Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-07-19
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

his father, s. w. Wyatt, was killed
and he himself supposed To be fatally
injured. was reported at a late hour to-
night as resting well. He went to
sleep at 8 o'clock and was perfectly
conscious at the time. Lucius Wyatt
is 80 years of age. His injuries are as
follows: Three broken ribs. upper
teeth knocked out. skull fractured i'm
three places. lower lip cut off and is
tn be internally injured.
do not believe there is any
hope for him.
- Chester Reporter: Mr.. John G.. Bar
ron. buyer for Geo. II. McFaddcn &
Bros. of New York. bought 277 Eales
Of cotton on the local market Saturday
and shipped the lot Saturday afternoon
the great fight that is now waging in
New York. The McFadden firm have
been bearing the market, and when
day comes on the 2Sth in
stant, they will be forced to produce
the cotton, or pay a ten dollar advance
on every bale. AS a result the south Is
being secured and cotton is being
rushed into New York in immense los
to protect McFadden. The cotton that
was bought here was obtained as fol-
lows: From Wylie & Co, ii7 bales;
Jones & Co, III bales: ]. l.. Miller,
bales; and from Bascomville, 10 bales.
- Columbia special Of July IS, to
Charlotte Observer: For the death OF
Miss Ballinger Rutledge Hand, mo
was killed near Duncan, in Spartan
burg county. by a train Of the Allan
ia and Charlotte Air Line, or the
Southern. that road must pay the sum
of $4,7OO. the supreme court today
Il t..iA In tsh n
Judgment of the Spartanburg county
court was affirmed The opinion in
the case is by Associate Justice Gary.
In November, 1906, Miss Hand was
struck by a Southern Railway train.
the allegation being that the train was
off schedule several hours and was
running within a few minutes of the
schedule Of train No. IL, for which
latter train Duncan station was reg
ular stopping place. and that the train
approached this station at a tremen-
dous speed. "some sixty miles an
hour" notwithstanding the fact that
by reason Of curves there was de-
mand for n slow rate of speed.
At a meeting of the fertilizer
board of Clemson college last week 1t
was decided that hereafter no tax tags
would be redeemed by the fertilizer
department. f1cItlOlblt, iti lhi"Ni '''h-
panies having on hand unused tags
might return them between certain
dates and have the money refunded.
Many companies failed to observe the
dates and others would send In tags
which had been stamped with the
company's name or otherwise mutilat-
ed and the companies failed to under
stard that i'm either case they do not
receive refunds for the tags. Last
year the gross receipts from the tag
tax were $244.770.S2. bat $17.TS9.S6
was refunded. leaving the college
$226,9SO96, while 1t appears from the
state treasurers books that the college
got the $244.77C.S2. the refund ap-
pearing only on the college books,
where il has to be considered an ex-
pcnditure. Here after fertilizer COM
panies cannot receive refunds for tags
if they happen to buy an over supply
from the fertilizer department.
- Garney special of July IS to
to Charlotte Observer: A most dis
tressing accident occurred at Beaver
Dam church, three miles south of
Gaffney. today when No. 81, the
Southern veStibue limited, ran into
a team of mules and wagon at the
railway crossing near the church. The
wagon was occupied by S. w. Wyatt
and his two sons, Hamlet and Lucius.
The elder Wyatt was killed instantly
and Lucius was fatally injured. The
other boy was slightly injured. Both
mules were killed and the wagon was
reduced to kindling wood. Both OF
the boys were taken to Spartanburg
on, the train and an inquest is being
held over the dead man. The cross
ing where the accident occurred Is
near an abrupt curve where the engl-
neer could not possibly see any dis
tance in front of his train. 1t is said
oy some that the engineer did not
whistle or ring the bell for the cross
ing. Fragments of the mules were
carried a distance of five hundred
yards. Wyatt was an industrious and
Woodworking man and leaves a large
family.
Columbia State, Saturday: The
South Carolina Fire Insurance Agents
association adjourned after a meeting
yesterday morning to meet again next
wear in Columbia. Two important
resolutions were passed by the asso-
citation yesterday morning. One rec
commended that all the members or
the association who had signed the
so-called commission pledge notify
their companies that they would not
be bound by it any longer. The oth-
er resolution declared that the state
legislature could enact no more Valu-
able law during its next session than
building code law with ample pro-
visions for the enforcement by the
state insurance commission. I'm re-
gard to the matter of commissions we
suggest a recommendation to all the
members of the association that all its
members who signed the so-calied
commission pledge be requested to
Immediately cancel same by notifying
all their companies that hereafter
they will not be bound by this pledge
and that all members who have not
signed this pledge do not do So" This
resolution is in accord with plans
adopted by associations OF several
states that have recently held meet
ings The idea in this state was sug-
gested i'm the report of President CO.
field of Spartanburg, who urged IN his
annual address that the members re-
fuse to further sign any such pledge
for a Is per cent commission and that
those who have signed refuse to fur
ther accede to the proposition. The
object of this resolution is to relieve
the members of the association from
being bound by the agreement to ac-
cept no commission from any com
pany above the Is per cent commits
sion now allowed. The members COM
plain that the cost of living has in
creased and that conditions are such
that the agents need the dough-
Without any disrespect to the compa-
MES President Coheld explained that
the matter was solely business prop
osition The Legislative resolution
reads as follows: Whereas, ii Is fact
that the fire loss in South Carolina is
excessive, as compared with that of
many other states and countries, and
Whereas, the premiums paid by
property owners for insurance
are much greater in volume
than they would be were the loss ratio
less, and Whereas, the fire loss is
largely due to the careless and inferi-
or manner in which the buildings are
constructed, and Whereas, it is fact
that in many states where adequate
building laws have been enacted, and
rightly enforced. the loss ratio has
been largely reduced and property
owners thereby saved vast sums OF
money, now therefore. be it Resolv-
ed That it is the sense of this associ-
alton, in convention assembled, that
the state legislature can pass no more
act at its next session than
to pass a building code law, embrace