Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 21, 1914, Image 2
Scraps and farts.
? Four white men. Jim Knotts, Jess
Helms, alias Jess Hartis, Will Stamey
and Hiram Sykes, have been arrested
in Charlotte, for assaulting from ambush
and desperately wounding Assistant
Chief of Police Neill Elliott and
Patrol Driver A. B. Moore, of that city.
Fearing the outbreak of mob spirit
over the shooting, the sheriff on Sunday
carried the prisoners to Greensboro for
safekeeping. Stamey was paroled from
the Federal prison at Atlanta recently
and Knotts has served sentence on the
county roads. According to the police
three of the men have confessed to doing
the shooting early Saturday morning.
The policemen, shot through the
lungs, are expected to recover.
? Washington, July 1SJ: While the
government officials here feel the Mexican
problem is shaping itself for solution
apprehension is manifest over the
possible operations of the Zapatista
forces. Dispatches from Mexico City
and Vera Cruz declaring Zapata's followers
were dangerously near the capital
are confirmed by state department
advices. Emissaries from Gen. Carranza
are in communication with Zapata
and it is hoped through these parleys
to bring the military operations of
the revolution under one head. Cono>u.,?inni>iists
ftirws are beins: hurried
southward to help maintain order at
the capital. The American government's
efforts are directed towards influencing
a quick settlement between
Carranza and Carbajal that a stable
government may be set up without loss
of time. The Constitutionalist agency
here has delivered to the A. B. C.. mediators
a note rejecting the invitation
for Carranza and Huerta representatives
to meet in peace conference. It
was written by Carranza before Huerta
resigned, but delivery was delayed.
? Puerta, Mexico, July 19: According
to the latest reports ex-President Huerta
and his party expect to leave here
Tuesday. Gen. Huer.a and Blanquet.
accompanied by three or four aides will
sail on the German cruiser Dresden.
The others will go on the steamer Mexico
of the Mexican Navigation company,
which is said to have been chartered
for the purpose. The presidential
guards will leave early in the morning
for the capital. The refusal of President
Carbajal to let the fugitive president
have the use of the gunboat Zaragoza
has occasioned undisguised chagrin.
As if to give color to the assumption
that the government really needs
these vessels the Zaragoza put out to
sea today laying her course in the direction
of Habana. The only order the
commander received was to go to Habana.
It was reported that the Zaragoza
intended to pick up at that port
some prominent Constitutionalists and 1
bring them to Mexico to enter into per- ]
sonal negotiations with the new provisional
president. The United States
cruiser Des Moines, which has been ly- '
ing off the harbor, followed the Zara- j
goza. Gen. Huerta spent the day in .
his car, smoking cigarettes and chat- '
ting with friends. He was much less 1
cheerful than at any time since leaving !
the capital.
? A restitution suit, whereby minority
stockholders seek to compel for- ,
mer and present directors to restore '
to the treasury of the New York, New i
Haven and Hartford Railroad com- i
pany approximately $102,000,000, alleged
to have been illegally used in
building up the system, was begun last 1
Friday, in the supreme court. The i
complaint alleges that losses resulting ]
from the acquisition of the Boston and .
Maine trolley and steamship properties
by the New Haven, amounted to
$102,000,000 and that, under the Federal
anti-trust act the New Haven ,
company is entitled to recover from
41 , V, tlmou thilt sum '
lilt* uriniuciuio u??vc ?..??
or $306,000,000. The plaintiffs, who i
are trustees of the late OUa Bull
Vaughan's estate, and own fifty shares
of the capital stock, asked for a receiver
to take possession of all claims (
in favor of the defendants, but not to i
interfere with the administration of
the current affairs of the New Haven (
company. The suit is against the corporation
and the directors in office
from 1904 to 1909. John L. Billard, i
who is said to have derived a profit
of $2,000,000 from transactions with
the company, was not made a defendant,
because he was not a director
during that period.
? Anderson, July 20: At chambers
late today Judge Prince overruled the
exception of the defendant's attorney
to the rulings of Master McFaddin, of
Richland county, and gave judgment 1
against John Y. Garlington in the sum
of $25,000 for Wade Hampton Cobb, receiver
for the Carolina Agency com- ,
pany. The company's receiver brought
suit against Garlington for an accounting
of all funds received by him as
general manger and treasurer of the ,
company. The matter was referred to
Master McFaddin to take testimony
and make a report of his findings. He
found in the sum of $26,000 for the company's
receiver, but on the other hand,
gave Garlington credit for $5,000 as his
compensation for selling stock. Judge
Prince ruled that Garlington should not
receive compensation for selling stock,
since he was employed by the company
for full time, and that Garlington exceeded
his authority if he advanced
money to agents. The complaint asked
for judgment of $25,000 against Garlington.
and the court ruled that he
could not give judgment for $26,000. as
the master did, for that reason. Garlington,
who is absent from the state,
has an interest in several thousand
acres of land in Jacks township. Laurens
county, but the interest in the land
will not nearly bring the amount of
judgment given today against him. The
Carolina Agency company was organized
as state agents for the Mutual
Life Insurance company, of Rome, Ga.
Judge Prince, in handing down the de
cree, took occasion to criticise the directory
of the company for their apparent
negligence in attending to the
affairs of the company. Frank Thompkins.
T. Gettys and G. P. L,ogan of Columbia.
appeared for Receiver Cobb,
while A. C. Todd, of Laurens, appeared
for Garlington.
? Vancouver, B. C.. July 19: Scores
among a party of 175 policemen and
constables were injured, several seri- <
ously, early today in a battle with several
hundred infuriated Hindus on
board the Japanese steamer Komogata
in the harbor here. Showers of coal
and other missiles rained from the j
ship on the official force which attempted
to board the steamer from a tug.
in the face of the tire the attacking
parly retreated and the attempt to
board the vessel temporarily was
abandoned. The Hindus braved the
stream from a big hose the tug turned
on them and mercilessly pelted the
officers with lumps of coal, fire brick
and pieces of iron from what is be- ,
lieved to have been the wreckage of
the engine room on the steamer followed.
No shots were fired on either :
side. The Hindus had no firearms and
the police refrained from using theirs.
The battle grew out of an attempt to
rid the harbor of the Japanese
steamer on which 350 Hindus came to
this port three months ago only to
have the Canadian immigration officials
refuse them admission to the
country. Their claim of a right to
land as British subjects was overruled
by the courts and the steamer was ordered
to sail with them on board. The
mucus nan ueen reuemous aim social
times attempted to land, but were
prevented. As the steamer was without
provisions, the Canadian authorities
a day or two ago decided to put
sufficient stores on board for the voyage
to the Orient whence the Komogata
came. Flans were matured carefully
and early today the tug Saealon
put out with the provisions and
what was deemed to lie a sufficient
hoarding force to overcome any opposition.
The 12.r? city policemen had
revolvers and the special constables
lilies. When within hailing distance
of the Japanese vessel it was seen that
every inch of space along the rail and
on the deck and bridge was occupied
by Hindus armed with a club or other
weapon while at the how of the
steamer a solid mass of humanity was
congregated. The tug's hose was made
ready and back and forth along the
rows of Hindus a stream was played.
This form of attack was effective momentarily
and the Hindus retreated.
For a time it looked as if the hoarders
would carry through their programme
without serious trouble. Hut
the situation quickly changed. Several
Hindus faced the stream and began
dashing a shower of missiles on the
attacking party. This was only a foretaste.
Reinforcements on the ship
followed up the defensive move and
si ion .a tremendous storm of eo.il
lumps was coming on the party on the
tug's deck, which was at the mercy of
the defenders as they had no orders i
to use their firearms. As the shower
of missiles continued, thick and fast,
many men were felled by blows on '
the head. Some of the officers were
knocked unconscious and others badly
cut. Hardly a man on the side of the
tug nearest the steamer escaped. Finally
the grappling iron was released 1
and the tug pulled slowly away. A I
hail of derisive cheers accompanied ,
the retreat. Physicians attended the
injured when the tug got back to her |
dock. There was no further move- '
ment on either side during the rest i
of the day. Officials said, however, ]
that measures would be taken to deal
effectively with the situation. Orders
have been issued for the tug and other
small craft to keep steam in order i
to be in readiness for emergency. It
is believed all the resources of the Dominion
government have been placed !
at the disposal of the authorities to <
aid in restoring order. Four launches ]
picketed the steanmr tonight cutting (
off all communication with the shore. '
('apt. Yamamoto and his crew nave
offered to leave the ship, but Japanese !
Consul Hori will not consent to such ,
action. I
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Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkville !
as Mall Matter of the Second Class. 1
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YORKVILLE. S. C.: '
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1914 i
News comes from Mexico to the ef- 1
feet that every man wno naa any pan
in the killing of Madero will be treated
by the new government as a criminal.
President Wilson has had a severe
attack of indigestion; but is better and
able to be at work again. It is thought
that his trouble is due largely to the
extraordinary hard work he has to do.
The governor of North Carolina
has followed the lead of Governor
Blease in calling upon the people for
>1 n ary relief for the hail sufferers
>f his state. The destruction was as
great in Gaston. Lincoln, Mecklenburg
and other counties of North Carolina
is it was in York, Laurens, Cherokee,
Spartanburg and Anderson counties.
According to Washington dispatches
it is doubtful now as to whether congress
will adjourn until fall. The senators
are inclined to play the waiting
game on the administration trust
measures as well as other things and (
the administration believes that the ,
hest way to get what it wants is to "do ,
it now." j
. I
Thp election of United States sena- i
tors by the people is going to put a new
ind different element in the senate. It (
may be true that the election of sena- \
tors by legislatures is election by the <,
people: but the country has had t
enough experience to realize that such ,
election is through power several times ,
removed. Election by the people will \
change the situation wonderfully: but (
the change will not be especially sudden.
I
Asa Candler, one of the rich men of |
Atlanta, has donated a million dollars j
for the establishment of the proposed ]
Methodist University in Atlanta. That ]
is a splendid deed. Of course every s
rich man knows that he cannot take ,
his money with him when he leaves
the world. A man like Mr. Candler ,
does not want to do anything or the ,
kind. He has found something better |
to do with his money and that is to put .
it where it will continue to do good af- |
ter he has gone. (
,
We are glad to note that the ap- (
proach of the boll weevil is beginning
to be taken seriously in South ''
Carolina and that in certain quar- >
ters plans are already being made to |
combat conditions after this crop
pest arrives upon the scene. The production
of other crops seems to be '
about the only practical course yet i
discovered, and farmers should al- j
ready be devoting a larger and larger
production of their acreage to corn,
potatoes, melons, and grain. In states 5
already invaded by the boll weevil (
the production of cotton to the acre t
has been terribly reduced, and unless
the price should take a wonderful *
jump the reduction of the crop in 1
South Carolina, one-fourth or one- .*
third would be accompanied by great ,
hardship, unless a much bigger crop
of other kinds was being made.? 1
Chester Reporter. t
That is rood, sensible talk, and we t
believe :i large per cent of the people
are beginning to see it just as the Reporter
so clearly points out.
The term of general sessions last
week was notable for the number of
peculiarly ugly cases tried?the case
gainst Dr. J. E. W. Haile. the Turney
case and the case against Walter L.
Jackson. All of these cases were hard
fought and the battles over the admissibility
of testimony were long drawn
and hard. They attracted much attention,
especially because of the brilliant
fighting of the solicitor, who is
generally regarded as the best authority.
especially on the admissibility of
evidence in the criminal side of the
court, in South Carolina. He has been
to the supreme court many times on
i|uesti??ns of evidence in criminal cases
and in all of his eighteen or twenty
years of experience has not been reversed
a single time. He was turned
down several times last week: but under
no circumstance that seems to
warrant an appeal, for even though he
be upheld, the particular case in '
which the points arose could not be
affected.
Although we have not said so, we '
have had the impression all along that i
the Greenville l'iedmont was owned by
a stock company and Mr. (I. it. Ivoes- :
ter was only the manager. We have ,
not made any such statement at any i
time; hut as we have said, had that
impression. It develops, however, (
that such is not the case. A Green- (
ville man who differs with tiie Pied- 1
niont as to certain matters, made
such a charge in a communication to
tile paper, and in an editorial reply
the statement is made that Mr. Koes- :
ter is the sole owner, of course we
eouid have had information as to this
all along by watching the published
reports required by the government;
but had not done so. However, we
are glad to have our false impression
corrected. We have seen nothing in
the Piedmont to indicate corporation
ownership or control; but having for
years regarded Mr. Koester as one of
the best all round editors and newspaper
men of his generation, we have
had a feeling of regret that he might
not be absolutely free to do as he
thought best. Now that we have been 1
disabuse d of our incorrect impression, ,
the conspicuous fairness of the Pied-|
mont in dealing with various matters,
especially matters political, is no longer
involved in mystery.
Mr. W. P. Beard has resumed the
publication at Abbeville of the Scimitar.
the political journal that had its
Imme in Greenwood two years ago. The
Scimitar is a four column folio that
makes no pretension to other than political
purposes. The editor declares
that he is a supporter of Governor
Blease; but makes it clear that he is
very much opposed to Hon. John G.
Richards, who he describes as a coattail
swinger and camp follower who is
without political principle, and who is
swinging on the coat tails of the leaders
of all the different elements. In its
last issue, the Scimitar describes Richards
as a "wolf in sheep's clothing,"
>n<i it annears to be rather more
friendly to Mr. Irby than to any other
candidate who is lined up on the Reform
side, claiming that Mr. Irby is
the real stuff and not a recent concert.
Mr. Heard is a most prolific
writer and is generally plausible. He
seems to look on politics mainly as a
most fascinating game which he dearly
loves, and he shows but little Interest
in anything else. If he could get circulation
for his Scimitar, some of the
thinirs he writes would make the pubic
take notice.
If there was any particular justification
of the war in Mexico, it was on
the ground of abominably unfair laws
that kept the lower classes in a state
if virtual slavery. That stirred the
people?the eternal right of the cause.
Jf course, there are thousands and
lundreds of thousands of degraded
peons .and others who were moved by
no other consideration than the opportunity
for pillage and murder, and conlitions
are such that it would be difficult
to establish the contention that
my principles of right underlaid any
if the trouble. But the unjust and inequitable
conditions constitute such a
stench that we are unable to believe
inything else. Will there be improvement?
Not soon, we are afraid. Many
jf the people who stirred up the trouble
on the ground of injustice of the
'masses" to the "classes" will be too
?lad to take their places among the
'classes," and continue the old system
jntil others arise to start a new revolu:ion.
About the most hopeful thing
:hat can be said is that each revolu:ion
will raise the intelligence of the
jeople that much higher, and eveniuUly
principles of right will begin to
enforce themselves, as they are beginning
to do in the United States.
For the Hail Sufferers.
We are told on good authority that
everything that happens happens for
he best, and although there are many
eases that we cannot exactly understand
in this connection, most of us
'eel that it is not altogether safe to try
(i disprove the assertion.
Among the people who suffered most
severely as the result of the fearful
lailstorm that wrought so much destruction
throughout the eastern part of
;he county recently, there are no doubt
nany who cannot understand what it
vas all for, and we do not blame them
lecause we are unable to explain it
dther.
But though we cannot see the reason
Tor this calamity, we are easily able to
ippreciate some of its results, and not
:he least insignificant of these results
s the opportunity it has given the felow
citizens of the people living in the
tiail swept area to show their practical
sympathy in contributions that will
serve to lighten their misfortune.
The splendid conduct of the people
>f Rock Hill and others who have so
luickly come to the relief of their distressed
fellows is beginning to loom up
ilmost if not quite as prominently as
the extent and severity of the fearful
disaster itself, and we are not afraid
to say that right now the thoughts of
the people of the devastated district
ire more taken up with the practical
sympathy that has been shown them,
than with their personal losses.
As large as the contributions that
tiave been made look, however, they
ire really small as compared with what
he people of the county as a whole
:ould do if they would. Altogether it
should be possible to raise thousands
>f dollars for the purpose of helping
he storm sufferers, and there is good
luthority for the statement that if the
jeople of York county were to raise
ind donate enough money to entirely
repair the whole damage, the people
.vho contributed the necessary money
vould really benefit themselves more
:han the people on whose account they
rontribute their gifts. Does not the
Master say that it is more blessed to
jive than to receive?
And why should not the people of
he county and others who desire
o participate, take the fullest advantage
of this opportunity? Our
l>eople have a chance here to dc
heniselves proud. Suppose somebody
n each and every congregation,
for instance, would take it upon
limself or herself to go around for the
iubscriotiuns of neighbors and friends,
ind help give everybody a chance to
rontribute. Whether these should be
aised enough to relieve the sufferers
?f their burdn or not, if the people gen rally
would do the best they could in
he matter, the general result to both
hose who give and receive would be
A orth more than the biggest crop and
he most prosperous year the county
las ever known.
About the Greenville Incident.?In
:he course of a column editorial discussion
(?f the ugly incidents at Grecnrille,
last Saturday, the Piedmont
says:
Hut, regardless of any impropriety
n the way in which Air. Norwood's
luestion was asked. Governor Blease
was unjustilied in his response, no
matter how much that reply may
have been in keeping with the custom
so many public speakers indulge in
nf insulting those who ask them
lucstions. We presume that Governor
I lease did not know who asked
the question as Mr. Norwood was sittin
to the side and rear of the speaker.
Hut the asking of the question
did not make the man, as Blease
[ ailed him, "a dirty contemptible cow
> " o.. ?.,|.I,1 I...,.,, ll,?1 in il
ill 11. UXJ I UUIU UU* V I V|'MV?4 ill ??.
rnoii- dignified and effective way and
a way less calculated to start something
which might end in bloodshed
and death.
Attain, the blame shifts. Mr. Norwood
could have afforded to temporarily
or permanently ignored the
insult, hut he was not justified in
using, nor is any man ever justified
in using, the epithet that he applied
to the governor. Had what lie said
been heard by others than the few
closest to him, his curse being drowned
in the uproar, bloodshed would
have been Inevitable. Mlease may be
even a worse coward than his bitterest
enemies aver they believe him,
hut he would have had to have been
held hail he heard it. Had hands been
laid on him, the crowd would have
torn the stand down and there would
have been promiscuous fighting and
shooting.
Ureenville should thank Hod that
the incident passed off with no worse
features than attended it.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Jim Smith, (colored)?Warns all persons
not to employ or harbor his son,
John, who has left his home.
Will McClure, Yorkville No. 5?Has a
stray pig taken up last week and requests
the owner to come for it.
Southern Railway?Announces special.y
low round trip rates for excursionists
to the "Land of the Sky." and
to Charleston. See pages 3 and 4.
South Atlantic Waste Co., Charlotte?
Wants negro families, with girls
over 15 years of age. Good wages.
J. C. Kirkpatrick and Walter G. Hayes
?Announce M. H. Rlair as a suitable
candidate for the legislature.
John E. Carroll?Announces himself as
a candidate for re-election to the office
of superintendent of education.
I). EL Kinley?Is announced as a candidate
for re-election to congress
from the Fifth District.
Thomson Co.?Continues its sale all of
this week. See page four for full
particulars as to offerings. .
First National Bank, Sharon? Empha
sizes the advantages tnai come 10
those who have savings accounts.
Yorkville Hardware Co.?Has a carload
of V-crimped galvanized roofing in j
various lengths and wants to supply
your needs. J
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Closed its summer
clearing sale on Saturday, but is
offerinK special prices on various
goods to reduce stock.
First National Bank, Yorkville?Points
out the advantages of using a better
system in your business affairs. It
wants your checking account.
Cloud Cash Store?Has closed its summer
sale, but offers specials in oxfords
and pumps, and men's clothing
and straw hats.
James Bros.?Have a bunch of choice
Virginia mares and horses and two
mules and want you to see them.
McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Is now offering
reduced prices on all dresses
in order to close them out. All oxfords
at reduced prices.
Lyric Theatre?"Luc'lle Love", fourth
installment, tomorrow, with a Crystal
comedy. A special drama for Saturday.
New Zion club roll draws from Hickory
Grove, Bethany, Piedmont, Filbert
and Yorkville, and ought to have a
much larger enrollment than was for- ,
merly accredited to Piedmont, the club
of which it takes the place. Filbert,
an entirely new club, will be made up
of voters from Yorkville, Bethany and
Clover.
York county white men who fail to
put their names on the club roll within i
a week from this day, will be debarred
from voting in the primary.
They will be unable to arbitrate between
the real patriots who desire to
serve the people, and those who merely
want the office because of its emoluments,
honor and power. So let everybody
enroll and enroll now.
From such information as The Enquirer
is able to gather, there is a disposition
on the part of both factions in
this county to have a fair and square
fight for the general assembly on Conservative
and Reformer lines. The lines
were squarely drawn in the county
convention, but not until after it had
been made apparent that the Conservatives
had secured control and since
then there has been very little attempt
at concealment of these lines. The talk
iu ?v>of i? will h? host to eret out earlv
four legislative candidates on each side.
Of course, the Reform faction may try
to make the Conservative faction get ]
out more than four and the Conservative
faction mav do the same thing for
the Reform faction. This is on the
theory that the more candidates there ]
are standing for a given faction the
more that faction's vote will be split up
and the less its chance of winning. ,
The factions have no absolutely effective
way of guarding against such pro- ,
ceedings; but still each side is well
enough organized to come pretty nearly
being able to manage its own affairs.
FOR THE HAIL SUFFERERS
The following subscriptions have
been received under the recent procla- '
mation of Governor Blease asking for
help for people living in the stormstricken
districts of York county:
Gov. Cole L.. Blease, Columbia, $25 00
L. M. Grist's Sons, Yorkville... 25 00 '
A. C. Kauffman, Charleston... 10 00
T. D. Lashley, Kollock, S. C.... 2 00
W. A. Clark, Columbia 5 00
Jno. M. Williford, Yorkville... 5 00 '
Of" r Tin lr or Pnlninhla. 25 0(1
Colin McK. Grant, Charleston . 50 00
B. H. Willis, Cottageville 5 00 ,
Cash, Leesville, S. C 5 00 '
J. H. Coltharp, Fort Mill 5 00
Jas. L. Quinby, Graniteville ... 5 00 !
M. H. Blair. Sharon 10 00
Rev. Henry Stokes, Yorkville . 5 00
COMMON PLEAS
The July term of the court of com- '
mon pleas for York county, commenced
yesterday morning, his honor,
Judge Moore, presiding. I
For various reasons Judge Moore
excused Rev. J. H. Machen, Joe B.
Gaston, L. G. Gourley and O. A.
Rose from further jury service.
The court was engaged all of yesterday
in hearing the case of the
Smith & Turbush Machine Co., vs. T.
L. Johnston and J. B. Creighton, trading
as the Enterprise Mfg. Co. I
The court was still engaged in this .
case when The Enquirer went to press
and it will very likely take up the af- '
ternoon. ]
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YORK COUNTY TEACHERS
The following teachers have been .
selected by the respective school trus- .
tees to teach the summer and winter j
terms of the various schools through- l
mil ihe countv. Quite a number of '
schools have already begun their 1
summer terms. A good many of last 1
year's teachers have been re-elected, *
hut in many cases they are new.
Following is the list: (
Beersheba?S. A. Lesslie.
Union?Miss Lela Stephenson.
Free Silver?Mrs. Annie J. Thorn- '
asson. i
1 .liberty?Miss Bessie Adams. j
Bowling Green?Misses Bessie Get- |
tys and Jennie Currenee. (
Dixie?Miss Mary Plaxco. I
Riverside?Miss Alice Armstrong.
Forest Hill?Miss Mary Harshaw. (
Newport?Miss Mary Byers.
Clover?J. W. Shealy, principal. I
Cotton Belt?Misses Kittie Blair ,
and Sallie Atkinson.
Guthriesville?Misses Annie M. Miller
and Mary Clark.
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YORK'S MOTOR VEHICLES. ]
Forty-four persons have registered J
motor vehicles since the publication ;
of the list of automobile owners in 1
The Enquirer of May lit. Of this J
number, fully two-thirds of the ma- ,
chines are "Fords." However, all the I
registers are not new machines, a i
number of them being transfers. Fol- '
lowing is the list: I
420?Wm. C. Whitner. 430?J. H.
Stiye. 431?J. B. Swann. 432?W. P. I
Youngblood. 433?D. B. Alley. 434
?Sam M. Grist. 435?J. Edgar Poag. 1
4 36?\V. \V. Blair. 4 37?K. E. Sun- I
tier. 43ti?Brown Motor Car Co. 4314 I
?J. D. Duff. 4 40?Rock Hill Pepsi '
Cola Bottling Co. 441?C. A. Boney. <
142?(>. Mot/.. 443?\\\ P. Whison- 1
nit .1.14?W .1. Xeelv. 445?Holler
& Hailey. 4 46?('. A. Dobbins. 447
?J. J. J. Kobinson. 44S? \V. B. 1
Met Sill. 44! ?M. B. Noil. 4SO?M. W. I
Faslie. 4". 1?Sam Kassler. 452? |
Dolph Friedheim. 453?W. Thomson.
454?S. L. Pursley. 455?S. H. (
Archer. 4.56?John Barter Mollis. !
457?A. V. Worthy. 458?Phillip W. '
Hunter. 15!t?K. Deal. 460?D. L. j
.Me Dona hi. 461?T. D. Turner. 46 J? i
J. D. Less lie. 463?Carroll Furniture '
Co. 464?J. E. It oil (ley. 465?W. It.
Simpson. 466?Itev. \V. \V. Lipscomb.
467 ?J. W. Leech. 468?W.
A. C.raham. 46! ?Mrs. J. \V. and S.
W. Leech. 47<t W. A. Hunsueker.
471 W. B. Thomasson. 472?T. E..
W. W.. and W. T. Whilesides. 4 73? J
S. W. Ferguson.
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SUNDAY-SCHOOL ASSOCIATION I
The York Township Sunday School '
association, composed of thirteen Sun- ,
day schools, convened in annual session i
at Meth-Shiloh church, Sunday after- 1
noon at 3 o'clock, with eleven Sunday
schools represented and the church
building filled to overflowing.
The convention was called to order
by the township president, Mr. E. M.
Williams, and after a solo and prayer.
Rev. Ray Riddle, pastor of the church,
delivered a short address of welcome
to the convention and all in attendance.
The programme included short talks
by Rev. J. L. Oates, of Yorkville; Rev.
P. B. Wells of Rock Hill; Messrs. J. C.
Comer and A. M. Grist of Yorkville;
J. E. Walmsley and J. T. Fain of Rock
Hill, on Sunday school work in general,
its requirements, needs, etc.
President Walmsley of the county
association, told of the work being done
in the county and outlined the work
that it was hoped would be accomplished
by the county association
which is to be held at Clover, in the
early fall.
Mr. Fain, secretary of the county association
urged the importance of the
Sunday schools keeping better records
of their work and enlarging and broadening
the character of the work they
are doing.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, E. M.
Williams; Vice President, R. E. McParland;
secretary-treasurer, Miss Bar nottp
Millpp- Smiprintendpnt Orndlp
Roll, Miss Bessie Barron; Superintendent
Home Department, Mrs. W. B.
Moore: Superintendent Adult Class
Work, Rev. J. L. Oates; Member of
County Nominating Committee, Rev.
Henry Stokes.
THE MARRIAGE RECORD
Fortv-five marriage licenses have
been issued by Probate Judge Williams
since the last publication of the record
in The Enquirer of June 12. Thus far
1,469 licenses have been issued since
the law requiring licensure went into
effect. Following are the licenses issued
since the last publication:
June 12?Otis M. Baker and Susie F.
Reid.
June 12?Arthur Clark and Florence
Marton.
June 13?Willie Featherston and
Sarah Hill (colored).
June 13?William W. Ussery and
Carry Armstrong (colored).
June 15?Harry D. Dodd and Margaret
E. Barnette.
June 17?Thomas Mobley and Ola
Johnson (colored).
June 18?Sidney O. Steele and Lula
M. Parsons.
June 19?Samuel D. Smith and Pearl
Varnadore.
June 19?Lee Williams and Empthie
Putnam.
June 20?William W. Ussery and Susie
Kimbrell.
June 20?W. J. Lindsay and Mary
Wade (colored).
June 22?George Allen and Janie
\f o cuotr ( nnl oroH 1
June 22?William L. Adams and A.
Webb Stanton.
June 23?Charley Spinks and Annie
Wardford.
June 24?Jas. C. Wright and Bertha ,
Melton.
June 24?N. Eugene Hood and Nellie ;
White.
June 24?Charley Franklin and Lela .
Murray (colored).
June 26?Lindsay Carter and Jennie
Lee Underwood. '
June 27?Joe Nlvens and Verney i
lane McClain.
June 27?Edd Gordon and Pearl
Wright.
June 27?Robert R. Fry and Mattie l
B. Williamson. I
June 29?James Lewis Comer and
Edna Frsell Wilson.
July 1?Henry B. James and Mary 1
Brooks Inman. 1
July 3?Mars Reid and Carrie Bailey ,
(colored).
July 3?Thomas Query and Eva (
Blackwell.
July 4?Joe Furr and Lula Hendrick. ,
July 6?Earl Price Brandon and Ja- j
nie I. Barnes.
July 8?Paul A. Partlow and E. Leala
Williams.
July 9?Fred Woodwards and Esther
White (colored).
July 10?J. W. Hudson and Nellie E. j
Bost.
July 10?Paul Gallman and Florence .
Ward.
July 11?William H. Stowe and Anna ,
Null. (
July 11?Manual Glenn and Laudella
Miskelly (colored).
July 11?Thomas Uren and Fannie ]
Mosteller.
Tnltr 11 TVinmoo T?V1 rtro rrl o nn/1 TTHvq _
beth Barley (colored).
July 13?Roland T. Bridges and
Mary C. Wylie. .
July 14?Jess Hunter and Ella Mc- '
Combs. |
July 14?Charlie Fox and Hannie
Watkins. (
July 14?Rosco Hardin and Lula May .
Smith.
July 14?Arthur L. Black and Lind- (
say Clark.
July 15?Stuart S. Abell and Winnie '
D. Crawford.
July 18?William Adlson and Perlie ,
Edwards (colored).
July 18?Robert W. Bratton and
Pearl B. Ramsey.
July 18?John C. McClaln and Bessie ,
Jordan.
July 20?Joe W. Hucks and Eva
F'ressley.
WITHIN THE TOWN
? The congressional campaigners,
Messrs. Finley and Stevenson, speak in
i'orkville, next Thursday.
? The Yorkville baseball team went
to Greenwood, S. C., yesterday morning
for a series of three games. The
first game played yesterday afternoon ;
resulted in a score of 9 to 0 in favor of 1
Greenwood. (
? Miss Minnie Alexander, a mission- '
lry of the Associate Reformed church,
it Montgomery, India, made quite an
nteresting talk in the Associate Reformed
church last night. She described
the social, political, economic and
reliaious conditions of the Deoole
imong whom she is laboring and gave
iiuite an encouraging story of progress. !
? For the second time in the past
two weeks, the electric lights went out ,
during a heavy storm early last Satur- i
iluy night and business houses had to
close up. The trouble was at the trans- j
former house at the Neely mill. Al- '
though there was some lightning, the
electrical display did not last long, and
business people are wondering why the
Yorkville lights always go off in such
cases, while those of surrounding
towns are hardly ever put out of com- |
mission except in the severest kind of
storms.
? Something like forty people from <
Yorkville and the community surrounding,
went on an excursion over 1
the C. & N.-W. to Edgemont, N. C., last
Saturday. The train continued to pick
up excursionists all the way to Lenoir, 1
ind when it reached Edgemont about
two o'clock, there were more than six
hundred people aboard. About three
hours were spent at the mountain re- i
sort. A game of baseball was played
between Yorkville and Granite Falls,
N". C., the latter team winning by the (
score of U to 7, the game being called
in the eighth inning in order that the
Yorkville team might catch the return
train. At Maiden, N. C., which place
was reached about nine o'clock an engine
break-down occurred, and the
homeward lournev was held uo until
nearly two o'clock. It was four o'clock
Sunday morning before the YorkviUe ,
excursionists, sleepy and worn-out, ,
reached home.
? The farmers who sell their cotton 1
nil the Yorkville market have a right to 1
have their cotton weighed at a public
platform by a public weigher, and in
being denied that right they are deprived
of privileges that are enjoyed by all
the otlier larger cotton markets of this
state and North Carolina, except probably
Rock Hill. Rock Hill is the largest
cotton market that we know of in !
either North or South Carolina, that !
has no public weigher. Among the
reasons for having cotton weighed by a I
public weigher are that it puts seller i
mid buyer on an equality, it gives the I
seller better opportunity to learn the
local market, who is selling, when and
the price being paid. It protects him to ,
i certain extent from being deceived by .
rumors, and then over and above it all,
it is the business-like way to do busi- .
iiess. The idea that the old-time meth- 1
ids should still be prevailing on this
market is simply ridiculous, and it is :
:ime to make a change that will accord
villi modern conditions. J
GENERAL SESSIONS
The case of the State vs. Walter L.
Jackson, which has been continued
over several terms of the court was
tried last week, and although it resulted
in a conviction, it is reasonably certain
that the whole thing would have
fallen through except for the determined
stand taken by Solicitor Henry, who
insisted that the law must take its
course.
Solicitor Henry won out in the matter
against serious obstacles. When
knowledge of the uncle's crime against
his niece first became public, the father
of the girl was inclined to punish
his brother to the full extent of the
law; but as time went on the spirit of
compromise grew, and when the case
was called for trial, it looked as if there
was to be no accusing testimony.
The young girl told the solicitor in
private conference that her father had
told her tnut 11 sne saia one woru iu
incriminate her "Uncle Walter," he
would drive her from home and she
should never come back any more. She
stated, however, that if she had to tell
anything at all she wanted to tell nothing
but the truth. The solicitor's long
experience enabled him to take in the
whole situation at once and his reply
was: "Child, you shall not be hurt for
telling the truth in this court. The
judge, the sheriff and every officer of
the court will protect you in saying
whatever you want to say, and if nothing
else can be done I will see to it
that you have a home, even if I have to
take you home with me. Not only that,
I will undertake to provide means
whereby you may make an honest living."
On this assurance, the witness signified
her desire to go on w.ih the case,
but when she was placed on the stand,
and asked a question as to whether or
not she had been taken to Charleston,
the defense objected and there came a
legal battle over the admissibility of
the tpstlmnnv desired bv the solicitor.
It was clear that If the alleged crime
had been committed, the prosecuting
witness was equally guilty, and the
point was stressed that under the Constitution
she could not be made to testify
against herself. The matter was
put up to the court, and the court suggested
that if the solicitor would ask
the witness "whether or not her Uncle
Walter L?. Jackson was the father of
her child?" he was prepared to rule.
Solicitor Henry informed the court
that while he appreciated the suggestion,
he preferred to represent the
state of South Carolina in accordance
with his own judgment rather than in
accordance with the suggestion of the
court. There was more argument on
the matter especially on the question
of the witness being allowed to convict
herself. At length the solicitor
solved the difficulty by placing on the
records of the court, the guarantee of
the state of South Carolina for complete
absolution of the defendant on
account of any criminal relations with
the defendant previous to the date of
the testimony.
Then the witness was asked if she
iesired to testify. The court told her
that she would he protected by the
sheriff, court officials and the militia of
the state, if necessary. Solicitor Henry
?ave the same assurance, and then
went on with the vital question:
"Is or is not your Uncle Walter L.
Jackson, the father of your child," and
added, "I ask this question at the suggestion
of the court."
The addition to the question served
to put the matter where there could be
no ruling from the court, for the court
would have been ruling on his own
question, and there was no ruling.
The witness answered in effect that
Walter L. Jackson was the father of
her child, and in reply to questions
?ave various circumstantial details
that convinced the jury of the truth of
her testimony.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilty
and the defendant was sentenced to
pay a fine of $1,000 or go to the penitentiary
for two years.
The unfortunate young girl was takpn
in charge by her grandfather, who
will give her support and protection.
The defendant's attorneys gave motion
of appeal to the supreme court
in/1 Iwinrl in iho anm nt 49 flflft wn? fixed
for the defendant pending the appeal.
Ifp to this time the bond has not been
furnished.
Sentence has not yet been passed
upon Thad E. Turney, convicted of
manslaughter in two cases. Motion for
a new trial is to be argued some time
this week.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Mrs. A. R. Ewart of Yorkville, Is
visiting relatives at Smyrna.
Mr. Avery Lowry of Columbia,
spent Sunday with Yorkville relatives.
Mr. H. T. Williams of Yorkville.
Is at Piedmont Springs for a few
days.
Mr. Charlie Woodfin of Yorkville,
spent Sunday with friends in Charlotte.
Mr. M. C. Willis. Jr., of Atlanta,
spent yesterday with relatives in Yorkville.
Mrs. W. L. Law and children of Rock
Hill, visited relatives in Yorkville this
week.
Miss Lesslie Witherspoon of Yorkville,
is spending some time at Montreal
X. C.
Dr. A. Meek Harnett of Yorkville,
spent Sunday with friends in Gastonia,
X. C.
Mrs. R. J. Mackorell of Yorkville,
spent several days last week, at Edgemont,
N. C.
Miss Christine Willis of Rock Hill, is
the truest of her aunt. Mrs. M. C. Willis.
in Yorkville
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Berry of Rock
Hill, spent Sunday in Yorkville, with
Mrs. Hattie Berry.
Miss Marie Seabrook of Charleston,
is keeping house for Mr. H. T. Williams,
in Yorkville.
Miss Mattie Raines of Blythwood,
S. ('.. is visiting Miss Agnes Dickson,
an Yorkville Xo. 1.
Miss Cornelia Hope of Mullins, S.
is visiting the family of Mr. Robt.
Witherspoon in Yorkville.
Mrs. Belle Alston of Yorkville, left
this morning to spend some time at
Montreat, X. C.
Miss Eunice McConnell of Yorkrille
left yesterday to spend some
Lime at Montreat, X. C.
Mrs. R. E. Heath and children of
Yorkville. are visiting relatives and
friends in Charlotte.
Mr. Hal Mackorell and Miss Jennie
Beard Mackorell of Yorkville, are
risking relatives in ILancaster.
Master John Palmer of Gastonia, ,
N*. is visiting the family of Mr. J.
J. Jones, on Yorkville R. F. D. 1.
Mr. and Mrs. J. fi. Xorris and chll:lren
of Yorkville. are visiting relatives
in Oglethorp county, Ga.
Mr. Claude Wilkerson and Miss Belle
Smith of Hickory Grove, left today,
to visit friends in Peebles, Ohio.
Miss Minnie Lee Comer of Union,
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Comer, in Yorkville.
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Misses i\air iinu vuint- v imiiiib ??i
Rock Hill, are visiting the family of
Mr. J. iM. VVilliford in Yorkville.
Mr. Edward Smith of Charleston,
spent Friday and Saturday with his
sister, Mrs. Geo. W. Kunz, in Yorkville.
Misses Ruth Williams and Virginia
Miller of Roek Hill, are spending
some time with Miss Mary Williams
in Yorkville.
Mrs. Ida Wylie and daughter. Miss
Rachel, and Miss Elizabeth Wilborn (
>f Yorkville, are spending some time
it M on treat, X. <\
Miss olga Allen, who has been visting
her uncle, Mr. 11. f. Allen, in \
Yorkville, has returned to her home |
it tlibsonville. X. C. (
Mr. John S. James, of the firm of .
latru-s Bros., returned to Yorkville, '
Sunday, after spending some time in
Virginia in the interest of his firm.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. L. White and
daughter, Miss Margaret, of Chester,
spent the week-end with the family of
Dr. W. G. White, in Yorkville.
Mr. Khett Sanders of Houston,
Texas, arrived at McConnellsville on
Sunday, on a visit to his father. Mr.
(). L. Sanders, and other relatives.
Miss Margaret Drakeford of Yorkville,
left yesterday afternoon for New
York, to undergo further treatment in
St. Lukes hospital.
Mr. James F. Glenn and niece, Miss
Margaret Williford of Sumter, are in
Yorkville, on a visit to Mrs. Nannie
(J. Allison and other relatives.
Mr. Glenn Adkins, son of Mrs. Minnie
Adkins of Yorkville No. 7, was taken
to the Fennell Infirmary, Rock Hill,
Sunday afternoon, to undergo an operation
for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Barber of Chester,
and Misses Gladys Skinner and
Cora Smith of Bishopville, are visiting
the family of Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Montgomery in Yorkville.
Mr <) I, Sanders, who has been
undergoing treatment in Columbia,
returned to his home at MeConnellsville,
yesterday. His friends will be
glad to know he is getting along
nicely.
Dr. R. Glenn Allison, who is to have
charge of a ward in the Sea View tuberculosis
hospital on Staten Island,
New York, left last week to begin his
work after a visit of several weeks to
his mother, Mrs. Nannie G. Allison, in
Yorkville.
Rev. Henry Stokes and family returned
to their home in Yorkville last
Saturday, after spending about ten
days at the new resort at Edgemont,
N. C. Mr. Stokes reports that he found
Edgemont a very pleasant place to
spend a vacation and that he and his
family enjoyed their stay there very
much.
Mr. W. R. Bradford of Columbia,
was in Yorkville yesterday. There have
been rumors affloat for some time that
friends in Fort Mill and in other parts
of the county have been bringing pressure
on Mr. Bradford to become a candidate
for the general assembly. On
being asked about the matter yesterday,
he said that he had the question
under consideration; but had not ar
rived at a definite conclusion. Mr.
Bradford, was formerly editor of the
Port Mill Times, and claims Fort Mill
as his place of residence. He has for
some time past been employed on the
Columbia State as a proof-reader, and
still holds that position.
LOCAL LACONICS
Will Make Pictures of Road.
General Manager L. T. Nichols of
the Carolina & North-Western railway
has closed a contract with a motion
picture company to make a moving
picture of the country traversed
by the railway from Chester to Edgemont.
The picture will likely be
made from the back of the train and
will also include views of the various
towns through which the railway
goes.
Hail Damage Data.
At the request of Mr. C. L. Cobb
and Dr. T. N. Dulin. acting as a subcommittee
of the relief committee appointed
in the proclamation of Governor
Blease, Commissioner of Agriculture
Watson has undertaken the
work of canvassing the storm stricken
district, with a view to ascertaining
the number of people damaged and
the extent to which they have suffered
from the disaster. The understanding
was that Commissioner Watson
would himself go into the storm
stricken district yesterday, and with
two or more assistants would push the
work to rapid completion.
Mr. R. J. Whisonant Dead.
Mr. Robert J. Whisonant, a native of
York and well known throughout the
county, died at his home at B'.acksburg,
last Saturday afternoon, and was
buried at Smyrna on Sunday, funeral
services.being conducted by Rev. B. Q.
Pressley. The deceased, who was about
67 years of age, was born at the old
Whisonant place on Clark's Fork near
Hickory Grove. He saw service in the
Civil war, going to the front toward the
close of the struggle along with other
young boys. He is survived by his wife
who before her marriage was Miss
Sue Jackson, and one daughter, Mrs.
A. R. Rhinehart of Rock Hill. Four
brothers and three sisters also survive.
They are: Messrs. T. M., W. H., C. M.,
Rock Hill; D. A. Whisonant, Sharon;
Mesdames Sue Hambright, Smyrna;
Harris Wylie, Hickory Grove; Agnes
Rhames, Bishopville.
Candidates Come To Blows.
Reporting the congressional campaign
meeting at Pageland last week,
the Journal of that place, has the following:
"The campaign meeting here
last night ended in a row in which
one blow and many unpleasant words
were passed. The trouble seems to
have been brought about by Mr. Finley's
closing remark that he didn't
know whether Mr. Stevenson would
put this district on the people's map
or upon the Seaboard railroad's map.
The speakers had finished their
speeches and each had a short rejoinder,
when the discussion became
animated and trouble was brewing
when Mr. Quick, the chairman, adjourned
the meeting. The two candidates
passed a few words and Mr.
Finley struck Mr. Stevenson, while
they were still on the stage in full
view of the crowd, in which there
were a few ladies. Friends rushed between
them in time to prevent other
blows, and the crowd gradually dispersed."
Free Ferry at Cureton'a.
The charter of Cureton's ferry over
Catawba river, about two miles below
Catawba Junction has expired, and although
the Lancaster county board of
commissioners has renewed the same
upon application of Mr. A. B. Ferguson,
the owner, the York commissioners
are holding the matter up because
of agitation looking to the establishment
of a free ferry. The question of
a free ferry at this place was up about
six or seven years ago; but at that time
Mr. Ferguson's charter had not expired.
and he would not agree to give up
any of his rights except on condition
that the county purchase from him a
tract of land he owns around the Lancaster
side of the ferry. The York authorities
would not agree. Now there
is demand for a free ferry to be maintained
Jointly by York and Lancaster
counties. The first cost will be about
$200 and after that an expense of $15
or $20 a month for maintenance and
operation. The York board takes the
position that if the people most directly
interested really want a free ferry,
they should get busy and present a petition
at the next regular meeting.
Capt. Iredell Jones Dead.
("apt. Iredell Jones died at his home
near Rock Hill, last Friday, shortly
after noon, aged 72 years. Captain
Jones was a native of Hillsboro, N*. C.,
and was a son of thelate Col. Cadwallader
Jones, a descendant of a distinguished
family of North Carolina and
Virginia. He was brought to York
county when a boy of 10. He went to
tlie civil war at the beginning of that
great struggle and served his country
faithfully. Since the war he has been
living in and near Rock Hill, engaged
in businesses of various kinds. During
ail the years of his mature manhood
he was active in public affairs
and served several terms in the general
assembly. He was a member of
the board of regents of the state hospital
for the insane for more than
thirty years, and also did long and
valuable service on the York county
board of pensions. His health has
been failing during the past seven or
eight years and of late lie has been
virtually blind. Capt. Jones was twice
married, his first wife being a daughter
of the late Governor Adams, and
his second wife. Miss Laura McMa- ;
han of Aiken. His first wife died in
1872, and his second wife in 1887.
The surviving children are Iredell
Jones. Jr., and Mrs. F. W. P. Hutler of
Columbia, and Mr. Chaffee Jones of
Rock Hill. He is also survived by five
brothers and two sisters, as follows:
Johnstone of California: Cadwallder
i>f Greensboro, Ala.: Pride of Charlotte,
X. C? and Wylie and Allen Jones i
?f Columbia, and Mrs. A. S. Coles of !
Jacksonville, Fla.. and Mrs. John Erivin,
of Greensboro, Ala. ]
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Deputy Sheriff J. G. Howze of
Chester was seriously beaten up late
last Saturday evening by Norton and
Karle Yarborough, two drunken white
men he was attempting to arrest. The
Yarboroughs had raised a row at the
Seaboard Air Line railway station and
when the agent, Mr Austin, reprimanded
them, gave him a beating and cut
him with a knife. Mr. Austin swore
out warrants, and it was while he was
trying to serve the same that Mr.
Howze was beaten.
? Greenville, July 18: After a conference
with the mill management yes- <
terday morning, the 750 operatives of
Monaghan mills agreed to return to
work Monday morning. After the resumption
of work they will take up
with the management the issue which
last July 9, caused the employes of the
weave room to walk out. The trouble
arose over a conict In the rules of the
company and the Industrial Workers of t
the World. Joseph J. Ettor came to
Greenville, Thursday, to take charge of
the situation for the I W. W. He took
no part in the proceedings yesterday,
it is said.
? Chester, July 19: The 16-year-old
son of Edward B. Llpford was kicked <
in the head and on both legs by a mule
Thursday afternoon at his father's
home, about six miles from Chester on
the Pinckney street road, and is in a
precarious condition. The young fellow
had been instructed by his father to
put the animal in the stable. The halter
had been removed and before the boy
could close the door the mule, which
was a wild one, wheeled round and .
gave him a terrific blow with his heels
on the right side of his head, crushing
his skull and breaking his jaw bone.
Then, quick as a Hash, the mule gave
him two more severe kicks on each leg.
An effort was made to bring the boy to
the nospitai ror treatment dui nis condition
forbids his being moved. The <
chances are greatly against his recovery.
? Gaffney, July 18: While dozens of
hurrying pedestrians composing the
usual Saturday evening crowd, looked
on as spectators, Harolu Sparks, a
well known young white man of Cherokee
county, shot and instantly killed
a negro named Mose Moorhead, alias .
Mose Petty, on one of Gaffney's prln- Jk
cipal thoroughfares. The shooting H
took place about 8 o'clock and no W
shots were fired until alter the negro
had already cut the white man across
the left shoulder, inflicting a number
of painful wounds. It is said that the ^
dispute arose over the fact that the
negro would not drive his wagon out
of the way to let the white man pass,
and when the two met later in the
evening the argument was renewed.
Heated words were heard and then
the negro is said to have seized Mr.
Sparks and dragged him from the door
of a store, inflicting the cuts with a
large knife. Sparks then opened fire
with his pistol and three bullets took
effect in the negro's breast, around
the heart.
? At Abbeville last week, Governor
Blease used thirty of the forty-five
minutes allowed him, in explaining <
the status of the now well-known <
Richey case, although he stated at the
outset that he was not explaining or
apologizing for any of his acts during
his administration. The Richey case
was one where the governor had been
accused of pardoning a man who had j
been convicted of assaulting his
adopted fourteen-year-old daughter,
and the governor read from the stand
many voluminous documents in regard
to it. He stated that Richey had
not been pardoned, but that he
was out on a bond of $5,000; that he
had issued the papers in this case
upon the recommendation of the
prison superintendent and the testi- ft
mony of two reputable physiciuns
who had been delegated by him to f
make an examination. These physicians
were Dr. A. B. Knowlton, recently
deceased, and Dr. J. H. Mcintosh,
both of Columbia. He stated
that these physicians had stated that f
Richey was a paralytic, and" that
freedom would aid in his restoration
to health. Abbeville county is the
home of Richey, and this is the reason
assigned by the governor in explain
ing the status of the case.
? "J. E. P.," the correspondent representing
the Columbia State with the
campaign party, summarizes the developments
of last week in accordance ^
with his view as follows: Murmurs
from the section of the state that was
traversed last week by candidates for
state offices fell but once out of the category
of peace, harmony and cordial
relationship as far as the gubernatorial
campaign is concerned. With the i
exception of the Aiken meeting last f
Tuesday, the candidates showed a tendency
to confine their prodding at the
records of their rivals within the bounds
of good nature. At Aiken, however, the
partisan audience, with the factions
about equally represented, could not
refrain from cheers that had an ominous
tone. Pandemonium broke loose
when John G. Richards, candidate for
governor, read a list of questions for
newspapers and E. D. Smith, candidate
for re-election as United States sena- ^
tor, to answer. One faction resented P
the accusations and Inferences and the
other was just as determined to hear
them. The five meetings have more
definitely defined the main issues of
the campaign. The questions of enforcement
of law and the use of the
pardoning power have arisen to prime
consideration, along with the issue of
compulsory education, which, of course
is more debatable ground. In every instance
during the past week when
there were statements against the
abuse of the pardoning power and
in favor of the state the audience
cheered. In this respect Mendel L.
Smith and Richard I. Manning have
won especial prominence. On the liquor
question Charles A. Smith is in
favor of state-wide prohibition, while
the others who have expressed them- 4
selves remain for local option, either
because of personal preference or because
the voters four years ago voiced
their opinion against prohibition, and
the time, it is though, it not ripe for a
change. Of the things that happened
outside of the regular schedule of the A
campaign the statement of H. C. Folk,
chairman of the meeting at Bamberg,
furnished food for reflection. Mr. Folk
bitterly denounced the governor for his
behavior at the senatorial campaign
meeting there and the silence with
which it was heard and the applause
that greeted its conclusion were strong
arguments that the audience concurred.
In the race for lieutenant governor
the questions and answers are becoming
heated in the attacks of James
A. Hunter and B. F. Kelley upon each
other. Being members of the legisla- a
ture and adherents of different factions y
they are taking each other to task for
their votes on bills, most notable the
Fortner bill to prohibit white people
from teaching negroes and vice versa.
Andrew J. Bethea has prodded at tha
records of his opponents while William &
M. Hamer seems content to wage his
own campaign. The meeting at Bamberg
in the race for adjutant general
marked the crest of feeling between the
candidates, W. W. Moore, incumbent,
and M. C\ Willis. The other races are
also assuming very interesting features
though there is still a tendency for
each man to speak for himself and
leave his competitors alone.
Discriminatinq Aaainst Southern
Ports.?Kdwin J. Berwind, of New
York, director and officer in many railway
companies, steamship lines and
coal Companies, was cnargeu yesieruay
by B. L. Dulaney. of Bristol, Tenn.,
with chief responsibility for the failure
of the Southern railway to permit
Charleston, Fernandina, Jacksonville
and Savannah to develop into important
coal shipping ports. Mr. Dulaney
was the only witness heard yesterday
by the senate sub-committee which is
investigating the charge that the Morgan
interests are controlling the coal
rates of the Southern railway and developing
the Pennsylvania coal tields
and ports between Norfolk and New
York to the detriment of ports of the
south. Through a system of interlocking
directorates, Mr. Dulaney charges
the "coal trust" has been able to control
the lines tapping important coal
fields in Tennessee, Virginia and Ken- *
tucky, and to impose freight rates
which make it impossible for coal from
those fields to move to Charleston and
nther southern ports which now are
supplied with Pennsylvania or West
Virginia coal shipped by water from
Norfolk.?Washington dispatch.