Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-05-03
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
They Were Convicted.

One of the most interesting cases
tried at Greenville for long time was
against men who made an attack upon
Mr.. Thomas M. Hill. the depot agent
at Greer's, in which he was so serious
ly wounded that his life hung in the
balance for some days, while he was
confined to home for several months on
account Of the wounds. The men who
were arrested for this dastardly crime
gave their names as William T. Etters
and Kelly Goods and they have been
confined in the Greenville Jail ever
since. They were both convicted.
Never Ending Corruption.
Greenville News: I'VE know beyond
peradventure that in June last, year
ago, one Sprinkles, living at Reads
Vile, N. c., wholesale liquor dealer,
announced in the presence Of several
persons, including two reputable citi-
zens Of Greenville, S. c., that 1t was
his custom to give the board Of control
Of the South Carolina dispensary from
one to two dollars a barrel rebate on
every barrel sold to the state dispen-
sary, and that only very recently ne
had paid over to one A. F. H. Dukes, a
member of said board of control, 81 per
barrel on an order secured through
him, amounting to $1,000 on 1900 bar
rels. The name of A. F. H. Dukes is
on the register of the hotel at Green's
boro, N. c., at the time specified, show
ing that he went there to get the mon
ey personally and to avoid the inconve-
niences Of check. Mr.. Dukes was re-
Gently reelected a member of the
board of control, doubtless for eminent
and conspicuous public services.
Widow Of Judge Kershaw.
| Camden special of April 29 to The
News and Courier: This community
was deeply saddened this morning,
when the announcement was made
that Mrs. Lucretia Kershaw, widow of
the lamented Judge Joseph B. Ker-
shaw, was dead. She died at her home
on Lyttleton street, last night. For
some weeks her health has been very
poor, but her death last night was
rather sudden and unexpected. Mrs.
Kershaw was a daughter of Mr.. James
K. Douglass, who number of years
ago was a prominent merchant of
Camden, and was greatly esteemed FOR
his upright character. In 1874 she was
married to Mr.. Joseph B. Kershaw, af-
terwards the distinguished general and
jurist. One son and four daughters
survive her-the Rev. John Kershaw,
rector of st. Michael's church, Charles
ton; Mrs. c. J. Shannon, Sr., Mrs.
| Thomas w. Lang and Miss Charlotte
Kershaw, Of Camden, and Mrs. w.
Bratton deLoach, of Yorkville.
Fuel OIL ut Charleston.
The work of erecting the great tanks
for the storage of oil in Charleston is
well under way. Charleston is to be
place Of storage for oil of the Guffey
Petroleum company of New York. One
tank alone will have a capacity of 5O,-
900 barrels. The tanks are near the ex-
position grounds, conveniently located
to the railroad lines and also to the
water front. The oil will be brought
to Charleston in tank steamers and
pumped into the tanks. Charleston is
to be the distributing point for this
section of the country. The Consoli-
dated railway and electric company
has signed contract for a large sup
ply for period of two years and will
use oil entirely as fuel in operation of
it's machinery, the oil being cheaper
than coal. The tanks will be ready by