Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-08-28
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
an. of Treasurer Campbell.

SHORTAGE of Treasurer Campbell.
The Richland grand jury reports
that the shortage Of the late James +;
Campbell, former county treasurer
amounts to s10,256.60.
Sues For $4,000.
Mrs. Jane E. Boyson, the Chicago
woman who incurred suspicion Of hav-
ing been guilty of theft at White Stone
Lithia Springs has brought suit
against the hotel company for $5
damages for humiliation and degra-
dation, etc.
Cotton In the Pacolet.
OF the 1000 bales Of cotton lost In
the Pacolet river by the flood Of June
6, only 5000 bales have been recovered
and it is estimated that there are still
about 1000 in the river. The cotton Is
scattered down the stream for dis
tance Of twenty miles or more. EXper-
fenced cotton men say that this cotton
can remain in the water for period OF
six or eight months without damage
beyond the outer rim.
Cannot be Cancelled.
Columbia State: In 1899 the leglsla-
ture passed a law which was intended
to Keep young men from getting their
education at the Citadel at the expense
OF the state and then refusing to repay
the state for it's generosity. This law
requires that each Citadel graduate
shall teach two years in the free
schools-as had been the law for
generation-and that to guarantee the
fulfillment Of this contract a bond OF
$4,000 is to be given. And yet 1t ap-
pears that after being educated, board
ed and even clothed at the expense OF
the state some parties try to get out OF
the contract by waiting until two years
have elapsed and then declaring that
they tried to get school and couldn't.
This is the only school in the state,
male or female, which gives everything
to the beneficiary scholar, even cloth
ing, and the only return asked is that
that beneficiary will teach two years
in the free public schools. The state
Of education has had
occasion to ask the attorney generals S
office if a Citadel graduate is exempted
from performing his obligations If his
term of teaching be deferred for per-
iod of two years after his graduation.
Mr.. Townsend, the assistant attorney
general, has handed in an opinion to
the effect stated above. The law says
very distinctly that every beneficiary
cadet upon reporting for duty shall eX-
ecute a bond for the faithful perofrm-
ance of his duty. That he is to teach
two years if he graduates, and II
he is honorably discharged before
the end of his four years ne
must teach a period Of time pro-
portioned upon the length of his
stay in the academy. Unless the cadet
pays his obligation with two years OF
service as teacher in the free public
schools Of the state, he shall be deemed
guilty Of violating a contract and may
be sued in the courts Of the state. The
law is very explicit and the only excep-
ton noted is that the graduate, with
permission Of the board Of visitors, may
teach In the schools and colleges of the
state as in the free public schools
This is done so that men Of talent will
not be confined to the rural schools.
The J. H. TiIIman Trial.
Lexington special to Spartanburg
Journal: About a month hence 1t Is
expected that this little town will be
the largest number Of WIS.,
itors ever known In it's history. The
trial Of J. H. Tillman for the murder
of N. G.. Gonzales in Columbia Is set
for that time, and it Is generally be-
lieved, will be delayed no longer. AL
most 500 witnesses have been sum-
moned to appear in this case by the
opposing sides. All available space In
the hotels has been engaged weeks
since by interested parties, and how
the immense number Of spectators,
sure to be on hand, will be accommo-
dated, is an interesting problem. The
last census gave the town something
over 900 inhabitants. 1t is thought that
at least 5000 will be here during the
trial. Meantime the prisoner occupies
his cell in the Lexington county jail.
Sheriff Caughman has made him as
as possible, putting him on
the shady side of the building on the
first floor near the sheriff's own quar-
ters and occasionally permitting him to
exercise himself by walking up and
down the corridor AS a rule the sher-
iff does not lock the cell from the out
side but leaves the lock for Tillman to
turn if he so desires. Three times
day, Mr.. Marks, who keeps a restaur-
ant just behind the Jail, can be seen
bringing the prisoner his meals. TILL
man states that he finds his quarters
here pleasanter than those in the Rich
land Jail, where he was imprisoned
during the warm days Of May and
June. Many visitors attracted by curl
osity or other motives go to see the
noted prisoner. Sometime since his
wife and little daughter spent several
days in Lexington with relatives and
made frequent visits to the Jail. Others
of his kinsfolk have been here from
time to time. Fillman's little nephew,
a handsome boy of seven or eight sum-
mers. is staying in the Jail to wait up
on his uncle and is said to be a general
favorite with the prisoners. Specula-
tion as to the verdict in the case is al
most useless. AS stated above, Mrs.
JAS H. Tillman has relatives in town
and also in the county and people feel
much real sympathy for her. 1t is
doubtful If the same feeling exists for
her in her husbands case. The belief
of almost all those who have read the
and who care to express
themselves is, that the act was genuine
murder and should be punished. At
the same time 1t should be remember
ed that Senator Tillman has always
had large following in the county,
whatever, his nephew's following was,