Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-05-29

into prominence several years ago as
the plaintiff in a suit for slander
against DR.. ]. c. Kilgo, president of
Trinity college, alleging that Kilgo
had DETAINED his character by SLAM
derous statements to conference.
The suit was in court ten years,
went twice to the supreme court and
was finally thrown out Of Wake su-
perior court on a motion Of non-suit.
1t was probably the most famous lit
igation in the history of the state.
He is survived by a widow and seven
children. He was sixty-eight years
old and a native of Durham.
The tired out house leaders Of
both sides are preparing plans to
bring the work of congress to an end
about June Sth or 18th. The last ap-
preparation measure to be considered
at this session of congress will be TAX
en- up in the house next week. The
diplomatic and consular bill, which
has been before the house as a pre-
text for the deliverance of political
speeches, will be disposed of and sun
dry civil bills will follow. The only
additional appropriation bill to pre-
pare is the general deficiency bill,
which will be in readiness the week
after. The house leaders say the
prospects for an adjournment in June
are excellent, but Republican leader
Payne does not agree with Senator
Aldrich, who says that adjournment
somewhere between June 10 and Is
is probable. Payne puts the date at
least a week beyond that
- Montgomery, Ala, correspond
ence Of the New York World: Rich
mond Pearson Hobson, hero of the
Merrimac. has certified to the secre-
tary Of state that 1t cost him $6,94S
to defeat Representative ]. H. Bank
head for the nomination of congress
at the recent Democratic primaries
in the sixth district. OF this sum
$1,275 was spent for printing and
$1,000 for postage. Capt. Hobson
was a naval constructor and resigned
from the navy in February three
years ago, at a time when his salary
on shore duty was $2,975 a year. He
first asked for retirement, which
would have carried with 1t a pen
sion on the ground of defective Wis
ion, but the board of surgeons de-
clined to certify him for retirement.
He tried for congress two years ago,
and was defeated. In apparent proof
that his lecture tours must have been
fairly lucrative, 1t Is seen that in the
recent contest he spent considerably
more than he would have earned in
two years had he continued in the
navy, and more than one years sal
ary as congressman.
About three miles from Mobile,
Ala, last Sunday afternoon, during
the progress of a baseball game in an
open field, a thunder storm came up,
accompanied by vivid lightning, which
struck in the midst of the crowd Of
spectators, instantly killing five and
injuring some twenty-five more or
less seriously. The dead are: Donald
Touart, aged twenty-one; Stephen
Touart, aged nineteen, sons of Stephen
]. Touart; Arthur Moody. aged nine
teen: two negroes, John Green and
Charles Thomas. Seriously injured
John Yockers and Fred Johnson.
Among the painfully injured were:
Fred Burch, Joe Dolbear and George
Cleveland. At least fifteen or twenty
were shocked and knocked down by
the stroke, who rapidly recovered and
were able to leave the field. The field
was strewn with bits of shoes and
clothing from those who were killed
or seriously injured and the bodies or
the dead presented terrible specta-
Gle, being burned in numerous places.
A silver dollar taken from the pocket
of one of the victims was melted on
both sides.
George L. Lane, an employe of the
Standard Oil company, previous to
1901, testified at the Interstate COM
merce commission Standard Oil hear
ing at Cleveland, o., last Saturday that
his business for several years for the
Standard Oil company was to drive out
the independent dealers, to Kill them
off, and he was told that If he could
not do the job somebody else would be
sent to put the Standards competitors
out Of business. II was given rigid In
structions and followed them as close
as possible. l succeeded in driving out
all competition in a dozen big towns
In northern Ohio, and the only failure
| made was in Youngstown, where a
man by the name of Fahey stuck II
out Notwithstanding that we spent as
high as six dollars a gallon TO give
away oil. The whole idea was to dis
courage the small independent deal
er. buy his customers up at any cost
We represented ourselves as independ-
ents, but we got our supplies from the
Standard" A score of witnesses were
examined at this session and the In
vestigation is already prolific of re-
suits.
Greensboro, N. c., May "a: John
B. Mcmillan, twenty-five years old,
who was convicted in this city for
forgery and sentenced to two years
Imprisonment on the county roads,
was shot to death near here early
this morning while trying to escape.
Mcmillan, with four other convicts,
got away from the guards, who
opened fire upon themI killing Jesse
Thomas a negro, instantly and NOR
tally wounding Mcmillan. The latter
was taken to the hospital at High
Point, where he died several hours
later. Before his death he admitted
that his right name was not McMil-
Ian, but Brent A. MOrty, the son of
a prominent citizen of Lexington, Ky.
Mcmillan came to Greensboro last
September, and by his prepossessing
appearance and engaging manners
was admitted to membership in the
clubs, and freely mingled with the
best people i'm society. He was
welcome guest at many of the homes
of the first families in North Caro-
lima. He was a man of abstemious
habits and was quiet and dignified.
Society received a shock when ne
was arrested, charged with having
forged the name of the Cape Fear
Manufacturing company, by whom
he was employed. Bogus checks to
the amount of several hundred dol
lars were discovered and he was ar
rested, just after returning from an
automobile ride with several young
women. He pleaded guilty in court
and had only been a convict for three
months. His body will be sent to his
former home in Kentucky.
- Nashville, Tenn, May %: The
grand jury of the United states cir
cult court, which has been investi-
r g..