Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-01
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

ID. w. A. Neville, Of Clinton, has
| succeeded p. II. Phike, as private Sec
retary to Congressman Aiken.
| The supreme court has affirmed
| the death sentence imposed on T. U.
Vaughan, of Greenville, and the only
hope Of the condemned man now lies
in possible executive clemency.
= Mullins, June 80: The city was
thrown in total darkness Saturday
| night when every light, including the
street lights and those In stores and
residences went off and did not come
back on. Two linemen began an in
| yestigation Sunday morning and made
an unusual discovery Of the cause OF
the city being thrown In total dark
ness. A green snake, measuring about
| twenty inches, had crawled to the top
/ Of the pole In the resident section OF
| the town and crossed both electric
wires, which produced a short circuit
The wires were popped in twain. and
| fell to the sidewalk below. The dead
snake was found nearby and furnished
evidence Of the cause. The linemen
have had the troublesome snake photo
graphd. -
Columbia, July 2S: That John d.
Jacobs, a farmer living near Peak,
Lexington county, together with his
| the house being afterward set on fire
| In an effort to conceal the crime, was
| the conclusion reached late today by
the coroners jury after an inquest
which lasted all day. Early this morn
| ing q milkman discovered dense
smoke issuing from a grove where the
Jacobs residence was located. Inyesti-
eating, he found the house almost en-
tirely destroyed, and his further search
disclosed the presence Of several char
red bodies among the ruins. The IN
quest developed the fact that Jacobs,
his wife, his daughter Ellie, aged %,
and three sons aged Is, IA and 10, were
all dead. The bodies of all except
| that of the oldest son were found lying
| in their beds, as II they had been muir
| dered while they slept. The body of
Leslie Jacobs was found before the
Fireplace, with a shotgun beside It, A
gun was also found beside the charred
body Of Mr.. Jacobs, and an axe near
the body of another Of the members.
The skull of Mrs. Jacobs and the
daughter were crushed as IL by heavy
blows and blood was found beneath the
other bodies. The mattress upon
which the youngest boy lay was soak
ed with blood. No arrests have been
made and there Is no clue to aid the
officers in their search for the murder
er. The verdict Of the coroner's jury
was that the dead were slain by per-
sons unknown.
- Charleston, June q: The election
of officers, addresses on the common
good by w. K. Tate, supervisor OF ru-
raj schools, and Col. e. ]. Watson.
state commissioner Of agriculture, and
the annual address by Norman Hap
good, the new editor Of Harper's Week
ly, marked the concluding days ses-
sion of the South Carolina Press as
sociation. In addition there was a
highly enjoyable harbor trip this af-
ternoon, not to mention the manifold
other diversions afforded by the Isle
of Palms hotel, where the association
today closed It's convention. Chick
Springs was selected as the next place
of meeting. officers elected today
were: President, Ed. II. DeCamp, the
Ledger Gaffney; first vice president,
William Banks, the Daily Mail, An
derson; second vice president, George
W. Brunson, the Daily News, Green
Vile; secretary, w. F. Caldwell, the
News and Courier bureau, Columbia;
reelected treasurer, ]. L. Sims, the
Times and Democrat, Orangeburg;
executive committee: A. B. Jordan, the
Herald, Dillon; August Kohn, the News
and Courier bureau, Columbia; ]. l.
Minis, the Advertiser, Edgefield;
chaplain, the Rev. W. P. Jacobs, Our
Monthly, Clinton. All the elections
were by unanimous vote. Resolutions
Of regret on the death Of Maj. ]. w.
Holmes, Of the Barnwell People and
A. ]. Clark Of the Lancaster News
were passed. The committee on a uni
form rate for advertising, presented its
report, and recommended that an aux
iliary association be formed to adopt
minimum rate for advertising. The re-
port was unanimously adopted.