Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-01-17
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

=. The Inauguration Of Governor Hey
ward win take place on Wednesday,
January Is.
THE Anderson people are again
Iconsidering the idea or buiiiing a
railroad to chattanooga Tenn. ~
- The twelfth annual. meeting Of the
State Bar association viii be, held In
Columbia on Thursday and Friday.
The executive committee OF the
state bankers association has arypolnt-
fedsMr. b. r. Mauldin 6f Anderson as
a delegate to the New Orleans Cotton
convention. q
/ - The areenyille board of trade has
passed resolutions approving the work
Of the commissioner Of Agriculture,
commerce and immigration.
Governor Hayward has announced
that he will retire from poiitic,l after
the expiration, Of his second tsrm As
governor He says he has no more
political aspirations.
= Sportsmen throughout the state
are considering the matter Of asking
the general assembly to shorten the
open season for partridge shooting
and make It extend from January to
March. ~ . l5~sa ,.'.--1 :, - =.
- DR.. IT. ". Strait Is president OF the
COTTON Growers association Of Lam
caster county and Is working up an
effective organization. Messrs. Leroy
springs w. N. Clyburn and L. C.
McManrB have been elected to repre-
sent Le icaster county ir the New Or
leans G avention. -.
- Frai X Williams, q safe robber.
tried to break out of Charleston fail
Monday night with the help of saws
ana fies Of which he got possession IN
some mysterious manner. The at
tempt was discovered by the jailers
ana the prisoner was deprived Of his
floois. Williams Is now being guarded
more cl 'sely than ever before.
Mr.. ]. K. Breazeale. a prominent
citizen f Belton, committed suicide
yesterday afternoon by hanging; His
pooy wsLs found I'm a barn SUSPENDED
rom beam with rope around his
neck hir. Breazeale was 81 years Of
age. He leaves a widow and three
children His suicide is attributed 70
despondency caused by bad health.
~ Gen. Matthew c. Butler, formerly
United States senator from South
Carolina. and Mrs. Waiter Whitman
oI New York were married IN Grace
Cnantryr New York last Saturday, by
the Rev. II. McKim. Only u few
friends " Gen. and Mrs. Butler were
present. The bride was given away
by Patrick Calhoun and Perry Bel
mont was best man. Qen. B,ltler,s
home IS In Washington.
- Some sensational development t. are
promised as 10 the financial condition
OF Greeflville county. Recent investi-.
cation OF the supervisors once ss1ows
that as much as s3s,2o0 has been bor-
rowed without warrant OF law, and
there Is no record Of the borrowing In
the once OF the county treasurer ana
nothing to show what became of the
money. The comptroller general has
made afeport to the; general assembly
and there viii probably be an inyesti-
CATION hy a committee OF that b,dy.
- Solicitor James T.. Davis OF Barn
well. 10 the author Of bill which he
had introduced In the house. II pro-
yides punishment for any and all per-.
sons "wlio shall apply to. speak or ut
ter concerning any person any iile or
opprobrilus language calculated to
bring shout a breach of the peace"
Such person shall be deemed guilty Of
of a mistiemeanor and shall be punish
ed, by q ,tpe Of not less than s25 nor
more thin 800, or By coninenneI at at
hard labor for not less than twenty
days nos. more than thirty days. ~
- Columbia State: b Mr.. Johni n.
regulate the drawing Of jurIes. The
principa, change II provides Is to have
the circuit Judge appoint three dis
Greet persons as jury commissioners
just pritr to the holding Of court In
county and there win be q different
set OF Jury commissioners for each,
court. The rich men who would cs-,
cap@. jpry duty and the .prpfes IiQpal
would thus be prey enfed
from lotl,ying the Jury commissioners
who wo,iid not; be appointed until tt1st
q few dfeYs before they should meet 10
draw the juries. Mr.. Otis Of Cherokee
also presented a bill which seeks to
purify the Jury box. he would have
the governor appoint one conmDJsiou-
er. the circuit judge one and the So
licitor oEe. There would also he an
alternate jury commissioned for each
regular member, the alternate to
serve wren the regular member cam
vided IN the bill. The oath requires
the comfnissioaer to declare that he
will put on the fury list the name OF
no man interested IN any litigation be-
fore the, court; names Of honorable
men only are TO be placed therein.
Mr.. Ott'tI bill would take the jury ma
chinery gut Of the hands Of court Of
ficers who are more or less In politics.
- Wilnsmstone special of Jan. 10 to
Columbkli- State:s A bold and daring
robbery occurred right In the heart
of town last night between ~ and
O'Clock. when the postomce building
was entered through the front win
dow and the safe containing money
stamps and valuable papers belonging
to Mr.. IL. f. Russell, postmaster. was
blown te pieces by some explosive and
robbed CT its contents. About $50 IN.
cash and SIS worth Of stamps was Sc
cured by the robbers. However. they
overlooked $s1 In bills and this amount
was found In the debris on the floor
Of the oifice this morning. Mr.. =. N.
Lander, cashier Of the Bank OF Will
liamston, who rooms across the street
within fifty yards OF the scene OF the
robbery, was awakened by the explor
sion between 10 and 1 O'clock this
morning, and upon hearing 1t he went
to the front piazza, opened the door
and stepped outside OF his room, wnen
he heard a voice at the postomce
building calling Slim. Jim, come on.
I'm very e,;cfted tones. A moment later
fh,,aa ,,,.r, oay,sa htirrfadly from the
building and hastened southwark
down the Southern railway from town.
Soon afterwards blood hounds were
brought over from Pelzer and every
thing possible was done to strike q
trail. bur without success. and up 70
10 O'Clock today the robbery seems az
much mystery as II committed by
the power OF magic, 30 far as who the
guilty parties are is concerned
hammer, evidently the property OF
some neighboring blacksmith, ana an
old piece Of steel buggy spring were
found in the postofiice this morning,
and Il was with these tools thar
the combination of the door OF the
safe was broken on, when the e1-
plosives were applied to the open
Ing vita perfect success TINS ls
the third case Of robbery In ex-
actly the same manner witnln town
during the past few years anu
the guilty parties In no case nave ever
been brought to Justice. Tine poseCmee
at Washington nave peen
notified and expert detectives may
run these scoundrels In very soon.
- Following are the main features OF
the Raysor dispensary bill introduceo
In the senate last THURSDAY 20 cary