Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-27
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FROM CONTEMPORARIES.
News and Comment That Is of More
or Less Local Interest.
CHESTER

CHESTER.
Lantern, July %: The Democrats,
Popocrats, Republocrats and citizens
of every political faith whatever are
going to have an opportunity of hear
ing a discussion of national issues right
here in Chester and that at an early
date. r. B. Caldwell, ESQ.,. chairman
of the county Democratic executive
committee, issued a call last Thursday
for a meeting of the committee IN MS
office the following Friday. On ac-
count of the hard rain that morning
only about six of the 16 members were
present. The object of the meeting had
gone abroad, however, and some ten OF
fifteen of the leading men Of the coun-
ty were present to meet with the COM
mittee, and the empty chairs were all
filled. Mr.. Caldwell stated that the
meeting had been called at the request
of member, Mr.. John M. Wise, OF
Halsellville, and called on Mr.. Wise
to explain the object Mr.. Wise said
that the people of his section of the
county wanted to hear a discussion OF
the national issues Of the day by Sena-
tor Tillman and the various prospect
i've candidates for Senator McLaurin's 8
seat, and that he had thought that It
would be best for the executive COM
mittee to extend the invitation to these
gentlemen, and that the speaking take
place in Chester. Without single ex-
ception everybody present approved
the suggestion; but as only six MEM
bers Of the executive committee were
present 1t was decided to select COM
mittee to fix the time and place for the
speaking and to extend the invitation
on behalf Of the citizens Of Chester
county. A call for the rally" COM
bined with an invitation to the speak
ers was drawn up, and after the sig
natures Of every one present had been
affixed, copies were handed three or
four Of the gentlemen for circulation.
Reports received at headquarters ind1-
cate that the call is being extensively
signed. The committee appointed by
the chairman of Fridays meeting to
fix the time and place and to invite the
speakers is as follows: Colonel I. j.
Cunningham, chairman; Messrs. j. G..
| ~ W.nte, Jno. NJ. Wise, Hugh w. Mill
Ter, Sam T. McKeown, P. L. Hardin
r. o. Atkinson, Jno. S. Withers, S. E.
Wylie, w. B. Ferguson and ]. M.
Hougn. A full meeting Of the commit
tee will be held at the court house on
Friday, August I'd, and by that time 1t
Is expected that the chairman Will
know what date will be convenient for
majority of the speakers to attend....
Judge J. ]. Mcclure was appointed ref
cree in bankruptcy more than two
years ago. His first term expired
without his having had single case.
He hesitated about qualifying again.
but finally accepted another term. and
now, lust as he Is entering upon 1t, ne
has two cases, the first under the law
in this county During the recent
term Of court at Lancaster, Solicitor j..
K. Henry, accepted a plea Of guilty
Of manslaughter," with the under
standine tnat the sentence of the court
would not be less than 10 years, In a
murder case which came UP for trial.
The Van Wyck CORRESPONDENT of the
Lancast ster Ledger, who lives in the
neighborhood where the crime was
committed, says that for brutality and
Nervousness it would be hard to find
a parallel case, and he criticises the
action of the solicitor numerically and
declares that while Mr.. Henry under
stands the law, he hardly understands
the demands of an outraged justice.
He takes for granted that If the case
had gone to jury the defendant would
have been convicted and sentenced to
hang. This correspondents article
brought forth a card from r. E. wy
lie, ESQ.,, who was associated with the
solicitor in the case, in which Mr.. wy
lie says that the solicitor acted In the
matter without his consent and against
his earnest protest. We clip the fol-
lowing lines from his statement: Il
then asked the solicitor If he had con-
suited with the relatives of the dead
woman-he said no. I then suggested
that he do so. He said there was no
use. I then told him that it was a
most diabolical murder and that pro-
tested against his action, and wanted
1t understood that did not consent to
| it. He said he would state to the court
that it was done against my protest.
When the case was called he accord
ingly stated to the court that he had
agreed to allow the prisoner to enter
a plea of guilty of manslaughter, with
the understanding that the sentence
would be not less than 10 years in the
penitentiary-but that in justice to Mr.
Wylie he would state to the court that
it was done against his protest. The
judge accordingly sentenced Massey
to Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
ten years. The above statement Of
facts show my connection with the
case and in justice to myself / have
made them" The Rock Hill Herald
refers to the matter and says that the
solicitor has been made to appear in
very bad light by his actions In the
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