Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-12-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


citizens will be elected to handle the
bonds. 1t is the purpose Of the town
to use the money realized from the
bonds in taking up the street paving
notes, in retiring some school bonds
that will become due early in 1903, and
to secure electric lights for the town.
1T has just been announced by the
secretary Of the interior that the state
Of South Carolina is entitled to receive
the sum Of $685. 900 from the government
for the promotion OF schools Of agri-
culture and mechanical arts, under the
Act of 1862. The act of 1907, increased
the amounts previously authorized to
be devoted to various agricultural COL
leges throughout the country, and as
stated, the amount that South Caro-
lima will receive this year is $35, 1000.
The total amount that will be available
to all of the states from this fund for
the next fiscal year is $1,750,000, having
been gradually increased year by year
to this amount.
Spartanburg, December 16: Messrs
S. j. Nichols and H. T. Rogers, coun-
sci for Will Foster, colored, twice con-
victed and sentenced for the murder
of Mr.. John Young, have dropped the
appeal which they intended to make
trial. Solicitor Sease will order that
the appeal be dismissed before the su-
preme court. Foster will be resen-
fenced to hang at the January term Of
court for Spartanburg county. VIII
Foster was tried for the murder of
Mr.. John Young, in the January term
Of court of general sessions and found
guilty and sentenced to hang in March.
From this verdict counsel for defense
gave notice Of appeal. A new trial was
granted and in the fall term Of court
Foster was again found guilty.
Clemson special Of December Is,
to News and Courier: About seven
years ago a lot Of platinum apparatus
very mysteriously disappeared from the
chemical laboratory. Platinum, as ev-
erybody knows, is very valuable, and
efforts were made to discover the plati-
mum as well as the means by which 1t
disappeared. Even expert detective
work failed, however, to learn any
thing about the mystery. But about q
week ago the entire amount was acci-
dentally discovered by a negro work.
man, who was hauling leaves and trash
for a resident of the community. Hav-
ing raked a small area in a low place.
where leaves and trash had collected,
the negro gathered a handful Of trash
from beside q rotten log off to one side
and threw it into his wagon. On this
trash was the platinum lost several
years ago. The present value Of the
material Is about $1,100. Clearly
thieves did the work, but who they
were and why they left the platinum
where they did are still shrouded in
mystery.
Columbia State, December II: APP
plication for bail in the case Of w. T.
Jones of Union, under arrest on the
charge Of poisoning his wife, was made
before the supreme court yesterday.
The motion was made after the asso-
ciate justices Of the supreme court,
Messrs. Gary, Jones and Woods, had
reversed the action of Chief Justice
Pope in granting stay Of proceedings
in the case, after Judge Hydrick had
refused to grant bail, when the case
was called for trial at Union. Both
sides appealed in the case; the state
from the order Of the chief justice stay
ing proceedings, and the defendant
from the order Of Judge Hydrick. On
the hearing of the argument by the
state the appeal was sustained. Then
the argument for bail was made and
decision Of the court will be made la
ter. Jones was in the court, accompa-
there were a number of attorneys on
both sides Of the case. The affidavits
submitted are very interesting and go
into the testimony at the coroners in
quest and other evidences very thor
oughly. The decision of the court
will be awaited with interest.
Columbia, December IA: State In
surance Commissioner McMaster to-
day gave to the press an interesting
detailed statement Of the facts he has
been able to gather regarding the Sem
mole Securities company and its deal
with the Southern Life of North Car
olina. In the opening paragraph he
calls the Southern Life down for its
advertisement in the State Of Sunday
regarding accident, health and liability
insurance. He says the company is not
licensed to do such a business in this
state, and that its application for IL
cense had been refused pending an in
vestigation of the company's deal with
the Seminole. The commissioner sew
eral days ago wrote to Manager Cooper
Of the Southern Life, demanding a COM
plete statement regarding the deal be-
tween the Seminole and the Southern
Life. A letter received from Mr.
Cooper today says that this will be for
Warded today. AS to the commissioners
inquiry as to whether any officers Of
the Southern Life shared in the big
commission paid Herbert, Mr.. Cooper
stated in his letter that he preferred
this answer not to go in the public rec
ord, but he would say unhesitatingly
that no officer, nor any one else con-
nected with his company, had in any
way shared in this commission, and he
had no reason to believe any Of the Of
Of hn gI,n
In it. He would put this in the report
and the commissioner could use his
own discretion about putting 1t in the
record. According to Mr. McMaster's
statement, President Darlington, of the
Seminole, told him that the deal with
the North Carolina company had been
passed upon and approved by Commits
sioner Young. Mr.. Darlington is fatty
contradicted in this by a letter from
Mr.. Young to Mr.. McMaster in which
Mr.. Young says he not only had not
of the deal, but had not then
even been asked to do so. Mr.. Young
says the Seminole asked for permission
to sell stock in North Carolina, but was
denied the privilege on failure to COM
ply with the North Carolina law. Yet
great quantities Of this stock were sold
in North Carolina.
- SOIuInDld special OF december 10
to Charlotte Observer: Insurance
Commissioner McMaster today sent
letter to the officers of the Southern
Life Insurance company at Fayette-
Vile, y. c., requiring them to show
cause before him here within thirty
days why the company's license to do
business in this state should not be
revoked on account of the deal with
the Seminole Securities company
This afternoon papers in receivership
proceedings against the Seminole
company were served on the local
trustees and the officers and directors
Of the company requiring them to
show cause before Judge Watts, De-
cember 21st, why a receiver should
not be appointed. Accompanying the
application for a receiver were affi-
davits setting forth that the company
obtained its charter from the secre-
tary Of state under false representa-
ton; that so per cent Of the stock was
never subscribed for before the char
ter was obtained, but the company
was organized and officered before any
stock was sold and that there has
never been a meeting of stockholders.
Things are happening fast and swift
today in re the Seminole. Judge Will
son at Barnwell, has issued a rule to
show cause against the Seminole Of
icers, why a receiver should not be
appointed, the rule being made re-