Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-12-09
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

own importance and facilltles ana no
by means Of connecting lines. This i!
taken as an important victory FOL
the Southern Railway.
Sheriff Thomas Of Cherokee, ant
his deputies have arrested five more
negroes, who are now in Jail charged
with killing Robert Davidson at VIII
kinsville, on Thanksgiving day. There
are now eight negroes In jail charged
with the crime, and 1t Is possible tina
still more arrests will be made. TheJ
are: Luther Curry, Will Curry, Nee
Horton, Mat Dowell, Wright Byars
Amos Byars, John Love, Will Tate. AL
but Luther Curry claim that they knew
nothing about the crime. Luther Cur.
ry stated that he saw Mat Dowell Dc
the shooting.
The formal opening Of the 125tf
conference of the Methodist church ir
South Carolina took place Wednesday
morning in Bethel church, Charleston
the attendance being unusually large
Bishop Hendrix called the session tc
order. After addresses Of welcome
secretaries were chosen and annual re,
ports and other communications sub.
mitted. The bishops cabinet" COM
posed Of the presiding elders, met with
him in executive session, but nothing
was given out for the newspapers. The
anniversary Of the Sunday schoo
board was celebrated Wednesday night
Leaders Of the Methodist church In this
state are taking an active part In the
business, which Is mostly routine.
Prizes aggregating $4,000 were
awarded Wednesday at the South At
lantic States Corn exposition for the
best corn to be exhibited from North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
There are over TOO exhibits entered for
the exposition, the first ever held in the
south. The prize for the best single
ear of corn was won by E. Goodwin OF
Apex, N. c.; best 10 ears, by j. c.
Lewis of Reedy Branch, n. c.; best in
dividual display and best so ears, by
A. D. Hudson of Newberry, S. c.
Prizes for the largest yields were
award to Jerry H. Moore, aged 15 OF
Winona, S. c., who produced 22S BUSH
els and three pecks on one acre and
to Miss Hannah Plowden, aged Is, who
produced 120 bushels Of corn on one
acre. Quality and not quantity OF corn
was considered by the judges in max
ing the awards.
Lake City, December 6: A verdict
charging Will J. Cockfleld, who or
Sunday was acting as a deputy po-
liceman, with the murder Of Henry Al
fonso, a negro attache Of Walcott's
shows, and charging ]. H. v. Gaskins
as an accessory after the fact, was
rendered by a coroner's jury here to-
day. Since the killing, which occurred
Sunday, there Is said to have been q
terror among those who saw the kill
ing, and it was hard to get testimony
The Indignation of the law abiding
people grew to such an extent that
another investigation was insisted up
on. The testimony Of eye-witnesses
was that Cockfield shot the negro with
out provocation of any sort and thai
Gaskins helped him to get away from
the scene of the killing, although ne
knew he had killed the negro. In ad-
dition to this, it was testified thai
Gaskins insisted that the inquest be
held at once despite the confusion
that prevailed at the time. The YER
dict today is regarded as a triumph
of the law and order element over
the lawless.
Seneca Farm and Factory: The
Easley Progress says stray bear was
seen by different parties several times
last week near D. c. Holcombe's, two
miles east of that place, and describes
1t as being a small brown bear that
has a very peculiar and terrifying
growl, and states that two men Of that
section went to the woods one night
after dark last week and the bear
growled after them. 1t only took them
about a minute to get back home, 9
distance Of several hundred yards. II
Is supposed that the bear escaped from
some of the frequent shows that have
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out 'possum hunting near Seneca one
night last week party OF town boys
had something in the woods to grow!
once at them. The boys, several OF
whom have hopes of getting on the re-
lay team of the Seneca High school
violated the speed limit and broke the
rules by coming in all together, except
Fred Hopkins, who led the bunch, and
set a pace Curtiss and his flying ma
chine could not keep. Fred beat his
own dog home, and slammed the door
in his dogship's face.
Insurance Commissioner F. H. Nc
Master has addressed letter to the
insurance companies, notifying them OF
the cities and towns in South Carolina
that have met the requirements or the
firemen's pension act. By the act eV-
cry fire insurance company licensed to
do business in this state Is required to
make a true account Of all premiums
received from fire insurance business
done during the year ending December
81, in any incorporated city or town In
the state, complying with the terms OF
the act and having regularly organiZ-
ed fire department, with fine apparatus
to the value of $1,000. There Is a tax
of per cent for the pension fund. Such
returns are to be made within so days
after December 81 Of each year. The
following towns are given as having
complied with the law: Aiken, An
derson, Bolton, Bamberg, Beaufort
Bishopville, Camden, Charleston, Ches-
ter, Clinton, Columbia, Darlington
Florence, Gaffney, Georgetown, Green
vile, Greenwood, Hartsville, Kingstree,
Laurens, Manning, Newberry, Orange
burg, Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Sumter,
Union, WATERFORD.
Columbia State, December 8: There
was a dinner at Craven hall yesterday
that was almost as much an epoch
making event as the corn exposition.
That dinner was corn dinner, strictly.
The dinner was prepared by SIX stu
dents Of the practice home school OF
Winthrop college under the direction
OF MISS Carrie -. ID. OOii'ooi''
president of Winthrop college, was
present. In introducing the several
speakers, following the serving of the
courses, he told of the wonderful prog
ress that had been made In the south
and predicted a great agricultural fu-
ture. He spoke of the work at Win
throp and the object Of the institution.
Following the introduction Of DR..
Johnson, there were ringing addresses
by Commissioner Watson, Ira w. Will
liams, D. n. Barrow and James A.
Hoyt. The dinner was the finest and
most exclusive corn dinner ever served
in South Carolina, or possibly in the
south, and demonstrated the fact that
there are many delicious and palatable
dishes that may be prepared from corn.
All of the speakers praised the girls
who helped to make the corn exposi-
tion a success.
Spartanburg, December s: Luther
Calvert of Clifton, which is near this
city, has received from the treasury
department in Washington $7S of the
s1lS in bills which was eaten by heif-
er. It will be recalled that some
weeks ago Calvert lost his pocketbook
in the barnyard and calf was picked
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