Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

of Clarendon county, made 12O bushels
of corn on an acre this year.
| - Maurice Mcdonald, twenty years
| Of age, committed suicide at Harts-
| VILE Wednesday, because of the loss
of his position as bookkeeper In the
bank, for inattention to business.
The official count made last Tues
day showed that 1928 votes were cast
in the Greenville dispensary election,
2,263 against the dispensary and $50
for it-nearly three to one.
| According to statements In the
papers, unless the attorney general
shall be otherwise engaged on the
railroad merger cases, he Will take
|up the prosecution Of the case against
H. H. Evans at the approaching term
of the Newberry court, which con-
venes November 2S.
| - In the Laurens court OF common
pleas last Wednesday afternoon, w.
Martin was given a verdict for $500
lin a damage suit for $4,000 against
the Laurens Cotton mills. The plain
tiff as an employe Of defendant COM
pany alleged that last April he sus-
tanned an injury on one Of his heels
while operating the elevator.
- Chester, November 16: On two
farms near Chester there will be yields
which bring the county up along side
Iof Marlboro and Marion. From 200
acres of cotton s. M. Jones has al
ready gathered something over $50
bales of cotton, and will realize not
less than 265 bales. From 31S acres
John Frazer has already picked
lenough to make sure that his crop
will amount to a bale per acre. From
-four acres Of cotton Mr.. Frazer mas
a crop Of eight bales. On 135 acres
L,
bushels per acre; four acres yield lOb
bushels per acre.
- Nine trustees have been named,
who will have a twenty year voting
trust upon the stock of The News
Publishing company to print a morn
ing paper In Columbia. Increase OF
capital to 100000 from $4,000 has
lbeen authorized. The trustees are
Joseph Norwood Of Columbia, ]. q.
Norwood of Newberry, Thomas Will
fson Of Sumter, w. w. Barre of Lex
ington, Lester Webb, e. 0. Black,
George r. Koester of Columbia,
Frank Watkins Of Anderson, James
Moss Of Calhoun. The understanding
Is that the first issue Of the paper Is
to appear in January.
| Chester Reporter: A case In Mag
istrate ]. ]. McLure's court that at
tracted considerable attention was that
Of Harry and Mary Green VS.. r. A.
| Christenberry, which occupied the at
tention Of this court Monday afternoon.
Christenberry, the defendant, who Is
white man, sells books, and In the
course of his operations sold volume
to the plaintiffs, taking as security for
the debt a mortgage on various house.
hold goods. Last week he went to
Green for his money, and not being
| 20 oA1lapf GrQan'Q
house to seize the mortgaged proper
| ty. While he was at the house he
| Is alleged to have used rough treat
ment towards Mary Green in attempt
ing to get possession Of the property,
and 1t was on this count that the pros
ecution was brought. The verdict Of
the jury in the case was not guilty, but
as soon as the verdict had been render
ed a warrant charging Christenberry
with peddling books without license
was produced, and he was placed un-
der SIS bond to stand trial for this Of
fense.
In an effort to protect his mother
from a brutal attack made on her by
his father, young Troy Banks, living
| two miles from Leesville, was shot
and seriously wounded Tuesday night.
Lee Banks. the husband and father,
has been the terror Of the communi-
ty for the past five years and fire.
quently beat his wife and drove her
from their home to spend the night at
any place where she could obtain shell
ter. Young Banks, who Is now bright
lad Of II years, attempted to help his
mother, but Lee Banks, in a drunken
rage, took a gun and drove his son
off, Running at full speed he was
shot in the left leg and fell some dis
tance from the house. Physicians
who were summoned found the bones
so shattered that amputation was nee
essary. After the operation was over
Panks assaulted DR.. Riser, a young
physician from Leesville, who had
charge Of the case. An alteration en-
sued in which DR.. Riser received
some slight bruises. Banks was ar
rested and carried to Lexington
Wednesday morning. Troy Banks Is
a manly lad and has been working
hard in order to secure an educa-
ton.
- Looking finally toward the elimin-
alton of night work among the chill
!dren in the mills Of the state. and
with the immediate object Of raising
the age limit Of day work and placing
an age limit on night work, the South
Carolina child labor committee In
session in Columbia Wednesday af-
ternoon determined to have introduced
in the approaching session Of the gen.
eral assembly certain amendments to
the child labor laws. The following
amendments will be proposed: To
prohibit night work in the mills by
children 16 years old and under. At
present there is no specific limit for
night work, 1t being on the same
basis with the day work, 12-year-
age limit. Providing also for elimin-
alton Of the exemptions Of the present
laws, as to children Of disabled faith
ers, orphans and children Of widowed
mothers. Under the law now children
having disabled fathers and widowed
mothers or themselves being orphans,
may work in the mills at any age. To
raise the age limit for day work to 13
years, in 1912, and to 19 years in
1913. The present age limit for day
work Is II years. A bill will be in
troduced bearing the stamp Of the
committee, advocating registration Of
births and marriages.
- Columbia State November 1S:
The dispensary commission has won
| practically every point in a decision
made yesterday in the Carolina Glass
company case. The dispensary COM
mission will retain the sum Of $23,-
| 600, for which the glass company filed
a claim with the commission several
years ago and which was disallowed
after hearing evidence in relation to
the transaction by the glass company
with the board of control Of the state
dispensary. The supreme court yes
terday gave decision written by JUS
tice Hydrick which disposed Of the
two appeals of the Carolina Glass
company. When the Carolina Glass
company ceased doing business with
the old state diSpensary and after
the dispensary commission had been
formed, the commission, after taking
testimony, declared that the glass
company had overcharged the state in
its dealings to the extent Of approxi-
mately $4,000. The state owed the
glass company $4,000 for goods de-
livered This sum was deducted from
the s51 900, which left s2S,O00 due to
the state. according to the finding Of
the commission. The glass company
appealed to the supreme court. The
decision yesterday affirms the action
Of the commission in deducting the
claim Of the glass company.