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

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Mrs. B. D. Clark Of Lexington, has
ripe tomatoes that were grown in her
hot house during the winter.
- Wofford college has received a
check for $4,000 from Andrew Carne-
gle as a contribution to a proposed
endowment fund of 100000.
The News and Courier quotes Gov.
Blease as saying that he is already in
the race for the United States senate,
but he will not run against Senator
Tillman.
In Spartanburg last Friday, a ne
gro gambler drew four aces In poker
game and the shock resulted in his
death. The doctors said heart disease
was the trouble and no inquest was
held.
The controversy between the
Knights of Pythias and the negroes,
who desired to organize under the
same name, has been settled by the
negroes taking the name of knights
of Hannibal.
Gov. Blease has said that he will
not commission Leroy Springs, George
B. Cromer or r. o. Purdy as members
of the asylum board. He will recon-
mission DR.. Babcock as a member Of
the commission.
The governor has named the fol-
lowing gentlemen as members OF the
asylum commission: DR.. ]. w. Bah
cock, Columbia; E. H. Aull, editor Of
the Newberry News and Herald; Dr.
Robert Wilson Of Charleston; John F.
Floyd Of Spartanburg.
- Supervisor Miles of Spartanburg
county has decided that he will not
pay the salaries Of the eight magis-
trates In the county whose right to
hold Office Is in dispute. The idea Is
to leave the magistrates to resort to
mandamus and have the court to de-
eide the question of who are the Of
ficials.
1T has developed that the firm Of
Anderson, Fielder, Wilson & Roundtree
of Atlanta, has been dismissed by the
new dispensary winding-up commits
sion from the service of this commits
sion. The letter Of dismissal was sent
as a part Of the business transacted at
the recent meeting Of the commission,
and the dismissal takes effect within
thirty days from the date Of the let
ter. or on April 2S.
- Greenville, April 1: Rev. DR.. A. ].
S. Thomas, editor Of the Baptist Cou
rier, the literary organ of the Baptist
denomination Of South Carolina, and
one Of the leading figures Of the de-
nomination in the south, died here this
afternoon, after lingering illness.
The funeral exercises and interment
will take place Sunday afternoon. Dr.
Thomas had received almost every gift
of honor in the power of the Baptist
denomination Of South Carolina. In
1885 he was elected secretary of the
State Baptist convention, a position
which he held until 1894. In 1889 he
was elected vice president of the for
eign mission board Of South Carolina.
He was made president Of the state
convention in 1907, serving in that ca
pacity two years. For many years he
was a trustee Of Greenyille Female
college and Furman university. At
the time Of his death DR.. Thomas was
a member of the board Of trustees Of
the Southern Baptist Theological SEM
mary and Of Benedict college at Co
lumbia. The honorary degree Of doc
tor Of divinity was conferred on DR..
Thomas by Columbia college at Wash
ington, D. c.
- According to a Columbia special
to the Charlotte Observer, Governor
Blease has made the following state
ment: Governor Blease says In re-
gard to acquisitions that his position
Is that often parties who are endeav-
oring to collect debts use the criminal
courts and have parties who are in
debted to them arrested for obtain
ing money under false pretense, for
selling property under lien or mort
gage when there Is really nothing In
the case. In instances Of this kind
and in other minor cases where par
ties are sometimes arrested in anoth-
or q NJ NJ O haf
back into the state comes from the
governors contingent fund, which is
out of all the taxpayers. The pris-
oners. when brought back to the
county, are oftentimes acquitted and
when convicted are generally given
short sentences or small fines, the la
Dor or the fines going to the county,
while the taxpayers of the entire state
are paying the expenses for the req
uisitions, and in many instances the
amount Of labor performed or the
amount Of the fine paid is not as much
as II costs to bring the prisoner back
to the state, and 1t is for these reasons
that the governor takes the position
that, unless the prisoner Is to be sem
fenced to the penitentiary, the county
should pay the expense of bringing
him back. or course, this does not
apply in cases Of felony or serious Of
fenses, and in such cases reQuisitions
will always be granted promptly and
the expenses paid from the govern
ors Office"
- Columbia, March 81: Jesse Hunter,
the negro in whose case there center
ed proceedings which led to the dis
barment Of Columbia attorney, Mr..
John T. Duncan, was today paroled by
Gov. Blease during good behavior.
Hunter was convicted in June, 1906, Of
assault and battery with intent to kill
and was sentenced to serve five years
at hard labor. 1t was claimed by Mr..
John T. Duncan that Hunter was not
Justly treated before the court, and
the whole matter finally went into the
supreme court, the outcome being that
Mr.. Duncan was disbarred. In the Pc
tition to Gov. Blease Is letter from
Mr.. Duncan, setting out the details
of his own disbarment and the alleged
circumstances Of the Hunter case. Mr..
Duncan claims that Hunter did not fire
the shot that struck one Of posse
that was after Hunter to arrest him.
The charge was brought that Mr.. Dun
can caused another negro, JEFF Taylor,
to write a confession that was false.
and this led to the proceedings against
Mr.. Duncan. In his letter to Gov.
BleaSe, Mr. duncan says among otneT
things that ''the supreme court pun
ishes your humble servant for so
gross a charge" He refers to the
records in the Hunter case as having
been stolen from the archives Of the
South Carolina supreme court" and
brings serious charges against Attor-
ney Christie Benet, who Is now city
attorney, and who was In the case be-
fore the court as solicitor. Mr.. Dun
can also charges Attorney General
Lyon, ''he who covered himself W
glory serving a horde of thieving
characters in suborning witnesses"
Governor Blease Friday paroled Hun
ter on the showing made.
-Laurens special of April /, to the
Greenville News: A letter was receiv-
ed by D. H. Counts, one Of the largest
farmers Of the county and prominent
business man today, in which, 1t is
said. Gov. Blease forbids any Of the
rural policemen going on Mr.. Counts
place to make arrests I'm petty cases
such as are constantly met with by the
county officers. 1t seems that Mr..
Counts had considered the rural po-