Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-03-09
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

good was derived from fraternal or
ders.-Cnarlotte Chronicle, March 2.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
The Darlington grand jury has de-
clined to pr. sent Pegram .Dargan for
completely In the suicide of his broth
tr, X. Keith Dargan.
Mr. w. H. Hand, superintendent OF
the CHESTER Graded schools, has been
,Iected to a position in the department
OF pedagogy in, the South Carolina
university.
= George Ha3ty was on last Tues
day sentenced to life imprisonment
in the penitentiary. His attorneys,
however, have announced their
purpose to appeal to the supreme
court. He will remain in jail until
the question is decided.
= The friends of Col. William Ell
Lott have recommended him to Pres
ident Roosevelt for appointment as
commissioner under the Foraker bill,
providing tor the appropriate mark
ing OF the graves Of Confederate SOL
diers who died In northern prisons.
The bill provides for such commits
sioner. Alabama is pushing the
name Of General Shelley, Of Birming-
ham, who, like Colonel Elliott, is a
Confederate veteran Of distinction,
and other southern states will doubt
less have candidates in the field.
- Whether the governor will ap-
prove or veto the new act providing
for two per cent OF the fire insur-
ance premiums Of the state to be
paid into a fund for pensions and
benefits Of firemen will not be known
until after next week. The insur-
'ance people have made war on the
act, and 1t is said that IL 1t goes into
effect the rates will be raised
throughout the state. Governor Hey
" ard has appointed Tuesday morning
OF next week for q hearing from both
sides, and will not make up his mind
about the act until that hearing.
= Columbia special Of March 6, to
Greenvihe News: Lee G.. Hooleman
OF Anderson, will be appointed state
-ank examiner. The appointment is
regarded as being most excellent and
rom all reports a really first-class
man has been selected. When the
bank examiner statute was passed
Governor Hayward promptly decided
to ask the executive committee Of
the State Bankers association to sug-
gest suitable man, and IL this sug-
gestion was agreeable he would make
such an appointment. He is greatly
pleased with the suggestion Of the
executive committee, and while he
did not make the slightest intimation
or suggestion to the committee as to
any preference on his part, and II he
had any no one knows, he will with
pleasure appoint Mr.. Hooleman.
President w. G.. Montgomery, Secre-
tary Giles L.. Wilson, Chairman Of
the Executive Committee e. p. Grice
of rln q nd
derson of Westminster, and T. B.
Stackhouse of Columbia, OF the exec
utive committee, were present at the
conference to name q suitable candi-
date Mr.. Bright Williamson OF Dar-
| lington., was the only member OF the
| bankers committee not present, and
he was detained by illness in his
family.
= Columbia Record: That the far
mers OF the state are going to put
in an unusually large cotton crop
this year Is evident from the fact the
receipts at the treasurer's Office from
the fertilizer tag tax twenty-five
cents on the ton) is twice as large
| when the heaviest tax In the history
Of the state was recorded. 1t is
| not thought that the year will end
with twice as much tax paid as was
paid last year, but that the tax will
| be much heavier than II has yet been
Is certain from the receipts that have
already come in. The total paid In
up to today this year Is $115.000.50
as against $70,259 last year. The re-
| ceipts for the entire year Of 1905
were $3.50, 439.33 the heaviest in the
history of the tag by s2l 900, The
year before the receipts were $118,-
974.54, the heaviest up to that time.
It is thought, that the extremely favor
able weather during January and
February have done much to increase
the receipts as this gave the farmers
| opportunity to haul the stuff out to
| their places. The receipts this Janu-
ary amounted to s52,44S,95 as against
$16,865 In January Of last year and
$4,000 in January 1904. The re-
ceipts' in February, 1905, $40,656.50
as against $55,S01.5s last month.
= Greenville special of March z, to
Columbia State: c.. Lum Ward, a
well known horse trader and farmer,
living three miles south Of this city on
the LaurensS road. was shot and NOR
tally wounded by George Douglass,
member Of the firm of Briscoe g. Doug
| lass, this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock.
Ward was carried to the station house.
where DR.. w. c. Black gave medical
attention. The, shot entered the left
breast and was not located. AS soon
as the physician had administered
| anesthetics to the wounded man he
told Ward thato he had better prepare
his will, IL he wanted to make one, as
his wound was mortal. The will was
prepared and executed. The shooting
occurred at the rear Of Smiths black
smith shop on Laurens street. Doug
lau df nd a ll
when the shot was fired and Ward was
near the rear door Of the shop, eight
feet away. The men Quarreled, 1t is
said, and policeman was called. Of
ficers Johnson and Atkinson were ap-
preaching the men when, within only
a few feet, Douglass shot Ward. Ward,
while he lay In, the station house, as
the physician wrote his will, stated In
disconnected manner that he and
Lawrence Parks negro, had swap
ped horses and that Parks had fused
with him. Douglass, he said,, had
taken the matter up. Friends Of Doug
lass state that two weeks ago Ward
and Douglass had exchanged horses
and Ward became dissatisfied. Ward
was angry at Douglass, 1t is asserted,
and II is further said threatened his
life, going so far one day last week as
to enter the stable Of Briscoe & Doug
lass armed with a double baTrelled
| shotgun. Douglass surrendered at
once, but was released late this after
noon on bail Of $1,000 allowed by Mag
istrate Stradely Ward Is said to have
cursed Douglass, and is also said to
have had a whip in his hand when he
was shot. Ward is a notorious horse
trader and fighter. Ward was opera
ted upon at $50 o'clock. The bullet
passed entirely through his body,
piercing the right lung.
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MERE-MENTloN.
The Ohio legislation has appropria-
ted $4,000 on account of the jamestown
exposition. =. .Chas. M. Schwab, for
mer president = Of the United States
steel corporation, Is seriously I'll.