Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-23
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Greene in the Waxhaws, this county,
Emmett Lima shot and seriously
wounded Joe Fawn. Lima tried to
make his escape but was captured at
o'clock by Sheriff Hunter and land
ed in jail. Both are negroes.
Florence, May q: The district
meeting of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy was held here yesterday in
the auditorium of the Times building.
The meeting was fairly we'll attended.
Mrs. August Kohn Of Columbia, the
state president, presided. In her
talk to the members of the order she
called attention to the growing tenden-
cy to make Memorial day a holiday,
rather than hold it as a solemn Me-
mortal day, and said that IL the ten
dency were not checked the order
would ask the legislature the re-
peal of the act making the 10th of
May a holiday.
George Hasty, the Gaffney man.
who killed Bennett and Davidson in
Gaffney on December Is, 1905, and who
was sentenced to imprisonment for
life has been pardoned by Gov
Blease. Judge Memminger, who tried
the case said that the verdict was q
proper one and declined to recommend
pardon on the ground that in his
opinion the prisoner had not been suf-
ficiently punished. Solicitor Sease, the
prosecuting attorney, declined to make
any recommendation. MI. E. H. DE
Camp and several other Gaffney citi-
zens said that in their opinion Hasty
had been sufficiently punished. There
were affidavits setting forth that
Verne Sheridan, the woman in the
case had stolen a number Of violins
in Savannah. Hasty was released
from the penitentiary yesterday.
- Spartanburg, May 20: That John
H. Quinn, when nine years old, de-
liberately stuck his finger into the
machinery Of a spinning frame on
which he was employed in the Pacolet
mills and permitted the finger to be
cut off so that he might obtain a holi-
dav was the unusual defense Of the
Pacolet Manufacturing company to q
suit for $4,000 damages for the loss
of the finger which was tried In COM
mon pleas court before Judge r. c.
Watts today. The jury refused to
award damages. Quinn, who says he
was 81 years old in September, 1909
alleged that on September IS, 1898
while he was working in Pacolet mills
half Of the middle finger Of his left
hand was cut off by the head gear OF
the spinning frame. The defendant
company produced witnesses who said
the machine was In perfect condition,
and that his injury was caused by his
lifting up the gear case and sticking
his finger into the gearing. He want
ed to be hurt, the witnesses said, 81
as to get out of working in the mill.
boy who was working with him tes-
titled that Quinn told him that morn
ing that he had asked to get off that
day and had been refused permission,
and that he intended to get off IL he
had to poke his finger into the gear
ing and get hurt.
Newberry, May 90: A shooting
scrape took place yesterday afternoon
at o'clock at Rocky Zion church on
the line of Newberry and Laurens
counties, on the Newberry side, if
teen miles from the city, among the
negro worshipers. Some kind Of
church when Henry Baxter walked In
with his hat on. Jim Williams told
hirn to take it of, which made him
mad. A little later a quarrel arose
between the two just outside the
church, which led to fight in which
a large number took q hand. Eph
Williams got Jim's pistol from him
and shot Baxter in the head just
above the right eye, causing instant
death. Pistols were plentiful, and
there was a regular fusillade. When
the smoke cleared away 1t was found
that one man was dead, another
named Robertson, had bullet in his
head; another, Jim Workman, had a
bullet hole through his right arm.
and a woman had bullet in her
htrl, Dat inf "a
Of the trouble by telephone and went
up at once, bringing back with him
last night Jim Workman and Eph
williams and later. his deputy brought
In Jim williams, The dead negro was
about 80 years old and was In the
employ Of Reeder Workman, on the
Laurens county side.
-Gaffney, May 20: The most de-
Gaffney occurred tonight about 8
o'clock, when the old Central hotel
building, one of the largest in the
city, constructed entirely Of wood,
caught on fire. Great damage was
done, but the flames were finally ex-
tinguished by the heroic work Of the
fire department, which acquitted itself
better than ever before. The building
Is owned by DIR. j. N. Nesbit Of this
city, Isaac Turner Of Spartanburg and
Horace Brown Of Cowpens. 1t was
valued at $4,000, with no insurance.
The hotel part of the building was
not occupied but the firm of Vinesett
Brothers, grocers, was heavy loser,
with some insurance. Sarratt's bar
Der shops loss was $500, with no in
surance, Green's cafe Is an entire loss,
with no insurance. The Cherokee
Commission company, Postal Tele-
graph and Western Union Telegraph
companies sustained small losses.
All of the occupants of the build
ing removed their goods and ac-
cordingly what damage was done
was through water and handling. The
loss of the owners of the building will
be quite large as the damage was such
that II will never be Of great value
again. This same building has caught
a number of times before and has
been condemned by the insurance COM
mission. The origin Of the fire tonight
Is a mystery, as the fire started In a
closet in the vacant part
Columbia, May 90: A serious sit
uation Is said to have arisen with
regard to any further consideration
of the case against the Richland Dis
tilling company of this city, against
WHICH concern the Olu ulSpcHSdIy
claimed a judgment of
$625,000 and in regard to which a
was recently sent by
the new commission to Attorney Cen
eral Lyon, requesting him to proceed
with the case. Attorney General Lyon
stated Saturday morning that he had
received no communication from the
new dispensary commission about the
resolutions passed few days ago and
published in the press of the state.
Mr.. Lyon has no statement to make at
this time about the case. 1t Is learn
ed that the contract for the pressing
of the Richland Distillery case and
the other pending litigation was with
the Atlanta firm of attorneys, Messrs.
Anderson, Fielder, Rountree & Wilson,
and this work was largely in the hands
of Col. II. b. Fielder. On the Richland
litigation Messrs. B. L. Abb
ney of this city and w. F. Stevenson
of Cheraw were employed with or by
Mr. Fielder. The understanding Is,
therefore, that when Mr.. Felter's con-
tract was cancelled by the new dis
commission, both Messrs. Ste
venson and Abney were dismissed at
the same time. While no official an
has been made IL would