Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-14
SOuTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The summer term of the Sixth cir
cult, Judge s. w. Shipp presiding,
commenced at Winnsboro, yesterday.
The Richland grand jury has rec
commended an increase in the rural
police force Of the county to- put
stop to reckless automobile speeding.
-Tully Babb shot West Knight to
death on the outskirts Of Greenville,
Sunday morning. Both were prosper
Gus farmers and the shooting was the
result of an old feud.
Hon. f. Marion Rucker, for eleven
years a member of the house Of rep
resentatives and chairman Of the ways
and means committee, will accept the
position of professor of law. at the Uni
versity Of South Carolina.
-Adjutant General Boyd was strick-
en- with convulsions in his room in
Columbia last Friday, and for several
hours 1t was thought that he was dy-
ing. He recovered, however, and his
physician expects him to get all right
again. The. trouble Is attributed to
overwork and excitement.
john M. Wise and M. C. Tidwell.
young white men Of Watts Mill, Lau-
rens county, were arrested and COM
mitted to the Laurens jail on Satur-
day, charged with the murder Of Clar-
ence L. White. The alleged crime was
committed on the night Of January 80.
and young White died nine days later.
- Columbia special Of June II, to the
News and Courier: About half Of the
candidates for state offices have filed
their pledges with Chairman Willie
Jones of the Democratic COMMITTEES.
Up to Saturday noon there had been
filed eighteen pledges. The last day
for filing pledges is June 21, at IL
o'clock noon. Chairman Jones today
called attention to the fact that candi-
dates should bear in mind that the last
possible moment OF filing pledges WIN
be II, meridian, June q, the day be-
fore the campaign opens at Sumter.
Those who have filed pledges, In the
order they were filed, are: James Can
sler, railroad commissioner; r. II. Jen-
nings, for state treasurer; Charles A.
Smith, for lieutenant governor; G, Z.
Featherstone, for governor; T. w. Du-
vall for lieutenant governor; It. Nj"
McCown, for secretary OF state: q. Nc
Duffie Hampton, for railroad commls-
sioner; ]. Fraser Lyon, for attorney
general; A. w. Jones, for comptroller
general; Thos. G. Mcleod, for govern
or: c. L. Blease for governor; o. G
Scarborough for railroad commis-
sioner; j. E. Swearingen, for state su-
perintendent of education; John q.
Richards, for governor; j. +. Brynes.
for congress; ]. f. Ellerbe, for con-
gress; T. ]. Johnson, for congress, and
George S. Lagare, for congress: AS
there will be about forty candidates
for state officers, the above list repre-
sents about half Of the number that
will file pledges.
Union special to Columbia State,
June 13: At the court Of general ses-
sions here this morning with w. b.
Gruber of WATERFORD, special Judge
presiding, the case Of w. T. Jones was
brought up in the form of motion
for a new trial on the grounds OF al
evidence. Efforts were
made by the attorneys for Jones TO
postpone the hearing on account OF
the illness of one of Jones attorneys.
Stanyarne Wilson, who was operated
on over a month ago for appendicitis,
the point being raised by the attor-
neys present that Mr.. Wilson who was
i'll had looked after getting up the al
fdavits in the case and that he was
better acquainted with the facts re-
garding the evidence. They requested
the Judge to continue the case until
could be had with Mr.. Will
son. The attorneys for the state took
the ground that the attorneys for the
defendant had had ample time to have
made all their arrangements and to
be ready at this term of court.
Further that by the delaying of the
case it caused further delay In JUS
tice and that If the case would be con-
tinued this morning 1t would most
probably mean that the case would
not come up until the September
term Of court. Judge Gruber, AFTER
hearing the arguments from both
sides in regard to postponing the
motion, decided that the hearing must
be proceeded with today. Attorneys.
for the defendant then proceeded to-
hear the petition for the new trial
and the affidavits In support thereof
which were numerous and volumin-
Gus and the hearing Of them occupied
the morning hours. When court re-
i'm the afternoon the state
presented it's affidavits for the pur-
pose Of showing why the motion
should not be granted. Council for
the defendant, as each affidavit was
read objected to such portions as was
considered irrelevant or incompetent.
In this way the whole afternoon was