Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-02-13
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George Hasty Of this city, who fatally
shot Milan Bennett and George Abbott
Davidson, Of the Nothing But Money
theatrical company here December Id,
| 1905 will be tried Oh the charge OF
murder February 26. Hasty, who has
been in Jail since the killing, will be
defended by local counsel. The prose-
cutlon will be conducted by T. s..
Sease, state attorney for this circuit,
who will be assisted, It Is understood,
by special counsel employed by the Ac-
tors Association Of New York, which
has taken the matter up. Several wit
nesses Of the tragedy, members Of the
theatrical company, win appear on the
stand for the state. Trial will be fol-
lowed with the greatest interest ana
private homes have offered hospitality
| to the members Of the company who
will attend the trial.
| - Charlotte Observer: The contract
for the digging of the huge canal that
Is to carry the water from the river
to the power house at Great Falls, 3.
c., has been let by the Southern Pow
er company to the Simons, Mayrant
Company, Of Charleston, s. G. The
canal is to be II miles in length and Is
to be 20 feet deep, $50 feet wide at the
top and 100 feet at the bottom. The big
dam which has been built across the
river at Great Falls, is for the purpose
Of turning the water into the canal.
At the foot Of the canal, another dam
has been built and here are to be seen
the immense turbines and the other
| machinery for the generation or the
current. The water after running
! through the canal. falls over the tur-
bi7es and passes on back into the riv-
er through a creek. The fall Is 12
feet and 1t Is estimated that $4,000
horse power Of electricity will be
generated with this head Of water.
The terms of the contract call for the
completion Of the canal by November
1st. It is stated that $4,000 will be
the cost of the work.
IS. T. McKeown, president and JOS
eph s. Keitt, secretary sent out the
| following from Columbia last Friday:
The directors Of the Farmers Alliance
Exchange met today and appropriated
the fund on hand. After payment OF
all expenses and reservation Of con-
tingent fund to complete the work OF
distribution, 81 per cent Of the entire
amount paid in was apportioned. The
fund paid in was $23,495.35. The amount
that came into the hands Of the pres
| ent board of directors was SIG,
and the amount apportioned $l5,674.78
being over ninety-five per cent or the
| fund received by the present board.
The following counties have completed
their return and have received checks:
Chester $778.87, Colleton $360.12; Oco-
rec $410.37, Pickens $469.00, Spartan
burg, $908.95, Williamsburg $66l.62.
York S1,2O6, Charleston $330.50, Horny
S226.12. Checks will be sent to the
following counties upon application OF
legally constituted county trustees,
GEORGETOWN $117.25 Hampton $125.62,
Sumter $175.S7. The following coun-
ties will be paid when the county trus-
tees have completed the collection OF
certificates: Aiken $339.62, Abbeville
$326.62, Anderson $S79.37, BarnwelI
ss44.32 Berkeley $134.00, Chesterfield
$32327 Clarendon $427.13, Darlington
s3OSS7 Greenville $6S675, Kershaw
S36O12, Laurens s653.25, Lexington
$14237 Marlboro $36S.50, Marion $56s-
so. Newberry $410.37, Orangeburg
$971.50, Union $404.14.
Writing to the News and Courier
of Monday under date Of Sunday, Mr..
August Kohn describes the situation In
the senate as follows: It Is most ua-
usual for the house to have the lead
on the senate in the status OF the work. |
The house has sent over to the senate |
and that body has not yet acted on
some of the most important matters
proposed during the session. Among |
the number are the bills affecting oil
inspection, two and half cent mile |
age. the creation Of a bank examiner, |
an appropriation for the Confederate
home the blow at the bucket shops, |
the general appropriation bill, the
Morgan dispensary bill and the auto
mobile measure. On the other hand |
about the only important measures In
the house from the senate are the
measures looking to a vote on bien-
nial sessions, the South Carolina |
University bill and the Hardin fertil-
izer inspection bill. The likelihood |
Is that there Is to be but little discus
sion on any of these bills. The senate
has not yet sent to the house the re-
formatory or the coca-cola bills. There
Is the most intense interest in the work
Of the dispensary investigating COM
mittee Most folks who read the daily
accounts of the evidence have but lit
tie conception of the difficulties and
herculean barriers in the way Of
Messrs. Christensen and Lyon, who are
doing the bulk of the work Of the COM
mittee Some of these days they may
tell Of their troubles and the difficulties
they have had to encounter, and then
people will wonder how these two
young men have been able to accom-
plish as much as they have and have
IN reserve. Their position has been
anything but pleasant, but they have
done their level best, regardless OF re-
suits to themselves.