Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-06-05
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Three Years and Three Months.

NCVOs
Three Years and Three Months.
Ned Edwards, the Yorkville Negro
charged with murder at Gaffney, was
tried on Wednesday, convicted of
and sentenced to the
for three years and three
months.
Said to Be Significant.
The State, Thursday: Ex-Gover-
nor John Gary Evans is in the city, at
the Hotel Jerome. Last evening a
number of his friends called upon him.
Most of them were political friends.
His visit is understood to have consid-
erable political significance.
As to a Court Of Inquiry.
A representative of The Register
called upon Governor Ellerbe or
Thursday to inquire whether court Of
inquiry would be held to investigate
the conduct of General Watts on in
spection day. The governor said that
inasmuch as no complaint bad beer
lodged with him he could not, under
the law, order such an inquiry. But
should formal complaint be made 10
him against General Watts he would
order the court.
seDsthing Of Pedestrian
There is Norman elder in Seneca,
says dispatch, who might find 1t
more profitable in financial way by
becoming a professional pedestrian.
Every Sunday morning he leaves SEN
eca, walks to little settlement in Ab"
beville county, twenty.six miles away,
reaching there by 10 o'clock. Then
he conducts q Sunday school and
returning home in the even
ing. He does the fifty-two miles with
ease and does not think it anything
for days jaunt.
Fire at The Asylum.
There was a big fire within the
grounds of the state hospital for the
insane, last Wednesday, and there
came near also being lynching. Fire
broke out in the laundry building. DIR.
Babcock instructed Negro laborer to
stand at the door and not allow any
one to come in. When. Fire Chief
May arrived, the Negro refused to ad-
NIT him. There was an alteration, as
tie result of which the chief knocked
the Negro down with brick, where
upon another Negro knocked the chief
down also. The Negro who struck
the chief was arrested by the police,
and there was great excitement. Su-
perintendent Babcoek ordered the re-
lease of the Negro, and the fremen
threatened to leave the burning build
ing to its fate. Better counsel, how
ever, prevailed, and after the fire was
gotten under control, explanations
followed. The loss to the laundry
building and contents is estimated at
about $4,000, on which there was
insurance to the amount Of Sc, 400.
The Negro who was knocked down by
Chief May was Abram Moore, and the
Negro who knocked the chief down
was Will Mackey.
The DIspensary Board WrangIe.
The wrangle over the craftsmanship
of the state board of dispensary con-
troll was temporarily settled, last
Wednesday night, by the adoption of
a resolution whereby, commencing
at the bottom of the
list, each member is to be chairman for
one month. All receipts and remittan-
ces are to be under the control of the
state commissioner instead of under
the control of the chairman. MT.
Williams read a written statement in
which he set forth his grievances
against Colonel Jones, as chairman.
He claimed that Colonel Jones had
nulliied the will of the board in that
he sold liquor to the Columbia dispen-
saries cheaper than to the other dis
pensaries that he had bought bottles
in larger quantities than he had been
to buy them in that not
withstanding the fact that there was
money in the bank, he had neglected
to pay bills in time to get advantage of
the discounts, entailing a loss to the
state of $50, 900 year. Colonel Jones
showed that the over-purchase of bot
ties was under contract that had
been made by Commissioner Nixon.
Dereliction in prompt payment of bills
be explained by the statement that on
account of lack of storage room, etc.,
it was often impossible to check up
bills of lading until after drafts were
matured. He submitted documentary
and other evidence to show that each
one of Mr.. Williams's charges was
without proper foundation in fact.
As TILLMAN SEES IT.-When Sena-
tor Tillman was asked last Tuesday
for an expression concerning the decis.