Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Tne SOutn Carolina SynOu mtets d.
Clinton today.
= william e. Milligan, superintend-
ent Of education of Charleston county,
died at his home In Charleston Sum
day, after an illness Of several weeks
with grippe.
= Ralph Rogers, the eighteen-year-
old son of Rev. w. A Rogers, d. D.,
financial agent Of Wofford college, was
killed at his home In Spartanburg
Sunday by the accidental discharge OF
pistol which he was handling care
lessly.
= Columbia correspondent News and
Courier: There are now 675 convicts in
the state penitentiary, divided and sta
toned as follows: chaingangs OF Abbe-
Vile county, 8; Greenwood county, 10;
Bamberg county, 8; Saluda county, 4;
Chester county, 2; Anderson county,
4; Sumter county, /; Pickens county,
6; Edgefleld county, z. Total In coun-
ties, 81. On the DeSaussure farm, II;
Reid farm, Is: Lexington farm, 18;
Reformatory, 81; Clemson College, 33;
hosiery mill yard and hospital, ESQ;
complete total, .675.
= Columbia correspondence Of the
News and Courier: A cotton mill pres
ident, one Of the largest spinners In
the Piedmont, writes to the Bureau IN
reply to an inquiry that There Is no
foundation whatever in the statement
that the cotton mills are trying to buy
the cotton gins" He adds: Il have
seen the item going the rounds Of the
papers, but I have never heard any
mill men advocating 1t and I think 1t
impracticable. believe in time that
the oil mills will practically do all the
ginning, but do not think 1t will be
done by the cotton mills"
Darlington special Of October IA, to
News and Courier: Messrs. Miller &
Lawson, attorneys for Ed Kelly, the
young white man who shot and killed
Henry Bradshaw, colored, last Satur-
day morning in this town, appeared
before Judge Aldrich, at Cheraw, yes
terday morning and applied for ball
for Kelly, which was granted, and the
amount Of the bond was fixed at 3d.
900. His bondsmen, Messrs. Elias
Kelly. his father, and Sid Kelly, his
uncle, came to town this morning and
signed his bond, and the young man
was released from jail and returned to
Hartsville on the midday freight train.
Court convenes here next month, at
which time Kelly will be tried.
- Charleston Post: Physicians state
changing Of the color Of the skin, Is
growing more common among the ne
groes than formerly, although the dis
ease Is still very rare affection.
There are said to be at least a half
dozen negroes in Charleston with the
milky or white spots In irregular for
nation upon their faces and bodies.
The disease is somewhat Of the same
nature as albinism, which preternatur-
ally whitens the skin and hair. The
negro affected with vitiligo Is Stunned
by many of his own people who fear
that he has leprosy or q contagious
disease of the kind, and the affected
person naturally attracts attention on
Of the disease.
= Governor Hayward on Friday night
commuted the death sentence Of Hoyt
was convicted Of the murder of his
young wife Lula, In Oconee county.
The first trial resulted In a mistrial,
after the jury had been out all night
and at the second trial he was convict
ed after a flve-hours' deliberation by
the Jury. The supreme court last
June refused him q new trial. Hayes
was convicted on. circumstantial EVIL
dence, there being no other person
about the premises at the time but the
couple, yet a strong sentiment has
grown up throughout the up-country
against the defendant since the first
trial, although the state failed abso-
lutely to establish any motive for the
crime, the woman's own family who
lived near him testifying that so far
as they knew Hayes and his wife loved
each other devotedly. The body was
found in bed with the face shot away,
the husband notifying the peighbors
that his wife had suicided. A note
was found in the room, which was
signed at the top instead OF at the
bottom. This declared that she was
treated we'll by her husband, but pre-
ferred to die rather than undergo the
pain Of motherhood. The question Of
the guilt or innocence Of Hayes seemed
to hang upon the authorship OF the
note, and Governor Hayward submit
ted this phase Of the matter to David
N. Carvalho. one Of the most distin-
guished handwriting experts In Amer
lea, who gives 1t as his strong convic-
ton that the note was written by
the woman. The case has attracted
great deal Of attention throughout the
state, and the governor has, received
many strong letters for and against the
prisoner, from Oconee county. The
petition for Communication was signed
by, over 1000, and there was strong
contemplation signed by over 500.