Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-18
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

A steel cage is being built in which
to confine the Heath Springs robbers
when they are brought from Wades-
boro to Lancaster to stand trial.
Mack Jones, a white man, who had
been acting as special constable at the
recent term of court In Bamberg, was
killed by Southern Railway passen-
ger train Saturday night. He was
struck while sitting on the end OF a
crosstie. There was a bottle Of whis-
ky in his pocket.
- Charleston, April 10: In the
United States court today, the three
men recently convicted OF conspiracy
to rob, and robbing the postoffice al
Latta, 8. c., were sentenced. Ru-
dolph Rabens got three years; James
Johnson, alias Murphy, seven years,
and John King five years, all at hard
labor in the Federal prison at At
lanta. The sentence Of Johnson was
longer on account Of his plea OF guil-
ty to larceny Of government FUNDS AT
Enoree. Notice Of appeal to the court
of appeals was given by the attorney
for Rabens.
Marion Pharr, the Richland cot
ton mill operative murderer or the
boy. Clarence Shealey, whom he KILL
ed In q most brutal manner oy SIP
ping up behind him, apparently In a
drunken frenzy, and cleaying MS
skull with hoe, paid the death pen
atty on the gallows In Columbia iast
Friday with a smile on his race ana
without a tremor. Under the In
fiuence of spiritual advisers who have
constantly been with him, he was
keyed up with a religious fervor
which sustained him to the last. he
was pronounced dead in Al minutes
his neck having been broken by the
fall. The coarseness Of his features
was even mere pronounced In death
than in life.
The state Of South Carolina Will
probably be sued by the state OF New
Hampshire in a suit similar to that
recently filed by the state OF south
Dakota against North Carolina Lor
money paid on bonds issued Dy the
latter during the reconstruction Pc
riod, II will be remembered that the
supreme court decided this In favor
of Dakota and that since that time
a number Of southern states have
been threatened with suits. To-Day
the attorney general received re-
quest from the attorney general OF
New Hampshire stating that citizen
of that state had given the state
$4,000 worth Of bonds and the at
torney general wished to know II
they were redeemable. AS the num-
bers Of the bonds were not given
Assistant Attorney General Townsend
answered that as no numbers were
given, he could say nothing dehnite-
Iy as to whether the bonds were valid
or not
-Pickens special OF April 10 70
News and Courier: Yesterday was
designated as reckoning day for the
names on the dispensary petitions.
There are now in the hands or the
county supervisor, G. M. Lynch. petit
tions aggregating 701 names, presum-
ably qualified voters. 1t Is said that
there are known to be 140 additional
names on other petitions that nave not
been filed with the supervisor. Next
Tuesday a committee will canvass the
names on the petition, and compare
them with the books Of the supervisor
Of registration. and see just how many
are qualified voters. About $50 petit
tioners will assure the election, so 1t Is
a foregone conclusion that the ques-
ton will come to a vote. The question
that is now puzzling the minds OF the
prohibitionists as well as those VINO
favor the dispensary, Is the time Tor
ordering the election. The county su-
peryisor has expressed the opinion
that II will likely be best to walt until
the busy season is over with the far
mers in order that q full vote may be
had on the question. This would indi-
cate holding the election some time In
the month Of July. This, or course,
will not satisfy the prohibitionists, as
they claim the election should be held
at once, as there Is no need OF longer
DELAY. OF course, 1t will cost some
thing. to hold the election in a legal
way, and the county commissioners, 1t
is stated are somewhat dubious about
holding the election on account OF the
expense If there was a majority OF
the voters Of the county on the petit
tions they would likely not hesitate
Should they hesitate on account or the
expense Of the election, the election
would not be held until the next gen.
Cral election, which Is more than eigh-
teen months off. The prohibttionists
Object to so long a postponement. ana
think the election should be ordered
in about thirty days. The statute
leaves the ordering Of the election dis
cretionary with the county supervisor.
Some final decision will be made OF
the matter next week after the names
on the petitions have been canVassed.
In the county the taxable property
amounts to $2,72S,000, and should the
dispensary be voted out the half mill
tax would raise $1.364 for the enforce
ment of the prohibition. To say that
the contest Is going 10 be warm ana
close Is to speak mildly. 1t will take
a war of ballots to settle the matter.