Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-05-24
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Mr. G. f. Hampton of Columbia. a
son of Gen. Wade Hampton, has an
| nounced his candidacy for the office of
| railroad commissioner.
- County associations of the Rural
| Letter Carriers Association of South
Carolina are urged to meet on May 30.
q legal holiday in their respective
counties and elect delegates to the
| state convention which will be held in
NewbeTy in July. Calls have been
| issued by Thos. E. Wicker of Newber-
| ry, the president, and w. G. Campbell
Of Darlington, secretary of the eXecu-
| tive committee. The other officers are:
F.. w. Conner, Rock Hill, vice president;
P. K. Crosby, Ruffin, secretary; A. w.
Hill, Greenville, treasurer. and j. +.
Johnson, Gray Court and ID. G. Clarke.
Yorkville, members Of the executive
committee.
| Columbia special of May q. to the
Charlotte Observer: Gov. Ansel has
adopted a let alone policy in the Big
| ham, -Avant case. He claims that he
has no Jurisdiction. The people of the
state are wondering who Is to blame for
allowing Bigham and Avant to run
| away and escape a sentence, to say the
|
case were sent down in due time.
Avant was not arrested. According to
| statements by Bisham's relatives. he
| ran away last fall. He was last heard
| from in Greenville county and Is now
| thought to be in Canada. They were
charged with the murder of Ruth Crisp
| Bigham, the beautiful young wife of
DR.. Bigham.
Columbia State: The supreme court
| has refused to hear tine cotton tare case
and this case will come up next Mon
| day before Judge DeVore in the circuit
court in this county. The supreme
court is said to have stood as follows:
Chief Justice Jones and Justice Woods,
| for hearing the case; Justice Hydrick
and Justice Gary were against hearing
| it, Hence the case could not be heard
before the supreme court. Probably
| this was on account Of the fact that
the hearing would have been in tine ma
ture of test case, and also because
| the supreme court does not wish to
hear original jurisdiction cases unless
it has to, and the court is now over
worked. The case is against w. G..
Mullins, representing Maybank, and is
brought by M. c. Heath & Co, cotton
buyers of this city. 1t is said that ST.
800, 900 is involved in the contention
Heretofore the amount of tare allowed
on cotton was 20 pounds 10 the bale.
But, under an enactment Of the last
general assembly, the per cent that
would be allowed, provided the act is
declared constitutional, would mean 80
pounds to each 500 pound bale, a diff
ference Of 10 pounds to the bale. The
question that is being agitated is who
will pay the difference. There was a
1000, 900 bale cotton crop in South Car
olna last year. BY adding 10 pounds
of tare to each bale the amount in
vOlved Is 100000 pounds. The money
involved, on basis Of Is cents per
pound is $1.S00,000. The result Of the
litigation will be watched with inter-
est by all cotton manufacturers, buy
ers and producers in the state.
Columbia State, May "a: Tine prob
ing of a personal and political row was
the main business of the court of inquiry
which met yesterday in the state house
to investigate the Boyd-Brock contro-
versy. The court was recently appoint
ped by Gov. Ansel as the result OF GER
tain charges made by ]. G. Boyd, the
adjutant and inspector general against
w. II. Brock, his assistant. 1t was de-
cided by the court to investigate the
charges of Gen. Boyd that Col. Brock
had wasted the states money and also
the charges that Col. Brock had acted'I
as a political traitor to General Boyd.
In the outset of the hearing 1t i
was announced by counsel for General
Boyd that the charges that Col
onel Brock had acted a political traitor
would be withdrawn, although Gen.
Boyd had no apologies to make as the
result of the accusation. Col. Brooks
attorney announced the intention Of
proving that Col. Brock had not acted
a political traitor. After preliminary |
ia
hear the story of the inner politics of
the National Guard of the state. the |
situation was thoroughly aired. 1t was
announced that the charges that Col. |
Brock had wasted the money Of the |
state In making the inspections of the |
National Guard during the past sew
eral years would be thoroughly inves- |
tigated. The investigation into the
expense accounts of Col Brock will be |
commenced this morning at $50 o'clock. |
The expense feature of the investiga- |
tion Is marked exhibit b. The court |
presented an interesting scene. All |
participating i'm the hearing were in |
full dress and there was military air |
about the entire proceedings The in |
quiry is being held in the library at |
the state house. The members Of the |
court are seated at a table just in |
front Of the door to the state house |
cOrder's table. On the right is the ta
BILE of Gen. Boyd and his attorney and |
on the left the table of Col Brock and |
his attorney. In a semi-circle about the
tables were seated the witnesses, the
majority of them being officers of the
National Guard. All are in unifor.
There were over 35 witnesses In after
ance at the hearing and many more are
to be called. The court may be cOnclud-
Cd hn nd IN
last for several weeks. Judging from
the number of witnesses ii may re-
quire several thousand dollars to pay
the expenses. the hearing has at
tracted a number of spectators and
all listened with interest.
During the afternoon. after more than
an hours preliminary talk that did
not result i'm anything material. Col.
Brock started the rebuttal of the
charge of Gen. Boyd that he had act
ed q political traitor to him. The at
tOrney for Gen. Boyd had no state
mcnt to make. All witnesses examin- /
ed were for Col Brock. In his own
defense Col. Brock was the first to
take the stand. He said that he was
the assistant adjutant inspector gem
eral and had known Gen. Boyd for n
number of years. Col. Brock was
asked many questions by his attorney.
he uenleu tndt ne lldu aCltu ullldlGly
to Gen. Boyd on any occasion. He
denied that he had talked politics
while making the inspections of the
companies of the National Guard Of
the state and that what he told Cen
Rnyd was only what he had heard the
officers of the different companies
say. His statements We're sweeping de-
malls of all that Gen. Boyd had charg-
ed him with in the first statement is
sued to the press. He said that Gen.
Foyd had been i'm i'll health for a num-
Der of years. Col Brock was asked by
his attorney concerning q meeting OF
the officers of the National Guard .
which was held at YOrkville at which {
time the question Of the next adju- IG
tant and inspector general of the state
was discussed. He said he had attend
ed such a meeting. He said that Gen. t
Boyd had gone to Yorkville several
days afterward and had charged him )
with being reckless and leading dis {
sipated life. Col. Brock said that Gen 5
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