Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-29
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Mr.. Allen ]. Green died at his home
in Columbia last Friday.
Willie Wolf of Dials township, won
the Boys Corn club prize in Laurens
county with 81 bushels and 8 pecks.
The population of Greenwood, ac-
cording to census figures just publish
ed Is 6,614, compared with 1924 in 1900,
and 1928 in 1890.
Mayor Lee Of Spartanburg Is quot
ed as saying that the city will retain
it's meat and milk inspector, even II
he has to pay the salary of $1,000
year out of his own pocket.
Manager H. B. Bryan Of the Bell
Telephone company, was held up by
highwayman on River street near the
centre of Greenville, last Saturday
night and robbed of gold watch.
At the close of business on Novem-
Der 10, the national banks of South
Carolina had deposits amounting to
$1S,31O,939; loans and discounts S22,-
19S,453 and total resources OF $751;
326,76S.
The ninetieth state convention OF
the South Carolina Baptists Is being
held in Laurens this week, the pro-
ceedings commencing with the minis
The convention proper begins work to-
night.
Hon. John G. Richards of Liberty
Hill, has been appointed railroad COM
missioner to fill the twenty-siX months
Of the unexpired term Of Hon. j. M.
Sullivan, who died on November 2. 1t
is stated that Mr.. Richards was in no
sense an applicant for the place, and
that he knew nothing of his possible
appointment until he received from the
secretary of state his commission. In
all there were thirty one applicants for
the position of railroad commissioner.
Mrs. L. G. Calvert of Glendale will
recover s7S of the $118 recently chewed
up by a calf, says a Spartanburg dis
patch The wad Of greenbacks sent on
to the treasury department in Wash
ington several days ago was found to
contain pieces of three $40 notes, one
SO note, one S. and three 81 bills.
The calf either kept the rest Of the
change or some other calf was impli-
Gated. The pieces Of predigested cur
rency as put together at the treasury
department are on exhibition at the
Bank of Commerce and are attracting
considerable attention.
Commissioner Watson has received
a reply from the United States secre-
tary of agriculture, James Wilson, to
the letter protesting against the corn
figures for this state. Secretary Will
son says that he will send an agent
here to investigate the statistics on
corn production in South Carolina.
Also Mr.. Wilson writes that he will
make inquiry of all agencies suggest
ed by Mr.. Watson and that he will give
the matter careful attention. The fig
ures given out by Secretary Wilson
made South Carolina's production only
about 44,000,000 bushels for this year,
while the state figured 49,240,000 BUSH
els.
Spartanburg has been having an
experience with one H. c. Cook, who
claims to be an expert aviator with
Curtiss biplane; but who Is unable to
fly. The contract for one or more
flights was made with the baseball
team, and Spartanburg was advertised
as the first South Carolina town to
give a flying exhibition. But the ma
chine would not work on any OF the
three days named in the contract, and
the management Of the baseball team
announced that it would refund the
money to those who had paid to see
the flights. The crowd had lot or
mercifully.
d. Copeland and S. Freiburg, two
doctors, were convicted in the Spar
tanburg court Of general sessions last
Saturday on the charges Of practicing
medicine without license and obtaining
money under false pretenses. They
had assumed the names Of two well
known physicians, one Of Atlanta and
the other of Spartanburg, and were
selling eyeglasses at $25 a pair. In
sentencing the two men to year on
the chaingang, Judge Aldrich said:
You two men started out with the de-
liberate intention of defrauding the
public, and succeeded in so doing until
the law got it's hand on you. By selling
a pair of brass eyeglasses and bottle
of God knows what, for the outrageous
sum of $25, you are guilty of obtain
ing money under false pretence, and
my conscience will not permit me to be
lenient with YOU"
Robert Davidson a white man, died
at his home in the Wilkinsville sec
ton of Cherokee county, Saturday
night, as the result of gunshot wound
inflicted by one Of three negroes, Lu-
ther Curry, Ned Horton or Will Curry,
last Thursday night. The sheriff was
affair happened and the three negroes
are now in Jail. Davidson was picked
up and taken to his home directly af-
ter the shooting by some Of his friends
and physicians were summoned who at
once decided that his leg must be am
putated as 1t was practically torn from
his body. This was done but he was
unable to survive the shock and died
that night. Coroner Vinesett went to
the scene Sunday morning and an in
quest was held. 1t seems from the tes-
timony introduced at the inquest that
Davidson had been hunting and stop
ped at negro church where frolic
was going on to get something to eat
before going home. He obtained some-
thing to eat and started down the road
but was pursued by the three negroes
and fired at by two pistols and gun.
A short time after he fell the negroes
reached the body and fired three more
shots at him. All of the negroes were
drunk.
Chester special of November 2S, to
Charlotte Observer: Theodore l.. Shi-
yer, the colored barber, was hailed into
mayors court Saturday morning on a
rather serious charge, that of attempt
ing to intimidate one Of the city's main
witnesses in certain blind tiger cases
that were worked up last week through
the instrumentality of two detectives
that Mayor Hardin has had here for
several days working in a quiet way
among the alleged Illicit dealers. These
detectives are from the High Point De-
tective agency of Columbia, Mr.. w.
S. Taylor, manager, one being white,
B. T. Reagin by name, and the other
colored, Tom Warner. These men Sc
cured positions here, Mr.. Reagin in
one of the cotton minis and Warner in
4 colored barber shop. The detectives
had succeeded last week in working up
cases against Bud Neal, Jim Campbell
and Ellen Campbell, all colored, and |
Friday afternoon was set for trial Of
Meals case. When the officers of the |
court assembled, however, and the case
vas called it was found that Tom War
her, the citys principal witness, was |
missing and the case had to be post