Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Passing Lead For Silver.

| News and Courier: There is one bus
mess man in Charleston who Will have
his eyes skinned hereafter. for the
wandering fakir. He was caught the
other day for five dollars and the lead
money left with him will be held as q
souvenir, as it cannot be solved with
out serious complications. The stran-
ger went into the establishment.
bought few cigars and gave bill in
In change and he walked out into the
street with five Of them jingling in his
pockets. A moment later he returned.
"This money Is so heavy" he said, II
am going to ask you to take 1t back
and give me my paper bill There ap-
peared to be nothing wrong In the re-
quest and the transfer was made. The
business man dropped the five "silver'
dollars in the drawer. The next Gus
toner who called got two Of them in
change. He kicked. This money is
lead, all right" he said. II guess
you've been up against the hot ones"
And when the coins were examined 1t
was found that they were very poor
tcounterfeits, but by that time the
hot" one had disappeared.
General Buffers Road Suggestion.
Greenville News: General M. c. But
Ter, Of Edgefeld county, is interesting
himself actively In the good roads
movement in this state. He was
among the delegates appointed by Gov
ernor McSweeney to the convention to
meet in Greenville December 18th and
Goth. General Butler recognizes the
great Importance Of this progressive
movement and has thrown the weight
Of his personality and influence In Its
| ahal io OF
the moral support Of his approval, but
is actively at work in the cause. In an
interview published in a Georgia paper
recently, he said that >he proposed to
advocate the adoption by the next ses-
sion Of the legislature Of bill to make
the state railroad commissioners also
commissioners of public highway. He
says the public roadways are scarcely
second in Importance to the states
railroads, and the commissioners might
have supervision Of both. Their time
Is not fully occupied with the railroads
and they might greatly improve the
public roadways Of the state by sys-
tematizing the country work and es-
tablishing general plan that will en-
courage permanent improvements, the
use Of the best material and the wisest
methods Of road construction.
Lynching In Anderson.
| A Negro named Laddison was lynch
ed in the western part Of Anderson
county last Sunday. During Satur-
day, the Negro went to the home Of
Mr.. Perry Craft, and finding Mrs.
Craft alone. asked for something to
eat. She turned to get him food and
remarked, you Negroes are always
around begging" This angered the
Negro, and he shot Mrs. Craft. The
bullet took effect in her spine and pro-
duced probably fatal wound. Mr..
Craft, who was working in field
near by, was attracted to the house by
the shooting, and seizing his pistol
tried to fire at the Negro. The pistol
snapped. The Negro shot several
times at Mr.. Craft. Mr.. Alex. Glenn
was some distance away with Win
| chester, and seeing the Negro running
began firing at him. One bullet went
through the Negroes leg but did not
stop him. Next day the Negro was cap
| tured at the convict camp on the Coo
ley place, some six miles distant. He
made no resistance. A crowd Of 200
people took him to Mrs. Craft and had
him positively identified. After that
he was hanged on hickory tree about
a half mile from the house. Some 20
or more Negroes participated In the
| ,ynching, and they wanted to burn the
| body; but this was not permitted.
When the Negro was dead the body
was cut down and a piece Of paper
containing the following was pinned on
his coat: "This Negro was hanged for
shooting a white lady in this settle
ment without cause, November, "a,
1901" The lynchers made no effort to
disguise themselves.
Concerning Mr. Koester.
The latest issue of Harpers Weekly
has this to say concerning the presi-
dents appointment Of Mr.. George R.
koester as collector Of internal reve-
nue. for South Carolina: "The move
ment against the appointment Of Geo.
R. Koester, collector of internal reve-
nue. Of South Carolina, seems to have
failed. President Roosevelt appointed
him, but a petition against the ap-
pointment was circulated on the
ground that Koester had been conspic-
uously concerned in the lynching Of
Negro. The New York Sun tells at
some length what seems to be the
whole story. Three Negroes were con-
cerned, in 1893, in shocking attack
on a white woman. One was caught,
but not at first identified, and was
lodged in Jail. A week later the second
was caught, and confessed, incrimina-
ting the first captive. He was hanged
and shot summarily. Mr.. Koester was
present as a reporter and sent an ac-
count Of the proceedings to his paper
at Columbia. Pursuit Of the third one
followed instantly. Koester happened
to have a fresh horse, and himself ran
down and arrested the third Negro,
who was presently identified and hang
ed. But Koester's chief connection