Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Rev. John G. Beckwith, pastor OF
Bethel Methodist church, Charleston
died in that city last Monday morning
He leaves a widow, who was Miss
Fannie Arnesley Brailsford Of Rich
mond, Va. The marriage took place In
Rock Hill on Feb. 3, 1897.
Governor Ansel on Monday declin-
ed to appoint commission In lunacy
to inquire into the insanity Of Tom
Harris, who was sentenced to be hang
ed at Gaffney today for the murder OF
Mrs. Hortensia Morgan q few months
ago.
Says q Clinton special Of March 81
to the Greenville News: The executive
committee Of the South Carolina Inter-
state Oratorical association met here
yesterday to perfect plans for the hold
ing Of this years contest, with rep
resentatives from eight Of the nine
colleges composing the association
Much business came before the meet
ing and 1t was given out that the con-
test would be held at Greenwood or
April 26th. Other things such as the
selection Of judges and the drawing Of
places on the programme were acteo
upon but will not be made public yet
After the business was over Presiden,
Neville Of Clinton college, rendered the
visitors q dinner at o'clock and this
was followed by reception at which
all enjoyed themselves greatly, The
visitors all returned to their respec-
tive colleges today.
DR.. Will L. Linder, q we'll known
physician Of Union, was shot In his of-
fee last Monday by negro woman
named Lucy Lpsey. The shooting
dttrnriQa IN avery
one, including DR.. Linder, and caused
considerable sensation, particular
ly, as DR.. Linder was shot in the
back and without warning. The ball
which was Of thirty-two calibre en-
tered the right side, striking the elev-
enth rib, diverged and lodged In the
muscles of the back, inf1icting quite
a painful, but not necessarily fatal
wound. It seems that the woman
went to DR.. Linder's Office, In the
rear of the Palmetto Drug store, af-
ter o'clock, but the doctor being
busy with other patients, she had To
wait quite a while to see him. Going
into his private consultation room
after a very brief conversation, ne
was interrupted by some one knock.
ing at the door, and while he stopped
to admit the caller he suddenly heard
d SIlOl dIlu lul 90" SAAS
leveling a pistol at him as II to fire
again. Not even knowing that he was
wounded, he jumped towards her and
seized the gun, wrenching 1t from
her and in disarming her forced her
from the office chair, in which she
had been sitting, to the floor. The
exact cause of the shooting cannot be
ascertained, though 1t Is the general
impression that 1t was a difference OF
opinion relating to a strictly profes-
sional matter. The woman who did
the shooting is a mulatto, about for
ty-two years old. On being arraisned
in the police court Tuesday, the Wo-
man had a wild look that indicated
insanity. She would give out no IN
formation, and was taken back to
Jail.
There has been trouble at the
South Carolina military academy as
the result of which thirteen cadets
have left the institution, three by ex-
pulsion and the others voluntarily, or
rather because Of alleged grievances
against the officers in charge. There
are conflicting accounts and the exact
facts have not yet crystaliZed. The
trouble arose because Of the alleged
breaking of barracks by Cadets Cohen
and Abel. Cadet Cohen admitted that
he was guilty. Cadet Abel claimed
that he was in the room Of some OF his
friends Cadets Sloan, Alexander and
Mahon corroborated the statement.
The investigating board refused to ac-
cept the testimony Of these cadets, be-.
cause of other evidence, that appeared
more convincing. The other cadets
withdrew out of sympathy with those
who were expelled. The list Of cadets
who severed their connection with the
institution on account Of the affair is
as follows: T. L. Alexander Of Char
lotte, John T. Sloan, Jr., Of Columbia,
w. ]. Murray, Jr., Of Columbia, ]. G..
Ehrlich, Columbia, Jack Crawford, Co
lumbia: G. H. Mahon. Jr.. Greenville,
C. E. McAllister, Greenville; Hamlin
Beattie. Greenville; Ralph Gossett,
Williamston; A. s. Abel, st. Matthews;
P. E. Lyles, Columbia; ]. F. Richard
son. Jr Greenville. All Of the ex-
PEELED cadets belong to more or less
prominent families and the probability
is that the affair will be thoroughly in
vestigated.