Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-03-14
sou1H cARoLINA NEWS.

"A Darlington jury on last Friday
convicted Bob Small and John Noll.
two white men, OF the murder OF a
negro. The victim Of the murderers
was Frank Scott. They killed the ne
gro on the public highway under the
most brutal circumstances and abso-
lutely without Justification. Noil was
recommended to the mercy Of the
court. Small was sentenced to be
hanged on May s, and Noll was sem
fenced to imprisonment for life In the
penitentiary. Ian -
The city! Of Anderson Is engaged in
an effort to make the Western Union
Telegraph company pay a license tax
the city has seen proper to impose.
The license tax was paid by the tele-
graph company for year or two: but
the license ordinance doubled the tax
this year, and the telegraph company
refused to pay claiming that the
amount assessed against 1t was ex-
cessive and unwarranted. The tele-
graph company has taken the case In
to the Federal court on injunction pro-
ceedings and a hearing Is to be had on
March q.
= Charles Thompson. q wei. known
Illicit whisky dealer Of Columbia, was
killed by a Seaboard Air Line train
about twenty miles north Of Columbia
last Thursday night. He had had a
quantity Of whisky shipped to himself
at a station on the Seaboard and was
transporting II to Columbia with a
wagon and team of mules. The team
stalled on the railroad track and ne
went toward an approaching train and
tried to wave II down. ''he train was
coming at the. rate of;sIxty miles an
hour. The engineer saw the signal and
applied the emergency brakes; but the
train did not stop until 1t had pass d
the crossing. Thompson was struck
by some part Of the engine and killed.
and the mules were also killed.
Columbia special to Augusta
Chronicles: The practical certainty Is
that the present regiment OF cayalry,
which, In the capacity Of individual
troops, has for so many years exercis-
ed such a restraining influence on the
negroes In the lower portion Of the
state, will be dropped from the organ
ICED militia of the state. Adjutant
General Frost said today that 1t would
be impossible to keep up these troops
in such a condition OF equipment as
would allow them to pass muster un-
der the new Dick military law. It will
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erly equip this regiment, and to bring
II out on encampment would entail
great expense. A squadron Of four
troops. win be retained, consist
ing Of about 800 men, to equip
whom will require a trihe over $16,-
900. What troops will be retained In
the service cannot be said until Colo
mel Ezra B. Fuller, now out on inspec-
ton, completes his work on the 28th
Of April. Among the troops likely to
be dropped ia the historic Light Drag
goons of Charleston, though nothing
definite along this line will be known
until the inspections have been COM
pleted. Those troops which passed the
best examination will be retained. But
these troops which will not be retained
in the active militia of the state and
which will not, therefore be entitled to
the state appropriation, will not be
driven out Of service. They Will be
encouraged to maintain their organi-
zation either as cavalry troops or as
infantry companies. Their usefulness
in protecting their communities has
too often been demonstrated. 1t Is
quite likely that about q dozen infan-
try companies will also be dropped
from the active lists, there being now
a surplus of infantry and more than
It is possible to care for under the
new law, which requires so much
better equipment and efficiency than
formerly. Just what companies Will
be retained and what dropped will be
known at the end Of next month.