Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-09
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

DecauSe lneN are lTCellSeu dl Tie Idpl
way in which Gary Gist, a negro, wa
tried, convicted and sentenced to ham
for attacking a white woman. Toda
six negro men were bound over to tn
criminal court on a charge of having
severely whipped Emma and Mar
Thompson, negro women who hat
worked for white families.
- Chester, May Z: What may turl
out to be a homicide, with well-knowl
young white men as the principals
occurred yesterday evening at Rich
burg, twelve miles east of this city
Fletcher Ford was shot by Emme
Rodman, and Is at the Magdelene hos
pital in this city in critical condition
He was shot in the left side, and tn
ball penetrated his liver. Very littl
led up to the shooting, but 1t is un
derstood to have grown out of base
ball game.
Greenville, May s: The lonl
drawn-out and somewhat famous Nc
Gaia case was concluded in genera
sessions court today, Romulus Peden
having been found guilty of man
slaughter and the two other negroes
Doc and Alex. Chapman, acquitted o
the charge of killing John McGaha
who was a nephew of Joshua Ashley
the Anderson county legislator. Th'
killing of McGaha occurred at Negro
frolic, where McGaha had gone to ar
rest three negroes charged will
jumping labor contracts. Originally
nine negroes were arrested, but af
ter examination they were all released
except the three tried at this term.
Mrs. Cora Bessinger and Walter
Sandifer, who conducted a restaurant
in Columbia, were shot to death by
Ernest E. Grimsley last Saturday af'
ternoon. The coroner's inquest devel-
oped no reasonable ground for the
killing. The only testimony on thai
point was to the effect that Grimsley
had come into the restaurant during
the dinner hour and called for plate
of soup with which according to GUS
tom, he was served with one roll
When he asked for another roll, it was
refused. He went out mad, came back
two hours later and did the shooting
Grimsley was arrested, and acknowl-
edged that he did the killing, but told
nothing more.
Clemson College, May 6: The Boys
Corn club work in South Carolina Is
growing rapidly. o. B. Martin, former
superintendent of education, now ir
charge of Boys Corn club work in the
United States. was at Clemson yester-
day, and held some important confer
ences relative to the work in South
Carolina President w. NJ. Riggs has
given out the following, which will be
interesting news to all concerned ir
agriculture: I'VE have entered into 8
cooperative relation with the Farm
ers' Cooperative Demonstration work
by which c. B. Haddon, now connect
ed with our extension division, will be
appointed to take charge of the Boys
Corn clubs in South Carolina and
similar work. He will be paid jointly
by the college and by Mr.. Knapp's
organization, and his expenses will be
likewise equally divided between the
two. He will work in cooperation
with the college and with the demon
stration agents, and we expect large
results from this arrangement. Here
tofore the Boys Corn club work has
been carried on by Ira Williams, who
has handled il in addition to his reg
ular demonstration work with the far
mers. The arrangement which we have
just perfected is similar to that which
exists in North Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama and most of the other southern
states. 1t is in line with DR.. Knapp's
policy OF carrying on his work in
thorough cooperation and harmony
with the agricultural college,"
AT ldSI SSSSlOIl vi
the South Carolina Travellers Protec-
tive Association convention in Green
wood, Garland w. Ould of Anderson
sprung a mild sensation under the
head of the Good of the Order" Mr.
Ould spent a week in Columbia during
the session of the legislature working
for the passage of the mileage bill. He
had presented to the convention bill
for $50 for advertising in the State
He admitted that he had no claim on
the division, but said that he had
spent this money for the good of the
cause. The paper had declined to print
his card as communication on ac-
count Of its caustic nature. He ha6
put it in as an advertisement. The
convention, while deploring the prece-
dent that might be set, refunded tC
Mr.. Ould, upon condition that no in
dividual member should make sucf
expenditures in the future. Following
this and under the head of good of the
order, Mr.. Ould declared that he would
give some light on the way in which
the mileage bill was killed. He charg-
ed that when the fight was at its
psychological moment message from
the governor of the state which haC
the right of way and required an houl
to be read. BY that time it was 81
late that the house adjourned and ac'
tion on the bill was deferred. But the
next morning there was a marked
change of attitude among the mem
hers of the house. He presented 6
paper which he said gave a side ligh
on the whole matter. This was th'
menu of a 'possum supper given aftel
the house had adjourned. He alleged
that members of the house were 81
full of 'possum and "etceteras" tina
they couldn't or didn't vote intelli
gently the next day. Mr.. Guilds re-
marks created quite a sensation. HI
declined to read the names of the leg
islators present at the 'possum supper
Mr.. Sallenger of Charleston and Mr.
Pegues of Darlington demanded tina
the whole matter come out, names anC
all. Mr. Ould declined to comply
saying that his Investigations showed
that some of the men named really
were not there. Mr.. Parrott of Sum
ter. who was present during the las
days of the legislature, poured oil upoI
the troubled waters. He declared tina
the 'pOssum supper was a joke invent.
ed 10y A. W. Todd of Charleston anC
Is an annual affair to which an invita-
tion is accepted with pleasure. The
year before Mr.. Todd had invited ter
members to 'possum supper at ont
hotel, ten to another hotel and ten t
another. In fact at u o'clock a
night there were 80 men standing
around several hotel Hobbies WAITING
on the supper which never came
while Mr. Todd and a few choic
friends were enjoying a 'possum sup
per at Liberty Hall" and enjoying tn
joke on the other so. He thought
would be a grave injustice to individ
ual members to read their names il
public, for they went there 20 enjo!
'possum. The committee accepted MI
PARROTS view that the names SHOULD
not come out. The convention adopt
ed the reports of the committee on Off
GERS reports submitted by Mr.. Whis
nant. On the clause in the report o
the board of directors advocating
fight for the mileage bill, the conven
tion voted unanimously that the bill
must be passed. When 1t came to tn
machinery for pushing the bill ther
were two propositions, one that tn
regular legislative committee take hol
of it-another plan was TO appoint
special legislative board.
MERE-MENTIoN.
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