Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-09-14
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IL 1909.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Louis c. Kuker has been appoint
ed postmaster at Florence, vice Joshua
Wilson, the incumbent.
The owners Of the Colonia hotel
have rendered the building to the
trustees of the Columbia college for
temporary use for college purposes,
and the tender has been accepted. The
exercises Of the college, therefore, will
be uninterrupted.
= Chester, September IL: Up until
the present day Of grace, Chester has
managed to get along without the
general license system that has for so
long been in vogue in many towns and
cities, but the city fathers have decid-
ed that something is necessary to sup
plement the tax receipts In order to
pay expenses and a license law will be
imposed. Messrs. r. r. Moffat, T. H.
White and w. w. Brice constitute the
committee appointed to frame the
law. Mr.. Moffat made strong fight
for some system to secure more hon.
est tax returns and increase revenues
In that way, but the futility Of such a
course was recognized and the COM
mittee was appointed to draft the IL
cense system.
= Union special Of September 10: In
the court Of general sessions for this
county today the grand jury returned
mo bill" on the indictment charging
Col. T. c. Duncan with obtaining mon
ley from the Peoples Bank, of this
city, by false representations and with
fraudulent intent. Judge Devore re-
fused to allow this presentment to
stand, however, for the reason that
some Of the witnesses whose names
appeared on the back Of the indict-
ment had not been sworn, and direct
ed the grand jury to take the indict-
ment back and erase the mo bill" "
These witnesses are not residents Of
this county or state, and 1t is q rea-
sonable presumption therefore that
this case against Mr.. Duncan is ended.
Chester Lantern: Bethel Presby-
terry convened on Wednesday morning
In the Bethesda Presbyterian church
near McConnellsville. The opening
sermon was preached by the retiring
moderator, Rev. ]. M. Holiday, of
Winnsboro, Rev. ]. 8. Cartledge Of
Chester, was elected moderator and
aoA axrsa .lN,,
was taken UP mostly with reports of
committees and routine business. Yes
terday morning the presbytery heard
strong sermon from Rev. ]. T. Dem
dy OF Ebenezer, DR.. McIlwain of
the Theological seminary of Column
bia; DR.. Lingle Of Davidson college;
DR.. Boggs, or the Presbyterian stan
dard, of Charlotte, and DR.. Byrd, of
Chicora college of Greenville, ad-
dressed the presbytery in the interest
OF various institutions. Mr.. M. s.
Lewis, cashier Of the National Ex-
change bank Of Chester, was elected
member Of the board of trustees OF
Davidson college, to succeed Mr.. A.
r. Banks, Of Columbia. Ridgeway
was selected for the next place of
meeting, which will be held next
April. Presbytery adjourned last
Wednesday evening. 1t was the sense
Of the Presbytery that they withdraw
their support from Davidson college
one year hence, and give all their
support to the Presbyterian college al
Clinton. 1t was felt that North Caro-
lima could support Davidson and that
Clinton should have the undivided
patronage and help Of South Carolina.
Further action of this matter will
likely be taken at the meeting next
April at Ridgeway.
Columbia State, Sunday: Condi-
tions relating to the business OF the
public cotton platform are improving.
The quantity that is presented there
for sale ana for Weighing is fast in
creasing daily, and there are now six
or seven firms Of the city who have
their representatives there to do their
buying. Others are expected 10 place
men there this week. 1t is said that
the amount Of cotton being brought
decreasing, since the farmers are
learning that at the platform the
prices paid run from 81 to $1.25 bale
higher than Is paid at the uptown
places and at Leesville, Batesburg,
Winnsboro and Rdgeway, nearby local
markets. The farmers express them
selves as being highly delighted with
the new conditions. The platform
has brought about a reversal of the
old conditions. Instead Of cotton
bringing a dollar per bale less here
than at other points, as was the case
under the old system, 1t now brings
about this amount more, prices con-
sidered. The keen competition at the
platform between the buyers insures
that the farmers bringing their cotton
fn ttyf1l hi
ket price for what they bring. At this
time local dealers at the platform are
paying 12i to IL 5-16 cents per pound
here in Columbia, as against IL to IL
Lis at other places. Mr.. Kelley Is
proving an efficient public weigher
and the buyers and farmers alike ex-
press their satisfaction with his selec-
ton in that capacity. The buyers at
the platform yesterday included L. ".
Dibble, NJ. c. Heath & Co., Alexander
Sprunt & Son, E. Borneman & Co.,
Cooper & Griffin and Frost and Lips
comb.
= Columbia, September 10: The
Richland county grand jury today re-
turned two true bills of indictments in
the famous Seminole Securities case,
the state against John Y. Darlington
and James Stobo Young, indictment
for conspiracy, breach Of trust with
fraudulent intentions, and larceny, and
the state against John Y. Darlington,
James Stobo Young, c. ]. Herbert, Or
vile H. Hall, c. ]. Cooper and B. W.
Lacy, indictment for conspiracy and
obtaining money and other property
by false pretences and representation.
When the Seminole Securities scandal
was unearthed 1t created a great deal
Of discussion in the state. Those in
the last indictment were charged with
conspiracy, fraudulent breach of
trust and grand larceny in connection
with the sale Of several thousand
shares Of stock in the Southern Life,
which had par value Of $50 a share,
to the Seminole company, at the rate
of $10SS6 1-3 a share, the total sale
figure being $325,000. The other bill
names Darlington and Young only as
defendants, charging them with con-
spiracy and obtaining money under
false pretenses in connection with the
exchange Of $500 shares of stock be-
longing to Darlington in the South
Carolina agency Of the Rome, Georgia,
Mutual, par value of 500 a share,
hnt whioh hoe nro otino No rket