Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-22
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Washington, June 20: Represen-
tatives Aiken, Finley, Patterson and
Johnson will leave Washington at
the very earliest moment after the
adjournment of the present session In
order to counteract some of the work
done by their opponents during the
time they have been in washington.
In the case of Representatives Aiken
and johnson, it has been known Tor
some time that they would be opposed
for denomination this year; with
Messrs. Finley and Patterson, how
ever, the candidates opposing them
coming out late, caused something OF
q surprise to be shown here among
people who keep in touch with South
Carolina politics,
Gaffney, June 15: The sole topic
of conversation in Gaffney now Is the
work that Is being put in daily al
Castor shoals, on Broad river, in
Cherokee county. Mr.. Oscar Shanks,
a Pittsburg contractor, is IN charge
of the construction OF the immense
power plant that is to be erected
there and the financial end OF the
deal Is in the care of q number OF
Pittsburg capitalists. The stock OF
the company Is said to be $l,QOO,oOO
About 1000 laborers will be employ
ed i'm the great work. This means
much to this city and Gaffney is nat
urally tremendously interested. The
work Is one of vital interest, supply
ing as 1t will all the nearby towns
with electric power.
Columbia, June IS: At the recent
meeting OF the state board OF medlcal
examiners, the following applicants
passed a satisfactory examination:
Drs. o. w. Cox. T. r. Howe, c. d. ia
eobs, ]. R. Young, r. l. Sanders T.
]. Peake, w. e. Shellhouse, T. NJ
Stokes, K, l. Pearlstine, ]. c. Hill, j.
Y. w. Bailey, r, E. Gellatt, n. M.
Bowends, T. e, Wannamaker, Jr., ].
r. Caradenc, w. d. Grigsby, w. i.
Hart, E. ]. Jones, O. D. Hammond H.
r, Morrison, A. B, English, l. ]. Camp
bell, P. A. Brunson, L. r, Craig, n. a.
Mood, w. F. Youmans, Jr, w, n.
Chapman, E. M, Allen, e, A, StulVey'
q. F. Wilson, W, A. Woodruff, b. !.
jaeger, E, w. Simons, ]. Maxwell W.
F. Clarke,
Union, June 10: The shortage in
the Union Building and Loan asso.
ciation, caused by the defalcatian OF
former Treasurer Hughes. II seems
will amount to at least $4,000, ac-
u oSS1iNN
a reliable source, though the expert
ecountant and officers of the associa-
tion will not talk until the expert fin
ishes and makes his official report.
The shortages extend back over eight
yeas. Treasurer Hughes on the night
when the shortage was first suspected
and he was asked relative to the mat
ter, said IL amounted to something
like $4,000 or $4,000, but when the
next afternoon he appeared before
the directors and assumed entire re
sponsibility for the losses, ne wopla
not give any information as TO what
they were and said that the books
would show it, It was said the day
following this that he left Union and
has not been seen here since, though
il is reported that he said he would
return, IL necessary.
Columbia, June 10: One of the
most remarkable petitions for pardon
which has been presented to the gov
ernors office in many years IS that
which came IN today over the sigma
ture of the trial judge himself, Jpoge
d. f. Hydrick, who asks for the par
don of Emma Holloway, an E9genelo
negro, convicted before him and gwen
two years for killing a negro man with
a water pitcher she picked up on the
street. The man had been arrested Tor
assaulting the woman's ten-year
daughter, but had been released by a
magistrate without a preliminary.
When she asked him about 1t on the
street the man insolently told her ne
had assaulted the child, and that there
was no help for It, Whereupon she seiz-
ed a water pitcher lying on the sidewalk
and struck him a lick on the head
which instantly killed him. The judge
who told the jury they must orlhg III
a verdict now recommends pardon
on the ground that the woman did not
intend to kill the man, that she acted
under great provocation and because
a pardon would encourage juries not
to violate their oaths and bring In
veridcts according to the so-called
higher law"