Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Columbia, July /: More money has
been collected to July /, 1911, under
the fertilizer tag tax than was collect
ed during the whole Of the calendar
year for 1910. The total collected
through Friday as shown by the
figures at the state treasurers office Is
241,419.0S. The total amount fol-
the year 1910 through June 80 OF
that year was $215, 1850. The total
amount for the calendar year 1910
was $240,098.95. Based upon the
amount collected last year from July
l to January l, 1911, this years cal
endar receipts will at least amount to
$270,000. The fiscal year at Clemson
figures were obtained Friday to make
the comparisons. The figures obtain
ed represent also Fridays receipts.
- Columbia, July 3: McRay Kirk
land, aged 65, was shot and killed to-
25 The killing occurred at the house
of a farmer in Kershaw county, twen-
ty miles from here. The younger Kirk
land, 1t Is said, killed his father to
save his mother. The elder kirkland,
II Is said, drove his wife from home
last night. She took refuge at the
house Of a neighbor. This morning
Kirkland drove to the neighbor's y
house and seized his wife and threw
her into his buggy, menacing the by
standers with knife. Willie Kirk
land demanded that his father re-
lease the woman. The elder man paid
no attention to his sou and the latter
then fired once, the bullet taking ef-
feet in the fathers head.
Greenville, June 90: In accordance
with resolutions adopted at meeting
Of the Cotton Manufacturers associa-
tion Of South Carolina, held in Spar
tanburg last January, looking to cur
tailment Of the output Of cotton mills
of this state for q period of five weeks
between April and September, practi-
cally all of the cotton mills Of Green
Vile will close Friday night and Sat-
urday noon to remain 80 for a solid
week. The Poe Manufacturing COM
pany will close its big plant Friday
night and open again Monday morn
ing, July 10. The Monaghan mill,
Woodside mill, American Spinning
company's mill and probably others
will follow suit. The Mills Manufactur-
ing company will close Saturday at
noon to remain closed until July 10.
Brandon and Carolina mills will close
Saturday noon and open up again on
July 5.
- Washington, July l: Many South
Carolina corporations failed to make
their reports to the commissioner Of
March, and also failed to apply on
or before that date for the extension
Of thirty days, which is allowed un-
der the law, II formal application Is
filed with the government. Corpora
tions which made their reports on
the I'd or 4th Of March are equally
culpable, technically, with those
which did not report until March 80.
The fine provided by the statute for
such delinquency is from $1,000 to
$4,000 for each offense, but the secre-
tary of the treasury has decided that
the law gives him authority to re-
duce the penalty and he announces
that he will impose fine Of $25 upon
each Of the corporations appearing to
have violated the statute uninten-
tionally. AS there are about 5000
corporations in the whole country
who come within this class for delin-
quents, the assessment Of a fine Of $25
against the whole lot will put an ex-
ira 100000 in Uncle Sans pocket.
Columbia State, Saturday: G..
Wash Hunter Of Laurens county has
been pardoned by the governor. He
was convicted four years ago and
sentenced to eight years in the peni-
tentiary for killing Eldred Copeland.
His case was affirmed by the South
Carolina supreme court. The United
States supreme court refused to con-
slider the case and Hunter has never
l. io In hn 10
G. Wash Hunter was indicted by the
Laurens county grand jury in Sep
tember, 1910, for the murder of FL
dred F. Copeland near Clinton in that
county. Four trials were held, one
of which resulted in a verdict of man.
slaughter, but the verdict was set
aside and the other three resulted in
mistrials. On September 81, 1907, an
order was passed transferring the
case from Laurens county to Green
wood county for trial. Hunter ap-
pealed from this order but his appeal
was dismissed. At the February term
of court In Greenwood he was con-
victed and sentenced to serve eight
years In the state penitentiary at hard
labor. The supreme court affirmed
the verdict. The case was next car
ried to the United States supreme
refused to consider the case. Later
Hunter made an appeal on the
grounds Of after discovered evidence.
The governor paroled him to July l
to give time to perfect the appeal to
the supreme court. There were over
700 names signed to the petition.
the attorneys representing
Hunter was the firm Of Blease and
Dominick
Columbia special of July l to The
News and Courier: Reversing the
circuit court the supreme court rem
dered an important decision Saturday
in the liquor question as to the storing
of whisky Lloyd Green was tried In
Sumter county at the summer term,
1910, before Judge Memminger Of
Charleston, the indictment alleging
that he did unlawfully accept, re-
ceive, store and keep In possession" al
coholic drinks, the indictment being
under the prohibition statute Of 1909.
Anna Henderson was also tried. Green
was found guilty. The appeal was
then taken. Green claimed that he
kept the whisky for personal use. The
opinion Saturday reads, in part: He
requested the court to charge the
jury that the term storing and keep
ing in possession used in the statute
involves the idea Of continuity or ha-
bit. The court charged that that was
correct under the old dispensary law
when the state engaged in the sale OF
liquors and that it would be correct as
applied to the law in any county in
the state in which there Is dispen-
sary but that in a county which has
no dispensary (such as Sumter where
the indictment is laid) the mere hav-
ing i'm possession of liquor, no matter