Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-08-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The railroad commission meeting
which was held In Columbia Wednes-
day to consider the telephone sltua-
tion took no definite action.
= The electric power line from
Neii.s Shoals to Union Is almost COM
plete and 1t Is expected that power
will be delivered at Union within
the next month. or two. .-Ffs
The Charleston board Of health
that REQUIRES all travellers entering
the city to produce a certificate to
the effect that they have not been
I'm a yellow fever infected district
for ten days.
- Aaron williams, a Camden negro
who was year ago sentenced 10
death for an alleged criminal assault
on a white woman named MRS.
Langley, has been set at liberty on
his own recognizance. IL has been
settled to the satisfaction of the
authorities that the negro was not
guilty .l " aa 1
- Saws a Charleston special Of
Wednesday to the Columbia state:
The yellow fever liar Is to be made
to suffer In Charleston, as ne Is
punished In other communities. the
board OF health having today memo
rialized the city council to pass an
ordinance melting out severe penaity
to those who think that there is
something funny I'm joking about the
fever. There is no yellow fever or
even the most slightly suspicious case,
and the board OF health does not pro-
pose to have the jokers joke about II
There Is O class Of people In every
community ready and disposed to
Joke on matters of serious moment.
Eut time is to be called on the feyer
jokers In Charleston, for IL Is not
Intended that they should be allowed
10 lest about matter OF such con-
,eril to the city.
= Columbia State: Mr.. w. O.
Tatum commissioner Of the state
dispensary, requests the announce
ment to be made that he is not the
party referred to in the following
psragraph published editorially in the.
Carolina Citizen Of Cheraw and re-
printed in, the State Of yesterday:
"In Columbia two Ieeks ago we
heard a dispensary inspector. or COM
missioner, or something, say, In the
presence of several newspaper men,
that he would kill the first damned
editor that published anything about
him that wasn't 50. We wish, begosh,
that we knew some Of the things
against him which are so, and which
he Is evidently so afraid to have pub
lished. We were introduced to him,
but forget his name. else we would
publish Il so that the poor editors
might be on their guard"
- Greenville News: Hub Evans is
among the witnesses summoned to
appear before Special Commissioners
Jos. A. Mccullough In the hearing
T.. tka foA
liquor case here on Friday, A num-
Der OF other higher officials in the
states whisky business have also
been summoned to testify. before the
commissioner and the hearing will
be watched with great deal OF in
terest throughout the state for Ii Is
thought by some people that some
thing bearing on the internal work
Ings of the dispensary may be
brought to light. The Poplar Log"
case Is a suit brought In the United
States courts for the infringement Of
certain patent rights belonging to
and the Richland Distilling COM
pany of Columbia is charged with
the violation. The Poplar Log
brand Is said to have become enor-
mously popular in the hands Of the
North Carolina whisky makers and
1t is not their intention to have the
Richland concern turn out a product
under the same or O similar label II
it can be prevented. A number OF
lawyers both from this state and
from North Carolina are connected
with the suit and the hearing before
Mr.. Mccullough will be watched with
interest.
- Greenville August 2: Will Cabe,
"a middle aged white man, who KILL
ed another white man named Plum
lev In the upper section Of this
.ounty In 1885, surrendered to Shcr-
!ff GIireath yesterday and was lodged
in the county Jail. Cabe was in
dicted for the murder Of Plumley
Immediately after the crime was
committed, but the grand jury found
mo bill" in his case when presented
before that body and up till few
weeks ago nothing more had been
said about the connection OF: Cabe
with the crime. There seems TO
have arisen some talk In the neigh
about the tragedy and another war
rant was issued and placed in the
hands of Sheriff Gilreath for his
arrest. Cabe has been In North
Carolina for some time and he re-
fused to be brought back to this
county without requisition papers,
which were secured by Sheriff Gill
reath. Deputy Sheriff Ballenger on
his return from Hendersonville yes
terday stopped at Tryon to serve
ne warrant, but Cabe was not to
he found. He quietly walked into
the office Of the sheriff this morning
and surrendered. Under the law
the act of the grand jury In finding
mo bill" in the former Indictment
against Cabe has nothing whatever
to do with a. subsequent indictment
and arrest for the same crime. Trial
by jury alone in the charge OF mur-