Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-17
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Rev A. J.. Stokes, d. D., OF the
South Carolina Methodist conference,
died In Greenwood last Friday Of
paralysis. He was engaged In the In
vestigation Of the Creighton case, and
was stricken on the previous Tuesday.
His condition appeared desperate
from the beginning and there was no
improvement. Death came Friday
morning at 8 o'clock. His body was
taken to Camden for interment
= Seneca, April 13: Louis r. Red
mond died near here today after a
most eventful career. Twenty years
ago Redmond was considered the
most notorious moonshiner In the
south. He was known all over the
country and made his "contraband"
just as he pleased. He was finally ar
rested and after trial was sentenced
TO a term OF years In United States
prison. He was taken to the Federal
prison In Albany, N. Y, and remained
there for some years. He was par
doned by President Cleveland. Since
he regained his freedom he has lead
peaceful and law abiding life. He
was about sixty-flve years Of age.
- Union, April IA: Wallace Nicho-
las. a young negro man, employed In
the Union postoffice, was arrested last
night and lodged In Jail. charged with
robbing the malls. 1t appears that
money had been missing for sometime
from registered and other mail. Two
postoffice inspectors were sent here to
investigate yesterday. They sent
from the Buffalo office a registered
letter addressed to a party in North
Carolina, in which they inclosed IS
bill ard three 81 bills, all marked. 1t
was Nicholas duty to put up the mail
for the southbound train that passes
here at 9 o'clock p. m. This he did
last evening and sent the mail pouch
to the station. On the arrival Of the
train the inspectors boarded the mail
car. opened the pouch, found the let
ter and opened 1T to find that 1t con-
tanned only one Of the one-dollar bills.
Calling a policeman they found and
arrested Nicholas. On searching him
they found the marked IS bill on his
person. He was taken to Jonesville
this afternoon for a hearing before
United States Commissioner Harris.
- Greenwood special of April IA to
Greenville News: The Rev. C.. w.
Creighton, who got into trouble with
his presiding elder and was brought
up before the last conference of the
Methodist church, held in Spartan
burg, must stand a formal trial. ac-
cording to the resolution Of the COM
mittee appointed to examine into his
case. Mr.. Creighton Is editing a re-
ligious weekly at Greenwood, and 1t
was because Of certain utterances In
this periodical that charges were pre-
ferred against him. The Rev. w. A.
Massebeau, the Rev. Peter Stokes and
the Rev. c. P. Odell were selected to
make an investigation. The commit
tee met in Greenwood and though
much testimony was taken, nothing
has been made public up to this time.
After numerous delays, due to illness
on the part Of the stenographer TAX
ing the proceedings, the report OF the
committee was delayed until a day or
two ago, when 1t was decided to send
the case up for formal trial by the
conference. While the date OF the
conference has not yet been fixed, 1t
will take place in Columbia about the
usual time, when court Of thirteen
members will be appointed by the pre-
siding bishop to hear Mr.. Creightons
case. While the entire proceedings
have been conducted with utmost Sc
crecy, the finding OF the committee
has leaked out.