Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-06-11
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

OF the state Farmers union
to be held at Columbia on July "a.
Governor Blease filed his entry in
the race for governor and gave out the
statement: This is perhaps
the first pledge filed in the campaign"
said the governor. Il do 1t this early
for the reason that I want to put to
rest once for all the story that Is be-
ing told around that l will not be In
the governors race, but will enter the
lists against Senator Tillman. Only
death can prevent me from being in
the governors race to the finish"
After enjoying his liberty for sew
enteen years, Tom McKannon, ne
gro, Sc years old, has been arrested at
Rocky Mount, N. c., and taken
back to Bennettsville, to answer the
charge Of the murder Of his employer,
VIM. Brickman, prominent farmer
Of Marlboro county, who, II Is alleged,
he shot to death with a gun loaded
with slugs and nails in 1895. McKan-
non admits that he Is the man want
ed and justifles his action with an al
legation Of cruelty against his former
McKannon duplicates an
other negro.
Washington, June 6: B. ]. Rhame,
of Sumter, state bank examiner of
South Carolina. who Is resisting Gov.
ernor Blease's order removing him
from office, is among the applicants
for national bank examiner to sue
ceed Giles L. Wilson, Of Spartanburg
Mr.. Wilson has resigned to go into
business at Jacksonville, Fla. Others
who are applying for Wilson's place
are: T. c. Dunlap, Of Yorkville, assis-
tant bank examiner Of South Carolina
s. B. Jones, Of Spartanburg, and j. q
Barksdale, Of Laurens.
Governor Blease has named as
commission of alienists to examine
Sam Hyde, the Anderson county mar
under sentence Of electrocution fol
July 5, DIR. ]. w. Babcock, superin.
tendent Of the hospital for insane
DIR. w. G. Houseal, Of Newberry and
DR.. Robert Wilson, Of Charleston
chairman Of the state board Of health
With these men the fate Of Sam Hyde
largely rests. This commission viii
examine Hyde and report to the gov.
ernor, recommending whether he be
electrocuted or his sentence respitec
to allow for treatment or his sentence
be commuted to life imprisonment
Hyde will be taken to the penitentiary
in few days and the commission Will
examine him soon thereafter.
Beaufort, June q: Rogar Pinck-
ney, Jr. contractor for boring deer
and shallow artesian wells, Is now
putting down a well for the Pat Wal
company, at Sheldon. At the depth OF
668 feet he has found a deposit ol
black sand. which Is said to be true
indication Of oil. Mr.. Pinckney has pu,
~ 1nnfhS
and says this Is the first time he
has ever found a deposit Of this kind
which, II found in an oil region, there
would at once be hunt for an oil
vein. Petroleum, or earth oil, Is found
naturally in many parts Of the earth
and is formed by the gradual decom.
position Of homologues Of marsh gas
It Is very probable that oil could bt
found at Sheldon.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier, Monday: Governor Blease'i
threat to arrest Thos. B. Fielder as ht
passes through the state en-. route t.
Baltimore to attend the Democratic
National convention as delegate a.
large from Georgia, stirred South Car.
olina last week, and the people have
been awaiting a reply from Fielder, II
having been announced in Atlanta thai
he was absent in Chicago. -Of-his- re-
turn to Atlanta yesterday he gave out
the following statement, according tC
an Atlanta paper: II will go and come
when I please" said Mr.. Fielder. II an
absolutely unconcerned at this latest
effort of Blease to obtain cheap politi'
cal hotoriety. It Is nothing more mol
less than clap-trap. will attend the
Democratic National convention ir
Baltimore and will go on with the
Georgia delegation. There's nothing ir
the charges Blease and his henchmer
have brought against me. This was
clearly demonstrated last fall, wher
the grand jury In his home county
(Newberry,) by vote Of II to 6, re.
turned no bilp on the warrant taker
out against me. I am perfectly indif-
ferent to Blease and his threats and
will attend to his case in the not dis
tant future" The Atlanta paper fur.
would not prove inconvenient and en-
arrest while en- route to Baltimore OF
after his arrival in that city, Mr.. Eel
der said: Not necessarily"
- Camden, June 8: Attorneys E.
Blakeney and Thomas ]. kirkland
have returned from Asheville, N. c..
where they went to appear before the
Uited States circuit court Of ap-
peals, as attorneys for the Kershaw
and Lancaster oil mills, who are being
sued by the National bank Of Savan-
nah. The case is quite an unusual and
interesting one. AS 1t Is generally
known, the oil mills put out an article
known in the commercial world as
"linters," which they obtain Off the
seed before crushing them. The cottor
thus obtained Is an inferior quality
and Is very rarely worth over cents
a pound. A cotton merchant Of Savan.
nah, who according to the details Of
the case, had an agent in KershaW
county, instructed him to buy about
four or five hundred bales Of linters
and ship them by freight, describing
the linters in the bill of lading as cot.
ton. His agent bought the required
number Of bales from the Kershaw
and Lancaster oil mills, and shipped
them as misunderstanding the two
oil mills appear on the bill Of ladine
as shippers, and the bill Of lading de-
scribing the shipment as cotton. Ac-
cording to the defendant companies
when the bill Of lading reached the
merchant in Savannah he took 1t to
the National bank Of Savannah and
requested a loan, offering the bill OF
lading as security; that the bank loan
ed this merchant 100000 on the bill
of lading, which purported to repre-
sent 600 bales Of cotton. The bank was
never paid the amount Of the loan and
1t was found that 1t held a bill Of lad
ing for 600 bales Of linters, instead OF
cotton. BY this transaction the bank
lost $4,000. The bank then started
suit for this amount against the two
oil mills for shipping linters as cotton.
The case was tried before the district
court Of South Carolina and Judge
H. A. M. Smith, presiding, ruled that
they were not liable for the loss Of the
bank. The case Is being watched with
great interest by many lawyers, rail-
road men and cotton merchants, for
1t Is the first time, so far as the attor-
neys on both sides Of the case can de-
that such scheme has been
or that the shipper Of goods
has ever been sued for improperly de-
scribing In the bill Of lading.
Havana, June g. The intensity Of