Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-11-06

ship Kearsarge, Massachusetts, Ala
bama and Potomac will visit the
Charleston exposition about December
1st.
DIR. Ensor Re-Appointed.
DR.. ]. F. Ensor has been reappointed
as postmaster at Columbia. The doctor
has been giving entire satisfaction In
the discharge Of the duties Of the office
and had the endorsement Of a large
per cent. Of the white Democrats Of Co.
lumbia for re-appointment.
Colored State Fair.
A. E. Hampton, manager, announces
that the colored State Fair will be held
in Columbia, from November Is to %,
inclusive. He says that the railroads
have granted reduced rates and that
all arrangements have been perfected
for a creditable exhibit Of the agricul-
tural and industrial progress of the COL
ored population.
An Even Swap.
One day last week a white man called
into a grocery store in Anderson to
trade a dozen eggs for gallon Of kero-
sene Oil. The groceryman started to
tcount the eggs when he discovered that
they were not only past eating, but
rotten, and declared the trade off. The
man took the eggs and went into the
adjoining store and there made the
trade He brought his can of oil into
the first store to be taken care of until
he left town and said that man was
easy" The groceryman notified his
neighbor, who went, got the can Of oil
emptied it in his tank and filled the can
with water.
Murder In Columbia.
A man named William Seaver was
killed in Columbia last Saturday night,
and his roommate, Walter Rinder, was
dangerously wo1nded. The two men
were occupying a room in a hovel on
the outskirts Of the city. About II
o'clock three men came to the house
and demanded admittance, claiming
that they had a search warrant, and
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When the two men went to the door,
the visitors commenced firing. One
side of Seaver's head was shot off and
Rinder was wounded in the arm and
leg. The men came to Columbia last
spring to take the place of strikers In
the Southern railway shops, and 1t Is
supposed that this has something to do
with the murder. There Is a theory,
however that woman is the cause of
the trouble.
After Koester.
At a meeting of the colored ministe-
rial Union, held in Columbia last We'd
nesday, the following preamble and
resolutions, signed by committee con-
sisting of J. S. Mobley, C. P. Nelson and
B. J. Ramsey, were adopted: Whereas,
as it has been charged and currently
rumored that George R. Koester, who
has been appointed collector of internal
revenue for the district of South Caro-
lima, participated in the lynching Of a
Negro, about 1894, at CASTOR, Lexington
county, demanding the first shot, and
after boasting Of having fired the first
shot, in consequence Of the crowd he
led having caught up with the victim,
prior to the others in pursuit; and
whereas, the said charge remains un-
denied up to this time; and whereas,
upon investigation the said charge
seems to be sustained, therefore, We
the said colored ministers, assembled
at Stenhouse Hall, Columbia, S. c., for
the purpose Of considering this heinous
matter, and for the purpose Of taking
action, do declare our adherence Of this
dastardly crime and Indignantly pro-
test against the appointment Of the said
George R. Koester, and if commission
has been issued, plead for its revocation
until the same has been investigated"
PardOned by the Governor.
Columbia State, Tuesday: The COVER
nor had up for consideration yesterday,
a rather peculiar case, one that mas
heretofore been referred to, and after a
perusal of the papers he granted the
pardon asked for. 1t was the case or
Thomas Gibson, a young white man,
convicted in Spartanburg of man.
slaughter and sentenced to two years
in the state prison. An appeal was TAX
en- in this case and Gibson had not COM
menced the service of his sentence. He
has not yet recovered from the wounds
inflicted upon him by the man he killed.
Recently he was in Columbia and his
counsel brought him to see the COVER
nor; he is pitiful looking object His
adversary seems to have cut him almost
to pieces. The physician testified that
the man killed must have died instant