Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-03-29
Scraps aud faets.

premises of the Morris European ana
American Express company. in the
Wall street neighborhood and made
things look serious for an hour or
more. 1t was finally gotten under con-
troll with a loss of about 100000.
Charlotte Chronicle. Saturday: Mr..
James w. Abbott, of Washington,
special agent of the agricultural de-
partment Of the national government.
spent yesterday in the city and coun-
ty inspecting the macadamized ROADS
and the Mecklenburg road-building
system. Mr.. Abbott was taken over
the roads and to the convict camp oy
Mr.. ]. H. Weddington, chairman OF the
board of county commissioners, VINO
explained to him the operation OF the
convict system and the construction OF
macadamiZed roads. Mr.. Abbott is
eood-roads enthusiast and Is working
in the interest Of that branch OF the
AGRICULTURAL department. He was well
pleased with what he saw here ana
said that the Mecklenburg roads had
come to have a national reputation
and are discussed everywhere there Is
any agitation for road improvements.
Mr.. Abbott said that by statistics this
county has more miles of macadamizeo
roads than any county in the Unlteu
States Of the same area and population.
The house committee on appropria-
tions on Friday completed the sundry
civil appropriation bill and reported 1t
to the house The bill carries total
of s55,633,031, which Is s2S,S90,2OS less
than the appropriation for the cur
rent year. An appropriation is car
ried Of $4,556,233 toward the construc-
ton Of public buildings already au-
thorized and s7,s72.2OO to carry on ex-
listing contracts in river and haroor
improvements. The bill appropriates
the unexpended balance of the s5oO'ooo
appropriated at the last congress lot
the prosecution of the trusts. Some
thing over $25,000 has been expended
of this appropriation. The amounts
for river and harbor Improvements in
clude: Charleston, S. c., harbor, S44,'
900; Cumberland Sound, Ga, and Flor
ida, $4,000; Winyah Bay. South Car
olina, $4,000; Savannah, Ga, haroor'
s105, 900; Galveston, Tex, harbor,
$1,000 st. Johns river, Fla, sSs5'ooo;
Black Warrior and Tombigbee rivers,
Ala, $225,0O0; Pascagoula river Miss
$4,000; Galveston ship channel and
Buffalo bayou, Tex, 100000; improv-
ing Mississippi river from head OF
passes to mouth OF Ohio river, includ-
ing expenses of the Mississippi river
commission, s2,OO0.O0O. The public
building appropriations include; Ath-
ems, Ga, $4,000; Greenville, Tenn.'
s47,5O0; Harrison, Ark, $4,000; jack
sonville, Fla, $4,000; Memphis, Tenn,
$4,000; Nashville. Tenn, $4,000
Natchitoches, La, 100000. Other ap-
preparations in the bill are: Chicka-
mauga and Chattanooga Park, $4,000;
Shiloh Military Park, $4,000; Vicks-
burg Military Park, 100000.
The house committee on judiciary
has brought in report recommending
the impeachment of Federal Judge
Charles SwaSne, Of the northern dis
trict Of Florida. Swayne was appoint
ed to his position by President Har-
rison and has been exercising the du-
ties of the office. ever since. Com
plants began to develop against him
almost from the date of his taking his
seat, and it was only a short time ago
that congress could be induced to en-
ter upon an investigation of his case.
The investigation has developed abun-
dant foundation for all the charges
that have been made against Swayne,
and the report of the committee is
a most scathing one. Among other
things it developed that Swayne was
under the power and control of a man
named B. c. Tunison. Tunison was
endorsed on a large note Of Swayne's
at a bank and had renewed the en-
dorsement year after year. Swayne
had appointed Tunison to be United
States commissioner even after Tuni-
sons testimony had been successfully
impeached on a witness stand in
Swayne's own court. Swayne pur-
chased a tract of land while the title
to it was in dispute In his own court
and had the papers transferred to his
wife. Two lawyers who sought to
push the matter still further were rul-
ed for contempt, fined and imprisoned.
An unscrupulous lawyer was assisted
by this judge to force into bankruptcy
a man who had property worth $4,000
and debts amounting to only $4,000.
The thing was evidently done in order
that the judge and lawyer might get
the rich pickings. A young man who
was unjustly ruled for contempt by
Swayne committed cuicide to avoid the
disgrace of Imprisonment. number
Of other equally Gisgraceful facts were
developed, and the probability is that
Swayne will not only be deposed from
his office, but he will be sent up for
a long term of imprisonment.
A special of Sunday to the Little
Rock, Ark, Gazette, from Dewitt says:
1.-TWO more negroes have been killed
in the clash between whites and blacks
at st. Charles, fifteen miles from here
in Arkansas county. This brings the
total of dead negroes up to thirteen,
all Of them being killed within the
last week. The last two negroes kill
ed were the Griffin brothers, Henry
and Walker who were the cause of
the trouble. The negroes were report