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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
MERE-M ENTlON.

The pasha OF Arzila, Morocco, ana
many of the townspeople were mur-
dered by Moors living in the mountain
districts near Tangier. last Friday.
The cause of the massacre Is suppos-
ed to be revenge because some Of the
tribe had been arrested for depreda-
tions by the pasha. 80. Four persons
were drowned, eighteen are missing
and a half million dollars worth Of
property was destroyed at Trinidad,
Coio, Friday by a food on the Purga-
toire river. ...... Postmaster. General
Payne is quite i'll at his homein Wash
ington. Fire in the Cudahy and
Wheeler meat packing houses In New
York city Friday caused a property
loss Of $250,0O0. Fire Chief Croker
was severely injured In rescuing two
firemen who were overcome by am
monia fumes. ....... The officers OF the
Nonpareil Cork works at Camden, N.
j., were arrested Saturday on the
charge Of conspiring to defraud the
government and rendering the steam
boat inspection law useless by putting
on the market compressed cork blocks,
containing iron bars, for making life
preservers. go. Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, the British statesman, died
at his home near Oxford, England,
Saturday. :. :. 100000 worth Of prop
erty was destroyed by fire at Berlin,
Maryland, Saturday. .... .Forty-Reven
artillerymen, belonging to the 123d
company, coast artillery, stationed at
Fort Hamilton, N. Y, were poisoned
Saturday by eating hash which had
stood overnight. Two are dangerously
Ill. :. "A baseball catcher In Brooklyn,
N. Y, was struck by ball and killed
in a game in New York city, Saturday.
"A flood in the Rio Mora river
caused the drowning Of twelve per-
sons, and destroyed 100000 worth Of
property at Watrous, New Mexico,
Sunday. Many persons were rescued
from tree tops and houseroofs. AT
the laying Of the cornerstone Of a
Polish church in Adams, Mass, Sum
day, a floor collapsed, injuring thirty
seven persons. sixteen seriously. .....
Postmaster General Payne Is at the
point Of death and is expected to die
at any moment. .... Japan is prepar-
ing to increase her war strength to
100000 men,. Four men were kill
ed in a mining accident near Carters-
vile, Ga, yesterday. ........ Two men
were killed in a powder mill explosion
at Scranton, Pa, yesterday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
"ABOUT A WOMAN"

Two negroes got into a difficulty at
McConnellsville last Saturday night
about a woman" and as the outcome
Paul Sanders is dead and Doc Simp-
son is in Jail awaiting trial on the
charge Of murder.
The alteration occurred late In the
evening. White bystanders heard the
negroes quarreling, and saw them "go
into holts." Sanders got out his knife
and began work on Simpson. After
few moments they broke away, and
Simpson produced a revolver and COM
menced firing.
There were only two shots. The
first missed and the second struck
Sanders in the temple, killing him al
most instantly. The dead negro lay
where he fell until the arrival OF the
coroner late Sunday night, and the In
quest developed the facts about as
stated.
Simpson came to Yorkville yesterday
morning and surrendered to the sher-
iff. He had deep knife wound In his
left cheek and a slash across his right
forearm. After his wounds had been
properly dressed by DR.. Walker, the
county physician, he was taken to jail
to await trial at the next term OF the
court of general sessions.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04

complished by manifestly untrue
statements Of Democratic prospects.
Nor do we like to see any paper at
tempting to refute the truth, however
unpleasant; but just why the Journal
should persist in publishing as hon.
est news so many alleged kilograms
that are in reality only clippings from
Republican organs Is something we do
not exactly understand. Our con-
temporary has been offending in this
way every since Mr.. Hearst was dis
carded as the Democratic nominee,
and it is really beginning to look as II
it is becoming soured about something.
We cannot now recall the Journals
specific offenses along the line to
which We are referring; but one among
many is an alleged dispatch to the ef-
feet that Taggart has been virtually
deposed from the craftsmanship Of the
Democratic party because of the fall
ure of an alleged pet scheme Of his to
have VIM. ]. Bryan and Grover Cleve-
land to give evidence Of their sympa-
thetic harmony by speaking from the
same platform. This story appears in
the Journal Of last Saturday, under
date of New York, October l. We
venture that our contemporary cannot
even prove that the story ever came
to it by telegraph, much less that
there is one word Of truth in 1t from
the word Despite" at the beginning
to the words miserable flasco" at the
end.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
Tuesday, October 4, 1904.

Of South Carolina were filled with
game. Deer were plentiful, partridges
were to be found everywhere. while
turkeys roamed from the mountains
to the seacoast, and even bears were
to be found in the mountains and
along the swamps on the coast.
Now bears are practically extinct.
Occasionally one is met with in the
great cypress swamps of the Santee
or the Edisto. Turkeys and deer. are
still to be found In large numbers In
the low country, but they are practi-
cally extinct above the sand-hill re-
gion. The partridge Is still found, but
its numbers have been gradually de-
creasing and were 1t not for the en-
forcement of the game laws, these
birds would doubtless disappear.
The real difficulty has been In the
enforcement of the law. 1t has been
almost impossible to apprehend the
guilty parties Within recent years,
however, associations In every section
Of the state have been doing good
work in supporting the law, and game
has been gradually increasing In parts
Of the state where strict watch has
been kept.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
THE PENSION BOARD.

In common with great many other
counties in the state, York failed to
elect a new pension board on the first
Monday in September; but there will
be no special inconvenience on account
Of it. A number of veterans Of Saluda
county, finding that they had no pen
sion board, applied to authorities In
Columbia, and the attorney general
gives out his opinion on the subject as
follows:
Section 1916 Of the code Of laws
providing for the appointment Of the
county pension board, provides tina,
they shall hold Office for one year, OF
until their successors are elected and
qualify. Where there has been fall
ure to elect a new pension board on
the first Monday in September, there
Is no provision in the law for the board
being subsequently elected until the
following September, and the OLD
county pension board Is entitled to
hold over until then. The provision
that the said board Of pensions may
appoint the county board only applies
in those counties where the survivors
fail to organize a county board, and
no board Is in existence to perform the
duties Of the Office"
Mr.. Joseph F. Wallace will continue
to serve as pension commissioner FOL
York county as heretofore, and will
look after the interests Of the veterans
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04

those around the Hoffman, the Wal
dorf, the Fifth Avenue and Seville no.
tells last night. One story that has all
the earmarks Of truth attached to it
is that Senator Clark did not person.
ally contribute the s1,0OO,0OO, but that
he told Judge Parker he would be one
Of ten men to give that sum; that he
would act as chairman of a committee
of ten men that would contribute a
million. He guaranteed that sum out
right. If he got some Of it divided
with friends, all right; If he had to
bear the whole of it, he could do it, as
his inco me is about $1,00O,O0O a month.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The state fair opens on the third
Monday in October.
The city Of Sumter is working for
the establishment Of winter hotel for
northern tourists.
Pratt Miles, a young white man of
Spartanburg, cut his throat with a
razor on Saturday and died on Sun
day. He had had fever for several
weeks.
The Piedmont Manufacturing COM
pany is putting in 1,000-horse pow
er Corliss engine to drive it's machin-
cry. The new engine displaces one of
650-horse power
The Ministerial Union of Spartan
burg is complaining to the railroad
commission because the Southern rail-
road is violating the law by hauling
freight trains on Sunday.
There was more lynching excite
ment in Lancaster county yesterday.
Along about noon yesterday a negro
named John Gill entered the house of
Mr.. Raleigh Neill and made an inde-
cent proposition to Mrs. Neill. Mrs.
Neill stepped into back room and re-
turned with her husbands gun. The
weapon did not happen to be loaded;
but the negro was not aware Of that
fact and he ran away. AS soon as Mr..
Neill returned to the house Mrs. Neill
reported the occurrence. An alarm
was given and the whole country
turned out to hunt the negro. Sheriff
Hunter was in hopes yesterday that
there would be no lynching. At last
accounts the negro was still at large.
Columbia Record: A rather pecu-
liar condition exists under the arson
laws of the state and this was discov-
cred recently by the state officers in
the investigation Of a fire where 1t
was charged that a man had set fire
to his own house for the purpose Of
getting the insurance money. Under
a decision Of the supreme court this
is not arson and the facts were fully
set forth in the case of the state
against Sarvin, which was a similar
one. 1t was found that unless the fire
actually damaged the house of a
neighboring owner the fire was not ar
son, and the only way the man could
be punished would be for the insur-
ance people to pay the money and
then prosecute him for obtaining 1t
fraudulently.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
REGISTRATION.

Yesterday was the last day for reg
istration until after the general elec-
ton on November s. and the board OF
registration supervisors were quite
busy all day.
In all about 900 certificates were is-
sued, including renewals, Of which
there were quite a number.
Among the applicants for certificates
were six negroes. Three Of them were
turned down and three others passed,
one on educational qualification and
the other two on the property qualifi-
cation.
Registration Is not yet nearly as
general as 1t should be; but the dispo-
sition on the part Of the duly qualified
to secure certificates seems to be
growing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04

If We would restore law and order
in South Carolina, we must give our
hearty support to every man who will
enforce any law for whatever reason,
and especially commend every man
who seeks the enforcement Of law
purely because the enforcement Of law
is right. Jurors may generally try to
do their duty; but sometimes they
prove unequal to the high responsible
ties of their position and when this is
the case they should be treated with
such measure of aversion and con-
tempt as they seem to deserve. Men
who pursue dishonest and doubtful
business methods should be punished
by withdrawal of patronage, and law
yers who depart from honorable prac-
tices to keep back the truth should be
made to understand that they can have
no warrant for such conduct. Justice
is based on fairness and truth, and the
community that would uphold the law
must not tolerate any questionable
conduct on the part of anybody.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04

WE'VE heard a good deal about in
sistence on American rights In Tur-
key, and we were somewhat impressed
with the famous "Perdicaris alive or
Raisouli dead" declaration, uttered
about the time Of the assembling Of the
Republican convention in Chicago; but
up to this time we have been waiting
in vain for assurance from the Wash
ington administration that Jewish
American citizens must be accorded
the same respect in Russia that is ac-
corded to other American citizens. The
American Jews have done about as
much to help make this great country
of ours what it is as have any other
class of our people, and it seems that
they should be as much entitled to all
the benefits Of American citizenship.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
LoCAr. AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Isaac H. Norris-Wants to rent mod
crate sized house or a few rooms
convenient to schools, etc.
R. ]. Herndon-Gives you few facts
worth considering in the purchase
of piano or organ.
]. Edgar Poag-Says that anybody
with money or credit ought to know
to buy land at the present prices and
prospects.
First National Bank-Has fine equip
ment, good service, courteous treat
ment and safety to offer its custo-
mers. You business is solicited.
J. Q. Wray-Says that good dressers
wear Superb" clothing because 1t
quality, finish, fit, style or. makeup.
G. H. O'Leary-Says he Is better pre-
pared than ever to supply your
wants in furniture. You are invit-
ed to call and see the styles, finish
and workmanship Of his furniture
stock.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Say that to cure
colds, coughs, bronchitis, hoarseness
and all lung troubles take Starr's
syrup white pine and tar.
w. M. Kennedy, Agent-Has samples
Of first-class varieties Of seed wheat
and will make special orders for par
ties VINO desire SeeQ Wneat.
Loan and Savings Bank-Tells you Of
the satisfaction to be had in using
a safe deposit box. It is not abso-
lutely necessary that you have a
safe deposit box, but then its use
will contribute to your peace OF
mind. 81 and SO year Is the cost.
Dobson Bros.-Say that new hats for
ladies, misses and children have ar
rived this week. Mrs. Dobson buys
everv week for spot cash and gets
the latest patterns and designs for
her customers.
T. w. Speck-Wants you to know that
competent judges and expert pen
men pronounce Parker lucky curve
pens to be the best on the market.
Prices from $3.50 to IS each.
Miss Rosa Lindsay-Will have a new
line of cabinet mounts in this week.
The latest and most up-to-date
styles in white, cream and Burmese
brown.
Foushee Cash Store-Announces a
weeks special sale Of various arti-
cles to begin today-good only Tor
one week.
r. D. Alexander-Wants to repair your
broken guns and revolvers. He also
has 26-inch bicycle for sale cheap
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04

made to secure the names Of the
lynchers with view to bringing them
to trial If possible. Nobody in the Vi
cinity Of Kershaw would allow Morri-
sons body to be buried on their lands
and 1t had to be inferred on the poor
house property.
Morrison has been about Kershaw
since the building of the railroad, and
had charge Of pumping station out
Of town. 1t was common talk that he
had killed two white men at different
times before he went to that place and
he was generally regarded as a most
thing over year ago he killed negro
named Jim Baskins. A party of ne
groes passed his house singing and he
ordered them to shut up. One of them
made some reply and he fired into the
party, killing Baskins almost instant
ly.
He was tried for the killing and ac-
quilted without difficulty. He has fire.
quently been heard to make the asser-
ton that he could kill any man he
wanted to in South Carolina, stand
trial and go free. He drank a great
deal of whisky.
William Floyd, who was so brutally
murdered, was young man Of excel
lent character, who was never known
to drink whisky or interfere with the
business Of other people. His father
is a farmer who lives about two miles
from Kershaw and who Is quite COM
Portable as to his worldly possessions
being generally reputed to be worth
from $40, 900 to $50,000. ... .,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
Mob Murder.

There are among us those who have
hoped that the days Of mob murder
were being rapidly numbered, and that
the spirit Of lawlessness was slowly
dying out; but the events Of last Sat-
urday night at Kershaw are very well
calculated to demonstrate that their
hopes had no better basis than vain
illusion.
It Is seldom that we hear Of more
brutal more fiendish crime than that
which was committed by John Morri-
son on the person Of William Floyd at
Kershaw last Saturday night. 1t was
about as cold blooded and as wanton
as is easily to be imagined. We find 1t
impossible almost to conceive Of any
thing to compare with 1t except the
crime that was shortly afterward COM
mitted on the person Of John Morrison.
Our friends at Kershaw will try to
excuse themselves, maybe, by saying,
well, but this fellow had already
murdered three men before that and
we thought 1t was about time to put
him out Of the way where he could do
no more HARM" Very we'll then, If
that is the excuse who is to blame
Two Of these murders were committed
before that man came to Kershaw.
With these the people Of Kershaw had
nothing to do. The third was commit
ted only a year or two ago, on the
person of an unoffending negro. The
Kershaw people thought so little of
the matter that they allowed the case
to be lightly dismissed. If the law had
been properly sustained then, there
would probably have been no occasion
for it's outrage now. II the man who
wanton'-- killed a negro had gotten the
justice he deserved, he would have
never had the opportunity to wantonly
kill a white man.
We have no desire to indulge in
careless denunciation Of these Ker-
shaw people. They are no doubt as
good as any Of the rest Of us. We cam
not refrain, however. from trying to
draw a lesson from the horrible posi-
ton in which they have placed them
selves. Having proven unequal to the
responsibility of administering the
law, especially in allowing their SEN
timents, and prejudices to outweigh
their sense Of duty in behalf of their
selfish preferences, they find them
selves deprived of all confidence in their
only safe bulwark, and reduced to the
necessity Of resorting to murder in or
der to secure imaginary protection.
But Notwithstanding the fact that
their crime is the most recent, the
Kershaw people are not the only sin
ners along this line. Every miscar-
riage Of justice in the courts is attri-
butable more properly than anything
else to the weakness and dishonesty of
those who may be charged with the
duty Of administering justice, and each
succeeding case Of this kind brings us
that much nearer to additional lynch
ings, and each additional lynching
brings US that much closer to general
anarchy.
The only sure remedy for mob muir
der is enforcement Of the law, and he
who fails to measure up to his duty in
the enforcement Of the law is as guilty
as he who participates in lynching.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS


The attorney general has prepared
the amendments to be submitted to
the voters at the next general election
as provided by the general assembly
at its last session. These amendments
are as follows and are to be voted on
with the words yes" or mo-"
Constitutional amendment to Sec
tion 8, Of Article III, OF the state con-
stitution, adding after The word place
In line ten Of said section the words
until the end Of the session occurring
in 1906, after which the said sessions
shall be held at the same time and
place biennially"
Constitutional amendment Of Sec
ton Z, Of Article VIII. Of the constitu-
ton, relating to municipal corporations
and police regulations"
Section 1. The general assembly
Of this state may enact local or special
laws concerning the laying out, OPEN
ing, altering or working roads or
highways, and concerning the provid-
ing for the age at which citizens shall
be subject to road duty, and concern
ing drainage" 'He
Section Q. That Subdivision II, and
Subdivision, *, of Section, "a, OF Ar
ticle III, Of the constitution, are here
by. repealed"
The first amendment relates to bien-
nial sessions. The second is Of con-
Germ only In Greenville county. The
third and fourth relate to the right to
enact special laws with reference to
drainage, roads, etc. The provisions
which it is proposed to repeal prohibit
the enactment of. special laws to ''lay
out, open, alter or work, roads or high
ways" or ito provide for the age at
which citizens shall be subject to road
or other public duty"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04

The Carnegie Steel company, ac-
cording to a Pittsburg dispatch, has
issued a circular letter to the superin-
tendents of the different plants in
structing them to employ no men over
55 years Of age in certain departments
and extending the age limit to 40 In
others. The rule does not apply to Ia
borers. The order affects a large
number of the most expert steel men.
During the last few years numerous
new steel plants have been erected in
different districts and tempting offers
were made to the old and most expert
employees. In many cases the new Of
fers were accepted and the men left
the place where a majority Of them
had been employed for the last twen-
ty years and entered upon the new
work. The recent reaction in the
steel and iron industry left many of
these plants idle and the men out Of
employment. This, coupled with the
universal resumption of the Carnegie
mills in the Pittsburg district, enticed
hundreds Of these men back to their
old homes, only to meet the discourag-
ing statement that no man over 80
years would be employed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04
MURDER NEAR COTTON.

There was a deliberate murder In
the Cotton neighborhood In Bullocks
Creek township near the Chester line
yesterday morning. Both the murder
er and the murdered man are negroes.
| Armed with a revolver, Jim Thomp-
son walked out into a field where
Isaiah Jeter was at work picking cot
ton, fired three shots into his body,
and killed him instantly.
After the killing, Thompson got in
to his buggy and drove away. There
Is no telephone in the immediate To-
cality of the killing and 1t was several
hours before the news reached the au-
thorities at Yorkville.
Thompson was seen at Sharon two
or three hours after the killing. He
drove into. that place as coolly and as
unconcernedly as usual, and the peo-
pie not yet having heard Of the killing
made no effort to arrest him. When
they learned Of the murder an hour or
two later, Thompson could not be
found.
DSpuly ShCih III Sdii0ASi "oo
ed Of the killing in the afternoon. He
Immediately went to Sharon, secured
the help Of quite number Of people
Of that section and Hickory Grove and
made as thorough search as possible
Of the whole country, but without find
ing his man.
Coroner Louthian went down to the
scene Of the killing last night and held
an inquest. The facts Of the killing
were developed about as stated, and II
is understood that the trouble was
caused by jealousy.
Thompson is about 4e or so years OF
age hardly more than five feet high,
quite black and wears his wool long,
and twisted up in rolls. For quite a
long time past he has been engaged in
the business of transporting liquor
from North Carolina distilleries and
selling it to people in the Cotton
neighborhood and about Lockhart
mills. He sold some cotton few
days ago, and is very we'll supplied
with money He has been heard to
threaten that he was going to kill Je-
ter some day and make his way to the
home of his young boss" in Arkansas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-10-04

THAT Senator George Frisbie Hoar,
who passed away at his home at Wor-
cester, Mass, last Friday morning,
was a great man and credit to this
great country, it would be idle to deny.
He was frequently opposed to the
views that generally prevail in the
south, and in many things he seemed
impractical: but that his heart was
right and that he was broad, honest
and patriotic in all things, can be con-
ceded without any unusual stretch of
liberality. There are always some
great men in the United States SEN
ate. That body has never descended to
a mediocre average; but it has num-
bered among it's members few men
whose lives have been Of more benefit
to the country as a whole than has the
life of George Frisbie Hoar.