Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-10-08
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1909.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Columbia special Of October 4,
to The News and Courier: Accord
ing to a statement issued today by
Commissioner Watson, the total sales
of fertilizer in the state during the
past year were 625,04s tons. Value
$14,0s3,5s0. The number Of tons of
cotton seed meal sold was 133,S15.
Value $3,466,190. The annual inspec-
ton tax collected from the sales
amounted to s1ss,5sO.75. The
above figures were derived by esti-
mating the average price per ton OF
fertilizer-s22.50-an cotton SEED
meal at $2s per ton. The inspection
tax is 25 cents per ton. The figures
show a great increase in sales during
the past several years. In 1904 the
number of tons Of fertilizer sold was
404,44T. Value $s,100,O57.6O Inc
number of tons Of cotton seed meal
77,1so. Value $1,ss6.1s0. The total
annual inspection derived In that
year was s120,401.75. A great in
crease is shown over the year 1907
Anderson, Oct z: Judge Robert
Aldrich has reversed his recent de-
cision, which was that municipal
courts have no Jurisdiction to try
liouor cases. This decision he made
when he presided over general ses-
sIons court here two weeks ago. His
reversal was made at Pickens TINS
week when a case charging mer-
chant of Easley with selling whisky
was appealed to the circuit court
Judge Aldrich stated, so a Pickens
visitor in Anderson today said' tnat
his decision at Anderson was maze
lust prior to adjournment OF court
and before he had time to look into
the law. After mature thought and
after consulting the statutes the
court has decided that he erred In
Anderson. In the appeal before MIN
at Pickens, Judge Aldrich sustained
the mayor of Easley, but he ordered
the fine of $50 reduced to $25. IT Is
not known whether Judge Aldrich Is
going to reverse his decision In the
Anderson cases or whether he Is go
ing to allow them to go on TO the
supreme court for a ruling. Inc
Easley case was identical with the
case in Anderson.
Columbia State, Thursday: j. d.
Perry, the juror in the Black case'
who conversed with his clerk, c. Nd.
Dorm. from the rooms Of the jury
men, appeared with his clerk before
Judge Memminger yesterday morning.
Perry was fined s25 and forfeited his
nay as a juryman for his indiscretion'
and Dorm was taxed $40 for his share
of the conversation. Dorm, who works
In Perry's butcher shop. approached the
sidewalk beneath the windows OF the
rooms where the jury was locked ror
the night I'm their hotel, and held q
conversation with his employer, j. -.
Perry, who was member OF the jury.
The two men stated in court that the
topic Of the conversation was the
business, which Perry feared was IAN
gushing in his absence. During the
Investigation by the court the follow
ing day, the fact that newspaper mad
been secured by the jurymen was
learned. Judge Memminger ordered q
mistrial in the case and detained Per-
nv and Dorm. He allowed them TO go
later in the day subject to the juris-
diction Of the court. They were re-
called yesterday and sentenced. Judge
Memminger also ordered the pay OF
the other Jurors withheld, but after
imposing the fines on Dorm and Perry
vesterday. he stated that he had de-
cided to allow the jurymen, with the
exception of Perry, to receive tnelr
per diem and mileage.
Chester, Oct. Z: The hearing
demanded by Mr.. Joseph Lindsay,
ex-chairman Of the fire committee, at
the meeting of the city council tues
day afternoon in reference to GER
tain reports that have been circulated
around the city more or less ire
quently about alleged graft In con-
nection with the purchase OF 1,0oO
feet of hose from the Eureka Hose
company Of Newark, N. j., by the
city of Chester in January last, was
held this morning. When the mat
ter was brought up Tuesday aIter-
noon Mr.. Lindsay's fellow members
discouraged the investigation, telhng
him that the citizens OF Chester nave
unbounded confidence in his integrity
and Judgment, and an investigation
was unnecessary, but he was insist
ent, and the investigation was order
ed. AS q committee to secure evl-
dence and have active charge OF the
INQUIRY Mayor Hardin named Alder
men Stewart, Cousar and Monat.
The hearing was set for yesterday
afternoon, but was afterward chang
ed to 10 o'clock this morning for the
reason that Mr.. ]. G. l.. White, the
principal witness, was out OF the city.
After thorough examination into
the matter, the committee was en-
tirely convinced that the reports and
suspicious Of graft were altogether
unfounded and the matter was dis
missed with a unanimous express
sion of councils full confidence in the
integrity Of Alderman Lindsay and
his fellow committeeman.
Charged with kidnapping Joe
Chumley, his cousin, Frank Chumley,
son of a well-to-do farmer, living
near Woodruff, Spartanburg county,
was arrested and bound over to the
court Of general sessions a few days
ago. The alleged kidnapping occur
red last Thursday while young Chum-
ley was driving through the country
in a buggy en- route to school. 1t is
said that Frank Chumley pulled the
boy from the buggy, tied him with
rope, and carried him to a cave which
had been dug out in a deep gully,
and then barricaded with heavy
boards, where Joe was held prisoner
day and night. 1t Is said that
grave had been dug in the cave and
when pointed out to the boy he was
told he was going to be buried there.
Some time during Friday young
Chumley was taken out for his last
walk, so the story goes, and while
he was taking what he thought was
his last exercise, the boy made his
escape, and reached home in safety.
He told his story to his father, which
resulted in a warrant being sworn