Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-12
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The date Of the State Fair this
year is from November to 8.
-Ballue, the Greenville witness, who
was committed to jail because muir
der case had to be continued on ac-
count of his absence, has been released
on a 5000 bond. Judge Aldrich, who
had at first announced that Ballue
should be held in Jail until the next
term Of court, reconsidered his first de-
cision.
-Greenville, October 8: Meredith
Gossett, aged 40, was instantly killed.
near his home In the neighborhood OF
Marietta, this morning by being crush.
ed beneath a log weighing 3,000
pounds. Gossett and companions were
saving the log in half on hill side,
Gossett being on the downside. AS
the saw penetrated deeper, the log be-
chock which was holding the log to its
position on the hill few out, striking
him in his breast and knocking him
down. Immediately the log began to
roll down the hill and before GosSett
could move, had crushed him to death.
He was a prominent farmer In that
section and unmarried, but leaves
many relatives.
Columbia, October IL: The first
sensation ir the we'll known Wade case
against the Southern railway came out
today in the second trial Of this COM
plicated case. Today attorneys for the
plaintiff moved that the testimony CIV
en- by R. ]. Kelly, an eye witness to
the killing of Theodore Wade, at the
former trial Of the case, be read to the
jury as the presence Of the witness
could not be secured. Two afhdaVlts
were read from M. S. Bodie and M. L..
Howell, alleging that Kelly told one
Of them in the presence or the otner
that he was not going to testify In the
case again as the railway company had
been good to him in giving him passes
and that at that time he had one IN
his pocket The jury was sent In the
room when the affidavits were read and
Judge Memminger ordered the TWO
men making the affldavits to be sum-
moned for examination in the morning.
Rock Hill special Of October 8. to
the Columbia State: A telegram was
received here this morning from DR..
D. B. Johnson, president Of Winthrop
college, who attended a meeting on
Friday In New York city Of the Pea
body board, stating that the board had
made a. special donation Of $4,000 to
Winthrop college, to go into the $780,
900 fund being raised for the creation
of a. model school. DR.. Johnson now
has In hand $4,000, and he must raise
the other $4,000 by January l next, In
order to make effective the gift Of $685.
900 from ]. Pierpont Morgan and a
gift Of $4,000 from Andrew Carnegie.
It will be remembered that the state
of South Carolina appropriated only
s2O, 1000 toward the erection Of a model
school, conditioned upon DR.. johnson
erecting a building to cost $4,000.
That DR.. Johnson will raise the re-
mair.ing $4,000 there Is no doubt. If
he finds that he is having any trouble
doing so, it is sure thing that the
men Of Rock Hill will stand behind the
college and raise that $4,000 right mere
in Rock Hill.
Columbia special Of October 8, to
the Charleston Post: Injunction pro-
ceedings b. the receivers and attor-
neys for the Seminole Securities COM
pany against the officers and directors
of the Carolina Agency company tai
lies up another sensation from the
Carolina Agency company