Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-11-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

South Carolina at 1,477,735.
Charleston. November 26 c. Nc.
lemore. aged 81, a young man en-
ployed by the Southern railway. fatal
ly injured himself today while demon
strating to others how suicide wound
is indicted. He placed a pistol to hi:
head in which there were loaded and
empty shells and, saying jokingly
"This Is the way to do it," pulled the
trigger. A loud report followed and
McLemore fell to the ground with a
bullet in his brain.
Newberry special of November 26
to Columbia State. In the primary
election here today. to nominate candi-
dates for mayor and aldermen for the
city of Newberry. the results are as
follows: For mayor: ]. J. Langford
272: H. H. Evans, 241: E. c. Jones
1855: C. L. Havird, 90. The second race
will be run on Friday between Messrs
Langford and Evans. The following
aldermen were elected: P. Z. Baxter
]. r. Green, S. K. Bouknight ]. A
election passed off quietly, but much
enthusiasm was shown.
Hon. James Aldrich of Aiken, has
rendered his resignation to Governor
Ansel as judge Of the second judicial
circuit. the resignation to take effect
on the 1st of December. The success
sor of Judge Aldrich will be elected by
the general assembly, as the constitu-
ton provides that when vacancy in
a judgeship Is for more than one year
the legislature shall elect and when 1t
is less than one year the governor shall
appoint Judge Aldrich was last elect
ed Judge In 1906 and his term does not
expire until 1910. The resignation OF
Judge Aldrich is the second Of a cir
cult Judge within one year, as Judge
Purdy resigned to resume the practice
Of law and Solicitor John s. Wilson
was elected to succeed him as Judge.
In addition to the judge Of the second
circuit q successor to Associate JUS
tice E. B. Gary will be chosen at the
coming session OF the general assem-
bly,.
Spartanburg Herald, Thursday:
The Jury found a. verdict for the plain
tiff in the sum of $1,44S.76 in the case
of Settler company Of Pomaria, S. c.,
VS.. the Piedmont Mutual Insurance
company Of Spartanburg, which was
tried in the court Of common pleas
yesterday morning. The suit was for
the payment Of the balance Of policy
of $1,000, taken out by the Settler COM
pany with the Piedmont Insurance
company in November, 1902. The
Settler company held two policies, the
first for $525, the second for $1,SOO.
The first policy was paid and the Sec
ond cancelled. The plaintiffs were rep
resented by Hon. John Gary Evans and
S. NJ Wetmore; the defendants by
Hon. H. B. Carlisle. The principal wit
nesses were the Messrs. Settler, OF the
firm Of Settler company Of Pomaria,
S. c., and the Messrs. A. M. and G..
B. Alexander of the Piedmont lnsur-
ance company.
The South Carolina Daughters Of
the American Revolution convened In
annual meeting in Charleston last
Tuesday, with nearly all the chapters
OF the state represented. The CONFER
ence was called to order by Mrs. Rob-
ert Moultrie Bratton Of Guthriesville,
state regent and opened with prayer
and responsive reading Of the ritual.
Mayor Rhett delivered the welcoming
address and the response was by Mrs.
w. B. Burney Of Columbia. The annual
report Of the state regent was an able
and interesting paper. and there was
also a carefully prepared paper by Mrs.
w. E. Moore Of Yorkville, on the sub
fect of Patriotic Education" The
regular routine work was dispatched
in a business like manner and the state
regent won high praise because Of her
exceptional ability as a presiding offi-
Ger. Officers were elected on Wednes-
day as follows: State regent Mrs.
Robert Moultrie Bratton Of Guthries-
vile; vice state regent, Mrs. A. l. Rob-
ertson Of Columbia; corresponding
state secretary, Mrs. w. M. Jones OF
Spartanburg; state historian, MISS
Kate Lily Blue Of Marion; assistant
state historian, Mrs. Arthur w. Handy
of Columbia; state genealogist, Mrs. P.
H. Nell Of Clemson, recording state
secretary, Miss Edith DeLorme Of
Sumter; state registrar, Mrs. w. b.
Burney Of Columbia; state treasurer,
Mrs. w. B. Moore Of Yorkville. II was
Mrs. Clark Waring Of Columbia who
nominated Mrs. Bratton to election as
state regent, and she said in doing so
that the Daughters knew a good thing
when they saw 1t, and that they had a
rare gem in their present state regent,
who had given her head and her heart
to the work, filling her position with
rare ability and distinction. The elec-
ton was unanimous. Mrs. Bratton ac-
knowledged her reelection In an ap-
propriate response. The Daughters had
q trip around the harbor on Wednes-
day and their business sessions have
been crowded on both sides with nu-
merous social pleasures. The confer
ence adjourns today.
Columbia special to the Charlotte
Observer: For the third or fourth time
within the last few years a white man
charged with murder has been refused
bail by South Carolina judge. In
the supreme court last evening an or
der was filed by Chief Justice Pope re-
fusing bail to James w. Gallman, who
was convicted in Union Of manslaugh-
ter and sentenced to a term of fifteen
wears Pending an appeal, application
for bail was made before Chief Justice
Pope last week. Judge Pope four years
ago refused to grant bail to former
lieutenant governor Of the state then
under charge of murder, who was af-
forwards acquitted. Last summer AS
sociate Justice E. B. Gary refused to
grant bail to a white man under charge
of murder for killing a negro and Ia
SASN
refused bail to the same man, who was
at the next term Of court acquitted
Another circuit judge whose name is
not now recalled nor the case, also
made a similar disposition Of an appli-
cation for bail, not long ago, and there
may be other cases Of the sort I'm
der the law when a person is convicted
Of manslaughter and the sentence is
for more than ten years, bail cannot be
granted by a circuit court judge and
application must be made either to the
supreme court or to some justice OF
that court An appeal was taken In
Gallman's case and application was
made before Chief Justice Pope fol
bail. The attorneys for Gallman are
Townsend & Townsend, ]. Ashby Saw
yer, Victor E. DePass and John Gary
Evans. The attorneys for the prosecu-
tion are Solicitor Sease, Col. George
Johnstone and James Munro. Gallmar
was tried at a special term of court
for Union county, commencing July
29th. 1907 a true bill having been