Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-02-08
Straps and faets.

pie OF the south and cruelty mallgnlng
them on account of the race riots IN
South Carolina, appeared in court the
other, day as prosecutor of a young
Negro taken to her home and given
employment. The Negro began steal
ing as soon he began work, and one
day, when he had taken $12 in cash, he
was discharged. He began making
nightly visits 10 the Grannis house
after his discharge, and each Time he
carried off anything of value he could
Law hands on. The servants at last
caught him in the act and turned him
over to detective, and Mrs. Grannis
had to appear and prosecute.
Representative Jones, of Coving-
ton, Ala, has introduced into the house
of representatives of Alabama, uni
que resolution to the effect that in all
transactions in that state of Judicial,
educational or business character, and
in all matters, public or private, where
it is necessary or desirable to distln-
guish between the Anglo.Saxon and
the black races, the word "colored" as
now applied to the black race shall be
eliminated and the word "Negro" sub
stituted therefor, and that writing or
printing the word the initial letter shall
be capital, as is the custom in respect
to other distinctive races. The pream-
BILE to the resolution sets out that
"colored" is not generic word, and
that the word "Negro" is not intended
as an insult or stigma to the race.
.. The Alabama statutes now refer to the
Negro as "a person of color"
"A New Orleans dispatch says that
the committees having in charge the
arrangements for handling the conven-
ton of cotton planters and representa-
tives of the allied interests in their
trade nave finally decided to postpone
the call of the convention to an indeh-
mite date. The fear is entertained lest
the interval between now and the 18th
of February, the date originally set for
the convention, is too brief to permit
of bringing large and representative at
tendance. to New Orleans for the oc-
casion. Owing to the fact that the
planters throughout the cotton belt
are even now engaged in the duty OF
preparing ground for the coming crop,
it is deemed inadvisable to fix any
time for holding such convention.
The cotton planters are, the committee
says, in very bad financial condition,
and the incumbrance on them at the
season of the year renders it impossi-
BILE for them to assemble.
- An Ohio jury has refused to award
the heir of man who was lynched
the damages to which they are entitled
under the law. The case is to he
carried to the supreme court of the
state but as the statute says that the
damages shall be paid only on the de-
cision of a county jury, any action
which the highest tribunal may take
in the matter can have no effect. Law
in this case is as completely nulllfied
as it was when the lynched man met
his fate. The Providence Journal says :
"The state of Ohio is no better than
North Carolina in enforcing civil
rights. Mob rule is justified, and
there is no help for the situation that
such fact indicates. Both civil and
criminal proceedings to right crimes
of the kind referred to are futile. This
is very plain statement of disagree
able fact; but it is not the first case OF
the kind in Ohio. In Indiana Govern
or Mount has found that even he could
not punish lynching mobs."
- The inquiry ordered by the house
of representatives as TO what members
had forfeited their seats by reason OF
accepting other offices, ended last Fri
day with finding by the judiciary
committee that Major General Wheel
er, a member from Alabama; Colonel
James R. Campbell, of Illinois; Col
onel David G. Colson, of Kentucky ;
and Major Edward Robbins, of Penn
sylvania, had vacated their seats in
the house by accepting commissions in
the army. At the same time the com
mittee determined that none of the
members of congress serving on civil
commissions had thereby vacated their
seats in the house. The Judiciary
committee has been conducting the in
uuiry for several days, and after an
arduous session, ending at $50 p. m,
the injunction of secrecy was removed.
General Wheeler was asked by re-
porter for an interview but refused to
have anything to say until after the
matter is passed upon by the house.
Rev. DR.. Charles Seymour Robin
son died at his home in New York last
Thursday morning. He had been
seriously i'll for some weeks. DR.. Rob-
inson was a Presbyterian divine, we'll
known as writer of hymns and books.
For some years he had not been con-
nected with any pastorate. He was
born at Bennington, VT, March 81,
1929. His first pastorate was at Park
Presbyterian church, at Troy. In
1868, owing to the i'll health of his
wife, DR.. Robinson decided to 60
abroad, and was invited to the Ameri.
can chapel at Paris. He established
there a church, where there had only
been a preaching station; but at the
end of two years the war between
France and Germany drove many
Americans away from Paris, and the
church was discontinued. In 1871,
DR.. Robinson received call to the
Memorial Presbyterian church in New
York city, and this congregation soon
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