Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-03
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Touched For $4,000.

| DdAh VI Soiuiiiuid, VI lHiS City, Aoi
warded to the Bank of Commerce, of
New York, $4,000 in paper money.
When the package arrived at its desti-
nation on Saturday 1t was discovered
brown paper substituted for the mon
ey. The Columbia Bank was astound-
ed to receive telegraphic communica-
ton to that effect and an investigation
was ordered at once. The package was
put up by bank official in the pres
ence of the president, Colonel w. G.
Childs, another official carried the
package to the express office. The Co.
lumbia bank is absolved from all
blame and the financial loss Is upon
the Southern Express company. Capt.
O. M. Sadler, general superintendent
Of the Southern Express company, is
at work on the case. 1t is believed
here that the package arrived in New
York city all right, and that the sub
stitution was made there. This work
Is represented to have been clever, and
the package bore no evidence Of hav-
ing been tampered with.
Murdered by II Negro.
| Newberry special to the Columbia
State: Early this morning, on the
plantation Of DR.. M. A. Renwick, about
II miles from town, one Of the most
dastardly crimes in the history of
Newberry county, was committed.
Mr.. Walter w. Abrams, young man
of robust health and vigorous consti-
tuition, was, without moments warn
ing, killed by a cowardly villain. Mr..
Abrams, who was overseer for DR..
Renwick, reprimanded Press Gillian,
one of the Negro laborers, for coming
late to work. The Negro replied i'm
pudently and q dispute arose, when
the Negro picked up a rock and threw
at Mr.. Abrams when his back was
turned, and struck him in the back of
| the head. He fell to the ground insen-
sible and never regained consciousness,
although he lived for two hours. He
leaves a wife, who was Miss Minnie
Suber, a daughter of the late Mr.. Ivy
Suber. Gillian fled; but was pursued
by the citizens Of the neighborhood.
He was captured near Whitmires this
afternoon and is now in jail. At first
there was great excitement and strong
talk Of lynching; but Mrs. Abrams, the
wife Of the murdered man, requested
that the law be allowed to take it's
course.
The Governors New staff.
From the adjutant generals office,
last Friday, the following general or
der announcing the appointment Of
Governor McSweeney's new staff, was
promulgated The staff as now consti-
tuted has three new members, Coils.
Aull, Martin and Davis, representing
respectively the counties Of Newberry,
Laurens and Greenville: Adjutant and
Inspector general, Brig. Gen. ]. w.
Floyd, Columbia; assistant adjutant
and inspector general, Col John D.
Frost, Columbia; quartermaster gene
raj, w. C. Mauldin, Hampton; COM
missary general, w. B. Wilson,
Charleston; engineer-in-chief, j. F..
Folk, Bamberg; surgeon general, E. J..
Wannamaker, Columbia; paymaster
general, George D. Tillman, Jr., Clark's
Hill; judge advocate general, U. x.
Gunter, Jr., Spartanburg; and chief OF
ordnance, Thomas F. Brantley, Or
70 ndar-
in-chief: Lieut.. Coils. A. H. Moss, Or
angeburg; August Kohn, Columbia; E..
J. Watson, Columbia; w. c. Hough,
Lancaster; G. H. Greene, Rock Hill;
F. A. Tripp, Blacksburg; G. c. Sulli-
van, Anderson; Thomas G. Hamer,
Bennettsville; C. J. Redding, Charles
ton; D. A. Spivey, Conway; E. H. Aull,
Newberry; w. H. Martin, Laurens,
and T. w. Davis, Jr., Greenville; Cap
tains S. B. Hyatt, Columbia; ]. D. Bell,
Columbia.
The Story of a Coffin.
Greenville News: The discovery of a
coffin in the loft of the court house,
report of which The News published
several days ago, created considerable
talk and speculation among the white
citizens Of the city. The Negro popu-
lation began to discuss it, and already
ghost stories concerning the old build
ing have been manufactured by the
wholesale and told in good faith. The
presence of the coffin was a mystery for
80
ever, a reporter secured history of the
coffin from Captain ]. N. King. the we'll
known builder. Captain King says
that the coffin was placed in the loft
the year of 1873, during the administra-
tion of Governor Scott-the time of Re-
publicanism. ~. M. Allen, a carpet
bagger, at one time postmaster at
time. Allen reported that he had $40, 900
of the county's money on deposit in 4
bank in Columbia-Hardy Solomon
president. This bank was the state de-
pository of the Republican party at
that time, and during Aliens admin
istration it failed. There was a gang
ku KluX in the city at the time, and
it was thought by them that Allen had
never placed the county's money in the
bank; but appropriated it to his own
use. The Ku Klux, it is said, had a
coffin made and sent it to Treasurer
Allen with instructions to leave at once.
THIS IS RIGHT-The old law disallow-
ing anyone to sell wood without cord
ing it should be revived to protect our
good widows if nothing else. To make
it appear that you are selling 12S cubic
feet of wood for SIPS, when in reali-
ty you are getting at rate nearer S2'