Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-20
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Columbia State, April 90: The
state pension board holds its final
meeting today to arrange for the dis
tribution of the $25O,000 appropriated
by the general assembly AS soon as
all of the applications have been for
mally approved, the lists having already
been prepared by Miss Kate Maher
the efficient clerk, the money Will De
sent at once to the clerks Of court.
Spartanburg, April II: Harvey
Bradford. colored, charged with burg
larry. entering the room OF Miss Juiia
Reed. a student of Converse college
tonight two weeks ago, was convicted
today. the Jury returning a verdict iate
this afternoon. The trial Of Bradford
attracted a great deal Of interest the
court room being crowded all day long
with young college girls and ladles
of the city. The principal witness was
Miss Reed, the heroine OF the nignt III
question LII d HioSt
she described the midnight ntruoer
and told of the fierce struggle she hao
with him and the bite she gave him.
causing him to flee. In his flight ne
dropped his hat, which, with the bite
she gave him, served as q clue that
led to his arrest. Harvey Is rough
looking negro, who lives in the out
skirts of the city. Under the. verdicl
he will be given life sentence.
A Washington special OF Friday
saws: Senator Tillman, according TO
letters recently received here, Is ex-
pected to reach Washington Monday
morning when the senate meets to take
I'D the tariff bill for debate. 1t Is un-
derstood that Senator Tillman Is spec
tally anxious to be here at that time
because he has been requested to take
an active part in preventing M. w.
Floyd from being confirmed as post
master at Spartanburg. A long peti-
ton was received here today from GER
tain citizens Of Spartanburg protest
ing against this appointment and ask
ing that everything possible be done
to prevent the nomination from being
confirmed. Senator Smith, who went
home yesterday on account Of sickness
in his family, will also return in time
to take part in the proceedings OF the
senate Monday. From all indications
Mr.. Floyd will probably be conhrmed'
though 1t will necessarily take con-
siderable length of time to do so, be-
cause Of the fight that Is expected to
be made.
According to the Orangeburg News
there are certain people in Orangeourg
who are willing to pay the price foi
bank stock when they want to get CON
troll Of a bank. The News says tina,
two factions have been trying to gel
control of the Peoples Bank there
The stock has a par value of 500 and
a market value of $3.50 the share. Last
Saturday it was discovered that there
were seven shares not held by either
faction, and Of course the purchase OF
this small block would give the pur-
chaser control. Up to that time S20C
the share had been paid for the stock
The owner Of the seven shares was
shrewd man. He knew what was W
and would not fix price. He wanted
both factions to make sealed bids
This was done. The one who got the
stock bid $12,025 for the seven shares
The other side bid only $4,000. The
winner certainly paid dear for the con-
troll, but he got it. And the man who
held the seven shares is over $4,000
better off than he ever dreamed he
would be.
There is more trouble brewing al
Clemson college, with the indication:
that President Nell might soon retire
from the head of the institution. Cap
tain Minus, the third commandant oi
the institution to resign in recent years
is out in a statement to the press Wig
orously attacking the president ant
the board of trustees for failure anC
refusal to uphold him in his repeated
attempts to establish and maintain dis
cipline at the institution. Those bes
acquainted with the true conditions a
Clemson say that DR.. Nell has never
been more than nominally president a:
II has always been possible to go be-
hind the president to the board of trus-
tees and that similar conditions have
surrounded Captain Minus, the cadet:
appealing to the president over hi:
shoulders. 1t was hoped that after the
April FooT prank of nearly a hun
dred cadets in the spring of last year
followed by the dismissal Of all cadet!
engaged in 1t, although these cadet:
were taken back the following session
that things would quiet down bit, bu
this new explosion changes the fac
Of the situation materially.
Columbia special of Monday, to tn,
Charlotte Observer: Adjutant Gener
al Boyd is out of the state on accoun
of illness and his assistant, Colone
Brock is in the upper section or tn
state on his spring inspection tour, ant
for this reason no official statemen
could be obtained today. but 1t seem
practically certain now that there VII
be no summer encampments this yea
of any of the three national guar'
regiments of the state, on account
requirements which the war depart
ment is understood to have laid dow
with reference to the Second regiment
which was scheduled to go to Char
lesion to take part in the coast defens'
exercises. and which requirements th
Second will be unable to meet. Th
Federal government was to pay tn
cost of the Seconds encampment, an'
as there is not enough money to spar
to have encampments for all three reg
imentS, all of the encampments will
probably be called off and the none!
used for equipment necessary to plac'
the national guard Of the state in sucl
condition as to meet the Federal gov
ernment's requirements next spring 70
continuing the appropriations from
Washington.
Columbia, April 10: A preliminary
conference between Attorney Genera
Lyon and the members of the dispen
sary commission and its attorneys vii
be held next Friday to discuss the fur
ther work of the commission in re
gard to winding up the affairs of tn
defunct institution. 1t is expected tina
in the meantime Gov. Ansel will prob