Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-06-25
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

Charles Handy of Cat Island, neal
Beaufort, was instantly killed Wed
nesday night by being thrown from
a motorcycle which he was riding.
Alex S. Vest, son of the late Sem
ator Vest of Missouri, expects to make
several speeches in South Carolina
soon in advocacy Of larger navy.
A heavy windstorm struck the vi
cinity Of Congaree Wednesday night
man. monster trees and outhouses
being blown down. No one was in
jured.
R. c. Brownlee, a prominent ciu-
zen of Due West, and one Of the
wealthiest citizens of Abbeville coun-
ty, died of heart trouble at his home
in Due West, Wednesday afternoon.
"A. S. Johnson, secretary Of the
state board of charities and correc-
tions, is spending a few days in
northern states studying the methods
of managing charitable institutions In
other sections.
- Hampton Bunch, 12-year-ol Ole
boy Of Orangeburg, was accidentally
shot and probably fatally wounded D!
a parlor rifle in the hands Of youth
full companion near Orangeburg, Wed
nesday.
Two South Carolinians, Rear Ad.
miral Victor Blue of Marion, who Is
chief of the bureau Of navigation, and
Rear Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN OF
L.aurens, chief of the bureau Of sup.
plies and accounts, have been placed
upon the advisory board Of the secre-
tary of the navy.
- Mrs. Rosanna r. Hayes was this
week awarded a verdict for $4,OoC
damages against the Seaboard All
Line railway, at Lexington, the plain
tiff alleging that her husband was
killed when he fell through a t-estle
of the railway company near Column
bia, upon which he was walking.
- Columbia, June %: Attorne!
General Peoples and Assistant Attor-
ney General Dominick are being con
graduated on winning the six cases IN
the United States supreme court, II
which they represented the state o
South Carolina. Three of these were
capital cases and in each one the
highest tribunal upheld the sentence
Of death. T. u. Vaughn, Joe MalloI
and Willie Bethune being the con-
demned trio. They appealed on thu
ground that the change Of the mode
of legal execution from hanging tt
electrocution was in the nature OF ar
eX post facto law, but the supreme
court held otherwise. Two OF the cases
were insurance cases and in both ol
these the attorney generals office wor
out.
- Greenville special Of June "a, t.
the Charlotte Observer: A woman
who was rolling a baby carriage dowr
Main street this morning in all proba'
bility owes the life of herself and hel
baby to the strength and courage o.
Chief of Police Noe, who literall!
threw a horse fiat Of his back as III
was stampeding toward the woman
and the baby carriage right on th'
sidewalk. AS the horse plunged OF
the sidewalk the chief grabbed thu
reins, the frightened animal fell will
the giant officer on top, and a gen
eral miX-up followed, but Chief Not
was finally the victor in the fight
Chief Noe is the largest man in Soutf
Carolina, and probably the largest II
the south. He is seven feet tall
weighs approximately $50, and is wei
proportioned throughout. His courage
is as great as his physique, and his
modeSty more overwhelming thai
either for when some one suggested
n Carnegie medal for his heroism ir
saving the woman and child, his only
remark was. "Oh, pshaw, the horse
was nothin' but pony"