Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-15
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

In the Anderson court Of COM
mon pleas few days ago, a jury gave
a verdict Of $500 against the town of
Anderson to Mrs. Mary e. and Robert
r. McLees, because Of injuries sus-
tained by Mrs. McLees in being
thrown from buggy, the accident be-
ing caused by the horse stepping into
a hole in the street.
- Columbia State. Friday: Ac-
cording to preliminary statement
prepared by Commissioner Watson,
the consumption Of cotton by the mills
Of the state this year will be 45,919
bales less than last year. The report
Is based on reports received during
the year from S3 mills and the reports
Of the other so as given in the hand
book Of 1908. The consuming Of a less
number Of bales this year Is caused
by the fact that most Of the mills are
changing or have elready changed
Changing from a coarse grade to a
finer grade materially increases the
value Of the product It does not mean
that there has been q curtailment in
production, but rather increased value
Of production, a product which can be
placed directly from the mills on the
southern markets. Only about fifteen
mills, and half Of their production,
turn out export goods, according to
the statement. Up until a few years
ago all Of the mills manufactured a
coarse grade Of cloth. Since 1907
there has been q gradual change from
the coarse to the finer goods, all OF
which is beneficial to the manufac"
tai number Of bales used in 1908 was
793,396. The following, giving bales
consumed by mills, will prove inter-
esting: 1880, S3,624 bales. 1890, 133,342
bales; 1900, 4S5,024 bales; 1905, $685.
467 bales; 1907, 77A,905 bales; 1903,
793,396 bales. Commissioner Watson
in an address several years ago stress
ed the point in reference to mills,
both in the north and south, that
they should manufacture a product
that could be placed directly on the
market
Florence special Of October IA, to
the Columbia State: The case Of al
legged lynchipg from the Forrestville
neighborhood, this county, was called
this morning at 1890 when all Of the
defendants, Dan Kinds, L. S. Bigham,
Jr., and A. H. Fuller, were arraigned
and pleaded not guilty Of the murder
of Arthur Davis. The State and the
vior dire and considerable time was
exhausted in these formalities. About
1890 while Juror L. L. Collins, the
local clerk at the Florence dispensary,
was being examined, and while speak
ing to the judge, he suddenly pitched
forward, apparently dead. There was
great excitement in court. DR.. F. +.
Covington, who was sitting inside the
bar, went quickly to the succor or the
stricken man, who was promptly re-
moved to the sheriff's office In an ap-
parently lifeless condition. Shortly
however, Mr.. Collins re-
covered sufficiently to be removed to
his residence. DR.. Covington pro-
his malady merely a case Of
vertigo and fainting. 1t was found,
with the removal of Mr.. Collins, that
the panel had been exhausted. Judge
Watts at once ordered new venire
from the yicinage and after the noon
hour the jury was filled out. The State
has made out a stronger case than
was expected Solicitor Wells intro
duced the mother and brothers Of Ar
thur Davis to show that the three
men charged with the crime were the
ones who visited their cabin and drag
ged the victim to the woods. 1t was
shown that Davis had been in the
employ OI "lillG SO GILL
ployed he maltreated a mule belong
ing to Bisham; that Bigham had
sworn out a warrant for his arrest
and with this warrant pending, had
made a proposition to the mother Of
Davis to suppress the warrant provid-
ed she should agree to permit Bigham
to whip her son and that the son, the
victim Of the lynching, should work
for Bigham for a year without wages.
This proposition was rejected. 1t was
after this that the mother testified
that the three defendants came to her
house and while forcing her to keep
quiet, dragged her son out Of bed and
into the woods. The mother further
testified that she recognized the de-
fendants, that after they lGft the house
she ran to the house Of her landlord,
Mr.. Hyman. and reused him and his
nephew. Hyman, when called, testi-