Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

Anderson special, Of Wednesday, to
the Greenville News: It Is not likely
that there will be any new develop
ment in the situation at Portman
shoals before the end Of the week.
About ten feet Of the base Of the dam
remains across the entire chasm made
by the loss of $50 feet but it Is known
yet whether this masonry can be used
in rebuilding. A force Of hands has
been cleaning up the dynamos, etc., in
the power house, and they find the ma
chimes not badly damaged. The COM
pany has not as yet decided upon a
definite plan Of action, which will be
postponed until Saturday, when ex-
perts are expected. 1t is hoped that
within two weeks there can be put in
a Golfer dam by which sufficient pow
er can be generated to run the elec-
trio light and the smaller city enter
prises. The company has been tele-
graphing to all the manufacturers Of
engines in the country, trying to get
not yet succeeded in getting one. A
few of the cotton mill operatives who
have been thrown out Of employment,
left the city yesterday to get temporary
work elsewhere, and others are going
to leave today. AS there is so great a
demand in this section for mill opera
tives, there will be no suffering until
the Anderson employees can resume
their work.
Saluda Editor In Trouble.
The court house town Of Saluda has
no railroad or telegraph. The Sentinel,
edited by H. S. Cunningham, Is the
disseminator Of civilization. Two
weeks ago there was rumor rejecting
on Mr.. Cunningham or his family and
he printed the following editorial:
There are some Of the lowest gossipy
women in Saluda that ever infested a
town. They sneak around and lie and
slander the innocent. The worst part
is that decent people listen to and
give credence to these lies. II one or
two could be made examples Of their
lying tongues could be silenced. The
female liar is stalking abroad in Sa-
luda, but sooner or later she will be
run down." A mas smeeting Of citi-
zens held in the court house resolved
that Editor Cunningham's card was
slanderous, and a committee Of three
was appointed to prepare an apology
and retraction, which Cunningham was
to sign and publish. If he refused to
publish said retraction he was to fur
nish the committee with the names of
the Lying women" to whom he refer
red. When The Sentinel went to press
again it contained an apology written
by Mr.. Cunningham in which he said
that he was satisfied the rumors to
which he referred did not originate
with a woman. But The Sentinel did
not appear with the retraction. Editor
Cunningham and his three young
daughters, who assist him in his jour-
nalistic work. were in the editorial Of
flee, when DR.. j. w. Pitts, Edward
Turner and J. B. Coleman came in and
demanded that typewriter retrac-
ton be printed. A dozen or two cop
les of the paper had already been run
off. The apology, according to Editor
Cunningham, did not allow him
word of explanation or defense. They
told him if he published his statement
he would do so on peril of his life. He
decided not to print their apology, and
not to give the names of those ladies
whom the report had come.
The editor says: LAS I could not go
on with the publication without blood
shed, fearing for the lives of my inno-
cent daughters in the office, there being
a turbulent crowd in the street, sus-
pended publication and took my girls
home" Mr.. Cunningham says he has
submitted his charges and retraction
to Governor McSweeney and two of the
best lawyers in the state, and all think
he has done all that could reasonably
be expected. The outcome of the af-
fair is awaited with intense interest In
Saluda. The town is divided for and
against the editor. While feeling still
runs high, no tragic developments are
expected. !