Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-18
TEACHER is oUsTED
Proved That Marlboro Principal Had
-. Served on Chainaans

of George G. Cannon from the action
OF the Brightsville school trustees in
di5charging him as superintendent OF
the school, Probate Judge ]. S.
Vaught, of Conway, appeared in re-
sponse to summons and testified that
Cannon had served two years on the
Horrv county chaingang for grand
larceny during which time Cannon
had testified that he was in Wofford
college. '- 80
After. Judge Vaught's testimony,
says the Pee Dee Advocate of Ben
nettsville, Cannon claimed that it was
another George Cannon who served
on the chaingang, and that he would
appear ut another meeting of the
board with ample proof Of his inno-
eeacc. The board then adjourned till
Jan. to give Mr.. Cannon an oppor-
tunity to support his claim.
. On Saturday night, Jan. /, Mr..
Cannon went TO Brightsville and got
his trunk and departed Sunday morn
ing. He did not appear at the hear
ing here on Jan. 4, but wrote let
ter to his attorney that he had ac-
cepted school near home. The at
torney for the trustees had much ad-
ditional evidence that Mr.. Cannon
did serve the sentence on the chain
gang.
The board met again on Jan. 9, and
as Mr.. Cannon had still not appeared,
it rendered a decision sustaining the
trustees in dismissing him.
The school is now going. ahead un-
der new management. -, ....,i ..,.
What His Home Paper Says
The Horny Herald says:
Mr.. J. S. Vaught, Judge of Probate
Of Horny county, was away several
lays of last week at Bennettsville,
South Carolina. having been. sum-
noned over there as q witness TO
identify George c. Cannon rs being
.he same George Cannon who for
'ncrls lived in this county and moved
% Marlboro county, where he is now
engaged in teaching school.
1t will be remembered that Cam
non taught in the common schools OF
Horny county for number or years
before he was tried with his two bro
theirs on charge of larceny from
some time he has not been known in
this section of the state and it was a
surprise to some that the judge Of
probate had been summoned as a
witness in a hearing held by the
board of trustees in Marlboro county
to establish the identity Of Cannon.
Judge Vaught returned the latter
part of last week, and it is said that
he identified George c. Cannon Of
Marlboro county, as being the same
as George Cannon, who was known
in this county
1t appeals that he has been teach
ing in Marlboro county for some
time and everything went along
smoothly until recently he was
charged with being the same George
Cannon who was charged and con-
victed of larceny in Horny county.
The attempt to GUST him from the
school was resisted and he employed
an attorney. The trustees employed
attorneys to represent them, Mr.. D.
D. McColl being among the number.
Mr.. Vaught was not the only evidence
from Horny county that is being used
in the investigation. Clerk of Court
w. l.. Bryan was called to furnish a
certified copy of the indictment, con-
viction and sentence OF the teacher
The records ut the court house show
the following facts: That George
Walker Cannon and Jim Cannon for
grand larceny and a true bill was
found by the grand jury at the sum-
mer term of the court Of general ses-
sionS on May 18th, 1915. This find
ing is signed by Robbie Stalvery,
foreman: the indictment charges the
theft of goods from W. Boyd Jones,
amounting in value to the sum Of
S15l.54. The case was tried at the
summer term for 1915 hy Judge r. w.
Memminger. and the verdict Of guilty
appears On the hack Of the Indictment
over the signature Of i. NJ. Coleman,
foreman OF the jury and on the back
the sentence is written out George
getting 4 different sentence from his
two brothers. George was sentenced
10 two years at hard labor on the
public works or q like period in the
state pcnitcntiary, while his brothers.
Walker and jim, each got eighteen
months at hard labor. The sentence
was served out 10y George Cannon in
the Horry county chain gang. Judge
Vaught left BennettSville before the
investigation had been ended and
could not girc any information as to
what the result uf the trial would be.
Judge Nausht says that at the end
of the hearing the attorney for George
G.. Cannon spoke up and said that his
client had claimed that he was not
the same George Cannon and he still
claimed that he was not.
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