Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-07-17
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Spartanburg, July Is: The motion
,or bail for w. T. Jones Of Santuc. VINO
IS in Jail at Union on the charge OF
having poisoned his wife, Mrs. Marion
Jones, on the night of July 8, Whlcn
was to have been made before Judge
Hydrick here today, was not gone into
further than the reading Of attidavits
by counsel for both sides. In these 1t
developed that the counsel for the
state presented an affidavit that Jones
attorneys had not been served with
and were not prepared to answer and
Judge Townsend of the prisoner s
counsel expressed a desire to postpone
the argument of the motion until they
returned to Union and were able to Sc
cure affidavits which would answer
those presented by the commonwealth.
1t may be ten days before the matter
comes up again before Judge Hydrick.
The affidavits presented by the cOun-
sci for the state were in the main a
repetition Of the testimony brought
out at the inquest, but, in addition,
there were others as sensational as
the evidence before the coroner. Law
yers appearing in the case were: Judge
d. A. Townsend and James Monroe
for Jones. and MesSrs. P. d. Barron,
j. A. Sawyer and Solicitor Sease for
,the state.
Columbia, June Is: Attorney
John r. Duncan, of the Columbia bar,
formerly candidate for United States
senator and at one time chief clerk III
the secretary Of states office, was be-
fore the supreme court today to make
return on a rule to show cause why he
should not be disbarred for issuing
spurious affidavits in the case Of a
negro convicted in the lower court OF
shooting a magistrate who had gone to
arrest the negro, and why he should
not be attached for contempt in the
presence Of the supreme court toward
Solicitors Benet and Zimmerman and
others. The trial is attracting much
attention, Mr.. Duncan being proml-
nently connected throughout the state
on account Of kinship, Judge Gary's
place on the supreme bench is being
taken by Circuit Judge Memminger
Mr.. Duncan is the SOn-in-law of eX-
Secretary Of State d. II. Tompkins, OF
Edeefeld The case is expected tC
have a sensational outcome. From
the indications members OF the courl
have given so far it seems likely thai
the trial will go against Mr. Duncan
The testimony Of one witness TO-DAY
indicated that Mr.. Duncan may De
charged with being accessory before
the fact of the shooting of the magis'
trale, anu Tie ulluGI SldlllIllS 10 SAAS@
another witness who has been sum-
moned will give testimony tending tC
show that Mr.. Duncan melted the
negro to do the shooting. Although
under bond. the negro escaped and Is
now at large.
Columbia. July IA: Insurance
Commissioner McMaSter has revoked
the license of the Piedmont Mutual
Fire Insurance company of Spartan
burg In a letter of some length tC
the president of the company, ne gave
i'm detail his reasons for such action
COncisely put, they are: That the
company is mutual in name only. tha
II is managed and controlled practical
lv bv Mr. A. NJ. Alexander, the presi'
dent. who is under no bond and whose
actions are under the supervision anL
control of neither the directors nor the
nolicvhOlderS. That the directors have
never had a meeting since It's orgahl
cation. so far as the records snow
THAT the books of the company are
wholly inadequate and unbusiness like
that he finds that Mr n. NJ. AleNan
der. according to his own statement, II
order 10 protect the funds OF the com
many from attachment by judgmen
creditors, has deposited the funds o.
the company i'm his own name, Whlcf
the commissioner thinks is unWiSe anC
unWarranted. That regardless OF tn
fact that the company is licensed 10 u'
business i'm the counties OF Spartan
burg and Union only. ii has renewed
Dolicies outside of those counties, o.
revived old policies in amounts ditfer
ent from the original, in violation o
law. The commissioner has serious
doubts as to the solvency Of the com
many and from the manner Of book
that have been kept, he does not be
iieye that the solvency can be deter