Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-03-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

professor of law in the South Carolina
university for twenty-five years or
more and his last illness came upon
him in the lecture room. He was a
man of great ability and strong per-
Sonality.
- Governor Ansel has reappointed
the state board Of. education as fol-
lows: Prof. w. K. Tate, first dis
trict, Charleston; H. F. Rice, EsqS Sec
ond district, Aiken; Prof. d. w. Dan
| iel, third district, Clemson College;
Prof. A. G.. Rembert, fourth district,
Spartanburg; Supt. A. r. Banks, fifth
district, Lancaster; Hon. w. j. Mont
gomery, sixth district, Marion; Supt
A. ]. Thackston, seventh district, Or
angeburg.
THE city council Of Spartanburg
has passed an ordinance requiring all
citizens who own chickens to keep
them from running at large on the
premises Of their neighbors. The or
dinance applies to ducks, geese, pig
cons, turkeys, etc. The police are CIV
EN- authority to impound all fowls
running at large. After being cap
tured they will be held three days and
II not redeemed they will be sold at
private sale. The ordinance became
necessary 1t Is said, because Of the
large VI tiAaS oAS
owned by the residents Of Spartan
burg. Nearly everybody in that city
| raises chickens and they are afflicted
with wanderlust Of the worst sort.
They travel several blocks in order to
get into a garden of vegetables, which
they quickly destroy, causing neigh
borhood rows.
Columbia special Of February 21
| to the News and Courier: Senator
Tillman, who for several days has
been at his home at Trenton, between
Columbia and Augusta, will probably
not be able to return to his duties In
Washington for some days. Senator
Tillman was taken seriously Ill Thurs
day night. He spoke Monday In
Washington and after two days at
Clemson college, he went to his home
at Trenton, complaining of the heart
That night he had an attack evidently
due to the hard work and the unusual
heat, which produced nervous trouble
similar to those from which he suf-
fered three years ago, when he con-
suited eminent specialists in Philadel-
phia, who found no signs of organic
disease. After a short rest the sena-
tor was soon at his post again. In the
present attack the old symptoms of
numbness and tingling Of the left side
have returned, but they are lessening
in the last twenty-four hours. His
physicians, DR.. Hunter and DR.. Bah
cock, are agreed that there are now
no indications Of organic trouble and
are hopeful that after few days Of
rest the senator may be we'll enough
to return to his duties in Washington.
- Columbia special Of Saturday to
Charlotte Observer: Insurance Com
icoinn MnMoGfar ctofaH fn6QU that
the Equitable Fire Insurance compa-
ny of Charleston Is the only domestic
insurance company in South Carolina
which has complied with the act pass
ed by the last session of the legtsla-
ture, requiring all domestic insurance
companies in the state doing business
In more than one county and one ad-
Joining county to file bond, orsdepos-r
1t securities with the insurance COM
missioner, to the amount OF $4,000.
In other words all other domestic
companies writing business generally
in this state are now violating the
laws of the state, and are subject to
penalty, except the fraternal orders
and lodges and the county and town.
ship mutual fire assessment companies
doing business only in the county In
which they are organized and one ad-
joining county. The provisions refer
red to are contained in what Is known
as the Miley act, which became law
twenty days after the governor signed
the measure. Governor Ansel ap-
proved the act February 22nd, hence
this law became effective March 18th,
and all companies included within its
provisions which have done business
since have disregarded the law, except
the company named.
- Columbia State, Sunday: After a
thorough investigation. by Mr.. w. w.
Morrison, special agent Of the South
ern railway, and Sheriff B. F. Sample
of Saluda county, 1t was determined
that ex-Judge o. w. Buchanan's
death was due to most unusual ac-
cident. Mr.. Morrison stated yester-
day that Judge Buchanan was killed
by a stray bullet from 22-calibre
parlor rifle in the hands Of q small
boy of Wards station, the shot having
been fired at a distance of about six
ty yards from the railroad track and
while the train upon which Judge
Buchanan was a passenger was pass
ing the station. AS soon as the shoot
ing was discovered Mr.. Morrison was
notified and he left for Wards on the
next train, arriving there at o'clock,
three hours after the shooting occur
red. In company with Sheriff Sam
pie and his deputy, Mr.. Ben Padgett,
he made thorough investigation. 1t
was learned that several boys had
been shooting a parlor rifle around
the little town all afternoon and 1t Is
known that two of these small boys
were in the back yard Of a residence
near the station when train No, 3a
passed. The boys were questioned
and admitted having shot at targets,
ETC., about the town during the after
noon and the two who were in the
yard near the station when the train
that time, but did deny that they dis
charged the rifle while they were
there Mr.. Morrison got in possession
Of some Of the cartridges which the
boys were using in their rifle and the
bullet is exactly the same size as the
one which the physicians at the Au-
gusta hospital extracted from Judge
Buchanans wound. "Of course 1t Is
unusual for a person to be killed by
bullet from a parlor rifle" said Mr..
Morrison, but where the range Is not
too great and there Is nothing to OBJ
struct or defect the bullet 1t Is as
dangerous as q bullet Of a larger cal
ibre The window of the car being up
and the bullet striking Judge Buch-
anan at a vital point with no bones
to defect It's course, 1t is but natural
that II ShOuld nave proved Iatal. n
22-calibre bullet WILL under such cir
cumstances, kill a person at an even
greater distance" Mr.. Morrison stat
ed that the shooting was beyond all
doubt an accident and that not a per-
son at Wards knew that 1t had occur
red until more than two hours after
ward. He stated that 1t Is not expect
ed that any indictments will be made
against the two boys on account or the
shooting. Sheriff Sample agreeing with
him that 1t was entirely accidental. 1t
is recalled that about three years ago
a man named Traywick, employed by
the Stevens Lumber company at Che-
raw. was shot by a stray bullet. from
a 22-calibre parlor rifle, near the At
lantic Coast Line depot in that town,
from which wound he died within
few hours. In this case several young
men were shooting the rife from the
platform Of the A. c. L. station, di-
recting their aim across an open lot
in front Of the station, body Of tim
Der being in the background, about
900 wards from the station. Mr.. Tray
wick was at least $50 yards from the
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