Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-11-29
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER as, 1919.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
Thirty-two prisoners. several of
whom were serving life terms for
murder, were released from the state
penitentiary and the county jails
last Tuesday by order Of Governor
Blease. Three prisoners were granted
full pardons and the remainder were
paroled. One Of the prisoners granted
a full pardon was James Stobo Young
Of Laurens, s. c.. formerly secretary
Of the Seminole Security company
there. He was serving a sentence of
one year for breach of trust.
Among the convicts paroled from
the pepitentiary last Tuesday was Will
liam A. Mills, convicted in July, 1907
Of the murder Of Mr.. Deal at Blacks
burg, recommended to mercy and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment The pa
role Is conditioned on good behavior,
and upon further condition that II
Mills decides to live with the woman
about whom this killing seems to have
taken place, that he must do so be-
yond the borders of the state Of South
Carolina; for his living with her in
this state will be considered q viola
ton Of this parole.
Anderson, November 81: The
l21th annual conference Of the Me.h-
odist Episcopal Church, South, Of
South Caronna, was opened in St
'Jonn's church here thus morning at
3 O'Clock with the celebration or the
holy sacrament, administered by
bIsnop John c. Kilgo, the presiding
oncer, assisted by kevs. 8. A. Web
uer, J. e. Irayw,ck, =. B. Smith and
R r. Daguall. Bishop Kiigo address,
ed the conference briefly, alter which
ne made The invocation. The confer
ence was tnen declared to be in ses-
sion. The election Of officers was en-
elected as follows: Z. o. Watson.
secretary; A. l.. Wait and A. e. Hol-
lar, assistant secretaries; R. e. Turn
ipseed, statistical secretary; ]. II. No.
land, Marvin Auld, r. II. Sharp, W..
A. Beckham, s. o. Cantey, J. r. T.
Major and B. r. Turnipseed, assis-
tant statistical secretaries. On mo-
ton, the hour Of convening every
morning was fixed at $50 o'clock and
the hour for dinner recess was made
at l o'clock. One Of the first matters
brought before the conference was q
resolution abolishing the method of
managing the publication Of the
Southern Christian Advocate, the OFF,
ial organ Of the conference. The
resolution, consideration Of which
day morning at 10 o'clock. provides
Of six clerical and six lay members Of
-onterence, be elected to take charge
Of the Advocate. The duties Of this
board will consist In making contracts
for the printing Of the Advocate and
lie selection Of the editor. The term
Of office Of the managers will be four
years.
- Greenville, November 81: A plan
WHEREBY the chamber OF commerce OF
Greenviile will spend sometning over
$4,000 a year In developing the farming
,h.eres.s of this county, thereby prov
ing Itself a pioneer in this state In this
work, was worked out at a meeting
u the department Of agriculture helu
yesterday afternoon, at which. Mr.. w.
~. english, superintendent Of the farm
demonstration work in South Carolina,
vas present. The plan Is for the
-hamber Of commerce to secure 1000
from the National association Of Grain
Exchanges curing the next two years.
In order to get this fund 1t will be
necessary for at least $1,000 to be
raised locally. The department Of
agriculture will request the chamber
u commerce to appropriate this sum
year for two years for The work Of
this department This fund. with that
obtained from the government and
from the National association Of Vrain
Exchanges will make possible q great
ADVANCE In the work of developing
Greenville countys farming interests.
AS is generally known, the govern
ment has kept an expert In this state
for about eight or nine months Of the
year, who, with the aid of few as
sistants, has given such assistance as
was possible to the farmers Of the
state. This help has necessarily been
limited. With the aid Of an expert for
Greenville county alone, and q COM
Portable working fund, 1t Is believed
that the farming interests will be BEN
efitted to a greater extent than has be-
fore been possible. The old board of
trade Of Greenville, now the chamber
Of commerce. had an agricultural COM
mittee, which, without funds, was q
vast help to the farmers Of the coun-
ty this year-fostering the Boys Corn
club, the Boys Pig club, the Mems
Corn club and the Greenville County
Agricultural fair. Farming interests
were stimulated in great degree, and
with the new plan even greater things
will be done for the farmers.
Columbia, November 26: Two
sweet little girls were the central fig
ures Of interest in one of the most in
tensely interesting battles ever waged
In South Carolina, when the supreme
court today heard the habeas corpus
proceedings brought by B. r. Tillman,
Jr., against his divorced wife, Mrs.
Lucy Dugas, for the custody Of their
two little daughters. Douschka Pick
ems Tillman and Sarah Starke Tillman,
8 and 6 years o.d respectively. Around
their innocent little souls the battle
ragged and all the yearning Of q moth
er's heart spent in defense of her little
girls, against the strong arm Of faith
er's purpose, mingled with the story Of
a romantic courtship and marriage, of
conjugal differences, and separation,
followed by divorce and former legal
fight, figured in one Of the most re-
markab.e cases ever seen in South
Carolina After mass Of evidence was
submitted the case was adjourned un-
til Monday to allow young Tillman to
present evidence in rebuttal to
davits of the deponent that he had
been under the influence Of liquor thi
month. Mrs. Dugas attempts to prove
that Tillman is not fit man to pos
sess the children. On December /, 1909
B. R. Tillman, Jr., decided to his faith
er and mother, Senator and Mrs. Till
man, the custody Of the two little girls,
Douschka Pickens and Sarah Starke.
Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman, the mother
Of the little children. petitioned the
supreme court of the state for a writ
of habeas corpus to release the chill
dren from the alleged unlawful re-