Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-21
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


trate Caskey rendered his decision
this afternoon in the matter Of the
preliminary hearing before him We'd
nesday of Cecil Broom Of Waxhaw, N.
c., charged with criminally assaultins
a young lady in this county, the mag
istrate deciding to send the case up
to the circuit court for trial.
Spartanburg, September 18: Warn
Willis of Clifton, was attacked on
Magnolia street in front Of the court
house tonight by Will Rogers, boss of
the spool room at Glendale mill, and
cut on the left side Of the throat.
From what can be learned Of the af-
fair there was no provocation for the
cutting. Rogers Is said to have walk
ed up to Willis and put the knife into
him and then skipped out. The sheriff
and police have failed to locate Rog-
ers. Willis is seriously wounded.
- Erskine college was formally OPEN
ed last Wednesday morning to begin
the 73d year Of college work. In this
advanced age, when many Of the larg-
er universities and colleges are be-
ing assailed for their false teachings,
old Erskine, 1t may be said. has with
stood the test and stands boldly for
pure thought and teaching. The open
ing this year Is very auspicious. Be-
tween one hundred and forty and one
hundred and fifty students have al
ready registered. Several Of the old
students have not returned, while a
few new ones will be added by next
enrolment to 160.
Columbia State: Insurance Com
missioner McMaster has just finished
his semi-annual statement Of receipts
from Insurance companies doing busi-
ness in this state. This statement will
form part of the annual report to the
legislature. The statement shows that
the net premium receipts from fire in
surance companies for the six months
ending June 30, were $912,429.08; life
insurance companies, $1,621, 1886;
miscellaneous companies, $140,652.03.
The additional license fees as author
lied under the recent act Of the legis-
lature show collections as follows: Fire
insurance companies, $17,340.04; life,
$3O,051.94: miscellaneous, $2,693.52.
The fire inspection tax collected only
from the fire insurance companies
amounted to $1,833.91.
Chester, September II: Judging
from the renewed activity OF the
Southern Power company in acquiring
tawba river and Fishing creek, near
Fort Lawn, the development Of the
water power on Fishing creek Is close
at hand. Among the purchases recent
ly made was the entire plantation Of
Mr. w. E. Jordan, for which the tidy
little sum of $12,500 was paid, and
Mrs. ]. L. Young's place, which
brought it's owner about $4,000. Capt
Barnett has also sold twenty acres for
$4,000, and Mr.. John E. Jordan has
sold water rights on some Of his river
bottoms. About all Of the land along
the two streams that would be affect
ed by backwater or in other ways by
the building of the dam has been pur-
chased and the immediate development
of the property may be speedily looked
for.
There was quite q sensation In
Spartanburg last week as the result OF
the discovery in a pawn shop Of lot
of household goods, alleged to have
been stolen by burglars. The goods
belonged to Mrs. c. D. Loone, the wife
of a Spartanburg citizen, who Is on
the road as travelling salesman. Mrs.
Loone gave 1t out a few days before,
that her house had been ransacked by
burglars and appealed to the police.
The police found the goods in a pawn
shop, and the pawnbroker convinced
them that they had been pawned by
Mrs. Loone herself. Mrs. Loone ad-
mitted that she had pawned these
goods, but claimed that the goods
stolen by the burglars were others
like them. 1t Is said that the police
had taken no stock in the burglar mat
ter; but had been compelled to expose
the whole thing because of frequent
Ot.if fnfc a n a
inefficiency.
- Spartanburg, September IS: Gro
yer Cation, 19 years old, employe at
train No. 3S on the Southern
near the Green street crossing
this afternoon at o'clock and in
stantly killed. His skull was crushed,
his neck broken, his left arm broken
and the wall Of his left chest crushed
through. 1t seems that the young man
was standing on the track Of the pas
senger train watching a freight going
south. He did not notice the passen-
ger coming until 1t was too late to get
out Of the way. He made one step to
get off the track when he was struck.
He had been standing on the passen-
ger track for half a minute or less
when he was killed. There We're several
eye witnesses to the tragedy. The in
quest was held tonight at o'clock by
Wetmore, Coroner Turner
being i'll at his home. The testimony
went to show that the deceased was
a sober and Industrious young man.
He was from Newport, Tenn.
- Columbia special Of September IS:
Comptroller General Jones today re-
ported to Attorney General Lyon thir-
ty domestic corporations as having