Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-09
Confederate Pensions.

Confederate Pensions.
It will be interesting to know tina
the pension roll Of the state shows
that there are 1907 pensioners on tn'
rolls. Of this number 4,575 are old sol
diers and 2,132 are the widows Of vet
Grams.
The Governor Appoints.
News and Courier: Governor NC
Sweeney finds that under the statute
law ne has the authority to appoint
the successor to Sheriff Kennedy, o
Abbeville This is somewhat uneXpect
ed, but the statute law requires tha'
the governor shall appoint sherif
where a vacancy occurs from any
cause. Governor McSweeney has writ
ten the Abbeville delegation that II II
be the desire to have primary it vii
be acceptable to MIN; but if the delega'
ton wish to recommend some one FOL
appointment he will appoint whoever
the delegation recommends, presum1nS
of course, that a suitable person be
suggested. 1t is likely that a primary
will be held.
What About Railroad Commission.
A correspondent Of the Columbia State
sends that paper the following: The
new legislature will soon convene ano
can render great service to the people
by abolishing the present railroad com
mission, and creating a new commits
sion in it's stead. 1t is we'll known thai
the present commission Is hopeless
failure and worse than no commission
at all. The new commission should be
made elective by the legislature or ap-
pointive by the governor and relieve
the present deplorable condition. Siml-
lar action was taken year ago with
reference to the state board of control
and all will admit that great i'm
provement was made by that wise and
timely legislation. Now let the legisla-
ture abolish the railroad commission
and a great benefit will result and will
amply pay the entire cost of the whole
legislative session.
g.srdoned With a whipping.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier: Governor McSweeney, on Fri
day, granted a pardon to John Lurry
of this county. The petition, signed
by Col. John c. Haskell, stated that
Lurry was a boy Of II years of age
who had been convicted of petit larceny
and sentenced to pay a fine OF go OF
serve 80 days on the chain gang. The
bows mother offered to mortgage hel
. property so that she could raise the
amount of the fine. The mother pro-
posed and consented to have the boy
we'll whipped by the captain OF the
chain gang guard, and with the under
standing that the boy be we'll whipped
the application for the pardon was ap-
proved and granted. Governor NC
Sweeney could not grant conditional
pardon. such as was asked for, but the
understanding is that the 12-year-old
boy is to get the licking before being
released.
Saw the Hanging of His Son.
News and Courier, January S: James
Kelly, the 17-year-old boy who muir
dered Willis Bonneau, the Mount
Pleasant, miser was hanged at the
Charleston county Jail yesterda" morn
ing. The trap was sprung at 1O.5C
o'clock and Kelly's neck was broken
like a stick of brittle candy. The MUIR
derer went to his death without word
of protest. Just before the black cap
was placed over his eyes the boy looked
beyond the shadow of the building and
saw his old father shivering in rag
ged overcoat, and with tears of sorrow
trickling down his cheeks. Not a word
was uttered. There was an involunta-
ry sign of recognition and the old man
wiped away the tears while the cap
covered the face of his child for the
last time in life. When the rope had
been placed around the Negroes neck
there was a sudden twitch in his
throat, which panied him, and he ask
ed the officers not to choke him. The
death strap was made more comforta-
BILE, and the heavy weight was dropped
sending the boy high in the air and
then dropping him until he was sus-
pended like a speckled bass dangling
from a fisherman's line. His neck was
broken, but he quivered and squirmed
and his body shook with convulsions.
Then and Now.
August Kohn's letter to The New:
and Courier Of Monday: The lawmaker:
of South Carolina are beginning to con-
gregate in Columbia. Up to noon to-
day there were not over 20 member:
here, and they had come to arrange fol
board and lodging, and some were in
terested in pending elections. All lool
for pleasant and agreeable session
one in which there will be no fights o.
mud singing. 1t has not been many ses
sions since the general assembly wa!
divided into hostile camps and ever!
man had his label. 1t was then a figh
to the finish and partisan feeling wa:
uppermost in all public questions. Al
that was needed was that a measur
should have the downstairs" staml
on it or be known as an administration
measure, and it would pass and becom
law. 1t was then also principles
and not men, and some pretty rougl
selections were made. Now. happily
things are different. Men and meas
ures are considered on their merits
The man who tries to stir up oldtim
animosities or who appeals to prejudi
ces is indeed lonesome and general
fails. 1t is quite noticeable how few o
these old-time partizans are kept il