Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-04
rSESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1910.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

A great deal Of interest has been
manifested, editorialIy and otherwise,
throughout the south, in the coming
tour Of DR. Seaman A Knapp, of the
department Of agriculture in January,
and many Inquiries have been received
by him asking what topics he will dis
cuss on this journey. DR.. Knapp has
very kindly consented to furnish the
press, and through the press the far
mers, with the subject Of his addresses.
At Greenville, where he will speak on
January IL, at IL o'clock m, his topic
VIII be "The Making of Great Com
mon People in the Rural Districts" His
object In this address is to Impress
upon the farmers Of South Carolina
some definite line Of work, which. IL
consistently followed, will make South
Carolina, with all its natural resources.
a great state in which the rural masses
Will be prosperous. The same general
method will be pursued in the addresses
In the several states, outlining in each
such policies as are most Important and
applicable to the rural population.
Columbia, January 8: r. Doug
las Walker, one of the most widely
known soldiers at the Confederate
home was Saturday suspended from
the home for sixty days. Mr.. Walker
has no living relatives and the Con-
federate home was his only home, 80
he applied for admittance at the
county almshouse and was given a bed
there. Mr.. Walker says that because
he said damn" at breakfast he was
notified by the commandment that he
would be given furlough Of so DAYS.
Mr.. Walkers account Of the trouble
is that Mrs. w. d. Starting, wife of
the commandant, asked one of the men
at breakfast II he had heard the whis-
ties blow for the new year the night
before. The man addressed was deaf
ana the question was repeated, where-
upon Mr.. Walker said, MRS. Star
ling he Is so damn deaf that he can't
hear any whistles" After the meal
was concluded Mr.. Walker SAYS that
Capt. Startling said to him: walker
I have New Years present for YOU.
You are suspended for so days for
swearing In the presence Of my WIFE"
= Union, January 1: Will w. T. Jones.
who last February was convicted of
numbering his wife on the night Of July
5, 1908, and sentenced to life inn
prisonment In the state penitentiary,
be granted new trial by the supreme
court at its sitting next week? The
now famous case will be the first held
on Monday morning, when the supreme
court meets after the Christmas recess:
and already the printed arguments Of
both counsel for the state and: defend
ant have been filed. While the case
Will be the first to receive the atten-
tion OF the supreme court, II Is hardly
probable. indeed. It WIN be very unusual
IL the court should then announce its
decision as to whether or not q new
trial Will be granted or refused. Under
the ordinary procedure an opinion will
hardly be handed down before 80 to
so days and maybe not until April or
May. Mr.. Jones, who for several
months the first Of the year was seri-
ously sick, Is now In the best Of health.
and this Notwithstanding his long con-
finement since July 9, 1908, and the fact
that he previously led an active out
door life. During all this time he has
continued to manage his extensive
farming operations; but, because Of the
short crops. 1t Is said that few, II any,
of his 40 or 80 tenants were able to pay
out. so that It Is very improbable
year for him in that respect. There
has been story in circulation for
sometime that he made $4,000 on cot
ton some month"; or more ago; but
this has not been verified.