Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-10-18

friend" said Judge r. w. Memmin-
ger this morning, when court opened,
to the jurors who will sit in the jury
box this week. at the trial OF civil
cases. He also stated that If the law
yers prolOng the examination OF wit
ness. when the jurors are satisfied
with the witnesses testimony. that
they should get together and let the
judge know of 1t. and he would re-
quire the attorneys to cut the exam
ination short. He also made the same
statement in regard to the summaries
of the lawyers at the conclusion Of
the testimony If the addresses be-
come wearisome and monOtonous,
when the jury was satisfied with the
case, they should let the fact become
Known.
- Hampton, October a. Harold
Horton, former bookkeeper of the
Hampton Loan and Exchange bank,
waived the preliminary before Judge
]. G. Murdaugh, magistrate, here this
afternoon on a charge of breach Of
trust with fraudulent intent in ap-
propriating $55 deposited by a GUS
toner in May of this year. The war
rant was sworn out by 7. II. Tutten,
president of the Hampton Loan and
Exchange bank on October 10. Hor-
ton was arrested on the 18th, waived
preliminary today and was placed un-
der $1,000 bond, signed by his uncle,
o. p. Mixen, and his grandfather, R.
s. Horton. The case has gained a
great deal of notoriety on account Of
the claim Of Horton that a confession
was obtained from him by the cashier
Of the bank at the point Of pistol.
- Anderson Daily Mail: Sheriff w.
B. King was telling a party of friends
in his Office today about scheme that
Is being worked by some Of the big
liquor houses to build up the mail or
der whisky business. Circular letters
are sent out. and inclosed is a print
ed postal card Blanks are left for
filling in the amount of whisky desir-
ed, and the price. The dealer says he
will send any amount Of whisky, pre-
paid to any address for examination:
If unsatisfactory, 1t Is to be returned:
| II satisfactory the money is to be for
warded within 80 days. THE scneme
works like a charm" the sheriff said.
There are few orders of whisky that
are returned. 1t is taken out of the
office and consumed; then when the
man who bought 1t fails to come
across at the end of the 80 days, pa
pers are sent here to me. And a man
will nearly always pay the amount ra-
ther than have the matter made pub
lie, so that l have little or no trouble.
The scheme Is good one," the sheriff
continued, land Is working WELL"
Newberry, October IS: The Pres
byterian synod Of South Carolina will
meet In annual session with Averleigh
Presbyterian church in Newberry next
Tuesday. There are about $50 to IT'S
ministers and elders who constitute
the synod and who will probably at
tend the session. The Rev. T. w.
Sloan, d. D., of Greenville is presi-
dent Of the synod and will deliver the
opening sermon on Tuesday evening.
A number Of distinguished preachers
will be present as representatives Of
the different boards of the church
and will deliver addresses, during the
session of the synod. Among these is
DR.. ]. d. Reavis of Nashville, Tenn,
secretary Of the foreign mission work
Of the church. Another Is the Rev.
H. H. Sweets Of Louisville, KY, who
Is in charge of the board of ministe-
rial education. A number Of other en-
inent preachers of this denomination
will be here and the session Of the
synod promises to be interesting not
only to the members Of the church,
but to the people generally.
Columbia, October Is: Wade
Hampton Sellers, sometimes known
as the Blind Tiger King" was ac-
quilted a year ago by a jury Of his
peers for the murder of Constable
Farmer and today civil jury In the
Richland county court awarded Mrs.
Mary w. Farmer, the widow Of the
dead constable, a verdict Of $4,000
for the death of her husband. The
verdict Is one of the most unusual de-
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allel in the history Of Jurisprudence
in South Carolina. Mrs. Farmer, fol-
lowing the death of her husband and
the acquittal of his slayer, filed suit
for $25, 900 for the death Of her hus-
band. Sellers is reputed to be worth
considerable property and the amount
will no doubt be collected. Two years
ago Constable Farmer went to place
said to be operated by Sellers to seize
some whisky. He was shot down.
There was a long legal contention as
to whether Farmer had a legal right
to make the seizure. When the case
was called for trial in the Richland
county court there was some sensa-
tional testimony which resulted in an
acquittal of Sellers.
- Greenville, October IA: Efforts to
prove that Milton A. Carlisle, charg-
ed with misapplication of funds Of
Newberry National bank, of which he
was president, received sums Of mon
ey ranging from one hundred to five
hundred dollars for extensions Of
loans in addition to other valuable
gifts, which money was not turned
over to the bank. was feature Of the
prosecutions testimony in the fifth
day of the trial of the banker in the
United States district court. Several
witnesses were sworn who made In
teresting revelations along this line.
The false certification Of checks also
received some attention and a num-
ber Of witnesses were put up to still
further show the alleged bankruptcy
Of the defendant during the time he
made loans to himself by overdrafts
and unsecured notes. The defense
endeavored mainly to break the force
Of this testimony and during the
cross examination it was revealed that
one Of the witnesses claimed to have
made these bonus" payments for ex-
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