Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-11-13
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

rendered to the shertn or Lancaster
county on Friday. Mrs. McDow. sister
of Bridges swore out q warrant for
his arrest. but the warrant was not
served. the action Of Bridges making
service unnecessary. Immediately at
ter his surrender, Mr.. Bridges was
on a bond OF $500.
Chester special to Charleston
Sunday News: The annual flower
show, which was In charge OF the La
dies Aid society Of the Baptist
church this fall, came to close
evening. The show was
success from every standpoint, the
flowers on exhibition being both nu-
merous and beautiful and about $3.50
being realized for the purposes OF the
society. Among the prize winners
were: Mesdames Joseph A. Walker,
G. c. Edwards and A. D. Cross.
- Columbia, November 9: John Bal
ley, a mulatto, has been arrested here
for a murder committed In Charlotte
last July. and the police say Bailey
though he at first gave another name
and denied knowing anything Of the
killing. now admits that he Is the man
wanted for the Charlotte homicide and
will be sent to North Carolina for
trial. 1t was not known at police
headquarters today whom Bailey kill
California since the killing.
- The band of immigrants which de-
clined to remain In Darlington and
went to Columbia was afterward taken
to Charleston. In that city the Com
rhercial club took up their case and
gave them to understand that IL they
wanted work. work would be provid-
ed; but otherwise they would be ship
ped back to Bremen. Members Of the
Commercial club were Of opinion that
the immigrants were not especially
anxious about work anyway; that they
had just come over here for q lark.
The immigrants are to be treated right
but they will not be allowed to abuse
the consideration that has been shown
them.
= Spartanburg special Of November
10 to the News and Courier: War
rants have been sworn out against DR..
DeFoix Wilson, Fred L. Bryant, John
Harris and c. w. Anderson by seve-
raj farmers charging them with
maintaining q public nuisance shoot
ing range on the outskirts Of the city.
The warrant Is directed at the Spar
tan Field Gun club, composed Of
number Of prominent young men Of
the city. The warrant alleges that
the shooting by members Of the club
Is source Of uneasiness, causing
much fear to those who travel the
highway. The gun club Is composed
of business and professional young
men Of the city and they will fight
the case through the courts
- Spartanburg, November 9: Mrs.
Harriet Coburn, for whom the au-
thorities Of this county have been
searching for several months, was
brought here this afternoon and COM
mitted to jail. Mrs. Coburn was whip
ped several months ago and driven
from her home near Glenn Springs.
Ollie Ponder and Lum West were ar
rested, charged with whipping the
woman. Mrs. Coburn has been living
in Lancaster county and North Car
olina. She says she knew she was
wanted here, and that a reward Of 800
had been offered for her arrest, but
she was afraid to return and testify
against West and Ponder, fearing she
would be attacked by friends Of the
men who whipped her. She requested
that she be placed in jail until court
convenes, stating she was afraid to
stay at a boarding house and would
feel more safe in jail.
- Columbia special to the News
and Courier: The income tax returns
are still coming In and more are ex-
pected. The list Of Lancaster coun-
ty was received at the comptroller
generals office today. The list Is as
follows: Leroy Springs, $500; w. c..
si,Soo; shS%son R. Z. '%Sf,l %ylie, ;1,s7s; c. b.
Skipper, $705; Ernest Moore, $3.50.
The total tax for Lancaster county
amounts to $1S9.36. The total tax so
far reported from the state amounts
to $3,224.13. SO far no returns have
been received from the following
counties: Abbeville. Berkeley, Cole
ton, Florence, Georgetown and New
berry. The returns from Spartan
burg, which has already been pub
lished, is only partial, although 1t Is
the largest In the state. The second
largest return Is from Richland,
where the income tax amounts to-
81 $50; the tax In Greenville Is 1874
SO; In Charleston, $S56.S9; In Sum-
ter, $309.29; Union, $216; Anderson,
S179. In the following counties the
auditors have reported that no one Is
liable for the income tax In their re-
spective counties: Bamberg, Barn
well, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Claren-
don, Darlington, Dorchester, Fairfield,
Laurens, Lee, Marion. Oconee, Pick
ems, Saluda, Williamsburg and York.
since his recent letter sent to all the
auditors Comptroller General Jones
expects to get in more complete re-
turns and some of the auditors
which have returned no eligtbles may
vet discover some few citizens who
have an income Of over $4,000 per
year, while auditors who have made
reports may yet make some additions
before December /, when the penalty
Is to be added.
-Greenvllle News. Sunday: Miss 8.
B. Hand was instantly killed at Dun
cans yesterday afternoon shortly af-
ter o'clock by train No. 81, the
southbound vestibule train.
Miss Hand, who was about twenty
TWO years of age, started across the
rack when No. 81 was approaching.
She was walking. Mr.. w. G. Gresham
II Duncans, who was standing nearby,
yelled to her that she could not get
across the track before the train, but
,y that time she was half way across
he track. She hesitated, seemingly to
consider whether or not she had bet
er turn back or go ahead. She be-
,ame dazed, and onlookers say that
,he was so frightened that she could
lot move one way or the other. No.
y does not stop at Duncans. In fact
t does not stop anywhere between
spartanburg and Greenville. This
rain was running at a high rate Of
speed and the pilot beam Of the en-
yine hit Miss Hand, knocking her
iown to the side Of the track. The |
rain did not pass over her body. |
When Engineer Henry Hill managed
o stop his train, the train crew and
iome Of the passengers went back to |
where the unfortunate accident hap
,ened. Some one standing nearby had
covered the remains Of the young wom-
IN before the train crew reached the !,
pot. She was killed instantly, but
Ter body was not mangled. It Is
hought that several Of her bones were
,roken and that she was injured in
ernally. The accident happened just
bout twenty-five yards from the sta
ion at Duncans. The road at this
pot is straight and level. The ap-