Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-03-18
FRIDAY, MARCH 1s, 1910.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


ternoon granted full pardon to Mrs.
Fannie Carson. who mas served fifteen
years or life-sentence for the mur-
der OF her husband, Van Carson, in
Spartanburg county.
- Gaffney, March Is: w H Bright
who was shot by his son Travis Bright
In this city yesterday morning. died at
the Office Of DR.. Pittman in this city
| last night at IL o'clock. Mr.. Bright
| never reused from the shock of the
| operation. A statement was made by
! him just before his death to the clerk
| Of court, but this has not vet been
made public and its contents are not
known. The coroner's inquest was
held today and the following verdict
was returned: That the deceased came
to his death by a gunshot wound in
! 1icted by his son, Travis Bright. II
Is said young Bright shot his father
because he was ill-treating his mother.
Lancaster, March Is: Court Of gen.
eral sessions convened yesterday morn
ing, Judge j. w. Devore of Edgefield.
| presiding. Judge Devore delivered a
splendid charge to the grand jury, lay
ing great stress on the enforcement of
the vagrancy law, claiming that a ma
| Jority OF crimes committed in this state
were committed by worthless vaga-
| "IO Hdu HOlnlnR TO DO but
| travel up and down the roads and loaf
in towns with no visible means Of sup
| port, bent upon devilment, and that IL
| the grand juries would enforce the va
grancy laws Of South Carolina. which
are as good as those Of any state, there
would be fewer crimes. more respect
for law and order, and that every COM
munity would be better off. There is
quite heavy criminal docket, includ-
| assault and battery with intent to kill.
and two rape cases, besides a number
OF minor criminal cases. Judge Devore
hos made quite a favorable impression.
his decisions being fair and impartial
based on thorough knowledge Of the
law.
Columbia, March 16: On recent of
letter from Internal Revenue Com
missioner Cabell, Internal Revenue
Collector Micah ]. Jenkins today issued
a signed statement that, after March
81, ne Will make up list Of those con-
Germs In the state required by the ma
ture OF their business to make returns
Tor the new Federal corporation income
tax and those who have failed to make
returns, and turn this list over to the
district attorney for prosecution. the
penalty In each case being from 81 900
to $4,000. Whether the delinquents
are liable to the tax or not the time
Tor making returns exnired March /.
out the collector has authority to grant
| extensions for thirty days for good
cause. and he advises all who have 80
far failed to get In their returns to
write him at once and state their rea-
sons. After March RI, ne has no an
| fhorifv tn make anv concessions. and
he will report all cases to the district
/ urh h.
Will send a man along to make the re-
turns and prepare for the prosecutions.
| Columbia, March II: The oues-
ton as to whether a circuit Judge
may charge jury in criminal case
that 1t Is unsafe to convict upon the
uncorroborated testimony of an ac-
complice which became acute in the
t'arnum graft case, is especially pass
ed upon in a Kershaw case of robbery
on which decision was handed down
today. The Kershaw case is that of
John Sowell, Will Gardner and Mack
Truesdell. The principal witness was
Amos Clark, who turned states evil
dence, but whose testimony was un-
'orroborated. The supreme court re-
verses the lower court. which found
the defendants guilty, because the tes-
timony showed the robbery took place
at night time, whereas they were in
dicted for a robbery in the day time.
The supreme court finds that the cir
| cult judge erred in allowing the in
dictment to be amended. The opin-
ion says that the circuit judges Of the
state for over 40 years. since the adop-
ton Of the constitution Of 1868, have
been making the mistake almost in
variably" Of charging juries that 1t is
unsafe to convict upon the unsupport-
ed testimony Of an accomplice. In
the Farnum case Judge Memminger
so charged the jury, but the verdict
was an acquittal which cut off appeal
TIE opinion says 1t is improper for a
circuit judge to comment on the
weight to be given to the evidence Of
an accomplice; that Is a question for
the jury.
-Greenville News: Monday Mr. B.
F.. Taylor, vice president Of the cot
ton seed oil mans national organiza-
tion, delivered lecture at the Univer-
sity Of South Carolina on the subject
OF cotton seed products. The lecture
was Illustrated with scores of the sam
pies Of The by-products, from soap to
an emulsion to be taken by invalids,
and from absorbent cotton for wounds
to gun cotton and other explosive.
Probably the most interesting part Of
the exhibit was that Of bread made
from cotton seed flour Cotton seed
bread, it is said, mas the outward ap-
pearance Of bread made Of graham
flour and "eats mighty good" The AS
sociated Press explains that the cost
Of the cotton seed -four Is said to be
only so to IS per cont that Of cereals,
while its nutritive value Is declared to
be from five to seven times as great.
Analysis shows that cotton seed con-
tains 37.7 per cent more protein than
wheat flour. Mr.. Taylor explained that
In the bread and cake the product OF
bread Is obtained while the protein in
meats, that for which meat is eaten. Is
mad, so that this bread and cake has
the nutritive value Of ordinary bread
and meats combined. The bread, 1t Is
explained. can be made either from
nure cotton seed flour in which case
II is very palatable, but dense or from
80 per cent cotton seed flour and 20 per
cent wheat flour in which case II be-
comes lighter and resembles more the
wheaton bread The first Of the new
product to reach Greenville is awaited
with interest
, - Abbeville, March II: Three ne
gro boys perished this morning in a
fire, evidently of incendiary origin,
which totally destroyed the main
building Of Harbeson college. The
IRE DeSdn ABOUT tnree o CLOCK. ABOUT
40 of the boys slept in this building.
Most Of them escaped by jumping
from the second story windows, but
three were burned to death before
they could make their escape. They
were: Carl Duckett of Charlotte, \.
c., Sam Jenkins of Carlisle, and Ed
DuBose of Lamar. Five others were
seriously injured. Three have broken
arms and two broken legs. President
Young Of the college says the building
was falling in before any one got to it
or knew Of the fire. All say that the
fumes Of kerosene were all about.
The home Of President Young also
was set on fire, the back door and
steps being considerably charred. Ker-
osene had been thrown all over the
door and steps. This fire was put out
by the boys after they escaped from
the other fire. Drs. Gambrell and
Neuffer were 'phoned for while the
fire was going on and were the first
white people to the scene. Crowds OF
people have been out to see the ruins
and all condemn the deed in the