Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-07-10

| er HdIneS Will De duueu do thSy O. y
suggested to the governor by parties In
terested. Those already named are
Alonzo Her, Of Union; DR.. James Nc
Intosh, Col. Jos. Y. Culbreath and o. M.
Jamison, of Newberry; w. B. Smith
Whaley and Colonel Willie Jones, of
Columbia; Augustin T. Smythe, of
Charleston; Colonel John B. Cleveland,
Mayor A. B. Calvert and Hon. V. c.
West, of Spartanburg; Major Jas. F.
Hart, Yorkville; Colonel John L. Black,
Blacksburg; and Mr.. A. c. Latimer, OF
Bolton.
The Late Joseph LeConte.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier: Prof. Joseph LeConte, whose
death was announced in The Sunday
News, was one of the most distinguish
ed scientists of America. From 1856 to
1869 he was a professor at the South
Carolina college, and in 1869 he left
here to go to California, where he has
been engaged in the great university
since that time. He was succeeded at
the South Carolina college by DR.. Jas.
Woodrow. DR.. LeConte and DR.. Wood
row, perhaps the two greatest profess
sors of science who have labored in this
state, were close personal friends and
admirers of each other. During the
war DR.. LeConte was in charge of the
Confederate laboratories at the Fair
grounds here, and when he left here for
other work he was succeeded by Dr..
James Woodrow. DR.. LeConte has vis-
tied South Carolina often in recent
years and came here especially to see
his daughter, Mrs. r. Means Davis.
Mrs. Davis went out to California last
month to visit her parents and to at
tend a wedding in the family, and was
near her distinguished father at the
time Of his death.
still Misrepresenting McLaurin.
:Greenville News, Thursday: Refer
ring to the story that he had opposed
the appropriation for the Charleston
exposition on the ground that that the
passage Of the bill would have added
too largely to the prestige of Senator
Tillman, Senator McLaurin denounced
the report as an Infamous lie. He said:
II never heard the story before; but
anyone who makes that statement ut
ters an Infamous lie" 1t was reported
that he consulted Speaker Henderson
and Senator Hanna with a view Of de-
feating the appropriation. Il never
mentioned 1t to Senator Hanna, except
to ask him to help 1t through. 1t Is
true I was not prominently identified
with the original effort to have the ap-
preparation passed. Senator Tillman,
as a member of the committee on ap-
propriations, introduced the bill the
first day Of the session and took charge
Of 1t in the senate. Mr.. Latime.' was
it's recognized sponsor in the house. en-
Congressman Elliott, in whose district
Charleston is, was allowed to have but
little to do with the measure In the
house. But the statement that I op-
posed the appropriation or wanted to
see it fail, or endeavored to secure Its
failure, Is untrue in every sense OF the
word"
Columbia and Charleston Tigers.
Columbia special Of July to Green
vile News: Governor McSweeney to-
day in speaking about the dispensary
situation in Charleston and the action
Of the state board ofdirectors, said that
Chairman Williams had called on him
and that the governor and the board
were in thorough accord as to what
was to be done. The governor, talking
about Columbia blind tigers, said In ef-
feet: "If the police force of the city
does not make an effort to stop the IL
licit sale Of whisky the profits from CO.
lumbia will be taken away and an
amount sufficient to employ contables
to enforce the law will be used. The
remainder will be turned over to the
county and the city will get nothing.
The governor thinks the police here a e
not doing their duty. The Charleston
police make raids constantly and, al
though it has been charged that they
were fake raids, that remains to be
shown. The policemen in Columbia,
however, pay no attention to this mat
ter at all and unless more activity Is
displayed it may be that the city will
lose all Of it's profits. The whole mat
ter will come up again at meeting or
the state board Of directors on the 18th
instant. 1t is said that then some
startling revelations will be made as to
Charleston and the constabularies'
dealings with the blind tigers. 1t Is in
timated that the constables are openly
paid by blind tigers and that proof can
be produced. 1t Is not charged that
anything of the kind Is done In Column
bia, though a very thorough investiga-
tion is to be made all around. But the
board and the governor have the power
to withhold profits and that fact Is par
ticularly interesting just now.
To Re-Organize the Alliance.
Columbia State, Monday: The time
for the annual meeting of the state AL