Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-10
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

DR.. Pate Dead.
Rev. DR.. J. Thomas Pate, of the
South Carolina Conference, died In
Florence last Thursday from consLmp-
ton. Rev. DR.. Pate is we'll remember
ed in this community, having at one
time been pastor of the Methodist
church here.
Gambling Lawful.
The United States circuit court Of ap-
peals has reversed the recent decision
in which Judge Simonton knocked out
the cotton future debt Of w. A. Moore,
of Spartanburg, on the ground that the
transaction by which the debt was
contracted was unlawful. In rendering
his decision, Judge Simonton followed
the statutes of South Carolina. The
court of appeals, which is now In ses-
sion in Charleston, orders that the case
be heard on it's merits, without regard
to the South Carolina statutes. The
plaintiff in the case is ]. H. Parker,
cotton future broker of New York.
The Game Law In Greenville.
Greenville News: Now is the season
when some boys and even those Of ma
turer age, destroy, not only birds nests,
but the builders thereof. This is a
clear violation Of the game law and un-
less the practice is stopped sportsmen
are determined to take rigorous action.
In the eye Of the true lover of the gun
and a pointer dog, it is wanton out
rage to slaughter birds at this season
of the year. There is no reason to dilate
on the harm it does, and what the evil
will lead to. If the birds are not al
lowed to raise their brood, If they are
killed in the springtime and their nests
destroyed, the time will come and right
quickly, too, when there will be a
dearth Of feathered game in this coun-
try. Sportsmen earnestly urge that
these violations of the game laws cease,
else some needless person will find him
self in the meshes Of justice.
Stewart In Trouble Again.
Gaffney special of May 6: Last We'd
nesday night a stranger passed what
purported to be a $50 note on the
Smith Hardware company here for a
SIS pistol and received SIS in change. 1t
was soon discovered that the note was
81 bill with the figure taken out of
a Confederate note and placed on 1t
as to look like a 20. While the culprit
was being hunted it was found he had
also been operating in Blacksburg,
Kings Creek, Grover and King s
Mountain, N. C. One suspect, Grant
Stewart, Of this county, was brought in
Saturday; and another, Jonathon Stew
art, brother Of Grant, Saturday night
and placed in Jail. One lives in this
county and the other in York. United
States Commissioner Bell gave them a
hearing yesterday and had conclusive
evidence from each of the above named
places to fasten the crime on them,
He sent them to Jail to await trial In
the United States court.
.The Honor of Wade Hampton.
Spartanburg Journal: Senator Till
man passed through Spartanburg this
oIl way " SlCiiioOA wi
lege to attend the meeting of the board
of trustees of the institution to con-
slider the trouble with the sophomore
class. He said to reporter that in his
speech in the senate yesterday he let
loose all the venom that was in him
in answer to the statement by the Re-
publican senators that General Wade
Hampton set fire to Columbia and that
Sherman'S army did not. He said that
while Hampton had been his opponent
in state politics he could not let such a
false and slanderous statement go un-
challenged, and he let the Republicans
have the best that was in him. He
said he had been chatting somewhat
under the nagging at the south that
has been indulged in by the Republi-
can senators in order to justify the
course of the Republican administra-
tion in the Philippines and that he felt
| relieved that he had taken the opportu-
nifty to give expression to his feelings
on the subject. He stated that the re-
port sent out that the Democratic sem
ators had retired from the delivery of
his speech was false. as only a few alb
sented themselves. The Republican
| side of the chamber and the galleries
were filled to overflowing and 1t was the
Republicans whom he wanted to hear
his speech.