Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-07-17
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Governor Evans Not Pleased.

Governor Evans Not Pleased.
August Kohn's letter of Friday to
The News and Courier: Governor
Evans, in speaking Of the Aiken "di-
vision" scheme, said today that it did
not meet with his approval, and that
as a citizen of that county he could
not endorse it. The executive commit
tee had exceeded their powers in max
ing such an arrangement, and while
he believed the people of Aiken were
for fair, square and equitable divis-
ion, he did not believe they would
endorse the plan of the committee,
which was contrary to good Democrat
ic law, so to speak. 1t is highly
probable that Aiken will make a
division and do the "square thing; !"
but, judging from expressions of lead
ers who live in Columbia, and who
occasionally come here, the action of
the executive committee has not met
with favor from the extreme Tillman-
ties.
More Bloodshed.
There was another scene of blood
shed on account of the dispensary law
last Friday. 1t occurred in Columbia,
William Sheppard had been enjoined
from selling liquor. Upon affidavit
that he had disobeyed the injunction.
Judge Townsend ruled him for con-
tempt, and sentenced him to months
at hard labor in the penitentiary.
Three or four constables went to Shep-
pard's place of business to arrest him.
There was a fusllade of pistol shots
and presently Sheppard was wounded
in two places, one ball passing through
the aeshy part of one leg, and the
other grazing his neck. The chief of
police of Columbia entered Sheppard's
place of business while the shooting
was going on, and Sheppard surrender
ed to him. Sheppard and his friends
claim that the constables fired the first
shot. They claim that the constables
went into Sheppard's place of business
and ordered him 10 throw up his
hands and commenced firing. The
constables claim that Sheppard fired
the first shot in resistance of arrest.
Sheppard was hauled to the peniten-
tiary and placed in confinement.
Lynching In Greenville.
There was lynching at Greenville
last Monday night. The victim was
Ira Johnson, the Negro who recently
killed Frank Langford, a young white
man. johnson had been in Jail for
about eight days. There was a good
deal Of talk of lynching and the Ne
groes of the city turned out each night
to guard the Jail. Upon the assurance
of the authorities to the effect that
there was no danger of violence, they
failed to turn out on Sunday night.
A mob Of about one hundred men
came from the Marietta section,
broke open the Jail took out the
Negro, carried him to point about
three miles from town, hung him to a
tree and riddled his body with bull
lets. The affair created great indig-
nation among the Negroes. They
collected about the streets and threat
ened retaliation against white man
in Jail charged with murder. The
rifle companies turned out to prevent
further violence. The fire companies
were kept on duty all night to guard
against possible incendiary fires, and
the full force of policemen was kept
patrolling the streets until late hour
yesterday morning. At last accounts
the excitement was still at high
pitch but there had been no further
violence.