Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-25
Tuesday, July 25, 1905.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

sion. The New YORK Evening jour-
nal prints the following account Of
the young mans death: Lieut.. New
man K. Perry was the officer Of the
was found in the wheel house fear
fully scalded but conscious. When
the rescuing party picked him up,
he raised one blistered hand, cooked
to the bone, and called out, Hold on
boys. i can help myself In his aw-
full pain this brave man remembered
the wife he left in Honolulu, and
when he was being transferred to the
hospital he dictated a telegram he re-
quested to be sent at once. This Is
the message the gallant officer dicta-
ted between groans of fearful agony:
Mrs Newman K. Perry, Honolulu.
Keep a stiff upper lip, little girl. I'm
all right Three hours later the soul
had left his tortured body. America
has had many a naval hero, but the
name Of Newman K. Perry should
stand high on the list. He died as a
brave man should die, an honor to his
country and his fiag."
- Charleston special Of Saturday to
the Augusta Herald: Before Chief
Justice Pope next Friday Mr.. ]. 8.
Farnum has been ordered to appear
and show cause why he should not be
compelled to turn over large num-
ber of papers Of Importance to the
dispensary investigating committee.
Messrs. Lyons and Christensen, Of the
have filed an affidavit
with the chief justice Of the supreme
court stating that Mr.. Farnum has
papers that will throw light on some
of the facts they now seek. 1t Is
alleged that Mr.. Farnum has In his
possession letters written to- retail
dispensers telling them TO push GER
tain brands of goods and also has
letters from certain people promi-
nent In the dispensary that are In
terminating. He naturally resisted
giving these papers up and the order
was necessary. The subcommittee
claims that 1t has already number
Of papers OF discriminating character
and they desire the rest and In the
meantime Farnum has engaged two
of the ablest lawyers in the state TO
represent him before the chief
justice. Farnum Is peculiar study.
Originally from Georgia, he went west
and engaged In business there, finally
coming back and holding an interest
In the Richland Distilling company.
which concern Is selling the dis
pensary large supplies Of liquor and
is now threatened with scandal.
When he went to Charleston he had
the county board Of that section In
his hand and they at once elected
him county dispenser In order that
he might run the Grmania Brewing
company. Some enemy, however,
raised the point that he was not
citizen Of this state as he had not
resided here the required length OF
time. He deliberately waited until he
had lived here long enough and was
Since
then he has been regarded as one
Of the dictators of the policy OF the
men who control the situation In this
state.
-Barnwell Sentinel: One C. L. Brown
whose residence is here, but who
| lives mostly on the road as dis
pensary inspector, approached the
editor Of this paper on the street.
Monday, and, with q copy OF last
weeks Sentinel I'm one hand and a
magazine pistol In the other. de-
manded of US that We "just read
what Is in here" AS he attempted to
pull friend to whom we were talk
ing made an attempt to grab around
the gentleman, but we asked the
third party to let him alone. II the
editor Of this newspaper had been
armed, he could have shot the fellow
Ave times, because he was some ten
or fifteen seconds In getting the pis-
tol from a hip pocket. We told Mr.
Brown that II was not necessary TO
read the paper, as We wrote and
knew what II was. He then asked
with a flourish OF the gun, IL We In
tended any insinuation upon his per-
sonal character and integrity. We re-
piled that, as far as his personal
character and integrity go, we knew
nothing about IT., and on that ac-
count could say nothing against 1t;
that whenever we had PROOF OF any
thing against him we would not only
say so in the Sentinel, but would be
willing to tell him so to his face.
He then asked II We would be willing
to say in our paper what We had
said on the street. To this We re-
piled positively that whatever We said
anywhere we would be willing to put
plain to Mr.. Brown, in the presence
Of the gentlemen present, that We
would have said everything that was
said had he come to us In quiet
way; that we were not afraid OF any
man in South Carolina; that our
paper stood for clean government
and that as far as the loss Of the
$4,000 by himself goes, the people
Of the state were awaiting a state
ment from him. Brown told US that
he admired our courage, but that he
himself was a wounded bird. Later
he was arrested and Is reported to
have said that he thought we were
| too brave to have informed on him.
On the contrary, together with the
gentleman who was present, we both
tried to persuade the police from
making the arrest.
The dispensary issue caused live
ly time In the conference OF Green
Vile District Methodist church at
Belton last week. A member OF the
conference questioned each minister
as to his church's standing on the
dispensary issue, and the dispensary
was raped hard and unanimously,
until Mr.. Henry, Of Pendleton, re-
ported his church as divided In senti-
ment. A member Of the county
board of control belongs to Mr.. Hen
ry's church. Mr.. Henry evaded long
Explanations. Mr.. Blackman said
that but two members OF his congre-
CATION at Piedmont are In favor Of
the dispensary, and he would not
deny pleasure at the prospect Of their
early departure. Senator Latimer
was present but was not a member
of the conference. At his request
he was accorded the privilege Of the
floor. He said that he could not
sit still and see himself and others
ruled out Of the Methodist church
for q political issue. He had preach
ed and practiced temperance all his
life, but thought tf present discus
sion entirely out Of place In
church conference He would wipe
all liquor business out Of the state
IL he had the power, and he was not
taking the stump for the dispensary,
but thought a political wrangle un-
worthy of ministers of the gospel. He
had never voted for the sale OF
liquor, but did not propose to see
people ruled out Of the church be-
cause of exercising their own judg-
ment in political matters. The Rev.
IG. T. Harmon Of Greers, lam
basted" the dispensary and attacked
Senator Latimer's position. Senator
Latimer rose to defend himself Mr..
Harmon said that he must have
been hit or he would not so readily
protest Mr.. Harmon preferred a blind
tiger to a two-eyed tiger in the shape
Of the dispensary. Senator Latimer
retorted that II Mr.. Harmon pre-
ferred lawlessness to obedience to
law he could not argue with him.
This closed the incident for the day,
but II was a live subject for outside
discussion. On Friday morning the