Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-29

sought shelter under an old barn and
stable which stood on the plantation,
some distance from the main build
ing. The barn was blown down, and
Charles Stakes, aged 7, from Lake
City, was instantly killed. The fol-
lowing were injured: John Henry Par
ker, Mayesville, arm broken; Lee
White, of Pendleton, face cut; John D.
Lennon, of Sumter, shoulder bruised.
John D. Leon. although hurt, ran to
the main building and told of the trou-
BILE, and every one rushed to give
all the help possible. Young Stack
was instantly killed; but prompt
assistance was given to the others.
They are all doing we'll. and the
wounded were given immediate at
tention. Young Stack was bright
little fellow, who came here from Flor
ence. His remains will be sent tomor-
row afternoon to Lake City for burial.
| improvements of l.. & C.
Chester correspondence Columbia
State: Your correspondent has it from
reliable and official authority, that the
Lancaster and Chester railroad will be
| operating broad gauge cars by Sep
tember 1. Broad gauge ties have al
ready been put down along the full
length of the road and three miles of
60 pound rails have been laid. A con-
tract has been placed for sufficient
quantity of heavy rails to furnish the
entire roadbed. Three broad gauge en-
gines have been bought from the South
ern railway and new rolling stock will
be purchased at once. The road al
ready owns several broad gauge freight
cars, but has been operating them on
narrow gauge trucks. The people Of
Chester have thought for several
months that the Southern railway had
its eye on this property, and would
buy it, make it standard gauge and
operate it; but this is not true. 1t Is
practically owned by Colonel Leroy
Springs, and he Is not the man to give
up paying piece Of property. From
the fact that the road is being project
ed from Cheraw to Lancaster, that a
million dollar cotton mill is being built
at Lancaster, and that Colonel Springs
has recently bought all Of the Catawba
Falls property, it is thought that some
startling railroad developments will be
disclosed before long. The Catawba
falls lies close to the present narrow
gauge road, and it Is the intention Of
Colonel Springs to develop this water
power to it's full capacity. This being
| the case 1t would be necessary to have
a standard gauge road between Chester
and Lancaster. It Is not betraying any
| confidence to state that great changes
and wonderful developments may be
expected through this section at an
early date.
The Case Against Col. Neal.
| Columbia special of Thursday to the
| Greenville News: The case against Col.
VIM. A. Neal, former superintendent
of the penitentiary, charged with the
statutory offense Of failing to turn over
the funds collected by him within 30
days, was called today and went to
trial. Bench warrants were issued for
Messrs. j. o. Hammond and ]. S. Fow-
er They had both been in court this
morning when the case was fixed for
the hearing this afternoon; but at 4
o'clock they were not in court, and
| when they were wanted they had not
yet come in. This delayed the proceed
| ingS and nothing was done until they
could be sent for. Mr.. Fowler was
found at his hotel: but Mr.. Hammond
was not. Mr.. Fowler stated that he
meant no contempt; that he had been
really sick; that he had travelled pretty
much all night and that today he had
been taken with severe case of indi-
gestion and was quite sick and very
nervous at the time he came into court
and was in bed suffering when sent
| for. Judge Gary fined him $40. Mr..
| fine, but he was really sick, very sick,
and wished to show 1t to the court by
| witnesses. Judge Gary stated that he
would hear argument on that in the
morning if Mr.. Fowler so desired. Mr..
| Fowler was put on the stand and tes-
titled for awhile and-a asked the judge
to excuse him as he was feeling very
| unwell, and he was excused and the
court was adjourned for the day. The
1yfff nf ha 1nfn nl TO
be, as gathered from the little that has
been heard, that Colonel Neal will ad-
NIT having received $500 from Fowler
in 1895 and other items alleged, but that
he turned the money over as soon as
he had the exact amount of his indebt-
edness established and that he had no
fraudulent intention. The state will
argue that the element of the intention
does not enter at all into the offenSe
charged and that simple failure to turn
over the funds makes the offense. The
defense will urge that Colonel Neal got
the accounts mixed, and as soon as he
knew how much he owed he made pay
ment of $4,000, the amount claimed to
be due. Attorney General Belinger Is
representing the state in the main and
is assisted by Solicitor Thurmond. Mr..
Bellinger has his case excellently in
hand. The defense is represented by
Solicitor julius E. Boggs, and today
the name Of Col. P. H. Nelson was en-
tered as counsel for the defense in ad-
dition. There was no trouble whatever
experienced in making up the jury
The case will probably take up most
Of tomorrow.
Who Are the HypOcrites =?
In the last issue of his paper, Editor
Appelt, of the Manning Times, recites
some recent political history as fol-
lows: 1t is not right to be silent and
permit false impressions to be created
Every since Governor McSweeney acted
in the matter Of the senatorial resig-
nations, there has been a systematic
effort made to make the people believe
that the governor gave way under the
opportunities of friends of Senator Nc
Laurin. Senator Tillman has been nc
small factor in trying to create Such
an impression, and Colonel Willie Jones,
the chairman of the executive commit
tee, has remained quiet while Tillman
virtually charges the governor with
permitting McLaurin's friends to use
him. Now for the fact. Governor Nc
Sweeney was about to start for Chick
amauga when the designations were
placed in his hands; but he declined
to act on them until his return. While
travelling he told a confidential friend
that he would, on arriving home, re-
turn the designations; but if the sem
ators insisted on resigning, he would
make appointments to fill the places
until the general assembly met. He
said nothing about what action he
would take to another soul. The gov
ernor arrived in Columbia after mid
night on Thursday. and when he
reached his office the next morning
among the first to call on him was COL
onel Willie Jones, state chairman, who
told the governor that he had talked
with Tillman the day before, and it
would be misfortune to have a cam
paign this year. The whole thing was
done in passion, and he hoped the res