Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-15

tank some UlSldICe Oll, AOI "dlSl. II
the meanwhile the coupling was dis
covered defective, and forty-three ears
two loaded with lumber and the Others
empty coal gondolas. were running a.
uncomfortable speed down the heavy
grade from the side track to PacoleI
mills. At the terminus Of the spul
stood an engine, belonging to the
Southern, but used by the mill com.
pany, and the force Of the shock by
the cars dashing into 1t, completely
demolished it. The cars were knocked
into kindling wood. The loss runs uI
into the thousands.
"A negro calling himself John
Harris" says a Gaffney correspond
ent, has been at work in this county
representing himself to be a govern
inert pension officer, and the personal
representative of President Roosevelt
in this section. He vas quite sue
cessful in his plan, which was about
as follows: He would g. to all ne
groes, men and women, over fifty
years of age, and represent to them
that they were entitled to a pension
and If they would pay him 81 to
help to defray his expenses he would
see to their receiving a pension. He
would have them apply for a certain
amount and would agree to have II
delivered to them within ten days and
also $12 per month thereafter. In
this way he secured quite a sum of
money from ignorant negroes in Cher
okee county. His field Of operations
extended quite a distance but his base
of operations was Blacksburg. He
made his headquarters there. Harris
accomplice has been captured by a
government officer at Blacksburg, but
as yet Harris is at large and he is the
one the government officials at Gaff-
ney are especially anxious to capture,
as he was said to be the instigator of
the scheme. The United States au-
thorities at Gaffney are making a Wig
liant effort to apprehend him and
hope to succeed in locating him in
the near future"
Columbia Record: The case of Jim
Leonard of North Carolina, Is not set
tied yet, although the board Of regents
of the hospital for the insane have de-
cided by resolution that he should not
be admitted. Leonard is an insane
man who was in the asylum here sew
eral years ago and finally released at
the request of his parents. He was
taken to North Carolina and a short
time ago the authorities of the asylum
there refused to admit him, his men,
tai condition becoming worse. His
application for admission here was re-
fused on the ground that his people are
citizens of North Carolina and as a
result the authorities there coolly took
him to Anderson county and left him,
DR.. Babcock and the regents think that
this matter should be settled once for
all. Several years ago this state was
the dumping ground for insane people
fro O. q taS a a for
bidding the taking of them by the au-
thorities here was finally passed.
There Is IS fee for a Judge of pro-
bate declaring a person insane and the
relatives of an insane man In another
state often bring them to this state.
They are brought to Columbia and
dumped off at the very door of the hos
pital so that 1t Is the hardest matter
in the world to turn them down.
There are seven or eight aliens in the
asylum now, but the law Is going to
be strictly enforced hereafter.
Anderson Daily Mail: There has
been another and probably the final
turn in the case of the city of Ander-
son vs.. the Western Union Tele-
graph company. The mayor has i'm
posed a fine Of $25 upon the COM
pany for doing business in the city
without a license and the fine has
been paid. 1t will be remembered that
at the first Of the year, when the city
council raised the license fee on tele-
graph companies the Western Union
protested and tried to get an injunc-
tion in the United States court re-
straining the city from imposing such
license. Judge Braw!ey, however,
after hearing the case, declined to
grant the injunction and the Western
Union thereupon paid the license,
which amounted to 500, and a penal
ty of $40 for failure to pay the license
within the time prescribed In the ordi-
nance. BY some oversight, however,
the Western Unions officials forgot
about the case that had been brought
in the mayors court for failure to
procure the license. The mayor called
their attention to 1t, and out of
courtesy to them offered to hold the
case over until such time as would
suit the attorneys to be present. The
attorneys, after thinking over the
matter, decided that 1t would be best
to enter a plea of guilty, and this
was done. The mayor imposed fine
Of $25 and this was paid. Thus the
telegraph company has had to pay
into the city treasury the sum of
$145, besides the amount paid out in
lawyers fees The amount originally
asked for was only 500.
- Columbia State. Of this morning.
The First regiment, after eight days
of military duty at Camp Fuller.
broke camp and returned TO their
homes yesterday. Col. Lewis and
most of the officers of his staff and
Maj. Moore and staff with the four
companies of the second battalion
left camp at o'clock on cars for
the city. They were taken to the
special train awaiting them in the
Southern railway yards on West
Gervais street and after loading the
officers horses and the baggage. the
train pulled out for Yorkville, Corn
we'll, Rock Hill and Fort Mill. At
the same time and from the same
place, Maj. Blythe with his staff and
three companies of the first battalion
left for Anderson. Pelzer and Green
Vile. Company NJ of this battalion
returned to it's home at Jonesville
on the regular train for Asheville
at noon. Two companies of the
third battalion under Maj. Brock
took the regular northbound train on
the Seaboard Air Line for their
homes at Cheraw and Rennettsville
later in the afternoon. Company B.
Of this battalion vas the first TO
leave camp. They took their depart
ure on regular train over the
Three Cs" division of the Southern
and detrained at II, Ith Springs:
from there they went conveyance
to their homes ar Lib " Hill. The
most important ceremC..y Of the en-
tire encampment was performed al
$50 o'clock yesterday n orning when
the companies We're for 0cd and one
at a time in the order rank they
filed up to the tent Of Maj. Drew,
the diSburSing officer. and received
In cold cash their pay for eight days
service i'm the National Guard of
South Carolina. The amount of the
entire pay roll of the regiment, in
Guiding every officer and man, was
$3,457.34. The total of the fines i'm
posed by the summary court was
within a few cents of 81, which in
dicates a remarkable record of good
behavior The books of the pay
master show that the total number
of men present in camp in the First
regiment was 4S1, for the Second
regiment ass and for the Third 1856,
The percentage Of the members of
the First who attended the encamp-
ment Vas also remarkably good. II
will be observed that although they
had only II companies instead OF l.
the number of men present was
the highest of the three regiments
The amount disbursed for the sub
SiStenca of the regiment for the