Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Mrs. McLaurin Out of Danger.

Mrs. JOnn u. McLaurln, VINO was re-
Gently called upon to undergo critical
surgical operation, Is still In Garfield
hospital, Washington; but is now out
of danger. On account Of the operation
Senator McLaurin remained at the
hospital for ten days just before and
after the adjournment of congress. He
was unable to take part in the busi-
ness that pressed during the adjourn
ment hours or to participate in the in
exercises. He was able
last week, however, to make trip to
his home at Bennettsville, to prepare
for the return of Mrs. McLaurin as
soon as she is able to leave the hos
pital.
Sent Up For Three Years.
F. M. Player, dispenser at Kingstree,
has been found guilty Of breach of
trust with fraudulent intent. Judge
Watts sentenced him to three years in
the penitentiary. This is the first con-
viction of the kind since the dispen-
sary started. Player is a white man of
considerable political influence. Last
Christmas he claimed that robbers rode
up to his dispensary and robbed the
safe Of over $4,000, which by law should
have been turned over to the county
treasurer. His bond had expired the
day before, and other suspicious cir
cumstances led to an investigation,
which ended in conviction. Judge
Watts refused a new trial.
Myyfery In Anderson.
Arthur MCGEE. who mysteriously dis
on October %, 1900, at point
three miles south of. this place as he
was returning from Anderson, sudden
ly made his appearance at his home
last night, says Honea Path dispatch
of Saturday. He is a son of Rev. DR..
M. MCGEE, a prominent Baptist minis
ter here, and is about 80 years old. He
has a wife and four small childreA;
He claims to have been kidnapped Ny
two men belonging to Sells Bros
shows, which exhibited at Anderson
on the date mentioned, and he has
since been held in bondage by these
people. His story is not generally be-
lieved by the people Of this section, as
it has been reported that he has been
living in Athens, Ga, under the as
sumed name Of Charles Jones, or John
son, for several months.
This VIII BE Valuable.
News and Courier: J. G. Darlington,
editor of the Sparanburg Herald, an
nounces that he will publish June 1, a
book entitled Men of the Times; a
Biographical Encyclopedia Of Contem-
poraneous South Carolina Leaders" "
Mr.. Darlington is we'll equipped to per-
form the task he has assigned himself.
In his capacity as editor Of a progress
i've daily newspaper, his opportunities
for familiarizing himself with the men
and affairs of his day have been excel
lent. He is possessed of forceful and
graphic style in composition, and he
will bring to his work an ardent love
of his native state and conscientious
desire to record her history with judi
cious accuracy. That book such as
he proposes to print may be rendered
Of much value no one will doubt, and
it is gratifying to learn that tine COM
pilation of it has been undertaken by
so competent hand.
No Use To Deny 1t.
Washington dispatch Of March 20 to
the New York Tribune: Senator Till
man passed through Washington to-
day, on his way to Buffalo, where he is
booked for a speech tomorrow night at
a dinner Of the Independent club on
the operations Of the South Carolina
dispensary law, of which he is the au-
thor. what are you going to tell the
Buffalo people about your dispensary
law?" a representative Of The Tribune
asked Mr.. Tillman. II am going to tell
them the TRUTH" he replied, "and that
is that the dispensary system is work.
ing first rate for temperance in South
Carolina" Are you going to tell them
that the dispensary law is observed in
Charleston" The senator winked his
right eye wisely and he replied:
charleston, you know, has always
been a hotbed of secession. The peo-
pie there secede from anything and ev-
erything when they feel like it. I un-
derstand the Charlestonians drink a
good deal of Scotch whisky in their
clubs, and also that you can buy
Scotch whisky in saloons in that city.
If the Buffalo folks ask me about this,
1 shall tell them the truth as I under
stand it,"
Stories About Tillman.
Savannah Morning News: We are
not among those who believe Senator
Tillman the demagogue that some Of
his enemies paint him. So good a
Democratic journal as the New York
World prints a story about him from
it's Washington correspondent, that we
are almost sure is not true. The story
is that a railroad attorney who recent
ly returned to Washington from the
South, says that on his trip South he
rode in the same train with Senator
Tillman. Mrs. Tillman accompanied
the senator, and they occupied luxu-
rious parlor car until they reached the
line of South Carolina. At that point
the senator and his wife left the parlor
car and took seats in an ordinary day
coach. The lawyer expressed the opin-
ion that they were too wise to ride
their own state in a richly up
holstered car, because if they had been
seen by any of the senator's constitu-
ents the report would have gone abroad
that the senator was no longer satis-
fled to be associated with plain people,
but sought all of the luxuries enjoyed
by trust magnates and millionaires. A