Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-07
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- The magistrates Of Richland
county are trying to put stop TO
the sport Of bat shooting.
= Richard English has surrendered
to the Union authorities on the
charge Of being an accessory to the
recent murder Of Nose Hughes.
- Charleston, August 3: Superin-
tendent Heether of the Charleston d.
vision of the Southern railroad Is to
be transferred to the Norfolk division,
changing places with A. Gordon Jones,
who was formerly in charge OF this
division. Superintendents Heether
and Jones will tour the two lines next
week and the following week to IA
miliarize themselves with the routes
and the duties.
Columbia special Of Aug. 4th to
- Mr.. w. P. Pollock of Chester
field, has withdrawn from the con-
gressional race against Mr.. Finley.
Shortly after entering the race and
paying his campaign assessment OF
$50 to the state executive committee,
Mr.. Pollock suffered an attack Of ap-
pendicitis, and although he has re-
covered as the result Of an opera
lion, he Is not yet strong enough to
undertake the race. The state exec
utive committee has returned his
$50.
A white man named William A
Marcus was hanged In the Charleston
Jail yard last Friday for the murder or
his wife, Maggie Marcus, on Sullivan's
Island Marcus and his wife had been
married for several years; but did not
get along very happily. He was to
blame. She had q house and lot. He
tried to get her to make title to him.
She would not do so. After quarrel
about that and other matters he killed
her with an ice pick. He was tried,
convicted and sentenced to be hanged.
Last week 1t developed that Marcus
had a wife and five children living In
Cincinnati, Ohio. The real Mrs. Mar
Gus tried to get the governor to COM
mute Marcus's sentence until she could
raise the money to go to Charleston
to see him: but the proposition was
rather too indefinite to admit or Sc
rious entertainment. Marcus met death
with cool indifference, except at the
last moment he shed few tears. The
executed man was once member OF
the artillery regiment on Sullivan's Is
land. He was dishonorably discharged
from the service before the murder.
Greenville News: Had the Congaree
risen another foot or two yesterday
afternoon the Southern railways big
bridge near the CRANKY mills would
probably have gone with the flood.
As it is the river has fallen five feet,
from 19h to i3A feet above the low
water mark and the bridge, which
was being weighted down last night
with several coal cars and engines,
Is now considered out of danger,
though no trains will be trusted upon
1t for several days yet, nor until the
river gets back to a normal point
where the foundations may be exam
ined and thoroughly overhauled.
Twice before this the river has been
as high as 1t was yesterday afternoon
and the bridge suffered damage, but
the structure was weakened this time
by the repairs in progress upon 1t.
The central span Is being raised for
navigation purposes and the heavy
track and beams are shored up while
this work is in progress by what
engineers call false work"
Chester, August A. The opening
meeting of the county campaign was
held yesterday at Armenia, eight
miles from town, and was attended
by from 500 to 1000 people. Rev.
]. NJ Friday of the Methodist church
made the invocation. All Of the sew
enteen candidates were present and
in good trim. No man in the big
crowd showed any symptoms Of hav-
ing any flicker" on board. In pre-
senting the candidates for the legis-
lature the chairman, Mr. C. s. Carter,
read some questions which the can
didates were requested to answer
the questions relating to whisky,
good roads and compulsory educa-
ton. OF the legislative candidates
four, Messrs. McKeown, Ragsdale,