Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-10

| The first installment Of the notes ap.
pearing under this heading was pub
lished in our issue of November IA
1913. The notes are being prepared by
the editor as time and opportunity per-
NIT. Their purpose Is to bring into
review the events Of the past for the
pleasure and satisfaction of the older
! people and for the entertainment and
instruction Of the present generation.
18TH INSTALLMENT.
(Thursday Morning, Oct. IL, 1860
Court Week.
The usual fall term Of the court OF
sessions convened here on Monday
Illness in the family Of Judge Dawk-
ins prevented his attendance and Judge
Aldich kindly consented to devote the
few leisure days afforded from his
circuit to holding the court here.
His honor, upon the opening of
court addressed to the grand Jury a
charge appropriate to the occasion.
He congratulated the jury and the
people of South Carolina upon every
appropriate stage towards a. recon-
struction of civil law that the state
arrived at. 1t was his privilege to
state to them today that an order had
been recently issued by the commander
Of the state restoring to the iurisdic-
tion Of the state all matters coming
under the cogniZancc Of the courts
with one or two exceptions. The va
nd Volt Of x,h I'M inc
for certain offences were not permitted
to be enforced under this order. While
he congratulated the jury upon this
near approach Of the state to the
management Of her own affairs once
more he must express the humiliation
he felt that we are under the control
Of a power which could still address
the edict to the state peimissively as
proper welfare. Iii relation to the act
against vagrancy the military authori-
ties required that If upon indictment
the defendant offered proof that he had
made reasonable effort to obtain en-
ployment and failed that he should not
be subjected to the penalties Of con-
viction This in effect nullified a whole
some law. 1t would be easy enough
for bad man to prove that he had
made application for employment. 1t
was a we'll known fact that persons
of notoriously bad character could not
well procure employment where others
could, and it was against such per-
sons that the act was mainly intended
to operate. Under these trying cir
cumstances he consulted patience. There
was a higher degree Of courage in sub
mitting to what we could not avert,
than in growing restive under it.
In relation to the freedmen thrown
upon the protection Of the laws Of the
state he urged the grand jury to see
that strict o.rd impartial justice
be accorded them. In some communi-
ties he regretted to say and he hoped
not in this one-many acts Of law
lessness had been committed against
these people that called for prompt
and decisive punishment. His expert
ence had been that this class Of per-
sons (freedmen) had exhibited a dis
position in regard to the laws that had
entitled them to their fullest protec-
tion and he was unwilling to see a
prescription manifested against them
The usual suggestions in relation to
the public buildings, the various boards
etc, in the district was made.
A case of much importance came
before the court on Tuesday. This
another VS.. W. Boleyn and D. White
sides, involving the question Of cur
rency as legal tender. A rule was
issued against the sheriff in this case
for refusing to accept the United
States legal tender notes in discharge
Of an execution against the defend
ants Mr.. ]. Bolton Smith appeared
for the rule and Mr.. Geo. w. Williams
contra
The case was elaborately argued BY
| counsel on each side. His honor de-
cided unhesitatingly that the u. S
| treasury notes purporting TO be lega
tender in payment Of debts are not q
| legal tender for debts Of any discrip-
tion arising upon contracts made
either previous to or since the passage
of the currency act by congress. He
| conceived the constitution Of the U
S. as we'll as the laws Of this state for
| bade any such conclusion. Notice OF
appeal was given and this importan,
decision will go before the court OF
appeals at it's next sitting for a final
hearing.
After disposing of a few other cases
of small Importance the court adjourn
ed the session on Tuesday evening.
The following panels of grand and
petit jurors were drawn for the spring
term Of 1867:
Grand jurors-Hugh Simpson, Reu-
ben Crawford, Rev. d. Lothian, r. c.
McCarter, DR.. A. Craven, S. ]. Fl
Alexander, VIM. Bridges. r. E. D
Thomson. Col. J. H. Barry, F. B
Thomasson, Jas. Ashe. Benedict Kim
| brell, Jas. Mccullough. w. NJ. Ashe
| Morris Russell, L. Moore. IN. FL
w. ]. Bowen, Daniel Nichols, D. D
| Moore. G. l.. Riddle. ]. F. Nivens. Jas
McGill, ]. B. Whitesides, Samuel Nc
Carter.
Petit jurors-S. M. Hanna, ]. N. Nc
Elwee. Jr., Hugh Tate, M. L. Tate
Henry Watson, DR.. ]. S. Crosby, Y. T
K. Bates, ]. r. Faris, w. A. Bales, A
A. Mckenzie, G. A. Patrick, S. j
Kimbrell, ]. L. Bennett, ]. f. Jeffreys
j. NJ. Robinson, ]. B. Patrick, Capt j
j. Wilson, James Meek, Jas. B. David
son. S. d. Carothers. ]. II. Austell
Willis Moses. A. w. Whisonant. D. R
Strait. w. G. Steele, H. ]. Allison, j
H. Abernathy, w. A. Barrett, Jno
Burris, Jr., Robt. A. Steele, DR.. R. T
Allison, Henderson Whisonant, D. T
Latham, A. S. Wallace, ]. r. Steele
Col. w. B. Allison, n. G. Steele. ]. w
Steele, w. B. Steele, ]. K. CarOthers
Richard Ingram. Joseph Parks, Calvin
| WhiSonant Smith Patterson d. II