Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-01-01
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- Washington, December 30: mis-
placed switch caused the derailment CT
mail and passenger train No. 80 on the
Southern railway at StOkesland, Va,
six miles south of Danville. late yester-
day. Engineer Satterfield of Spencer
was killed and Fireman Davis, cOlored.
and three postal clerks were injured.
No passengers. as far as is known, were
injured. The train, which left Wash
ington at 3.l5 a. M, for the south, ran
into a switch that was turned into the
Danvine & Western tracks which con-
meet at that point with the Southern.
although the signal light was properly
displayed. The engine, baggage car
and mail car turned over. There was
no interruption to traffic, according to
an official report at Southern Railway
headquarters here. 1t is not known
al this time what caused the switch to
be turned.
State prohibition won victory in
the United States circuit court at At
lanta, on December "a, when decision
was handed down d:smissing petition
attacking the constitutionality of the
Georgia prohibition law. The suit was
a petition for injunction by Cincin-
natl Brewing company and the Chatta-
nooga Brewing company to enjoin At
lanta city officials from prosecuting al
legged violations of the law. The petit
ton attacked the cOnstitutionality or
the law on three ground. First, that
the prohibition bill contained duality
of subject matter, in violation of the
state constitution; second. that the
legislature exceeded its authority in
destroying q thing (the sale of lquor)'
which the state constitution specifical-
" recognizes as taxable; third, that
the identical bill did not receive a con-
stitutional majority in both houses OF
the legislature.
ON December 81, seven members
of the finance committee of the COM
mon and select councils Of Pittsburg,
and two bankers were arrested on
charges of receiving bribes and bribery,
and Of corruption Of other members OF
the council in the passage of various
kinds of legislation during the past two
years. The charges were preferred by
the Civic Voters League of the city.
The men were released on bonds rang
ing from $4,000 to 100000. In the in
vestigations following the arrest a
municipal graft scandal CT huge pro-
portions was developed. On December
%, the councilmen were given hear
ing during which it was testified that
sixty councilmen were paid $4,000 IN
connection with the construction of
the filtration plant. Other illegal deal
ings with the street railway company
and with the banks are to be more fully
investigated later 1t has already been
ascertained that at least $176,000 was
paid to the councilmen by certain banks
in order that they might be selected as
the repositories Of the city's funds.
1t is thought that the nine men already
arrested are only a beginning. Many
other arrests are expected this week.
- Cabarrus, n. c., Tribune: Mr.. An
dy Earnhardt, a we'll known farmer of
No. 4 township, and one of the finest
specimens of manhood that is to be
found, had quite a thrilling experience
with his big bull yesterday when he
entered the stall to feed him. Mr..
Earnhardt had gone to the animals
head and was placing the food when
the bull became sullen and before the
keeper knew of the animals ferocious
turn, the beast made a lunge and
drove him into the corner, goring,
paving and twisting his head in such
a threatening manner that it made the
position Of Mr.. Earnhardt quite peril
Gus. The bull managed to hook his
horn in the upper lip Of the man and
in some way tore his clothes, but by
main strength Mr.. Earnhardt caught
the bull by the nose and horn and
overpowered him, holding him in check
until he could back out of the door.
Andy Earnhardt is a man Of great
strength and fine physique, and was
one of the healthiest and finest SOL
diers Of company L, First regiment of
North Carolina Volunteers in the Span
ish-American war. His escape was a
narrow one, though his experience was
an exciting one.
AS was expected, the eight night
riders on trial for the murder of Cap
tain Quentin Rankin at Reelfoot lake,
are relying upon alibis by way of de-
fense. All of the defendants except
It'd Burton and Fred Pinion went on
the stand Tuesday. Each one Of the
defendants could remember distinctly
that they were at home on the night
of the murder and they remembered
distinctly also the names of many per-
sons that were at home with them.
There was no conflict on that score;
but when the prosecuting attorney be-
gan TO ask them where they were the
night before or the night after and
who was with them, they could not
remember anything. That single
night of the murder was the only
night that seemed to have left any
lasting impression on their memories.
A Mrs. Graney, mother-in-law Of Wad
Morris, one of the confessed riders,
swore that her son-in-law was in bed
in the same room with her at 10
o'clock on the night of the killing and
therefore could not have been at the
murder, as he says he was. She could
not recall what time he went to bed
on any other night since she had
known him. Sam Baker swore that
Herschel Hogg, another confessed
rider, was in bed with him the night
Of the killing Of Rankin. His men,
ory as to other nights was vague, how
ever, and he said he could not remem-
Der whether he talked with the law
yers for the defense last night. NJ. V.
Reid, father-in-law of Bud Morris,
one of the defendants, testified to an
alibi for him and denied that he told
a different story before the grand jury.
Withered, wrinkled and poorly clad,
Morris mother, SIS years old, in a
tired, hopeless voice, swore that her