was not the purpose of the murder,
for nothing in Pinckney's pockets had
been disturbed. There are in The cir.
cumstances several points that give
rise to dark suspicious; but as yet
nothing seems to be established.
The Neblett Will Case.
Judge Klugh, on Monday, rendered
his decision in the Neblett will case, in
Greenville, involving property worth
from $4,000 to $4,000. The case
has excited considerable interest with
lawyers in the state, rs many interest
ing law points were raised in the hear
ing. Judge Klugh's decision sustains
the will, thus continuing the funds in
possession Of the Neblett free library.
The decision is made principally on
two grounds First, the alleged
agreement between Mrs. Turnipseed
and Mrs. Neblett to make mutual wills
was not in writing. Second, being
only verbal and embracing a large real
and personal estate, there was no such
part performance on the part of Mrs.
Turnipseed as would take the case out
of the statute of frauds. The alleged
contract was, therefore obnoxious to
said statute and could not be en-
forced by court of equity. The case
will 60 10 the supreme court.
The Insurance Bill Is Loaded.
Columbia Record: The governor has
not signed the Mauldin anti.insurance
bill, and it is among the possibilities
that be will veto it. He has received
several letters from local mill men and
from others in the state asking him to
withhold his signature until the mill
men can be heard. In their letters
they give some reasons why the bill
would injuriously affect their business.
One from this city states that cotton
mills generally are insured in cotton
mill insurance association, which is in
touch with the Southeastern Tariff as
sociation, and the rates are now as low
as they can possibly be expected. If
the bill becomes law he says the mills
will be forced to insure in the New
England Mutual, which they do not
wish to do. The association with
which his mill does business pays IL
cense to the state, while the Mutual
does not. He says the bill will compel
the mills to pay higher rate of inter-
eat. Another mill man, representing
local and some mills in adjoining coun-
ties, writes a letter of similar tenor,
showing that the rate now is very low.
Other letters and kilograms have been
received on the same subject. Gov
ernor Ellerbe has not signed the bill
and will look further into the matter
before he does. He will probably con-
suit with different parties before act
ing.