Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
EdItorIal writer ON The Times.


reporter in New York, is now an edi-
tor of the New York Times. Mr..
Williams is recognized as a man of
great ability, with special gifts for
journalism: 1t is a pleasure to note
the success we fully expected when he
went north.
Will Let Them Serve Out Theirs Terms.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Columbia State says that Senator
Earle called upon Postmaster General
Gary few days ago in the interest OF
certain South Carolina postmasters.
The postmaster general informed Sem
ator Earle that he would not disturb
any of the South Carolina postmasters
until after the expiration of their terms
of Office, except for cause. Further
than this he could not get the post
master general to say anything.
From Greenyille to China.
Greenvile Correspondence Colum-
bia Register, Thursday: "a solid train
of twenty cars passed Greenville to-
day, twelve from Piedmont and eight
from Pelzer, loaded with drills ship
ped by the two mills to Shanghai,
China. The train will 60 to Lynch
burg, Va, and then turn west and 60
over the Northern Pacific railway to
Tacoma for shipment. There We're
$1,000 bales of drills worth $4,000 a
bale. This is the kind of business the
mills in this section believe in"
Two Hours In jail.
Thomas R. Williams, the Georgia
man who broke into the Greenville
dispensary recently, plead guilty Of
housebreaking and larceny in the
court of general sessions last week and
was sentenced by Judge Gary to two
hours in the county Jail. The light
sentence was conditional on promise
of a brother of Williams to pay all
costs and damages, including the price
of the liquor stolen and to take the
man back 10 Georgia on the afternoon
train. Williams was committed to
Jail at 10 o'clock q. m. and released at
12m.
COMMITTED For Life.
Daniel c. Murphy, convicted of the
murder of Treasurer Copes, of Or
angeburg, and sentenced to death, will
not be hanged. Governor Eilerbe has
commuted his sentence to life impris-
onment in the penitentiary. A strong
case was made out against Murphy at
the trial. At least it looked like a
strong case; but that may have been
due somewhat to the excited state of
public sentiment. But since the con-
viction, Murphy's friends have been at
work. They have shown that.there is
a strong probability that the case
against Murphy was worked up for
the sake of the reward and such
serious doubts have heen raised in the
mind of the governor, that he has
finally decided to commute the SEN
tence. The governors decision was
arrived at on last Thursday.
The Pardon of Harmon.
Solicitor Nelson is raising big kick
in the papers about the pardon of
Harmon, sentenced to the penitentiary
for life for killing young Caughman, in
Lexington, sometime ago. According
to Nelson's statement, the attorneys
for Harmon slipped up on the states
attorneys and managed to get the par
don purely on an ex-parte hearing.
The solicitor maintains that Harmon's
conviction and sentence were just, and
that he ought TO have gone TO the
penilentiary Governor EIlerbe states
that he was not aware that the other
side wanted hearing; that he arrived
at his conclusion from reading the
testimony in the case, and that the
result would have been the same even
if both sides had been heard.
G. Walt to G. Wash.
G.. Walton Whitman has published
the following open letter to G. Wash
Shell: Dear Sir-Will you he so kind
as to furnish to the state press copy
of "The She'll Manifesto" together
with notes showing in what respects it
is applicable to the present time? The
original copy will serve the purpose
with a simple change of dates and
other immaterial matter. l am sure
you will merit the well done of all true
and original Reformers by doing so, be-
sides you will give the people some
interesting reading, and refresh fading
memories. Besides all this it will
form a nucleus around which all true
patriots can rally. This request is
made on behalf of the true and the
tried patriots of our grand old state,
of whom there are thousands "who
have not bowed the kuee to Baal."
Discriminating Justice.
Sometime ago, dispensary consta-
bles raided the room of Cal Smith, in
Greenville, says a correspondent of
the Columbia Register. Smith claimed
that they pulled his room and cloth
ing about promiscuously. The next
day Constable Davis was in the sher-
itf's office in conversation with the
sheriff Smith entered the Office aud
seeing Davis called him dirty puppy
and stated that he had torn up his
goods generally. Davis promptly
pulled his pistol, reached over the
sheritf's shoulder and with an oath
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