Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-11-03
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

| SHellOU, UcBdH 10 run over the udu
about the 18Th ult. 1t backs atou'
ten and half miles to the foot Of
Lockhart Shoals. The dam is $50
feet long and. the maximum height is
80 feet above the river bed. Work
began April, 1903. and the work was
finished October 10, 1905.
-Gatfney special Of November to
Columbia State: s. P. Sims of the firm
Of Sims & Harmon Of Spartanburg.
appeared before Judge Klugh here to-
day and secured an order to the aii-
thorities in Spartanburg to show cause
before him in Gaffney Monday, Nov.
9Th, why the supervisor and mana
gers Of election should not be enjoin-
ed from holding the election to decide
the question, "dispensary" or mo dis
pensary."
The report is In circulation that
Geo w. Murray has left the country,
having gone to Canada, 1t Is said.
These reports are not confirmed, but
Murray has not been seen for some
time In Sumter city or county. The
court has issued bench warrant for
Murray. Murray is under sentence Of
three years for forgery, and to avoid
the sentence he is supposed to have
skipped. 1t Is said that he has dispos-
ed of all his property in Sumter coun-
ty.
| - Col Thomas Stobo Farrow, died In
Columbia last Wednesday night at Q
o'clock after an illness Of "a hours.
His home was at 1929 Pendleton street.
Col Farrow was born In Laurens on
October IL, 1882. He was educated at
the South Carolina college; served
with distinction In the Confederate
army; was quite prominent in the pol
itical revolution Of 1875; held appoint
ments under President cleveland; had
heen living in Columbia for number
of years past.
There came very near being
lynching in Columbia last Friday af-
ternoon. A negro named Isaac Brown
struck lady in the face with whip.
Mr.. B. L. Caughman and son Witness
ed The occurrence and attacked the me-
gro, who got away after vicious
fight When people began to realize
the situation they raised a cry Of
lynch him." and In the excitement
that followed 1t looked as II something
Of the kind would probably be dome.
The police, however, managed to ie-
cure possession OF Brown, and held
him until the sheriff could arrive cad
| take him to Jail. Brown was zen
fenced to pay a fine Of $40 or go to the
chaingang for thirty days. He could
not raise the money with which to pay
the fine and will serve his time on the
chaingang. .fs,f
Gaffney special Of November /, to
the Charlotte Observer: A petition Is
being circulated in this city this af-
ternoo1 asking the governor Of South
Carolina to offer reward for the ap-
prehensfon Of the parties who fired In
to the house of Wash Lipscomb, a ne
gro living near Gaffney, last night.
Wash Lipscomb is a aSpespeetable, hard
working negro. He thinks that about
do~In shots were fired through bot
lS6ees Of his house, in an effort It Is
said, to draw Wash from inside No
one was injured by the shooting. In
addition to shooting with shotguns
around the premises the marauders,
by the use Of axes, knives, or some
other kind Of an instrument cut a
buggy belonging to the negro entirely
to pieces. The buggy was q new one
and was entirely destroyed. The peti-
ton had no lack OF signers and It Is
probable that the reward will be Of
fered.
= Greenville News: Lieut.. N. A. Nc
Gully, United States naval attache
with the Russian armies during the
Russo Japanese war, passed through
Greenville on his return to Washing
ton from Anderson, where he has been
visiting his mother, Mrs. Carrie Nc
Gully. He has been assigned to the
naval intelligence bureau and will
shortly stand an examination for pro-
motion. In discussing incidents Of his
experience In the far east, Lieut.. Nc
Gully said that once he had occasion
to call upon a nobleman near Mulch
wang. At the door stood the counts
body servant, black as the ace Of
spades. He commanded the negro In
Russian to take his card, but the man
replied in broad dialect, "Ar gw'an,
Mister McCully, don't yo' talk no glib
Der to me. Abs from South Ca'lina
m'self, an Ah'm moughty homesick,
too" It developed that the. negro
was 8 native Of Greenville. Lieut.. Nc
Gully regretted that he had forgotten
his name, but said that 1t did his heart
good to see a genuine southern darly
so far from the cotton fields, and they
had regular reunion. The negro had
drifted from the regular army of the
United States into service with a Chi
nese official and later became body
guard to a Russian. Lieut.. McCuily
| said that he spoke Spanish, Chinese.
Russian and Japanese fiuently, and
that 1t looked strange to see a south-
ern negro, clad In red blouse, white
trousers and big boots, with a sabre
half his length, volubly gibbering in
a foreign tongue.
| Anderson special of November 2.
to Columbia State: Mrs. Maude Broad
wick, wife Of Charles Broadwick. an
aeronaut with RiddelPs Southern Car
nival company, fell from balloon here
this afternoon and was instantly kill
ed. Mrs. Broadwick was an expert
enced balloonist herself and had made
two ascensions while here, but was not
TO go up this afternoon. Her husband
was to make the ascension and para
chute drop, and she was standing by
to give the signal to cut the ropes
| when all was ready. She gave the
signal all right, and when the balloon
shot up into the air she. was seen
hanging to the ropes between the bal
loon and the parachute. After she had
reached a distance Of 200 or 800 feet
she dropped to the earth, striking on
the hard ground and was instantly
killed. The balloon went went straight
up into the air and she fell within a
few feet Of the spot from where she
started. A crowd Of possibly 1000 per-
sons witnessed the tragedy. Broad
wick, who was fastened into the para
| chute with a belt, went on some dis
| tance higher and then cit loose and
descended in safety. Most Of the car
nival people are inclined to the opinion
that Mrs. Broadwick's death was due
to suicide rather than an accident.
They say Broadwick and his wife had
been quarreling for a week or more and
his, together with the fact that she
was an experienced aeronaut and there
were no projecting ropes about the
balloon harness liable to entangie a
person. lead them to the suicide the
ory. Broadwick admits that he and
his wife had quarreled, but says they
made up, as they had done before. He
says though that she knew all about
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