Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-11-24
Straps and facts.

few days they will be entertained at
the Thomas home. Judge Taft will
personally select one of the hill cot
taees that has been offered him. He
and his family will take their meals
at the winter resort hotel on the hill
near the cottages. William II. Taft
Jr.. and Miss Helen Taft will join the
family during the holidays. Mr.. Thorn
as is q prominent and wealthy citizen
Of Augusta. being president of the
largest cotton mill here. He and Mrs
Thomas entertain elegantly. Their
house is one of the most exquisite on
the hill. The cottage which Judge
Taft will likely select is a very short
distance from the leading hotel
- Chicago November 90: w. Burke
Cochran of New York, yesterday ac-
cepted an invitation unique in this
city. if not in the rest of the country
The Democratic orator paid his res
poets to Frank ]. Loesch, special states
attorney conducting the grand jury in
vestigation of primary election frauds
and was asked to speak a few words
TO the members of the grand jury
primaries" said Mr.. Cochran, address
ing the inquisitorS, have come to be
looked upon as so legitimately the
trade of those who would perpetrate
fraud that whenever anything Is frau
dulent it has become a by-word to call
it crooked as a primary Election
frauds have become so general in their
nature that no longer is it necessary
for a master mind to direct their oper-
alton. but every district politician be-
Iieves that unless he carries his dis
trict by fraud he has not sufficiently
shown his political fervor." In closing
Mr.. Cochran declared that the primary
is the foundation of the elective sys-
tenn and that he did not know that Chi
cago was any worse off than other
cities. He congratulated the jurors IN
the work they were doing.
Gaffney special to Columbia State:
Raiding Deputy r. O. Merrick. accom-
panied by Special Officers McGaha.
McCravy and Hendrix. went just over
the line of Cherokee county into North
Carolina today and searched the prem
ises of John Jones and Ben Hudgens.
They found near the house of Jones a
wooden distillery which they destroy
ed. together with about 200 gallons OF
beer This was within abou. 100 yards
Of Jones house and there was well
defined path leading from the plant to
the house They also made a search
of the premises of Ben Hudgens, near
where Special Officers McGaha and Nc
Gravy destroyed a distillery a few days
ago. They found under the bed in Hud-
gems house seven kegs and elev-
en- jugs. which had contained whisky,
and also a small quantity Of whisky,
which they destroyed. They secured
abundant evidence that both Jones and
Hudgens had been dealing in contra
band whisky. and these men will
doubtless he prosecuted by the North
Carolina authorities. The credit of
breaking up this illegal traffic belongs
to the principal of the Boiling Springs
high school, who has spared neither
expense nor trouble to put these men
out of business. as they were operat-
ing so near the school as to demoral-
ize the discipline thereof.
Roanoke, Va, special of November
p. to Charlotte Observer: Ever since
the verdict of mot guilty" was rem
IN, ha nI, I'M
DR. w. s. Gregory. a wealthy Roanoke
dentist. with an attempt at criminal
assault on a chlorofOrmed patient in
his office, there have been open and
suit Of the trial on all sides. There
have been many stories that leading
business men would wait on Gregory
and tell him he must get out of town.
other rumors are that a mass meet
ing will be -cafied at which citizens
will express their Indignation and call
on the dentist to leave Roanoke. A
party of negroes last night waited on
Lee Martin. the cOlOred assistant to
Gregory and chief witness for the de-
fense at the recent trial and warned
him to leave the city. He made his
departure early today. That Gregory
is considered an undesirable citizen
appears to be the view of a large per-
centage of the people. if open street
talk counts for anything. 1t is said
that Martin has, since the trial, been
showed off the sidewalks on a number
of occasions by negroes. In the mean
time Gregory continues to pursue the
even tenor Of his way. GregOry's al
legged victim and her friends have re-
ceived a number of anonymous COM
munications Of a vulgar nature through
the mails.
- Cleveland O., November 90: United
States Judge Tayler yesterday grant
I'd an injunction against the American
Telephone and Telegraph company
BELL long distance system) and the
Central Union Telephone company
BELL company operating in Ohio, In
diana and Illinois,. restraining them
from interfering with the business of
the Independent companies operating
i'm those and adjoining states. The in
junction was asked for in a suit by
the United States Telephone company
which is the independent long distance
telephone company operating in Ohio
and adjoining states. 1t is charged
that the Bell, as shown by their Off
cial reports. is buying independent eX-
changes or selling Bell exchanges
where there are competing companies
and in some instances absorbing indie
pendent companies, by merger and con-
Solidation. or division of territory So
as to eliminate competition and eStab-
lish a complete Bell control, in viola
ton Of the Sherman antitrust law, and
Of the laws of Ohio, Indiana. Illinois
and other states where the companies
operate. The bill says that the original
value placed upon the Bell patents in
1878 was 100000 and Year later in
creased to $G5O.0O0. a year later the
value of the same property, as repre-
Sented by the capital stock, was in
crea Sed from $50 600 To Sc 800 600 or