Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-12-05
Friday, December ,5,hJ4919.
hibited by them both at the time of the

hibited by them both at the time Of the
accident and on the operating table.
Miss Virginia Armstrong, who was the
first to emerge from the wreckage Of
the car, in doing so sustained painful
cuts and decorations on the face. She
then assisted one of the young men
from the debris. Miss Clara Arm
strong, who directed the work Of her
own rescue showed a quantity of nerve
To those assisting her
into a passing automobile going to Bel
mont she jukingly reminded them to be
careful and not leave any part OF bel
anatomy lying around loose on the
ground.
Flowing at Night. .,
Mr. s. L. Courtney, has been Great
ing considerable interest among the
neighbors surrounding his farm on the
Kings Mountain road IL miles Eorth
of Yorkville, as we'll as passers-by,
during the past few nights by operat
ing a Fordson tractor at night. He
was anxious to have the land turned
as soon as possible and being appre-
hensive of a change in the weather, he
went after the plowing and kept at 1t
day and night until he got through
had been broken with a tractor last
summer and sowed in peas and a part OF
it was cotton stalk land that had never
been broken with a tractor before. The
pea stubble turned over as loose and
mellow as an ashbank, and the stalk
land though not breaking quite so
easily because Of previous shallow
scratching, has been put in most ex-
cellent condition. 1t is estimated that
three plow hands and six mules would
have been required to do the same
work that the tractor did in the same
number of hours. ~
Judges Chair Broke Down.
The chair in the court room occupied
by Judge Thomas S. Sease broke down
yesterday morning and for a few
minutes it looked as If the judge would
have to content himself with one of the
ordinary chairs included in the furnish
ings Of the courthouse rather than the
comfortable, cushioned, rotary seat
provided for members Of the bench
The majority Of the judges Of the cir
cult bench including Judge Sease are
big men physically and the continued
heavy weights of the jurists presidine
over the several terms of court since
the new courthouse was constructed
have caused the springs in the judges
chair to weaken. This morning the
spring gave way completely and rolled
out upon the floor whereupon Judge
Sease gave orders that it be repaired
and made ready to content himself
with a chair not so comfortable. How
ever Sheriff Quinn and Walter Reid
colored janitor at the courthouse placed
the spring back in position without
much difficulty and the judge resumed
his seat,
Baptist $75,0oo,0o0 Campaign.
Reports from sixteen out of eighteer
Baptist churches in York county which
had been received up to this morning
indicate that thus far about $S5,00(
had been pledged on York countys ap.
portionment Of $107,917 to the Baptis
$75 5,OOO,6OO campaign. Rev.,O. L. Jones
| of Clover county organizer, said thi!
morning that indications were tina
the full assessment would be met, al
though 1t was not at all certain. Th'
campaign comes to close Sunda!
night. No report, said Mr.. Jones, ha!
been received from Charlotte Stree
Baptist church, Yorkville and Shiloh
church near Hickory Grove. Th'
largest church pledge made was tina
of Flint Hill church in Fort Mill town
ship This church which was assessed
$4,000 has pledged $17,071. Baptis
! leaders this morning were more pleas
ed over the showing Of the Hickory
Grove church than any other churcf
! in the county; Hickory Grove. with 9
membership of % was assessed $4,000
as its apportionment. Records this
morning showed that q OF the 2S mem
bers had pledged $2,3S2 to the cause
Final returns will not be received be-
fore Monday.
Directed Verdict for Plaintiff.
In the case OFF Mary A. Sims, ad-
lministratTix Of the estate OF ". /
Sims. deceased, VS.. York county, Judge
Sease on Wednesday directed n Ver-
dict for the plaintiff. This was case
| for damages growing out of the kill
| ing of Rev. w. T. Sims, IL negro
preacher, by a mob of whites and neg
roes in the Cedar Grove section, be-
tween Yorkville and Sharon, in August
|l9I7. The suit was brought under q
statute that makes the county liable
for damages to the heirs OF victim
of mob violence. The cast was first
tried before Judge Ernest Moore, and
the Jury found for the defendant
Judge Moore set the verdict aside. The
next trial was before Judge r. w
Memminger. Again the jury found FOL
defendant and again the verdict was
set aside At each of the previous
trials, after the taking Of the tcsti-
mony, counsel for the plaintiff as@eo
for the direction of verdict; bat this
neither Judge Memminger nor Judge
Moore was willing to do. Judge Sease
however did not hesitate. He prompt
Iy directed a verdict for $1,000 the
amount sued for. The statute FIXES
the amount Of damages in such cases
at not less than 5000. MessrS. } A
Marion and w. b. Wilson, .lr., repre-
sented the plaintiff and Messrs. Thos
f. Mellow and John II. Hart repre-
sented the defendant.