Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-09

| lows: Samuel Kell, OF Hickory Grove;
Frank Kell, of Sharon; Thomas kell,
Columbia; James Kell, living In Geor-
gia; Richard Kell of Hickory Grove,
and Mrs jackson Gaze of Greenwood.
His wife died ten or twelve years ago.
The funeral took place at Sharon this
morning, the funeral being conducted
by Rev. w. B. Arrowood, d. D., and
the interment taking place In Wood
lawn cemetery.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. =
- Columbia special Of January 6, to
| the Charlotte Observer: That the en- :
| forcement of the taxation Of dogs be
placed under Chief Game Warden A. A.
Richardson Is a recommendation which
Commissioner E. ]. Watson will make
to the general assembly. The idea
seems to be to require that all dogs In
the county be required TO wear collars
showing that a tax or license has been
paid on them, just as the towns and ci-
ties do. It Is said that this will help to
prevent the destruction Of game by
dogs which run at large over the coun-
try.
= Chester special Of January z, to
the Columbia Record: A constitu-
tional measure limiting the state levy
may be presented to the general as
sembly at its approaching session by
Senator P. L. Hardin Of this county.
The measure, IL presented, will be In
the nature Of joint resolution to be
submitted to the people at the next
general election. Mr.. Hardin has not
yet reached any definite conclusion,
but is known to be giving the matter
careful consideration. AS chairman
of the finance committee Of the sem
ate, Mr.. Hardin and his committee
pass on the annual appropriation bill
when II comes over from the house..
While believing in reasonable appro-
priations, the Chester senator always
has stood against extravagant or use
less expenditure Of the peoples mon
ey, and the steady increase In the
size of the appropriations bill year py
year has led him to consider the mat
ter Of a constitutional amendment
limiting the state levy, which would
also work to limit the size Of the ap-
preparation bill.
| - Columbia special Of January 6. to,
the News and Courier: Governor
Blease this afternoon commuted the
sentence Of eight negro convicts from
| the penitentiary to the Cherokee coun-
| ty chaingang. Six were serving LIE
| terms for murder, one serving term
for assault and one for manslaughter.
James Jeter, Luther Cory, Arthur Cor
ry Walter Hames, Randolph Savage.
serving life terms, were commuted to
twenty years. Will Jones, another life
| termer, was commuted to thirty years.
| Ed Rainey, serving fourteen years for
assault on negro girl, was commuted
| to. ten years. William Blueshirt, serv-
| ing twenty years for manalaughter,
was commuted to twelve years. The
petition filed with the governor asking
for this action was signed by Senator
Hall, Representatives Daniel and Har-
din, Sheriff Thomas and other county
| officers, and said in part: Your petit
| TONERS would earnestly recommend
| that the sentence of the above named
prisoners be committed to hard labor
upon the public works Of Cherokee, In
order that said prisoners can be sent
back to the county and labor for It's
citizens, whose laws they have violat-
ed" Supervisor Hpscomb in an am
| davit sets out that the county expects
to continue its chaingang perpetualiy
and that the prisoners Will be properly
treated. In a statement Governor Blease
said in part: 1T will thus be seen that
the purpose Of this petition Is not to
parole said prisoners nor to pardon
| them, but simply to transfer them from
| the state penitentiary to the county
chaingang Of Cherokee county, in which
| county they were convicted, In order
that the county may use them In build
| ing up its roads. Firmly believing that
all convcts should be employed to
work the roads in the counties in which
| they are tried and convicted, the petit
ton has been granted and the sem
| tences Of the above mentioned convicts
have been commuted, for the terms
| therein stated, ct hard labor, upon the
public works Of Cherokee county"
| Columbia special OF January s,
to the Charlotte Observer: J. c..
| Hebert, formerly sales agent Of the
Seminole Security company, came
back from Tennessee, where he re-
sisted extradition for several years,
and was placed on trial in the Rich
land county court to answer to an in
| dictment charging him with con-
spiracy to cheat and defraud the Sem
mole company Of $4,000 through
the purchase Of 5000 shares Of stock
in the Southern Life Insurance COM
pany Of Fayetteville, N. C. Solicitor
Wade Hampton Cobb and j. William
Thurnond of Edgefield, are in charge
of the prosecution, while Represen-
| tative r. H. Welch of Columbia, and
Jesse M. Middleton of Tennessee, rep
| resent Mr.. Hebert. Solicitor Cobb
| read the indictment to the jury. 1t
charges, "the state against John Y.
Darlington, James Stobo Young, w. B.
Lacy and c. j. Hebert, indictment for
| conspiracy and obtaining money and
| reservations" Darlington was the
president and Young was the secre-
| tary and treasurer. They were tried
| under this indictment, found guilty
and were sentenced to three and one
years respectively in the states pris-
| on. Governor Blease paroled Young
and subsequently pardoned him. Gar
lington was paroled after serving a
part Of his sentence. The indictment
charges that the Seminole company
purchased 5000 shares Of stock Of the
Southern Life Insurance company,
the controlling interest, for which was
paid 1926, 900, half in money and half
in notes. The indictment alleges that
the stock in the Southern Life was
worth only $50 share, whereas He
bert and his colleagues represented
and paid $10S.33 1-3 a share and that
they conspired to defraud the stock
holders of $4,000 in commissions
which they obtained for making this
deal, $4,000 Of which they got in
money and $6S,000 in notes and other
securities. Charters Of the Seminole
Securities company and of the South
ern Life Insurance company, letters
which passed between Darlington, as
president of the Seminole, and He
bert and the Southern Life, whereby
the deal was made, through which
the Seminole purchased controlling
interest in the Southern Life, were Of
fered in evidence, most Of the morn
ing session being taken up with in
PRODUCTION Of documentary evidence
of this nature. c. j. Cooper, general
manager Of the Southern Life Insur-
ance company, was on the stand
when the court took recess for din
ner. He testified to protesting against
the amount Of the commissions
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