Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-08-03
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.


A large section of country around
Epworth in Greenwood county was
devastated a few days ago by hail
storm. Crops were entirely ruined.
The people of the county have called
a mass meeting to take steps looking
to the relief of those who met with the
heaviest losses.
A Charleston policeman who has
evidently given his name to the ed
itor of the News and Courier, writes
that paper as follows: "Anent this
fan affair." do you recall that this
same Senator Tillman, when govern
or of South Carolina, at one time
visited Charleston? He was the
guest of Capt. Martin. One day,
while walking through the market
with Capt Martin, Vincent Chicco
ran out from his place Of business
with a box Of cigars marked The
Two Determined and offered cigar
to Governor Tillman. Governor Till
man took one, and so did Capt. ldar-
tin. Governor Tillman shook hands
Il
policeman standing beside them.
Why all this fuss about something
Tillman knew when he was govern
or? Every year since then that he has
been senator, Chicco sends him a
box Of The Two Determined cigars,
and he accepts them. Why all this
kick and grand stand play?
- Columbia Record; Mr. Phillips.
INfr ra UaQfar6QV
der to get two OF the little ones at
Epworth for a few. weeks outing.
These little ones, the Hill children,
have a sorrOwful history. Their faith
er was killed In an explosion In an
| iron mine near Knoxville. In the
train bringing Mr.. Hills body back TO
Gaffney were Mr.. Hilrs father and
sister and his wife and four chiloren.
All of the party were killed In the
wreck near Newport, Tenn, In Thicn
62 people lost their lives. Eight new
graves were made in the Limestone
cemetery at Gahfney, for IL was
thought that the entire party was
killed outright, but the little boy Of
four and the little girl Of nine recov-
cred consciousness after a lingering
illness and are now about well again.
| They were paid damages by the
| Southern railway company, but, as
usual, the lawyers fees and other
Expenses" ate deeply into the dam
ages.
: Newberry special of July 81 to
| Columbia State: The county CAM
palgn opened at Mt. Bethel today.
| The features of the day was the red
hot speech of Mr.. H. II. Evans cali
didate for the legislature. He said
the dispensary was the issue this year
and could not be downed He Is clear,
fiat-footed for the state dispensary
I'm not going to straddle or dodge
or lie," he said. Warming up he said
he had been LIED on and slandered,
not because the newspapers hate Hub
Evans, but because they hate Ben
Tillman." He went for Senator
Christensen, saying that he was a
descendant of a captain Of a negro
i company that fought against the
south In the civil war, and who Is
now being used by the Columbia ring
j to do it's bidding" He had been &C.
cused of threatening the cvy2rlittee,
he said, but he did not threaten the
committee He told the detective IL
he went prowling into his private af-
fairs, II would kill him, and would
have done It." He brought up the
matter of C. c. Davis testimony be-
fore the lnVeStlSatlnB cOnmlItsSe anu
said the testimony was "the most in,'
fernal lies ever belched from the
mouth of any liar and slanderer.'
He said the newspapers would no..
say he was a thief; too cowardly to
say it. ! dare any one Of them to
say It," But papers had made their
dirty insinuations. "The state dig
pensary is not a Sunday sc1ool,' he
said, but he said he knew OF no coz
ruption or dishonesty during the six
years of his administration. 'Ali a
howl has killed It," and IL anybc,Gy
"gets up on the stump and says there
was corruption In the dispeIsary he
Is a liar and I am ready TO make
good what say" or the other can
didates who spoke, e. II. Aull, Jno.
W. Earhardt, j. M. Taylor, Alan
Johnstone, w. H. Sanders and g. d.
i Boozer declared themselves against
the dispensary. T.. ]. Harman came
out for the state institution snd also
F. w. Higgins, who was absent, but
had a letter read to that effs CT Ar
thur Kibler and DR.. c. T. Wyche
were also absent.