Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-06-17
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color. Some weeks ago Marshal
Payne was shot by Negro. Satur-
day the Negro was captured and re-
turned to Dunnellon, when, it is sup.
posed, some Negroes were employed to
take him down the river and drown
dim. Sunday evening the laborers OF
the Dunnellon Phosphate mine heard
of it, and at once organized to mete
out similar justice to those implicated.
They succeeded in lynching two of the
men, and were only prevented from
lynching nine others by the appear.
ance of Sheriff Nugent and an armed
posse, who went down on a special
train from Ocala.
St. Louis Globe.Democrat 10th :
Joseph Hatfield, proprietor of tho Ire
mont hotel, Marion, had remarkable
experience today. For nearly 20 years
he has been a sufferer from a pain in
the right lung, and physicians have
given him up as hopeless consump
tive. Recently he had a number OF
hemorrhages. Today he had another
attack, and felt something dislodge
from the spot in his lung that had
given him so much pain. The foreign
substance was torn loose and coughed
out. On examination it was found to
be tooth that had been lodged in the
lung for nearly 20 years. Mr.. Hatfield
says that about 20 years ago he had a
number of teeth extracted, and that
gas was administered to relieve the
pain and that the tooth must have
passed down his throat when he was
unconscious.
According to General Anderson,
commanding the department of the
Lakes, says a Chicago dispatch, the
heavy losses of the American troops
in the recent engagements with the
Filipinos at Los Pinas and Bakoor,
south of Manila, were caused by the
artillery which Admiral Dewey pre-
sented to Aguinaldo last winter. The
batteries in position, General Ander-
son says, are being operated by Span.
ish prisoners who have been released
by Aguinaldo with the understanding
that they enlist in the insurgent
army. General Anderson took the
first detachment of troops to the Phil
ippines last fall and was a prominent
figure in the first negotiations with the
Filipino government. "When Ad.
miral Dewey captured Cavite," said
General Anderson, "he took possession
of a lot of artillery and later present
ed it to Aguiualdo. 1t is these cannon
that are now being used by the lnsur-
gents against our troops with sucn
deadly effect in the province south OF
Manila. The Spaniards operating the
guns are experts in the handling OF
field pieces and are evidently using
their knowledge with deadly effect on
our troops. The native Filipino
knows nothing of the proper handling
of artillery"
- In recent address, Judge Emory
Speer, of Georgia, said: awe south
ern people know that there is a won
derful difference among the Negroes.
There is doubtless as much difference
in tribal descent among them as in the
nationality or ancestry among the white
people. While some Of our Negro
population are descended from degra-
ded tribes and yet preserve in exasper-
ating perfection their ancestral vices,
others spring from those gentle and
manly races who kindly administered
to the helpless Livingstone in his long
wanderings across the Dark Continent.
These worthy men have the confidence
and good will of the southern states.
Indeed, the Negro is largely the peas
antry of the southern states, and his
labors add enormously to the aggre-
gate wealth. l feel that after all
that has been said, the colored farm
er is no mean friend of the state
with all of its advancing civilization.
There are visionaries who talk about
the colonization of the Negro but un'
less he chooses to go himself this is ut
terly impraclicable. My word for it,
he will not choose TO go. No race has
stronger, more loyal attachments than
the Negro. Way down in our hearts
we do not want him to CO."
- "Tip" says in the New York
Press: "No class in a community
loses so quickly aud permanently the
respect OF the public as defeated prize
fighters. Sullivan was hated, Corbett
is despised. Fitz is without honor in
his own country as we'll as here.
There is nothing in pugilism but the
champion. Vac Victims! d! Vac Nictis
Pugilism is degrading; that is why
people wash their hands of its victims,
its vanquished. With one accord
they all rise up and call Filz an old
man-too old to be active and take
punishment-scant of wind Bah
There is no easier life than the prize
fighters. At 81, or 40, or even 45, he
should be in his very prime. | saw
Judge Roger A. Pryor going down
Broadway on Saturday, and as he
started to cross Maiden lane he ran
into team. His long raven hair near
ly stood on end as, with leap and a
twist, a dodge and a duck, this aged
lawyer and jurist escaped maceration.
At II his agility is that of man OF
20. Fitzsimmons is all out at 81
80