Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-03

dog which he was training to retrieve.
The dog was very fond Of bringing
objects from the water. His owner was
on the bank at a deep pool when some
men came up, and one Of them threw
a dynamite cartridge into the pool
in order to kill the fish. AS the cart
ridge was thrown the dog dashed after
It and to the horror of the editor, came
out with the cartridge in his mouth,
the fuse being tolerably long. The
men fed and so did the owner Of the
dog, the dog following the latter.
Frightened almost to death, the editor
rushed toward deep ditch, fortunately
quite wide, and leaped across this con-
tinuiHg Ito run, for fully half mile.
At the moment the dog reached the
bank of,the> ditch the cartridge explod-
ed, literally tearing him to pieces.
Mr.. Pearsall says there is much talk
about this occurrence, which is declar-
ed to have been the strangest that
ever happened in that section OF the
state. Only the ditch saved the life
of the editor he says.
Wilmington, N. c., dispatch OF
May 81 E. w. Kerr and R. c. South
erland Of Clinton, and c. F. Carroll
of Warsaw, were placed in the Rob-
eson county Jail this afternoon by
Sheriff Mcleod under the order issued
Saturday night by Judge r. B. Pee
bles at Lumberton. In the contempt
proceedings against the lawyers or
Eumberton, Kerr, Switzerland ana
Carroll made affidavits that they had
seen Judge PEBBLES drunk, and as
result of the statement Judge PEBBLES
held them in contempt Of court and
ordered the three aff1ants to go to jail
for thirty days and fined them $3.50,
5000 and 500, respectively. The pa
pers were served this morning. When
the prisoners arrived at Lumberton
they received an ovation. AS soon as
they were placed in Jail supreme
court Justice Connor was wired at
once to start habeas corpus proceed
ings Judge Connor ordered the pris-
oners to be brought to Raleigh to-
morrow. Kerr and Switzerland are
lawyers and Carroll is a mail agent
All are men Of prominence in their
respective homes. Judge George H.
Brown, to whom Judge PEBBLES trans
ferred the contempt proceedings
against the Bar to be heard at Fay
etteville, June II, asked to be excused
from serving on account of family
connection with one of the respond
ents. If he will not serve Judge G. S.
Ferguson will be asked to hear the
case.
Marshville, N. c., Home: "Thats
the first time I've ever struck man
since I was converted" said Rev. ].
w. Little to Our Home man. He was
talking about the Mormon elders upon
whom he applied some strenuous ar
gument with his fist at Wingate a few
days ago. While in conversation with
the Latter Day Saints" he remarked
that 1t was shame that men Of ordi-
nary intelligence would be going over
the country advocating polygamy.
Talk about the founder of Mormon
ism being inspired" said he with sar-
casm. II think he was inspired Of
the devil" And then one of the Nor
mon elders remarked that Christs
mother practiced it. That was too
much for the evangelist and he laid
his hand upon the shoulder Of the ell
der and asked him not to repeat that
again. you may curse Jimmy Little"
he said, "but If you repeat that again
I'll hit you" Then the talking elder,
apparently in a defiant manner, poked
and repeated it with emphasis, and
Immediately his mouth was mashed
with the preachers fist. The other ell
der said he believed the assertion of
his associate was true and then the
preacher sailed on him with a blow
and a kick and as they departed he
threw their valise at them and told
them to henceforth and forever make
themselves scarce around that place.
The preacher says he regrets the oc-
currence, yet he thinks the offense
was sufficient to justify the use Of that
kind of means, if such methods are
ever justifiable.
Through Ambassador Porter, Sec
retary Hay has requested the French
government to exercise it's good offices
toward securing the release Of Per-
dicaris, the kidnapped American in
Morocco. The French government has
undertaken the task and because of
it's closer association with the various
elements in Morocco it is believed
here that it can accomplish more
than any other government. The Brit
ish government also Is acting with
great energy in behalf of young Var
ley, the stepson of Perdicaris and a
British subject and the British Off
United States government. This ca
blegram has been received at the
navy department from Rear Admiral
Chadwick, commanding the South At
lantic squadron at Tangiers: THE
seizure of the American citizen was
by the insurgent chief so rs to bring
pressure on the sultan of Morocco to
secure the demands of his tribe. Our
sense of the gravity of the case is
shown by the presence of the Amer
lean squadron and will undoubtedly
cause the earlier yielding by the sultan
of Morocco to the demand of the chief,
which Is the only safe means Of re-