Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-09-18
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liamS who was LABOR agent, Hdu ueeH
here several days employing Negroes
for contractors in other sections OF the
state, and it is alleged that he enticed
several employees to leave. James h.
Germany demonstrated with him about
his conduct. A quarrel followed ana
Williams drew a revolver and shot
Germany dead The Negro attempted
to escape. out a mob was quickly on
his heels and he was captured and shot
to death.
THE weather bureaus weekly crop
report, issued last Tuesday, relates to
cotton as follows: Further deteriora-
ton in the condition of cotton Is very
generally reported throughout the cot
ton belt. Shedding and rust are eS-
tensive and quite general complaints
of premature opening are received from
the central and eastern districts. The
greater part of the cotton belt IS no"
suffering from drought and boil weevlls
are destructive in localities. Boil wee
wills continue to destroy nearly all ne"
forms in the southwestern. central ana
eastern portions Of the cotton area IN
Texas. Cotton opening fast in all dis
tricts and picking is progressing rap
idly.
The slayer of F. G. Simmons, faith
er Of Senator Simmons, is in jail at
Trenton, N. c. He is Negro named
Alfred Daniels. 1t develops that Mr.
Simmons had sold several bales or cot
ton in Newberne, and left town with
about s4OO. The Negro was in town
with him and was also with him the
last time he was seen alive. When
caught, Daniels was some thirty miles
awav from the scene of the murder.
but he had on his person $2o0 LOT
which he could not account, and ne
would not tell what became of the re-
manning 5000. A crowd of infuriateo
citizens gathered around the Negro 1or
the purpose of lynching him, and were
dissuaded only by eloquent appeals
from Senator Simmons that the law be
allowed to take it's course. Mr.. Sim
mons WAS SeNeIlS -ScNSh SS"iS Va ~o
and very feeble.
The north Atlantic coast was
swept by West Indian hurricane last
Wednesday. 1t came without warning
and did immense damage at Atlantic
City. Jersey City, Philadelphia, New
York and other points. The city or
New York suffered especially. the
storm struck with full force in the
centre of the city, tore off street signs
and broke plate glass windows. Many
ships were wrecked in the harbor.
President Roosevelt was enroute to
New York from Oyster Bay in the
naval yacht Sylph and entered New
York harbor while the hurricane was
blowing it's hardest. The yacht passed
several floundered vessels; but made
the port in safety 1t is said that the
skyscraper Flat Iron building in New
York rocked perceptibly and a great
many people left it through fear of a
collapse.
Boston special to Philadelphia Rec
ord: 1t is almost certain that the
Massachusetts Democratic state con-
vention, when it is held in about two
weeks, will formally propose Richard
Olney as the most logical candidate OF
the party for president in 1904. The
Olney boom that was started over a
year ago by the Tennessee Democrats
was especially pleasing to the Massa-
chusetts leaders. They said little, how
ever at that time, but watched the boom
for Parker, which faded so quickly
as we'll as those of other party leaders.
Now the Massachusetts leaders are be-
coming more active, and such men as
Charles S. Hamlin, assistant secretary
of the treasury in the second CleVe-
land administration: Congressman Jno.
A. Thayer, John A. Sullivan and John
A. Kelliher, Robert McBurnett and Jno.
w. Coughlin are outspoken in their in
dorsement Of Mr.. Olney.
Pensacola, Fla, dispatch of Sep
tember 16: While firing a revolver at
hog which was eating up brood OF
young chickens at her home at Gull
Point late yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
Louise E. Tideman accidentally shot
and killed the little daughter Of Will
liam Douglass. neighbor, the bullet
entering the back of the head of the
little girl. passing through the brain.
The two houses occupied by the fam
lilies are about fifty yards apart.
In the rear of the Douglass home the
children had constructed playhouse
of boards and canvass. and they were
playing there when the little girl met
death. The bullet passed through a
board, entering the back of the little
girls head. Mrs. Tideman was not
aware Of the presence of the children.
When the bullet struck the little girl
she fell forward. Her playmates, al
though hearing the shots. at first did
not know what had occurred until their
efforts to make her rise prove fruit
less.
Memphis. Tenn, dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune: United States Sem
ator Carmack explained last night
that his purpose in proposing to intro
duce a bill at the next session of con-
gress for the repeal of the fifteenth
amendment, thus disfranchising the
Negro, is simply to open up discus
sion which will contribute to solu-
ton of the race problem. To Senator
Carmack's mind the surest plan of
solving the Negro question as it affects
the white race, both socially and pol
itically lies in the Negroes elimination