Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-14
news ABOUT CLOVER
Hart Employed to Assist State ia
Prosecution Of William c. FAIRIES.
PREMIUM EXPECTED ON SEWER BOMBS
Lawrence Makes Record Irish notsso
Yield-other News Notes of Metro
polls of Northern York County,
lBy a staf Correspondent.l

Esq, of Yorkville has been retained to
assist in the prosecution of William C.
FAIRIES expected to- go on trial In the
court of general sessions in Yorkville
next week, charged with the murder OF
four members of the family OF James
NJ. Taylor here on September g. Mr..
Hart Is one Of the best known criminal
lawyers in this section of the state and
his association with counsel for the
state Is a matter of qualification to
those who think that FAIRIES should
pay the extreme penalty for the
slaughter of four and the wounding of
two others in the grim tragedy which
shocked the Carolinas on a bright
Wednesday afternoon last September.
1t is not known here as yet who will
act as solicitor in place of Hon. ]. K.
Henry who lies at his home In Chester,
suffering with broken left leg, but
regardless Of that, confidence Is ex-
pressed here that Mr.. Hart and
Messrs. John G. Carpenter and G.. a.
Austin of Gastonia are well prepared
to look after the interests Of the state
From source close to FAIRIES here 1t
is learned that the alleged slayer will
be happy to get off with verdict Of
guilty with recommendation to mercy
which sentence would carry life i'm
prisonment. While the defense plea
will be insanity and it is reported that
| mo- in
tary has already been examined by
so-called alienists, still such defense
is rather forlorn hope because OF
circumstances connected with the
tragedy here and If the jury should
disregard the insanity plea and return
verdict of guilty Of murder with
recommendation to mercy, FAIRIES will
consider himself n very lucky man.
Then among people here who are
more or less in position to know, there
is talk that the defense may move for
change OF venue TO some other coun-
ty on the ground that because oS the
fact that the case is fresh in the mind
of the public and because there has
been so much in the press about 1t, a
fair trial in York county would be inn
practicable. Should change of venue
be grarted trial Of the case would OF
course be delayed. But regardless Of
that there is no question OF the fact
that scores of people Of this section
will be on hand at the fall term Of
general sessions which meets next
Monday, in order to see what moves
are made.
Visited Clemson.
Representative ELECT James E.. Beam
guard of Glover, was one Of eleven
representatives from over South Car
olina, who spent last Thursday and
Friday at Clemson college by invita-
ton of President w. NJ. Riggs Of that
institution. The object of the trip to
Clemson was to have an opportunity
to visit the great agricultural and me-
chanical college while school work was
in progress. Mr.. Beamguard said, in
discussing the trip, that the visit was
revelation to him. He was especially
impressed with the college farms and
he said that the hogs belonging to the
college were the finest he ever saw.
He talked with Prof. Conradi. enty-
mologist of the state, relative to the
boil weevil and he gained from him
much information that he believes
will be of value to him in fighting the
weevil in the future.
Ginninss Show Shortage.
Up to Saturday night cotton gin
nings here for the season totaled 1,940
bales and Messrs ]. NJ Smith and ].
F. Pursley, managers of the two gin
neries here, gave it as their opinion
that the total for Glover would not go
over 2,1OO bales. If these figures hold
good the total output of the ginneries
here will be 1892 bales less than last
years tota, which was 1892.
lr sh Potato Record.
Campbell Lawrence, we'll known
farmer living a little more than mile
south of Glover, probably holds the
record of this section for a fall Irish
potato crop. From patch not over
one eighth of an acre he has dug ttir-
ty bushels and they are as fine speci-
mems of the Lookout Mountain variety
as one would wish to see. Mr.. Law
renee planted the potatoes in a piece
of ground which had been set to burr
clover for two years and he believes
that the clover is largely responsible
for his fine potato yield. He planted
one and one-half bushels of seed pota-
toes. "". go
Many to Gastonia.
Many people of Glover and vicinity
went to Gastonia last Saturday en- ac-
count of the big Armistice Day cele-
bration staged in that city under the
auspices Of the American Legion.
Numbers of ex-soldiers of this Sec
tion attended the days celebration.
Premium Expected.
Bids on Clover's S65,000 sewer bond
issue recently voted, are to be received
here November 25, and it is expected
that t1,a,y will hiring copsidaroII,,