Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-08
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

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States Deputy McAdams in 1908.
Greenwood, April I: Freight
train No. 33 on the Seaboard ran
into a burning trestle over Corona
ca creek four miles east of here ear
ly this morning and 25 freight cars
piled up on the engine and are now
burning fiercely Engineer Hinnant
and Fireman Kemp were both. bad
ly injured, though probably not IA
tally. They have been carried to
Chester for hospital treatment. Su-
perintendent Gore Of Atlanta. Is here
clearing the wreckage. It
Is believed 1t will take IL hours yet
to clear the tracks. The local fire
department has furnished hose to
connect with a rigged-up pump to
put out the burning cars. mostly
loaded with cotton goods. The tres
tie had been burning some time be-
fore the arrival of the train and w.
B. Mays of Mays brick yard attempt
ed to flag the train before 1t got to
the trestle. but the engineer either
did not see the signal or disregarded
1t.
Columbia State, Thursday: The
amended petition in the case Of w. T.
Jones Of Union county, who was con-
victed for the murder Of his wife and
given a life term in the penitentiary.
has been filed with the supreme court.
1t is asked In the petition that the
court reconsider its decision Of several
weeks ago when the judgment of the
lower court was affirmed. 1t Is stated
in the petition that Jones feels that an
oversight has been committed which
works to his detriment A number Of
grounds are stated in the petition. The
petition says that the court has not
accurately apprehended the ground Of
the appeal, when the exceptions to the
first count Of the indictment were par
ticularly defective, in that 1t charged
that Jones had caused the death OF his
wife. with whose death he was charg-
ed. "by administering and causing to
be administered to the said Marion
Jones certain deadly poison. common
lv called strychnine." 1t is charged In
the petition that 1t was not stated In
the indictment as to how or when the
strychnine was administered and saws,
"was II therefore charged fully. fairly.
nlainly, substantially and formally"
Continuing. ito charge a person in an
Indictment with numbering another.
would be to tell that he was to be tried
for murder Would that he sufficient
under the constitution" The petition
contains twenty eight pages.
Gaffney, April I: The people of
the Aratt section, which Is located
about ten miles from this city, were
greatly terrified last Friday night about
o'clock when a series of binding
flashes were seen in the sky, followed
by a great crash and an awful report.
The houses for distance Of two miles
around were shaken and the glasses
in the windows became loosened by the
report The whole neighborhood was
aroused, but all were too frightened to
investigate the matter that night. The
following morning a squad was formed
and several people went to the place
from which the report came and
yawning hole was found, about fifteen
feet by twenty feet and little over
six feet deep. Nothing else was found.
It is generally believed by the people
of the Aratt section that 1t was me-
teor fell causing the binding flashes
and the great noise. They are all firm
ly convinced that it could have been
nothing else, and the fact that Halley's
comet has now become visible in Gaff-
ney lends color to the opinion, they be-
lieving that this may have in some
way been responsible for the occur
renee. No other theory than that 1t
was a comet mas been advanced, as II
Is the only possible thing that would
have come through the air and caused
such a disturbance. No effort has been
made to see whether or not 1t was
buried in the hole and the specula-
tions as to whether or not II was real
ly comet are rife in Gaffney and the
above named community. Doubtless
an effort will be made at once to dig
into the hole and II possible to locate
the object, and doubtless some interest
ing developments will then arise. If
1t be a meteor, and is anywhere near as
large as Is the hole that was made, 1t
must indeed be wonderful. Meanwhile
the people Of Aratt are much excited
over the matter and are very anxious
to learn the cause OF the peace OF the
community being disturbed.
Columbia State, Thursday: Prac-
tically admitting that they "overcharg-
ed" the state to the extent of thousands
Of dollars under the regime Of the old
state dispensary in South Carolina, the
whisky firm Of William Lanahan & Son
Of Baltimore, yesterday paid to Attor-
ney General Lyon the sum Of $4,000
in settlement Of 'over- judgments
which were found by the dispensary
commission at it's sitting last fall. BY
the payment Of the $4,000, claim of
$4,000 against the commission by the
firm and an over-judgment OF S23,OOO
found by the commission are wiped out
and the appeal to the supreme court
abandoned. Coincident with the pay
ment of the $4,000, the injunction Sc
cured against the firm by the commits
sion to prevent the collection of sums
owed by the several county dispensa-
ries Of the state was dissolved. Tine
admission that the state was over
charged by the Lanahan company
proves interesting in view or the en-
phatic statements Of the representa-
tives Of the company before the COM
mission at the hearing last spring, to
the effect that there had been no over
charges on goods sold this state. An
other interesting fact in connection
with the Lananan matter Is, that II was
claimed by the representatives OF the
firm that important books Of the COM
pany were destroyed in the great Balti-
more fire. The attorneys contended
that these books should be produced,
saying that they would show tnat the
state had been overcharged. The
Lanahan company was represented at
the hearing before the commission by
Clark & Clark of this city. The later
action of Lanahan & Son is very IN
teresting in view Of the many charges
made during the several investigations
and strenuously denied. j. 5. Farnum
is alleged to have had this house on
the list of concerns he represented, and
Farnum has pleaded guilty in one
case though the name Of this partcu-
lar firm was not mentioned especially
in the case.
Columbia special of April 5, to the
News and Courier: Miss Fredrica
Ansel, daughter of governor and Mrs.
Martin F.. Ansel, holds the honor OF be-
ing the first to be married in the his
toric executive mansion in this city. |
Tonight Miss Ansel became the wife or
DR.. George Henry Bunch of Columbia,
the occasion being a brilliant social
function. The mansion was beautiful
ly decorated, pink roses being the color
scheme. Following the wedding there
was a reception at the mansion. The
wedding party consisted of the follow
ing: Two dainty ribbon girls, Dorothy |
Lancaster Of Columbia, and little Clair
borne O'Neale, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. O'Neale of this city; a lit
tie flower girl, Margaret Lancaster OF
and the following attendants
of the bride: Maid of honor, Miss |
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