Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-12-04
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
- Mr.. ]. r. Culp has been recon-
mended by the Chester delegation to
succeed ]. B. westbrook as probate
Judge. Mr.. Culp having been nominat-
ed in the primary this summer for the
term beginning In January.
- Col. Leroy F. Youmans, attorney
general Of South Carolina, died at his
home in Columbia yesterday Of liver
trouble. His illness was long and te-
dious. He was seventy years Of age.
Colonel Youmans was attorney general
of the state under Hampton, succeed
ing Gen. James Conner In 1877. Cieve-
land appointed him district attorney
for South Carolina In 1885. He was as
sistant attorney general under u. X.
Gunter in 1905, and on the death Of
Gen. Gunter was appointed attorney
general. He wIs q candidate last
summer for election to succeed him.
self; but was defeated by Fraser Lyon
once be appointed to the ofiice Of at
torney general as successor to Colonel
Youmans.
- Walterboro special Of November 80.
to News and Courier: Sentence OF
death was passed upon r. A Adams by
Judge Purdy at the opening Of court
this morning. The day fixed for his
execution is Friday, January 4, 1907,
between the hours Of 10 o'clock In the
forenoon and Gin the afternoon. Adams
was brought to Walterboro Wednesday
night from Columbia, where he had
been confined in the penitentiary since
his recapture about year ago. He
was placed in the dock at the opening
of court this morning. He seemed COM
posed and not at all nervous. When
asked IL he had anything to say why
the sentence Of the court should not
now be passed upon him, he answered
In clear voice, Nothing at all" AZ
ter the sentence was passed he was
taken back to his cell In the jail, where
he was later seen by the correspondent
Of the News and Courier. Adams
talked freely Of his case and said that
he was prepared for the worst. He
hates he says, to leave his wife and
| five children, as the expenses Of his
trial have taken all they had. Only
one of the children Is able to work
This Is not the first time Adams has
been under the death sentence. The
crime for which he has been sentenced
to die was committed February IL. 1903.
On that day he killed his kinsman,
Henry Jacques. Jacques had shot
Adams some weeks earlier, wounding
him with bird shot, but not injuring
him seriously. Adams was convicted Of
murder and sentenced to be hanged the
first Friday in June. 1903. Judge Ern-
est Gary presided at the trial. The
case was appealed to the supreme
court, and in the meanwhile Adams
broke Jail. Following his subsequent
recapture strenuous efforts were made
to secure for him new trial. The last
Of these motions was refused by the
supreme court, sitting en- banc, on Sep
tember % last.
Discussing his alleged violation Of
the Federal immigration laws, about
which much stir has been raised by
Gompers and other anti-immigration
leaders, Col E. J.. Watson, the state
commissioner Of immigration, talked
freely and frankly to Mr.. ]. E. Nor
ment during the course of an interview
for the Manufacturers Record, saying.
among other things: Congress must
be asked to make such changes in ex-
listing laws as will give the several
state departments Of immigration
greater powers with the sanction OF
foreign governments to conduct selec-
tive and restrictive work at ports Of
departure. We have worked on these
lines anticipating almost such steps
being taken, and the character Of the
shipload Of people landed at Charles
ton, ! think, demonstrates the sound
ness Of the proposition. No precau-
ton that human foresight could indi-
cate has been neglected. All our rep
resentatives abroad have been duly
commissioned, after being carefully
selected for their fitness. The state
department at Washington has been
notified of each appointment, with the
request to have each government to
which the appointee was accredited
duly notified through the American
legations. The cooperation and sane
ton OF each foreign government has
been requested, and the request In
many instances most gladly granted.
In several countries was this not only
granted, but the advice was graciously
given: Take our best people; leave
the bad for us to handle and In one =
country at least the government au-
thorities aided in the selection. When
went to Europe ! did so with proper
papers from the state department.
Strictest instructions were given to
all agents as to selection and as to re-
framing from misrepresentation OF
any character. Precautions were even
taken to better the hours Of labor and
conditions of our own laboring people,
and to protect their interests against
the introduction Of foreign people.
While abroad. and even before I went,
| deemed wise to advance passage to
desirable persons who could not secure
sufficient money for the passage Of all
the members Of their large families
for the first few Jsailings. Vigorously,
/ endeavored to get from
the Federal government a construction
Of the law on this point, states pow
ers being open to some question. Not
a move in this direction was made un-
til from the state department at Wash
ington came a cable message signed
'Adee' constituting the law to the ef-
feet, in plain English, that advance
passage by the state was not in con-
fiict with the alien contract labor law,
but that the alien must affirmatively
show that he would not become a pub
lie charge. L had accepted contribu-
tions to the funds Of the department in
strict accord with the state statute, and
with those proceeding under this con-
Of the law. a portion Of the
people for the first ship were booked.
With all these strenuous efforts to
throw every safeguard around the un-
dertaking and to aid In the practical
solution Of a most vexatious national
problem, to throw the cloak Of the
Federal government around an under
taking advocated by the strongest men
In the country, as a state official of one
Of the states Of the American union, I
proceeded. feel sure that the think
Ing men, the sociologists, those who
have the betterment Of American inter-
ests at heart cannot fail to see the
benefits promised through such precau-