Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-01-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Colonel John M. Patrick, assist
ant adjutant and inspector general, Is
critically i'll at his home in Anderson.
son.
W. A. Eudy, who was until re-
Gently cashier Of the Commercial
bank Of Chester and who left that
position to become cashier OF the
Exchange bank, Is now out Of a job.
After he left the Commercial bank,
the officers found a shortage In his
accounts, amounting to 1926 and
called his attention to 1t. He denied
the shortage at first, but because the
evidence was so convincing he finally
broke down and confessed. Eudy
was regarded as one Of the most act
i've and reliable young men In Chester
and until this development last Sat
urday could have had his choice OF
all the best jobs going.
- Ollie Smith, twelve years Of age,
fell into a steaming vat Of mass at a
government distillery seven miles
from Greenville last Saturday after
noon and was literally cooked. The
boy was feeding cows from a cool
vat, and as he watched them eat the
boiled corn meal he leaned against
post supposed to protect the steam
in, only his head and one shoulder
being above the boiling mass Of meal
four feet deep. When pulled out he
dashed himself into a cool mountain
stream in the hopes Of easing the
pain. When his clothing was re-
moved most of the skin came off
with 1t.
- The principal charge against John
hn oil =
self to be retained as counsel for the
Richland Distilling company in an
action brought against that concern
by an Asheville, N. c., distilling con-
Germ, at a time when there was rea-
son to believe that the Richland con-
Germ was liable to indictment In the
United States court. The charge was
brought by Congressman Aiken, who
laid the facts before the proper au-
thorities. Congressman Aiken says
that his action was not suggested by
politics, but that he did what he did
for the best interest Of the state. AS
the representative of the. Rlchland
distilling concern in one case Mr.. Ca
pers was not in position to pros
ecute 1t very vigorously in another
case.
-Laurens special Of January 20, to
News and Courier: The county board
of election commissioners today In
vestigated all boxes, tabulated the
returns and prepared a signed state
ment to the effect: "The most just
and fairest method Of disposing OF
the matter Is to declare that there has
been no legal election held in Lau-
rens county as provided for under
the Brice act" and 1t was so declar-
ed. The commissioners declared that
they found all the allegations in the
petition correct, besides numerous
other irregularities in other boxes"
Counsel for both sides gave immedi
ate notice Of appeal, and it seems
that the contest has only begun. The
official count, including the contest
boxes, gave mo dispensary" 67 ma
jority. To have thrown out the boxes
named in the petition would have
given the "Dispensary" 16S majority.
- The grave Of Robert Keith Dar-
gan, who was buried in Darlington
last July after his most sensational
suicide, was opened last Friday MORN
ing in the presence Of some sixty or
more representative citizens of Dar-
lington and vicinity. The opening the
the grave was at the instance Of the FL
deity Mutual Insurance company, in
which Dargan had a policy for $25.-
900. 1t will be remembered that
Dargan took poison from the hands
of his brother, Pegram Dargan. Az
ter his burial there originated a ru-
NOR to the effect that the whole
thing was a hoax and that instead Of
a corpse the grave contained a wax
figure. The Fidelity Mutual compa-
ny declined to pay the policy until
the grave was opened. Dargan's peo-
pie at first refused but at last con-
sented The opening Of the grave
was the work Of several hours, the
coffin having been encased in brick
laid in cement. When the casket was
opened it was found that the body
was almost unrecognizable as that of
a human being. 1t was recognized
by the shape of the skull
and the color Of the hair. The peo-
pie who saw It, however, said that
they were satisfied that 1t was the
body Of Dargan. !