Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-23
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Lexington, September 90: Among
the most interesting indictments hand
ed out at the present term or court SO
far are those against three promi-
nent physicians of the county, charg-
ed with practicing medicine and sur
gerry without license. They are: Or.
James Crosson Of Leesville, a brother
of State Senator D. M. Crosson; Dr. W
A. Oxner of Gilbert, DR.. o. c. Holley
of the Hollow Creek section, and Dr.
Busby Of Steedman. The last named
has never been arrested, his present
whereabouts being unknown. Dr.
Crosson and DIR. OXner have been
practicing for several years. Under
the law every physician must secure
a license from the state board OF ex-
aminers before entering upon the
practice Of his profession. II Is Tor
this violation that the indictments
have been brought.
THE State, Wednesday: II have the
honor to hereby tender my resignation
as colonel and adjutant general, OF the
state Of South Carolina, to take effect
on the first day of November, 1910. L
wish to express to you my great ap-
probation Of the many courtesies ex-
tended to me as member or your
staff" This letter was received today
from w. T. Brock, the assistant adJu-
tant general by Governor Ansel. The
resignation was accepted by Gov. An
sci and the contents Of the letter OF
resignation were made known In let
ter to Adjutant General Boyd. The
letter of resignation on the part or Col:
Brock follows a breach in the office OF
the adjutant general which was COM
menced several months ago when j. c:
Boyd, the adjutant general, preferred
certain charges against his assistant.
Adjutant General Boyd, when asked
who he would appoint to succeed Col.
Brock said: II don't know. Will ap-
point some good man to take his place
on November l."
Lexington correspondence Colum-
bia State, Wednesday: mot guilty
was the verdict In the case OF M. b.
Buff, the Confederate soldier, who
was placed on trial yesterday In the
sessions court together with his son,
Artie Buff, for assault and battery with
Intent to kill. Guilty Of aggravated
assault" was the verdict as to Artie
Buff. At the opening Of court this
morning the case was resumed, and by
IL o'clock the arguments had been
concluded and the case placed In the
hands of the jurors. 1t was O'CLOCK
when the verdict was reached. This
Is the case in which Miss Malissa Bun,
daughter of M. B. Buff, admitted that
she fired the shots at John Hendrix,
Jr., because he had seduced her un-
der promise Of marriage. Her testi-
mony was dramatic at times and she
was the star witness for the defense.
The father and son, as well as all OF
the other members Of the household,
corroborated the young womans
statement. Judge Gage Immediately
sentenced young Buff to pay fine or
800 or serve sixty days In jail. In
the course Of his remarks to the pris-
oner, Judge Gage stated that he re-
gretted very much that there was not
a law in this state permitting the
shooting of man like mad dog, who
had seduced woman. The man
who seduces a woman under the
promise Of marriage and then fails to
marry her Is the lowest sort Of vii
lain" he declared. He stated that he
regretted very much that 1t was not In
his province to give young Hendrix fve
years on the chaingang.
- Spartanburg, Sept. 81: The prize
fight between two negroes, when was
promoted by white men Of this place
and scheduled to come off today, was
nipped in the bud by the county Of
ficials. Tickets had gone on sale and
it was generally known that the fight
was going to be held. The sporting
fraternity were instructed to board
certain street car and the conductor
knew the place where the improvised
arena had been constructed. Many
tickets had been sold and in some In
stances bets had been put up between
the hackers Of both negroes. 1t was
stated that the fight was going to last
six rounds but II neither negro had
gotten the decison, another six round
fight was to be held until one negro or
the other was down and out. The
sheriff notified the promoters that he
would not stand for such thing In
this county and also notified Solicitor
Otis. He called the principals to his Of
flee and showed them the laws Of South
Carolina prohibiting prize fighting and
imposing a fine Of $1,000 and three years
on the fighters and 5000 or six months
| on the promoters. After carefully study
ing the laws they finally, although re-
luctantly, gave up the scheme. 1t was
rumored on the streets that the fight
was going to be held in spite OF this
but it developed that there was moth
| ing to this gossip. The promoters are
greatly put out over the outcome OF
their carefully laid plans and may In
the future attempt to hold the fight
with no one but themselves and the
negroes present.